New GIFT Building Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony for the new Graduate Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy building at POSTECH was held on the 30th of June 2009. A breathtaking achievement since the Institute was conceived in late 2005. There is now no excuse for not achieving the best research in steels.



Tony DeArdo in Harry's new office


Waiting at the lift


On the roof garden


Roof garden


Looking down at the blast furnace from the fifth floor


The lifts








Tony, in a pensive mood


The wonderful auditorium designed by Professor Sung Mo Jung


This is where the opening ceremony of the new building began


The blast furnace, looking towards the top from the ground floor




Professor Sung Mo Jung in Harry's new office, which itself was made ergonomic by Sung Mo




Peter Hayes (University of Queensland), Bart Blanplain (University of Leuven), Hae Geon and Emeritus Professor Henri Gaye socialising in Harry's new office


....later to be joined by In Gee and Rongshan


The blast furnace and anvil from the outside


full of admiration for the new building




In the library


John Speer (Colorado School of MInes) and Bruno de Cooman in the library


The formal opening ceremony began on Tuesday


Pedro Eduardo Jose Rivera diaz del Castillo (Delft University)


Philosopher Professor J. R. Yang (National Taiwan University)




Professor Rob Boom (Corus-Tata)


Henri talking to the Head of the Korean Institute for Welding


Yang and Han Soo Kim


Michale Ray, Raghavan Ayer, Hyun Woo Jin and Brian Newbury, all from ExxonMobil


Harry with Brian Newbury


Raghavan with Pedro at dinner


The French (Henri and Professor Barlat)






The ceremony in progress, just before the room got filled














Professor Devesh Misra (Louisiana University)




Hae Geon giving his overview








Awards to the magnificent architects






Awards to the construction company
















Professor Seetharaman (Carneigie Mellon University) on the left and Professor Scheller (Technical University of Freiberg) on his side




























The best looking crowd at the ceremony


























Good friends from Seoul National University and POSTECH


































In the CML Supercomputer room






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