Pukyong National University

PKNU students received the 'young scientist' excellence award from the Korean society of marine environment and energy

- Ph.d. student Nurpahana Nabila Mohamed Nur and undergraduate student Lee Ga-Ryeong

△ The award-winning students. Nurpahana Nabila Mohamed Nur (left) and Lee Ga-Ryeong. ⓒPhoto Lee Sung-Jae (PR team)

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) announced that two students from the Department of Marine Engineering, Nurpahana Nabila Mohamed Nur (Ph.d. student from Malaysia) and Lee Ga-ryeong (3rd year) each received an excellence award at the 'young scientist conference' held by the Korean society of marine environment and energy'.

Nurpahana Nabila Mohamed Nur received the excellence award in the doctoral student category for her thesis 'evaluation of electricity generation according to the anode length of anaerobic sediment microbial fuel cells' (advisor Kim Kyung-Hoi, professor) at the 'young scientist conference', one of the main events of the fall conference of the Korean society of marine environment and energy held recently at the Yeosu expo convention center.

She received the award for her research results in this paper, which evaluated the degree of electricity generation and sediment improvement according to the anode length of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) using anaerobic sediment on the coast of Tongyeong, the center of oyster production in Korea.

Based on research results showing that the longer the length of the oxidation electrode, the amount of voltage generated increases and the degree of improvement of anaerobic sediments also improves, she was recognized as a method that can improve anaerobic sediments and generate electricity at the same time.

Along with the news, student Lee Ga-Ryeong also won the excellence award in the undergraduate student category for her thesis 'research on improving the performance of sludge microbial fuel cells using carbon nanotubes' (advisor Kim Kyung-Hoi) in this conference.

Through this paper, she defined research results on soil microbial fuel cell (SMFC) technology, which uses microorganisms to convert organic matter into electrical energy, producing sustainable and environmentally friendly energy. To overcome the limitations of this technology, which has a very low power generation density, she presented research results that greatly improved the reaction speed and electrochemical performance by grafting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to the reduction electrode and received excellent evaluation from the academic society. <Pukyong Today>