Doosan Yeongang Environmental Academic Award Ceremony Held... Professors Choi Wonyong, Oh Jungeun, and Jung Jinyoung Receive Awards

Professor Won-Yong Choi of the Department of Environmental Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology, Professor Jeong-Eun Oh of the Department of Social and Environmental Systems Engineering at Pusan National University, and Professor Jin-Young Jeong of the Department of Environmental Engineering at Yeungnam University, recipients of the Doosan Yeongang Environmental Academic Award

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Doosan Yeon-gang Foundation announced on the 12th that it held the '2020 Doosan Yeon-gang Environmental Academic Award' ceremony on the 11th at Jeju Shinhwa World.

The Doosan Yeon-gang Environmental Academic Award was established last year to promote the development of environmental science in Korea and to encourage the research enthusiasm of those working in the environmental field.

Professor Won-Yong Choi of the Department of Environmental Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology, Professor Jeong-Eun Oh of the Department of Social and Environmental Systems Engineering at Pusan National University, and Professor Jin-Young Jeong of the Department of Environmental Engineering at Yeungnam University were selected as this year’s Doosan Yeon-gang Environmental Academic Award recipients. The Doosan Yeon-gang Foundation awarded Professor Choi a prize of 20 million won and a plaque, and Professors Oh and Jeong each received 10 million won and a plaque.

Professor Choi succeeded in developing an indoor air purifier that dramatically improved the lifespan and performance of the filter with his paper titled "Development of Indoor Air Purifier Using Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Photocatalyst Filter."

Professor Oh contributed to the establishment of policies for managing harmful substances in tap water and river water by clarifying the differences in contamination between drinking water and water sources with her paper titled "Assessment of Unregulated Trace Harmful Substances Contamination and Behavior in Domestic Drinking Water."

Professor Jeong proposed a method to achieve the highest nitrogen removal rate in a single continuous stirred-tank reactor containing various microorganisms with his paper titled "Optimization Study of Nitrogen Removal Performance in Single Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor Based on Partial Nitritation and Anammox." Anammox refers to microbial species that metabolize nitrogen or the processes that utilize them.

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