국립부경대학교 | ENVIRONMENTAL AND MARINE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

PKNU ENVIRONMENTAL AND MARINE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Department of Energy Resources Engineering


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    • Object of Education

    The Department of Energy Resources Engineering offers a wide range of courses for exploration and exploitation of energy resources. These include petroleum exploration, future energy resources, marine geology and geophysics, rock mechanics, field survey and training, and geotechnical engineering. The department has a number of research programs central to energy resources and maintains state-of-the art research facilities for oil and gas exploration and marine geophysical survey.



    Research Area

  • Petroleum Basin Analysis Lab (Prof. Gwang Hoon Lee)

    • Petroleum basin analysis

    Seismic exploration for oil and gas

    Gas hydrate






  • Geo-environmental Engineering Lab (Prof. Tae Chin Cho)

    • Shear behavior of rough joint

    Stability of cut slopes with excavation induced tension cracks

    Prediction of potential block formation around the underground openings






  • Rock Engineering Lab (Prof. Jeong-Gi Um)

    • Rock mass fracture characterization

    Rock slope stability and hazard management

    Statistical and probabilistic modeling in geo-engineering






  • Environmental Hydrogeology Lab (Prof. Sookyun Wang)

    • Assessing environmental effects in the subsurface due to the geological sequestration of CO2

    Numerical modeling on dynamics of solutes and water in wetland sediments

    Characterizing biogeochemical mechanisms of contaminant transport in subsurface environments






  • Geo-ICT Lab(Prof. Yo Soon Choi)

    • Exploration, evaluation, development, production and environmental treatment of mineral resources

    GIS/RS technologies and renewable energy analysis






  • Seismic Exploraion Lab (Prof. Wan Soo Ha)

    • Enhance subsurface images by improving seismic data processing algorithms such as full waveform inversion and reverse time






  • Petroleum Engineering Lab (Prof. Han Am Son)

    • Production of conventional and unconventional petroleum resources

    Oil recovery and CO₂ storage using nanoparticles and surfactants

    Phase behavior of pettroleum reservoir fluids






    Career

  • Certification

    • Engineer Mining Safety, Engineer Mining Hazard Prevention Reciamation, Engineer Explosives Handling, Engineer Ocean Resources Department, Engineer Applied Geology, Engineer Soli Enviroment, Engineer Surveying Geo-Spatial Information, Engineer Civil Engineering, Engineer Ocean Engineering, Engineer Ocean Environment, Industrial Engineer Ocean Survey, Engineer Wates Treatment, etc


  • After Graduation

    • Energy Resource Engineer goes a variety of fields such as land development, Oil & Gas exploration, Underground Water development, Gas Hydrate exploration, CO2 Storage, National Land Development, Oil Exploration and Development, Underground water Development. Underground Space Development for Energy Resources Storage and Atomic Waste Treatment relevant to human being, Oil and Mineral Resources Development, Relevant ocean and all kinds of exploration government organization(Ministy of Ocean and Fisheies / Ministy of Trade, Industry and Energy / Ministry of Science and ICT), Research Center(Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institutes), Public Corporation(Korea National Oil Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation, Korea Resources Corporation, Korea Coal Corporation, Mine Reclamation Corporation, Korea Rural Community Corporation, K-water, KEPCO, KEPCO E&C, Korea Radioactive Waste Agency, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Coporation, Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation) , Private corporation(Construction and Civil company, Oil company, Underground water company).