On Nov. 29 at 2 PM, the “2023 Boeing Day” was hosted by our university and Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company,
at our school’s Vision Hall. First held in 2014, Boeing Day celebrated its 10th anniversary this year.
This yearly event consists of special lectures and panels from Boeing Korea’s employees and idea contests where students from our university
participate.
This year, John Kim, the Director of Korea Defense and Government Services at Boeing Defense, gave a special lecture under the theme
“Boeing Overview,” introducing the company’s history, current status, and achievements within the Korean market.
The event continued with a panel discussion between Boeing employees and students where they could freely exchange questions and
answers regarding Boeing’s vision, business areas, and strategies for getting hired by the company.
Meanwhile, the student idea contest theme for this year’s event was “landing modules or rovers (robots that explore the surface of extraterrestrial
planets) for exploring the Moon and Mars.” Students utilized the expertise they mastered from their major classes until the event to set plans to
explore the Moon or Mars in the future.
They also showcased unique ideas regarding the forms, structures, and functions of landing modules or rovers that would explore the harsh terrain.
Among the 54 teams that participated, nine teams that qualified for the preliminaries presented their concepts in groups of four members and
exhibited their ideas through posters.
Team KAU-X, consisting of Park Jun-yeong, Jo Hyeon-seong, Woo Jun-gyu, and Kang Jeong-yun, won first place.
The teams that won first through third places in the event were awarded scholarships and opportunities to participate in the
“NASA-Boeing Exploration Program,”
where they will be able to tour the Boeing Factory in Everett, Washington, USA, and NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
The teams in fourth to sixth places also received scholarships.
President Heo Hui-yeong, during the congratulatory message, said, “I cannot express my gratitude enough for Boeing’s staff and their
unwavering sponsorship of the event for the last ten years and their generous scholarship grants.”
He added, “The times require imagination for the age of space that waits at our doorstep. This event will be a valuable opportunity for
students to experiment with their spirit of diving into challenges and learning new things by drawing plans for landing modules and rovers to
explore the Moon and Mars.”
Our university hosts the Global Aerospace Extracurricular Program (GAEP) annually with Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed Martin, the world’s
three largest aircraft manufacturers.