Today started off early as I packed all of my things and got ready to check out of our hotel in Pohang. After checking out, we left for one of the places I had been looking forward to the most during this trip, the Hyundai Motor Company in Ulsan. Before heading to the factory, we…
Tag: Plus3 Korea
Day 09: Steel
Today was a really long but exciting day filled with new experiences. Today we visited Pohang University of Science and Technology again, along with POSCO, one of the world’s largest steel companies. As soon as we arrived at POSTECH, we met our tour guides, who were students currently studying there. They were all very welcoming…
Day 9: Pohang, just like Pittsburgh
Day 9 in Korea was our second full day in Pohang, and would also be our last. The day started with us heading back to POSTECH. Even though we had already spent an entire day at the university, I was glad to visit again because it was probably my favorite thing we’d done so far…
Hangin’ in Pohang
Day 7: Today felt incredibly long. We started really early in the morning with breakfast at 6:30 a.m. We had a vegan breakfast, and since we had some time before our next activity, we decided to hike up the hill to see the statues and climb to the top. The view was extraordinary. The hike…
The End
Today, I woke up and had my last hotel breakfast of the trip. Other than taking the time to pack everything up, because I hadn’t started till this morning, I really didn’t do much. Once I packed everything up, I went down to check that my suitcase was light enough, which it was by far…
Last day, TOPIS
Sadly, today is my full day in Korea. This trip has been one of my favorites of all time, and I travel quite a lot. We started off the travel by traveling back to the city hall. Surprisingly, we saw the mayor of Seoul outside being interviewed. We stayed for a bit watching the crowded…
Hyundai Ulsan
Today we woke up bright and early as usual and traveled by charter bus to Ulsan to see the Hyundai car factory. I also couldn’t take photos of the factory, but I could take some of the museum we went to before. In the museum, we learned about the start-up of Hyundai and how it…
Traffic, Final Presentations, and Cooking
Today, we went back to Seoul City Hall but instead of going on a tour through the building like last time we went to the basement, to what looked like a top secret government facility. After going through extremely thick doors because apparently this area also doubles as a bomb shelter, we watched a video…
Coming to a Close
Yesterday we made back to the original hotel we were in the first time we were in Seoul. I missed the breakfast here. However, I think the eggs gave Noah food poisoning for four days, so I didn’t eat those. Then we headed to Topis. Topis headquarters is back at city hall. It was nice…
Plus3 South Korea 12: A New Era of Transportation and The End of a Journey
Today was our final day in Korea, which, for a lot of reasons, was super sad, not only because the trip has been such a fun and meaningful experience, but also because I will likely not see some of the friends I made on this trip for a few months. Though, despite it being our…
From Education to Industry
On Tuesday, we started exactly where we ended the day before: on POSTECH’s campus. We were given a tour by a student named James. He was born in Korea but lived in England for a few years, which is why I was really thrown off when I heard his British accent. He showed us all…
Plus3 South Korea 11: SMART Factories
Today was the second-to-last day of our trip. We woke up in Pohang, packed our rooms, hopped on a charter bus, and headed to Ulsan, where we would get a tour of the Hyundai plant later in the day. Over the course of the two-hour trip, we got to see a lot more of Korea’s…
Uninvited Visitors, Cars, and a Tower
Today, we began by leaving our hotel in Pohang and heading to Ulsan to visit HYUNDAI on the way to the KTX station. We quickly ate lunch in a coffee shop while waiting for our tour, where some weird guy posing as an employee kept following people in our group. We went through the tour…
Steel, Hot Furnaces, and More Steel
Today, we began with another visit back to POSTECH, where students gave us a campus tour. Even though we already saw the campus yesterday, we primarily focused on the higher level labs. It was fun to see it from a student closer to my age’s perspective, and I enjoyed talking to my guide. He spoke…
Research Makes the World Go Round
So it turns out I left Pitt just to end up at another research institution. POSTECH, Pohang University of Science and Technology, is a university based out of Pohang, South Korea. We started the day with a presentation from the admissions team. I learned that POSTECH is only about 40 years old, but it has…
South Korea 12: The Reflections Will Continue Until Enlightenment Occurs
Today (and it is actually today, since I’m writing this on the plane the night of the last day) was our last day in Korea. Rather than do the responsible thing of sleeping in, I did the alternately responsible thing of waking up early to get as much out of the trip as possible. Saltbread…
South Korea 10-11: Ulsan Plant and TOPIS
So I’ll be perfectly frank in saying that I’m writing this on the long haul flight back to the USA. Got a bit behind on the blogs, it happens. Also, no huge revelations or intellectual (as my peers have been calling it) ideas, so a bit more objective reporting here. Also, since most of day…
Plus3 South Korea 10: Another Steel City?
On Tuesday, we went back to tour more of their campus, which is extremely large, about three times the size of the Pitt campus, while only having one-tenth of its student population. This is honestly very nice; it makes the campus feel spacious and gives each student ample space. The tour, as a whole, definitely…
Plus3 South Korea 09: POSTECH and Particle accelerators
On Monday, we arrived in Pohang, a coastal city at the bottom right of the Korean peninsula. We were here to visit POSTECH, a university that just joined Global E3 and a school with which Pitt is trying to develop a stronger relationship. POSTECH stands for Pohang University of Science and Technology, and it is…