Who
Young-Guk Kwon, whose name is written 권영국 in Korean script, is a professor in the Department of Safety Engineering at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, also known as Seoul Tech. The official faculty profile for that department lists his position, education, and career.
Current position
Professor in the Department of Safety Engineering at Seoul National University of Science and Technology.
Education and career
According to his department’s official profile, he holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Kyung Hee University (1982), a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University (1984), a doctorate in Industrial Engineering specializing in ergonomics from Texas Tech University (1990), and a doctorate in Management Information Systems from Yonsei University (2005).
He was a professor at Kangwon University between 1989 and 2005 and joined Seoul Tech in 2005.
Work areas
Ergonomics and systems safety, business management and information systems applied to safety engineering.
Awards
He was included in the Marquis Who is Who in the World directory, 2018 edition, for his research career in safety engineering, as reported by The Korea Herald on October 17, 2017.
What has not been verified
There is a discrepancy in dates between the biography published by the ORP International Foundation and the official Seoul Tech record regarding the year of his master’s degree at Rutgers University. This record adheres to the chronology of the institutional source.
