Professor

Yoon Hyeok BAE currently holds the position of Associate Professor in Mechanical & System Design Engineering at Hongik University. His primary research interests encompass ocean engineering, with a specific focus on hull/mooring coupled analysis, floating offshore wind turbines, floating body dynamics, and marine hydrodynamics. 

Yoon Hyeok BAE obtaied his Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2013. Subsequently, he became a part of the Ocean System Engineering faculty at Jeju National University in 2014. In the year 2022, he became a member of the Mechanical & System Design Engineering faculty at Hongik University. 

Education

• • Ph.D., Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, May 2013 (Advisor: Prof. Moo-Hyun Kim)

  • M.S., Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, May 2009 (Advisor: Prof. Moo-Hyun Kim)

  • B.S., Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, February 2000

Current appointment

• • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & System Design Engineering, Hongik University (Korea), September 2022-present

Work experiences

• • Assistant & Associate Professor, Department of Ocean System Engineering, Jeju National University (Korea), March 2014-August 2022

  • Collaborative Appointee, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA), April 2019-January 2020

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University (USA), June 2013-February 2014

  • Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University (USA), September 2007-May 2013

  • Summer Internship, American Bureau of Shipping (USA), May 2007-August 2007

  • Senior Researcher, EzGraph Co. (Korea), March 2004-June 2006

  • Engineer, Samsung Heavy Industries Co. (Korea), September 2003-February 2004

  • Engineer, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (Korea), January 2000-April 2003

Awards

• • Best Paper Award, Korean Energy Society, 2022

  • LG Yonam International Visiting Fellowship, LG Yonam Foundation, 2018

  • Outstanding Student Scholarship, ISOPE, 2011

  • American Bureau of Shipping Scholarship, Texas A&M University, 2010-2012

  • D. Michael Hughes Scholarship, Texas A&M University, 2009

  • R. H. Fletcher Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 2006

  • Scholarship for entrance exam score; Seoul National University, 1996