Suh Nam-pyo

[2] Suh began his career at MIT in 1970, where he was the Ralph E. & Eloise F. Cross Professor, Director of the Park Center for Complex Systems (formerly the Manufacturing Institute), and the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for ten years from 1991 to 2001.

[3] In October 1984, Suh took a leave of absence from MIT to accept a Presidential Appointment at the National Science Foundation where he was in charge of engineering.

[6] As the President of KAIST, he provided framework for two large-scale systems, On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV)[7] and Mobile Harbor.

[8] During his term of office, he innovated the tenure review system for professors, increased the diversity of the faculty by increasing the number of female and international professors, provided more chances in admission for the students from non-special-purposed high schools, required English lecture for all undergraduate courses to better prepare students for international leadership, and introduced design education for all first year students to help them develop problem solving abilities.

[9] He also contributed to improve major educational indices of KAIST in terms of world university ranking and the reserved amount of donations.