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Special Interview: Professor Kim, Youngbok of Mechanical System Engineering, PKNU.
Why did he join a member of thirteen academic institutions?

‘Research should be able to be applied quickly in the field, and it should have immediate effect.’

△ Professor Kim Youngbok interviewed. Ⓒ Photo Lee Sung-jae (PR team)

Let's take a look at the recently released 'portable fender system', which is attracting industry attention currently.

This system is an innovative system that allows the ship to dock alongside the berth without tug at the port.

"The ship is moving with high technology like automated navigation device, but it's outside the harbor," he said.

"Why do we still have to move in such a primitive way until such a high-tech ship enters the harbor and docks on the pier? He added, “This system will change the classic docking scenery of a dock that docks on the hands of people rather than technologies such as tug and pilot ships.”

This system is a principle of docking at the dock by a cylinder that pushes a vessel near the seawall and a ship that pushes the ship. With this large cylinder, the trailer can work between the berths and berths at the required berth.

The technology of this system, which was introduced in the British journal 'Port Technology', was recently transferred to Sungshin Shipyard Co., Ltd. for a fee of 50 million won.

The following is another example of his research being transferred to the enterprise.

The 'Pedestal Stabilization Control System for Land Surveillance' for localization of high-performance automatic video surveillance equipment was transferred to Insung System Co., Ltd. last April. The technology fee is 100 million won.

This technology is a motion control technology that can quickly and precisely control the unmanned video surveillance equipment equipped with a high-performance camera, which is one of the core source technologies of the equipment. Since the related equipment used in Korea are dependent on foreign technology, Professor Kim's research results not only can alleviate the burden of related companies along with localization but also expect to export to overseas.

‘Localization of painting robots’ is also a project he is actively pursuing. He is co-developing a robot that paints and reproduces the way a worker do, with a small business. The advantage of the robot is that it can substitute painting work done in a harsh environment.

He also has patents that are useful in military operations. That is called 'Floating bridge installation method'.  It is a study that can easily make the connection work of the human hand with the bridge during the river crossing operation.

His major is ‘Control Engineering’. Control theory is a mathematical method for finding new control rules in fields such as mechanical and electrical systems.

△ Professor Kim Youngbok, Lab experiment scene.

What is his secret for making these things possible?

Above all, he seemed to be a diligent researcher.

One example, here.
His annual membership fee is 1,500,000 won. This is because the number of participating societies reaches 13 at domestic and abroad. Japan Measurement Automation Association, American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE), The Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems Engineers, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Korean Society of Ocean Engineers, The Korean Society for Power System Engineering, The Korean Society of Civil Engineers, The Korean Institute of Navigation and Port research…

Why did he join so many conferences?

It is aimed at quickly grasping the global research trends of the field.

The magazine, which these societies regularly send to him, is said to give a lot of inspiration. Not only research papers published there but also new product advertisements can be neglected. Job postings and posting for the company are also important information for his students.

He checks numerous magazines from time to time and inputs up-to-date information in his "in-body" and shares it with students.

Another example of his diligence. His smartphone is full of memo files. The schematics of the various systems with applications for any control were in the folder.

"Even if it's trivial, I record it with Smartphone Memo whenever I get an idea. These ideas are piled up into actual research. "

He entered college four years later than his peers. Although he was born in 1962, he is an 81st student, but he is a student of class 85 (PKNU, formerly Busan National Fisheries University). He went to technical high school for family reasons, and he had to go to work after graduation.

But the late start has been a strong wind to push his back. He did not miss top at the university, and he got his Ph.D. in system science from Kobe University, Japan, and until he was appointed as a professor at Pukyong National University after graduating from Kunsan University, he came through difficulties with diligence of courtesy.

“As a national university of the province, I had to double my efforts to compete with the world.”

To receive research funding, you must have a thesis. Since there were not many Masters and Ph.D. students at that time, I did all the overtime work alone and experimented.

It was the same when he became a professor. To receive research funding, you must have a thesis. Since there were not many Masters and Ph.D. students at that time, I did all the overtime work alone and experimented.

"If you blame the number of graduate students, who writes thesis? I had a lot of night works. When the residents coming to the Yongdang campus for the dawn exercise appeared outside the lab window, I knew it was dawn. I used to go home with my work to do during the weekend. "

In 2015, a serious illness came to him who ran with such passion.
Anyone would have, but he was shocked by the illness. Since appointment as a professor at PKNU in 2002, he has written about 100 papers and have been working hard with 7 ~ 8 papers each year.

"In the process of overcoming the disease, I was able to look back on the past.“ 'What does my thesis so far have to do with people's lives?' ‘Did I just stick to the performance of my thesis?’

This illness made him stronger and stronger, and it could not interfere with his way.

When the Ringer’s solution flowing into the patient's body is exhausted, the patient's blood flows back through the Ringer's line. To prevent this, the nurse should always focus on the patient's Ringer residual. He wanted to relieve even a little of the nurses' work. He was worried about the nurses while enduring the pain that he cannot control.

Although his body was attached to the bed, his major ‘Control Theory’, was constantly wriggling in his head.

His promise was not kept because of his illness. "In the near future, when the replacement alarm system for Ringer's solution is completed, I will be the first to support Seoul National University Hospital." Now he regained health, and said with laughing.

His laboratory phone rang during the interview.
It was Hyundai Mipo Dockyard officials who called him. He was curious about Professor Kim’s portable fender system, which was introduced to the press recently, so he wanted to visit to ask for it.
He is getting busy in research that can be used and research that helps the world. <Pukyong Today>