Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering final-year undergraduate Karen Ka Long Leong received the Arthur L Williston Medal presented by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for her paper titled “Fuel Choice Regulation – The Way to Narrow the Gap Between Current IMO Marine Standard and 2025 Greenhouse Gas Emission Target”.

Established in 1956, the medal is presented annually to a student or recent graduate who submits the best paper in a specified area of civic service. The topic area of this year is “Achieving 2025 Greenhouse Gas Emissions While Creating Economic Growth and Quality of Life Benefits”.

In her paper, Karen used the marine industry as an example to study carbon dioxide reduction measures. She suggested biodiesel, natural gas and nuclear power as three potential alternative fuel choices for ships and assess their feasibility in terms of factors such as environmental performance, technology maturity, supporting infrastructure and lifecycle cost.

She will receive the medal at the ASME Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition held on November 11-17 in Arizona, US.

Founded in 1880, ASME promotes the art, science and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe. It has more than 130,000 members in 151 countries, and 32,000 of these members are students.

Related link:

• About the Arthur L Williston Medal