Introduction

Consumption of the fossil fuel has been increasing domestically and worldwide. Since the oil reserves are limited, the “energy security” has become a critical issue for many countries, and the 2016 Paris Climate Accord mandating the reduced emission of greenhouse gases has put every nation in a bind. Nuclear power generation has met the basic energy needs and successfully handled the energy shortage situation for economic development in Korea, even exporting the self-developed nuclear reactor system to generate the safe and inexpensive energy to other countries since 2010. Nonetheless, demand for the safer, environmentally friendlier and sustainable energy sources through the development of new technology has been on the rise. The Department of Energy Engineering implements its Majors curricular program for the students to study and contribute to meet the needs for environmentally friendly and sustainable energy sources including nuclear energy. The primary goal of the Majors program is to cultivate the competitive professionals with the technical knowledge and the engineering expertise.

Aims

Energy Engineering is an application technology discipline dealing with the efficient use of energy resources, the production of environmentally friendly energy and the development of new energy application technology. Ultimately. the Majors program aims at nurturing the talented professionals capable of developing new technology for the future energy industry including nuclear and new sustainable energy sources.

- Foster the nuclear and sustainable energy engineers with well-rounded knowledge and perspectives

- Contribute the technical expertise to the development of nuclear and new sustainable energy industry

- Nurture the global minded professionals.

- Foster the innovative engineers pursuing new knowledge and technology

- Cultivate people of leadership dedicated to the development of regional and cultural society.

Careers

Careers for the Majors are wide open in energy industry, research institutes, and governmental agencies. For example, the following organizations are likely to hire our majors: Korea Energy Corporation, Korea Institute for Nuclear Safety, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea Institute of Energy Research,？Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Korea Atomic Industrial Forum, Korea Power Engineering Co., Korea Nuclear Radiation Association, Korea Nuclear Fuel Co., Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, KEPCO Research Institute, Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing, Korea Atomic Energy Environmental Corporation, Korea Electric Power KPS, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, and Korea Nuclear Energy Foundation and others

History

1984: Opened the Department of Radiaton Engineering

1990: Renamed as the Department of Energy Engineering

1997: Merged with the Faculty of Mechanical Energy Production Engineering

1998: Instituted Ph.D. degree program

2005: Renamed as the Faculty of Mechanical Energy System Engineering

2009: Restructured as the Department of Energy Engineering

2016: Merged with as the Faculty of Mechanical Mecha-Energy Chemical Engineering and renamed the department to Energy Engineering Majors