Moon Chan Kim received his BEng and MEng degrees in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from the University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea, in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from the Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan, in 1998. Since March 2001, he has been with the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, at the Pusan National University (PNU), where he was an Assistant Professor, became an Associate Professor in 2005, and a Professor in 2009. His current research interests include ship propulsion systems, energy saving devices, fluid structure interaction analysis, and towing tank testing of model ships. Prof. Kim was the Chair of the Propulsion Committee of the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) from 2014 to 2017. He received the Society of Naval Architects of Korea Paper Award in 2011 and the Minister of Knowledge Economy Award in 2012. He is currently a chair of the Korea Towing Tank Conference (KTTC).