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WHO'S WHO: FAR EAST UNIVERSITY, KOREA

(Who’s Who is a brief profile prepared by the represented ISASI corporate member organization to provide a more thorough understanding of the
organization’s role and function.—Editor)

ar East University was able to specialize in aviation
founded in Korea in safety management. The
1997. The university is Aviation Safety Management
F quickly growing and Department is new and needs
now has six colleges, including ISASI members’ attention and
the College of Aviation. The support to nurture future avi-
university recently joined ISA- ation safety experts who will
SI as a corporate member, the contribute to aviation safety
first Korean corporation to do improvements in Korea and
so, which is regarded as a great worldwide.
honor by all. The College of Far East (Kukdong) Univer-
Aviation has six departments: sity established the Aviation
Aviation Safety Management, Safety Management Depart-
Flight Operations, Helicopter/ ment in Korea this year and
UAM Operations, Aircraft is the seventh university to
Maintenance, Airline Cabin become an ISASI corporate
Service, and Air Mobility. member. It is the only univer-
An aviation safety training sity in Korea to have a network From center right, Ki-il Ryu, president of Far East University; center left, Dr.
Yu Kyung-in (Jenny Yoo); and university professors accept a commemorative
center will soon be opening for that can conduct international plaque after becoming an ISASI corporate member.
aviation safety professionals, research and exchanges on
and graduate students will be aviation safety and accident Organization, and ultimately contribute to making safe air travel for
investigations. everyone.”
Ki-il Ryu, president of Far Dr. Yu Kyung-in (Jenny Yoo), who is an active ISASI member and
East University, noted that the an executive director of the Korean Society of Aviation and Railway
Department of Aviation Safety Accident Investigation, will be in charge of the newly established
Management was established Aviation Safety Management Department. She has served as an
“because there was no place aviation accident investigator for an airline and the Ministry of Land,
in Korea to train the most im- Infrastructure, and Transport for 30 years.
portant aviation safety experts According to Yu Kyung-in, “We will use knowledge from aviation
in the aviation industry. We safety research at the university and within the international air
will nurture high-level aviation safety network to provide students the aviation safety expertise and
safety experts to work on the accident investigation techniques that meet international standards
international stage, including and assist them to gain competency to act as safety experts in the
Photo: Kukdong University the International Civil Aviation domestic and international arenas.”

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