Dr. Jaeyong Lee is an associate professor in the department of naval architecture and ocean engineering at Dong-eui university where he has been a faculty member since 2012. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Pusan National University and obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University. After completing his degree, he joined Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world's largest shipyards, as a senior research engineer in 2007. For 5 years, he participated in various kinds of projects such as automation of shipbuilding and offshore structure construction, development of underwater robots, design of offshore drilling systems, etc. His current research interests include station-keeping strategies of offshore structures, path planning for autonomous ships, and cooperation of multi-autonomous surface ships.