ME PhD Graduate Joon Sik Lee Appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs in Korea
ME PhD graduate Joon Sik Lee was recently nominated as the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs by South Korean President Park Geunhye. Dr. Lee completed his graduate work in heat transfer at Berkeley, and moved on to become a professor at Seoul National University, where he also served as Executive Vice President and Provost. He recently spent his sabbatical at the Laser Thermal Laboratory, here in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
 
To read more about Dr. Lee’s recent nomination, please click here.