October Recipients of the Korea Engineer Award: Park Woo-jin and Park Shin-jeon
Ministry of Science and ICT Announcement on the 11th
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 11th that the recipients of the Korea Engineer Award this October are Park Woo-jin, Senior Manager at LS Electric, and Park Shin-jeon, Head of Research at KMTL.
Senior Manager Park, the awardee in the large enterprise category, was recognized for developing a DC 1500V-class air circuit breaker and switch, a core technology in the renewable energy sector for low-voltage DC interruption technology. The DC air circuit breaker and switch is a power device that quickly interrupts fault currents through DC interruption technology. Senior Manager Park commercialized the world's first DC 1500V-class air circuit breaker and switch product line, securing a DC system protection solution. Notably, in a market dominated by foreign companies for DC product lines, his products were recognized for world-class quality, enhancing the reliability of domestic power equipment and expanding exports.
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Research Head Park, the awardee in the small and medium enterprise category, developed intelligent maintenance technologies for the construction sector, including management technologies for large civil engineering and architectural structures using wired and wireless measurement technologies, and facility diagnosis technologies based on vision sensors. Although video-based scanning technology analyzes facility defects with a precision of 0.1mm, its application was limited to tunnel facilities. Research Head Park succeeded in expanding the application range to pipelines, manholes, and vertical structures by automating, miniaturizing, and improving the accuracy of scanning technology. This is recognized as next-generation facility maintenance technology capable of addressing the aging issues of large facilities, which have recently attracted attention.
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