Futa Akamatsu, First-Year Graduate Student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Assoc. Prof. MD.Azizul Moqsud Laboratory), Receives Excellence Award at the 76th Chugoku Regional Technology Research Meeting

(2025/10/1)

On August 7th and 8th, 2025, Futa Akamatsu, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Assoc. Prof. Moqsud’s Laboratory), received the Excellence Award in the Innovation Division at the 76th Chugoku Regional Technology Research Meeting. The event was held at the Chugoku Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

 Assoc. Prof. Moqsud’s laboratory works on developing environmentally friendly power generation technologies aimed at providing electricity to people living without it and solving social issues like global warming and the increase in carbon dioxide emissions from power generation. Akamatsu’s presentation was titled “Development of a New Woody Plant Microbial Fuel Cell Using a 3D Printer and Bioelectric Measurements.” The presentation focused on a new plant-based microbial fuel cell that he improved upon to address the issues with previous models.

 This work on plant-based fuel cells also has the potential to mitigate the urban heat island effect and provide power to smart cities.

We look forward to Akamatsu’s continued success and will continue to support our students’ research activities.