SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU), SEOUL, KOREA
The 1st semester "Global Capstone Design" team (Advisory Professors: Gwan Soo HAN, Sang Do NOH) received the 3rd prize in the "Product Engineering, Industrial Design" field in the PUMA Project Competition at the "2017 PACE Global Annual Forum".
The 2017 PACE Global Annual Forum was held from July 24th to 27th in Toluca, Mexico, and 6 teams from 30 universities in 8 countries participated in the competition.
PUMA stands for Personal Urban Mobility Access. The team from SKKU invented a personal mobility and transportation service for the baby boomer generation.
With support from the SKKU LINC Business Unit, 28 students majoring in subjects such as Systems Management Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Psychology, and Design participated in the event. Over the course of one year, they organized a team with various universities including UPRM, Purdue University, Howard University, Ibero-American University, ITESM, Kookmin University, and Inha Unversity.
The Global Capstone Design team will seek a higher degree of completion for the project through the advanced education program "Advanced Convergence Capstone Design" and by attending other international competitions and start-ups.
