Han Man Choon
Pioneer of Korean electrical engineering
Engineer and educator, Seoul
1921 — 1984
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Nº 01 — Prologue
1921 — 1984In 1943 he graduated with the first class in electrical engineering at Keijō Imperial University. In 1961 he became the nation’s first doctor of the discipline — and, that same year, built its first analog computer. Then, in the 1970s, he produced the calculation arguing that a country’s voltage should rise from 110 to 220 volts.
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Nº 02 — The Machine
From military surplus parts he and his students gathered in the junk shops of Cheonggyecheon, he built a machine that performed higher calculus in real time.
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Full chronology →Graduates with the first class in electrical engineering at Keijō Imperial University; joins the Joseon Electric Power Company.
Ph.D., University of Nottingham — Korea’s first doctorate in electrical engineering.
The national 220 V conversion begins, on the theoretical case he made.
Named among the first Science & Technology Merit honorees.
He lit a light in the darkness and carried the nation’s future. We will honour that work forever.
Yoo Ook-joon, President, Korean Academy of Science and Technology · 40th memorial address · 9 Sept 2024 · translated