三星重工与首尔大学签署未来船舶技术联合研究中心协议，延续11年产学研合作

Samsung Heavy Industries (010140.KS) will pursue technology development and talent training in the shipbuilding and offshore industry with Seoul National University's College of Engineering.
Samsung Heavy Industries said on the 3rd that it signed an agreement to establish the SHI-SNU Global Cooperation Research Center for Future Ship Technology at Seoul National University's Gwanak campus on the 2nd. Choi Sung-ahn, Samsung Heavy Industries chief executive and vice chairman, and Kim Young-oh, dean of the university's College of Engineering, attended the signing ceremony. The industry-academia partnership between the two sides began in 2016 and has reached its 11th year. The two have worked together on production efficiency, eco-friendly and decarbonization fuel technology, automation and nuclear power, producing considerable results. The new research center is expected to enable medium- to long-term cross-disciplinary global cooperation on shipbuilding technology. The two sides also agreed to combine efforts on integrating energy technology across all areas of shipbuilding and offshore engineering, on global networking and research cooperation, and on training top global researchers through industry-academia education programs.
Samsung Heavy Industries has been steadily expanding industry-academia partnerships with domestic universities to strengthen the competitiveness of the shipbuilding and offshore industry. Last month, it opened the SHI-KAIST Next-Generation Ship Research Center with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The centers at Seoul National University and KAIST serve complementary functions. The KAIST center focuses on process automation technology based on physical artificial intelligence and robotics, which determine manufacturing productivity. The Seoul National University center, by contrast, combines core shipbuilding and offshore technology with energy technology and focuses on medium- to long-term research projects for eco-friendly and decarbonized next-generation fuel technology and for securing an early lead in future markets.
"Seoul National University's excellent research capabilities and talent have contributed greatly not only to Samsung Heavy Industries' growth but also to strengthening the competitiveness of Korea's shipbuilding and offshore industry," Choi said. "We will continue this cooperation and establish it as a successful model of industry-academia partnership."