MFC
Project Name | Student | Teacher | Period |
MFC: Energy from microorganisms | Matteo Giardino | prof. Mandarano | November 2012 - May 2013 |
The MFC (Microbial Fuel Cell) is a particular type of fuel cell wich exploit a microorganism to produce electricity from the oxidation of an organic substrate (e.g. glucose). In the cell which was assemble in our school we used the common yeast as oxidant microorganism and pure glucose as fuel.
Project realized in collaboration with Politecnico di Torino.
MATERIALS AND OTHER FILES
Lecture Slide about MFC | Matteo Giardino | PDF File (.pdf) |
Procedure to build your MFC | Matteo Giardino | PDF File (.pdf) |
PRESS COLLECTION
La cella a combustibile va con il lievito | Il Sole 24 ore - 18/05/2014 | http://nova.ilsole24ore.com/progetti/la-cella-a-combustibile-va-con-il-lievito |
Percorsi di istruzione informale | Il Sole 24 ore - 18/05/2014 | http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2014-05-18/percorsi-istruzione-informale-081215.shtml?uuid=ABID79IB |
Intel ISEF 2014 - Matteo Giardino | YouTube - Intel ISEF | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU0PPuyYj-M |
Giovani e le scienze 2013 - Cartella Stampa | FAST Milano | http://www.fast.mi.it/gs2013/com_stampa_finale.doc |
VIDEOS AND PHOTOS
AWARDS AND SPECIAL MENTIONS
Project finalist at Intel ISEF 2014 Project finalist at ISWEEP 2014 - Honorable Mention Award Project finalist at "I Giovani e Le Science 2013" AWARD: Participation to ISWEEP 2014 - Houston,TX,USA |