Pukyong National University PhD Student Taeyeon Kim Honored with Excellent Paper Award at 'ANC 2025'

Published in Top-Tier International Journal "Ocean Engineering"

A "monster rookie" from Pukyong National University has emerged, achieving remarkable results that showcase the talent of young Koreans on the international stage.

Taeyeon Kim, a PhD student majoring in Fisheries Physics (Blue Food Convergence Program) at Pukyong National University, recently received the Excellent Paper Award at the Asia Navigation Conference 2025 (ANC 2025), held in Fukuoka, Japan.

Taeyeon Kim, PhD student (left), and Deukjin Park, Professor. Courtesy of Pukyong National University

ANC 2025 featured more than 100 presentations, with over 150 researchers from major Asian countries such as Korea, China, Japan, and Thailand participating in the event.

Taeyeon Kim was recognized for global research competitiveness at this international conference with the paper "Modeling the Collision Risk Domain of Towed-Gear Fishing Vessels" (supervised by Professor Deukjin Park).

This paper presents a study that models the behavioral patterns and risk domains of towed-gear fishing vessels to quantitatively identify their collision risk characteristics. The research was highly praised for introducing a new analytical framework that can contribute to detecting collision crises and improving maritime traffic safety by reflecting the operational characteristics of fishing vessels.

Notably, this research was published in a top-tier international journal in the field of marine engineering and vessel safety (JCR top 2.3%), further demonstrating its excellence.

Professor Deukjin Park (Department of Marine Production System Management) stated, "Although there is high demand for research, the academic foundation for analyzing the risk domains of fishing vessels is lacking. It is meaningful to receive recognition from an international conference and a top-level journal. I hope this will lead to further research that pioneers crisis management and fishing vessel safety at sea."

This research was supported by the Busan Regional Innovation-led University Support System (RISE) industry-academic joint technology development project, funded by the Ministry of Education and Busan Metropolitan City, as well as the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' Marine Blue Tech Future Leader Training Project.

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