Pukyong National University

Established Research Center

• Research Center for Ocean Industrial Development (RCOID)
  The Research Center for Ocean Industrial Development (RCOID) was established on January 4, 1991, as part of the vitalization of university studies of KOSEF. It aims to develop basic/applied technology for the improvement of production of Korean coastal fishing grounds and farms, consistent industrial cooperation for the development of ocean space creational technology and the formation of an international cooperative research system. By presidential decree, it has been reorganized as the legal laboratory of a national university.
  Step 1 of the Center was completed in 2000 with excellent results, as industrialization through improved productivity of coastal fishing grounds occurred. The development focus of research technology on fishery development was later changed to an independent research management system, expanding to step 2 from its base of step 1, and developing various forms of technology related to the usage development of ocean space. This focused on the expansion of its area of sustainable coastal space using the technology development, coastal oceanography, coastal and harbor engineering, and coastal ecological environment engineering and fishery engineering.
  It also concentrates on nuturing intellectuals with knowledge of technology development and who possess masters and doctor's degrees from graduate school. It addition, the center is internationally recognized through its networks with research groups and databanks with domestic and overseas research organizations and research groups. Moreover, apart from its maritime specialization at PKNU, our institute has the further goal of undertaking core work by fostering the development of an ocean perspective technology industry and making Busan an ocean city base.
• Environmental Research Center
  It is a fact that environmental problems are increasing, and this is a very important issue facing modern society. It cannot be denied that the development of science technology brought innovative benefits and improvements to our lives; however, it also brought serious environmental problems to the natural environment, which is the basis of human life.
  Currently, cars and public transportations release toxic gases, causing air pollution, wastewater in numerous factories, pollution of coasts and oceans, basically causing huge risks to human life and our vital fish resources. It is therefore essential that we find a way to improve this polluted environment and deeper research is required as researchers exchange their studies and more organized and structured basis. To meet these requirements, we offer basic studies of environmental problems by having built an environmental research center and providing professional knowledge and technology to government, public organizations and private companies to contribute to society.

  Research Division, Study Field

  Research Division	Study Field
  Environmental plan and Environmental impact assessment	- Collection of basic information to set up environmental law and policy - Environmental impact assessment
  Water quality management, Water and wastewater treatment	- Water and wastewater analysis, water quality modeling - Water and wastewater treatments
  Air and noise pollutionmeasurement and control	- Development of toxic gas control process, air diffusion modeling,air pollution control and design, noise pollution control
  Soil conservation, solid wastetreatment	- Soil contamination management, waste incineration,hazardous waste management
  Investigation of ecology	- Environmental monitoring of ecosystem, ecological modeling, ecological engineering EMERGY analysis, energy modeling
  Municipal planning	- Environmental planning, environmental accounting,economical engineering, environmental policies and administrations.

   
• Spatial Information Research Center
  The Spatial Information Research Center was established in October 2000 with the goal of researching relatives, nurturing intellectuals, and providing technology support to the industry by exchanging studies of organization within Korea and abroad for the advanced spatial information industry. This center actively undertakes research on air and coastal environment, explores coastal and forest resources using aero pictures, maintains a geographical transportation information system combining 4S technology, develops protective GIS and GNSS element technology and monitors the weather, and is closely involved in related areas such as satellite remote exploration, satellite geographic information, satellite measurement, fishery and marine geographic information and satellite protection information research.
  The 21st century is the era of spatial information floods. We strive to maintain professionalism of applicable research using domestic spatial information, including the development of core technology that is used for spatial information.
• Naval Architecture and Marine Systems Engineering Research Institute
  For developing basic theories of naval architecture and ocean engineering, the institute plays an important role in education, research, and public service. The institute is making all efforts to improve research environment and to collaborate high technologies with heavy industrial companies.
• Supercomputer Center
  Supercomputer Center is a research institute that supports research and development (R&D) projects and researchers through computational resources of its own super-computing systems (cluster, storage, research network, etc.). This center can support the promotion of research in atmospheric and oceanic science. The computational resources are regularly utilized for the medium-range forecast and climate projection. Therefore, we aim to generate professional and educational exchanges between domestic and foreign institutions through our center.
• Atmospheric Environmental Research Institute
  The Institute presents professional and creative research, including basic and applied research on air and environmental areas, and has become a Institute that plays a major role in improving air and environmental areas. By flexibly applying human resources and laboratory are research centers within Korea and abroad, the industry and universities are contributing to academic development and nurturing outstanding professionals gifted in theory and practice. By presenting inter-research for the industry, academic and research and exchange of academic information inside Korea and abroad, the Institute has become a point of global research that has strengthened national competitiveness and secured the top position in its field. Currently, it functions in conjunction with an air environment evaluation team that predicts and evaluates the condition of air environment of the future by using figure modeling such as high-tech observation devices and a global research team for international inter-research and monitoring weather changes.
• Energy Resources Research Center
  The Energy Resources Research Center was established on February 20, 2009 to improve research ability by exchanging information with developed countries and inter-research, evaluating creative and innovative research results through basic and advanced research on the energy and resources fields. We require professional knowledege of each field as interest in energy resources, including oil resources, mineral resources, new renewable energy is ever-increasing. Our Center fosters research development of energy resources, provides a training site to nurture research human resources with theory and practice to create a place for global research by strengthening national competitiveness in related areas and securing the top position in its field.
  Director of Energy Resources Research Center, PKNU, WANG Soo kyun
• Geo-Sciences Institute
  The Institute’s aim is to present professional research on areas related to earth science, apply all human resources, research devices and facilities flexibly, including research institutes, industries and other universities within Korea and abroad to present creative and innovative research. Through these activities, we strive to resolve environmental problems related to air, soil and water resources and improve research level at to an international level. We aim to nurture professionals with knowledge of the theory and practice of the international state of the Earth's environment problems. Finally, our goal is to present combined research on weather changes related to air, soil and water resources flexibly to provide brand-new fusion studies at an international level to assist in the world’s environmental problems.
  The Institute undertakes the following activities:
  • Researches the Earth's environment (air, soil and water resources) related to weather changes
  • Exchanges information, data and international inter-research related to the Earth's environment problems
  • Nurtures professional intellectuals and develops human resources to resolve the Earth's environment problems
  • Exchanges academic information within Korea and abroad and conducts international inter-research
  • Carries out inter-reserach on industry, academic matters and research and technical support of industry
  • Undertakes business that is appropriate to the aims of the Research Institute
• Center of Oceanic Meteorological Inormation
  The Center’s aim is to present professional research on areas related to earth science, apply all human resources, research devices and facilities flexibly, including research institutes, industries and other universities within Korea and abroad to present creative and innovative research. Through these activities, we strive to resolve environmental problems related to air and water resources and improve research level at to an international level. We aim to nurture professionals with knowledge of the theory and practice of the international state of the Earth's environment problems. Finally, our goal is to present combined research on weather changes related to air and water resources flexibly to provide brand-new fusion studies at an international level to assist in the world’s environmental problems.
• Laboratory of Administrative Spatial Information and Drone
  After opening in June 2015, this laboratory conducts basic and applied research on administrative spatial information policy and related technology in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. In response to the establishment of e-government and national informatization, the platform based on big data and cloud computing, it intends to establish its position as a world leader in information management research and system construction. In addition, through information exchange and joint research with developed countries, we aim to improve our research capabilities and derive more creative and innovative research results. Also, based on administrative spatial information technology, it is actively promoting future human resources suitable for the era of the 4th industrial revolution by applying big data administrative spatial information technology such as drone information management research and system construction that can be used in the actual field.
• Ocean Science Institute(OSI)
  It was established in 1992 at Pukyong National University as the ocean science research institute for inter-university in Korea. The institute has greatly contributed to advance Korean marine science and technology by perform the joint study with Industry-University-Institute. Our goals is to achieve academic research and to educate training for maine science technical professionals. In order to accomplish our goals, collaborations with domestic and international research institute, and other universities are continuously conducted.
• Smart Infrastructure Technology Research Center
  The purpose of the establishment of this research center is to ensure that large social and business infrastructures perform their functions effectively and economically during their service life.Therefore, it develops the necessary core element technology throughout the entire process of system planning, design, construction and maintenance. The purpose of this is to establish a smart infrastructure system technology system by integrating it.
  For this purpose, new materials and smart sensors with self-diagnosis/recovery functions will be developed, and smart monitoring technologies with sensing and evaluation functions and response functions will be established through the use of the Internet of Things (IoT). In addition, we will develop effective repair/reinforcement technologies for damaged infrastructure systems, and apply them to structural systems/ground systems/shore port systems to develop smart infrastructure system construction technologies for each target area.
• Active Fault & Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Reasearch Institute
  Earthquakes of 5 or higher occurred in Gyeongju and Pohang over and over recently. People became increasingly interested in earthquakes and necessary technologies for earthquake hazard mitigationwith a consensus. This institute was established in 2017 to satisfy this requirement.
  Developed countries support research center to study natural disasters and hazard mitigation technology well. In particular, countries near Pacific Rim focus their studies on earthquakes. Korea has been considered to be a safty zone for earthquakes, but researches for earthquakes are proceeded after Gyeongju and Pohang earthquakes.However, research on the characteristics of domestic earthquakes is on starting step and lack of researchers and experts. It is needed to organize and culitvate experts for domestic earthquakes professionally and this institute(AFEMi) intends to fulfill these roles. The main activities are,
  first, analysis of the characteristics of active faults and the mechanism of earthquake occurrence on the Korean Peninsula. Second, detection and analysis of active faults using the latest remote sensing and spatial information technology. Third, in the study of the characteristics of earthquake disasters and the characteristics of secondary disasters according to the characteristics on the ground. Fourth is the study of earthquake predictability through statistical analysis of seismic fault data.

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