KONKUK AEROSPACE DESIGN AIRWORTHINESS INSTITUTE
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Our institute was established on May 2, 2013, as a special research institute at Konkuk University. Its 30 members include six faculty members in the fields of aerospace, smart mobility, and computer science , 11 full-time researchers with master's and doctoral degrees, and 18 master's and doctoral
Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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Our institute was established on May 2, 2013, as a special research institute at Konkuk University. Its 30 members include six faculty members in the fields of aerospace, smart mobility, and computer science , 11 full-time researchers with master's and doctoral degrees, and 18 master's and doctoral students , dedicated to research and education.
Selected as a Center of Excellence by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea in May 2020, the institute focuses on next-generation air mobility research utilizing autonomous and AI technologies, key elements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. As the only president-designated research institute in the science and engineering field within Konkuk University, the institute is growing and developing with the university's dedicated support.
Our research institute has been focusing on Aerospace Vehicle Design and Aircraft Certification, and has been conducting research in the fields of Design Optimization Algorithms, Surrogate Modeling and Data Fusion Methods, and Aero/S&C/Performance for the development of various aircraft such as UAV/VLA/PAV. In 2017, with the support of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, we succeeded in developing a two-seater light aircraft for the first time in Korea through the entire process of aircraft design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and safety certification.
Since 2018, we have been focusing on research into core technologies for future air transportation (UAM/AAM) through research on UAM operational concepts, high-precision flight simulation and flight control, and development of AI-based autonomous flight and mission planning technologies. By synthesizing these, we have developed a UAM operational digital twin, derived the first results, and introduced them to various organizations. We are also building a cooperative network among industry, academia, and research institutes, and developing into a regional UAM research hub.
Going forward, our institute will continue to develop with a sense of mission as a hub for human resource development, research and development, and industry-academia-research cooperation in the fields of advanced future aerospace, transportation, and defense mobility.
Selected as a Center of Excellence by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea in May 2020, the institute focuses on next-generation air mobility research utilizing autonomous and AI technologies, key elements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. As the only president-designated research institute in the science and engineering field within Konkuk University, the institute is growing and developing with the university's dedicated support.
Our research institute has been focusing on Aerospace Vehicle Design and Aircraft Certification, and has been conducting research in the fields of Design Optimization Algorithms, Surrogate Modeling and Data Fusion Methods, and Aero/S&C/Performance for the development of various aircraft such as UAV/VLA/PAV. In 2017, with the support of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, we succeeded in developing a two-seater light aircraft for the first time in Korea through the entire process of aircraft design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and safety certification.
Since 2018, we have been focusing on research into core technologies for future air transportation (UAM/AAM) through research on UAM operational concepts, high-precision flight simulation and flight control, and development of AI-based autonomous flight and mission planning technologies. By synthesizing these, we have developed a UAM operational digital twin, derived the first results, and introduced them to various organizations. We are also building a cooperative network among industry, academia, and research institutes, and developing into a regional UAM research hub.
Going forward, our institute will continue to develop with a sense of mission as a hub for human resource development, research and development, and industry-academia-research cooperation in the fields of advanced future aerospace, transportation, and defense mobility.
