∋ Date & Time

 2012. 5. 24 (14:00) ~ 5. 25 (17:00)

   ∋ Place

 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technolog (Oryong Hall)

Free & Open to the public

   ∋ Organizer

 Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

   ∋ Inquiry

 Bongkyu Kim(GIST)
 Tel : 062-715-2456, E-mail : powerkbg0602@gist.ac.kr

∋ Schedule for the Symposium

May 24, 2012

14:00-14:40

Welcome and opening remarks
In S. Kim (Center for Seawater Desalination Plant, School of Environmental Science and Engineering,  Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)

14:40-15:10

A strategy to scale up of microbial fuel cells: modulation, geometry and series connection
In Seop Chang (School  of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)

15:15-15:40

Bioelectrochemical degradation of organic matter in wastewater
Young-Chae Song (Division of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Maritime University)

15:45-16:05

Break, with refreshment

16:05-16:35

Electric syntrophy
Kazuya Watanabe (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)

16:40-17:10

Cathodic transport limitations in microbial electrochemical cells
CIJsar I. Torres (Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University)

17:13-17:45

Evaluating performance of different catalyst in electrochemical nitrate reduction
Booki Min (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University)

May 25, 2012

9:00-9:40

 Microbial fuel cells and beyond
 Byung Hong Kim (Water Environment Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

9:40-10:10

 Development of a novel M2FC system for improved cathodic sustainability and the effect of Fe-chelatingcomplexes on a M2FC performance
 Jong-In Han (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

10:15-10:45

 New approaches of microbial fuel/electrolysis cells
 Hyung-Sool Lee (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo)

10:50-11:20

 Recent advances in the development of microbial electrochemical technology(MET) for energy production and potential applications
 Yujie Feng (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology)

11:25-13:00

 Lunch

13:00-13:30

 Continuous electricity generation during wastewater treatment using a submerged-exchangeable microbial fuel cell
 Taeho Lee (Department of civil environmental engineering,  Pusan National University)

13:35-14:05

 Microbial fuel cell based toxicity sensor: Design and strategies for increasing the stability and sensitivity for the monitoring of water toxicity
  NG How Yong (Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore)

14:10-14:40

 TBD
 Kyuseon Yoo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jeonju University)

14:45-15:05

 Break, with refreshment,
Young Scientist Session

15:05-15:35

 Variations of electron flux and microbial community in air-cathode microbial fuel cells fed with different substrates
 Younghyun Park (Department of civil environmental engineering, Pusan National University)

15:40-16:10

 A multiphase electrode microbial fuel cell system that simultaneously converts organic substances coexisting in water and sediment phases into electricity
 Junyeong An (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)