In March, the Engineer Award was given to Seung-chul Lee from Hanwha Ocean (left) and Young-bok Gwak from BlueCell. [Provided by Ministry of Science and ICT. Redistribution and database use prohibited]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seung-han Cho = The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Industrial Technology Association announced on the 10th that they have selected Seung-chul Lee, a chief researcher at Hanwha Ocean, and Young-bok Gwak, a director at BlueCell, as the recipients of the Korea Engineer Award for March.
Mr. Lee was recognized for his contributions to enhancing the technological competitiveness of the shipbuilding industry by domesticating the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel supply system for ships and developing an evaporated gas liquefaction system for Floating Storage Units (FSU) for liquefied natural gas storage and transshipment equipment.
Through this, he contributed to securing an LNG FSU ship order worth 450 billion won and successfully reduced dependence on foreign suppliers.
Director Gwak succeeded in developing and commercializing wireless frequency (RF) based 5th generation mobile communication (5G) wireless communication equipment for the first time in Korea, achieving over 10 billion won in sales over three years from 2022, and realizing an export performance of 300,000 dollars.
The equipment he developed is expected to play a role in the development of next-generation 6G technology as it resolves the issue of shadow areas, which is a weak point of 5G communications, the Ministry of Science and ICT stated.
The Korea Engineer Award was established to encourage technological innovations in the industrial field and foster a culture that values technological professionals. Each month, one engineer from large corporations and one from mid-sized and small enterprises are selected to receive the Minister of Science and ICT Award and a prize of 5 million won.