National Pukyong University Student Wins Grand Prize for Outstanding Paper Presentation at Future Marine Science and Technology Awards

Nurphahana Nabila Binti Mohamat Nur
from the Department of Ocean Engineering
Receives Grand Prize for Outstanding Paper Presentation
at the 2025 Future Marine Science and Technology Awards

Nurphahana Nabila Binti Mohamat Nur, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Ocean Engineering at National Pukyong University (President: Bae Sanghoon), has received the Grand Prize for Outstanding Paper Presentation at the 2025 Future Marine Science and Technology Awards.

Nurphahana Nabila Binti Mohamat Nur, graduate student. Courtesy of National Pukyong University

On May 8, she was awarded the Grand Prize for Outstanding Paper Presentation (Marine Technology Division) during the 2025 Future Marine Science and Technology Awards ceremony, which took place at the 2025 Joint Conference of the Korean Association of Ocean Science and Technology Societies (KAOSTS) held at BEXCO in Busan.

She received this honor for her paper titled "Effect of submerged and floating cathodes on sustainable bioelectricity generation and benthic nutrient removal in sediment microbial fuel cells," supervised by Professor Kim Kyunghoe.

This paper was highly evaluated for presenting research findings on electricity generation in sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) and the effectiveness of removing nutrients present in marine sediments.

In her study, she revealed that SMFC-CW, which partially submerges carbon fiber electrodes and exposes them to air, demonstrated superior performance in terms of current density for high power output and reduction of internal resistance.

The 2025 Joint Conference of the Korean Association of Ocean Science and Technology Societies, where the awards ceremony was held, was hosted by KAOSTS and attended by six domestic academic societies related to marine science and technology.

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