Interdisciplinary Program in Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management Students 

Won the Excellence Award in the 2022 Disaster Safety Paper Contest

- Using GIS and 3D explosion simulation, calculated the economic damage of Busan Port due to the ammonium nitrate explosion accident… Presented quantitative risk assessment methods

SKKU Interdisciplinary Program in Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management Students, Woosong Jeong and Taeyuun Ham (Advisor Professor Hong Sic Yun), won the Excellence Prize in the ‘2022 Disaster Safety Paper Contest’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on November 2 (Wed).

The ‘Disaster Safety Paper Contest’ is a thesis contest that covers the overall disaster safety field for all citizens over the age of 18, as well as university and graduate students. It is hosted annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety since 2016.

In this contest, a total of 25 papers were received, and the second presentation examination was conducted for 13 teams that passed the first written screening, and a total of 6 academic figures, including social science and natural sciences conducted the screening fairly.

In this paper, Jeong and Ham proposed a new quantitative risk assessment method to calculate the economic damage of Busan Port due to the ammonium nitrate explosion accident using GIS and 3D explosion simulation.

Woosong Jeong is a Navy student who is being educated as a military commissioned trainee. He said, “As a result of constant research in the field of disaster prevention safety and disaster management, it is rewarding to have good results. I would like to contribute to national and naval disaster safety management and disaster prevention policies based on what I have learned and researched in the future.”

Taeyuun Ham expressed his gratitude to his professor Hong Sic Yun, Dr. Jaejun Lee, and Dr. Moonsu Song (Post-Doc. in SKKU) saying, “As a student studying disaster prevention and safety, I think it is my duty to minimize damage as long as I have confirmed the risk that disasters and accidents can occur. I will make further efforts to contribute to the safety of the people in the future.”