Jin, Chungkuk

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Assistant Professor | College of Engineering and Science - Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences

cjin@fit.edu
(321) 674-8934
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Dr. Jin's research interests include:

Fluid-structure interaction
Ocean renewable energy (wave energy converter, floating offshore wind turbines, floating photovoltaics)
Ocean infrastructures (Floating bridges, submerged floating tunnels, floating cities)
Hydro-elasticity analysis on deformable floating structures
Ocean monitoring system using sensors
Digital twin and machine learning applications to Ocean Engineering

Ph.D., Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2019
M.E., Marine System Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Korea, 2012
B.E., Marine System Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Korea, 2008

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (10/2020–08/2022)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (06/2019–09/2020)
Military Service (Lieutenant Junior Grade, Chief Engineer in Korean Warship), Korean Navy, South Korea (03/2018–02/2010)

Published 63 Peer-reviewed journals and 26 conference papers.

Fluid-structure interaction

M.R. Lekkala, L. Mohamed, J.H. Jung, C.K. Jin, B. Li, B. Jeong, D.K. Kim, Numerical investigations of flow over wavy cylinders at sub-critical Reynolds number, Ocean Engineering, 269: 113501, 2023.

Ocean renewable energy

C. Jin, A. Meduri, H.Y. Kang, Multivariable design optimization for adaptive resonance of a surface riding wave energy converter, Ocean Engineering, 286: 115576, 2023.
C. Jin, H.Y. Kang, M.H. Kim, F.P. Bakti, Performance evaluation of surface riding wave energy converter with linear electric generator, Ocean Engineering, 218: 108141, 2020.
C. Jin, H.Y. Kang, M.H. Kim, I. Cho, Performance estimation of resonance-enhanced dual-buoy wave energy converter using coupled time-domain simulation, Renewable Energy, 160: 1445–1457, 2020.

Ocean infrastructures

C. Jin, W.C. Chung, D.-S. Kwon, M.H. Kim, Optimization of tuned mass damper for seismic control of submerged floating tunnel, Engineering Structures, 241: 112460, 2021.
C. Jin, F.P. Bakti, M.H. Kim, Time-domain coupled dynamic simulation for SFT-mooring-train interaction in waves and earthquakes, Marine Structures, 75: 102883, 2021.
C. Jin, M.H. Kim, W.C. Chung, D.-S. Kwon, Time-domain coupled analysis of curved floating bridge under wind and wave excitations, Ocean Systems Engineering, 10: 399–414, 2020.

Hydro-elasticity analysis on deformable floating structures

C. Jin, G.-J. Kim, S. Kim, M.H. Kim, H.-G. Kwak, Discrete-module-beam-based hydro-elasticity simulations for moored submerged floating tunnel under regular and random wave excitations, Engineering Structures, 275:115198, 2023.
F.P. Bakti, C. Jin, M.H. Kim, Practical approach of linear hydro-elasticity effect on vessel with forward speed in the frequency domain, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 101: 103204, 2021.
C. Jin, F.P. Bakti, M.H. Kim, Multi-floater-mooring coupled time-domain hydro-elastic analysis in regular and irregular waves, Applied Ocean Research, 101: 102276, 2020.

Ocean monitoring system using sensors

H.S. Kim, C. Jin, M.H. Kim, Real-time estimation of riser’s deformed shape using inclinometers and extended Kalman filter, Marine Structures, 77: 102933, 2021.
C. Jin, H.S. Kim, M.-H. Kim, K. Kim, Monitoring-system development for a bottom-set gillnet through time-domain dynamic simulations, Applied Sciences, 9: 1210, 2019.

Digital twin and machine learning applications to Ocean Engineering

H. Sivaprasad, M.R. Lekkala, M. Latheef, J. Seo, K. Yoo, C. Jin, D.K Kim, Fatigue damage prediction of top tensioned riser subjected to vortex-induced vibrations using artificial neural networks, Ocean Engineering, 268: 113393, 2023.
D.-S. Kwon, C. Jin, M.H. Kim, Prediction of dynamic and structural responses of submerged floating tunnel using artificial neural network and minimum sensors, Ocean Engineering, 244: 110402, 2022.
W.C. Chung, M.H. Kim, C. Jin, Real-time trace of riser profile and stress with inclinometers, Ocean Engineering, 234: 109292, 2021.

Best Paper Award, 2024 SNAME Offshore Symposium (2024)
Early-Career Research Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2023)
Best Paper Award, 2023 Technical Conference, Korean Institute of Bridge and Structural Engineers (2023)
Best Paper Award, International Conference on Fluid Mechanics in 2020 (2020)
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Texas A&M University (2018)
ISOPE Scholarship for Outstanding Students, International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (2018)