Marine Technology
Safety Design and Engineering of Structures and Infrastructure
Risk Assessment and Management of Engineering Structures

2019 International Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
2005 Professor of Marine Technology, University College London, UK
1989 Professor of Safety Design and Engineering, Pusan National University, South Korea
2018 Honorary Professor, University of Strathclyde, UK; Southern University of Science and Technology, China; University of Aberdeen, UK
2013 Founder and Chairman, Forum for Safety of Fire and Explosion, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, South Korea
2012 Director, The Korea Ship and Offshore Research Institute, Pusan National University, South Korea
2008 Director, Lloyd's Register Foundation Research Centre of Excellence, Pusan National University, South Korea
2006 Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Ships and Offshore Structures
2010 Fellow, Vice President, Fellows Committee Member, Awards Committee Member, Scholarship Committee Member of the US Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, USA
2004 Fellow, Board Member of Trustees, Publications Committee Member, Korea Branch Chairman of the UK Royal Institution of Naval Architects, UK

2015 William Froude Medal, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, UK
2014 Order of Science and Technology Merit (Ung-Bi), South Korea
2013 David W. Taylor Medal, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, USA