Kim Dong-man

Key takeaways

Kim Dong-man belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kim Dong-man to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kim Dong-man from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kim Dong-man (Korean: 김동만, born May 11, 1955) is a South Korean food engineer. He is an expert in post-harvest management of fresh produce. In 1980, he began his career as a researcher in the Food Science Lab of Korea Institute of Science and Technology. His initial field of research was on the storage and distribution of fresh agricultural products. After 1988, he has worked at the Korea Food Research Institute, where he conducted research on processing, packaging, storage, and distribution technologies for fresh agricultural products, and teach technologies both domestically and abroad. He has published 210 research reports, 50 domestic and foreign patents, and 230 research papers individually or jointly. He served as Director of the Korea-ASEAN FTA Cooperation Project, Head of Convergence Technology Research Division of Korea Food Research Institute, Vice Chairman of the Korea Food Storage and Distribution Society, and KOICA advisor. He learned agricultural distribution technology from GTZ in Germany for rural areas of the Republic of Korea, which was still a developing country in the 1980s. After 1994, with the advance of Korea's food engineering to some extent, he has been carrying out aid projects to improve management of post-harvest fresh agricultural products for technically lagging Southeast Asian countries. The targets include countries such as the Philippines (FDC), Vietnam (NACENTECH), Cambodia (CADRI), Indonesia (PAJAJALAN UNIV.), Myanmar, Azerbaijan, etc. In recognition of his achievements in this project, he was awarded the Plaque of Appreciation and the Merit Medal by the Philippine President and the Vietnamese government, respectively. Since 2011, he has served as Director of the Korea-ASEAN FTA Cooperation Project, focusing mainly on Myanmar, the poorest member of the ASEAN member countries in terms of Per capita income. Based on KOICA's budget, the Korea Food Research Institute established the "Postharvest Technology Training Centre" to help Myanmar, which has suffered losses of 30-70% after harvesting. Since January 2015, the educational facility has been acquired and operated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar. Kim Dong-man received the Myanmar Government Citation from Vice President Nian Thun on March 2, 2015, in recognition of his contribution to improving the distribution structure of agricultural products in Myanmar and building a foundation for food engineering technology.

Career August 1980: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Food Engineering Lab. (Senior Researcher) June 1982: German Federal Institute for Nutrition (Karlsluhe, visiting researcher) May 1988: Korea Food Research Institute (Responsible Researcher) September 1995: Korea-Philippines, Korea-Vietnam Agricultural Products Distribution Technology Development Research Director October 1997: Korean Commissioner of ATC in APEC (Food Processing, Storage, Distribution) October 2000: Head of Planning and Coordination Division, Korea Food Research Institute May 2002: Head of Korea-ASEAN post-harvest management technology cooperation project May 2006: Head of Korea-Azerbaijan Agricultural Products Distribution Technology Cooperation Project November 2007: Head of Korea-Cambodia/Myanmar Distribution Technology Cooperation Project January 2008: Head of Korea-ASEAN FTA Agricultural Products Distribution Technology Cooperation Project September 2011: Head of Convergence Technology Research Division, Korea Food Research Institute September 2011: Head of KOICA Myanmar agricultural products post-harvest management technology cooperation project

Education February 1978: Graduated from Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Chungnam National University (Bachelor of Agriculture) August 1980: Graduated from Chungnam National University, Department of Food Engineering (Master of Agriculture) August 1987: Graduated from the Department of Food Science and Technology, Graduate School of Dongguk University (Doctor of Engineering) October 1992: Completion of post-doc course, Department of Food Science and Technology, Cornell University, USA

Award June 2002: Appreciation Plaque for Technology Transfer, President of the Philippines November 2003: Excellence Research Award, President of the Republic of Korea December 2007: Medal of Merit for Science and Technology, Government of Vietnam March 2015: Commendation for distribution of agricultural products, Government of Myanmar

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Kim Dong-man

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kim Dong-man claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kim Dong-man before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kim Dong-man ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kim Dong-man

In research: Kim Dong-man appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kim Dong-man in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kim Dong-man is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1955 births, Dongguk University alumni, Food engineers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kim Dong-man outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

How to study Kim Dong-man in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kim Dong-man means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Kim Dong-man out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kim Dong-man in simple terms?

Kim Dong-man (Korean: 김동만, born May 11, 1955) is a South Korean food engineer. He is an expert in post-harvest management of fresh produce.

Why does Kim Dong-man matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kim Dong-man?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kim Dong-man.