SNU Professor Shin Hyung Rhee of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering selected as fellow member of American and British Naval Architects Institute

Achievements in utilizing ship fluid dynamics CFD, recognized by the world shipbuilding society



<SNU Professor Shin Hyung Rhee of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering>

 
SNU College of Engineering (Dean Kookheon Char) announced on the 19^th of September that Professor Shin Hyung Rhee of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering was selected as a Fellow Member of the American and British Naval Architects Institute.
 
An individual is selected to be qualified as a fellow member after being screened amongst researchers who have shown outstanding achievements in their field and have been engaged in academic research for a long time. "This Fellow Membership is an honor given only to members who are recognized for their outstanding academic achievements in the world-wide Naval Architects Institute," SNU claims. "It is particularly rare for one to be selected by two of the world's largest Naval Architects Institutes at the same time."
 
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), founded in 1893, is the world's most prestigious Naval Architects Institute. David Taylor, who made a significant contribution to the development of shipbuilding and marine engineering technology, has been actively part of this institute, and the institute has led modern shipbuilding engineering to the point where its published books are now used as lecture material by various universities around the world.
 
Along with SNAME, The Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA), known to be the largest Naval Architects Institute, has a history of 160 years, and is where William Prud, who completed the testing method of model ships in a towing tank, was actively part of.
Professor Rhee has long considered solving the problem of utilizing CFD, leading the research and development of open-source CFD code so that it can be easily accessible to anyone. It seems that his efforts to enhance the use of CFD in the field of ship fluid mechanics have been globally recognized this time.
 
"I will accept this as a prompt cue for focusing towards research in the field of worldwide shipbuilding education and industry for future generations," said Professor SHinhyung Rhee. "In addition, I am planning to actively take lead in the exchanges and cooperation between the Society of Naval Architects of Korea and the two major shipbuilding societies of the Naval Architects Institutes," he added.