Professor Jong Gye Shin to Receive the Elmer L. Hann Award of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

- Suggested the “Computational Shipyard Dynamics” that Systematically Models the Logistics and Information Flow of Shipyards
- Was Honored the Third “Elmer L. Hann Award” after 2001 and 2014


▲Professor Jong Gye Shin of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

SNU College of Engineering (Dean Kookheon Char) announced on 22^nd that Professor Jong Gye Shin of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering has been selected for the “Elmer L. Hann Award” by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).
Professor Shin along with Professor John Hun Woo, Doctor Yong-Kuk Jeong, and Doctor Youngmin Kim of SNU Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and Professor Cheolho Ryu of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering of Inha Technical College were nominated as this year’s recipients for their research titled “Model-Based Computational Shipyard Dynamics and Its Applications.” The ceremony will take place during the SNAME Maritime Convention 2019 held at Tacoma, Washington, on October 31^st.  
The “Elmer L. Hann Award,” established in 1991, is given to a shipyard, university, or research institute that has submitted the most outstanding research paper to SNAME that year. SNU explains, “It is rare for the award to acknowledge a research that has been conducted outside of US. Professor Shin has become the first recipient ever to have received three Elmer L. Hann awards.”
Professor Shin and his team have been long researching to raise the productivity of shipyards. With the accumulated experience and knowledge, they were able to suggest a new methodology to systematically model the logistics and information flow of shipyards. This was given the name “Computational Shipyard Dynamics” and eventually led Shin and his team to receiving this award.
Shin has previously received this award in 2001 for his article that systemized the line heating of smoothly curved surfaces. In 2014, he received his second Elmer L. Hann award for a research that brought triangular heating into practical use.

Shin stated, “I am glad to receive my third Elmer L. Hann award with my study on theories to raise the competitiveness of shipyards. The newly-suggested method will be applied as a core technology in the development of future smart shipyards.” 
Meanwhile, Shin was also nominated as the one of the 14 “Korean Scientists that Build Future” by the Ministry of Science and ICT. He is currently serving in numerous positions including the head of the Shipbuilding and Marine Industry Development Committee and the board president of the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology to contribute to the growth of shipbuilding and marine industry.