Location Tracking of Moving Crew Members for Effective Damage Control in an Emergency

Hee Jin Kang; Dongkon Lee; Jong Gye Shin; Beom Jin Park

doi:10.14429/dsj.61.503

Hee Jin Kang Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute/KORDI
Dongkon Lee Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute/KORDI
Jong Gye Shin Research Institute of Marine System Engineering, Seoul National University
Beom Jin Park Maritime & Ocean Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.61.503

Keywords: Wireless sensor network, ZigBee tags, location recognition, moving crew, communications, emergency

Abstract

In an emergency, the commanding officer may have limited information, and crew members may behave differently compared to how they behaved during training. In an emergency situation, if the commanding officer is aware of each crew member's location and role in that situation, he can disseminate orders expeditiously and precisely. To realise a faster and more precise dissemination of orders through better awareness of each crew member's location and role, real-time crew member tracking is needed. The technical feasibility of a real time crew-tracking system based on a wireless sensor network has been studied, with the intent to improve effective commanding in an emergency. Herein, location tracking was achieved using instrumentation consisting of ZigBee tags, routers, and gateways, which were used to record the location and role data of moving crew members on a full-scale ship.

Defence Science Journal, 2011, 61(1), pp.57-61, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.61.503

Author Biographies

Hee Jin Kang, Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute/KORDI

Mr. Hee Jin Kang worked for ROK Navy as an engineering officer for 7 years until 2007. He is presently working as a senior research engineer in Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute/KORDI in Republic of Korea. His research interests are in systems engineering for onboard system design, conceptual design of naval vessel and risk based design methodology. His current research focuses on the risk based damage control methodology.Mr. Hee Jin Kang is a senior research engineer of Ocean Engineering Research Institute, KORDI. He worked for ROKN as an engineering officer of navel architect for 7 years. Over the last few years, he studied damage control system for enhanced recoverabilty of a naval ship. He has been also involved in a number of new naval vessel concept design projects with navy and DAPA of Korea.

Dongkon Lee, Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute/KORDI

Dr. Dongkon Lee is principal a research engineer in maritime transportation research department, Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute/KORDI. He received his Ph.D. from department of naval architecture from Pusan National University, Korea in Feb, 1995 and had also a license of Professional Engineer in ship design. His research interests are in engineering optimization, ship conceptual design of naval vessel, maritime safety and design methodology, and their application to shipbuilding industry. His current research focuses on the design for safety including damage survivability and fire safety, and risk assessment. Dr. Dongkon Lee is a principal research engineer of Maritime; Ocean Engineering Research Institute, KORDI. He has been studied damage assessment of a naval vessel.

Jong Gye Shin, Research Institute of Marine System Engineering, Seoul National University

Jong Gye Shin is a professor in Research Institute of Marine Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Rep. of Korea. He received his Ph.D. from department of ocean engineering from M.I.T, US in September, 1988. His research interests are in systems engineering, simulation based ship design and computational steel plate bending for ship building. His current research focuses on systems engineering based ship design.

Beom Jin Park, Maritime & Ocean Engineering

Mr. Beom Jin Park obtained his Master's degree (Industrial Engineering) from Seoul National University. He is presently working as senior research engineer in Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute in Republic of Korea. His current interests include: Risk based design, Fire simulation, and safety assessment of ships and offshore platforms.