Professor
PROFILE
Full-time Professor
Nuclear System Engineering
Jinkyun Park (박진균)
Probabilistic Safety Assessment, Human Reliability Analysis, Human Factors, Application of Large Language Model for risk assessment
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Current Position
Professor, Principal Researcher
Research Interest
Human performance in a complicated process control system, Cultural variability of human operators on their performance, Task complexity visualization, Deep-learning techniques to predict/analyze human performance in diverse environments including conventional main control rooms and those of advanced reactors (e.g., small modular reactors)
Education
2001 B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University
2003 M.S. Nuclear Engineering, KAIST
2010 Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, KAIST
Work Experience
2000 ~ present Senior/Principal Researcher, KAERI
2022 ~ 2025 Adjunct Professor, KAIST
2019 ~ 2025 Full-time Professor, Nuclear and Radiation Safety, UST
2025 ~ present Full-time Professor, Nuclear System Engineering, UST
Project
(On-going)
A study on the development of PSA methodology for advanced nuclear reactor, '23~16, 2.16M USD (PI)
(Completed)
Development of regulatory methodology for human factors engineering evaluation based on human performance under digital operation environment, '21~25, 0.8M USD (PI)
Development of elementary technologies for PSA scenario extension and progression analysis using deep-learning techniques, '19~22, 1.31M USD (PI)
Development of technology for analyzing the communication reliability of emergency response organizations, ’22-’24, 0.85M USD
Publication
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=ko&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22Jinkyun+park%22&oq=%22jink
(Book and Book chapter)
Jinkyun Park, The Complexity of Proceduralized Tasks, Springer-Verlag, Belin, 2009.
Jinkyun Park, “13. Operating procedure,” In: Handbook of Safety Principles (N. Möller, S. O. Hansson, J. Holmberg, and C. Rollenhagen, eds.), Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.
Professional Activities
(2018 – present) Editorial Board of Journal of Reliability Engineering and System Safety
(2018 – present) Chairman of Asian Chapter, Human Reliability Analysis Society
Teaching Experiences
Introduction to Human Reliability Analysis (UST, 2022-2024)
Introduction to Human Factors and Human Reliability Analysis (UST, 2025)
Introduction to Risk Assessment and Management of Nuclear facilities (UST, 2026-2027)
Introduction to Radiation Safety Evaluation of Nuclear Facilities (UST, 2026-2027)
Honors and Awards
2025 Academy awards (Best technical paper of the year, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
2025 Best lecture awards (UST)
2019 Academy awards (Best technical paper of the year, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
2008 Academy awards (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology)
2004 Academy awards (Korean Nuclear Society)