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Graduate School of General Studies

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).

Civil Engineering

Civil engineering is about design, building, and maintaining the infrastructures for our society such as roads, bridges, ports and airports.

The Department of Civil Engineering at Korea Maritime & Ocean University was, established in 1995, and is recognized nationally for excellence in the preparation of our graduate students to meet the infrastructural challenges of our society.

Currently, our department (civil engineering) includes six faculty members and laboratories in the fields of structural, geotechnical, port and harbors, and coastal engineering.

Our department offers challenging intellectual experiences designed to provide research activities in various areas of civil engineering and put a lot of effort on the development of graduate civil programs.

Our department also has several research projects funded by governmental and private entities.

This will give graduate students great opportunities to work with renowned professionals on real world problems regarding social infrastructures.

Areas of Specialty

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Mechanics and Materials Engineering
  • Port and Harbor Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering

Faculty

  • Prof
    • Prof. Lee, JoongWoo
      • Ocean Engineering (Coastal & Harbor) / Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa
      • Port and harbor design, Coastal Defense, Port planning and development
      • Ocean energy, Nearshore process and littoral drift, Coastal control
      • Fluid mechanics, Numerical analysis, Ocean field experiment and analysis
  • Prof
    • Prof. Kim, Dosam
      • Coastal Engineering / Ph.D., Nagoya Univ.
      • Numerical analysis of coastal structures, Liquefaction by water waves, Interaction of wave-foundation-structure, Tsunami and Storm surge
      • Advanced Coastal Engineering I and II, Advanced Coastal Structures I and II
  • Prof
    • Prof. Kyung, Kabsoo
      • Steel Structural Engineering / PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology
      • Analysis of steel structures, Fatigue and fracture of steel structure, Bridge Engineering, Bridge maintenance, Bridge weigh-in motion, Cost benefit analysis of steel bridge
      • Bridge Engineering, Steel Structure
  • Prof
    • Prof. Kim, Tae-Hyung
      • Geotechnical Engineering / PhD, P.E., University of Colorado at Boulder
      • Wave-structure-seabed interaction; development and application oflightweight materials, slope stability of saturated and unsaturated soil
      • Advanced soil mechanics, Marine geotechnical engineering, Slope stability, Soil investigation and measurement, Advanced geotechnical numerical analysis
  • Prof
    • Prof. Lee, Jaeha
      • Structural Engineering (Concrete) / PhD, The Pennsylvania State Univ.
      • Analysis of concrete structures, Fiber reinforced concrete, Fracture mechanics of concrete, Coastal structures, Nuclear concrete facilities, Impact analysis
      • Finite Element Methods, Advanced Seismic Analysis of Structures

Curriculum

Advanced Harbor Engineering

Class will discuss and understand the general functions of harbor and port development. Detailed studies of each step of investigation, planning, design, construction, and operation of ports will be explored. Students will apply mathematical and engineering theories to actual port projects.

Advanced Port Planning and Development

This class introduces the necessary basic theory for port planning in relation to the development of future cities and coastal zones. Students will study the technology for investigation and analysis, decisions on port sites, port planning and facilities, port development and regional communities, port landscapes and amenities, environmental issues and counter measures, port redevelopment, and future port visions. Students review and train using case studies involving new developments.

Advanced Coastal Engineering I and II

Theories regarding water waves including random sea waves, wave transform, tsunami, storm surge and so on will be presented. Nonlinear long waves and interaction between waves and structures will also be discussed.

Advanced Coastal Structures I and II

Wave force acting on breakwaters, wave reflection and transmission of breakwaters, wave overtopping rate of coastal dikes and sea walls, and harbor tranquility will be discussed.

Bridge Engineering

The purpose of this course is to teach students the fundamentals, philosophies, and applications of bridge design as follows: structural systems for bridges, loading, analysis by influence lines, slab and girder bridges, composite design, pre-stressed concrete, rating of existing bridges, specifications and economic factors.

Steel Structure

This course is to furnish the students with basic and advanced knowledge of the strength and behavior of steel structures, which are characterized by high strength and thin-walled profiles. Although both the allowable stress design (ASD) method and the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) method are introduced, more emphasis will be placed on the LRFD method.

Slope Stability

Slope stability is determined by the balance of shear stress and shear strength. The field of slope stability encompasses static and dynamic stability of slopes of earth and rock-fill dams, slopes of other types of embankments, excavated slopes, and natural slopes in soil and soft rock. This class will cover the basic mechanism of slope stability, mitigation methods, and analysis techniques.

Marine Geotechnical Engineering

Marine soils that can be liquefied under wave action. Liquefaction refers to the state of the soil in which the effective stresses between individual soil grains vanish and the water?sediment mixture as a whole, therefore, acts like a fluid. Under this condition, the soil fails, therefore precipitating the failure of the supported structure such as pipelines, sea outfalls, breakwaters, sea walls, pile structures, gravity structures, and rock berms. This class will describe the mechanism of liquefaction, problems induced by its effect, and solutions for preventing or reducing it.

Finite Element Methods

Theory, modeling, and computation regarding FEM will be presented. Finite element formulations for truss, beam, frame and plane stress/strain will be taught. Finite element modeling of structures using commercial software will also be conducted.

Advanced Seismic Analysis of Structures

Introduction to basic concepts for resisting earthquake loads will be discussed. Single degree of freedom to multi degree of freedom systems under the seismic and impulse loading will be discussed in this course.