Selected Speeches
Dr. Leeserved as the President of SNU from 2006 to 2010. These are selected speeches during his presidency.
Ceremony for the LRET-Funded Research Center (Feb. 12, 2008)
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Congratulatory Remarks
Signing Ceremony for the LRET-Funded Research Center
President Jang-Moo Lee
Seoul National University
February 12, 2008
Distinguished guests, participating faculty members, and ladies and gentlemen.
Good morning. I am very excited to be here today to sign the agreement for the foundation of the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust-Funded Research Center on our campus.
First of all, I would like to extend my congratulations to everyone who has worked hard to materialize this great beginning of the international research program, which is being established to promote global education and technology development. The program has several important points in this era of internationalization. Over 90% of goods in international trade are transported by ships. Obviously, shipping has been the industry of internationalization since ancient times. Lloyd’s Register is the oldest and most renowned classification society that provides peace of mind to ship owners, shipbuilders, and eventually everyone in the world by developing and imposing appropriate rules and regulations for shipbuilding and shipping. Nowadays, approximately 40% of all large commercial vessels and offshore structures are built by Korean shipbuilders. At the center of this amazingly rapid growth in the Korean shipbuilding industry, I dare to say, there have been top-quality engineers educated and trained in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Seoul National University, the oldest and strongest naval architecture program in the country. Having noted all of these facts, it is very natural to me that the two prestigious entities should join and work together to build a new paradigm in research and development in naval architecture.
As an engineering professor, I am keenly aware of how important it is, in every aspect of engineering, to have well-educated engineers. Even in this era of super high technology, without the delicate and intelligent human touch, hardly anything works as designed. I have no doubt that engineers and scientists produced by this research center will take the lead in the development of faster, safer, and more environment-friendly ships and ocean structures in the future. I also believe that both the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust and Seoul National University’s Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering will prosper further through this solid relationship in today’s tightly knit world.
Lastly, I would like to thank Mr. David Moorhouse, Chairman of the Lloyd’s Register, who has wholeheartedly supported this program, Professor Yong Hwan Kim, who has been so instrumental in establishing this research center from the beginning, and faculty members of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. I sincerely wish every success to the LRET-Funded Research Center.
Thank you.
Signing Ceremony for the LRET-Funded Research Center
President Jang-Moo Lee
Seoul National University
February 12, 2008
Distinguished guests, participating faculty members, and ladies and gentlemen.
Good morning. I am very excited to be here today to sign the agreement for the foundation of the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust-Funded Research Center on our campus.
First of all, I would like to extend my congratulations to everyone who has worked hard to materialize this great beginning of the international research program, which is being established to promote global education and technology development. The program has several important points in this era of internationalization. Over 90% of goods in international trade are transported by ships. Obviously, shipping has been the industry of internationalization since ancient times. Lloyd’s Register is the oldest and most renowned classification society that provides peace of mind to ship owners, shipbuilders, and eventually everyone in the world by developing and imposing appropriate rules and regulations for shipbuilding and shipping. Nowadays, approximately 40% of all large commercial vessels and offshore structures are built by Korean shipbuilders. At the center of this amazingly rapid growth in the Korean shipbuilding industry, I dare to say, there have been top-quality engineers educated and trained in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Seoul National University, the oldest and strongest naval architecture program in the country. Having noted all of these facts, it is very natural to me that the two prestigious entities should join and work together to build a new paradigm in research and development in naval architecture.
As an engineering professor, I am keenly aware of how important it is, in every aspect of engineering, to have well-educated engineers. Even in this era of super high technology, without the delicate and intelligent human touch, hardly anything works as designed. I have no doubt that engineers and scientists produced by this research center will take the lead in the development of faster, safer, and more environment-friendly ships and ocean structures in the future. I also believe that both the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust and Seoul National University’s Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering will prosper further through this solid relationship in today’s tightly knit world.
Lastly, I would like to thank Mr. David Moorhouse, Chairman of the Lloyd’s Register, who has wholeheartedly supported this program, Professor Yong Hwan Kim, who has been so instrumental in establishing this research center from the beginning, and faculty members of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. I sincerely wish every success to the LRET-Funded Research Center.
Thank you.
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