After 2 weeks in a completely different culture I was able to learn several things through our cultural visits and company visits. Through discussions with these companies and the lectures, I was able to get a keen insight to my profession. Whatever country you are in, companies will always have ethical issues to deal with….

The last day is finally here and wow it was long. Today it was time to travel back home. We woke up early to get on the bus because we had to drive all the way back to Seoul from Busan. It was about a 5 hour bus ride from Busan to the Incheon International…

For the first time this whole trip I got to sleep in. It is been a busy two weeks but today was very relaxing. I got plenty of sleep and then since I had no obligations except for dinner me and my friends went to the beach. We went to Haeundae Beach and grabbed lunch…

Today was our last day of visits and I cannot believe it. When I think back to this whole trip it seems like it went by really quickly, but at the same time the first days in Seoul seem so far away and its because of how much we have done. We have been able…

Today was our first full day in Busan and it included two company visits. We started our day at Trainor Korea. Trainor Korea is a specialist company that offers training in the areas of electrical and automation safety. They provide training courses through classroom and practical work to certify the workers. With each country  having…

Today we were able to tour another part of the Hyundai Groups, the Hyundai Motor Company. We were at the Ulsan plant which is the largest out of all the Hyundai Motors and was the first one created. We went into a presentation room and had a Hyundai tour guide talk about this specific plant….

It was an early wake up call today as we had to leave Geyongju and head to Ulsan. Ulsan is home to major factories especially in the shipbuilding and ship transportation companies. We started at Jinsan Marine Management Co, a marine supplier and much more. We sat in a conference room where the founder and…

Today was filled with cultural visits in the ancient city of Gyeongju. Gyeongju was the capital of the Silla Dynasty which lasted from 57 BC – 935 AD . It is filled with thousand-year-old cultural sites and it is considered a world heritage sites by UNESCO. We started of at the Daereungwon Tomb Complex. This…

Today was a quiet day in that it was a travel day. Yesterday was our last day in Seoul and so today we traveled to Gyeongju. The total travel time was about 6 hours but that included the two rest stops we did. The bus ride went by surprisingly fast because the first two hours…

This was the most anticipated day for me out of the whole trip. We were on our way to the DMZ. It is crazy how there is such a major split between the two countries and how tense it is. Being the only one in the world, we were offered such a unique opportunity. We…

On this lovely day we visited a big tech corporation called Naver. Naver is basically South Korea’s Google and offers the Korean search engine. It also offers services such as an online Q&A platform called Knowledge iN, mobile messenger called LINE, video messenger called Snow, and a group communication service called BAND. After getting ready…

Today we were able to do our first company visit, got a tour of the Seoul City Hall, and then a second company visit. We woke up early because the ride was an hour long to Samsung BioLogics. Samsung BioLogics is an affiliate company of Samsung that focuses on bio pharmaceutical manufacturing. They describe themselves…

Today was our first culture day, which is the days in which we either visit a university or a business. We visited Hanyang University which was located about thirty minutes from our hotel and kind of on the edge of Seoul. Hanyang University is a private research institute which is one of the leading engineering…

Our first full day in Korea started at 9 am and we were on our way into Seoul. Our day was filled with a full Seoul city tour that took us to some really interesting places. We first went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace. This was the royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty and where the…

We had finally made it to Korea and for the first time in my life I was in Asia. Right away I was so excited and in love with Korea. We got on a coach bus and we had our tour guide, Rob, talk about Korea the whole way to the hotel. The airport is…

So my journey finally began. I had been waiting for so long that it didn’t feel like it was actually happening. I arrived early Friday morning to University of Pittsburgh and was able to get settled in Nordenberg. I spent the day hanging out with friends and trying to make the time pass by. My…

Hello everyone, my name is Linus Silbernagel and I am a freshman in the Swanson School of Engineering. I am majoring in computer engineering and I cannot wait to spend two week in South Korea learning about smart systems. So first a little bit about myself. I was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and moved to…