The impact of human civilization on Earth's ecosystem is not clearly understood. The human species is changing Earth's ecosystem in a manner not planned, desired, or predicted. There is a growing concern that our future demands for ecological services may not be met with current approaches to ecosystem management and conservation.
The demand for engineering solutions to ecosystem-level problems has increased as the impact of human activities has expanded to global proportions. Ecosystem Engineering Department offers a rare opportunity of combining broad disciplines of engineering and ecosystem management sciences to overcome the high degree of complexity and uncertainty associated with the issues.

1) At least 24 course units of graduate level credit in Ecosystems Engineering are required for the master's degree and 48 course units for the doctor's degree.


2) Students have to pass a qualifying examination.


3) Students must fulfill presentation, defense, and document requirements in Ecosystem Engineering thesis committee.

Young-Chai Kim, Ph.D.
[Kyung Hee University, Korea, 1982, Professor, Silviculture, yckim@khu.ac.kr]


Jin-I Yun, Ph.D.
[Iowa State University, 1985, Professor, Agricultural Climatology, jiyun@khu.ac.kr, http://aegis.khu.ac.kr]


Hyun-O Jin, Ph.D.
[Tokyo University of Agriculture and Engineering, Japan, 1988, Professor, Forest Soil Science, hojin@khu.ac.kr]

Professor-Emeritus
Sang-Keun Chon, Ph.D.
[Kyushu University, Japan, 1972, Professor-emeritus, Forest Genetics and Dendrology]


Jong-Lak Lee, Ph.D.
[Kyung Hee University, Korea, 1980, Forest Management]

Agricultural Climatology Laboratory
URL: http://aezis.khu.ac.kr
Director: Professor Jin I. Yun (jiyun@khu.ac.kr)

Research Overview
The Agricultural Climatology Lab is pioneering new approaches for addressing climate-related problems in the regional ecosystem. The mission is to develop capabilities to quantitatively describe the response of ecosystems to the climate, from micro to regional scales, using emerging technologies in meteorology, geographic information systems, remote sensing, computer simulation and visualization, and biophysical theory. We have executed a number of studies on agricultural and natural ecosystems. Projects have involved diverse scales of ecological study and integrate biometeorology, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and modeling.

Ongoing Projects
· Application of Geospatial Climatology for Operational Agrometeorological Forecasting at Watershed Scale (Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, 2006-2009)
· Digital Climate Modeling at Watershed Scales by Combining Synoptic Data with Geospatial Information (Korea Meteorological Administration, 2006-2008)

Resources & Environment of Ecosystems Engineering Laboratory
Director: Professor Hyun-O Jin (hojin@khu.ac.kr)

Research Overview
At The Resources & Environment of Ecosystems Engineering Laboratory, we study environmental resources of forest ecosystems. Particularly, our research focuses on the study of forest soil and effect of precipitation.
Soil has buffer capacity for environmental pollution(acid rain, wet and dry deposition) and precipitation is important as nutrient source and transport. Our study examines their characteristics and the interaction between those factors and the forest environment.

Ongoing Projects
· Effect of acidified soils and ectomycorrhizae on the growth for Pinus Koraiensis and Quercus acutissima seedlings.
· Effects of artificially acidified soils on the growth and nutrient status of Pine seedlings
· Dynamics of solute elements through precipitation at natural deciduous hardwood forests

Development of Ecosystems Engineering Laboratory

Director : Professor Young-Chai Kim (yckim@khu.ac.kr)

Research Overview
The design of sustainable ecosystems integrate human society with its natural environment for the benefit of both. We study the natural environment of the country's ecosystem and look for ways to reduce environmental polution and raise the awareness for conservation. The management of ecological resource is krucial for all living things including genetic sources of plants. A sound policy of ecological management and constitution in needed.

Ongoing Projects
- Study of material Biomass facility
- The Acidity and Chemical and Composition of Snowfall at Pinus koraiensis stand near High way
- Comparison with Acidity and chemical Properties of Dew at Forest Stands