Pukyong National University

PKNU, tasted the glory of ‘Best Prize’ at the 30th Students' Ship Design Contest

- The accomplishments of Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine systems Engineering ... 1st place in the designated subject · 2nd place in the subject-free task

The 'ARRA' team (Leader Noh Yun-Joo, Advisory Prof. Kim Dong-Joon) of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine systems Engineering at Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) won the first prize (the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award) at the 30th Students' Ship Design Contest.

The team of Pukyong National University's Department of Naval Architecture and Marine systems Engineering gained recognition for its best competency among the participating teams in universities nationwide in the designated-subject task of designing a 'bulk carrier in the 63,000 DWT class' in this competition hosted by the Society of Naval Architects of Korea.

They designed to reduce carbon emissions when bulk carriers pass through the European ECA area, and to install various systems such as LNG fuel gas supply system to satisfy the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI).

The vessel they designed satisfies the Energy Efficiency Index Phase 3 (EEDI Phase 3), which will be implemented from 2025 by installing an energy saving device (ESD). In addition, it was evaluated as economical from the point of view of the ship-owner in that it can omit the process of limiting power or remodeling even after delivery of the ship.

Also, they participated in the free-subject task of this contest and received the second prize, the Excellence Award (Presidential Award of Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Association), for 'Design of smart ships capable of autonomous navigation'.

They built a system that can remotely or autonomously operate each navigation system without sailors, and received good reviews for designing an autonomous navigation system for ships of great bulk about how the control center or artificial intelligence should recognize and control each situation. <Pukyong Today>