• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.175-184
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• 2008

Chemical engineering (ChE) was conceived at the close of the 19th century as a new discipline which was designed to support then the newly-emerging industries, oil and petrochemical, by supplying the competent engineers equipped with the pertinent engineering fundamentals and skills. It helped the said industries meet the various demands and ramifications of the new pattern of the human civilization spurred by the advent of automobile transportation at the turn of the 20th century. Now ChE once again is ready to fulfill its societal responsibility as probably the most important discipline and profession in sustaining the $21^{st}$ century human civilization providing the needed engineers (ChErs) and technologies. In this study, it is attempted to analyze the role of ChE and ChErs in this context, focusing on the macroeconomic connections embedded in the discipline that allow us to envision the big pictures of the 21st century civilization where the wellbeing of the mankind invariably hinges on five essential industries, i.e., medical, pharmaceutical, energy, environment and materials. It can be argued that ChE is the only discipline that can encompass simultaneously all those five industries indispensable to sustain the 21 st century human civilization that can be termed the era of "enjoy-healthy-living-longer". It is also believed that the historical mission ChE and ChErs are supposed to fulfill now is even bigger than that they took on a hundred years ago and subsequently accomplished with remarkable success in food, clothing, shelter and entertainment industries introducing various technological innovations. The macroeconomic viewpoints are called upon in this study as were in the 2006 article (Hyun, 2006) but focusing on ChE and ChErs this time to view the connections embedded in ChE as the essential components in understanding the historical nature of the role and responsibility of ChE and ChErs. The new paradigm for ChE is also pondered over together with the frequently-cited technology concepts such as IT, BT, NT, ET and ST which are regarded intimately germane to the characteristics and perspectives of the $21^{st}$ century civilization.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.189-207
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 네트워크 이론 관점에서 정기선 운항에 따른 해운네트워크 분석을 통한 세계 주요 항만의 중심성을 분석해 보고 항만경쟁력으로 대변되는 항만물동량에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아봄으로써 선사 중심의 항만경쟁력 평가 및 항만당국 및 항만운영자의 컨테이너항만 경쟁력 향상방안과 개발정책에 필요한 근거를 마련하는데 있다. 항만의 네트워크 중심성을 파악하기 위해 이용된 데이터는 Containerization Yearbook과 online의 2007년부터 2011년까지 6년간의 정기선사 서비스 및 항만 데이터를 활용하였으며 분석방법으로는 그래프 이론의 한 부문인 사회 네트워크 분석(SNA: Social Network Analysis)을 이용하였다. 또한 이를 통해 도출된 주요 항만의 중심성과 항만경쟁력에 영향을 미치는 요인을 선행연구를 통해 도출하여 항만물동량과의 패널 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과, 세계 주요항만의 중심성을 분석하여 시간에 흐름에 따른 항만 네트워크 내 역할에 대해 파악되었고, 고정효과모형(Fixed effect model)으로 선택된 패널회귀분석을 통해 거시경제변수인 GDP, 선석의 변화율 및 항만 중심성 중 위세 중심성(Eigenvector Centrality)이 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 변수로 분석되었다.