Dr. Daewon Kim currently serves as an associate professor at the Division of Navigation Convergence Studies at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in the Department of Navigational Systems Engineering and his Master of Engineering in the Department of Maritime Traffic Information, Korea Maritime and Ocean University in 2005 and 2011. He also obtained a Master's in Engineering in the Master's Program in Maritime Systems at the College of Engineering, University of Wismar, Germany in 2013. He completed his Doctorate in Engineering in the Doctoral Program in Marine Engineering at the College of Mechanical/Shipbuilding Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany in 2019. He worked as a Researcher at the ISSIMS Institute, University of Wismar (2013-2015) and the Institute of Automation, University of Rostock (2018-2020). His research interests mainly include ship motion models and marine transportation engineering.