South Korean University wins US $2 million grant

Seoul National University (SNU) will use its US $2 million grant for the prediction of nonlinear hydrodynamic loads coupled with structural responses.

The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust has increased its support for Asia's maritime industry by awarding Seoul National University (SNU) US $2 million to fund an intensive five-year research programme.

The programme, which will focus on aspects of hydrodynamics and hydroelasticity, is part of the Trust's mandate to support global advances in scientific research that benefit the public.

Further awards are expected to be made to other Asian universities in the near future.

"The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust was established some three years ago", says Michael Franklin, Director of the Trust.

"A principal focus is to encourage and fund research that advances engineering, science and technology across a broad spectrum of market sectors".

"This award, for example, follows others recently made to the National University of Singapore, the Universities of Southampton, Cardiff and Imperial College, London, in the UK, and the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands".

"We are steadily extending our work and look forward to building links with universities around the world for the benefit of all".

"SNU's proposal for research funding was chosen over others presented by an elite group of eligible Korean academic institutions by a panel of independent industry experts who remained anonymous during the entire assessment process".

"From an extensive survey of Korean industry, we found that one of the crucial bottle-necks in ship structural design is in the prediction of nonlinear hydrodynamic loads coupled with structural responses", says Professor Yonghwan Kim, the leader of SNU group.

"For long-term contribution and technology transfer to industry, we will establish a Lloyd's Register Educational Trust research centre to carry out fundamental research on fluid-structure interaction problems related to ship design".

"Through this research, the development of innovative technology will be pursued in the fields of hydroelasticity and related ship hydrodynamics, including sloshing in LNGC cargo, slamming with whipping in rough seas, and springing phenomena".

"The grant from the Lloyd's Register Educational Trust is ideal for such fundamental research in academia".

The award is part of the Lloyd's Register Educational Trust's on-going commitment to research funding and the support for institutions that produce the world's highest quality research and graduates for the maritime and energy-related industries.

Over the past three years, the Trust has committed more than US $20 million in grants and awards to support training, vocational and academic institutes.

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