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Special Feature
KRISS Expands Global Partnership through ODA in Metrology
Research Highlights
Measurement Technology on the Forefront of the Korean Export Drive
Development of Next-Generation Exposure Equipment for Producing a Super-Precision Hologram Lens
Development of an Evaluation System for a Large Infrared Camera
Development of Diagnostic Technology for Processing
KRISS People
Dr. Shin Dong-Joo, Winner of 2009 KRISS Person of the Year Award
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KRISS Offers Korean Class for Foreign Researchers
Activities & Events
KRISS Celebrates its 34th Anniversary
Nobel Laureate Speaks at KRISS
Dr. Dae Im Kang Becomes the New IMEKO Chairman
KRISS and LGC Hold a Joint Symposium on Food Safety
KRISS president speaks at CIPM MRA symposium
KRISS Attends the 2009 APMP General Assembly
Expanding Partnerships with NMIs abroad: UME (Turkey), RUSNANO (Russia), NIM (Egypt), and NML-SIRIM (Malaysia)
Global Partnership Plus Program, “KRISS GPP Year End Party 2009”
KRISS Publishes an Introductory Brochure for International Publicity: “GREEN KRISS” (English version)
Upcoming Events
27th Workshop on the National Standards System and Precision Measurement
KRISS Spring Flower Festival
9th Measurement Club Workshop
World Metrology Day Symposium 2010
KRISS to Hold a Summit for the Directors of National Metrology Institutes on Developing Economies
Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements 2010
KRISS External Review 2010
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KRISS Expands Global Partnership through ODA in Metrology
Since joining the OECD's Development Assistance
Committee in November of 2009, the Korean government
has been pursuing the expansion of its official development
assistance (ODA) for the sake of improving the common
prosperity of all people across the globe. In concert with
this governmental effort, under the spirit of “sharing the
fruits of shared effort,” the Korea Research Institute of
Standards and Science (KRISS) has continually promoted its
global partnerships in the field of metrology. KRISS has
initiated such global partnership programs with a particular
emphasis on developing human resources, strengthening
laboratory facilities, and establishing quality management
systems in national metrology institutes (NMIs) of
developing countries.
While seeking financial resources for ODA programs in
metrology from potential donor organizations at home
(Korea International Cooperation Agency, KOICA) and
abroad (United Nations Industrial Development
Organization, UNIDO), KRISS has earmarked a certain
amount of funding from its own operating budget for the
next few years beginning in 2010. The activities under
KRISS ODA programs include three key elements:
fabrication of equipment utilized in such areas of
fundamental measurement standards as length,
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temperature, time, and analytical chemistry; human
resource development by means of proving a technical
study on selected measurement standards such as
temperature, mass, and radiation; and the establishment of
a quality management system in conformity with
international standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC
17025.
Metrology, the science of measurement and its
applications, plays a key role in promoting industrial
production and economic growth through laying a sound
foundation of reliability and quality of products and
services. As the WTO pursues a freer and faster flow of
goods in the global market, recognizing measurement and
test results with international traceability and security has
become a critical factor for industry competitiveness. In
October of 1999, the global metrology community led by
the International Committee of Weights and Measures
(CIPM) adopted the Mutual Recognition Arrangement
(MRA), which established a global framework for an
international equivalence of national measurement
standards. While the NMIs of advanced countries have
become signatories to the MRA, those of almost all
developing countries are not yet ready to join due to a lack
of technical capability in metrology.
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The ODA programs initiated by KRISS pursue the
promotion of substantial collaboration in metrology with its
partner NMIs in developing countries. The partners
include NMIs from different regions in Asia, Africa, South
America, and the Middle East with priority partnerships
with selected allies of the Korean War. Dr. Myungsoo Kim,
President of KRISS, has placed a special emphasis on
promoting contributions toward regional and global
metrology communities by sharing the progress in
metrology that KRISS has achieved over the past decades
since its founding in 1975 as the national metrology
institute of Korea. In order to pave the way toward closer
collaborations in metrology, KRISS has been widening its
partnership with the NMIs of developing countries by
creating a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In 2009,
Dr. Myungsoo Kim met with the directors of various NMIs
to learn more about the needs of our partners, including
Vietnam, Colombia, Mongolia, China, Ethiopia, Turkey,
Egypt, and Malaysia, and to discover sufficient solutions to
meet those needs.
KRISS will continue to increase its contributions toward
an improvement in the metrology capabilities of its partner
NMIs, and toward the spreading of the MRA across the
globe. This will ultimately lead to the promotion of a freer
and faster flow of products in the global market, and to an
enhancement in quality of life for us all.

Research Highlights
Measurement Technology on the Forefront of the Korean Export Drive
“KRISS exports its measurement standards technology”

Korea's measurement standards technology is now

being implemented around the world, as KRISS is
exporting its voltage, photometry/radiometry, and gravity
standards. KRISS boasts world-class capabilities in the field
of metrology, ranking second after Germany for the last
three years in an international key comparison on
metrological technology and the capabilities of national
metrology institutions worldwide.
Measurement standards technology lays the
groundwork for the development of exports and industries,
as it helps to remove export barriers to other markets. For
this reason, many countries in the Asian-Pacific region, in
the face of increasingly active economic exchanges, are
striving to establish their own national measurement
standards by building cooperative ties with other countries
that have already developed national standards.
Dr. KIM Kyu-Tae, Center for Electromagnetics (ktkim@kriss.re.kr)
In September of 2009, the KRISS Center for
Electromagnetics successfully exported the Josephson
voltage standard, one of the most important standards in for Malaysia to independently calibrate its precision voltage
the field of electricity, to the Standards and Industrial devices. For this voltage standard, after three years of
Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM), making it possible research, KRISS designed, manufactured, and supplied a

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Josephson system comprising of bias-drive unit, feed-back
controller, and low-pass filter and others befitting overseas
environments. The standard demonstrates a high level of
accuracy, with an accuracy of a part of 10 . The United
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States, Germany, Japan, and other advanced countries have
also developed and used their own versions of the
Josephson voltage standard, but many developing countries
have had a difficult time utilizing such standards due to
technical difficulties and other factors.
The voltage standard plays the most important role in a
national standards system on electricity. By establishing this
new system, Malaysia can now calibrate the electronic
voltage standard that it previously used independently-
without having to request an overseas institution to carry
out the calibration-and can take its electricity measurement
capabilities to the next level.
Such accomplishments have been possible thanks to
the strenuous efforts of researchers who have committed
themselves to ensuring that the system works smoothly in
the laboratory environments of developing countries. In
order to further enhance the stability of the system, Dr.
KIM Kyu-Tae and his colleagues selected the appropriate
type of Josephson junction device for Malaysia, and
produced a low-temperature probe system, low pass filter,
and Josephson junction power and controller unit that is
suitable for the device.
Development of Next-Generation Exposure Equipment for Producing a
Super-Precision Hologram Lens
KRISS has developed the world's first laser exposure
equipment, which can produce a computer
reproduction hologram lens with a thickness 2/3 that of
a conventional lens.
The new equipment produces the world's thinnest lens
in terms of curve thickness (a computer generated
hologram lens can concentrate more light when the
curve is thinner; and a hologram lens with high
magnification and numerical aperture can be produced).
This equipment enables the production of hologram
lenses with a maximum diagram of 360 mm and is
currently being used in producing 300 mm lenses on a
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Meanwhile, the KRISS Center for Temperature and
Light exported its photometry/radiometry standards to the
national metrology institute of Kazakhstan last October for
use in the assessment of various light sources. The
photometry/radiometry standards are utilized in the
assessment of lighting efficiency-essential for the green
industry-and include an illuminance meter, standard lamp,
color temperature calibrator, and total luminous flux
standard as export items.
Length and time standards, of which KRISS maintains
traceability, are used for gravity measurement with an
accuracy of a part of 10 9, making it possible to distinguish
gravity differences of 1 cm in height.
The KRISS Center for Mass Related Quantities also
conducted a measurement of the absolute gravity point for
the Malaysian national metrology institute in September of
2009 in order to provide a reference needed to establish
force and pressure standards.
KRISS has thus far provided traceability for the
measurement standards in Korea, and it is now distributing
such standards abroad, too, contributing greatly toward
entry into overseas markets by Korean corporations. KRISS
will continue to actively help developing countries in the
Asia-Pacific region to develop their national measurement
standards so that the excellence of Korean metrological
technologies can become more widely known.
trial basis (The United States and Russia have thus far
been the only two countries in the world that have
successfully produced a computer generated hologram
lens of such size).
The technology is expected to generate a ripple effect
for other precision optic industrial outputs such as
satellite cameras, large-scale telescopes, and digital
cameras.
Dr. Rhee Hyug-Gyo and his colleagues at the Center
for Space Optics of the KRISS Division of Convergence
Technology have developed laser exposure equipment
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Dr. Lee Hyuk Gyo, Center for Space Optics (hrhee@kriss.re.kr)
that can produce a super-precise computer generated
hologram lens. The new technology is the world’s first to
reduce the thickness of the curve to around 2/3 that of the
conventional lens.
The computer reproduction hologram lens is lighter
and less voluminous than a conventional glass lens, as
curved patterns are engraved on the plain glass surface.
With this new technology, a wavefront of choice can be
created with errors of less than a few nanometers. With a
diameter of over 150 mm as a basis, the technology to
produce related optical components is currently owned
only by the United States, Russia, and a few other
advanced countries.
Dr. Rhee and his colleagues have overcome the
diffraction limit of an exposure lens using a new approach
based on the interference of light. They are
the first group in the world to realize a 480
nm-thick curve using a laser with a wavelength
of 488 nm. Existing laser exposure equipment
is unable to produce a curve thinner than 700
nm owing to the diffraction limitation of an
exposure lens.
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In recognition of their technological excellence, the
team's achievements in computer reproduction were
covered in the January edition of the internationally
eminent optics journal, Optics Express.
The equipment is an essential technology for measuring
the shape of a non-spherical mirror, and is being utilized in
the development of a space telescope and other super-
precision optical systems; advanced countries have strictly
limited their disclosure of such technologies. The surface of
a non-spherical mirror is not plain or spherical, but has
uneven levels of bending; the critical aspect in using this
mirror is to effectively concentrate the light on a single
point and produce high-quality images.
“With the development of this new technology, we will
be able to substitute imported products in relevant
industries,” explains Dr. Lee. “In the future, the technology
may be applied not only toward the production of large,
non-spherical optical mirrors in the aerospace industry, but
also toward the development of large-scale displays, next-
generation semiconductor exposure equipment, camera
lenses, and many other optical products.”
The team also succeeded in producing a computer
generated hologram lens with a diameter of around 300
mm, which only the United States and Russia had
previously been able to develop, making it possible to
domestically produce a convex non-spherical mirror that is
less than 300 mm in diameter. The light-reflecting
secondary mirror of the telescope is usually convex, and
thus a computer generated hologram lens should always
be larger than the secondary mirror to measure the
shapes.
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Development of an Evaluation System for a Large Infrared Camera

With this achievement Korea has become the third

country following the United States and Russia to
develop its own technology for assessing the
performance of large-scale infrared cameras.
The new equipment is capable of assessing the
performance of infrared cameras with a maximum
diameter of 800 mm, to see whether they can
differentiate temperature differences of less than 0.01 .
The technology may be applied in infrared-camera-
related industries, which generate over ten billion dollars
annually around the world.

An accurate performance assessment is essential to

properly use an infrared camera; as for a large-scale
infrared camera, in particular, only a handful of countries
such as the United States and Russia have the equipment
and technology to assess its performance.
An infrared camera reacts to light in relation to
temperature, as opposed to ordinary visible light, so its
performance should be assessed in a different manner
from that applied to a visible-light-based camera. The
performance of a visible-light-based camera is assessed
based on its ability to distinguish the brightness of objects
at small intervals, while that of an infrared camera is
determined by the size of the temperature differences it
can distinguish from objects at small intervals.
To tackle this issue, Dr. Yang Ho-Soon and his
colleagues at the KRISS Center for Space Optics recently
developed equipment to assess the performance of a
large-scale infrared camera. The equipment can evaluate
whether an infrared optical system with a maximum
diameter of 800 mm can distinguish differences in
temperature of less than 0.01 . of less than 30 nm. The system prevents material loss and
The performance assessment equipment for an infrared
camera consists of an object component enabling
temperature adjustment, a collimator with a diameter of 1
m that turns an infrared ray coming from the object
component into collimated light so that the object will
appear as though it is located far away, and software that
operates the entire system and analyzes the measurement
results. Here, the object component may be moved in
Dr. Yang Ho-Soon, Center for Space Optics (hsy@kriss.re.kr)
order to make an object on the ground appear to be
moving when viewed from a satellite.
An off-axis paraboloid has been widely used as a
collimator. Particularly when assessing the performance of
infrared cameras that use large-scale mirrors with a
diameter of hundreds of millimeters, it is vital to use a
larger, better-performing collimator than the infrared
camera being assessed. Advanced countries have restricted
the export of large-scale collimators, as they can be used
for military purposes, and thus developing such collimators
independently is imperative.
Dr. Yang and his colleagues have used a patented off-
axis paraboloid processing system to produce an off-axis
paraboloid with a diameter of 1 m and a geometric error
reduces the processing time by up to 75% compared to a
conventional method.
The software used for performance measurement
analyzes images fed into the detector in order to assess
the performance of infrared cameras. It assesses almost all
aspects related to the performance of the camera,
including minimum resolving temperature difference, noise
equivalent temperature difference, signal-to-noise ratio,

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field of view, and focal length.

“By developing homegrown equipment for
assessing the performance of large-scale
infrared cameras, we can now replace
equipment and go as far as exporting our
own to other nations,” says Dr. Yang. “Some
features of the developed equipment can be
used for visible light-based cameras, too, and
thus the equipment will be applicable to the
performance assessment of high-resolution
satellite cameras developed domestically.”
The recently patented off-axis paraboloid
processing system may be used in producing a
non-spherical mirror with a diameter of over
1 m. Therefore, the research team will further
expand its processing system and apply it to the Giant pieces of off-axis non-spherical surfaces with a diameter of
Magellan Telescope (GMT) project, of which KRISS will 1.1 m. This will serve as a golden opportunity for Koreas
also take part, in association with the Korea Astronomy sophisticated mirror production technology to become
and Space Science Institute (KASI), by producing seven better known to the global community.

Development of Diagnostic Technology for Processing

In the national backbone industries of semiconductors

and displays, measurement accuracy and control of the
vacuum process determines product quality and
performance. One of the key vacuum processes for
semiconductors and displays is the plasma-based etching
process. The etching process needs to be controlled
microscopically as patterns become finer, thereby requiring
accurate plasma measurements. For this reason, it is crucial
to accurately measure the amount and ingredients of
plasma-induced reactants within a reaction container
during processing. Understanding and accurately
measuring/controlling the mechanism of gas reacting in a
vacuum process will greatly help to improve process
management and product yield.
Dr. Kim Jung Hyung and his colleagues at the Center
for Vacuum Technology of the Division of Industrial
Dr. Kim Jung Hyung, Center for Vacuum Technology
Metrology in KRISS sought to address this problem by (jhkim86@kriss.re.kr)
developing the world's first technology to measure the
absolute value of electron density for processing plasmas, vacuum equipment. This will help us identify the reason,
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show different process results under the same conditions
(i.e. chamber matching); while performing a process, any
equipment abnormalities can be detected on a real-time
basis, reducing production losses and greatly contributing
to improve productivity.
Plasma enables nuclear fusion, and plasma etching
serves as the basis of making circuits with a line-width that
is several thousandths the thickness of human hair. Plasma
is widely used not only in semiconductors but also in other
industries such as biotechnology, environment-related
fields, and medicine. To utilize plasma properly in a wide
variety of areas, it is important to accurately measure its
characteristics, and such accurate measurements will
generate a huge industrial and economic ripple effect.
Against this backdrop, the plasma monitoring equipment
market is projected to grow further in the future as the
plasma process becomes growingly complicated and
sophisticated. The global plasma monitoring equipment
market will reach hundreds of billions of Korean won in
just a few years.
Any industrial application of plasma, however, requires
fine control over plasma itself. The development of this
new technology will pave the way for plasma, which has
previously been used only in a limited number of areas
such as semiconductors and displays, to be applied to a
wider range of fields such as high-tech materials.
The new technology is also expected to help Korean
equipment manufacturers differentiate themselves from
overseas players. In plasma processes such as
manufacturing and the coating of semiconductors and
displays, precision measurements and plasma control
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directly influence product quality and productivity.
Semiconductor equipment makers in advanced countries
have long-standing experience and knowhow in this regard,
and are developing relevant technologies, but they have
thus far resisted sharing or transferring such technological
expertise. Although they are latecomers to the plasma
processing equipment industry, Korean equipment makers
can improve the overall performance of their products by
attaching a plasma control and monitoring device. Once
KRISS completes its ongoing development of a plasma
standard, the calibration of plasma diagnosis equipment will
become much easier, significantly improving the reliability
of such equipment.
“Despite its world-class semiconductor technology,
Korea is still heavily reliant upon other countries when it
comes to semiconductor equipment,” says Dr. Kim. “The
recent development of process diagnostic technology will
help us transform ourselves into a leading power in the
development of cutting-edge process application
equipment such as semiconductors and panel displays.”
The research team plans on developing a plasma
standard as the basis for plasma measurements, building a
database on radical species as a key factor in etching
reaction during the semiconductor plasma etching process,
and developing plasma-based technologies for monitoring
vacuum process equipment and air environments to
support plasma-related industries.
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KRISS People
Dr. Shin Dong-Joo, Winner of 2009 KRISS Person of the Year Award

Dr. Shin Dong-Joo was chosen as KRISS

Person of the Year for 2009. The principle
research scientist at the KRISS Center for
Temperature and Light successfully developed
Korea’s first standard equipment for
accurately assessing sunlight and light-emitting
diodes (LEDs).
KRISS-RISE (Radiance Irradiance Standard
Equipment), developed by Dr. Shin and his
colleagues, conducts spectral irradiance
measurements at levels of 250 nm to 2.5 ,
which is one of the world’s highest levels of
accuracy. The uncertainty level of a standard
lamp calibrated using KRISS-RISE is on par Dr. Shin plans to apply the developed standard toward
with achievements by metrology institutes in advanced a standardized lamp for transmission purposes. In this way,
countries such as the United States, Germany, Japan, the standard can be widely used by national calibration
France, and the United Kingdom. The equipment is widely testing institutes and relevant industries such as those
expected to contribute to the development of Korean involved with solar cells, LEDs, and display enterprises. In
photovoltaic and display industries, which have thus far had order to develop standardized lamps, which have
to rely on measurement standards developed by advanced previously been imported primarily from the United States,
countries. KRISS-RISE separates light into different spectrums and
accurately measures the intensity by wavelength.

Dr. Shin Dong-Joo,

Center for Temperature and Light
(djshin@kriss.re.kr)

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KRISS Offers Korean Class for Foreign Researchers
The Global Partnership Team opened a four-week
Korean class in February 2010 for foreign researchers
working at KRISS. Held as a part of the Global Partnership
Plus Program, the class was attended by seven enthusiastic
students.
“Now repeat after me: Ah, ya, eo, yeo, oh, yo...”
Students at the class looked very serious and
committed when they were trying to mimic the mouth
movements of their instructor, Miss Sun-wook Kim from
the Global Partnership Team, and make sounds similar to
hers. For one and a half hours every Wednesday evening
from February 3rd, the office of the Global Partnership
Team was turned into a Korean language classroom.
“When I first joined the Korean class, I knew what Korean
consonants and vowels looked like but did not understand
how to combine them. The class was a great opportunity
for me to learn how Korean characters are combined and
pronounced.”
Ariful Haque from Bangladesh says “Thank you” in
Korean with clear pronunciation, explaining the Korean
class has helped him understand the Korean language in a
systematic manner. In the fourth and last session, they
gathered in the cafeteria instead of the team’s office to
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have dinner together and show how much their Korean
skills have developed for the last three weeks by singing a
Korean song.
The song chosen for the students was “Saranghae
Dangsineul” (Love You I Do), as the song is easy to sing
along with and its lyrics are neither long nor complicated.
They first sang the song together several times, and each
table sang two measures in turn. They would lower their
voice a bit when the lyrics were hard to pronounce, but
once they reached the verse that starts with “Yeah yeah
yeah,” everyone sang aloud in unison as if they had been
singing like this all the way through. Once the singing
session was over, everyone felt so hungry that their
stomachs growled. To celebrate their successful
completion of the four-week Korean class, the students
and the Global Partnership Team decided to dine in a
Middle Eastern restaurant recommended by the students.
“Lamb Tajin is steamed lamb chops, and chapatti is
bread eaten in the Middle East. How do you like it?”
Khaled from Egypt and Ariful explained each of the
Muslim food served there to the members of the team.
“This is much better than I expected! Chapatti is really
chewy and tasty.”
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The faces of the students brightened up as members of
the team highly praise the food.
“We have plenty of tasty food. Ask me anytime and I
will explain more.”
Tamer from Egypt was a student at the Korean class,
but here in the cafeteria, He kindly teaches everyone how
to make Muslim food. The evening was indeed a
heartwarming and amusing moment for all students and
members of the Global Partnership Team.
The Korean class was provided on a trial basis for
foreign researchers who have just come to Korea and had
no chance to learn the Korean language. The first week
session was about understanding the sounds of individual
consonants and vowels and reading words. Useful
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expressions for shopping were covered in the second
week, and the third week session was on words referring
to body parts and expressions that they can use at hospital
when they are not feeling well.
The Global Partnership Team has provided the Global
Partnership Plus Program in an endeavor to make sure that
foreign researchers at KRISS develop fondness and
affection for Korea and KRISS and pursue their research
activities happily and enthusiastically. The wide-ranging
activities that the program has to offer will help foreign
researchers achieve outstanding research performance and
make great memories here in Korea.
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Activities & Events

KRISS Celebrates its 34th Anniversary

On October 16th, 2009, the Korea Research Institute of

Standards and Science (KRISS) held a ceremony to
celebrate its 34 th anniversary. The ceremony began at
10:00 a.m. with a pre-event performance by the Daejeon
Yeonjeong Korean Music Orchestra, followed by an award
ceremony for prize winners commemorating the
anniversary, opening remarks by KRISS President Kim
Myungsoo, and a celebratory speech by former KRISS
president Seung Deok Park. A running event was also held
in the afternoon to promote harmony and unity among
KRISS members.

Nobel Laureate Speaks at KRISS

Professor John Hall, winner of the Nobel Prize in

Physics in 2005, visited KRISS on October 21st, 2009, as an
invited speaker. The American physicist is a world-
renowned expert in laser-based precision spectrum
technology, which is essential in developing high-accuracy
laser and global positioning systems (GPS). The theme of
his special lecture was “The Optical Frequency Comb - a
powerful tool with applications from Optical Frequency
Science to Medical Diagnostics.”

Dr. Dae Im Kang Becomes the New IMEKO Chairman

Dr. Dae Im Kang, a principle research scientist at

KRISS’s Center for Mass Related Quantities, took office
and began his three-year tenure as the chairman of the
International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) at the
19th IMEKO general assembly held on September 11 th,
2009, in Lisbon, Portugal.

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KRISS and LGC Hold a Joint Symposium on Food Safety

On October 20th, 2009, KRISS and the Laboratory of

the Government Chemist (LGC), Britains national
metrology institute in the fields of chemistry and
biotechnology, held a joint symposium at Hotel Shilla in
Seoul, Korea, under the theme “Global Food Quality and
Safety: Delivering High Standards.”

KRISS president speaks at CIPM MRA symposium

KRISS President Myungsoo Kim visited France and

Turkey during October 6th-14th, 2009. The purpose of his
visit was to attend the meeting of directors of national
metrology institutes. He gave a lecture as an invited
speaker at an international symposium commemorating
the 10th anniversary of CIPM MRA. In Turkey, he signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the TUBITAK
National Metrology Institute of the Republic of Turkey
(UME).

KRISS Attends the 2009 APMP General Assembly

In the 25 th general assembly of the Asia Pacific

Metrology Programme (APMP) held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, on December 17th, 2009, KRISS President Kim
Myungsoo was chosen as a new member of the executive
committee. Dr. Sam-Yong Woo, the director of the KRISS
Division of Physical Metrology, was appointed as the new
chairman of the Technical Committee for Mass and
Related Quantities (TCM). Director Seong Jai Cho of the
KRISS Division of Industrial Metrology was also selected as
the next chairman of the Working Group on Materials

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Metrology (WGMM). As its members assume the roles of
chairman and vice chairman in the APMP executive
committee and three technical committees, KRISS will be
demonstrating its continuing leadership in the Programme.
Meanwhile, Dr. In-Mook Choi of the KRISS Center of Mass
and Related Quantities won the APMP Iizuka Young
Metrologist Prize, which is given to young researchers
under the age of 40 with outstanding research
accomplishments and active engagement in regional
cooperation. Dr. Choi becomes the third KRISS researcher
to receive the award since 2001. KRISS successfully
completed its two-year APMP chairmanship and
engagement in the Secretariat, and handed over the role
to the National Institute of Metrology (NIM) of China. For
AMPM, whose membership is mostly made up of
developing economies, KRISS is expected to play a more
proactive role in, and make a greater contribution toward,
enhancing the region’s metrological capabilities.

Expanding Partnerships with NMIs abroad: UME (Turkey), RUSNANO

(Russia), NIM (Egypt), and NML-SIRIM (Malaysia)

KRISS has been widening its global partnership in the

field of metrology. In 2009, KRISS renewed or entered
into new partnerships with 12 national metrology institutes
and professional research organizations in foreign countries
by extending or concluding memorandums of
understanding (MoUs). Recent MoU achievements include
exchanges with UME of Turkey, RUSNANO of Russia,
NIM of Egypt, and NML-SIRIM of Malaysia. Under the new
leadership of Dr. Myungsoo Kim, KRISS is placing greater
emphasis on exploring programs of substantial
collaboration as a means to benefit both KRISS and its
partners, and setting a priority on developing human
resources for the national metrology institutes of
developing countries, all while promoting strategic R&D
collaboration with partners of advanced countries dealing
with such global issues as environmental changes, food
safety, new and renewal energies, nanotechnology, and
others.

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Global Partnership Plus Program: “KRISS GPP Year End Party 2009”

The KRISS GPP Year End Party 2009 was held on aiming to help foreign researchers lead a pleasant and
December 21 , 2009, at the KRISS cafeteria. Around 20
st
comfortable life during their stay at KRISS.
foreign researchers attended the party, which was
organized as part of the Global Partnership Plus Program,

KRISS Publishes an Introductory Brochure for International Publicity:

“GREEN KRISS” (English version)

In an endeavor to promote international publicity, KRISS’s Global

Parnership Team has published an introductory brochure in English, including a
new organizational chart, revised as of 2010, and an introduction to the
institute’s key research divisions, technical services, and activities for
international cooperation. The team also prepared a fact sheet covering the
institute’s headcount, paper publications, and current budget as of February
2010, as well as a leaflet introducing the NSS workshop and KRISS-UST
program. Both the fact sheet and leaflet are now being distributed and are
posted on the official website.

Upcoming Events
27th Workshop on the National Standards System and Precision Measurement
- April 15 ~ May 1, 2010 / Contact: Ms. Doyoung Lee (leedo25@kriss.re.kr)

KRISS Spring Flower Festival

- April 30~ May 2, 2010 / Contact: Mr. Tae-Boong In(tbin@kriss.re.kr)

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9th Measurement Club Workshop

- May 19 ~20, 2010 / Contact: Dr. Hyun Soo Nham (nhs@kriss.re.kr)

World Metrology Day Symposium 2010

- The theme for World Metrology Day Symposium 2010 (WMD 2010) is “Metrology, a Bridge to Innovation.” A symposium
will also be held in Korea, with the participation of industrial specialists and distinguished scholars from home and abroad.
- May 20, 2010 / Contact: Mr. Kangyoung Sung (sky0512@kriss.re.kr)

KRISS to Hold a Summit for the Directors of National Metrology Institutes

on Developing Economies
KRISS will hold a summit during June 21st-22nd, 2010 for
the directors representing the national metrology institutes
of developing countries that fought during the Korean War
as a means to build a network for mutual cooperation and
to seek ways to work together on the development of
human resources and an active engagement in international
organizations. The directors of six national metrology
institutes in Australia, Colombia, Ethiopia, the Philippines,
South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey are invited to be briefed
on the current status of the national standards
development at KRISS and in Korea as a whole, and will be
given advice on how to build a modern national
metrological system. We will also discuss the role of
national metrology institutes in today’s global economy,
and visit major Korean enterprises and places related to
the Korean War.

Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements 2010

Hosted by KRISS, the 27 th Conference on Precision
Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2010) continues a
series of conferences that are a premier forum for
quantum devices that relate electrical standards to
fundamental constants and the international system of
units. CPEM 2010 will offer plenary talks as well as oral
presentations and posters selected from submitted
abstracts. In addition, CPEM 2010 will feature invited
lectures addressing the global agenda of “Low Carbon,
Green Growth” to be delivered by a distinguished group
of speakers working at the frontier of measurement
science and technology.
- June 13th - 18th, 2010, Daejeon, Korea
- Visit the CPEM 2010 website for further information:
http://cpem2010.kriss.re.kr/

KRISS External Review 2010

To make a full assessment of the current research
activities and achievement status of six out of thirteen
affiliated institutes including KRISS, Korea Research Council
of Fundamental Science & Technology (KRCF) will conduct
a major external review in June in order to identify the
strengths and weaknesses within their global standards, to
secure both national and international credibility, and to
achieve objective validity.
- June 22nd - 24th, 2010, KRISS

To subscribe, please contact: Ms. Doyoung Lee

Phone: +82-42-868-5443 Fax: +82-42-868-5444 E-mail: leedo25@kriss.re.kr
Website: http://english.kriss.re.kr Address: 209 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-340, Republic of Korea
*The photo on the cover was taken by Dr. Yong Ki Park