{"id":520772,"date":"2026-03-13T07:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520772\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:56:11","slug":"samsung-heavy-industries-establishes-a-joint-research-center-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520772\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Heavy Industries Establishes A Joint Research Center in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung Heavy Industries announced on March 13 that it has jointly inaugurated the \u2018SSAM Center (SHI-SDSU Advanced Maritime Center)\u2019 with the San Diego State University (SDSU). <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260313145244519.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1017\" height=\"671\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33234\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The opening ceremony was attended by around 60 guests, including Wang-keun Lee, COO of Samsung Heavy Industries; Hala Madanat, SDSU Vice President of Research and Innovation; Ben Moore, Chief Global Affairs Officer for the City of San Diego; and Mark Cafferty, President and CEO of the San Diego Regional EDC.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego, which is home to General Dynamics NASSCO, the largest shipyard on the U.S. West Coast, offers an ideal location for Korea-U.S. collaboration in shipbuilding research and workforce development.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the San Diego State University`s College of Engineering maintains a cutting-edge technology portfolio spanning AI and autonomous intelligent system, intelligent wireless communications and embedded systems, advanced manufacturing and materials, and eco-friendly and energy systems, creating strong synergy when combined with Samsung Heavy Industries\u2019 capabilities and advanced shipbuilding technologies. <\/p>\n<p>SHI will build a technology cooperation framework centered on the SSAM Center with SDSU and NASSCO, and explore practical collaboration measures to support the revitalization of the U.S. shipbuilding industry in AI-based production automation, robotics, and eco-friendly technologies. <\/p>\n<p>The SSAM center will also carry out initiatives to strengthen its local network, including identifying research projects with U.S. universities, government agencies, and related institutions, as well as securing top-tier talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe establishment of the joint research center in the United States marks the starting point for fully implementing MASGA, which has been long in preparation,\u201d said Wang-keun Lee, COO of Samsung Heavy Industries. \u201cWe expect the center to contribute to expanding Korea-U.S. cooperation in shipbuilding and offshore technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to advancing sustainable technologies, including AI-driven manufacturing, through collaboration between Samsung Heavy Industries and our College of Engineering, and to building strong career pathways for future industry leaders,\u201d stated SDSU President Adela de la Torre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung Heavy Industries announced on March 13 that it has jointly inaugurated the \u2018SSAM Center (SHI-SDSU Advanced Maritime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,235027,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-520772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-samsung-heavy-industries","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}