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Our education and research group’s core education and research scope
The education and research group’s detailed goals for each area are as follows:
  • [Education] Cultivation of global talents specializing in the marine field through practical cooperation with world-class companies and universities in the new and renewable energy field
  • [Research] Reinforcement of world-class industry-academic convergence research capabilities to lead the way in the field of new and renewable marine energy
  • [(Regional) Industry-academic cooperation] Establishment of an industry-academic cooperation system in the new and renewable marine energy field to solve problems affecting new domestic marine industries and regional specialized marine industries
Educational capability
Strategies to achieve educational goals
  • (Systematic operation of convergence curriculum) Establishment of new and renewable marine energy convergence curriculum and establishment of talent training system through practical academic activities
  • (Diversification of global programs) Cultivation of creative and innovative talents to research future convergence technologies, and supplying these talents to local communities by operating various convergence classes and global programs
  • (Focusing on solving on-site problems) Development of a curriculum centered on solving problems in the field together with local specialized marine industries and establishment of a joint operation system
New and renewable marine energy convergence major curriculum operation plan
  • (Curriculum operation by track) The education and research group has divided its curriculum into three tracks: [Track-1] Marine Energy System Mechanical Materials, [Track-2] Marine Environment and Hydrogen Energy, and [Track-3] Marine Infrastructure Construction. All tracks are interconnected in the production-conversion-transport & storage education curriculum.
  • (Enhancing the competitiveness of new and renewable marine energy convergence) A marine specialization-based convergence major curriculum will be formed to foster creative convergence experts. Also, together with a specialized education track, programs enabling education in all fields of new and renewable marine energy will be operated to foster interdisciplinary convergent experts.
  • (Improvement of the qualitative level of degree programs) Various education programs will be operated to promote and internationalize multidisciplinary convergence research (basic engineering education program, co-advisor system, increasing the proportion of presentations at overseas conferences, increasing the graduation requirements for graduate students, public presentation of degree dissertations, internships at government-funded research institutes, and master’s and doctorate linkage courses, etc.)
  • (Establishment and operation of a lecture evaluation feedback system) The quality of lectures will be increased through incorporation of a lecture evaluation feedback system, seeking ways to utilize the results of lecture evaluations. The opinions of participating graduate students will be reflected and the activities of the course management committee and advisory committee will increase. Also, the demands of industry/government/academia etc. will be reflected in order to enhance quality.
Research capabilities
Strategies and detailed measures to achieve research goals
  • (International cooperation with foreign companies and renowned universities) Global research capabilities will be enhanced through practical exchanges with Norway's NTNU Energy and Aker Solutions, the Middle East’s UAE Shahja University and Qatar University, and China’s China Academy of Sciences (CAS). Also, global research capabilities will be enhanced through overseas training programs, joint research, and student-led seminars to increase cooperative research capabilities, and by supplying incentives for identification of convergence research topics (MOU completed with NTNU Energy and Aker Solutions).
  • (Transformation towards world-class research quality) The 25-10 Project will be promoted with the goal to increase the paper publication rate in outstanding journals of the top 25% of excellent journal articles published by more than 10% annually. This will be achieved by securing exemplary, highly talented researchers, by hosting seminars featuring renowned overseas scholars, and through lab internships and open lab operations with outstanding overseas universities.
  • (Establishing a regionally specialized research system and contribution to the local community) This will be done by establishing a cooperative system with marine technology institutions and addressing local issues through industry-academic cooperation with small-l and medium-sized local companies. To achieve this, human resource cooperation with representative marine cluster organizations from the southeast region of Korea, such as KIOST and KOMERI, will be increased, and human and material resource exchange and joint research with participating companies from Seobusan Convergence Campus (located in Busan Mium Industrial Complex) will be performed.
  • (K-CORE establishment) The main mission of “K-CORE”, which will serve as an education-research-industrial cooperative hub for new and renewable marine energy, is to cultivate experts and lead convergence research through the 4th stage of the BK21 project. This will lead to fostering of a global maritime company within the region through industry-academic cooperation.