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ACADEMICSGraduate SchoolSchools
KMOU graduate school of General Studies has recently been reorganized as part of an extensive, overall plan to improve the University’s status
in the present age of cutting-edge technology and high-tech information. The school has grown at a rapid pace to become one of the leading research
organizations for various interdisciplinary studies in Korea. The research programs and project-driven academic activities offered at the school prepare students to become world leaders in their respective fields. They leave KMOU with in-depth academic knowledge and professional skills after obtaining advanced degrees. The University is the only national university in the country that offers highly specialized graduate programs in a great variety of fields such as Economics, International Commerce, Shipping Management, Vessel Engineering, Ocean Science, and International Affairs, all in their systematic
and interdisciplinary aspects. The faculty members share their research results and work closely with the relevant industries and government bodies
through a number of collaborative studies. Total 35 master’s and 32 doctorate courses, in the fields of Social Sciences & Humanities, Engineering, and
Natural Sciences, are offered including two corporate-sponsored programs and two joint programs with the Korean Navy and KMI (Korea Maritime Institute).
The objective of the Department of Energy and Resources Engineering is to nurture the manpower necessary for the exploration and development of energy and mineral resources in the Earth and underground spaces.
The Department of Energy and Resources Engineering seeks to educate creative and practical engineers who are needed in fields of the exploration, production and utilization of petroleum and mineral resources.
A variety of courses in related fields such as applied geophysics, petroleum engineering, drilling, resources economics, mineral processing and renewable energy are provided and opportunities for practical training using experimental equipment and commercial software are also offered.
Training courses linked with the industry are offered with the ABEEK (Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea) program. Since 2009, a variety of practical training opportunities and scholarships for students have been provided through the Korea Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering Program supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.
Advanced Thermodynamics
An advanced course associated with the application of thermodynamic models to the analysis of complicated phase behavior of the vapor-liquid, liquid-liquid, and solid-liquid equilibrium systems, especially at high-pressure conditions
Advanced Seismic Prospecting
A course for specialists that surveys modern methods used to understand, model and process seismic data from man-made sources, including both forward(e.g., finite difference, finite element method) and inverse(e.g., migration and tomography) approaches to the problem. Other topics include seismic propagation in layered media, diffraction, attenuation, signal analysis and digital acquisition of data.
Advanced Geophysical Well Logging
Examination of borehole geophysical methods that provide insight into geological processes:hydrogeophysical properties of soils, weakly consolidated sediments, and rock;application of geophysics to formation evaluation and environmental site characterization, remediation monitoring and detection of buried objects and contaminant spills.
Advanced Rock Blasting
This course deals with effective blasting design, and principles of the smooth blasting method and others. The main focus is on the dynamic behavior of rock, cracking theory, and ground vibrations caused by blasting.
Advanced metallurgy engineering
This course deals with the basic principles and application examples of metallurgical engineering in depth by learning the metallurgical process to recover the target metal from ore or waste
Advanced Ocean Survey
This course covers the theoretical background, methodology and application of an advanced hydrographic and geophysical survey for ocean energy and offshore development. Emphasis is on SSS (side scan sonar), SBP (sub-bottom profiler), shallow marine seismic survey, geotechnical survey, and oceanographic observation.
Molecular Thermodynamics
This course covers theoretical interpretation of the phenomena in chemical processes and naturally occurring systems. Thermodynamic models such as the equation of state and Monte Carlo simulation are investigated thoroughly.
Advanced power engineering
Students will understand the behavior of particles during the physical separation processes. Students learn the intermolecular forces/particle interplanarity, and develop the ability to study the characteristics of particle motion through it.
Advanced computational geophysics
This course studies the FWI (Full Waveform Inversion), RTM (Reverse Time Migration), and many numerical methods which can obtain a subsurface image from seismic data based on numerical analysis techniques. Students learn the basic principles and knowledge about how to acquire subsurface images.
Geophysical Data Processing and Analysis
Advanced methods of seismic data analysis in exploration and production geophysics. Topics include geophysical signal analysis, digital processing methods applied to seismic and other geophysical data, velocity analysis, polarization filtering, median filtering, the application of the Fourier approach in geophysics and information theory to geophysical interpretation.
Advanced Applied Geological Engineering
Mechanisms of brittle and ductile deformation applied to geological structures and rock fabrics. Emphasis is on structures in fold and thrust belts, fracture and vein analysis, and studies of superposed deformation.
Case Study of Resources Development Ⅰ
This course aims to achieve engineering techniques for the exploitation of the mineral resources by dealing with field case studies.
Advanced Petroleum Reservoir Engineering
This course will cover classification of subsurface reservoirs by type and recovery mechanism, reserve estimates based on volumetric, material balance and decline curve techniques, equations governing fluid flow in porous media, transient fluid flow theory applied to predicting production rates, and displacement procedures.
Advanced flotation technology
The flotation technology, which separates particles by using the difference of the surface characteristics of the particles, based on the case studies and the latest technology trends to train the application skills of the field technology.
Advanced Numerical Analysis
Students learn how to efficiently calculate and analyze numerical problems and physical behavior in engineering. Students learn the principles of many numerical analysis techniques.
Advanced Resources Recycling Engineering
Comprehensive contents are learned in order to build a resource recycling society; learning the basic principle, process technology, and utilization technology for developing resource recycling by obtaining target material and energy from organic and inorganic wastes.
Advanced Rock Engineering
This course will cover the ground and underground space stability. The main subject is about practical cases of excavation, various numerical methods, excavation damaged zone, discontinuous rock mass.
Special Topics in Petroleum Engineering
Review and discussion of special topics in petroleum engineering related to drilling, evaluation, production for oil, natural gas, and gas hydrate development will be discussed.
intellectual property rights in energy resources engineering
Students learn about intellectual property rights that are important in modern society, and develop their capability for patent analysis and patent map creation in the field of energy and resource engineering to advance technology / market analysis.
Advanced energy resources engineering
This course will cover the general energy resources such as conventional and unconventional resources. Students learn the principles of exploration, development, process, and Offshore plant.
Advanced Excavation Engineering
This course will cover the underground safety excavation management, and deal with practical cases of excavation and various numerical methods.