Laboratories

Who We Are

The Ocean & Aero Information Fusion Laboratory at Hanyang University advances underwater acoustics in Korea through collaborations with research institutions at home and abroad. Our guiding principle is research that benefits society. Equipped with a 5 × 5 m water tank and a range of instruments, we conduct independent laboratory and sea experiments and have extensive experience in underwater acoustic modeling.

What We Do

Ocean acoustics uses sound waves to investigate and address a wide range of issues in the marine environment.

1.  Defense applications: underwater weapon guidance, remote detection and identification, underwater communication, and target identification and tracking.
2.  Civilian applications: marine environmental monitoring, seafloor mapping, marine life monitoring, and assessment of underwater noise from industrial activities.

Why Acoustics Matters

On land and in space, radio waves are used to detect objects and transmit information.

Underwater, however, radio waves attenuate rapidly, so sound is used for ocean exploration and underwater target detection. Sound waves are  sensitive to changes in the marine environment over time and space, which affect their amplitude and propagation. Therefore,  understanding how environmental changes affect sound propagation is essential to the effective use of underwater acoustics.