South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and San Diego State University (SDSU) have opened a joint research center in the U.S. to support the Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA) initiative.

The SHI-SDSU Advanced Maritime Center (SSAM), SHI’s first research hub in the U.S., is located in San Diego, California, described as the ideal location for Korea-U.S. collaboration in shipbuilding research and workforce development, as it is home to General Dynamics NASSCO, the largest shipyard on the U.S. West Coast, the South Korean company noted.