PREFACE
The Asian Institute of Technology will need to face up rapid dynamic changes as it moves into the future. It will have to adapt to rapidly changing needs in the region, funding mechanisms, student demands and employability, creation of public and privately supported graduate schools, provide better compensation to faculty and staff, enhance campus and laboratory infrastructure, develop professionally run professional programs, initiate new knowledge areas, etc. While the present administration has taken some steps and have plans to meet up with others, a few overriding factors will have to be kept in mind. This will most certainly centre around the quality of our academic and research programs and the investment needed to further strengthen the same. While accreditation by professional bodies, planning for distant learning modules, etc. will be the needed in the future for While the number of research projects and related our academic programs, in the area of research and funding has nearly doubled, based on year 2005, in the development we will need to develop some niche areas in last two years this has leveled off. The reasons for this which we will be recognized and accepted to be amongst include smaller number of research faculty and staff, the front runners in the world. closing down of some major long term projects, needs to win projects in competition, changing demands and mode It is with background that we have been working on the of operation of funding agencies, etc. This strengthens AIT Research Strategy for the next five years. This will be our belief to form larger interdisciplinary teams and need based on four principles, namely, Research Focus, for partnerships. This is a challenge which all sectors of Research Quality, Research Collaboration and Research AIT are facing up to and will most certainly overcome. Resource Mobilization. The work plans required to achieve the stated overall outcomes, measurable outputs, We take this opportunity to thank all faculties, staff, key performance indicators, etc are being developed students and indeed all stake holders who made it using a Results Based Management (RBM) approach. The possible for us to bring financial stability to the institute. focus of research has been identified to be the umbrella With the institute on the verge of becoming formally and area of “Sustainable Development in the context of international-intergovernmental organization and a Climate Change (SDCC)” with five identified thematic number of initiatives being planned, it is hoped the areas under its purview. It is hoped that will help create institute will be able to sustain itself into the next 50 stronger inter-disciplinary teams that can form better years. We look forward to increased collaboration and networks both internally and with external partners. This partnership to expand the knowledge base we have will allow the institute to focus on some areas of research created and improve the quality of life of those who those and competitively bid and win larger projects, which in most need it. turn will make possible better research outputs and infrastructure. It is hoped that this will be used in the future to hold discussions with various stake holders Professor Sudip K Rakshit which will include donors, government agencies and the Vice President for Research private sector so that AIT can serve as a platform for 21st June, 2011 innovative research and development.
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PREFACE ...... i TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... iii Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION ...... 7 Chapter 2: RESEARCH STATISTICS AND TRENDS, 2005-2010 ...... 9 Chapter 3: SNAPSHOTS OF AIT RESEARCH IN 2010 ...... 11 Chapter 4: SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ...... 23 4.2: SET – COMPUTER SCIENCE and INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FIELDS OF STUDY ...... 27 4.3: SET – CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY ...... 33 4.4: SET – GEOTECHNICAL & EARTH RESOURCES ENGINEERING FIELD OF STUDY ...... 37 4.5: SET – INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING FIELD OF STUDY ...... 43 4.6: SET – MECHATRONICS and MICROELECTRONICS & EMBEDDED SYSTEMS FIELDS OF STUDY ...... 49 4.7: SET – NANOTECHNOLOGY FIELD OF STUDY ...... 53 4.8: SET – REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FIELD OF STUDY ...... 59 4.9: SET – STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FIELD OF STUDY ...... 63 4.10: SET – TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIELD OF STUDY ...... 69 4.11: SET – TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING FIELD OF STUDY ...... 75 4.12: SET – WATER ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY...... 79 4.13: SET – INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AREA OF STUDY ...... 87 4.14: SET – OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ...... 89 Chapter 5: SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT ...... 91 5.2 SERD – AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING FIELD OF STUDY ...... 93 5.3: SERD – AQUACULTURE AND AQUATIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY ...... 97 5.4: SERD – ENERGY FIELD OF STUDY ...... 101 5.5: SERD – ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY ...... 109 5.6: SERD – FOOD ENGINEERING AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY FIELD OF STUDY...... 123 5.7: SERD – GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FIELD OF STUDY ...... 129 5.8: SERD – NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY ...... 133 5.9: SERD – PULP AND PAPER TECHNOLOGY FIELD OF STUDY ...... 137 5.10: SERD – REGIONAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FIELD OF STUDY ...... 141 5.11: SERD – URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY ...... 145 5.12: SERD – AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ...... 151 5.13: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT AREA OF STUDY ...... 153 5.14: GENDER, TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA OF STUDY ...... 157 Chapter 6: SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT ...... 159 Chapter 7: AIT EXTENSION ...... 171 Chapter 8: INTERNET EDUCATION AND RESEARCH LABORATORY (intERLab) ...... 177 Chapter 9: AIT – VIETNAM ...... 181 Chapter 10: CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AND OUTREACH ...... 187 10.1: CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON SUSTAINBALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE (Coe SDCC) ...... 187 10.2: ASEAN REGIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (ARCMDG) ...... 190 10.3: CSR ASIA CENTER AT AIT (CSRACA) ...... 195 10.4: YUNUS CENTER ...... 200 Chapter 11: INSTITUTE-WIDE SPONSORED AND CONTRACTED PROJECTS ...... 203 11.1 Grants and Sponsored Research Completed in 2010 ...... 203 11.2 On-going Grants and Sponsored Research ...... 203 Chapter 12: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR 2010 AND STUDENT COMPETITIONS ...... 205 12.1 OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR 2010 ...... 205 12.2 STUDENT COMPETITIONS ...... 207 12.2.1 MASTERS THESIS COMPETITION 2010 ...... 207 12.2.2 AIT V.RESEARCH COMPETITION 2010 ...... 208
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Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 AIT Mission A hub for the implementation of regional/transnational research projects, and a research facility for academic The Asian Institute of Technology promotes technological professionals. The hub will network with other change and sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific academic and research institutions in the region and the region through higher education, research and outreach. world. Established in Bangkok in 1959, AIT has become a leading regional postgraduate institution and is actively working with A model international citizen. public and private sector partners throughout the region and with some of the top universities in the world. A collaborator and partner of national postgraduate institutions. Recognized for its multinational, multi- cultural ethos, the Institute operates as a self-contained international community A financially viable, self-sustaining institution, able to at its campus located 40 km (25 miles) north of Bangkok, draw support from donors, the private sector and Thailand. individuals, with good governance and strong leadership. Besides the usual laboratories and academic buildings, the main campus includes housing, sports, and medical facilities, a A strong partner to its alumni, who are principal conference center, and a library with over 230,000 volumes stakeholders through the AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) and 830 print and on-line periodicals. All serve to fulfill the AIT mission -
to develop highly qualified and committed professionals who play leading roles in the region’s sustainable development and its integration into the global economy.
1.2 AIT Vision
To become a leading and unique regional multicultural institution of higher learning, offering state-of-the-art education, research and training in technology, management and societal development.
With this clear, timeless vision, the multi-skilled team of students, faculty and staff at AIT are set to continuously strengthen the institution by becoming
A trailblazer in advanced education in the region, with leadership in IT and new types of multidisciplinary programs.
An exemplary institution, with an emphasis on academic quality in terms of courses and other aspects of the operation.
A leader in professional development programs.
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Chapter 2: RESEARCH STATISTICS AND TRENDS, 2005-2010
2.1 Project Numbers and Budget 2005- to include additional criteria towards ascertaining the impact of such papers. Figure 2.4 shows the trend of publications 2010 under the categories namely Referred Journal Publications, Doctoral Thesis, Master’s Thesis as well as completed projects In line with the desire to impact on society by integrating for the period 2005-2010. academic research with industry and society’s needs, AIT witnessed a good growth in the numbers of sponsored and contracted projects undertaken and that of publications 1,800.00 Project Category in Budget Value Terms between 2005-2010. Figure 2.1 gives an overview of the trend 1,600.00 of the ongoing sponsored and contracted projects for the 1,400.00 period 2005-2010 both in and budget value terms and in terms 1,200.00 1,000.00 of the number of ongoing projects undertaken during the same 800.00 period. 600.00 400.00
Millions Thai Millions Baht 200.00 0.00 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Year AIT Extension Academic Programs Research and Development
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400 Project Category in Numerical Terms 350 300 Figure 2.1: Project Budget is identified in Million (‘000,000) 250 Thai Baht. 200 150
2.2 Trend of the Ongoing Projects by Number Projectsof 100 50 Category 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Year Sponsored and contracted projects undertaken at AIT are AIT Extension Academic Programs Research and Development assigned under the Fund 30 which are categorized as Research and development which comprises Research, Capacity Building, Figure 2.3 Networking/Coordination, Training/Workshop and conference projects. The Academic Programs category comprises newly initiated Professional programs conducted by the different 800 INSTITUTE WIDE PUBLICATIONS TREND, 2005-2010 schools and AIT Extension category comprises continuing 700 professional education, short-course training and consultancy 600 services. Figure 2.2 provides the trend for the period 2005 – 500
2010 on budget value terms and Figure 2.3 give the trend in 400 terms of the number of ongoing projects under each category. 300
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Publications over the years has seen an increase in the Number publications/projects of 100 requirements in order to enhance quality of research from a 0 time about a decade ago when doctoral students had only to 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 submit a manuscript of a Paper before graduation, today all Year Referred Journal Publications Masters Thesis such students need to show acceptance of paper by an Doctoral Thesis Completed Projects international and referred journal before they graduate. Publications in refereed Journals as one measure of Figure 2.4 productivity in the academic spheres increased with a high margin between 2009 and 2010 this .Discussions are being held Annual Report on Research 2010 | 9
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Over the years there has been a reduction in seconded faculty 2.3 Most Cited Papers in Scopus (supported by different countries). This led to a reduction in the total full time faculty (as they were not allreplaced by Publication and citation information is considered one of the direct hire faculty) and highlights the tremendous effort put in most widely recognizable indicators of research output and by our faculty and research staff. There has also been a quality, and collection and analysis of this information is subsequent increase in adjunct faculty who offer specialized among means to judge alignment of the institutions research courses and professional programs. Figure 2.5 below shows activities with its strategic priorities. Table 2.1 below shows the the trend in the Faculty strength grouped as Full time faculty top 5 most cited publications in Scopus lifetime. It is planned to and total faculty including adjunct, affiliated, visiting faculty, have a year on year analysis in due course. etc.
1. On the acceptability of arguments and its fundamental role in nonmonotonic reasoning, logic programming and n-person games (Cited 549 time(s)); 1995; Artificial Intelligence; Dung, P.M. 200 2. Direct solid-liquid separation using hollow fiber membrane in an activated sludge aeration tank 180 (Cited 261 time(s)); 1989; Water Science and Technology; Yamamoto, K. , Hiasa, M. , Mahmood, T. , Matsuo, T. 160 Full Time Faculty 3. Developments in industrially important thermostable enzymes: A review (Cited 181 time(s)); 140 2003; Bioresource Technology; Haki, G.D. , Rakshit, S.K. 4. An abstract, argumentation-theoretic approach to default reasoning (Cited 141 time(s)); 1997; 120 Total Faculty Artificial Intelligence; Bondarenko, A. , Dung, P.M. , Kowalski, R.A. , Toni, F. 100 5. Membrane separation bioreactors for wastewater treatment (Cited 136 time(s)); 2000; Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology; 80 Visvanathan, C. , Ben Aim, R. , Parameshwaran, K.
60 NUMBERFACULTY OF Table 2.1 40 20 0 2.4 Top 5 Researchers with the Highest 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 YEAR Number of Projects initiated 2006- Figure 2.5: Faculty Strength 2005- 2010 2010
The streamlining of Project management and corresponding Research excellence in an international institution of higher incentives towards initiation of projects has helped reinforce learning as AIT is linked with the graduate students we have. the institutions research objectives and focus. Table 2.2 Figure 2.6 gives an institute wide trend on the intake, highlights the top Researchers with the Highest Number of Enrolment and graduated student strength for the period. Projects initiated 2006- 2010.
Name Number of Projects as PI No. of Projects as PI and Co -PI 2500 INSTITUTE-WIDE INTAKE, ENROLMENT AND GRADUATE TREND, Kanchana Kanchanasut 48 49 2005-2010 S. Kumar 11 27 Mukand S. Babel 22 25 2000 C. Visvanathan 21 24 Sudip K. Rakshit 19 23 Intake Kunnawee Kanitpong 18 22 Enrolment Table 2.2 1500 Graduate
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Chapter 3: SNAPSHOTS OF AIT RESEARCH IN 2010
Overall during the period January - December 2010 there were a total of 449 sponsored and contracted projects conducted by the faculty and staff at AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology (SET), School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), School of Management (SOM), as well as at AIT Extension, IntERLab, and numerous other Institute-wide projects and centers. The total number publications for the same period stood at 691 from across AIT. The following (below) are brief snapshots of research conducted at AIT in 2010. Full details of all research conducted at AIT in 2010 can be found in AIT Research Annual Report 2010.
3.1 POLICE EYES: Portable Traffic Violations Detector
Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong School of Engineering and Technology
Automobile accidents incur an extremely heavy toll on human lives and society. They also have great impact on the economy. According to the World Bank, the economic impact of automobile accidents in Thailand is a loss of more than 200 billion baht per year. Many accidents could be prevented if drivers obeyed traffic regulations. This research study is designed as a portable system capable of automatically detecting traffic violations and either sending a letter to warn the driver, and thereby informing nearby authorities, or automatically issuing traffic violation tickets. The system is composed of an embedded system, a radar system, a video camera system, a GPS system, and a WIFI communication device packaged as a portable system. The radar system is used to check for speeding vehicles, while the video processing algorithm is used in conjunction with radar measurement to reduce false positive errors in the radar measurement and to detect vehicles crossing lane boundaries. By enhancing our ability to detect and prevent traffic violations, the proposed system has the potential of economic benefits through lowered health care costs and higher productivity by reducing accident rates.
Portable Traffic Violations Detector
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3.2 Automated Test Equipment
Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar School of Engineering and Technology
In the increasingly competitive hard disk drive industry, all manufacturers need to aggressively develop their products to survive. Not only must they invest in research and development of products themeselves; but also in advanced automation technology to use the new equipment in manufacturing processes to improve cycle time, productivity and flexibility of the production system. Automated Test Operation (ATO) found at the back end area of disk drive manufacturing is one of the operations that make use of advanced automation test equipment and technology to create more efficiency and effectiveness. ATO is a complex operation that is difficult for planning, monitoring and forecasting. It cannot quickly manage a production system to compensate for external demands and internal disturbances. The modeling of manufacturing systems can be used as a representation of complex systems like an automated test operation. The manufacturing models are used as a tool for monitoring, forecasting and controlling of a represented system. In this research, soft computing solutions were developed by using artificial neural networks, integrating with another artificial tool to simulate automated test equipment models to solve the complexity of disk drive test operation.
Wafer Slider HGA HSA
Automated Test Equipment HDD HDA Automated Test Operation (Hard Disk Drive) (Certfication test)
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3.3 Air Quality and Climate Impacts of Possible health benefits associated with the air pollutants reduction could further be explored in terms of morbidity and Switching to Natural Gas-Fueled mortality reduction of the population in BMR. Public Transportation Vehicles in Bangkok 3.4 Energy Security in Developing Countries: National and Household Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Dr.Eng. School of Environment, Resources and Development level vulnerability and challenges Rattapon Onchang, Dr.Techn. Department of Environmental Science Prof. R. Shreshta, Prof. S. Kumar. Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University School of Environment, Resources and Development Rattapon Onchang, Dr.Techn. AIT and Silpakorn University cooperated in this project Both Department of Environmental Science worked with the Royal Thai Government to assess the multiple Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University impacts of the fuel-switching on air quality, climate, human health and economic with a particular focus on switching to The challenges posed by potential supply disruptions and high Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the public transportation price rises of fossil fuels to the economic growth are common system in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) as a case to both developing and developed countries. Energy security, study. defined by The World Energy Assessment Report, as “the continuous availability of energy in varied forms in sufficient The study presented two scenarios projected to 2015 and quantities at reasonable prices” may well reflect developed 2025, wherein a switch to using CNG and advanced vehicle countries’ perspectives, but does not adequately capture the technologies for public transport vehicles in the BMR was key. energy security dimensions faced by developing countries, as These scenarios were compared to current model (business-as- there are several additional dimensions that are unique to usual). developing countries. The GNESD, through its member centers, has been analyzing energy security issues, both from the Methods included surveying of the situation and planned national and household sector perspectives, from developing programs, emission inventory for air pollutants and climate- countries’ perspectives. forcing forcers agents for the base year of 2009 and emisison projection projected to 2015 and 2025 through using the The characteristics - in terms of the nature of energy security International Vehicle Emission (IVE), and simulation of ambient issues of developing countries, vulnerability and threats at air quality by a 3D dispersion air quality model, the national and at household level, and policies and measures in Comprehensive Air Quality Model with extensions (CAMx). these countries to address the energy security - were the objectives of this research. The potential financial benefits from the emission reductions were preliminarily assessed. A feasibility study was also As an important dimension of energy security, easy availability implemented using the Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) of reasonable amount of clean/modern energy is considered a based on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project basic necessity to reduce poverty and improve the living approach to explore potential financial benefits from the standards. (Eg. energy policies of India and South Africa.) The emission reductions. following factors are mainly identified behind the vulnerability and the threats to energy security: Substantial reductions of both air pollutants (COPM10, CO, VOC, VOC evaporative, and NOx and PM10) and climate forcing • Growing reliance on imported energy as most countries forcersagents (CO2, N2O, CH4, VOC, VOC evaporative, NOx, rely on imported energy.Energy price rise could, therefore, Black Carbon and Organic Carbon particles) would be achieved have a crippling effect on the economy and overall in both scenarios as compared to the business as usual, which development for most countries under the study. Also, justify the co-benefits gained from the switch. The results countries have initiated several kinds of programs to revealed relatively small reductions in ambient concentrations reduce the impact of imported energy, including of both air pollutants and climate forcing agents. Through replacement of petroleum products by biofuels promotion Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) trading, it is also possible of renewable energy, and energy efficiency. to gain about 2.2 2,158,809 and 2.9 2,882,906 million US$/year, for years 2015 and 2025 respectively. • Primary energy source diversification. The diversification of primary energy supply (Shannon Weiner index) shows A relatively high investment is necessary to support the switch, improvements during the recent past in Thailand, Brazil, such as engine modification and new engine technology, which Tunisia, India and South Africa, and is comparable to OECD must be studied further by the Royal Thai Government. countries. In electricity generation sector, however, many countries depend to a large extent on a single source Annual Report on Research 2010 | 13
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[South Africa (coal > 0%], Tunisia (natural gas >88%), • Dependency on biomass. Biomass energy use remains high Senegal (thermal >90%), Brazil (hydro >70%), Kenya (hydro in most developing countries, especially those in the low >50%) and India (coal >50%)]. income category. The household sector is the major user of biomass. In countries where options other than biomass • Energy demand and supply. The energy demand in are either not available or not affordable, ensuring developing countries is likely to increase substantially in sustainable supply of biomass energy presents a major the course of their development, and its use is also to energy security challenge. move up the energy ladder. So, the sources of primary energy used are likely to shift from predominance of Countries under the study have formulated policies and traditional use of biomass to that of modern commercial initiated measures to address the threats to energy security energy (fossil fuels and modern use of biomass). Several through country specific programs. (Eg. promotion of countries in South America have relatively abundant renewables, energy efficiency, private sector investment, energy resources. However, lack of access to and regional developing regional cooperation, developing strategic (provincial) disparity of cleaner and convenient energy use reserves.) appears to a large extent due to inadequate energy policies or policy failures. Centers Participating in the Energy Security Study
• Reliance on non-marketed sources of energy. Substantial Africa: The African Energy Policy Research fraction of the population and industries in the countries Network/Foundation for Woodstove under the study rely on non-marketed sources of energy Dissemination (AFREPREN), Kenya; Energy (e.g. collected biomass) and this high dependence is likely Research Center (ERC), South Africa; to continue for a foreseeable future. The energy supply Mediterranean Renewable Energy Centre problem is compounded by the fast decreasing forest (MEDREC), Tunisia; Environmental resources in many countries. Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM), Senegal. • Investment in energy sector. Considerable amount of investment would be required for resource exploration, Asia: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; infrastructure development (generation, supply and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), distribution systems) and supply of modern commercial India. energy. As investment by government alone would not be able to fulfill the required investment, several countries South America: Janeiro and CENBIO at the University of Sao have adopted policies to attract private investment. Paolo in conjunction, Brazil; The Institute for Energy Economics at Bariloche Foundation The energy security-related vulnerabilities and threats in (FB), Argentina. the household sector in the countries under the study have the following characteristics: The complete reports of each centre and the synthesis report is available at www.gnesd.org. • Energy costs: Energy costs form a significant share of total household expenditure (especially low income households’) in many developing countries (about 20% in South Africa and Thailand, and up to 40% in Kenya). Thus any significant rise in energy prices could have serious adverse effects on the poor families.
• Energy access. There also exists big inequity in many developing countries in terms of access to modern and safe energy between the poor and rich. Though access to electricity is very high in some countries (Thailand, Tunisia, Argentina, Brazil), in others the level of electrification is low (in Kenya, access to electricity in households is about 15%, while only about 8% of households have access to LPG supply).
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3.5 Pavement Surfaces with Higher Solar Reflectivity
Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong School of Engineering and Technology
Bangkok, like many cities in the world, encounters significantly increasing challenges of higher temperatures due to the urban heat island phenomenon. Using traditional building materials such as asphalts and concrete for roads and other infrastructure is among the key factors causing the air temperature in the city to be higher compared to that in surrounding areas. This is due to the absorption of the solar radiation and hence the radiation of excess heat during the day and at night. Increases in the pavement temperature causes the ambient temperature to rise, which in turn increases energy costs for air conditioning and damages air quality in the city. One way to address this problem is to provide pavement surfaces with higher solar reflectivity or albedo for roads. The measurement of albedo over 106 asphalt pavement sections and 43 concrete pavements sections across Bangkok Metropolitan Area revealed that the albedo of both pavement types were quite low, i.e., less than 0.10. This result indicates an opportunity to increase pavement’s albedo through various surface treatment methods. Examples of these methods include coating with grey or tan emulsion sealcoats, resurfacing with lighter colour chipseals, and overlying with concrete white-topping. The choice of materials determines albedo increase, and materials with lighter shades correlate to the higher albedo and lower surface temperature. The lightest available was shown to reduce maximum surface temperature by 7 to 14 degrees C.
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3.6 Physical Model for Monkey Cheeks
Dr. Sutat Weesakul School of Engineering and Technology
The Monkey Cheek project in the MahachaiSanamchai canals performs the function of storing flood waters in the upper areas, while at the same time releasing water into the Gulf of Thailand in relation to the tide levels of the sea by relying on the appropriate use of gravity and pumping stations. The project comprises construction of regulators and pumping station in canals, which yield considerable benefits without requiring huge investments. It can be linked with the Monkey Cheek project in the lower Tha Chin River to form an integrated system for efficient flood alleviation in Bangkok.
Dr. Sutat Weesakul is Principal Investigator of the project. AIT has been rendering its service towards the study, which is apart of the overall project to be carried out by Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute (HAII) for the Chaipattana Foundation. 3.7 Physical Hydraulic Model Study of the H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is the executive Xayaburi Hydroelectric Project chairperson of the Chaipattana Foundation. AIT has been responsible for constructing the physical model Dr. Sutat Weesakul and performing the function of storing flood water not only in School of Engineering and Technology the upper areas, but also in the ponds donated by local people and the golf course. The main objective is to provide the The Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Project will be constructed appropriate procedure for operating all regulators and across the lower Mekong River mainstream just upstream of pumping stations so that they are in harmony with natural Baan Pak Neun district in the northern province of Xayaburi, conditions. Lao, PDR .
From right to left abutment, the dam construction consists of the following main components and structures:
• A navigation system placed at the extreme right abutment and partially cut into the right bank slope.
• An overflow spillway, equipped with ten (10) radial gates each 19 m wide and 21 m high, with upstream and downstream stoplogs and associated cranes.
• An intermediate block that separates the spillway from the powerhouse complex and houses the powerhouse unloading and erection areas as well as part of the fish passing facilities.
• An intake-powerhouse complex with eight (8) Kaplan generating units including all electro-mechanical and hydro-mechanical auxiliary equipment and systems. The intake-powerhouse complex also includes eight (8) sand flushing outlets and part of the fish passing facilities.
• A fish ladder facility for upstream fish migration on the extreme left abutment.
The normal headwater level of the Project is established at an elevations of 275m, following the criterion to limit the raising
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In order to ascertain the most critical hydraulic aspects of the Project, a physical hydraulic model study was commissioned at the AIT Hydraulics Laboratory by the Project Owner, Ch. Karnchang Public Company Limited in an agreement dated 15 May 2009. The physical models were built and investigated following the “Specification for the Physical Hydraulic Model Studies of Xayaburi HEPP” issued by the Project Engineer, AF- Colenco Limited on January 2009.
Physical Hydraulic Model Study of the Xayaburi Hydroelectric Project comparison of similarities as well as differences. Policy 3.8 EU-Asia Link Project Gender and responses can benefit from cross-cultural learning, a process which requires bridging knowledge gaps pertaining to these Sustainable Development: Natural fields. The key actors in both these regions, including Resource Management, Migration governments, practitioners and academics share, an interest in bridging these gaps of knowledge in the policy field to (a) and Multi-local Livelihoods ensure gender equable resource management, (b) minimise incidences of “distress entry” to migratory networks leading to Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion exploitation and human rights abuse, and (c) ensure protected School of Environment, Resources and Development migration practices, security of livelihoods and sustained forms
of local development. The Asia-Link Progect offers an excellent The links between gender, natural resource management and opportunity to fill the gaps of knowledge through enhancing migration are becoming more visible in many regions, the mutual intellectual, social and economic co-operation particularly regarding their role in fostering (or undermining) between the EU and Southeast Asian regions. The Asia -Link local forms of sustainable development. The emerging body of project aimed to develop a range of collaborative South-South literature on the impacts of internal and international and North-South activities to strengthen collective institutional migration processes highlights the significance of gender and capacity in higher education involving programme and its intersections with other social structures in natural resource curriculum development, training and skills-transfer, and management and sustainable livelihoods. The experiences of dissemination through conferences, workshops. To this aim, Europe and Southeast Asia provide some interesting pointers the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Netherlands, Andalas for a
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University, West Sumatra, Indonesia, the Asian Research 3.9 Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Centre for Migration (ARCM) of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand and Assessment of Dhaka, Chittagong, Brighton University, the United Kingdom combined forces. and Sylhet City
Collaborative experiences in substantively significant cross- Dr. Pennung Warnitchai cutting fields of these 5 partners enriched the quality of the School of Engineering and Technology programme. They will jointly provide valuable expertise for future guidance in the following specific areas: This project is a part of the Comprehensive Disaster Management Program of the Government of Bangladesh, 1) The focus of the Asian-European network of academic which was funded by UNDP, DFID, and the European institutions will be on the enhancement of human Commission. resources in higher education to improve activities in policy research, advice and training on gender, natural The implementation of program activities was carried out by resource management, migration and security of an international consulting team consisting of Asian Disaster livelihoods; Preparedness Center, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), National Society of Earthquake Technology of Nepal, Oyo 2) The collaboration addresses the intersections between the International Corporation, and several leading academic following policy fields: gender and natural resource institutions of Bangladesh. AIT was responsible for the seismic management, gender and migration, gender and vulnerability and risk assessment of three major cities—Dhaka, sustainable livelihoods; Chittagong, and Sylhet. In this project, detailed information about buildings, essential facilities, population, lifelines, and 3) Commitment and support from the partner academic transportation networks were first collected and acquired from institutions will bridge the existing knowledge gaps and several sources, and field surveys of more than 20,000 enhance the role of higher education in policy research, buildings were carried out. Based on these collected data, a training and advice. comprehensive set of GIS maps describing the existing conditions of these cities were then developed. The seismic The activities in this project are as follows: vulnerability of more than 40 representative building types was also determined through the use of advanced numerical 1) An exchange student program involving the 5 partner analyses. Potential economic and social losses in the three universities. cities from various possible earthquake scenarios were finally estimated using a GIS-based software package named 2) Workshops held in various partner universities and an “HAZUS”. The obtained results were used for developing a international conference in the Hague. national contingency plan for earthquake disaster management of Bangladesh. 3) Joint publications and extended networks beyond the project period.
At the Asian Institute of Technology:
1) 3 Ph.D students were sent to the University of Brighton, UK, Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands and Andalas University, Sumatra, Indonesia for 2-3 months;
2) 1 MSc student was sent to ARCM, Chulalongkorn University;
3) One migration workshop was held in November 2010;
4) Five post graduate students were received from 3 partner universities (Andalas University, University of Brighton, Institute of Social Studies).
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3.10 Consumer Judgment of the Quality of
Food: Do quality labels help?
Dr. Rian Beise-Zee School of Management
Consumers commonly have a problem with correctly assessing the quality of food produce. Recent food scares have lessened the confidence of consumers in guessing food quality by visually inspecting, touching and smelling food produce at open air “wet” markets. Yet, consumers can either rely on their own ability to identify quality and select the best quality or best quality-price relationship or they can trust others, in particular the retailer, the brand or a third party that certifies or endorses the product. These indirect or extrinsic quality cues become more important. In Thailand, there are now a seemingly myriad quality labels from different labeling authorities and organizations. Do they convince consumers about the food quality?
On behalf of the UNFAO, we studied consumer quality judgments using a decision-based method called conjoint One of many food quality labels in Thailand measurement. The rational for this method is that it is assumed that respondents are not able to realistically estimate how important each attribute is for them. Instead, just like real life they are asked to make judgments for product bundles which implicitly require trade-off decisions. Conjoint measurement assumes that each product evaluated by a Consumer survey using conjoint measurement consumer can be represented by an additive combination of separate utilities existing for the individual attribute levels.
The most important conclusion of this study is certainly that retail exerts a strong impact on the perception of food quality. We see a clear generational shift. While older consumers put considerable trust in wet markets and trust their own abilities to evaluate the quality of food more. Most likely, younger people are more aware of chemical contamination of food and replay more on the quality commitment of brands of food producers and mass retailers.
The generational shift is heading towards modern trade such as supermarkets. We also see, albeit on a much lower level, brands as more and more important trust agents. In contrast, quality certificates are on average not a substitute for the trust in retail and brands. Only a small segment of the market notices certificates and associates certificates with quality. At best, certificates are complementary, perceived as a modern element of food together with brands and supermarkets. In this sense they have a limited capacity to offset low trust in the food supply chain. Instead they strengthen and reinforce the perception of modernization of the food supply chain.
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3.11 Public Management Executive 3.12 The Impact of Total Quality Development Program (PMED) 2010 Management on Supply Chain Management in Thai Automotive Dr. Sununta Siengthai School of Management Industry
The PMED Program has been commissioned to AIT by the Dr. Barbara Igel Ministry of Interior (with the Damrong Rajanupab Research School of Management and Development Institute as the co-host) since 2009. This is a capacity building program for the high-level personnel (i.e., The automotive industry in Thailand continues to grow at a fast Vice Governors or PC 9 and higher) of the Ministry. There are 3 pace. Thailand has the biggest automobile assembly base in main groups of subjects: (1) strategic management for the region. Due to this fact Thailand is known as “the Detroit of competitive advantage of the nation, (2) natural resources, Asia”. The automotive industry is vital for the Thai economy culture and tourism, and (3) agenda for good governance. The and hence there is need to continuously improve its process. Program also requires the participants to conduct one practicum project to enhance their understanding and In this growing automotive sector of Thailand, Dr. Barbara Igel, problem-solving skills. Associate Professor and Dean of School of Management along with Dr. Assadej Vanichchinchai, PhD graduate of SOM, AIT, did a research to investigate the relationships among total quality management practices (TQMP), supply chain management practices (SCMP) and firm’s supply performance (FSP). During research, based on an extensive literature review, measurement instruments for SCMP, TQMP and FSP were developed and verified by experts, pilot test and various statistical techniques to ensure reliability and validity in structural equation modeling
In 2010, there were altogether 31 participants of which 5 participants reported on strategic management issues; 11 reported on natural resources management; and 15 reported on Agenda for good governance. Findings from the individual studies revealed that no matter which areas of issues the Vice Governors are faced with in terms of administrative dilemmas, the necessary conditions to achieve higher levels of effectiveness of provincial administrative goal performance included the following: (1) clear vision and mission with action plans aligned and key performance indicators to monitor the implementation process; (2) participative management; (3) social capital building; (4) developing the community or provincial society’s readiness for change; (5) ensuring the integrated performance and developing teamwork of all parties concerned by the provincial governor; (6) the local government being strengthened.
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Snapshots of AIT Research in 2010 constructs. The hypothesized model was tested through a path analysis and qualitative case studies of two large first-tier In total, the SEA-UEMA Project implemented the following automotive suppliers were conducted to obtain more in-depth during the whole implementation period (2003-2010): thirty- information. The results showed the set of SCMP, TQMP and one (31) Alumni Demonstration Projects; twenty-six (26) Joint FSP measures are reliable and valid for Thailand’s automotive Action Research; four (4) Policy Advocacy; five (5) Pilot industry. And TQMP not only has a direct and significant Projects; and five (5) Flagship Projects. The project also positive impact on SCMP and on FSP, but also has a indirect established 7 Country Nodes in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and significant positive impact on FSP through SCMP. Philippines, and southern Vietnam and northern and central parts of Vietnam. The project provided 110 scholarships in 3.13 SEA-UEMA Project Southeast Asian countries for students to pursue, PhD, masters, diploma and certificate level programs at AIT. The Prof. A. T. M Nurul Amin, Dr. Ranjit Perera, Dr. Edsel Sajor, Dr. project trained 1636 specialists, researchers, and practitioners Vilas Nitivattanon, Dr. Nowarat Coowanitwong, Dr. Kyoko in various professional training courses and gender trainings. Kusakabe The project established 352 partnerships with different partners from 8 countries during implementation of its The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management activities. Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project was a signature partnership between AIT and the Canadian International Development A total of 849 UEM experts, researchers, city managers and Agency (CIDA). The CAN$ 9.48 million CIDA-funded project practitioners became Regional UEM network members, and a lasted from 1 August 2003 – 31 August 2010 and implemented total of 21 UEM policies were put in the action agenda of work in 8 countries in Southeast Asia. The project improved relevant government agencies. Gender equality was integrated implementation and sharing of sound urban environmental into most activities of the SEA-UEMA Project including management policies and practices in the three key urban planning, implementation, evaluation, and reporting. environmental sub-sectors of water and sanitation, solid waste, and air pollution. The project recorded lessons learned, unexpected results, problems and challenges experienced over the period of Key Results project implementation and how overcome those. All project results were disseminated through dissemination meetings, Gender equality was one of the crosscutting themes of the websites, e-blogs, and through the distribution of publications. project. During the period of 2003-2008, the project The project published numerous publications including case implemented activities under five components, namely: studies, monographs, policy briefs and proceedings of Graduate Education, Alumni Demonstration Project, UEM Sub- meetings, conferences and policy dialogues and forums. The Sector Network and Professional Support Program, Joint Action SEA-UEMA Project also implemented a sustainability strategy Research, and Application of Research Results and Lessons to sustain the project beyond the project tenure. Learned towards achieving 4 outcomes and 4 output results. During the extension period (2009-2010), the project Through the implementation of the SEA-UEMA Project, AIT implemented activities under four core areas, namely: Flagship made a significant contribution to improving urban Projects, Policy Advocacy, Learning Networks and Training, and environments in Southeast Asia, and it remains committed to Graduate Education toward achieving 2 outcomes and 5 output supporting environmental improvements in the region. results. Gender equality remained as one of the cross-cutting themes.
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Chapter 4: SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
4.1.1 Mission interdisciplinary programs shall be INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING launched so faculty members can work GROUP School of Engineering and Technology effectively across the disciplinary walls. (SET) is the synergistic integration in The new school will enhance its academic For several decades, AIT has served in November 2005 of the two former portfolio by emphatically injecting the the development of the region by Schools, namely, the School of Civil “5I” features namely internationality, equipping young engineers with the Engineering (SCE) and the School of innovation, integration, information high-tech knowledge required to work in Advanced Technologies (SAT). technology and industrial partnership. complex industrial environments. Since Historically, these two schools came into its inception, the Industrial Systems existence only in January 1993 when the In line with the mission of the Institute, Engineering (ISE) thematic group at AIT Institute reorganized the need to reform the mission of the School of Engineering has contributed to this mission by its academic structure from smaller-sized and Technology is: focusing on industrial competitiveness units called “Divisions” to larger bodies and innovation for sustainable growth in named “Schools”. To develop highly qualified the region. The ISE group is comprised of engineers and technologists who the following fields of study: The School of Civil Engineering (SCE) play leading roles in promoting the represents the legacy of AIT when it was region’s industrial competitiveness Industrial and Manufacturing established with a single field of study in in its integration into the global Engineering (IME) Hydraulics Engineering. Subsequently, economy. Nanotechnology other civil engineering fields of study Mechatronics (Mec) were launched to assist the recovery More information about the school can Microelectronics and Embedded from the ravages of the Second World be accessed at the SET’s homepage Systems (MES) War. SCE emphasized on a learning http://www.set.ait.asia/. process that combines theoretical INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS problem-solving and real life application 4.1.2 Thematic Groups, GROUP of engineering principles. Its research orientation was outward-looking, Fields of Study and Information and communications enable addressing the actual and anticipated Multidisciplinary access, connections and sharing, in turn needs of the built environment. Programs enable knowledge creation and economic opportunity. The fields in the The School of Advanced Technologies CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE Information and Communications group (SAT) consisted of fields of study that ENGINEERING GROUP are: were launched in response to the needs of the regional industrialization in the Since the founding of AIT, its civil Computer Science (CS) second and third decades of AIT's engineering fields have promoted Information Management (IM) existence. The School was committed to modern methodologies, emerging Remote Sensing and Geographic being international, multidisciplinary technologies and innovative materials for Information Systems (RSGIS) centers of excellence in Information, the design and construction of safe and Telecommunications (TC) Communications, Industrial Systems, and economical infrastructure in the region. Space Technologies through education, The Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Interdisciplinary Programs research and outreach. group includes the following fields of study: Offshore Technology and The new School of Engineering and Management (OTM) Technology amalgamating the School of Construction, Engineering and Information and Communications Civil Engineering (SCE) and the School of Infrastructure Management (CEIM) Technologies (ICT) Advanced Technologies (SAT) will strive Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation to create synergies between the activities Engineering (GGE) and Management (DPMM) of the two former schools to build up Structural Engineering (StE) Gender, Transportation and world-class multidisciplinary and cross- Transportation Engineering (TrE) Development (GTD) disciplinary education, research and Water Engineering and Management outreach activities across the boundaries (WEM) of traditional fields of knowledge. More Annual Report on Research 2010 | 23
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4.1.3 Strategic Research structures; Disaster mitigation and ACTS activities include modules on rehabilitation intelligent transportation systems, traffic Areas simulation, freight transport, urban road Structural Engineering (StE) safety and road safety audit. Visit ACTS: The School of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, Earthquake http://www.set.ait.asia/acts/ Technology has identified broad research Resistant Design, Experimentation areas related to the strengths of its Methods, Advanced Structural Materials. Geoinformatics Center faculty, its curriculum and its existing Geoinformatics Center is dedicated to facilities that are the building blocks for Transportation Engineering (TrE) development and promotion of remote education niches in engineering and Transportation Logistics; Highway sensing research and activities in Asia- advanced technologies. Pavement; Road Safety Pacific by sharing satellite data, research results and experiences with researchers The following lists the information about Water Engineering and Management in the region. Visit Geoinformatics the specific focal areas grouped by Fields (WEM) Center http://www.geoinfo.ait.asia/ of Study Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM); Water Related Habitech Center Computer Science and Information Disaster Management (WRDM) Habitech activities include research and Management (CSIM) outreach activities such as training in Software Engineering and Development; 4.1.4 Academic Outreach production and construction, provision of Information and Knowledge services associated with projects Management Centers implemented by various organizations, agencies or the private sector. Visit Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) The School of Engineering and Habitech: http://www.habitech- Design and development of devices and Technology has a wealth of innovative international.com/home.html sensors; Automation and control of and untapped knowledge database from machines; Product design and integration its master’s and doctoral research International Ferrocement Information of machines and processes; Planning, activities. Many outreach and research Center operation, control and logistics of centers are set up to transform the IFIC coordinates the activities of the Industrial systems knowledge into industrial needs. These International Ferrocement Society (IFS) centers also serve to transfer the including publication of “Journal of Remote Sensing and Geographic practical aspects and the society impacts Ferrocement”, conducting continuing Information Systems (RS&GIS) of the knowledge and technology back to education courses and sponsored Remote sensing (RS); Geographic the class room. research projects in low-cost information system (GIS); Global construction. Visit IFIC: positioning system (GPS); Digital mapping ACECOMS: Asian Center for Engineering http://www.set.ait.asia/ific/ technology; Digital photogrammetry Computations and Software The prime mission of ACECOMS with 29 Regional Network Office for Urban Telecommunications, Information and satellite centers in 21 cities in Asia and Safety Communications Technologies (TC, ICT) other regions carries out research in The Regional Network Office for Urban Mobile Communications; Teletraffic and engineering computations, develops Safety (RNUS) is a collaborative center Network Performance Analysis; Focal computer software tools for engineering jointly operated by the AIT and the Area 3: Optical Networks applications, and conducts training in the University of Tokyo for the promotion of effective use of latest computing urban safety engineering utilizing Advanced Infrastructure Development technology. Visit ACECOMS: advanced engineering technologies Application of new approaches and http://www.acecoms.ait.asia/ including remote sensing and GIS. Visit concepts in the development of RNUS: http://www.set.ait.asia/rnus/ infrastructure including innovative ACSIG: Asian Center for Soil project financing Improvement and Geosynthetic Thailand Accident Research Center PPP/PFI, integrated project ACSIG provides a strategic location for The Thailand Accident Research Center is management advanced technological education, an offspring of MOTC’s Road Safety Infrastructure asset and valuation researches and outreach activities on the Master Plan acknowledging the lack of management, and infrastructure application and effective utilization of information on accidents in Thailand and safety and security ground improvement techniques. Visit the need to establish TARC. TARC Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental ACSIG: http://www.set.ait.asia/acsig/ provides academic back up and a base for Engineering (GGE) road safety research. Visit TARC: Sustainable geological exploitation for ACTS: Asian Center for Transportation http://www.tarc.ait.asia engineering activities; Design of safe Studies http://www.tarc.or.th/ 24 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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AIT Center of Excellence in R M A P RAJATHEVA, B.Sc. Hons. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,024,000 Nanotechnology (Eng), Moratuwa Univ, Sri Lanka; The Center of Excellence in M.Sc., Ph.D. (Electrical and Structural Peer Review of Lights Nanotechnology is jointly supported by Computer Eng), Univ of Residences Building Thailand’s Nanotechnology Center Manitoba, Canada. Duration: 01 Jun 10 -31 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Naveed Anwar (NANOTEC) and AIT, to cultivate and Associate Professor (Digital and Sponsor: SM Investments Corporation foster multidisciplinary activities Mobile Communications, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,440,000 including research and education in the Cooperative Diversity, Relay applications of Nanotechnology in Systems, OFDMA Resource Geoinformatics Center Developing World. Visit CoEN: Allocation, Cognitive Radio: http://www.nano.ait.asia Detection/Estimation Capacity Building in Poverty Techniques, Space Time Mapping in ASEAN 4.1.5 Governance Processing-MIMO Systems, Duration: 01 Jan 07 -15 Dec 10 Distributed Video Coding (DVC) Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: ASEAN Foundation Dean Total Contracted Amount (THB): 9,519,545 BONAVENTURA H W HADIKUSUMO, NITIN V AFZULPURKAR, BEng, Univ of BEng, Univ of Diponegoro, Development Planning, Poona, India; PhD, Univ of Indonesia; MEng, AIT; PhD, Univ Management & Governance Canterbury, New Zealand of Hong Kong. Duration: 01 Nov 09 -31 Aug 10 Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Associate Professor [Computer Associate Professor (Construction Information Sponsor: Government of India vision (pattern recognition and Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,400,000 image processing); MEMS Technology; Construction Project design, fabrication for electronic Management; Construction Site JAXA Capacity Building 2009 - 2010 and bio medical applications; Safety, Virtual Reality Duration: 28 Aug 09 -31 Oct 10 Soft computing algorithms for application in construction; Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency robotics and automation Web-based project design and management; System Dynamic Total Contracted Amount (THB): 9,862,668 applications; Mechatronics applications for industrial use] Simulation in Construction; Construction site safety) Training cum Study visit Program on Project Management for Hygiene Associate Deans Sanitation and water Supply 4.1.6 Grants and Sponsored Duration: 01 Apr 09 -31 Mar 10 NOPPADOL PHIEN-WEJ, BEng, Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MS, Research Completed in Sponsor: DANIDA Bangladesh Total Contracted Amount (THB): 828,750 PhD, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 USA. Associate Professor (Tunnelling ACECOMS: Asian Center for Engineering 4.1.7 On-going Grants and and other underground Computations and Software Sponsored Research in excavations in rocks and soils; Slope stability and retaining Database Development for Piping 2010 structures; Landslides; Earth Analysis Software structures and dams; Pile Duration: 01 Dec 09 -30 Jul 10 Building Energy Code Project Investigator(s): Naveed Anwar Duration: 01 Jan 01 - 31 Dec 11 foundations; Buried pipes and Sponsor: Computers & Structures Inc Project Investigator(s): Worsak Kanok- culverts) [Soft ground tunnelling; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 340,000 Nukulchai Underground excavations in Sponsor: Dansk Energi Management A/S, rock; Deep excavations; Land Performance Based Design of Denmark Total Contracted Amount (THB): 14,040,001 subsidence from deep well Knightsbridge Building
pumping; Rock properties] Duration: 01 Mar 09 -31 Dec 10 ACECOMS: Asian Center for Engineering Project Investigator(s): Naveed Anwar Sponsor: Century Properties Inc Manila, Computations and Software Phillipines Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,530,000 ACEE 2010 the 3rd Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering Performance Based Evaluation of Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Mar 11 Serendra District 1 Project Investigator(s): Naveed Duration: 01 Jan 10 -31 Dec 10 Anwar,Pennung Warnitchai Project Investigator(s): Naveed Anwar, Sponsor: ASEP, AIT, TIT, EIT Pennung warnitchai Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,500,000 Sponsor: Serendra Inc
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Geoinformatics Center 4.1.8 Publications Application of Microwave remote sensing (Professional development International Journal Articles with Training) Impact factor Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 28 Feb 11 Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: Surveyor Association of Malayasia, Litsomboon T., Pichai Nimityongskul, PEJUTA Naveed Anwar. Development of Total Contracted Amount (THB): 320,000 lightweight aggregate concrete containing pulverized fly ash and Developing Land cover Data bottom ash. Key Engineering Products in Monsoon Asia over the Materials, (400-402) 0-0, 2010. Period 2004-07 through Integration of Landsat and Multi-Temporal Naveed Anwar, Qaasim M.. ALOS/PALSAR Imagery Parametric study of reinforced Duration: 01 Apr 09 - 31 Mar 11 Project Investigator(s): Manzul Hazarika concrete column cross-section for Sponsor: University of Oklahoma,USA strength and ductility. Key Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,020,000 Engineering Materials, (400-402) 0-0, 2010. Forest Information Planning and Management in Lao PDr Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 30 Apr 11 Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: Kokusai Kogo Co Ltd Total Contracted Amount (THB): 736,000
JAXA Capacity Building 2010 - 2011 Duration: 01 Oct 10 - 31 Oct 11 Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,387,410
NOAA AVHRR and Terra/ Aqua MODIS Duration: 01 Apr 07 - 31 Mar 11 Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: Vision Tech/Japan Total Contracted Amount (THB): 783,000
Satellite Data utilization for disaster Risk reduction and response Training Seminar and Workshop for Capacity Building in ASEAN Duration: 01 Feb 09 - 31 Mar 11 Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: ADRC Total Contracted Amount (THB): 14,185,344
Training Programs in Poverty Mapping Duration: 01 Oct 08 - 31 Oct 11 Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon Sponsor: Multi-donors Total Contracted Amount (THB): 576,000
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4.2: SET – COMPUTER SCIENCE and INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FIELDS OF STUDY
4.2.1 Introduction The courses and research topics span maximize the benefits resulting from the range from theory to practice. the wide-spread use of these Computer Science Field of Study Students are encouraged to take technologies, improving the strategic courses and conduct research in management of information This field of study focuses on world- areas related to computer science resources in business, government, class teaching and research into the such as Information Management, and non-profit organizations, and foundations and applications of Telecommunications, Information increasing the productivity and computing systems. The curriculum and Communication Technologies, creativity of managers and covers a broad range of topics in Remote Sensing and Geographic executives who work with computer systems, theory, software Information Systems, Mechatronics, information resources. engineering, information science, Microelectronics and Embedded and applications. The faculty are Systems, Industrial Engineering, and 4.2.2 Research Facilities and particularly active in artificial other fields of study at the Institute. intelligence, security, computer Laboratories graphics, machine learning and data Software Engineering Area of Study CSIM laboratories are well-equipped for mining, robotics, computer vision teaching and research. The program and image processing, software In addition to the traditional Masters maintains its own file, Web, email, and engineering, networking, simulation, program in computer science, the database servers for experimental and and information systems. Computer Science field of study also offers a Master's degree in computer daily use. The teaching lab is kept up to science with specialization in date with modern desktop systems and software engineering. The Software can seat up to 60 students for practical Engineering Area of Specialization is sessions. Specialized equipment includes specially designed to fill the Asia- a 20-core Xeon grid computing cluster, a Pacific region's need for highly- heterogeneous compute cloud, an trained specialists in software experimental broadband satellite link to development and the management Japan and other countries in the region, of software development projects. video and image processing equipment, and augmented/virtual reality Students in this specialization are equipment. Full wireless coverage in the building allows students to conveniently expected, in the course of their thesis or research study, to get work with their personal notebook involved in the construction of large computers. software systems, in the context of iNexus is an end-to-end ongoing research projects at AIT or competitive experience from 4.2.3 Faculty and Research in collaboration with industry. concept design of a system Staff of robots programmed to Information Management Field of Study perform according to rules of Full-time Faculty
the game played on a high The Information Management field precision technical Contest KANCHANA KANCHANASUT, PhD, of study at AIT aims to fulfill the Area and to score a victory MSc, Computer Science, University growing need for information beating the competitors at an of Melbourne, Australia; Graduate management skills in government international level.Top three Diploma, Computer Science, BSc and private organizations. It was the teams from every country will Mathematics, University of first program of its kind in Asia. be identified via iNexus who Queensland, Australia.
will get an opportunity to Chair Professor, Thai Network The field focuses on planning the compete in the World Information Center (THNIC) and Challenge effective use of information and IntERLab Director (Networking communication technologies within and Distributed Computing, organizations, developing corporate Algorithms, Programming and government policies to Languages) Annual Report on Research 2010 | 27
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PETER HADDAWY, BA, Pomona PAUL JANECEK, BSEE, US Military Research Staff College, Claremont, USA; MSc, PhD, Academy; MSc, Univ of London, UK; Univ of Illinois, Urbana, USA. PhD, Swiss Federal Inst of Tech, PHAN MINH THANG, BEng, Kaldol Professor and Vice President for Switzerland. Kalman College, Hungary, MEng, Academic Affairs (until 30 June Assistant Professor (Human- Computer Science, Asian Institute of 2010) (Decision-Theoretic Computer Interaction; Analysis Technology, Thailand. Problem Solving, Probabilities and Design of Information Researcher (Argumentation) Reasoning, Modeling of User Visualization Systems, Semantic Preferences, Electronic Fisheye Views, Software 4.2.4 Grants and Sponsored Commerce, Medical Decision Engineering and Open-source Making) Software Development, and Research Completed in Information System 2010 PHAN MINH DUNG, MSc, PhD, Development) University of Technology, Dresden, Improvement of Logistics and Planning Germany. Visiting and Adjunct Faculty for Fashion Merchandise Professor (Computer and Duration: 01 Jun 07 -28 Feb 10 Network Security, Autonomous RAPHAEL DUBOZ, MA, Univ of Project Investigator(s): Paul Janecek Computing, Logic Programming, Marseille, France; MA, Univ of Paris Sponsor: RTG and BTNC Company Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,500,000 Artificial Intelligence) 6, France; PhD, Univ of Littoral Cote d’Opale, France. iNexus Thailand Robotics Competition VILAS WUWONGSE, DEng Systems Visiting Assistant Professor Duration: 01 Dec 09 -31 Dec 10 Science, MEng Control Engineering, (Computer Modeling and Project Investigator(s): Matthew Dailey BEng Control Engineering, Tokyo Simulation, with Applications in Sponsor: Western Digital Co. Ltd.,NECTEC Institute of Engineering, Japan. the Environment Science) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 350,000
Professor (Information Intelligent In Vehicle Driver Awareness Representation, Semantic Web, KIM H W JOON, BSc, MSc, DSc, Detection System Digital Libraries) Dankook Graduate School, Korea. Duration: 01 Aug 10 -31 Oct 10 Visiting Assistant Professor and Project Investigator(s): Matthew Dailey SUMANTA GUHA, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Rangsit Sponsor: NECTEC, Thailand University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, University (Bounded Variation & Total Contracted Amount (THB): 200,000 USA; PhD, Indian Statistical Institute, its Application, Fuzzy Integral, Calcutta, India; BSc, MSc, University Fuzzy System & Type-2 Fuzzy Suspicious Target Tracking Robot of Calcutta, India. Set, Discrete Math) Duration: 01 Aug 09 -31 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Matthew N Dailey Associate Professor (Algorithms, Sponsor: RTG Computer Graphics, FINN ARVE AAGESEN, MSc, PhD, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,000 Computational Geometry, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Robotics) Norway. Vision-Based Industrial Robotic Bin- Adjunct Professor and Professor Picking System (Phase III) VATCHARAPORN ESICHAIKUL, BAcc, in NTNU (Telematics Systems, Duration: 01 Nov 09 -31 Jan 10 Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MBA, Telecommunication Information Project Investigator(s): Matthew Dailey Sponsor: Solimac Co, Ltd Oklahoma State Univ; PhD, Kent State Networking Architecture, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 183,750 Univ, USA. Services & Resource Associate Professor (Electronic Management, Communication Commerce/Electronic Business, Services & Networks) 4.2.5 On-going Grants and Web-based Information Systems, Sponsored Research Hypermedia, Electronic CHUTIPORN ANUTARIYA, BSc, Government) Chulalongkorn University, MSc, A Ubiquitous computing architecture, DTech Sc, Asian Institute of for factory Automation, Control and MATTHEW N. DAILEY, BSc, MSc, Technology, Thailand. Traceability North Carolina State University, PhD, Adjunct Faculty and Assistant Duration: 01 Oct 09 - 01 Mar 11 University of California, San Diego. Professor in Shinawatra Univ. Project Investigator(s): Paul Janecek Sponsor: RTG/LIKITOMI Assistant Professor (Machine (Knowledge Representation, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 Vision & Learning, Robotics, Intelligent Information Systems, Software Engineering and Open- Semantic Technologies, XML & source Software Development) Web Service Technologies)
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Creating blue print for Science, P. Haddawy and S. Suebnukarn. Esichaikul, V. and C. Bechter. Mathematics and Technology Learning Intelligent clinical training systems. “Catering for Different Learning Center Methods of Information in Medicine, Styles in e-Learning”, Learning and Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 28 Feb 11 Issue 4, pp 388-389, 2010. Instruction in the Digital Age, Project Investigator(s): Vilas Wuwongse Springer, 2010. Sponsor: Institute of Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) Rhienmora P., Peter Haddawy, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 750,000 Khanal P., Siriwan Suebnukarn, Esichaikul, V. and C. Suriyalert. “Site Matthew Dailey. A virtual reality Selection Support Technologies for GMSARN Best Practice Project simulator for teaching and Convenience Stores”, Journal of Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Dec 11 evaluating dental procedures. Global Management Research, 6(1) Project Investigator(s): Vilas Wuwongse Methods of Information in Medicine, 19-36, 2010. Sponsor: RTG Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,800,000 4(49) 396-405, 2010. Esichaikul, V. and P. Top 20 RTG- Asian University Research S. Suebnukarn, P. Haddawy, P. Srithongnopawong, “Using relative Ranking Rhienmora, P. Jittimanee, P. Viratket. movement to support ANN-based Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 31 Aug 11 Augmented kinematic feedback from stock forecasting in Thai stock Project Investigator(s): Peter F Haddawy haptic virtual reality for dental skill market”, International Journal of Sponsor: RTG acquisition. Journal of Dental Electronic Finance (IJEF), 4(1), 84-98, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 949,000 Education, 74(12), 1357-1366, 2010. 2010.
Vision-Based Industrial Robotic Bin- Siriwan Suebnukarn, Peter Haddawy, Phan Minh Dung, Phan Minh Thang, Picking System (PhaseIV) Duration: 01 Feb 10 - 31 Jan 11 Rhienmora P., Gajananan K.. Haptic Nguyen Duy Hung, “Modular Project Investigator(s): Matthew Dailey Virtual Reality for Skill Acquisition in Argumentation for Modelling Legal Sponsor: Solimac Co, Ltd Endodontics. Journal of Endodontics, Doctrines of Performance Relief”, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 880,000 1(36) 53-55, 2010. Argument & Computation, 1(1) 47- 69, Taylor & Francis, March 2010. 4.2.6 Publications Sopharak A., Matthew Dailey, Uyyanonvara B., Barman S., Samphaiboon, N. and Dailey, M.N. Book Williamson T.. Machine learning Steganography in Thai text. approach to automatic exudate International Journal of Digital Crime S. Guha, Computer Graphics Through detection in retinal images from and Forensics, 2(3) 43-64, 2010. OpenGL: From Theory to diabetic patients. Journal of Modern Experiments, Taylor & Francis: Optics, 2(57) 124-135, 2010. Conference Publications CRC/Chapman Hall, published September 2010. Ungrangsi R., Chutiporn Anutariya, Ahmed, M.T., Dailey, M.N., Vilas Wuwongse. Enhancing Landabaso, J.L., and Herrero, N. International Journal Articles with Folksonomy-Based Content Retrieval Robust key frame extraction for 3D Impact factor with Semantic Web Technology. reconstruction from video streams. Semantic Web and Information In International Conference on Dailey, M.N., Joyce, C., Lyons, M.J., Systems, 6(1) 19-38, 2010. Computer Vision Theory and Kamachi, M., Ishi, H., Gyoba, J., and Applications (VISAPP), pages 231- Cottrell, G.W. Evidence and a Ziauddin S., Matthew Dailey. Robust 236, 2010. computational explanation of iris verification for key management. cultural differences in facial Pattern Recognition Letters, 9(31) Ali, I. and Dailey, M.N. Head plane expression recognition. Emotion, 926-935, 2010. estimation improves the accuracy of 10(6) 874-893, 2010. pedestrian tracking in dense crowds. Journal Article/Book Chapter In Proceedings of the International Hajime Tazaki, Rodney Van Meter, Conference on Automation, Robotics, Ryuji Wakikawa, Thirapon Abbasi A.R., Matthew Dailey, Nitin V. and Computer Vision, 2054-2059, Wongsaardsakul, Kanchana Afzulpurkar, Uno T.. Student mental 2010. Kanchanasut, Marcelo Dias de state inference from unintentional AMorin, Jun Murai: MANEMO body gestures using dynamic Bukhari, F. and Dailey, M.N. Robust Routing in Practice: Protocol Bayesian networks. Journal on radial distortion from a single image. Selection, Expected Performance, Multimodal User Interfaces, 1(3) 21- In International Symposium on Visual and Experimental Evaluation. IEICE 31, 2010. Computation, Lecture Notes in Transactions on Communications 8 Computer Science vol. 6454, pages 2004-2011, 2010. 11-20, 2010. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 29
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Chaiprasert, C. and V. Esichaikul Intelligent Tutoring System. In argumentation system, Proceedings (2010). “Mobile Technology to Solve Proceedings of the 10th International of COMMA 2010, Third International Motivation Problem in e-Learning Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Conference on Computational System”, Proceedings of Global Learn Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Models of Argument, Desenzano del Asia Pacific 2010 – Global Science, vol 6094, pages 75-84, 2010. Garda, Italy, 8-10 September, IOS Conference on Learning and Press Amsterdam, 2010. Technology, Penang, Malaysia, pages Iqbal, W., Dailey, M.N., Ali, I., 168-173, May 17-20, 2010. Janecek, P., and Carrera, D. Adaptive Phan Minh Dung, Phan Minh Thang. resource allocation for back-end Towards Probabilistic Argumentation Chaivivatrakul, S., Moonrinta, J., and mashup applications on a for Jury-based Dispute Resolution. Dailey, M.N. Towards automated heterogeneous private cloud. In Proceedings of COMMA 2010, Third crop yield estimation: Detection and Proceedings of ECTI-CON, pages 317- International Conference on 3D reconstruction of pineapples in 321, 2010. Computational Models of Argument, video sequences. In International Desenzano del Garda, Italy, 8-10 Conference on Computer Vision Iqbal W., Matthew N. Dailey, Carrera September, IOS Press Amsterdam, Theory and Applications (VISAPP), D., Paul Janecek. SLA-driven 2010. pages 180-183, 2010. automatic bottleneck detection and resolution for read intensive multi- Phan Minh Dung, Sartor G.. A logical Chamnongsri N., Manmart L., Vilas tier applications hosted on a cloud. model of private international law. Wuwongse. A study of users' International Conference on Grid and International Conference on Deontic requirements in the development of Pervasive Computing (GPC), Lecture Logic in Computer Science (DEON), palm leaf manuscripts metadata Notes in Computer Science vol. Lecture Notes in Computer Science schema, International Conference on 6104, pages 37-46, 2010. vol. 6181, pages 229-246, 2010. Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Krissada Maleewong, Chutiporn Rehman, M. and V. Esichaikul, vol. 6102, pages 120-129. Anutariya, Vilas Wuwongse: Is Vote Factors for the Adpoption of e- Effective? An Empirical Study of Government Services, Proceedings of Charoenchaimonkon, Eakachai, Community Deliberation in Social the 10th European Conference on e- Janecek, P., Dailey, M.N., and Webs. WISE Workshops, pages 171- Government, Ireland, pages 567-574, Suchato, Atiwong. A comparison of 183, 2010. June 17-18, 2010. audio and tactile displays for non- visual target selection tasks. In Krissada Maleewong, Chutiporn Rhienmora, P., Gajananan, K., International Conference on User Anutariya, Vilas Wuwongse: Haddawy, P., Suebnukarn, S., Dailey, Science and Engineering, pages 238- Analyzing Community Deliberation M.N., Supataratarn, E., and Shrestha, 243, 2010. and Achieving Consensual P. Haptic augmented reality dental Knowledge in SAM. IJOCI 1(3): pages trainer with automatic performance Erawan, T., D. Krairit and V. 34-53, 2010. assessment. In International Esichaikul (2010). “Development of Conference on Intelligent User tourist information search behavior Moonrinta, J., Chaivivatrakul, S., Interfaces, pages 425-426, 2010. model: The case of Thailand”, Dailey, M.N., and Ekpanyapong, M. Proceedings of PICMET 2010 Fruit detection, tracking, and 3D S. M. Doudpota, S. Guha, “Automatic Conference on Technology reconstruction for crop mapping and Analysis of Movies for Content Management for Global Economic yield estimation. In Proceedings of Characterization,” Proc. 2010 Growth, Phuket, Thailand, pages the International Conference on International Conference on 2930-2936, July 18-22, 2010. Automation, Robotics, and Computer Database and Data Mining (ICDDM Vision, 2010. 2010), Manila, Philippines, pages Esichaikul, V., S. Guha and T. 465-469, 2010. Niyamosatha (2010). “Mining Email Ouivirach, O. and Dailey, M.N. Transaction Logs to Locate Clustering human behaviors with Sivaraks, P., D. Krairit and V. Significant Messages and Users”, dynamic time warping and hidden Esichaikul (2010). “Measuring E-CRM IEEE Proceedings of ICMIA 2010, Markov models for a video implementation and outcomes from Seoul, Korea, 30 November-2 surveillance system. In Proceedings the customers’ perspectives”, December, 2010. of ECTI-CON, pages 884-888, 2010. Proceedings of PICMET 2010 Conference on Technology H. Kazi, P. Haddawy, S. Suebnukarn. Phan Minh Dung, Francesca Toni, Management for Global Economic Leveraging a Domain Ontology to Paolo Mancarella: Some design Growth, Phuket, Thailand, pages Increase Quality of Feedback in an guidelines for practical 2950-2959, July 18-22, 2010. 30 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Smutkupt, P., D. Krairit and V. P2P SIP over Mobile Ad Hoc Subject Area Representative Esichaikul (2010). “An empirical Networks Keywords Identification study of the effects of permission on By Thirapon Wongsaardsakul By Pratikshya Kuinkel mobile advertising effectiveness”, Supervisor: Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut Supervisor: Prof. Peter Haddawy Proceedings of PICMET 2010 Conference on Technology Practical Embedding Stegosystems Research Study: Arbitrary Object Management for Global Economic with Security Proofs Tracking Through Histogram By Natthawut Samphaiboon Growth, Phuket, Thailand, pages Matching Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Dailey By Abdul Basit 2338-2345, July 18-22, 2010. Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Dailey Secure Use of Biometric Data in V. Esichaikul, S. Guha, T. Cryptographic Applications Research Study: SMS Voice Dictation Niyamosatha, “Mining Email By Zia Uddin By Nichjira Chobtum Transaction Logs to Locate Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Dailey Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha Significant Messages and Users”, Proc. 2nd International Conference 4.2.8 Masters Students’ Research Study: Text Encapsulation: on Data Mining and Intelligent Summarization to the Minimum Information Technology Applications Theses and Research By Imran Ali Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha (ICMIA 2010), Seoul, Korea, pages Studies 368-371, 2010,. Information Management Computer Science
Other Activities Data Mining Using the Correlation 3D Modeling of an Agricultural Field between Pictures and Sounds Prof Phan Minh Dung, Associate Inspection Robot By Nathapong Bumrungsawat Editor of Artificial Intelligence By Jednipat Moonrinta Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha Journal (AIJ), Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Dailey
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/j Legally Inspired Online Support for Argumentation-Based Advertisement ournaleditorialboard.cws_home/505 Dispute Resolution Generation 601/editorialboard. The AI Journal is By Tran Nguyen Duong Chi By Songphon Klabwong the premier and most respected Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung journal in the field of AI. Mobile Application to Monitor and Comparative Analysis of Software Control Epidemic in Patients with Architectural Patterns for Mobile Ad 4.2.7 Doctoral Students’ Acute Respiratory Diseases (ARDs) Hoc Network Visualization By Ratchadaporn Rermlawan Dissertation Applications Supervisor: Dr. Vatcharaporn Esichaikul By Munkhsambuu Badrakh Computer Science Supervisor: Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut Privacy and Access Control in Online
Social Networks Clearing Outdated Information in Linked Open Foreign Trade Data By Rajiya Rijal Stabilizing Systems of Cooperative By Hendrik Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung Communications Information Agents Supervisor: Prof. Vilas Wuwongse
By Do Duc Hanh Recognizing Users Activity from an Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung Multiple Person Tracking and Left Accelerometer Sensor Efficient User Mobility Profile Luggage Detection Using By Chanaphan Prasomwong Strategies for Location Management Appearance Models Supervisor: Dr. Paul Janecek in IP-based Cellular Networks By Shashi Gharti By Chansophea Chuon Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Dailey Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha Research Study: A Comparison of Objective Outcome Scoring in a Cognitive Walkthrough and Heuristic Employing the UMLS as Ontology to Dental Surgical Simulator Techniques for Formative Evaluation By Ekarin Supataratarn Achieve Robust Reasoning in an By Thura Than Supervisor: Prof. Peter Haddawy Intelligent Tutoring System for Supervisor: Dr. Paul Janecek
Medical Problem-Based Learning Parallel Perspective KD-Tree By Hameedullah Kazi Research Study: A Hybrid Modeling Supervisors: Dr. Paul Janecek / Prof. Peter Construction on GPU Approach for Demand Forecasting: A Haddawy By Panasan Puapermpoonsiri Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha Case Study of Raw Material Forecasting in the Restaurant Chain Business By Thirut Supawongvisarn
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Supervisor: Dr. Vatcharaporn Esichaikul
Research Study: Auditory Displays of Data for Vehicle Operators: Design and Evaluation for a Factory Environment By Patipol Treerojporn Supervisor: Dr. Paul Janecek
Research Study: Determining Significant Messages and Users Using Multi-Digraph in Enron Dataset By Thanittha Niyamosatha Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha Research Study: Ensemble Techniques to Predict the Consumer Rating of Movies By Suresh Raj Bhattarai Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha
Research Study: Multi-Criteria Decision Making to Evaluate the Avian Influenza Control Strategies in Thailand By Laoorom Chiempiriyakul Supervisor: Dr. Vatcharaporn Esichaikul
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4.3: SET – CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY
Web-based project design and 4.3.1 Introduction management; System Dynamic 4.3.4 On-going Grants and Simulation in Construction; Sponsored Research The Construction, Engineering and Construction site safety) Infrastructure Management field trains Professional Master in Project professionals to play leading roles in the 4.3.3 Grants and Sponsored Management Can Tho City 2010 international construction industry and in Research Completed Duration: 01 May 10 - 31 Dec 11 infrastructure development and Project Investigator(s): BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai management. It offers courses in four in 2010 Charoenngam levels - operations, project, strategic Sponsor: Construction Corporations in Vietnam Advanced techniques for Budgeting of Total Contracted Amount (THB): 6,142,608 issues and corporate issues. It prepares students to become effective managers Capital Investment Projects (Phase II) Professional Master in Project and decision-makers familiar with Duration: 01 Aug 09 -31 Mar 10 Project Investigator(s): Chotchai charoenngam Management Hanoi Sep 2010 modern techniques of construction Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Dec 11 management, engineering management Total Contracted Amount (THB): 300,000 Project Investigator(s): BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai and infrastructure management. Charoenngam Advanced Techniques for Public Project Sponsor: Construction Corporations in Vietnam Total Contracted Amount (THB): 5,105,310 The field’s courses are delivered based financing Duration: 01 Apr 10 -31 Dec 10 on a hierarchical knowledge scale that Professional Master in Project considers principles and fundamentals, Project Investigator(s): Chotchai Charoenngam Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University Management Ho Chi Minh City Class A applications (tools and techniques), and Total Contracted Amount (THB): 300,000 Sep 2010 emerging issues. In offering courses Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Dec 11 spanning fundamentals to advanced, the Professional Master in Project Project Investigator(s): BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai emphasis is on shifting from classical to Management Hanoi Sep 2009 Charoenngam Sponsor: Construction Corporations in Vietnam innovative knowledge. Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 31 Dec 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 7,684,377 Project Investigator(s): BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai Charoenngam 4.3.2 Faculty and Research Sponsor: Construction Corporations in Vietnam Professional Master in Project Staff Total Contracted Amount (THB): 5,147,600 Management Ho Chi Minh City Class B Sep 2010 Professional Master in Project Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Dec 11 CHOTCHAI CHAROENNGAM, BEng, King Management Ho Chi Minh City Class A Project Investigator(s): BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai Mongkut’s Inst of Tech, Thonburi, Sep 2009 Charoenngam Sponsor: Construction Corporations in Vietnam Thailand; MS, Univ of Kansas; PhD, Univ Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Dec 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 7,018,758 of Texas at Austin, USA Project Investigator(s): BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai Associate Professor (Project Charoenngam Planning, Scheduling, and Controls; Sponsor: Construction Corporations in Vietnam Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,137,628 4.3.5 Publications Construction Productivity
Improvement; Public Private International Journal Articles with Professional Master in Project Partnership Project; Project Impact factor Management Ho Chi Minh City Class B Financing) Sep 2009 Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Dec 10 C. Charoenngam. and W. BONAVENTURA H W HADIKUSUMO, Project Investigator(s): BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai Mahavarakorn (2010). Collaborative BEng, Univ of Diponegoro, Indonesia; Charoenngam Negotiation Behaviors in Thai MEng, AIT; PhD, Univ of Hong Kong. Sponsor: Construction Corporations in Vietnam Construction Projects. Journal of Total Contracted Amount (THB): 9,013,400 Associate Professor (Construction Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution Information Technology; in Engineering and Construction, Construction Project Management; ASCE, Accepted Manuscript June 25, Construction Site Safety, Virtual 2010. Reality application in construction;
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Dey P.K., C. Charoenngam, S. O. 4.3.6 Doctoral Students’ Current Practices of Public Private Ogunlana, D. Kajornkiat, Multi-party Partnership in Low-Income Housing risk management helps manage Dissertation Development in Vietnam cement plant construction in By Truong Ngoc Quy Thailand. International Journal of A Condition Rating System and Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Services, Technology and Deterioration Prediction Model for Management, 4(11) 0-0, 2010. Concrete Highway Bridges in Implementation Problems Causing Thailand Cost Overrun of World Bank- By Nukul Suksuwan N. Suksuwan and B.H.W. Supported Construction Projects: A Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Case Study in Afghanistan Hadikusumo (2010) “Condition By Mohammad Sharif Rating System for Thailand Concrete Development of a Worker Supervisor: Dr. Bonaventura H. W. Bridges” Journal of Construction in Engagement Measurement Tool Hadikusumo Development Country, pp. 1-27, Vol. (WEMT) for a Construction Safety 15 No. 1, ISSN1823-6499. Program Improving Quality Assurance in By Oulawan Kulchartchai Construction: A Case Study in O. Kulchartchai and B.H.W. Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Petromekong Corporation, Vietnam Hadikusumo (2010) “Exploratory By Duong Thanh Hai Study of Obstacles in Safety Culture Infrastructure Engineering Supervisor: Dr. Bonaventura H. W. Hadikusumo Development in the Construction Industry: A Grounded Theory A Hybrid Stochastic/Mechanistic Investigation of Change Order Approach” Journal of Construction in Model for Determining Bridge Management: A Case Study of Oil Condition Rating Development Country, pp. 45-66, and Gas Projects Vol. 15 No. 1, ISSN1823-6499. By Rajwanlop Kumpoopong Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam By Le Dang Thuc Supervisor: Dr. Bonaventura H. W. Prasertrungruang T., B.H.W. Hadikusumo Hadikusumo. Modeling the dynamics 4.3.7 Masters Students’ of heavy equipment management Theses and Projects Owner’s Contract Administration for practices and downtime in large Project Time and Cost Control highway contractors. Journal of Application of Information Flow into Strategy in Commercial Building Construction Engineering and Resource Management for Projects Management, 10(135) 0-0, 2010. By Nguyen Xuan Phong Administrational and Operational Supervisor: Dr. Bonaventura H. W. Management in Vietnam Hadikusumo Prasertrungruang T., B.H.W. By Bich Ngoc Nguyen Tran Hadikusumo. Study of factors Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Relationship Between Project Phases
influencing the efficient and Stock Performance: A Study in Assessing Project Management in management and downtime Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) consequences of highway Myanmar Construction Companies By Tinn Withayawaragul construction equipment in thailand. By Saw Sandar Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Supervisor: Dr. Bonaventura H. W. Journal of Construction Engineering Hadikusumo and Management, 1(135) 0-0, 2010. Relationship Marketing in Thai SME Asset Management in Public and Contractors: Case Study of Bangkok S. Posayanant. and C. Charoenngam Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Khonkaen SME Contractors (2010). Prototype KPIs for Rural By Amnarch Pirmsinthavee Hydropower Stations in Nepal Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Infrastructure Development: The By Raj Kumar Lakhe Practice of Sub-District Local Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Risk Factors Affecting Business Governments. International Journal Diversification in a Real Estate of Productivity and Performance Construction Litigation Analysis: A Case Study of Thai Supreme Court Company Management, 59 (8). pp. 717-733. By Kittichai Kanjanakantika Cases Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Wethyavivorn P., C. Charoenngam, By Tanatat Wisetsurakarn Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Teerajetgul W.. Strategic assets Special Purpose Vehicle in Toll-Road driving organizational capabilities of Cultural Dimensions and Behavior of Project Development: A Case Study thai construction firms. Journal of Construction Engineers in Thailand on the National Highway in Vietnam By Truong Thi Van Anh Construction Engineering and Related to On-Site Management Management, 11(135) 0-0, 2010. Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam By Adithep Roobleak Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam
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Success Factors for Financial Project: Claim Management and Project: Integrated Project Sustainability of Toll Road Projects in Analysis: Case Study of a High Rise Management Assessment for a China Building Project Development Property Project at the By Truong Thi My Thanh By Nguyen Duy Thien Giang Capital Fund in Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo By Nguyen Phan Hoa Binh Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Supply Chain Management: A Case Project: Communication Study of Construction Companies in Management in a Construction Project: Method and Effectiveness of Vietnam Project: A Case Study of the Tallest a Feasibilty Study for an Apartment By Vuong Hai Khoa Tower in HCMC Project: The Case of Carina Plaza Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo By Du Thien Duc Building Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo By Le Mien Thuy Web Application for Contractor Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Claim Analysis Project: Delay in Planning, Design By Aung Chan Thar and Construction: A Case Study of Project: Minimizing the Impact of Supervisor: Dr. Bonaventura H. W. Residential Development Project in Change Order to Project Costs Hadikusumo By Chona Salvatus Salvahan Ho Chi Minh City By Nguyen Hung Cuong Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Project: A Critical Appraisal of Project: Organizational Project Briefing Clients in the Construction Project: Design Management in a Management Structure in a Real Process: A Case Study of Residential Design-Build Project Based on the Estate Developer Company: The Case Project Design Team of Contractor of Namlong Corporation By Nguyen Chau Dieu An Perspective By Nguyen Duc Trong Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo By Nguyen Cao Bao Luat Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Project: A Development Project: Owner's Involvement in the Infrastructure Program to Support Project: Effectiveness of Feasibility Preliminary Stage of Real Estate the Van Don Economic Zone Study Analysis in an Apartment Development: A Project Case Study in By Pham Van Thanh Building Project: A Case Study of a Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Two Towers-Twenty Six Storey By Truong Thai Binh
Apartment Project in Ho Chi Minh Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Project: A Feasibility Study of a City Curtain Wall Testing Company in By Truong Ngoc Dung Project: Owner's Organization Hanoi Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Project Management Maturity: The By Nguyen Duy Duc Thu Case of Petrolimex Saigon Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Project: Effective Project By Le Quang Khanh
Management of a Resettlement Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Project: Application of Fidic Contract Project: A Case Study of Binh Khanh in a Bridge Project: The Case of Can Project: Owner's Project Control Tho Bridge Development Project By Le Minh Dang Strategy By Nguyen Thu Trang Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam By Nguyen Le Thuan Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo
Project: Assessment of Risks on the Project: Environmental Impacts Assessment in Nam Ly Bridge - Ho Project: Owner's Project Life Cycle Design Management Aspects in Approach: The Case of Rubber Luxury Hotel Development Projects: Chi Minh City, Vietnam By Trinh Thi Thu Ha Plantation Project in a Vietnam The Case of Le Meridien Saigon Hotel Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Rubber Company By Tran Thi Thien Trang By Do Huu Phuoc Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Project: Financing a High -Rise Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo
Apartment Building in Vietnam: The Project: A Study on Risk of Delay in Project: Owner's Project Schedule Power Plant Projects: The Case of Case of Song Nhue Building, Hanoi By Pham Nhu Dung Management for High-Rise Office Nhon Trach 1 Combined Cycle Power Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Building Projects: A Case Study of the Plant Project, Dong Nai, Vietnam Construction Project of Petrovietnam By Nguyen Le Minh Finance Centre in Danang City Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam By Le Nam Binh Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo
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Project: Planning to Improve the Project: Risk Management in a Low- Efficiency of a Housing Project's Income Housing Project Project Management in Construction Development Process: The Case of a Development in Ho Chi Minh City High-Rise Mixed Use Development in By Le Quoc Tuan Project: Contractual Risks of SME Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Contractors - A Case Study a of By Bui Quang Huy Mechanical and Electrical Contractor Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Project: Risk Management in Price By Vo Quoc Vinh Adjustment Contract: A Case Study of Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Project: Project Management Life a Construction Project in Vietnam Cycle and Risk Management in a By Hoang Thi Hai Anh Project: Risk Factors in Vietnam New Residential Development Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Power Plant Projects: A Case Study of Project in Vietnam: The Case Study of Nhon Trach Power Plant and Camau the Fifth Street New Residential Project: Risk Management in the Gas Power Fertilise Projects Project (D2D's Company) and its Design of Large-Scale Construction By Nguyen Duc Thanh Projects: Case Studies of an Urban Secondary Project (Berjaya-D@D Join Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Area and a Highrise Building Project Venture Company) By Do Tran My Thuy By Tran Thanh Liem Project: Risk Management in Pipeline Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Operation Management: A Case
Study of Petrovietnam Gas Pipeline Project: Risk Management in the PPP Project: Project Management System Expressway Project in Vietnam: A Practice in a Small and Medium By Trieu Quoc Tuan Vietnamese Contractor: The Case of Case Study of Ha Noi - Hai Phong Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Nhat Dang Company Expressway Project By Vu Van Cao By Vo Dinh Nguyen Project: Subcontractor Management Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam Supervisor: Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam in an LPG Truck Loading Projects
By Vu Van Ngu Project: Project Organizational Project: Risk Management of Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Structure Roles and Responsibility - Basement Construction Affecting The Case of Marriott Five-Star Hotel Adjacent Buildings: A Case Study of Project: Subcontractor Management By Tran Duc Quang Construction Project in Ho Chi Minh in Gas Projects: A Case Study of Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo City, Vietnam PVGAS Gas Distribution Centre By Dang Tuan Anh Project Project: Project Owner's Quality Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo By Phan Thi Hai Giang Management System - The Case of Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Sails Tower Project Project: Risks Affecting Construction By Nguyen Trung Kien Cost in Vietnam Project: The Delay Factors in EPC Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo By Le Ngoc Diep Contracts in Vietnam: The Case of Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Uong Bi Thermal Power Plant Project: Project Schedule Delay and By Tran Van Trung Risks in a Rural Infrastructure Project: Schedule Planning and Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo Control in an Engineering, Development Project: A Case Study Procurement and Construction of the Rehabilitation of a Calamity Project: The Case of a City Hall Damage in Vietnam By Bui Duc Luong Project Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo By Vo Si Hoai Supervisor: Dr. B. Harimurti W. Hadikusumo
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4.4 SET – GEOTECHNICAL & EARTH RESOURCES ENGINEERING FIELD OF STUDY
Geoexploration & Petroleum tests, electric logging, and vibration 4.4.1 Introduction Genengineering (PME-GEPG) and measurements. Geotechnical Engineering & Management The Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental (PME-GEM), respectively, in HCM City to Rock Mechanics Laboratory Engineering field of study consists of the meet the increasing demands of Vietnam following areaas of specializations, i.e., in these areas. The Rock Mechanics Laboratory has Soil Engineering, Engineering and Applied facilities to determine a variety of Geology, Geoenvironmental Engineering 4.4.2 Research Facilities the physical and mechanical properties of rocks and rock and an interdisciplinary program of and Laboratories Geoexploration and Petroleum aggregates required for research and Geoengineering (GEPG). Besides the practice. The Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental traditional areas of engineering geology Laboratory can be boasted as one of the and soil engineering such as foundation Moreover, the laboratory is capable most equipped geotechnical laboratories of determining hardness, swelling engineering, earth structures, in the region with more than 30 years of underground excavations, land and slake durability index properties experience in both soil and rock testing. of weak rocks. The laboratory has subsidence, and landslide mitigations, The laboratory, which offer technical geotechnical engineers and researchers provided testing services to a large services on testing and research on the are increasingly involved in areas of number of infrastructure projects in engineering behavior and properties of the region. ground improvement, geosynthetic soil and rock; geologic mapping; engineering, land reclamation, environmental geophysical surveys; and Engineering Geology Laboratory lightweight materials and forensic testing of geosynthetic materials geotechnical engineering. Furthermore, conducted by ACSIG, consists of five (5) The Engineering Geology Laboratory geotechnical engineers are increasingly sections - Soil Mechanics, Rock challenged to solve environmental has facilities for research on the Mechanics, Engineering Geology, problems related to the reduction of engineering behavior and Geophysics, and Geoenvironmental construction wastes, provision of fundamental properties of rocks and Engineering. efficient waste disposal facilities, clean- minerals. up of contaminated sites as well as Soil Mechanics Laboratory geological related hazards such as It provides classification and characterization tests for rock and landslides and soil erosion. To meet the The Soil Mechanics Laboratory has increasing demands of the region in minerals including petrographic and facilities for testing and research on finding new mineral and energy X-ray diffraction studies. It has the engineering behavior and resources, since 2001 a new stereoscopes, radial line planimetric fundamental properties of soil. It is plotter, stereo-sketch and sketch interdisciplinary area of specialization in equipped to test compaction, Geosystem Exploration and Petroleum masters for analysis and seepage, compressibility, interpretation of airphotos as Geoengineering has been setup for deformation and shear strength, soil development of human resources to applied to mineral explorations, dynamics, and ground improvement. transportation route studies, serve the mining industry and especially the Exploration and Prodeuction (E & P) forestry, and civil engineering. Among other equipment, it has an sector of the oil and gas industry. In automatic Central Data Acquisition Geophysics Laboratory accommodating these requirements, the System (CDAS) and two courses in the field have been enhanced temperature-controlled rooms that The Geophysics Laboratory is being to equip geotechnical and exploration house triaxial and consolidation engineers not only with traditional developed for training and equipment. Its field operation unit researches in Geosystem Exploration knowledge of soil mechanics and geology has a full range of tools for sampling but also with skills in hydrogeology, and Petroleum Geoengineering. It soils and rocks and field test geochemistry, biological processes, has a number of seismic, electric, equipments for vane tests, Dutch petroleum engineering, engineering and magnetic and radiometric cone tests, piezocone tests, instruments, including some of the exploration geophysics. Since 2008 the pressuremeter tests, screw plate field had successfully opened and most advanced equipment such as operated two professional programs in DAS-1 (OYO), a multipurpose hi- Annual Report on Research 2010| 37
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performance seismic data acquisition electrokinetic cell with advanced Engineering; Computer-aided system, or SYSCAL R1 Plus (IRIS monitoring and controlled system is Analysis in Geoengineering) Instruments), an all-in-one multi- utilized for research in site electrode resistivity and induced reclamation and site remediation. 4.4.4 Grants and Sponsored polarization (IP) imaging system. Research Completed 4.4.3 Faculty and Research The Laboratory is capable of in 2010 conducting and assisting in Staff geophysical field surveys for Building Human Resources in the engineering, environmental, mineral Emeritus Professor Development of Academic Programs in resources, oil and gas exploration as Sustainable Geosystem Exploration and well as in performing analysis, A S BALASUBRAMANIAM, BSc, Engineering interpretation and visualization of Ceylon Univ, Sri Lanka; PhD, Duration: 01 Nov 05 -30 Jun 10 geophysical data acquired. Cambridge Univ, UK Project Investigator(s): Pham Huy Giao and Noppadol Phien-wej Full-time Faculty Sponsor: Asia Link / European Commission Geoexploration and Petroleum Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,674,126.00 Geoengineeirng Laboratory DENNES T BERGADO, BSCE, Consolidation of Clay using PVD with This new laboratory unit hosts high- Mindanao State Univ, Philippines; vaccum preloading capacity computers installed with MEng, AIT, Thailand; PhD, Utah State Duration: 01 Aug 08 -31 May 10 very specialized software used in the Univ, USA Project Investigator(s): Dennes T.Bergado upstream sector of petroleum E&P Professor (Ground improvement Sponsor: Maruyama Industry Co.Ltd Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,400,000 industry, notably with the well- techniques and geosynthetics, In-situ testing, Geotechnical known software for subsurface Development of Software tool for frame disaster mitigation, and exploration, petrophysical analysis and design of high strength Probabilistic/ numerical characterization and reservoir steel bolted beam column joints methods in geotechnical simulation such as Petrel, Interactive Duration: 01 Nov 08 -01 Nov 10 Petrophysics, Eclipse etc. which are engineering) Project Investigator(s): K H Park worth of more than 2 million USD as Sponsor: RTG/SYS E & I donated by Schlumberger to AIT. NOPPADOL PHIEN-WEJ, BEng, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000
Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MS, Engineering analysis for flood fences Geoenvironmental Laboratory PhD, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, structure mananagement at USA. Pathumthani province The Geoenvironmental Laboratory Associate Professor (Tunnelling and underground excavations in Duration: 12 Oct 08 -31 Oct 10 provides a variety of equipment for Project Investigator(s): Noppadol Phien-wej geoenvironmental engineering rocks and soils; Slope stability Sponsor: RTG research. It has equipment for and retaining structures; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,000 geotechnical and chemical analysis Landslides; Earth structures and that supports research in dams; Pile foundations; Buried Evaluation and Tests of Laterite soil fundamental processes related to pipes and culverts) stabilized with CHEM Road and Cement soil, water and chemical interactions Duration: 01 Nov 09 -16 Feb 10 KYUNG-HO PARK, BEng, MEng, Korea Project Investigator(s): Dennes T. Bergado that are applied to site and risk Sponsor: Indochina Engineering Systems Company assessment, waste containment Univ; DEng, SUNY at Buffalo, USA. Ltd systems, and remedial technology. Assistant Professor Total Contracted Amount (THB): 300,300 The chemical analysis equipment, (Geotechnical Engineering; spectrophotometer, from which the Geomechanics; Computational Investigation and Analysis of River Bank ion concentration can be determined Mechanics; Boundary Element retaining Structures in Aumphur with good accuracy and precision, Methods) Pamoke, Ang Thong Province enables research on soil- Duration: 01 Feb 10 -31 Dec 10 PHAM HUY GIAO, DEng, MEng, Asian Project Investigator(s): Noppadol Phien-wej contaminant interaction. Sponsor: LVC Development Company Ltd. Institute of Technology, Thailand; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 267,500 Flexible wall permeameter, rigid wall Dipl Ing (MSc), Bucharest University, permeameter and consolidation cell Romania Investigation on Bank Slope Failure, with permeameter are used to Assistant Professor (Exploration Taluang Cement Factory analyze water and chemical and Engineering Geophysics; Duration: 01 Feb 10 -30 Oct 10 migration through waste Petrophysics; Geotechnical Project Investigator(s): Noppadol Phien-wej Sponsor: Siam City Cement Public Co Ltd containment systems. While the Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,412,400 38 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Modified Limited Life Woven Investigation on Flooding at Tank by SEM Digital Image Processing, Geotextiles (LLG’s) made of Natural terminal of MC Siam, Pra Pradaeng Geotechnical Journal, Vietnam fibers for soil erosion control and soil Duration: 01 Jun 10 - 28 Feb 11 Geotechnical Society. reinforcement Project Investigator(s): Noppadol Phien-wej Sponsor: OY Corporation Ltd Duration: 03 Jul 09 -02 Jul 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,356,225 Arjnoi P., Jeong J.-H., Kim C.-Y., Project Investigator(s): Dennes T.Bergado Kyung-Ho Park. Effect of drainage Sponsor: RTG Total Contracted Amount (THB): 948,000 PME Program in Geoexploration and conditions on porewater pressure Petroleum Geoengineering Batch III distributions and lining stresses in PM&E Program in Geoexploration and Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 30 May 12 drained tunnels. Tunnelling and Petroleum Geoengineering, Batch II Project Investigator(s): Pham Huy Giao,Noppadol Underground Space Technology, Phien-Wej Duration: 01 Sep 09 -31 Dec 10 4(24) 0-0, 2010. Sponsor: Oil and Gas Company, Vietnam Project Investigator(s): Pham Huy Giao Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,850,143 Sponsor: Oil and Gas Company, Vietnam Kyung-Ho Park, Tantayopin K., Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,730,250 Tontavanich B., Owatsiriwong A.. Professional Masters Program in Professional Masters Program in Geotechnical Engineering and Analytical solution for seismic- Geotechnical Engineering and Management, Batch II induced ovaling of circular tunnel Management, Batch 01 Duration: 01 Sept 10 -30 May 12 lining under no-slip interface Project Investigator(s): Pham Huy Giao, Noppadol Duration: 01 Feb 09 -30 May 10 conditions: A revisit. Tunnelling and Phien Wej,D Bergado Project Investigator(s): Pham Huy Giao, Noppadol Underground Space Technology, Sponsor: Professional Managers Phien Wej,D Bergado Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,848,650 2(24) 0-0, 2010. Sponsor: Professional Managers Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,338,985 RTG/Seismic safety of earth dam in Methacanon P., Weerawatsophon Services on Design of Civil works of Northern Thailand U., Sumransin N., Prahsarn C., Prototype Underground unit substations Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 31 May 11 Dennes T. Bergado. Properties and Project Investigator(s): K H Park Duration: 15 Jan 09 -30 Dec 10 potential application of the selected Sponsor: RTG Project Investigator(s): Noppadol Phien-wej natural fibers as limited life Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,000 Sponsor: Metropolitan Electricity Authority geotextiles. Carbohydrate Polymers, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,850,000 4(82) 0-0, 2010. 4.4.6 Publications 4.4.5 On-going Grants and Owatsiriwong A., Phansri B., Kong J.- International Journal Articles with Sponsored Research S., Kyung-Ho Park. A cell-less BEM Impact factor formulation for axisymmetric
A Geoenvironmental-Geophysical elastoplasticity via particular A Balasubramaniam, Oh E.Y.N., Investigation of Petroleum – integrals. Computational Mechanics, Phienwej N.. Bored and driven pile 2(44) 0-0, 2010. Contaminated soil at the Don Muang testing in Bangkok sub-soils. Lowland Airport site by using Electric imaging Technology International, 1(11) 0-0, Phansri B., Kyung-Ho Park, Pennung technique 2010. Duration: 15 Jul 09 - 15 Jul 11 Warnitchai. A BEM formulation for Project Investigator(s): Pham Huy Giao inelastic transient dynamic analysis Sponsor: RTG Giao P. H. and Panupong D. (2010), using domain decomposition and Total Contracted Amount (THB): 990,000 Determination of shale resistivity particular integrals. Computational
based on 2-D forward modeling for Mechanics, () 0-0, 2010. Global Center of excellence on Human evaluation of a low resistivity Security Engineering for Infrastructure formation, PetroVietnam Journal, Pothiraksanon C., Saowapakpiboon Management of Kyoto University 44-49, Vol. 10, 2010, ISBN-0866- J., Dennes T. Bergado, Voottipruex Phase1 854X. P., Abuel-Naga H.M.. Soft ground Duration: 01 Jan 09 - 30 Jun 11 Project Investigator(s): Noppadol Phien-wej improvement with solar-powered Sponsor: University of Kyoto HienD. D. and P. H. Giao (2010), A drainage. Proceedings of the Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,754,662 Geotechnical-geophysical Study of Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground the Red River Delta, Lambert Improvement, 1(163) 0-0, 2010. Instrumentation Interpretation of Nam Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. Ngum 2 CFRD KG, Germany, ISBN 978-3-8433- Pothiraksanon, C., Dennes T. Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 30 Jul 11 8033-1, 153 p Bergado, and Abuel-Naga, H.M. Full Project Investigator(s): Noppadol Phien-wej Sponsor: Ch Karnchang Lao Ltd Scale Consolidation Test using Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,170,000 Hue D. T. M., N. Phien-wej and P. H. Prefabricated Vertical Thermal Giao (2010), Evaluation of the Drains. Soils and Foundations, 50(5), Changes in Stiff Clay Microstructure 579-588, 2010. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 39
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Quang N. D., Giao P. H. & T. Seah International Journal of Geotechnical Integrated Interpretation of Well (2010), Settlement Calculation and Engineering, 4(1), 31-44, 2010. Logging Data with Reference to Back Analysis of Soil Properties for a Reservoir Characterization of Fang Test Embankment on a Soft Clay Tin, N., Dennes T. Bergado, Oil Field Ground Improved by PVD and Anderson, L.R., Voottipruex, P. By Parkpum Amornrujiroj Vacuum-Assisted Preloading at a Site Factors Affecting Kinked Steel Grids Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao in Vung Tau, Geotechnical Journal, Reinforcement in MSE Structures. Vietnam Geotechnical Society. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Landslide Susceptibility Analysis 29(2), 178-180, 2010. Based on GIS and Remote Sensing (A Case Study in East Java Indonesia) Riyaz M., Kyung-Ho Park, Ali M., Kan By Muhammad Qasim H.. Influence of geological setting of Voottipruex P., Dennes T. Bergado, Supervisors: Dr. Kyung-Ho Park / Dr. Manzul islands and significance of reefs for Tanchaisawat T.. Lightweight Kumar Hazarika tsunami wave impact on the Atoll recycled geomaterials reinforced Islands, Maldives. Bulletin of with geogrids. Proceedings of the Numerical Simulation of PVD Engineering Geology and the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Preloading with and without Vaccum Environment, 3(69) 0-0, 2010. Improvement, 1(163) 0-0, 2010. Pressure as well as Heat in the Laboratory and Field Conditions Riyaz M., Kyung-Ho Park. Safer Island 4.4.7 Masters Students’ By Wanittapon Wongprasan Concept developed after the 2004 Supervisor: Prof. Dennes T. Bergado Indian Ocean Tsunami: A case study Theses, Research Numerical Simulation of Vertically of maldives. Journal of Earthquake Studies and and Tsunami, 2(4) 0-0, 2010. Stacked Twin Tunnels in Bangkok Internships Subway By Patara Kalayasri Saowapakpiboon J., Dennes T. A Study on Hydrocarbon Potential Supervisor: Dr. Kyung-Ho Park Bergado, Voottipruex P., Lam L.G., and Exploration of Fang Basin, Nakakuma K.. PVD improvement Thailand Optimal Production Strategy for combined with surcharge and By Nitchakan Senkhamwong Water-Drive Gas Reservoirs vacuum preloading including Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao By Thanakorn Rattanawai simulations. Geotextiles and Supervisors: Dr. Pham Huy Giao / Dr. Suwat Athichanagorn Geomembranes, () 0-0, 2010. Basin Modeling and Geopressure
Analysis for the Khorat Plateau, Piled Foundation Responses to Soft Saowapakpiboon J., Dennes T. North Eastern Thailand Ground Tunneling in Bangkok Bergado, Youwai S., Jin Chuan Chai, By Suwisa Koysamran Wanthong P.. Measured and Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Subway By Paverean Mudcharoen predicted performance of Supervisor: Dr. Noppadol Phien-wej Electromagnetic Responses of Some prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) Oil and Gas Basins in Southeast Asia with and without vacuum Prediction of Water Inflow into using Model-Based Inversion preloading. Geotextiles and Tunnel during Progressive Drilling By Khin Moh Moh Latt Geomembranes, 1(28) 0-0, 2010. By Yar Kyaw Shein Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Supervisor: Dr. Kyung-Ho Park
Tanchaisawat T., Dennes T. Bergado, Evaluation of Low Resistivity Processing of High Resolution Seismic Voottipruex P., Shehzad K.. Hydrocarbon Bearing Formation Data for a Drilling Rig Site Survey in Interaction between geogrid By Panupong Dangyeunyong reinforcement and tire chip-sand Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao the Gulf of Thailand lightweight backfill. Geotextiles and By Supakorn Nunthakungwan Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Geological Modeling of a Reservoir in Geomembranes, 1(28) 0-0, 2010. Natural Fractured Granite Basement Soil-Water Characteristics and By Trung Cong Le Tanchaisawat T., Dennes T. Bergado. Permeability of Residual Soils in Interaction between geogrid and tire Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Northern Thailand Prone to Rain- chips-sand mixture: Pullout test Groundwater Flow Modelling and Triggered Landslides simulation. Kasetsart Journal - Slope Stability Evaluation for By Thanapon Wirojarust Natural Science, 5(43) 0-0, 2010. Supervisor: Prof. Dennes T. Bergado Deepening of Mae Moh Open Pit
Lignite Mine Trani, L.D.O., Dennes T. Bergado, By Anjula Buddhika Nayomi Dassanayake Abuel-Naga, H.M., Thermo- Supervisor: Dr. Noppadol Phien-wej mechanical Behavior of Normally Consolidated Soft Bangkok Clay. 40 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Professional Master in Geotechnical Project in Thi Vai Riverside, Ba Ria - Research Study: Managed Pressure Engineering and Managment Vung Tau, Vietnam Drilling (MPD) and Recent Research Study: A Numerical Analysis By Vo Minh Thang Deployment of MPD Technology in of Diaphragm Wall at the Thi Nghe Supervisor: Prof. Dennes T. Bergado Vietnam Pumping Station By Nguyen Thanh Ban By Nguyen Tien Dat Professional Master in Geo-Exploration Supervisors: Dr. Noppadol Phien-wej / Supervisor: Dr. Noppadol Phien-wej and Petroleum Geoengineering Mr. Sarunphong Articharte
Research Study: Application of Research Study: Building the 3D Research Study: One-Dimensional Analytical Method and Field Static Geological Model for the LM Basin Modeling in Vinh Chau Basin, Observations for Soil Improvement Reservoir, the Cuu Long Basin, Southern Vietnam by the Vacuum Combined Surcharge Southern Vietnam By Bui My Hien Chi Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao By Luu Minh Luong Preloading in SITV Project By Nguyen Duy Quang Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao / Dr. T. H. Seah Research Study: Production Forecast Research Study: Determination of Model for the Development of Research Study: Estimation of the Porosity and Permeability of the Southwest Vietnam Gas Fields in the Settlement by Plaxis and Comparing Fractured Basement of Hai Su Den North Malay Basin in the Gulf of with the Observation Data of Soft Structure Using the Multi-Mineral Thailand Improvement by PVD with (and Method By Doan Quoc Truc Supervisors: Dr. Pham Huy Giao/ Dr. Suwat By Nguyen Le Phuong withoutX Vacuum for CMIT Project at Athichanagorn Baria-Vungtau, Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao
By Pham Bich Ngoc Research Study: Sealing Capacity Supervisor: Prof. Dennes T. Bergado Research Study: Geological Modeling Study for Block 16-2, Offshore of a Fractured Basement Reservoir Vietnam Research Study: Geologycal Using Integrated Well and Seismic Engineering Investigation of Ban By Truong Van Thanh Data Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Mong Reservoir Project, Quy Hop- By Phan Thi Nguyet Minh Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Nghe An, Vietnam By Le Hong Anh Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao Research Study: Geological Modelling of a Reservoir in Natural Research Study: Ground Fractured Granite Basement Improvement by DMM at SP-PSA By Le Cong Truing Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao
Volume Change and Smeared Zone Characteristics of PVD Improved Soft Clay with Vacuum Preloading: Laboratory and Field Investigation
This study presents the analytical and finite element simulations of reconstituted soil sample and natural ground improved with PVD only and combining PVD with vacuum and surcharge preloading. Observations showed that the settlements of 1.273m and 1.336m were obtained with 116days of consolidation. FEM simulations and back calculations revealed that PVD improvement with vacuum preloading is faster than that of normal PVD in the laboratory and field conditions due to the reduced effect of smeared zone and increased coefficient of consolidation during vacuum preloading.
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Development of Postprocessor for 5- 4.5.1 Introduction axis CNC. 4.5.3 Faculty and Research
Staff Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering The CIM Laboratory is equipped with production and training CNC field of study prepares students for Full-time Faculty manufacturing management and decision machines including EMCO TURN242 industrial production CNC lathe, support positions in industry and public VORATAS KACHITVICHYANUKUL, BS, sector, by equipping them with a broad EMCO VMC200 CNC vertical Natl Taiwan Univ; MEng, AIT, range of decision making skills for a machining center for universal production, MAHO MH600E2 5-axis Thailand; PhD, Purdue Univ, Indiana, variety of applications. The IME USA. curriculum reflects the objective of universal milling and boring machine, an EMCO compact 5 CNC, Professor (Simulation; ERP; imparting fundamental knowledge to Scheduling, Metaheuristics; develop the ability to address complex an EMCO F1 CNC, a LVD CNC press brake, a LVD water-jet cutting CNC, Parallel Computing) [Planning industrial issues, emphasizing on how to and Scheduling Systems; design, operate, control, and optimize ZOLLER tool presetting system, and a Enterprise Resource Planning the production systems. Mondiale Gallic G-420 Industrial CNC lathe, EMCO CNC training Systems; Supply Chain Modeling system,Plastic Injection Molding and Analysis; Discrete Event 4.5.2 Research Facilities Machine. The available CAD/CAM Simulation Software and Laboratories software includes UNIGRAPHICS Development; Manufacturing NX4, Master CAM 9.1, Mechanical System Simulation; IME field shares all the laboratory Desktop 6, AutoCAD Inventor Series, Manufacturing Decision Support facilities with Mechatronics and SolidWorks 2005, CAM 2000, Mimics Systems; Just-in-Time Microelectronics fields of study. There 6.3 & Magic 5.4. Manufacturing System] are several well equipped laboratories with the primary function of supporting Metrology Laboratory MARIO T TABUCANON, BSEE, BSME, the students and faculty for teaching and Cebu Inst of Tech, Philippines; MEng, research and to conduct outreach Metrology Laboratory provides the DEng, AIT, Thailand. programs. hardware and software support for Professor (Multiple Criteria teaching and research activities in Decision Making; Operations Computer Integrated Manufacturing Industrial Systems Engineering. and Production Management; (CIM) Laboratory Metrology Laboratory is equipped Operations Research; Project with Measuring Instruments (Zeiss Management; Systems The Computer Integrated CMM, Mitutoyo Profile Projector, Modeling) Manufacturing (CIM) laboratory was Taylor Hobson Surface Roughness officially inaugurated on September Tester, Lab View Hardware & ERIK L J BOHEZ, Burgerlijk 23, 1991. It provides the hardware Software). WerktuigKundig Electro- Technisch and software support for Industrial Ingenieur, Rijks Universiteit Gent Systems Engineering. Many research Simulation Laboratory (State University Ghent, Belgium); activities have been carried out in Kandidatuur Burgerlijk Ingenieur, close collaboration with industry and This lab is equipped with networks of Rijks Universiteit Gent (State government sectors in the areas of Pentium PC for general applications University Ghent, Belgium); Computer Aided Design (CAD), and internet access, high end Technisch Ingenieur Electro- Computer Aided Manufacturing CAD/CAM & Simulation software Mechanica, Hoger Technisch (CAM), Computer Numerical Control such as ARENA and AutoMOD. In Instituut Sint Antonius Gent, (High (CNC), Rapid Prototyping (RP) and addition, a high performance Technical Institute Saint Antonius Medical Technology. The CIM computer facility with parallel cluster Ghent; Belgium). Laboratory also provides specialized is also available for research use. Associate Professor(Computer training and consultancy services in Aided Design; Computer Aided CAD, CAM, CNC Machining, Reverse Manufacturing; Computer Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, Graphics; Computer Numerical Packaging Technology, Flexible Control; Five Axis Machining; Manufacturing Systems [FMS], and Robust Control; Simulation of
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Metal Removal; and Ph.D. (2002), B.I.T.S., Pilani, [CNC/CAD/CAM; Five Axis Rajasthan, India.Professor and Head, 4.5.5 On-going Grants and Machining; Mold and Die Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Design, Eco-Design, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Sponsored Research Biomechanics, Industrial Gujarat State, India. Packaging] Visiting Professor [Production Carbon footprint of Double A Paper and and Operations Management, Development of Life Cycle Management HUYNH TRUNG LUONG, BEng, Ho Chi Advanced Manufacturing System Minh City Univ of Tech, Vietnam; Technology, Design of Duration: 01 Nov 09 - 01 May 11 Project Investigator(s): Erik Bohez MEng; DEng, AIT, Thailand. Manufacturing Systems, Sponsor: RTG/Advanced Agro Associate Professor [Emergency CAD/CAM/CIMS, Fuzzy Multiple Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 inventory policies and inventory Attribute Decision Making policies for perishable products; Methods, Non-Traditional Identify Customer Needs from Voice of Supply chain design; Measures Optimization Methods]. Customers for SCG Building Materials of bullwhip effect in supply Duration: 01 Feb 10 - 31 Jan 11 chains; Availability-based and Project Investigator(s): Pisut Koomsap 4.5.4 Grants and Sponsored Sponsor: SCG Building Materials Co Ltd reliability-based maintenance; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 149,800 Fuzzy quality control charts; Research Completed Statistical design of experiments; in 2010 Life Cycle Assessment Fine Paper Network flows related problems] Duration: 01 Jun 08 - 31 May 11 Development of an Automatic Steerign Project Investigator(s): Erik Bohez, Esa Viljakainen PISUT KOOMSAP, BEng, Thammasat Sponsor: Double A Cruise Control System for Passenger Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,475,000 Univ, Thailand; MSc, Univ of Cars Louisville; PhD, Pennsylvania State Duration: 01 Nov 07 -31 Dec 10 Product Design & development for SCG Project Investigator(s): Manukid Parnichkun Univ, USA Building Material 2009 Assistant Professor (Sensing and Sponsor: National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 31 Dec 11 Control for Manufacturing Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,988,000 Project Investigator(s): Pisut Koomsap Processes and Systems; Laser Sponsor: SCG Building Materials Co Ltd Applications in Manufacturing; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 101,650 Multi objectives multi echelon location Rapid Prototyping; Condition- routing problem: A case study in Product design and development for Based Maintenance; Continuous Bagasses Ethanol plant in Northeastern Thai Ceramic Co. Ltd Improvement) [Rapid Thailand Duration: 21 May 10 - 20 May 11 Prototyping; Sensing and Control Duration: 01 Aug 09 -31 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Pisut Koomsap for Manufacturing Processes Project Investigator(s): Voratas Kachivichyanukul Sponsor: Thai Ceramic Co Ltd and Systems; Laser Applications Sponsor: RTG Total Contracted Amount (THB): 321,000 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 in Manufacturing; Condition- Project on Human Resource Based Maintenance; Continuous Product and Design Development for Improvement] Development in Multi-Axis CNC Machine Nawaplastic Industries for EGAT Duration: 15 Nov 09 -31 May 10 Duration: 01 Feb 07 - 31 May 11 Visiting Faculty Project Investigator(s): Pisut Koomsap Project Investigator(s): Erik Bohez Sponsor: Nawaplastic Industries (Saraburi) Co. Ltd Sponsor: EGAT Public Company, Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 135,890 PRADEEP KUMAR, B.E.(1982), Total Contracted Amount (THB): 750,000
University of Roorkee, M.E. (1989) The Third International Conference on University of Roorkee, Ph.D. (2004) The development of Automatic Flat Management Science and Engineering University of Roorkee screen Printing Machine Management Visiting Professor (Supply Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 30 Jun 11 Duration: 01 Sep 09 -30 Apr 10 Chain Management (SCM), Project Investigator(s): Pisut Koomsap Project Investigator(s): Voratas Kachivichyanukul Sponsor: RTG Advanced Manufacturing Sponsor: Multi donors Total Contracted Amount (THB): 950,000 Processes; Quality Engineering: Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000
Robust Design Methodologies,
Reliability Engineering; and Production & Operations Management)
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4.5.6 Publications Advanced Manufacturing Suthunyatanakit K., Erik L. J. Bohez, Technology, () 0-0, 2010. AnnanonK..A polyhedral-based International Journal Articles with approach of accessibility Impact factor Nguyen, S. and Kachitvichyanukul, V. computation for a NURBS model in Movement strategies for multi- tool-based Astanti R.D., Huynh TrungLuong. A objective Particle Swarm manufacturing.Computer-Aided heuristic technique for inventory Optimization, International Journal Design and Applications, 1(7) 0-0, replenishment policy with increasing of Applied Metaheuristic Computing, 2010. demand pattern and shortage 1(3), 59-79, July-September 2010 allowance.International Journal of Ugsornrat K., Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, Advanced Manufacturing Rianmora S., Pisut Koomsap, van Wisitsoraat A., AdisornTuantranont. Technology, 11-12(41) 0-0, 2010. HaiD.P..Selective data acquisition for Design, simulation, and experimental direct integration of reverse study of a droplet-based PCR by Dang N.M., Mukand S. Babel, Huynh engineering and rapid EWOD.Sensors and Materials, 6(22) TrungLuong. Evaluation of food risk prototyping.Virtual and Physical 0-0, 2010. parameters in the Day River Flood Prototyping, 4(4) 0-0, 2010. Diversion Area, Red River Delta, Venkata Rao Ravipudi, Manukid Vietnam.Natural Hazards, () 0-0, Rianmora S., Pisut Koomsap. Parnichkun. Flexible manufacturing 2010. Recommended slicing positions for system selection using a adaptive direct slicing by image combinatorial mathematics-based Duc T.T.H., Huynh TrungLuong, Kim processing technique. International decision-making Y.-D.. Effect of the third-party Journal of Advanced Manufacturing method.International Journal of warehouse on bullwhip effect and Technology , 9-12(46) 0-0, 2010. Production Research, 24(47) 0-0, inventory cost in supply chains. 2010. International Journal of Production Sombuntham, P. and Economics, 2(124) 0-0, 2010. Kachitvichyanukul, V. Multi-depot Yiangkamolsing C., Erik L. J. Bohez, Vehicle Routing problem with Pickup Ingo Bueren. Universal design (UD) Dumsong E., Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, and Delivery Requests, IAENG principles for flexible packaging and AdisornTuantranont. Design, Transactions on Engineering corresponding minimal customer analytical modeling, and simulation Technologies Volume 5, America requirement set. Packaging of wire-free walking scratch-drive Institute of Physics, pp. 71-85, Technology and Science, 5(23) 0-0, microrobot.IEEE Transactions on October 2010, 2010. Industrial Electronics, 4(56) 0-0, doi:10.1063/1.3510581 2010. Conference Publications Sonthipermpoon K., Erik L. J. Bohez, Kachitvichyanukul, V. and Nguyen, S. Hasemann H., Rautenberg M..The Aziz, M.H., Bohez, E.L.J., Parnichkun, Evolutionary Strategies to Find vibration behavior of impeller blades M., Saha, C. Classification of Fuzzy Pareto Fronts in Multiobjective in the five-axis CNC flank milling Petri Nets, and their applications, Problems, In: Applications of Swarm process.International Journal of Proceedings of World Academy of Intelligence, Editors: Louis P. Advanced Manufacturing Science, Engineering and Technology Walters, ISBN: 978-1-61728-602-5, © Technology, 9-12(46) 0-0, 2010. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2010 Chivapornthip P., Erik L. J. Bohez, Sooksaksun, N., Kachitvichyanukul, Nanthavanij S., Sitthiseripratip K., Kasemset C., Voratas V., and Gong, D.C. Performance Lorprayoon E.. Biomechanics of Kachitvichyanukul. Bi-level multi- Comparison of Different Warehouse index finger during mouse click. objective mathematical model for Layouts under a Class-based Storage IFMBE Proceedings, (27) 0-0, 2010. job-shop scheduling: The application Policy, International Journal of of theory of constraints. Logistics and SCM Systems, Vol. 10, Hieu L.C., Erik L. J. Bohez, Sloten J.V., International Journal of Production No. 1, pp. 141-148, March 2010 Le Thanh Hung, KhanhL.. Integrated Research, 20(48), 6137–6154, 2010. approaches for personalisedcranio- Soonanon P., Pisut Koomsap. maxillofacial implant design and Kuagoolkijgarn P., Pisut Koomsap, Towards direct transformation of manufacturing. IFMBE Proceedings, ChansriN.. A new algorithm for orthographic-view drawings into a (27) 0-0, 2010. tracing nests of interconnected prototype.Virtual and Physical contours. International Journal of Prototyping, 2(4) 0-0, 2010. Kasemset C., Voratas Kachitvichyanukul. Effect of Confidence Interval on Bottleneck Annual Report on Research 2010 | 45
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Identification via Simulation, 2010 Paper" Using the Life Cycle IEEE Conference on Industrial 4.5.7 Doctoral Students’ Assessment Method Engineering and Engineering By Chawit Chongwilaiwan Management (IEEM), December Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. Erik L. J. Bohez 2010, Macau, pp1592-1595. Design and Manufacturing Engineering Life Cycle Assessment of Glass Phromfaiy, A. ,Sonthipermpoon, K. , Containers: A Case Study of Bangkok Bohez, E. Grinding path optimization Computer-Aided Simulation of Glass Disposable Singha Soda Water Cooling System for Electronics By Kannika Khantharam for a roll grinding machine, IEEE Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Erik L. J. Bohez Components International Conference on Industrial Engineering and By Banjerd Saengchandr Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar PSO Algorithms for Generalized Engineering Management, Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing IEEM2010; Macao; 7-10 December Development of Adaptive Reverse Problems with Pickup and Delivery 2010 Engineering System to Support Rapid Requests Product Development By Pandhapon Sombuntham Supervisor: Dr. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Sombuntham, P. and By Suchada Rianmora Kachitvichyanukul, V. A Particle Supervisor: Dr. Pisut Koomsap Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Simultaneous Scheduling of Quay Multi-depot Vehicle Routing problem 4.5.8 Masters Students Cranes and Yard Cranes Via Particle with Pickup and Delivery Requests, Swarm Optimization Lecture Notes in Engineering and Theses and Projects By Opas Ovasith Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Computer Science: Proceedings of A Decision Support System for The International MultiConference of Steady-State Airflow and Particle Engineers and Computer Scientists Integrated Production Planning and Scheduling Decisions in Practical Job Trajectories Inside a Hard Disk Drive 2010, IMECS 2010, 17-19 March, By Chanchal Saha 2010, Hong Kong, pp1998-2003. Shops Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong By Tharinan Rattanalert Supervisor: Dr. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Sooksaksun, N., Kachitvichyanukul, The Analysis and Optimization of V. Comparison of One-block and A Study of the Theory of Constraints: Hydro Turbine Runner for a Two-block Layout Configuration in A Comparison of Traditional DBR Minihydro System By Karan Sengpanich Warehouse Design, The 2nd with Simplified DBR International Conference on Logistics Supervisor: Dr. Erik L. J. Bohez By Tran Quang Chi and Transport 2010, Christchurch, Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul New Zealand, December 2010 Biomechanics of the Index Finger Project: A Multivariate Control Chart Sooksaksun, N., Kachitvichyanukul, During Mouse Clicks to Monitor and Control a Process at V. Particle Swam Optimization for By Prapol Chivapornthip the Ammonia Unit of Phumy Warehouse Design Problem, Supervisor: Dr. Erik L. J. Bohez Feritilizer Plant By Nguyen Van Nhung Proceedings of the 11th Asia Pacific Carbon Footprint of Parawood Chair: Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Industrial Engineering and A Case Study of Topworld Industries Management Systems Conference, By Pataravit Chevathamanon Project: An Age-Dependent Selective APIEMS 2010, December, 2010, Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Erik L. J. Bohez Maintenace Policy for a Gas Volume 72, December 2010, Pages Processing Plant in Vietnam 394-401 Effect of Third-Party Warehouse on By Nguyen Kim Ngoc Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains with Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Wisittipanich, W. and Stochastic Lead Time Kachitvichyanukul, V. Differential By Sirikan Tachateerawat Project: Applying the Bayesian Belief Evolution Algorithm for Job Shop Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Network-Based Model to Quantify a Scheduling Problem, Proceedings of Schedule Risk in Block B-Omon Gas the 11th Asia Pacific Industrial Enhancing a Customer Design by for Pipeline Project in Vietnam Engineering and Management Multi-Color Nested Pattern Products By Nguyen Manh Tuong Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Systems Conference, APIEMS 2010, By Thawanporn Suthamviwat Supervisor: Dr. Pisut Koomsap December, 2010 Project: A Simulation Model for a Environmental Impacts on the Cost-Based Selective Maintenance Transportation Systems of "Double A Policy with Time-Window Constraint By Nguyen Xuan Tinh Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul 46 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Project: Inventory Control Policy for Project: Statistical Process Control Project: A Simulation Model for an Consumable Goods and Spare Parts Chart to Help Control the Process Availability-Based Selective of PVD Well Services Company Ltd. Quality of Inlet Gas Booster Maintenance Policy of a Serial By Dinh Quang Tam Compressors at a Gas Processing System with Time-Window and Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Plant in Vietnam Budget Constrains By Pham Nguyen Quoc Cuong By Le Hoang Ngoc Bau Project: Maintenance Approach for Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong an Emergency Shutdown System Project: The Application of XMR and (ESD) in Phu My Fertilizer Plant, Cusum Charts for Quality Control at Project: Development of a Project Vietnam Phu My Fertilizer Plant, Vietnam Cost Control Framework for By Vo Van Ngoc By Bui Hoang Nam Wellhead Platform Fabrication Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Projects in Petrovietnam By Nguyen Thi Phuong Thi Project: Multivariate Control Chart Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul for Urea Processing Unit of Phu My Project: The Bull Whip Effect in Fertilizer Plant in Vietnam Supply Chains by Use of Simulation - Project: Establishment of Control By Nguyen Tri Thien The Case of (Q,R) Inventory Policy Charts to Help Monitor and Evaluate Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong with Independent Poisson Demand
the Steam Boiler Performance at Phu By Nguyen Duc Dung Project: Optimization of Gaslift My fertilizer Plant in Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong By Tran Ngoc Thuong Distribution to Wells in the Offshore Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Facilities of Cuulong Joint Operating Project: The Bull Whip Effect in Company (CLJOC) in Vietnam Supply Chains Through Simulation - Project: Fabrication Process Analysis By Vu Minh Duc The Case of (Q,R) Investory Policy and Improvement at PTSC Offshore Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong with Independent and Nomally
Services Company Limited, Vietnam Distributed Demand By Truong Ngoc Nguyen Project: Optimizing Production from By Le Thanh Trung Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Gaslift Wells in Sutuden Oil Field- Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Offshore Vietnam Project: Facility Location and By Ly Van Dao Project: The Need for a Coal Supply Allocation Model for a Compressed Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Chain in Petrovietnam: A Facility Natural Gas Distribution Network in Location Related Problem Vietnam Project: Quality Control of Produced By Doan Van Cuong By Phan Tan Hau Water Overboard on Central Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Processing Platform-SU Tu Vang Oil Field, Vietnam Industrial Engineering & Management Project: Integration of Quality, By Nguyen Anh Duc Safety, and Environment Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong Development of a Simulation-Based Management Systems: A Case Study System to Support Short-Term for Petrovietnam Gas Corporation in Project: Scheduling Methods for Operation Planning in Job Shop Optimal Operation of Jetties Vietnam By Ploypailin Piromsopa By Vu Van Hai By Le Thanh Hai Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Supervisor: Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul
Development of an Automatic Steering Cruise Control System for Passenger
The main objective of this project is to develop an automatic steering cruise control system which can be installed in passengers in the market. The automatic steering cruise control system controls both speed and steering direction of the car. The
system is to be stable and able to work in various environments
by applying sensor fusion technique. Steering direction control function allows the car to follow direction of the front car or to track road traffic line enabling the car to run on a straight or a curvature road automatically. The automatic steering cruise
control system is taken over by the driver immediately after the driver rolls the steering wheel manually. The system takes charge again when the driver release the steering wheel.
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region. The curriculum has been The Integrated Circuit Design 4.6.1 Introduction designed and constantly adapted in laboratory gives students access to a partnership with microelectronics wide variety of professional software Mechatronics industries and collaborating applications including ANSYS, Orcad,
universities overseas. ModelSim SE, Xilink ISE, Synopsys, At present, most academic Miniaturisation of IC and the Leonardo Spectrum LS and Tanner institutions and industries in the possibilities of completely new (S-Edit for Schematic Capture, T- Asian region are only system technologies like nanotechnology Spice and W-Edit for Simulation and integrators. Components are have also been introduced. LEdit for Physical Layout).The procured from more developed laboratory’s facilities are used for countries (e.g. computer numerically analog and digital circuit design, controlled machines, robots, and 4.6.2 Research Facilities and microchip design and fabrication, automated guided vehicles) and are Laboratories MEMS, microactuators and micro- integrated as a system (e.g. flexible sensors design, computational manufacturing system). To support Mechatronics and Microelectronics and electronics, and so on. Fabrication the growth of the region’s economy, Embedded Systems fields of study share facilities are available through the expertise not only as system all the laboratory facilities with the National Electronics Technology integrators but also as builders of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Center and the National Science and components of advanced field of study. There are several well Technology Development technologies must be developed. equipped laboratories with the primary Administration located in nearby The growing number of electronic function of supporting the students and Science Park. devices and the strong interactions faculty for teaching and research and to between mechanical and electronic conduct outreach programs. Mechatronics faculty and students parts no longer permit separate work in close collaboration with investigations of these components. Mechatronics and Automation industry and government sectors in
Laboratory the areas of industrial automation, Mechatronics provides new insights robotics, control, system design and through an integrated consideration The Mechatronics and Automation integration. Some examples of of mechanics, electronics and laboratory is well equipped with ongoing projects include a medical information technology. The many PLC systems (S5, tele-analyzer, automated visual curriculum is designed to provide S7200/300/400, INDRAMAT, inspection systems, MEMS design, multidisciplinary knowledge and to BOSCH), distributed control systems an autonomous flying robot, develop the ability to design (PCS7), operator panels (OP5, automating centrifuge machines, an mechatronics systems. OP17/DP and OP35), a PC-based autonomous underwater robot and
human machine interface package automating crystallization processes. Microelectronics and Embedded (WINCC) and networked field buses Systems (PROFIBUS, INTER-BUS and SERCOS). Simulation Laboratory
The lab has mobile robots (NOMAD, The region’s growing industrial PIONEER 2), robot arms (CRS), an This lab is equipped with networks of sector and the increasing demand industrial robot (KUKAKR15), a self- Pentium PC for general applications for high technologies have brought made open architecture CNC and internet access, high end the need for expertise in machine, CNC control systems CAD/CAM & Simulation software microelectronics to a critical level. (MTC200, SINUMERIK 8100/8400), such as ARENA and AutoMOD. In The students are prepared to cope image processing systems (DVT, addition, a high performance with the needs of the electronics MATROX) and FPGA’s (XILlNX-1i computer facility with parallel cluster industry in the region. The VIRTEX PRO, ALTERA). Software such is also available for research use. curriculum is equally balanced as SYNOPSYS IC Design, ANYSIM, between the analog and digital ANSYS, ADAMS and many types of IC Design Laboratory design of circuits as well as the special sensors and actuators are processing related topics including also available for research use. The Integrated Circuit Design failure analysis, suitable for this laboratory gives students access to a electronics industrial sector in the
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wide variety of professional software and bio medical applications; M.E. (1996) Regional Engineering applications including ANSYS, Orcad, Soft computing algorithms for College, Jaipur , Ph.D. (2005) at ModelSim SE, Xilink ISE, Synopsys, robotics and automation School of Electronics and Electrical Leonardo Spectrum LS and Tanner applications; Mechatronics Engineering at Nothingham (S-Edit for Schematic Capture, T- applications for industrial use] University (UK). Spice and W-Edit for Simulation and Visiting Professor LEdit for Physical Layout).The MONGKOL EKPANYAPONG, B.Eng., (Microelectronics Devices, laboratory’s facilities are used for Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; Numerical Modelling, Electronics analog and digital circuit design, M.Eng. Asian Institute of Technology, and Communication Systems, microchip design and fabrication, Thailand, M.Sc., Ph.D., Georgia Optical Communication Devices MEMS, microactuators and micro- Institute of Technology, USA and Systems, Time –domain sensors design, computational Assistant Professor [Embedded numerical modeling and electronics, and so on. Fabrication Systems, Computer Architecture, simulation of nonlinear and facilities are available through the VLSI design(Low power design), dispersive optoelectronic National Electronics Technology Physical VLSI design, High materials and devices,photonic Center and the National Science and Performance Computing, crystal structures, components Technology Development GPGPU, DSP] and waveguides). Administration located in nearby Science Park. Visiting Faculty KONDEPUTI LAL KISHORE, B.E. Osmania University, M.Tech. Indian 4.6.3 Faculty and Research JAMUNA KANTA SING, B.E. (1992) Institute of Science, Banglore, Ph.D. Jadavpur University Kolkata, M.Tech. (1986) at India Institute of Science, Staff (1993) Indian Inmstitute of Banglore, India. Technology, Kharagpur, Ph.D. (2006) Visiting Professor (Micro Electronics Full-time Faculty University, Kolkata and VLSI Engineering). Visitng Professor (Human face JOYDEEP DUTTA, BSc (Hons), St detection, recognition and Adjunct Faculty Edmund’s College; MSc (Physics), tracking and medical image North Eastern Hill Univ; PhD, IACS, analysis.) PUDIT LAKSANACHAROEN, Ph.D. Calcutta Univ, India. (2001) Case Western Reserve Professor [Functional materials, YANNICK AOUSTIN, Ph.D. (1987) University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, University of Nantes. (Model and Simulation for selforganisation, Biomimetic Visiting Professor (Control of Design and Control of Legged processes, Polyelectrolyte Robots, especially control of Robots) deposition, Gas sensors, Bio- robotmanipulators and sensors, optoelectronic devices] Humanoid robots). ADRIANO JOSE DA CONCEICAO TEVARES, Ph.D. (2000) University of MANUKID PARNICHKUN, BEng, RENATO ZACCARIA Minho, Portugal Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MEng, Visiting Professor (Advanced (Industrial Electronics) PhD, Univ of Tokyo, Japan Robotics). Associate Professor [Robotics, JOAO L. MONTEIRO, Ph.D. (2000) in control, and measurement FULVIO MASTROGIOVANNI, Ph.D. Informatics Computer Engineering, (involves with design and (2008) University of Genova University of Minho, Portugal development of hardware and Visiting Professor (Formalization (Electrical Engineering) software of mechatronics and representation of devices); New robot mechanism, knowledge, tasks and actions 4.6.4 Grants and Sponsored novel control algorithm, and using simboli and sub symbolic innovative measurement techniques). Research Completed concept are investigated] in 2010 MASASHI SHIMIZU, Ph.D. (1965) in NITIN V AFZULPURKAR, BEng, Univ of Mechanical Engineering, School of Automated Inline Foam Sheet Poona, India; PhD, Univ of Engineering, Tohoku University. Placement and Adhesion Canterbury, New Zealand Visiting Professor (Mechanical Duration: 01 Jun 07 -31 Dec 10 Associate Professor [Computer Engineering) Project Investigator(s): Nitin Afzulpurkar vision (pattern recognition and Sponsor: RTG-CPAC Roof Tile Co. Ltd image processing); MEMS Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,500,000 VIJAY JANYANI, B.E. (1994) Malaviya design, fabrication for electronic Regional Engineering College, Jaipur, 50 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Disk Drive Automated Test Operation Total Contracted Amount (THB): 360,000 of wire-free walking scratch-drive Modelling for Throughput Predicting microrobot. IEEE Transactions on Controlling and Monitoring Flow Modeling in Hard disc Drives Industrial Electronics, 4(56) 0-0, Duration: 15 Sep 08 -15 Sep 10 Duration: 15 Dec 09 - 31 Dec 11 2010. Project Investigator(s): Joydeep Dutta,Huynh Project Investigator(s): Nitin Afzulpurkar Sponsor: Seagate Technology Th Ltd/RTG Trung Luong ,Pisut Koomsap Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,000 Sponsor: Donaldson Company Thailand Kaitwanidvilai S., Jangwanitlert A., Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 Manukid Parnichkun. Structured Master Degree in HDD Engineering robust loop shaping control for Technology Master Degree in HDD Engineering HIMAT system using PSO. AIP Duration: 01 Jul 07 -31 May 10 Technology #3 Conference Proceedings, (1089) 0-0, Project Investigator(s): NitinAfzulpurkar Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 01 Jul 11 2010. Project Investigator(s): Nitin Afzulpurkar Sponsor: Western Digital Co. Ltd. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,528,000 Sponsor: Western Digital Co. Ltd. Kiatpanichagij K., Nitin V. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,528,000 Afzulpurkar. Use of supervised Master Degree in HDD Engineering Technology-Batch 2 Master Degree in HDD Engineering discretization with PCA in wavelet Duration: 01 Jul 08 -31 Dec 10 Technology #4 packet transformation-based surface Project Investigator(s): Nitin Afzulpurkar Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 01 Jul 12 electromyogram classification. Sponsor: Western Digital Co. Ltd. Project Investigator(s): Nitin Afzulpurkar Biomedical Signal Processing and Sponsor: Western Digital Co. Ltd. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,528,000 Control, 2(4) 0-0, 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,528,000
Police Eyes Maneetham D., Nitin V. Afzulpurkar. Duration: 01 Aug 10 -30 Nov 10 Simulation Model for reducing Project Investigator(s): Mongkol Ekpanyapong Spring Constant in HDD Suspension Modeling, simulation and control of Sponsor: NECTEC, Thailand Duration: 01 Dec 08 - 31 Jan 11 high speed nonlinear hydraulic servo Total Contracted Amount (THB): 200,000 Project Investigator(s): Nitin Afzulpurkar system. World Journal of Modelling Sponsor: I/U CRC Advanced Manufacturing and Simulation, 1(6) 0-0, 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 500,000 4.6.5 On-going Grants and Tongsomporn D., Nitin V. Sponsored Research 4.6.6 Publications Afzulpurkar, Sitthisak O.. A study of head instabilities in TMR sensors Microelectronics International Journal Articles with using in high density perpendicular
Impact factor magnetic recoding systems. Brain computer interface based International Journal of Applied mental detection for accident Abbasi A.R., Matthew Dailey, Nitin V. Electromagnetics and Mechanics, prevention and Machine control: Afzulpurkar, Uno T.. Student mental 4(31) 0-0, 2010. Applications in Fatigue alarming and state inference from unintentional Robot control body gestures using dynamic Ugsornrat K., Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 31 Dec 11 Bayesian networks. Journal on Project Investigator(s): Manukid Parnichkun Wisitsoraat A., Adisorn Tuantranont. Sponsor: RTG Multimodal User Interfaces, 1(3) 0-0, Design, simulation, and experimental Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 2010. study of a droplet-based PCR by EWOD. Sensors and Materials, 6(22) Development of Force Feedback Aphiratsakun N., Manukid 0-0, 2010. Exoskeleton system for Virtual Parnichkun. Balancing control of AIT Reality leg exoskeleton using ZMP based Venkata Rao Ravipudi, Manukid Duration: 01 Nov 08 - 31 Dec 11 FLC. International Journal of Parnichkun. Flexible manufacturing Project Investigator(s): Manukid Parnichkun Advanced Robotic Systems, 4(6) 0-0, Sponsor: RTG system selection using a Total Contracted Amount (THB): 952,000 2010. combinatorial mathematics-based Bodhale D.W., Nisar A., Afzulpurkar decision-making method. Development of Robot Controller N.. Structural and microfluidic International Journal of Production Duration: 01 Nov 08 - 31 Oct 11 analysis of hollow side-open Research, 24(47) 0-0, 2010. Project Investigator(s): Manukid Parnichkun polymeric microneedles for Sponsor: Aerofluid Co Ltd/RTG transdermal drug delivery Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 Conference Publication applications. Microfluidics and Electronic design using GP-GPU for Nanofluidics, 3(8) 0-0, 2010. Bodhale D.W., Nisar A., Nitin V. performance improvement Afzulpurkar. Design, fabrication and Duration: 16 Jun 10 - 15 Jun 12 Dumsong E., Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, analysis of silicon microneedles for Project Investigator(s): Mongkol Ekpanyapong Adisorn Tuantranont. Design, transdermal drug delivery Sponsor: TRF analytical modeling, and simulation
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applications. IFMBE Proceedings, 4.6.8 Masters Students’ Robust Inspection and Roi (27) 0-0, 2010. Adaptation Algorithm for NDT Swage Theses and Research Torque Test Process Jednipat Moonrinta_, Supawadee Studies By Nara Srieiang Chaivivatrakul_, Matthew N. Dailey, Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar
and Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Fruit Mechatronics Simulation Model for Reducing Detection, Tracking, and 3D Spring Constant (Kv) in HDD Reconstruction for Crop Mapping A Pan-Tilt Head Position System for Suspension After the Forming and Yield Estimation, The Thermal and CCD Dual Sensors Process International Conference on Control, By Thanit Hanpongsachitt By Sanga Kongkaew Automation, Robotics and Vision Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar (ICCARV), Singapore 2010 Automated Pick and Place Based Swing Up and Balance Control of a Machine Vision for Hard Disk Drive Sarayut Amornwongpeeti, Mongkol Dual-Inverted Pendulum Assembly Ekpanyapong and Chumnarn By Sorawuth Vatanashevanopakorn By Saravut Ashametra Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun Punyasai, A Study of Non-Ideality Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar
Effects on Third-order Cascaded Vision-Based Automatic Hovering Multi-bit Delta-Sigma Modulator Balancing Control of a Bicycle Robot Control of a Small-Scale Unmanned with Interstage Feedback Paths, by Centrifugal Force International Technical Conference By Pranartpol Pongpaew Helicopter on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun By Apisit Aroonnual Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun Communications (ITC-CSCC) 2010 Controller and Resonnance Research Study: Analysis of MEMS Compensator Optimization for Head Sarayut Amornwongpeeti, Mongkol Based Heparin Infusion Pump for Positioning System in HDD Ekpanyapong and Chumnarn Wearable Artificial Kidney System Punyasai, A Comparative Analysis of By Boworn Panyavoravaj Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun (WAK) Behavioral Simulation for Third- By Naveed Sheikh Order Cascaded Multi-Bit Delta- Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar Conveyor System Design for HGA Sigma Modulator with Interstage Automation Feedback Paths, Electrical By Parag Kishor Chhajed Microelectronics Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar Telecommunications and A Fourth-Order Cascaded Multi-bit Information Technology (ECTI) Couple-Field Analysis for 500KTPI Delta-Sigma Modulator with Association (ECTI) 2010 HDD Dual Stage Actuator for Interstage Feedback Paths Optimization of Low Power By Sarayut Amornwongpeeti Supervisor: Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong Consumption 4.6.7 Doctoral Students’ By Jarruek Leekliang Dissertation Supervisors: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar / Dr. Feasibility Study of Close Loop Adisorn Tuantranont Dynamic Flying Height Based on Mechatronics Readback Signal Amplitude Development of a COPD (Chronic By Phuwaret Uadkla Supervisor: Mr. Brent Bargmann Balancing Control of AIT Leg Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Exoskeleton Measuring Device Using Thermistor Improved Performance on Gas By Narong Aphiratsakun for Flow Measurement Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun By Siddhesh Mangesh More Sensors Based on Zinc Stannate Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun Nanostructures Microelectronics By Aarthy Sivapunniyam Supervisor: Prof. Joydeep Dutta Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance for
Design, Simulation and Experimental Intelligent Vehicle Using 3D LIDAR MR Resistance Touchdown-Backoff Study of a Droplet-Based PCR by Scan By Parkpoom Kerdtanamongkol Calibration on a Multi-Disk Servo Electrowetting on Dielectric Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun Writer By Kessararat Ugsornrat By Bundit Jangsrisert Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V Afzulpurkar Road Profile Estimation Using Road Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar Edge Detection of Left-Right Cameras By Alisa Kunapinun Research Study: Protein Sensor for Supervisor: Dr. Manukid Parnichkun the Waste Dialysate Material By Jafar Khan Kasi Supervisor: Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar 52 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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4.7.1 Introduction include joint research with other 4.7.2 Research Facilities local and international universities and institutes, education and The program in Nanotechnology at AIT is and Laboratories training personnel in the field of designed to address the knowledge- nanotechnology, technology transfer based industries that will require Research facility in the Nanotechnology and promotion of public and continuous development of their laboratory is available through the industrial awareness of workforce. Nanotechnology master’s and facilities of the center of Excellence in nanotechnology. This center doctoral program are a well-recognized Nanotechnology, which is one of the 8 provides international platform for means of gaining experience in state-of- designated centers supported by the academicians and researchers from the-art techniques and applications. The National Nanotechnology Center the region, AIT and our partnered program at AIT is addressed to the needs (NANOTEC) of the National Science and universities worldwide to work of engineers and science background Technology Development Agency together with the industries. students for entering into this all (NSTDA), Thailand. The unifying concept Activities of the CoE at AIT include, encompassing-technology area which is in the laboratory is to utilize wet- but not exclusively, research and recognized as the manufacturing chemical methods to fabricate innovative development focused on the technology of the 21st century. materials and futuristic devices. application of nanoparticles, Nanotechnology with a focus on Applications of nanoparticles in Energy, nanomaterials, devices and sensors. nanomaterials engineering at AIT Food & Agriculture and the environment The CoE supports innovative provides international level engineering are the major focus of the research research suited to the region, program which is a unique blend of truly activities. Current research activities education and training of highly cross-disciplinary teaching with an focuses on dye-sensitized solar cells, qualified personnel and in increasing integrated curriculum. Budding piezotronic devices, methanol reforming public and industrial awareness of Nanotechnologists come from different for hydrogen production, gas sensors, nanotechnology, amongst other disciplines, including various engineering bio-diagnostic tools, environmental activities like arranging conferences, disciplines, physics, materials sciences mitigation through visible light workshops etc. and chemistry, so the postgraduate photocatalysis, bio-mimicked self- program in nanotechnology organisation of nanoparticles, and layer- Members of the Center of Excellence accommodates students from a wide by layer growth of sensing devices from in Nanotechnology have published range of backgrounds. Partnership in colloidal particles, amongst others. over 100 research papers in peer- learning and research with the corporate reviewed journals and international world is been one of the hallmarks of this Nanotechnology Center of Excellence conference proceedings, articles and program. AIT and PSG Institute of (CoEN) book chapters since its inception in Advanced Studies (PSGIAS) will jointly 2006. Wide ranging collaboration offer Bachelor’s and Master’s programs The Center of Excellence in with multinationals and smaller in the field of Nanotechnology to be Nanotechnology addresses the companies in the region includes launched in 2011. creation of knowledge in areas Donaldson Inc. (USA), Rak relevant to industries. Activities Annual Report on Research 2010| 53
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Investment Co. (UAE), SVI Company American Library Association. The Environmental Impact Ltd. and Western Digital (Thailand), Outstanding Academic Title list Assessment; Microbial Advance Nanotec(India) and includes 652 books and electric biotechnology (production of NanoThread Inc. (USA). The center of resources chosen by Choice editorial commercially important excellence in Nanotechnology has staff from among the 7,065 titles metabolites); Natural systems extensive research collaborations reviewed during the previous year. (ponds and wetlands) as with State University of New York, The outstanding works were Wastewater treatment systems; Buffalo and University of California selected for their excellence in Microbial aspects of (Berkeley) (USA), Swiss Federal scholarship and presentation, the Environmental Institute of Technology-Lausanne significance of their contribution to Engineering;Molecular (Switzerland), Uppsala University the field, and their value as Microbiology, Health and and Royal Institute of Technology important – often the first – Ecological Risk assessment, (Sweden), Agharkar Research treatment of the subject. The list Ecological Engineering) Institute and S. N. Bose Center for appears in the January 2010 issue of Basic Sciences (India), Chulalongkorn Choice Magazine. ANIL KUMAR ANAL, DVM., University University, Prince of Songkhla of Agriculture, Pakistan; MSc. and University, Naresuan University, 4.7.3 Faculty and Research PhD., AIT, Thailand NANOTEC/NSTDA (all in Thailand), Assistant Professor, Food amongst others. Staff Engineering & Bioprocess Technology Field of Study The Center of Excellence in Full-time Faculty (Animal Biotechnology, Food Nanotechnology organized many and Pharmaceutical events in 2010. On 23rd September JOYDEEP DUTTA, B.Sc. (Hons), St. Biotechnology, Dairy and Meat 2010 a Nanotechnology forum was Edmund’s College; MSc (Physics), Process Technology, Food organized at AIT. Prof. Sirirurg North Eastern Hill Univ; PhD, Indian Colloids and Biopolymer, Songsivilai (Executive Director, Association for the Cultivation of Functional Foods, Micro- NANOTEC); Dr. Meyya Meyyappan, Science, Calcutta Univ, India. /Nanoencapsulation, Chief Scientist for Exploration Professor[Functional materials, Bionanotechnology) Technology, NASA Ames Research nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Center, USA; Prof. Heinrich self-organisation, Biomimetic PRABHAT KUMAR, Dr.-Rer.Hort., Uni Hofmann, Director, The ERU Surface processes, Polyelectrolyte Hannover, Germany; M.Sc. (Ag. Coating and Particle Engineering deposition, Gas sensors, Bio- Systems), AIT, Thailand; B.Sc. (Ag.) & (SPERU), Swiss Federal Institute of sensors, optoelectronic devices] Hons. RAU, Pusa, India Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Affiliated faculty & Senior Prof. Joydeep Dutta, Vice President Associated Faculty and Research Staff Research Specialist, Agricultural for Academic Affairs (AIT) and Prof. Systems & Engineering Field of Gabor (Louis) Hornyak of AIT MOUSA M NAZHAD, BSc, Univ of Study (Integrated Pest participated in this forum. The Concordia, Montreal, Canada; MSc, Management, Farming Systems, Center of Excellence in Univ of Concordia, Montreal; PhD, Climate change adaptation, Nanotechnology was actively Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, Tropical Plant Production and involved in designing and Canada. Protection, Smallholder conceptualizing the Nanotechnology Associate Professor, Pulp & production, Applied research, Pavilion at National Science and Paper Technology Field of Study Nanotechnology and Technology Fair 2010 being held (Recycled fiber, Paper and agriculture) until 22 August 2010 at Bangkok Paperboard quality, Visiting Faculty International Trade and Exhibition Nanoparticles in papermaking, Center (BITEC), Bang-na, Bangkok. Specialty papers, Pulp GABOR LOUIS HORNYAK, Ph.D. Fundamentals of Nanotechnology a processing and Bio-refining) (1997), Colorado State University. publication co-authored by Professor Instructor (Introduction to Gabor L. Hornyak and Professor OLEG V SHIPIN, PhD, Inst of Nanoscience) and Research Joydeep Dutta, has been acclaimed Biochemistry and Physiology of Professor, Department of as one of the world’s Outstanding Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia. Metallurgical & Materials Academic Titles for 2009 by "Choice: Associate Professor, Engineering, Colorado School of Current Reviews for Academic Environmental Engineering & Mines in Golden, Colorado Libraries", a publication of the Management Field of Study Visiting Faculty [Span carbon Association of College and Research (Anaerobic and Aerobic nanotube synthesis & Libraries, and a Division of the Wastewater Treatment; thermodynamics, nano metal 54 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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composite materials fabrication Adjunct Faculty (Transmission Project Investigator(s): JoydeepDutta and optical properties, template Electron Microscopy, Materials Sponsor: National Electronic and Computer Technology Center, National Science and synthesis of gold-55 quantum Characterization, Semiconductor Technology Development Agency, Thailand dot cluster synthesis & optical Physics, III-V Compound Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,870,940 characterization] Semiconductors) Printed Electronics using Direct Writing AKE FALDT, Ph.D. (Physics) (1980), Dr. Waleed S. Mohammed, Ph. D. Technology Chalmers University of (2004), University of Central Florida Duration: 08 Mar 05 - 31 Dec 11 Technology/University of (USA), M. Eng (1999) Cairo Project Investigator(s): JoydeepDutta Sponsor: NSTDA Gothenburg. Professor of Chalmers University, Egypt; Chulalongkorn Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,498,776 University of Technology. University, Bangkok, Thailand Visiting Professor [General Adjunct Faculty (Optical Zinc Oxide nanorods as filtration Media Physics courses, Covering wireless, Micro/nano optics, for multifunctional applications Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Fiber optics, Grating design, Bio- Duration: 15 Dec 09 - 31 Dec 11 Electric and Magnetic fields, Photonics) Project Investigator(s): JoydeepDutta Wave Physics, Quantum Physics Sponsor: Donaldson Company Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 and Introductory Solid State 4.7.4 Grants and Sponsored Physics] Research Completed 4.7.6 Publications PARIMAL AMARATLAL PARIKH, Ph.D. in 2010 (1993) M.S.University of Baroda, Book Chapter
India Lab to large scale dye sensitized solar Visiting Professor (Catalytic cells Nanoparticle Applications for processes involed in carious Duration: 15 Apr 09 -31 Dec 10 Environmental Control and conversations in biofules,e.g. Project Investigator(s): JoydeepDutta Remediation. S. Baruah, R. hydrodeoxygenation of fast Sponsor: RTG/SVI Public co.Ltd Kitsomboonloha, Myo Tay Zar Myint Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 pyrolysis oils, algae oils, etc. and J. Dutta. Nanoparticles: catalytic cracking of used Synthesis, Characterization and vegetable oils). 4.7.5 On-going Grants and Applications. Edited by R.S. Sponsored Research Chaughule and R.V. Ramanujan. FRANSCISCO MIGUEL PORTELA DA American Scientific Publishers GAMA, Ph.D. (1996) in Biological Flow Modeling in Hard disc Drives (2010), Chapter 7, pages 195-216 Engineering, Universitdade do Duration: 15 Dec 09 - 31 Dec 11 Minho, Potugual. Project Investigator(s): Joydeep Dutta, Huynh Trung International Journal Articles with Visiting Faculty (Enzymatic Luong, Pisut Koomsap Impact factor Sponsor: Donaldson Company Thailand technology, Controlled Drug Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 Delivery. Biomaterials, Abhinandan Makhal, Soumik Sarkar, Nanobiotechnology, Tissue Nanotechnology Center of Excellence Samir Pal, Sunandan Baruah, Engineering). (COE), NANOTEC, NSTDA & Royal Thai Joydeep Dutta, Tanujjal Bora, and Govt. – AIT project Arup Kumar Raychaudhari. Role of SIDDHARTH JABADE, Ph.D. (2005) in Duration: 2006-2011 Resonance Energy Transfer in Light Mechanical Engineering, Indian Total Contracted Amount: 25 Million Baht Harvesting of Zinc Oxide based Dye Institute of Technology-Bombay, The Center of Excellence In Nanotechnology (CoEN) Sensitized Solar Cells. Journal of supported jointly by the National Physical Chemistry C, 114 (2010) India. Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) of the Visiting Faculty (Intellectual National Science and Technology Development 10390–10395. [JCR 2009 Impact property rights, Innovation Agency (NSTDA) of Thailand and the Asian Factor ~ 4.224] management, heat transfer). Institute of technology (AIT). The center's researchers carry out cutting-edge cross- Abhinandan Makhal, Soumik Sarkar, disciplinary research. The CoE supports Adjunct Faculty innovative research suited to the region, Tanujjal Bora, Sunandan Baruah, education and training of highly qualified Joydeep Dutta, A. K. Raychaudhuri CHANCHANA THANACHAYANONT, personnel and in increasing public and industrial and Samir Kumar Pal. Dynamics of awareness of nanotechnology, amongst other Light Harvesting in ZnO Nano- Ph. D. (1999) and BE (1994), Imperial activities like arranging conferences, workshops College, London; The National etc. Crystals. Nanotechnology 21 (2010) Metals and Materials Technology 265703. [JCR 2009 Impact Factor ~ Center, National Science and Photocatalytic thin film coating 3.137] Technology Development Agency, technology Thailand Duration: 16 Jun 08 - 31 Dec 11 Annual Report on Research 2010 | 55
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Alfredo J. Anceno, Ichinkhorloo International Conference on Green Growth of Zinc Oxide Nanorods on Bonduush, Oleg V. Shipin, and Energy Technologies: Challenges in Glass Substrates. Proceedings of the Joydeep Dutta. Nanoparticle Self- Research and Human Resources "NanoThailand 2010: assembly via Facile (Bio)chemistry: Development, March 23-25, 2010, Nanotechnology for a Sustainable chitosan mediated gold Pondicherry, India, Page 57 World", Pathumthani, Thailand, nanoparticles on microbial November 18-20, 2010, Page 97-100 templates. Journal of Htet Htet Kyaw, Tanujjal Bora and NanoBioScience, 4 (2010) 1–6 Joydeep Dutta. Electrical Modelling Muhammad Irfan Abid, Sujira of ZnO Nanorod Based Dye Promnimit and Joydeep Dutta. S. Baruah, M. A. Mahmood, M. T. Z. Sensitized Solar Cell: Effect of Electronic Devices Fabricated by Myint, T. Bora and J. Dutta. Annealing Temperature. Layer by Layer Self Assembly of Enhanced visible light photocatalysis Proceedings of the "NanoThailand Colloidal Nanoparticles. Proceedings through fast crystallization of zinc 2010: Nanotechnology for a of the 7th International Bhurban oxide nanorods. Beilstein Journal of Sustainable World", Pathumthani, Conference on Applied Sciences & Nanotechnology 1 (2010) 14–20 Thailand, November 18-20, 2010, Technology, January 11 – 14, 2010, Page 166-169 Islamabad, Pakistan, Page 29-33 S. Baruah, M. Jaisai, R. Imani, M. N. Nazhad & J. Dutta. Photocatalytic Joydeep Dutta. Zinc Oxide Myo Tay Zar Myint and Joydeep paper using zinc oxide nanorods. Nanostructures for Green Dutta. Zinc Oxide Microrods Coated Science and Technology of Advanced Technology. Proceedings of the Superhydrophobic Cotton Fabric. Materials 11 (2010) 055002. [JCR Second Annual International Proceedings of the Thailand Textile 2009 Impact Factor ~ 2.599] Workshop on Advanced Materials Symposium 2010, Miracle Grand (IWAM 2010), February 21-23, 2010, Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Sujira Promnimit, Muhammad Irfan Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, Page 35 Thailand, August 26, 2010, Page 39- Abid and Joydeep Dutta. Thin Film 40 Multilayers and Its Properties by Joydeep Dutta. ZnO Nanostructures: Self-Organization of Nanoparticles. Environmental Remediation and Myo Tay Zar Myint, Pattamon Journal of Nano Research Vol. 11 Energy Generation. Proceedings of Teerapanich, G.L. Hornyak and (2010) pp 1-6 the International Conference on Joydeep Dutta. Fabrication of Green Energy Technologies: Anodic Alumina Nanoporous Challenges in Research and Human Membrane with Oxalic Acid Conference Publications Resources Development, March 23- Electrolyte. Proceedings of the 25, 2010, Pondicherry, India, Page 17 "NanoThailand 2010: Aarthy Sivapunniyam, Myo Tay Zar Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Myint, Niti Wiromrat and Joydeep Mayur B. Chaudhari, Saabah Bin World", Pathumthani, Thailand, Dutta. Liquefied Petroleum Gas Mahbub, Waleed S. Mohammed, November 18-20, 2010, Page 93-96 Detection Using Zinc Oxide G.L. Hornyak and Joydeep Dutta. Nanostructures. Proceedings of the Study of Optical Properties of Metal Myo Tay Zar Myint, Rungrot "NanoThailand 2010: Nano-Particles with Oxide Host Kitsomboonloha, Sunandan Baruah Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Medium. Abstract of the and Joydeep Dutta. World", Pathumthani, Thailand, "NanoThailand 2010: Superhydrophobic Surfaces by November 18-20, 2010, Page 279- Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Hierarchial Zinc Oxide Micro Rod 282 World", Pathumthani, Thailand, Patterned Surface Arrays. November 18-20, 2010, Page 1 Proceedings of the Second Annual Chamaiporn Teerasetsopon, International Workshop on Sivanappan Kumar and Joydeep Mayuree Jaisai, Sunandan Baruah, Advanced Materials (IWAM 2010), Dutta. Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis Reza Imani, Mousa M. Nazhad and February 21-23, 2010, Ras Al- Preparation of Dye-Sensitized Solar Joydeep Dutta. Antimicrobial Paper Khaimah, UAE, Page 129 Cells Photoelectrode. Proceedings of with ZnO Nanorods. Abstract of the the Second Annual International "NanoThailand 2010: P. Boonyanitipong, B. Kositsup, J. Workshop on Advanced Materials Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Dutta and P. Kumar. Effect of (IWAM 2010), February 21-23, 2010, World", Pathumthani, Thailand, nanoparticles on Rice (Oryza sativa Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, Page 64 November 18-20, 2010, Page 138- L.) Seed Germination and Root 139 Elongation. Abstracts of the "15th G.L. Hornyak. Undergraduate and Mohammad Abbas Mahmood and Biological Sciences Graduate Graduate Education for Emerging Joydeep Dutta. Seeding Through Congress: Bridging Ideas, Building Technologies. Proceedings of the Spray Pyrolysis for the Subsequent Talents", University of Malaya, Kuala 56 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Lumpur, Malaysia, December 15-17, Nanoparticles: Hydrothermal Advanced Materials (IWAM 2010), 2010, Page 176 Synthesis. Proceedings of the February 21-23, 2010, Ras Al- Second Annual International Khaimah, UAE, Page 65 Sunandan Baruah and Joydeep Workshop on Advanced Materials Dutta. Activity of Zinc Oxide (IWAM 2010), February 21-23, 2010, Zaheer Abbas Khan, Rachana Kumar, Nanorods for Visible Light Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, Page 130 Waleed S. Mohammed, G.L. Hornyak Photocatalysis. Proceedings of the and Joydeep Dutta. Multilayer Thin Second Annual International Supaporn Leungsuree, Sunandan Films of Colloidal Gold and Silica Workshop on Advanced Materials Baruah and Joydeep Dutta. Nanoparticles-Effect of (IWAM 2010), February 21-23, 2010, Anisotropic Growth of ZnO Polyeletrolyte Coating. Proceedings Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, Page 117 Nanoparticles. Abstract of the of the "NanoThailand 2010: "NanoThailand 2010: Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Sunandan Baruah, Mayuree Jaisai, Nanotechnology for a Sustainable World", Pathumthani, Thailand, Reza Imani, Mousa M. Nazhad and World", Pathumthani, Thailand, November 18-20, 2010, Page 81-84 Joydeep Dutta. Zno Nanorods on November 18-20, 2010, Page 257- Cellulose: Photocatalytic Properties. 258 Zaheer Abbas Khan, Rachana Kumar, Proceedings of the "NanoThailand Waleed S. Mohammed, G.L. Hornyak 2010: Nanotechnology for a Tanujjal Bora, Htet Htet Kyaw and and Joydeep Dutta. Maxwell- Sustainable World", Pathumthani, Joydeep Dutta. ZnO/Au Schottky Garnett (M-G) Theory Simulations of Thailand, November 18-20, 2010, Junction Dye Sensitized Solar Cell: Alternating Gold-Silica Colloidal Page 170-173 Improved Efficiency. Proceedings of Multilayer Thin Film Composites. the "NanoThailand 2010: Proceedings of the "NanoThailand Supamas Danwittayakul and Joydeep Nanotechnology for a Sustainable 2010: Nanotechnology for a Dutta. Hydrogen Production Using World", Pathumthani, Thailand, Sustainable World", Pathumthani, Zinc Oxide Nanorods Supported November 18-20, 2010, Page 135- Thailand, November 18-20, 2010, Catalyst. Abstract of the 138 Page 108-110 "NanoThailand 2010: Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Tanujjal Bora, Htet Htet Kyaw, Mana World", Pathumthani, Thailand, Poyai and Joydeep Dutta. Improved November 18-20, 2010, Page 134- ZnO Nanorod Dye-Sensitized Solar 135 Cell Efficiency through Better Charge Separation by Gold Nanoparticles. Supaporn Leungsuree and Joydeep Proceedings of the Second Annual Dutta. Anisotropic Zinc Oxide International Workshop on
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Development Advance Analysis Methods landuse, soil, geology maps of Thailand 4.8.1 Introduction and Microwave Remote Sensing are add. and some aerial photographs, ALOS data, are also available. The RS&GIS library Geoinformatics comprising Remote The demand for RS&GIS graduates is very also provides students with more Sensing (RS), Geographic Information high as there is lack of professionals in specialized books, journals, and Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning these disciplines, particularly those with computer manuals. Some of the System (GPS) provides extremely useful a vast knowledge of the practical technical magazines regularly available tools for environmental and natural utilization of these technologies. are GIM International, resources management. They are widely Employment opportunities are available GIS@Development, and International recognized as supporting tools for the in a wide range of areas, including Journal of Geoinformatics. planning, monitoring, and management agriculture, forestry, coastal of the appropriate utilization of resources development and management, urban Some equipment in its laboratory at the country, regional and global levels. planning and development, medical available for academic activities include: technology, mapping and planning, Arc GIS 9.4, ERDAS, Arc View 3.3, ENVI; While they represent multidisciplinary disaster mitigation and environmental Total Station; Trimble geoexplorer; backgrounds, students in RS&GIS share a management. Garmin GPS Series III and V; digital common interest, that is, to use remote camera; wireless hub/switch; wireless sensing, GIS, GPS and other space Major areas covered in the coursework USB; network switch; network hub; technologies as tools in pursuing their are fundamentals of remote sensing and black/white and color laser printers; A4 academic work as well as in developing GIS, earth energy interaction, and A0 scanners; RFID reader/writer, new technologies that are applicable to atmospheric correction, application Sensors and Wi Fi Network, the region. Because of the complexity of potential in various disciplines, GIS data Spectrophotometer, Laser Range Finder, the technologies together with the heavy sources, map projection, geostatistics, Echo Sounder, Sensor Web GIS; table and dependence on advanced computer spatial modeling, automated mapping, personal stereoscopes, SCINDA GPS Base skills, application specialists need to have digital terrain model, GPS data Station, TOPCON Photogrammetry a sound knowledge of the theoretical acquisition, and integration of GIS, Station and others. aspects and practical approaches to remote sensing and GPS. integrate many resources of information 4.8.3 Faculty and Research that address different applications. 4.8.2 Research Facilities and Staff Laboratories Furthermore, scientists, planners or Full-time Faculty engineers interested in these The RS&GIS field of study provides technologies should be familiar with excellent facilities for learning, research KIYOSHI HONDA, BAgr, DEng, past, present and future satellite and projects which consists of the Digital University of Tokyo, Japan systems, their appropriate usage, data Image Processing laboratory, Institute- Associate Professor (Image acquisition and handling and integration wide GIS laboratory, Asia e-learning Processing, Erosion control, with other data sources. project experiment room, meeting Terrain modeling, Sensor Web rooms, and the Geoinformatics Center GIS) The curriculum well covers the laboratory. The RS&GIS field of study has theoretical aspects and application of a policy of maintaining the best working NITIN KUMAR TRIPATHI, BTech, space technology, especially in Remote environment for students, staff and National Institute of Technology, Sensing and GIS. It provides students faculty. Warangal, India; MTech, IIT; PhD, IIT, ample time to gain application know- Kanpur, India. how through laboratory sessions. The RS&GIS LAN Network can also be Associate Professor (GIS, Students are free to use satellite data monitored in real time. Besides, it has a Remote Sensing, RFID and received by the NOAA, AVHRR and very good archive of satellite imagery of Vehicle Tracking, Indoor MODIS Satellite Receiving Stations for SPOT, Landsat-TM, MODIS, NOAA, Positioning Systems, their theses or research studies. Recently ADEOS, ERSSAR, and JERS-SAR to serve Environment, Disaster, such as open source Geoinformatics the students in their research and thesis Agriculture, Health, climate change Monitoring using courses studies. Other data, such as topographic, Applications) Geoinformatics, Advanced Application Annual Report on Research 2010| 59
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Visiting Faculty VENKATESH RAGHAVAN, BS, MS, Univ of Poona, India; Ph.D., Univ. of 4.8.4 Grants and Sponsored MARC SOURIS, PhD, Université de La Osaka City, Japan Rochelle, France Adjunct Faculty (Spatial Research Completed in Visiting Professor Information Science and 2010 (Computational geometry and Geoinformatics) algorithms, GIS development, International Conference on Health GIS Spatial analysis, GIS and Remote Affiliated Faculty and Research Staff Duration: 01 Oct 07 -30 Apr 10 Sensing for Epidemiology) Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi LAL SAMARAKOON, PhD Sponsor: Self-paid Total Contracted Amount (THB): 360,000 MICHIRO KUSANAGI, BS, MS, Univ of Visiting Senior Scientist; Tokyo, Japan; MS, Ph.D, Univ of Director, GIC (GIS, RS, Digital Orthorectification of High Resolution California, USA. Image Processing, Surveying, Satellite Data Visiting Professor (Aerospace Mapping) Duration: 24 Nov 08 -30 Jun 10 System Engineering, Space Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi System Engineering) MANZUL KUMAR HAZARIKA, PhD, Sponsor: Multi donors University of Tokyo, Japan; MEng, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 284,458
YOSHIKAZU KAMIYA, BEng, Asian Institute of Technology, Sensor Net Visualization 2007 Yokohyama National University, Bangkok, Thailand; MTech, Indian Duration: 13 Aug 07 -31 May 10 Japan; MEng, Ph.D. University of Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Project Investigator(s): Honda Kiyoshi Tokyo, Japan BTech, J N KrishiVishwaVidyalaya (J. Sponsor: Elabo Experience Company Limited Visiting Faculty (Aerospace N. Agriculture University), India Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,042,000 System Engineering and Senior Research and Training Microwave Remote Sensing) Specialist (RS and GIS 4.8.5 On-going Grants and Applications to Global MASAHIKO NAGAI, BS, St. Cloud Environment, Terrestrial Carbon Sponsored Research State University, USA; MS, Asian Cycle and NPP) Business and Logistics Management Institute of Technology, Thailand; using Integrated RFID and Internet GIS DEng, The University of Tokyo, Japan TARAVUDH TIPDECHO, BSc, MSc, Duration: 01 Aug 07 - 30 Jun 11 Visiting Faculty (Spatial Chiangmai Univ, Thailand; DTechSc, Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi Information Engineering, Remote Sensing & GIS, Asian Sponsor: RTG/CARACAD Remote Sensing, GIS, Image Institute of Technology, Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,800,000 Processing, Mobile Mapping Research Specialist I (Advanced Ontology, Data Interoperability, Mapping, Terrestrial Scanning) Data generation for Tsunami modeling Environmental Information and Risk assessment Science) VIVARAD PHONEKEO, Bsc, Volgograd Duration: 01 Oct 09 - 31 Dec 11 Project Investigator(s): Kiyoshi Honda State Pedagogical University, Russia, Sponsor: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Adjunct Faculty MSc, DTechSc, Asian Institute of (ADPC) Technology, Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,947,360 I.V. MURALI KRISHNA, MTECH, Indian Senior Research Associate Institute of Technology, India; Ph.D., (Remote Sensing and GIS, NOAA Integrated Coastal Zone Planning and Indian Institute of Science, India. AVHRR&Terra/Aqua MODIS Management using Geoinformation Adjunct Professor (Remote receiving and processing system, Technology Sensing Applications in Digital Image Processing, Duration: 01 Nov 09 - 30 Jun 11 Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi Environment, Climate Change, Computer Graphics, Spatial Data Sponsor: Multi donors Sustainable Development) Visualization, MODIS Active Fire Total Contracted Amount (THB): 544,000 Monitoring System , Global SURAT LERTLUM, BS, Norwich Environment and Disaster Integrated Coastal Zone Planning and University; MS, The George Monitoring using MODIS) Management Using RS and GIS Washington University, USA; Duration: 15 Sep 08 - 30 Jun 11 DTechSc Computer Science, Asian Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi Sponsor: Self-paid Institute of Technology, Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,257,450 Adjunct Faculty (GIS, RS, Digital Image Processing, Surveying, Mapping)
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Provision of Galileo expertise GPS base stations for improved DGPS International Journal of Health Networking and Support for corrections using wavelets. Survey Geographics, (9) 0-0, 2010. International Initiatives Review, 317(42) 0-0, 2010. Duration: 01 Nov 08 - 30 Jun 11 Podchong S., Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi Diallo M.B.C., Anceno A.J., Kiyoshi Honda. An improved Sponsor: Instituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy Total Contracted Amount (THB): 687,000 Tawatsupa B., Nitin K. Tripathi, approach for identifying suitable Voranuch L. Wangsuphachart, Oleg habitat of Sambar Deer (Cervus South East Asia Center on European Shipin. GIS-based analysis of the fate unicolor Kerr) using ecological niche GNSS for International cooperation and of waste-related pathogens analysis and environmental Local development. Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia categorization: Case study at Phu- Duration: 15 Mar 09 - 30 Jun 11 lamblia and Escherichia coli in a Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi tropical canal network. Journal of Ecological Modelling, 17(220) 0-0, Sponsor: The European GNSS Supervisory Authority Water and Health, 1(7) 0-0, 2010. 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,996,000
Thailand GIS Development for Research Hossain M.Z., Nitin K. Tripathi. Ramli M.F., Nitin K. Tripathi, Yusof on Ontology Monitoring near-shore and insular N., Shafri H.Z.M., Rahman Z.A.. Duration: 01 Jan 08 - 20 Dec 13 marine protected area network using Lineament mapping in a tropical Project Investigator(s): Lal Samarakoon landsat, ASTER and IKONOS images. environment using Landsat imagery. Sponsor: Center for Spatial Information Science, International Journal of Imaging, 10 International Journal of Remote University of Tokyo S(3) 0-0, 2010. Sensing, 23(30) 0-0, 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,050,000
The Application of GPU Computing Hung N.Q., Mukand S. Babel, Sutat Shahid S., Manzul Kumar Hazarika. technology to accelerate Geoinformatics Weesakul, Nitin K. Tripathi. An Groundwater drought in the Applications artificial neural network model for northwestern districts of Duration: 31 Jul 09 - 28 Feb 11 rainfall forecasting in Bangkok, Bangladesh. Water Resources Project Investigator(s): Kiyoshi Honda Thailand. Hydrology and Earth Management, 10(24) 0-0, 2010. Sponsor: RTG System Sciences, 8(13) 0-0, 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 990,000 Vansarochana A., Nitin K. Tripathi, Kiyoshi Honda, Shrestha A., Clemente R.. Finding appropriate UNIGIS Online Masters and Professional Witayangkurn A., interpolation techniques for Program Chinnachodteeranun R., Shimamura topographic surface generation for Duration: 01 Aug 07 - 31 Dec 11 Project Investigator(s): Nitin Kumar Tripathi H.. Fieldservers and sensor service mudslide risk zonation. Geocarto Sponsor: Self-paid grid as real-time monitoring International, 4(24) 0-0, 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,089,000 infrastructure for ubiquitous sensor networks. Sensors, 4(9) 0-0, 2010. Xiaoyong Chen, Mousa M. Nazhad. 4.8.6 Publications How is frayed fiber generated during Lek-Uthai U., Sangsayan J., refining process? (identification of International Journal Articles with Kachenchart B., Kulpradit K., frayed fiber under high resolution Impact factor Sujirarat D., Kiyoshi Honda. Novel microscope). Journal of Engineered ellipsoid spatial analysis for Fibers and Fabrics, 3(5) 0-0, 2010. Canisius F., Kiyoshi Honda, Tokunaga determining malaria risk at the M.. Updating geomorphic features of village level. Acta Tropica, 1(116) 0-0, 4.8.7 Masters Students’ watersheds and their boundaries in 2010. hazardous areas using satellite Theses synthetic aperture radar. Mahasandana S., Nitin K. Tripathi, International Journal of Remote Kiyoshi Honda. Sea surface A Study on the Cause and Effect of Sensing, 22(30) 0-0, 2010. multispectral index model for Reducing Natural Drainage Channels in estimating chlorophyll a Dhaka City concentration of productive coastal By Rezwana Kaiser Chaikaew N., Nitin K. Tripathi, Marc Supervisor: Dr. Kiyoshi Honda Souris. Exploring spatial patterns and waters in Thailand. Canadian Journal hotspots of diarrhea in Chiang Mai, of Remote Sensing, 3(35) 0-0, 2010. Crop Parameter Estimation for DSSAT Thailand. International Journal of Ceres Rice Through a Data Assimilation Health Geographics, 1(8) 0-0, 2010. Marc Souris, Gonzalez J.-P., Technique Shanmugasundaram J., Corvest V., By Chudech Losiri Dammalage T.L., Chalermchon Kittayapong P.. Retrospective space- Supervisor: Dr. Kiyoshi Honda Satirapod, Seishiro Kibe, Ogaja C.. time analysis of H5N1 Avian C/A code multipath mitigation at Influenza emergence in Thailand. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 61
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Development of Low Cost Bathymetric Land Price and Land Suitability Analysis Mapping of Marine and Ecological Mapping System for Tsunami Inundation by Integrated GIS and Fuzzy Logic: A Case Changes in Truong Giang Lagoon, Quang Modeling Study of Housing Site Selection in Nam Province, Vietnam By J Elaine J. Layug Thanyaburi District, Pathumthani, By Phan Kieu Diem Supervisor: Dr. Kiyoshi Honda Thailand Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi By Saranchai Pisitbanyong Estimation of Above Ground Biomass and Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi Near Real Time Traffic Parameter Carbon Stock Using Remote Sensing: A Monitoring Case Study in Mondulkiri Forest, Mapping Coastal Landuse and By Prabin Kishor Pury Cambodia Bathymetry Changes Using Satellite Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi By Sar Sophyra Sensing in Park Phanang Bay, Thailand Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi By Nithima Nuengjumnong Real-Time Air Route Monitoring System Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi Using Sensor Network (Sensor Service Integration of SAR, Optical Remote GRID) for Efficient Mountain Area Sensing Data and GIS for Change Mapping of Hotspots of Atmospheric Aviation Nepal Detection and Restoration of Nipa Palm Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide in By Asamaporn Sitthi Plantation in Pak Phanang, Thailand Thailand Using Sciamachy Supervisor: Dr. Kiyoshi Honda By Jannet C. Bencure By Uday Pimple Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi
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the laboratory is a versatile area with many master and doctoral students 4.9.1 Introduction a two-storey clear height that can be in STE Field of Study. used to carry out a wide range of Structural engineering has always been tests of building materials, Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory seen as one of the few fields of study components, structural assemblies where one can combine real technical and models. This wind tunnel laboratory is a skills with artistic flair. Structural state-of-the-art research facility for engineers are known to be people who One of principal elements of STE Lab the study of wind loads and several enjoy innovation, opportunities, is a strong floor system. The strong complex wind-induced effects on responsibility and excitement, whilst floor is a 1.5 meter deep heavily buildings and structures. The working within a creative profession. reinforced concrete mat, covering an laboratory was developed by a joint Structural engineers plan and design area of 380 square meters, with effort between School of Engineering various structures such as buildings, anchorage slots spaced 1 meter and Technology at AIT and Faculty of bridges, sport stadiums, towers, and apart and cluster points with a Engineering at Thammasat underground structures. capacity of 1,000 kN per cluster. This University. The laboratory, located arrangement provides versatility in in Thammasat, is the longest and The built environment which is designed the mounting of experiments, and largest wind tunnel in Thailand. It is and constructed by structural engineers full-size members of complete capable of simulating atmospheric has an enormous impact on our everyday structures can be loaded to boundary layer wind as well as lives. In order to design and construct destruction. A test control room and smooth and uniform wind in its 2.5m safe and economic structures, they need the hydraulic power supply area are x 2.5m tunnel section with wind to keep abreast with the latest methods located adjacent to the test floor. speeds varying from 0.5 m/s to 20 of structural analysis, modeling concepts The laboratory is equipped with a m/s. The wind tunnel is well for computation, advanced design, series of hydraulic actuators of equipped with hot-wire material technology, and improved various load (100 kN to 500 kN.), anemometers, pressure transducers knowledge in structural loadings. The stroke (+100 mm to +250 mm.) and with rotary scanning system, multi- field educates professionals who will be servo-value capacities for static, component dynamic force sensors, at the forefront of advanced research in dynamic and fatigue testing. dynamic motion sensors, turn tables, Structural Engineering. They are trained Standard laboratory instrumentation rotary side frames, and several other to respond creatively to the industrial for structural engineering is available instruments. With this facility, requirements of infrastructure e.g., extensometer, universal testing various types of advanced development. machine, ultrasonic pulse velocity experimental research study, and strain gauge preparation, student training, and industrial impulse force test hammer, etc. aerodynamic tests can be realized. 4.9.2 Research Facilities The construction of the wind tunnel and Laboratories Seismic Load Simulation Facility was completed in 2003, and it has been used intensively since then by Structural Engineering Laboratory Set up in 2001, the Seismic Load graduated students of AIT and Simulation Facility is basically Thammasat University. The Structural Engineering composed of (1) a rigid, A-shape, Laboratory (STE Lab) has a long steel reaction wall, (2) a 50-ton force 4.9.3 Faculty and Research history of excellence in advanced generating capacity, 1000-mm piston structural and material research. The stroke, hydraulic actuator that Staff STE Lab is equipped with operates under precision closed-loop instruments for scientific research, servo value control, and (3) the Emeritus Professor which provide excellent existing strong reinforced concrete experimental environment for floor of the STE Lab. The facility has PISIDHI KARASUDHI, Ph.D., scholars and experts in the Asian the capability to perform various Northwestern Univ., USA; M.Eng., region to enhance academic experimental seismic tests on near- AIT, Thailand; B.Eng., Chulalongkorn cooperation and development. full-scale structural models, such as Univ. Thailand. [Solid Mechanics] Completed in 1975 and renovated in quasi-static tests, cyclic loading tests, 2000, the structural testing area of and pseudodynamic tests. The facility has been used intensively by Annual Report on Research 2010| 63
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Full-time Faculty composite plate and shell Design; Non-Destructive Testing structures using finite element for Concrete Structures; Tension WORSAK KANOK-NUKULCHAI, Ph.D., method; Nonlinear analysis of Stiffening Effect and Bonding Univ of California (Berkeley), USA. ; reinforced concrete& Characteristic of Reinforced M.Eng., AIT, Thailand; B.Eng. (Hon), prestressed concrete structures; Concrete] Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand. Non-linear dynamic analysis of Professor [Computational suspension bridge] SONGKIAT MATUPAYONT, Ph.D., Mechanics; Finite Element Saitama University, Japan; M.Eng., Methods; Tall Building Static and CHING-JONG WANG, Ph.D. AIT, Thailand; B.Eng., Chulalongkorn Seismic Analysis; Bridge University of Arizona, USA; M.S. Univ, Thailand. Engineering; Microcomputer Wayne State University USA; B.S. Adjunct Faculty [Bridge Software for Structural National Central University, Taiwan. Engineering; Prestressed Engineering; Genetic Algorithms; Visiting Faculty [Seismic Concrete; Structural Analysis Nonlinear Analysis of Structures performance assessment for and Design] and Continua; Plate/Shell bridge structures; Developed Structures; Engineering procedures and application KITTIPOOM RODSIN, Ph.D., The Education; Nanomechanics] computer codes for equivalent University of Melbourne, Australia; SDOF- Capacity spectrum M.Eng., AIT, Thailand; B.Eng., PENNUNG WARNITCHAI, D.Eng., method; Equivalent SDOF – Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand. M.Eng., University of Tokyo, Japan; Nonlinear dynamic analysis Adjunct Faculty [Experimental B.Eng. (Hon), Chulalongkorn Univ, Multi-span bridge frame model – Investigation of Socket-Type Thailand. Nonlinear static pushover Connection for Pre-Cast Column- Associate Professor [Structural analysis; Finite element soil- Footing Connection; Suppression Dynamics; Earthquake structure dynamic interaction; of Pedestrian Bridge Vibration in Engineering; Wind Effects of Developed modeling and Bangkok] Structures; Bridge Engineering; analysis computer codes for Control of Structural Vibration] underground MRT box structure BUI THANH TAM, D.Eng., M.Eng., racking analysis; Multi-span AIT, Thailand; B.Eng., HoChiMinh City PUNCHET THAMMARAK, PhD, The bridge deck pounding analysis University of Technology, Vietnam. Univ of Texas, Austin, USA; B.Eng, Flood flow resistance of bridge Affiliated Faculty and Research Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; structures; Impact response of Engineer [Computational Instructor [Finite-Element underground conduits] Mechanics; Finite Element Analysis (FE Programming; Analysis; Structural Analysis; Dynamic problem & Wave THANAKORN PHEERAPHAN, Ph.D. Fluid-Structure Interaction; Propagation Analysis; Absorbing and M.Sc., Massachusetts Institute Parallel Computing; Software Boundary Conditions; Material of Technology, USA. B.Sc., Virginia Development] Nonlinearities; Soil-Structure Military Institute, USA. Interactions; Structural Adjunct Assistant Professor NAVEED ANWAR, D.Eng., M.Eng., Engineering (Reinforced- [Dynamic soil-structure AIT, Thailand; B.Sc.Eng., Univ. of Concrete Design/Steel Design] interaction; Seismic behavior of Engineering & Tech., Lahore, under ground structure; Seismic Pakistan. Visiting/Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty behavior of earth structure; Affiliated Faculty [Structural Multi-Agent simulation; Analysis and Design; KI-DU KIM, Ph.D Imperial College of Development of Virtual Computational Mechanics; Science Technology and Medicine, Clearinghouse for earthquake Computer Application; Bridge England; M.S., AlT, Thailand, B.S., disaster reconnaissance] Engineering; Tall Buildings; Hanyang, Korea. Software Development] Visiting Professor [Development RAKTIPONG SAHAMITMONGKOL, of general purpose nonlinear D.Eng., M.Eng, University of Tokyo, SUN SAYAMIPUK, D.Eng., M.Eng., dynamic finite element software; Japan; B.Eng., Sirindhorn AIT, Thailand; B.Eng., Kasetsart Univ., Large displacement elastoplastic International Institute of Technology, Thailand. analysis of steel shell structures Thailand. Affiliated Faculty and Senior with initial imperfection; Adjunct Faculty [Cracking Laboratory Supervisor [Low cost Development of non-linear solid, Resistance of Expansive housing materials, Construction shell and thin-walled beam Concrete; Chemically Prestressed materials and its durability, element; Postbuckling behavior Concrete; Inspection on Concrete Supplementary cementitious of un-stiffened and stiffened Structures & Performance Based materials, Experimental 64 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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behavior of structural systems, Djoensan Santoso, Tsunokawa K.. Field testing of structures] 4.9.5 On-going Grants and Comparison of updating techniques in transferability analysis of work trip Sponsored Research 4.9.4 Grants and Sponsored mode choice models in developing countries. Journal of Advanced Research Completed Development of Seismic Design Code for Transportation, 2(44) 0-0, 2010. in 2010 Buildings and Structures in Thailand Duration: 19 Sep 07 - 28 Feb 11 Greepala V., Pichai Nimityongskul. Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai Collapse Modelling of Soft Storey Sponsor: Siridhorn Institute of Technology (SIIT) Influence of heating envelope on Building Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,380,000 structural fire integrity of Duration: 15 Nov 08 -31 Dec 10 ferrocement jackets. Fire Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai Master Plan for Earthquake Disaster Technology, 4(45) 385-404, 2009. Sponsor: RTG Mitigation in Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 957,500 Duration: 15 Nov 09 – 30 Apr 11 Litsomboon T., Pichai Nimityongskul, Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai Naveed Anwar. Development of Evaluation on the Quantity of Sponsor: Panya Consultants Co.,Ltd. Incomplete House Construction for the Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,568,000 lightweight aggregate concrete Bann-Eur Arthorn Project containing pulverized fly ash and Duration: 15 Jan 10 -30 Jun 10 Mix design of RCC for Upper Pandas bottom ash. Key Engineering Project Investigator(s): Sun Sayamipuk Hydropower Materials, (400-402) 379-384, 2009. Sponsor: National Housing Authority, Thailand Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 30 Aug 12 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,400,000 Project Investigator(s): Sun Sayamipuk Nguyen D.-V., Kidu Kim, Pennung Sponsor: Upper Pandas Hydropower Consultants Warnitchai. Simulation procedure for Independent Inspecting and Testing Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,006,400 vehicle-substructure dynamic Agency for Concrete Sleeper interactions and wheel movements Manufacturing Seismic Retrofitting of Existing Buildings using linearized wheel-rail interfaces. Duration: 01 Jan 10 -30 May 10 in Thailand Project Investigator(s): Sun Sayamipuk Duration: 01 Apr 08 - 28 Feb 11 Finite Elements in Analysis and Sponsor: Star Rail Co Ltd Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai Design, 5(45) 0-0, 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 280,000 Sponsor: The Thailand Research Fund Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,850,000 Ornthammarath, T., Warnitchai, P.,
Master Plan for Earthquake Mitigation Worakanchana, K., Zaman S., in Thailand Phase II Structural Evaluation of Vortex Shedding Effect on Pelletizer Structure Sigbjörnsson, R., and Carlo Giovanni Duration: 15 Nov 09 -31 Dec 10 Lai (2010), “Probabilistic Seismic Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai Duration: 01 Jun 09 - 30 Jun 11 Sponsor: Panya Consultants Co., Ltd. Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai/Dr. Hazard Assessment of Thailand”, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,568,000 Naveed Anwar Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Sponsor: Toyo-Thai Corporation Public Company Online First – 3rd August 2010. Limited Seismic Retrofitting of Existing Buildings Total Contracted Amount (THB): 650,000 in Thailand Parichatprecha R., Pichai Duration: 01 Apr 08 – 31 Dec 10 Structural Integrity Evaluation of the Nimityongskul. An integrated Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai approach for optimum design of HPC Sponsor: ADPC Burapa Withi Expressway Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,299,700 Duration: 01 Jun 10 - 30 Nov 11 mix proportion using genetic Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai algorithm and artificial neural Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Sponsor: Expressway Authority of Thailand networks. Computers and Concrete, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 26,980,000 Assessment of Dhaka, Chittagong and 3(6) 253-268, 2009. Sylhet City Corporation Areas Duration: 01 Jun 08 -31 Dec 10 4.9.6 Publications Parichatprecha R., Pichai Project Investigator(s): Pennung Warnitchai, Kawin Nimityongskul. Analysis of durability Worakanchana International Journal Articles with Sponsor: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center of high performance concrete using (ADPC) Impact factor artificial neural networks. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,299,700 Construction and Building Materials, Dinh V.N., Kidu Kim, Pennung 2(23) 0-0, 2010. Warnitchai. Dynamic analysis of three-dimensional bridge-high-speed Pennung Warnitchai, Sinthuwong S., train interactions using a wheel-rail Poemsantitham K.. Wind tunnel contact model. Engineering model tests of large billboards. Structures, 12(31) 0-0, 2010. Advances in Structural Engineering, 1(12) 0-0, 2010.
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Phansiri, B., Park, K. H. and Kriging-Based Finite Element in Method Effective Modeling of Shear Walls in High Warnitchai, P. (2010), “A BEM for Material Discontinuities and Rise Buildings for Nonlinear Static and Formulation for Inelastic Transient Multiscale Simulation Dynamic Analysis Dynamic Analysis using Domain By Wichain Sommanawat By Rojit Shahi Decomposition and Particular Supervisor: Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai Supervisor: Dr. Naveed Anwar Integrals”, Computational Mechanics (Article in press). 4.9.8 Masters Students’ Effects of Typical Configuration Irregularities on Seismic Performance of Theses Pimanmas, A., Joyklad, P., and Gravity-Load-Designed RC Buildings By Sarun Chimamphant Warnitchai, P. (2010), “Structural Applicability of Enhanced Pushover Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Design Guideline for Tsunami Analysis Methods Considering Higher- Evacuation Shelter”, Journal of Mode Effect for Tall Buildings Enhanced Conductivity Measurement Earthquake and Tsunami, Vol. 4, By Amelia Kusuma Techniques for Evaluation of Metakaolin Issue 4, December 2010, pp. 269- Supervisor: Dr. Naveed Anwar Pozzolanic Activity 284. By Purna Bahadur Chhetri Comparison of Different Modeling Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Rajapakse N., Chau K.T., Techniques for Bridge Abutments, Wijeyewickrema A.C., Worsak Determination of Abutment Response for Estimation of Potential Losses of a Major Kanok-Nukulchai. Advances in Longitudinal Loads and Developments City from Earthquake Disasters Structural Engineering: Preface. By Stefani Reni By Miti Nuntatikul Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Advances in Structural Engineering, Supervisor: Dr. Naveed Anwar
1(12) 1-1, 2009. Determination of Optimal Microwave Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced
Curing Process to Obtain the Highest Concrete Beam Using High Performance Sinthaworn S., Pichai Nimityongskul. Early Strength of Normal Concrete Ferrocement Quick monitoring of pozzolanic By Adnan Nawaz By Kamaluddin Kamal reactivity of waste ashes. Waste Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Management, 5(29) 1526-1531, 2009. Development of a General Purpose Impact of Different Design Parameters on Software Package for Offshore Platform the Seismic Performance of Hybrid Wong F.T., Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai. Structural Analysis Precast Wall Systems On the convergence of the kriging- By Mr. Thanh Huu Le By Muhammad Irshad Qureshi based finite element method. Supervisor: Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai
International Journal of Computational Methods, 1(6) 0-0, Development of Chemically-Prestressed Implementation of New Constitutive 2010. Ferrocement Relations for Shear-Flexure Interaction By Akira Kodaka for Cyclic Response of Squat RC Walls Supervisors: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai / Dr. By Omar Hayat Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Raktipong Sahamitmongkol Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Vimuktayon V.. Suvarnabhumi airport, Thailand. Structural Development of Microwave Curing Performance of Metakaolin Mortar Engineering International: Journal of Technique to Predict the 28-Day Against Carbonation the International Association for Compressive Strength of Fly Ash Concrete By Chatree Kittisapcharoen Bridge and Structural Engineering By Abdul Habib Ghafoorzai Supervisor: Dr. Sun Sayamipuk (IABSE), 1(19) 0-0, 2010. Supervisor: Dr. Thanakorn Pheeraphan Properties of High Performance Grouts Development of Post-Tensioned Precast Made with Various SSupplementary 4.9.7 Doctoral Students’ Concrete Building Systems for Seismic Cementitious Materials Dissertation Resistance By Atipong Chuamuangphan By May Phyo Aung Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Experimental and Numerical Seismic Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dam and Properties of Magnesia-Phosphate Development of BEM for Nonlinear Diaphragm Effects on Tall Buildings Cement for Rapid Repair Mortar By Monsan Visesgahamin Dynamic Analysis Curved in Plan By Ja San Lu Supervisor: Dr. Sun Sayamipuk By Bupavech Phansiri Supervisor: Dr. Naveed Anwar Supervisor: Dr. Kyung-Ho Park
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Seismic Performance Improvement of Self-Healing Performance of Concrete Utilization of MK-Based Geopolymer as Gravity-Load-Designed (GLD) Reinforced with Different Additives Adhesives for Refractory Brick Concrete Frame Buildings By Dechkhachorn Jaroenratanapirom By Atinuch Sinsilaket By Phichaya Suwansaya Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Shear Strengthening of RC Member by Seismic Performance of Precast Hybrid Near-Surface Mounted AFRP Rods Frame-Wall Buildings By Pongsak Wiwatrojanagul By Bahram Babayanzadeh Ahari Supervisor: Dr. Raktipong Sahamitmongkol Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Ultimate Drift at Gravity Load Collapse of Seismic Safety Evaluation of Earth Dam in Non-Ductile RCc Column By Tahir Mehmood Northern Thailand By Bhuddarak Charatpangoon Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Supervisors: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai / Dr. Kyung- Ho Park
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from modeling, analysis wire line and and optimization in radio network, 4.10.1 Introduction wireless systems to application and fixed network and fiber optical protocol development. Its research network. The Telecommunications Field of Study subjects are in coherent optical offers areas of specialization in communications; congestion control, Wireless Lab (WL) transmission systems; switching systems; ATM, and B-ISDN networks; error telematics; network planning, and in correction and detection methods; The main purpose of the Wireless collaboration with the School of mobile and Internet traffic studies; laboratory is for measurement and Management telecommunications multiple access strategies for cellular performance analysis. It is equipped management. The courses offered mobile, satellite systems, and cabled with Modulation and Error rate emphasize modern telecommunications networks; network performance analysis, measurement meters, Simulation skills in systems planning and planning and design; and speech software like SATSIM, which was engineering, telecommunications processing. Its research specializations developed by the students, is a software development, and are in broadband networks; network simulation package to calculate the administrative and financial aspects of planning; Switching systems; sub-satellite points of a LEO/ telecommunications management. telecommunications management in MEO/GEO and its orbital collaboration with the School of parameters. It also displays Graduates from the master's program Management; telematics; and graphically on a two-dimensional form the nucleus for effective high-level transmission systems. earth map the instantaneous technical planning and management position and path traced by the operations at their employer Transmission and Switching Lab (TSL) satellite (Multi orbit and Multi organizations. Some of the graduates are satellite). Another is NMS/X, is a engaged in planning, development, and The Transmission and Switching lab measurement system for GSM, DCS service activities leading to the is equipped with Nokia Digital and NMT networks tracing, capable installation, commissioning, Switching Exchange DX200 (DX220, of measuring up to four networks management, design, etc. of value-added DX210) that supports PSTN and simultaneously. The results are used systems. Given the important role of our ISDN. There are also several for benchmarking service quality of graduates in the development of the telephone switches, traffic operational cellular networks. These telecommunications sector, the learning simulators, protocol analyzer, results can be analyzed and can be is of significant benefit to the users of PDH/SDH (STM1 & STM4) used for tuning the network telecommunications services within the transmission systems, fiber optic line parameters in NPS/X. region. Graduates of the doctoral equipment, transmission line program play key roles in enhancing the analyzer, error rate meter which are Communications Labs (CL) level of education and research in the available for experiment in national universities of the region, and switching, transmission and The Communications lab is used to promote and strengthen the R&D internetworking. The switching and perform experiments courses under potential of emerging regional transmission systems are integrated Signal and Systems, Communications manufacturing industries. as real telecommunications network. Electronics, Digital Transmission Among the applications whose study Technology and Digital Signal has been made possible by these Processing. Test bench equipment 4.10.2 Research Facilities systems are Operation and includes analog and digital and Laboratories Maintenance, performance oscilloscopes, function generators, measurements of real narrowband analog and digital Spectrum Today’s fast-booming world of and broadband telecommunication analyzers, Digital sampling Telecommunications and Computer networks, as well as new services. oscilloscopes and DSP cards and networking plays a significant leadership workstations which have simulation role. To support this achievement the Network Planning Lab (NPL) applications like MATLAB. Telecommunications field of study puts the effort to continue the development High performance computer aided Computer Laboratory (PCL) of telecommunications technologies and network planning tools are systems. It covers a wide variety of supported by several workstations at There are two Computer research in telecommunications ranging the Network Planning lab. This lab Laboratories in Telecommunications provides hands-on experience design Program. One is for Senior students Annual Report on Research 2010| 69
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and one is for Junior Students. All POOMPAT SAENGUDOMLERT, BSE, computers are latest powerful Princeton Univ; MS, PhD, 4.10.6 Publications computers. Massachusetts Inst of Tech, USA Assistant Professor International Journal Articles with TC Library [Communication theory, optical Impact factor networks, resource allocation In Telecommunications Program, problems, and array processing; E. A. Ansari and N. Rajatheva. (2010). there is a small library, from where Recent research activities have Precise SER Analysis and students can borrow focused on optical network Performance Results of OSTBC telecommunication related journals, designs based on existing MIMO-OFDM Systems over manuals and reference books. infrastructure networks and Uncorrelated Nakagami-m Fading communications for disaster Channels. E93-B (6), pp. 1515-1525, 4.10.3 Faculty and Research management] IEICE Transactions on
Staff Communications. Visiting Faculty
Full-time Faculty Farah Haroon and Kazi M. Ahmed, TAPIO J ERKE, MSc, Helsinki Univ of “An Adaptive IEEE 802.15.4a TH-
Tech, Finland. TDMA UWB Industrial Field Level KAZI MOHIUDDIN AHMED, MSc, Inst Visiting Associate Professor of Communications, Leningrad, Network,” Special issue on Advances [Traffic measurements, in Wireless Communication, Journal USSR; PhD, Univ of Newcastle, modeling, and performance in Australia. of Communications, Academy various telecommunication Publisher, Vol. 5, No. 7, July 2010. Professor (Telecommunication networks, PSTN, Cellular, Networks; Digital Modulation Internet, ATM, and optical I. Khan, S. A. K. Tanoli, and N. Techniques; Satellite networks; Resource allocation Rajatheva. (2010). Performance Communications; Cellular for different services, network Bounds for Bit-Interleaved Space- Mobile Communications; Digital dimensioning and optimization, Time Coded Modulation with Transmission and and switching structures] Communications) Iterative Decoding based Cooperative Network, Vol 5, No 4 R M A P RAJATHEVA, B.Sc. Hons. 4.10.4 Grants and Sponsored (2010), 297-306, Apr 2010, Journal of Communications. (Eng), Moratuwa Univ, Sri Lanka; Research Completed M.Sc., Ph.D. (Electrical and in 2010 M. Shamim Kaiser and K. M. Ahmed, Computer Eng), Univ of Manitoba, Canada. Neuro-Fuzzy (NF) based Joint Relay Cross Layer Deisgn for Video Associate Professor (Digital and Selection and Resource Allocation Transmission in Multi Hop wireless Mobile Communications, for Cooperative Networks. ECTI Networks Cooperative Diversity, Relay Transactions on Electrical Eng, Duration: 01 Jan 09 -30 Jun 10 Electronics, and Communications Systems, OFDMA Resource Project Investigator(s): Poompat S. (ECTI-EEC), Thailand, Allocation, Cognitive Radio: Sponsor: RTG Total Contracted Amount (THB): 991,200 2010 Detection/Estimation Techniques, Space Time Processing-MIMO Systems, 4.10.5 On-going Grants and M. Shamim Kaiser and K. M. Ahmed, Neuro-Fuzzy Based Opportunistic Distributed Video Coding (DVC) Sponsored Research Spectrum Access and Hand-o_ for TEERAPAT SANGUANKOTCHAKORN, the Cognitive Cooperative Network. Creating Smart Environments through Inderscience Journal of BEng, Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; Indoor Optical Wireless Data Communication and Distributed MEng, DEng, Tokyo Institute of Transmissions using White light LED's Networking (IJCDN). Canada, 2010, Technology, Japan. Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 31 Mar 11 [Status: Accept]. Associate Professor (Data Project Investigator(s): Poompat S. Communications; Broadband Sponsor: RTG Integrated Services Digital Total Contracted Amount (THB): 920,000 M. Shamim Kaiser and K. M. Ahmed, Networks; Multimedia Radio Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Services in Relay Communications and Systems; Enhanced OFDMA Systems. Journal Network Quality of Service) of Communications, Academy
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Publications, Finland, Vol 5, No 6 no. 14, pp. 1651-1663, September Effect to the Performance of (2010), 447-454, Jun 2010 2010. MANEMO, Asia Future Internet 2010, Seoul National University, P. Ritthisoonthorn, Kazi M. Ahmed S. U. Oruthota and N. Rajatheva. Korea, February, 24-27, 2010. and D. Krairit, " Engineering Analysis (2010). Cooperative Diversity based and Economic Evaluation of Multi-Carrier CDMA system with Amina Akhter and Teerapat Broadband Fixed Wireless Access in Decode & Forward Relays in Rayleigh Sanguankotchakorn: Modified AODV Developing Country: Wireless City in Fading Channels. In production, for Multi-Constrained QoS Routing Thailand", The International Journal Wireless Personal Communications, and Performance Optimization, The of Services, Economics and Springer Journal, September 2010, 7th IEEE ECTI-CON 2010, Chiang Mai Management (IJSEM), Special Issue pp 1-21. Thailand, pp.263-267, May 19-21, on “Design, Integration, and 2010. Maintenance of Services for Shujaat Ali Khan Tanoli, Imran Khan, Developing Nations and Nandana Rajatheva, and Fumiyuki Arif Iqbal, Kazi M. Ahmed and I. Economies”, 2010. Adachi (2010) Advances in Relay Khan, “Outage Probability Analysis Networks: Performance and Capacity for Amplify and Forward Cooperative Ritthisoonthorn P., Kazi Mohiuddin Analysis of Space-Time Analog Protocol in Satellite Network”, Ahmed, Donyaprueth Krairit. Network Coding, EURASIP Journal on Proceedings 24th WWRF, Malaysia, Planning of efficient wireless access Wireless Communications and 12-14 April 2010. with IEEE 802.16 for connecting Networking, Volume 2010 (2010), home network to the internet. Article ID 232754, 10 pages E. A. Ansari and N. Rajatheva. (2010). Eurasip Journal on Wireless doi:10.1155/2010/232754 Low-pass filtering through different Communications and Networking, types of windows in linear time. 10th (2010) 0-0, 2010. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn and International Conference on Ruenun Urwijitaroon: QoS Information Sciences, Signal S. A. K. Tanoli, I. Khan, and N. Provisioning Strategy for QoS- Processing and their Applications, Rajatheva. (2010). Cooperative Unaware Applications in an ISSPA 2010 , art. no. 5605479, pp. Network in wireless IntServ/DiffServ Interoperating 243-246 communications: bit-interleaved Network, International Journal of coded modulation with iterative Computer Science and Network Farah Haroon and Kazi M. Ahmed, decoding. Vol 5, No 7 (2010), 562- security (IJCSNS), Vol.10, No.5, pp. “An Adaption of IEEE 802.15 4a in an 570, Jul 2010, Journal of 261-273, May 2010. IR-TH UWB Industrial Field Bus”, IEEE Communications. 8th International Conference on Conference Publications Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2010, S. Atapattu, N. Rajatheva, C. PP 531-536, July 2010. Tellambura. (2010). Performance A. Iqbal and K. M. Ahmed, “SER analysis of TDMA relay protocols Analysis of Cooperative Satellite- Farah Haroon, Haroon Rasheed and over Nakagami-m fading. IEEE Terrestrial Network over Non- Kazi M. Ahmed, “A Robust Reception Transactions on Vehicular Identical Fading Channels”, 5th of IEEE 802.15.4a IR-TH UWB in Technology 59 (1), art. no. 5204231, Advance satellite Multimedia Dense Multipath and Gaussian pp. 93-104. Systems Conference and 11th Signal Noise,” International Conference on Processing for Space Communication Computer Science and Information S. Bharati and P. Saengudomlert Workshop (ASMS/SPSC), Cagliary, Technology, ICCSIT, PP. 298-303, (2010), Analysis of mean packet Italy, 13-15 September 2010. Rome, Italy, April 2010. delay for dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithms in EPONs, A. K. Tanoli, I. Khan, N. Rajatheva Farah Haroon, Haroon Rasheed and IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave (2010). Asymptotic BER bounds of Kazi M. Ahmed, “An Adaptive Srake Technology, vol. 28, no. 23, pp. BICM-ID based cooperative network Reception of Biorthogonal IR-TH 3454-3462, December 2010. over Nakagami-m fading channels. UWB signals in IEEE 802.154a 25th Biennial Symposium on Industrial NLOS Environment,” IEEE S. Supittayapornpong, P. Communications, QBSC 2010, International Conference on Saengudomlert, and W. Kumwilaisak Canada, art. no. 5472973, pp. 448- Wireless Communications, (2010), A framework for reliability 451. Networking and Information aware layered multi-cast in lossy Security, WCNIS June 2010, Beijing, networks with network coding, Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee, Teerapat China. Computer Communications, vol. 33, Sanguankotchakorn, Anis Laouiti, and Kanchana Kanchansut: Velocity Annual Report on Research 2010 | 71
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Farah Haroon, Kazi M. Ahmed and K.B.Shashika Manosha, Nandana M. Nazir, N. Rajatheva (2010). Relay Haroon Rasheed, “An Adaption of Rajatheva. (2010) Joint Power and Selection Techniques in Cooperative IEEE 802.15.4a in an IR-TH UWB Rate Control for Spectrum Underlay Communication Using Game Theory. Industrial Field Bus,” accepted for in Cognitive Radio Networks with a Second International Conference on oral presentation in 8th IEEE Novel Pricing Scheme, IEEE VTC 2010 Computational Intelligence, International Conference on Fall, Ottawa, Canada. Communication Systems and Industrial Informatics, INDIN July Networks (CICSyN), Page(s): 130 – 2010, Osaka, Japan. K.G.A Madushan Thilina, Nandana 136. Rajatheva. (2010) Impact of H. Rasheed, F. Haroon, N. Rajatheva, Imperfect Channel Estimation on M. Shamim Kaiser and K. M. Ahmed, (2010). Performance analysis of rice- MIMO Two Hop Relay Network with Neuro-Fuzzy (NF) based Relay lognormal channel model for Beamforming. IEEE Globecom 2010, Selection and Resource Allocation spectrum sensing. ECTI-CON 2010 - December, Miami, USA for Cooperative Networks. IEEE ECTI- The 2010 ECTI International CON 2010, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Conference on Electrical Kunagorn Kunavut and Teerapat 2010. Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Sanguankotchakorn: Multi- Telecommunications and constrained Path (MCP) QoS Routing M. Shamim Kaiser and K. M. Ahmed, Information Technology , art. no. in OLSR based on Multiple Additive Power Allocation in OFDM-Based 5491455, pp. 420-424. QoS Metrics, The 10th IEEE Cognitive Relay Networks. IEEE International Symposium on International Conference on H. Rasheed, N. Rajatheva, F. Haroon Communications and Information Wireless Communications, (2010). Spectrum Sensing with Technologies Technology Networking and Information Security energy detection under shadow (ISCIT2010), Meiji University, Tokyo, (IEEE WCNIS 2010), China, 2010. fading condition. ISWPC 2010 – IEEE Japan, October 26-29, 2010. 5th International Symposium on M. Shamim Kaiser, Arif Iqbal, Samad Wireless Pervasive Computing art Kunagorn Kunavut and Teerapat Basir and K. M. Ahmed, Performance no. 5483721, pp 104-109. Sanguankotchakorn: Performance Evaluation of a Network coded Dual- Evaluation of Ad Hoc Routing hop OFDM Network. IEICE 2010, Haroon F., Kazi Mohiuddin Ahmed, Protocol to deliver MPEG-4 Traffic, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rasheed H.. An adaption of IEEE The 12th IEEE International 802.15.4a in an industrial Field Bus. Conference on Communication Ranju Pant and Teerapat IEEE International Conference on Technology (ICCT2010), Najing, Sanguankotchakorn: A Heuristic Industrial Informatics (INDIN), () 0-0, China, November 11-14, 2010. Approach for Bandwidth Constraint 2010. Path Selection in MPLS Based Kunagorn Kunavut and Teerapat Networks, The 7th IEEE ECTI-CON Jagadish Ghimire, Mehdi Mani, Sanguankotchakorn: QoS-aware 2010, Chiang Mai Thailand, pp.909- Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn and Routing for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 913, May 19-21, 2010. Noel Crespi: Self-connectivity based on Multiple Metris: Estimation for Super Node Overlay Connectivity Index (CI) and Delay, S. Herath, N. Rajatheva and P. Creation in Ad-hoc Networks, The The 7th IEEE ECTI-CON 2010, Chiang Saengudomlert. (2010). Primary and IEEE 17th International Conference Mai Thailand, pp.46-50, May 19-21, Cognitive User Cooperative on Telecommunications (ICT2010), 2010. Spectrum Sensing in OFDMA Air Doha, Qatar, April 4-7, 2010. Interface. IEEE VTC 2010 Spring, L.K. Saliya Jayasinghe, Nandana Taipei, Taiwan. Jagadish Ghimire, Mehdi Mani, Rajatheva. (2010) Optimal Power Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn and Allocation for Relay Assisted Samad Basir, Ibrahim Channa, M. Noel Crespi: Delay and capacity Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE VTC Shamim Kaiser, and K. M. Ahmed, Analysis of Structured P2P Overlay 2010 Fall, Ottawa, Canada. Reliable and Optimal Relay Selection for IP Telephony, 2010 International For The Cellular Cooperative Symposium on Performance M. Nazir, N. Rajatheva (2010). Diversity System Under Rayleigh Evaluation of Computer and Cooperative cognitive wireless Fading Channel.WPMC 2010, Brazil, Telecommunication Systems communication based on biological 2010. (SPECTS10), Ottawa, Canada, July 11- mutualism. Second International 14, 2010. Conference on Networks and Shujaat Ali Khan Tanoli, Imran Khan Applications (ICCSNA), Page(s): 115 – and Nandana Rajatheva. (2010) 118. Performance Comparison of BICM-ID and BILDPCM-ID based Cooperative 72 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Network, IEEE VTC 2010 Fall, Ottawa, Neuro -Fuzzy Based Relay Selection and Epidemic Dissemination of Event Canada. Fair Resource Allocation in Cognitive Information on Optimized Link State Cooperative Networks Routing Protocol (OLSR) Srikantha Herath, R.M.A.P. By M. Shamim Kaiser By Mr. Wattanadej Jutacharoensuk Rajatheva, Poompat Saengudomlert. Supervisor: Prof. Kazi Mohiuddin Ahmed Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Primary and cognitive user cooperative spectrum sensing in Performance Analysis of FDMA-TDMA Integration of Delay Tolerant Network OFDMA air interface. IEEE Vehicular Based Multi-User Cooperative Network Approach on Mobile Ad Hoc Network By Mr. Rujipol Virochpoka Technology Conference, () 0-0, 2010. over Rician and Nakagami Fading Channels Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn
By Imran Khan Supittayapornpong S., Poompat Supervisor: Dr. R.M.A.P. Rajatheva Performance Evaluation of Dynamic Saengudomlert. Joint flow control, Bandwidth Allocation Algorithms for routing and medium access control WDM-EPONs in random access multi-hop wireless 4.10.8 Masters Students’ By Nakrop Jinaporn networks. IEEE International Theses and Research Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Conference on Communications, () 0- Studies 0, 2010. Performance Improvement of OLSR in Manet by Game Theory Amplifier Placement for Metropolitan Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn and By Thanapol Sangsrichun WDM Ring Networks Supporting Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Newton Perera: Hybrid Multi- Different Traffic Demands constrained Optimal Path QoS By Nguyen Van Nhan Resource Allocation in Cellular Relay Routing with Inaccurate Link State, Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert th Network Using Network Coding The 9 International Conference on By Nawat Luangviriyasaeng Networks (ICN2010), Menuires, The Analysis of Cooperative Relay Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert Three Valleys, French Alps, France, Communication with Cognitive Radio, April 11-16, 2010. Physical Layer Network Coding and Study of the Suitable Coverage Area for MIMO Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Viphavakit C., Sohail M., Shrestha N., By Laddu Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe Service Poompat Saengudomlert, Supervisor: Dr. R.M.A. Premanandana Rajatheva By Hajime Kikumura
Mohammed W.S.. Creating a smart Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn A New Approach for QoS Provision Based environment using optical wireless. on Multi-Constrained Feasible Path The Cross Layer Framework for Efficient Proceedings of SPIE - The Selection in Manet OLSR Protocol MPEG-4 Video Streaming Over IEEE International Society for Optical By Mr. Padam Maharjan Engineering, (7743) 0-0, 2010. 802.11e EDCA Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn By Mr. Kumar Pudashine Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Z.A. Khan, I. Khan, N. Rajatheva Call Admission Control in Cellular/WLan (2010). Performance analysis of Network User-Centric Mashup Applications and MIMO based multi-user cooperation By Reena Manandhar User-Acceptance Analysis: An Example of diversity system using hybrid FDMA- Supervisor: Dr. Tapio J. Erke iGoogle Based Widgets on the Google
TDMA technique. ECTI-CON 2010 - Calendar Platform The 2010 ECTI International Content Discovery Using People Social By Miss Sirsha Bhattarai Conference on Electrical Pattern in Peer-to-Peer Networks Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Engineering/Electronics, Computer, By Sraddha Adhikari Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Telecommunications and Research Study: Capacity and Design Information Technology , art. no. Dimensioning of Optical Networks with Planning of Special Event - Mobile 5491456, pp. 425-429 Alternate Routing Using Absorption Solution: A Case Study in NASCAR Motor Probability Sport By Sarbagya Buddhacharya 4.10.7 Doctoral Students’ By Fahim Mohammad Khan Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert Supervisor: Dr. Tapio J. Erke Dissertation
Effective and Strict Multi-Constrained Research Study: Fixed Network Traffic Designing Cost Effective Broadband Fixed Path Selection for Qos Provision in Manet Observation and Analysis: A Case Study of Wireless Access Networks through By Avishek Shrestha Engineering-Economic Analysis Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam By Thach Thi Via Sa Na By Pichet Ritthisoonthorn Supervisor: Prof. Kazi Mohiuddin Ahmed Supervisors: Prof. Kazi Mohiuddin Ahmed / Dr. Donyaprueth Krairit
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Research Study: Investigation of Research Study: Performance Analysis of Research Study: Performance Comparison Transmission Coverage for Indoor Optical Ku-Band and Ka-Band Satellite Links with of OLSR Routing Protocol in Wireless Communications Using ASAP Prediction of Rain Attenuation: A Case Homogeneous and Heterogeneous By Syed Muzamil Ali Bokhari Study in Makassar, Indonesia Manets Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert By Muhammad Mimsyad By Mr. Thein Tun Aung Supervisor: Prof. Kazi Mohiuddin Ahmed Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Research Study: Performance Analysis of Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Research Study: Performance Comparison Research Study: Performance Study of Algorithms in Ethernet Passive Optical of AODV Routing Protocol in Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Based on Networks Under Different Traffic Homogeneous and Heterogeneous GEPON Systems at CAT Telecom in Statistics Manets Thailand By Unchalee Sangkamanee By Miss May Myint Htwe By Surachai Amorncheewasinlapakul Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert
Cross-Layer Design for Video Transmission in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
In this research project, we apply optimization and network coding techniques to the problem of efficient video transmission over wireless multi-hop networks. In particular, we construct a framework for reliability aware layered multi-cast of multimedia information. The framework can provide a theoretical benchmark for the amount of information rates that can be supported with QoS guarantees in terms of the probabilities of successful packet transmissions. We also develop a computer program to simulate the effects of packet losses on the video transmission quality. The developed program can display the reconstructed video images with various levels of packet losses (as shown in the figure) as well as compute the associated peak signal- to-noise ratios.
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Full-time Faculty KAZUSHI SANO, D.Eng., M.Eng., 4.11.1 Introduction B.Eng., University of Tokyo, Japan HYUNMYUNG KIM, PhD, University Visiting Associate Professor Industrialization and population growth of California, Irvine, USA; MSc, BEng, (Transportation Planning, Traffic have tremendous impacts in the Seoul National University, Korea. Engineering, and Logistics) movement of people and goods. Assistant Professor Everyday, movement is hampered by [Transportation demand SHINYA HANAOKA, Dr.Info.Sc., congestion, insufficiency of public modeling, transportation M.Info .Sc., B.Eng., Tohoku transport facilities, traffic accidents, and network analysis, dynamic University, Japan. other conditions. Moreover, as traffic simulation, activity-based Visiting Associate Professor manufacturing expands globally, travel analysis, dynamic OD [Transport planning and businesses want to reduce estimation problem, public logistics; air transport, which transportation costs by limiting the transportation planning, includes evaluation of the air number of distribution nodes. Concerns sustainable transportation traffic distribution policies in over congestion on highways, increasing planning problem] multiple-airport region and the pollution and hazardous materials all activity of low-cost carriers in emphasize the need to effectively KUNNAWEE KANITPONG, Ph.D., Asia; transport logistics, which maximize transportation systems. Thus, University of Wisconsin- Madison; includes city logistics, intermodal the issue of transportation is obviously M.Sc., University of Maryland at logistics, maritime transport, air crucial, not only now but in the future. College Park, USA; B.S., cargo and so on; Public Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. transport market and the The Transportation Engineering field Assistant Professor [Highway environmental impact of exposes students to the process of pavements with emphasis on transport, such as air pollution alleviating transportation problems. The several major aspects including: and noise ] coursework and research in the area highway materials and provide advanced knowledge in construction, pavement design TAKASHI NAKATSUJI, D. Eng., M. transportation planning and economics, and analysis, pavement Eng., B. Eng., Hokkaido University, traffic engineering and safety, and the management system, asphalt Japan. design of highways/pavements and other rheology, and asphalt concrete Visiting Professor (Traffic transportation facilities. Transportation mixture design] Engineering, Traffic Flow Engineering students acquire advanced Simulation, Winter skills concerning the planning, design, THIRAYOOT LIMANOND, Ph.D., Maintenance, Traffic Accident operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, University of California, Davis, USA; Reconstruction) performance, and evaluation of M.S., Arizona State University, USA; transportation systems, including their B. Eng., Chulalongkorn University, Adjunct Faculty economic and public policy aspects. The Thailand field imbibes in each student the Assistant Professor (Sustainable PIYAPONG JIWATTANAKULPAISARN, development of analytic, problem- transport, travel demand, Ph.D., Imperial College London, solving, design, and management skills transportation planning, traffic United Kindom; M.Eng., Asian suitable for public and private sector engineering, transport energy Institute of Technology, Thailand; B. professional work. planning, intelligent Eng., Chulalongkorn University, transportation system) Thailand. (Wider Economic Impacts of 4.11.2 Faculty and Research Visiting Faculty Transport Infrastructure, Staff Highway Development and Land HIRONORI KATO, D.Eng., M.Eng., Use, Financing Transport Emeritus Professor B.Eng., University of Tokyo, Japan Infrastructure, Econometric Visiting Associate Professor Modeling for Policy Analysis, JOHN HUGH JONES, B.S., B.Eng., (Transportation planning and Statistical and Quantitative University of California, USA policy; travel behavioral Methods for Transportation (Highway Engineering, analysis; transportation project Analysis, Fuel Demand Transportation Engineering) evaluation) Modeling, Accident Risk Behaviours of Road Users, Annual Report on Research 2010| 75
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Traffic Safety Engineering and Road Safety Engineering Training in Evaluation of Road Safety Bangkok for HDC Dong Nai team 4.11.5 Publications Interventions) Duration: 13 Nov 09 -30 May 10 Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Sponsor: Handicap International Vietnam International Journal Articles with Research Staff Total Contracted Amount (THB): 280,335 Impact factor
PREDA JATURABONG, M.Eng. 4.11.4 On-going Grants and Boontaveeyuwat P., Shinya Hanaoka. (Transportation Engineering), Asian Analysing the optimal location of a Institute of Technology; B.Eng. (Civil Sponsored Research hub port in Southeast Asia. Engineering), Kasetsart University, International Journal of Logistics Bangkok, Thailand. Accident in Depth Study Training and Systems and Management, 4(6) 0-0, Research Associate workshop 2010. Duration: 22 Jun 10 - 30 Apr 11
SATTRAWUT PONBOON, M. Eng. Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Sponsor: Siam Cement Group (SCG) Choi K., Jayakrishnan R., Hyunmyung (Transportation Engineering), Asian Total Contracted Amount (THB): 96,300 Kim, Yang Yi, Lee J.. Dynamic origin- Institute of Technology, Thailand; destination estimation using B.Eng. (Transportation Engineering), An Agent based Dynamic simulation dynamic traffic simulation model in Suranaree University of Tech., Model for Tour Area evaluation an urban arterial corridor. Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 30 May 11 Transportation Research Record, Project Investigator(s): Hyunmyung Kim Research Associate 2133() 0-0, 2010. Sponsor: RTG Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 SUMETHEE SONTIKUL, M. Eng. Kanitpong, K., Charoentham, N., and (Transportation Engineering), Asian Analysis of Accident Cost in Thailand by Likitlersuang, S., “Investigation of Institute of Technology; B. Eng. (Civil Willingness to Pay Method Moisture Damage in Warm-Mix Engineering), King Mongkut’s Duration: 13 Jan 10 - 30 Apr 11 Asphalt Using Dynamic Creep Test,” Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Submitted to the International Sponsor: Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Bangkok, Thailand. Journal of Pavement Engineering, Research Associate Foundation Total Contracted Amount (THB): 150,000 2010. (Accepted for publication) (SCI Journal) SUPATTRA SAMRANJIT, M.A. Improving Road Traffic safety in (Library and Information Science), Thailand:A common challenge for Kanitpong, K. and Pummarin, K., Ramkhamhaeng University; B.A. european and Thai Universities “Investigation of Using Industrial (Communication Arts) Bangkok Duration: 24 Dec 08 - 30 Apr 11 Wastes in Moisture Damage University, Bangkok, Thailand. Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Resistance of Hot Mix Asphalt Research Associate Sponsor: Commision of the European Communities Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,317,938 Pavement,” Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 4.11.3 Grants and Sponsored Knowledge Dissemination to Improve Vol.36, No.2, May 2010, pp.81-90. Research Completed Road Safety for Rural Community (SCOPUS citation:0) Duration: 01 Sep 08 - 30 Jun 11 in 2010 Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Phuntsho, S. and Kanitpong, K., Sponsor: Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. “Vehicle Emission Control Strategies Dual Degree Master Program in Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,605,000 and Public Opinion in Bhutan,” Transportation Engineering in Indonesia Road Safety Knowledge Development Transportation Research Record, Batch II and Dissemination Journal of the Transportation Duration: 01 Feb 09 -31 Dec 10 Research Board, 2010. (in press) (SCI Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Duration: 01 Jun 08 - 30 Jun 11 Sponsor: Multi donors Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Journal) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,880,000 Sponsor: Department of Highways, Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 7,756,000 Shinya Hanaoka, Phoosanabhongs E.. Promoting Cool Pavements to Mitigate Estimation of the occurrence of the Urban Heat Island effect in Bangkok Road Safety Watch Central Region short-shipping of air cargo. Journal of Duration: 01 Apr 10 - 30 Jun 11 Duration: 15 Oct 08 -30 Sep 10 Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Air Transport Management, 6(16) 0- Project Investigator(s): Kunnawee Kanitpong Sponsor: Thai Roads Foundation 0, 2010. Sponsor: RTG Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,826,600 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 980,000
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Shinya Hanaoka, Qadir F.M.. Central Java Province National Highways, Research Study: Laboratory Investigation Passengers' perceptions and effects Indonesia of Skid Resistance for Steel Slag of bus-holding strategy using By Natalia Rahmawati Aruan Utilization as Chip Seal automatic vehicle location Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong/Ir. Djoko By Laely Fitria Hidayatiningrum Murwono (UGM) technology. Journal of Advanced Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong
Transportation, 3(43) 0-0, 2010. Evaluation of Walking Path Along Silom Research Study: Laboratory Performance Road of Asphalt Pavement Surface Using Steel 4.11.6 Doctoral Students’ By Siwatat Sri-on Slag and Natural Aggregate Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong / Dr. By Kokoh Maha Sembada Hyunmyung Kim Dissertation Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong/Dr. Latif Budi Supama (UGM) Experimental Investigation of Skid Evaluating the Accessibility of Bangkok Resistance and Surface Texture on Public Transport Networks Research Study: Road Cross Section Asphalt Pavements in Thailand By Than Htike Oo Regulation Study Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong / Dr. By Chanida Kangkhajitre By I Putu Gede Sudarma Hyunmyung Kim Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong
Measurement of Visibility Loss Index Due The Development of Land-Use and Research Study: Sensitivity Analysis in to Splash and Spray on Thailand Transportation Integrated Model for Flexible Pavement Performance Using Highways Urban Sustainability Evaluation Mechanistic Empirical Model (Case Study: By Ajay Khatri Chettri By Pichaya Rungruangvirojn Cirebon-Losari Road Segment, West Java) Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong / Dr. Hyunmyung Kim By Edovita Samad Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong/Dr. Wardhani Sartono (UGM) 4.11.7 Masters Students’
Research Study: Albedo and Temperature Theses and Research Research Study: Sensitivity Analysis on Measurements of Selected Pavement Studies Concrete Pavement Performance Using Surfaces Finite Element Approach By Muhammad Ihsan By Yonatan Hendrik Parjoko A Dynamic Traffic Simulation for Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong Emergency Situations in Urban Road
Network Research Study: Cold Mix Recycling with
By Jakarin Phiriyajitta Foamed Bitumen Mix Design for Binder Supervisor: Dr. Hyunmyung Kim Course (Laboratory Study) By Yuanita Kiki Sani Analysis of Accident Costs Using the Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong/Dr. Latif Budi Willingness-To-Pay Method Among Supama (UGM) Motorcycle Users in Bangkok and Surrounding Areas Research Study: Cross Section Condition By Preeda Chaturabong in Urban Areas: The Case of Arterial and Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong Collector Roads in Yogyakarte, Indonesia By I Putu Gede Sudarma A Study of Awareness in Urban Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong
Transportation Sustainability By Hnin Yu Aung Research Study: Effect of Aging on AC-WC Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong / Dr. Hot Mix Asphalt Utilizing Bituminous Road safety watch project: involves Hyunmyung Kim Waste Material developing a road users risk behaviours By Indra Rismawansyah assessement system and monitor a road Calibration of Traffic Noise Prediction Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong safety situation in Thailand Model in Thailand Research Study: Implementation of By Wang-a-pisit Ornkamon Indonesian Integrated Road Supervisor: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong Management for Pavement Maintenance
(Case Study of Pantura Road) Correlation Analysis Between By Devi Utari Hidayah Siregar International Roughness Index and Supervisors: Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong/Ir. Djoko Pavement Distresses: A Case Study of Murwono (UGM)
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4.12: SET – WATER ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY
and drainage system management, alternatives for the effective 4.12.1 Introduction cropping systems, erosion and water management of rivers and waterways. quality problems, soil conservation and Research in the area of Extreme Events Today’s major challenges for water land-use, and watershed management. and Risk Management includes river flow engineers and managers include securing The management and design of sound analysis, and flood control and water for people and for food engineering works for the control and mitigation, flood modeling and production, protecting vital ecosystems, effective use of coastal zones require in- forecasting, flood plain development and and dealing with climate variability and depth knowledge of hydrodynamics and management. change and uncertainty of water in space the understanding of coastal zone and time. The Water Engineering and phenomena. Coursework and research in 4.12.2 Faculty and Research Coastal Water cover studies of wave Management (WEM) imparts education Staff and training towards an understanding of characteristics and their action on beaches, coastal sedimentation, the complexity of water cycle, utilization, Emeritus Professor and management. It offers a balanced estuarine hydraulics and the applied curriculum covering both engineering aspects of coastal zone engineering and management. ASHIM DAS GUPTA, BEng, Gauhati and management aspects of water Univ, India; MEng, DEng, AIT, resources. Students acquire knowledge Urban Water courses relate to water Thailand. and hands-on practice in tools and Visiting Professor (Integrated techniques to come up with viable and supply and sanitation, storm water, and domestic wastewater and urban drainage Water Resources Management; sustainable water management for Groundwater Development and water, food, energy, and environmental for sustainable management of urban management; Modeling and security. Students conduct research on areas. The research in relation to urban monitoring) country-specific water related problems, water focuses on application of state-of- the-art theory in water demand and have opportunities to join research Full-time Faculty and internship programs with industries forecasting and management, design and management of water distribution and partners. MUKAND S BABEL, BEng, Rajasthan systems in urban and rural areas, real- time hydrological information systems Agr Univ, India; MEng, DEng, AIT. The WEM field of study covers five focal Associate Professor [Hydrologic areas: Agricultural Water, Coastal Water, for urban flooding and drainage. Given and water resources modeling Urban Water, Water Resources, and the ever-growing importance of water quality, an integrated water quantity- as applied to integrated water Extreme Events and Risk Management. resources management; The courses are designed in such a way quality approach is essential. Courses in Water Resources focus on techniques to watershed modeling and that students can specialize according to management; water resources their interests. Courses on Watershed assess the occurrence and availability of surface and groundwater. Students allocation and management; Hydrology, Hydrodynamics, Water water resources and socio- Resources Systems, and Concepts in acquire a sound understanding of basic economic development; water Water Modeling provide the solid principles in river engineering and modeling, water resources planning, supply system and foundation to the advanced courses. The management; climate change curriculum emphasizes tools and conjunctive use of surface and groundwater; integrated water resources impact and adaptation; techniques in water resources planning groundwater resources and management. management and social and environmental impact assessment of management; and drought analysis, forecasting and Agricultural Water courses impart water resources projects. In-depth management] knowledge and skills necessary for the knowledge and hands-on practice on development and management of water mathematical modeling of water ROBERTO CLEMENTE, BSAE, Univ of resources for agriculture. They address resources systems is provided. Flooding is a natural phenomenon and various the Philippines at Los Baños; MEng, various multi-disciplinary issues in the AIT, Thailand; PhD, McGill Univ, planning, design, implementation, human activities as well as climatic changes have aggravated the problem Canada. operation and maintenance of irrigation Associate Professor [Focal areas and drainage projects and land and water causing economic losses. Students are related to irrigation/ drainage, conservation programs. Current exposed to an understanding of the and land and water resource researches in the area include irrigation behavior of rivers, and to design appropriate structural and non-structural assessment and management; Annual Report on Research 2010| 79
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Studies on the impacts of SYLVAIN PERRET, MS and PhD, system at Sukhumvit , Bangkok , fertigation on water quality, University of Montpellier II, France; Thailand providing useful modeling surface/subsurface DSc, Ecole Polytechnique de information in daily life during transport of water and solutes, Lorraine, Nancy, France. rainy season are disseminated in performance evaluation of Visiting Associate Professor http://www.wap.ait.ac.th; irrigation and drainage systems, [Water economics and Improvement of hydraulic design and assessment of soil erosion governance, with special interest using physical hydraulic model hazard and soil quality dynamics onto valuation approaches of test in hydropower; hydropower in agricultural watersheds; Joint rural and environmental water development projects in Lao and research on water harvesting uses, irrigation systems’ Myanmar and improvement in and management and soil performances and evaluation, design of intake, diversion hydraulic characterization in environmental assessment of tunnel, riparian outlet, energy sloping agricultural lands; Future production systems, governance dissipater, spillway and head research focuses on evaluation in irrigation systems, integrated pond] and optimization of soil, water, water resource management chemical and crop management and governance at the river 4.12.3 Grants and Sponsored schemes to enhance agricultural basin level, social participation productivity without in the water sector] Research Completed jeopardizing environmental in 2010 quality] DAMIEN JOURDAIN, BEng, MSc, Ecole Nationale Superieure 3rd Batch of E-learning Program on SANGAM SHRESTHA, MSc., Institute Agronomique Montpellier, France; Integrated Water Resources of Agriculture and Animal Science, PhD, University of Montpellier I, Management Tribhuvan University, Nepal; MSc., France Duration: 01 Mar 08 -31 Dec 10 Asian Institute of Technology, Visiting Assistant Professor Project Investigator(s): Mukand S. Babel Thailand; PhD., University of [Agricultural & Natural Sponsor: UNU-INWEH and participants Total Contracted Amount (THB): 936,000 Yamanashi, Japan. Resources Economics / Farm Assistant Professor [Climate Modeling / Water and A Study of Exploration Drilling in Change and Adaptation, Watershed Management / Concession Block B6/27 Gulf of Thailand Integrated Water Resources Payment for Environmental Duration: 01 Apr 09 -31 May 10 Management, Hydrology and Services] Project Investigator(s): Sutat Weesakul Water Quality Modeling, Sponsor: ERM-Siam Company Limited Groundwater Development and BANERJEE GOUTAM, BE (Civil) Bangal Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,200,000
Management, Sustainable Engg. College; M.Tech (Env. Engg.) Asian Infrastructure Research Center Water Management Policy] and PhD (Civil Engg) IIT. Kharagpur, (AIRC) Phase I India Duration: 01 Jan 07 -31 Dec 10 Visiting Faculty Visting Professor [Water & Project Investigator(s): Mukand S. Babel, Noppadol Wastewater Treatment, Phienwej, Kyung-Ho Park, BHW Hadikusumo, ASHIM DAS GUPTA, BEng, Gauhati Industrial Waste Treatment, Kunnawee Kanitpong Univ, India; MEng, DEng, AIT, Solid & Hazardous Waste Sponsor: Konkuk University, South Korea Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,472,153 Thailand. Management, Environmental Visiting Professor (Integrated Impact Assessment, Case Study on Urban Water, Water Resources Management; Environment Monitoring] Wastewater and Storm Water Groundwater Development and Management in Bangkok management; Modeling and Affiliated Faculty Duration: 01 Jun 09 -31 May 10 monitoring) Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel SUTAT WEESAKUL, DEng, MEng, Sponsor: IWP,NUS,Singapore TAWATCHAI TINGSANCHALI, BEng, Asian Institute of Technology; BEng, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 330,000
Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MEng, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Development of Operational Flood DEng, AIT, Thailand. [Numerical computation in sea forecasting System (Phase II) Visiting Professor [Flood Control and coastal area including flood Duration: 01 Sep 09 -31 Aug 10 Engineering and Management; propagation using developed Project Investigator(s): Sutat Weesakul Flood Forecasting, Warning and computer programs; Application Sponsor: National Electronics and Computer Flood Disaster Management; in solving urban drainage Technology Center, Thailand River Engineering and problem using both engineering Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,104,600
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EWRI -AIT An International Perspective Optimization of water allocation on environmental and Water Resources 4.12.4 On-going Grants and between off stream and in stream Conference 2009 (UNESCO) competing demands Duration: 01 Dec 08 -30 Dec 10 Sponsored Research Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 30 Aug 11 Project Investigator(s): Mukand Babel Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel Sponsor: UNESCO 4th Batch of E- Learning Program on Sponsor: UNESCO-IHE Delft Netherlands Total Contracted Amount (THB): 735,200 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,430,680 Integrated Water Resources
Management Investigation of flow dynamics in Physical Hydraulic Model study of Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 31 Dec 11 Mhahchai Sanamchai canal network by Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power project physical and Mathematical models Sponsor: UNU-INWEH and participants Lao PDR Duration: 01 Nov 08 -31 Oct 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 878,000 Duration: 01 May 09 - 31 Jan 11 Project Investigator(s): Sutat Weesakul Project Investigator(s): Sutat Weesakul Sponsor: RTG Assistance in developing a Trainers Sponsor: Ch. Karnchang Public co.Ltd Total Contracted Amount (THB): 930,000 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 7,450,000 Manual on Integrated Watershed
Management on the basis of the MRC- PhD Short Course cum Workshop on Post Doctoral Research Programme on GTZ Watershed Management Projects “Advances in Agricultural Water Adaptation to Climate change (PRoACC) experiences and materials Productivity assessment and in River Basin Development Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 30 Jun 11 Duration: 01 Apr 10 - 30 Mar 12 improvement in irrigation schemes” Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel Duration: 01 Sep 09 -31 Aug 10 Sponsor: RECOFTC Thailand Sponsor: UNESCO-IHE Delft Netherlands Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel Total Contracted Amount (THB): 418,500 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,933,800 Sponsor: FIVA,DWF,University of Copenhagen Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,440,000 Climate Change and Adaptation to water Post Doctoral Research Programme on Scarcity: Strategies for integrated water Physical Model for Monkey Cheeks in Adaptation to Climate change (PRoACC) and land use management to enhance the Mahachai-Sanamchai Canals Project: in Water Resources Management and the resilience of rural communities in The King of Thailand's Initiative Governance Duration: 01 Jul 08 -30 Nov 10 the Gangetic Basin Duration: 01 Apr 10 - 30 Mar 12 Project Investigator(s): Sutat Weesakul Duration: Feb 2010- Jan 2012 Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel Sponsor: Hydro and Agro Informatic Institute (HAII) Project Investigation: Dr. Sangam Shrestha Sponsor: UNESCO-IHE Delft Netherlands Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,164,182 Sponsor: Institute for Global Environmental Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,504,800 Strategies (IGES) Total Contraced Amount (THB): 500,000 Regional Refresher Seminar on Disaster Support to Capacity Building at the Management of Urban Water systems Climate change Impacts on Seasonally Water Resources University, Hanoi, under Climate Change and Intermittently Open Tidal Inlets Vietnam Duration: 01 Oct 09 -31 Dec 10 Duration: 01 Sep 01 -31 May 13 Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Dec 13 Project Investigator(s): Mukand Babel Project Investigator(s): Mukand S. Babel, Ashim Das Project Investigator(s): Sutat Weesakul Sponsor: UNESCO-IHE Gupta Sponsor: UNESCO-IHE Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,372,800 Sponsor: Danish International Development Total Contracted Amount (THB): 953,540 Assistance (Danida)
Study on Coastal and Oceanography Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,801,000 Establishment of Overseas Collaboration condition for construction of Nuclear center at AIT Training Course on Irrigation Systems Power Plant: A case Study of Thachana Duration: 01 Jun 10 - 30 May 11 and Hydraulic Structures for Participants Duration: 01 Dec 09 -31 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Sangam Shrestha Project Investigator(s): Sutat Weesakul Sponsor: ICRE University of Yamanashi Japan from Afghanistan Sponsor: ATT Consultants Company Ltd Total Contracted Amount (THB): 701,592 Duration: 01 Nov 10 - 31 Oct 11 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 858,996 Project Investigator(s): Mukand S Babel Sponsor: DAI,ACDI/VOCA, USA Estimation of water foot print and UNEP-IIDED Project on Rice Ecosystem Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,039,820 virtual water flow related to agricultural Services products in Nepal Duration: 07 Jun 10 -31 Aug 10 Training Course on IWRM Practices Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Aug 11 Project Investigator(s): Sylvain Perret Duration: 01 Oct 08 -30 Sep 11 Project Investigator(s): Sangam Shrestha Sponsor: International Rice Research Institute IRRI Project Investigator(s): Mukand Babel (71%), Robert Sponsor: Center for Research for Environment Total Contracted Amount (THB): 160,000 Clemente (29%) Energy and Water (CREEW) Nepal Sponsor: DWI, BAPPENAS (State Ministry of Total Contracted Amount (THB): 142,000 National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency), Indonesia Life Cycle Assessment of export Rice and Total Contracted Amount (THB): 6,232,347 Cotton in South-South East Asia Duration: 07 Jan 10 - 30 Jun 12 Project Investigator(s): Sylvain Perret Sponsor: SDCC AIT France Network Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,440,000
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4.12.5 Publications Donjadee S., Roberto S. Clemente, Mark, O., J. O. Lacoursiere, L. B-M. Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Chinnarasri Vought, Amena, Z., and M. S. Babel International Journal Articles with C.. Effects of vertical hedge interval (2010). Application of Impact factor of vetiver grass on erosion on steep Hydroinformatics Tools for Water agricultural lands. Land Degradation Quality Modeling and Management: Ashim Das Gupta, Mukand S. Babel, and Development, 3(21) 0-0, 2010. Case Study of Vientiane, Lao P.D.R., Ashrafi S.. Effect of soil texture on Journal of Hydroinformatics, 12(2), the emission characteristics of Edossa D.C., Mukand S. Babel, Ashim 161-171. porous clay pipe for subsurface Das Gupta. Drought analysis in the irrigation. Irrigation Science, 3(27) 0- Awash River Basin, Ethiopia. Water Mukand S. Babel, Buchel B., Tucci 0, 2010. Resources Management, 7(24) 0-0, C.L.. The performance impact of 2010. intra-firm organizational design on Babel, M. S., Rivas, A. A. and S. an alliance's NPD projects. Research Kallidaikurichi (2010). Municipal Ghimire Y.N., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Policy, 8(38) 0-0, 2010. Water Supply Management in Sylvain Roger Perret. Household- Bangkok: Achievements and Lessons, level vulnerability to drought in hill Mukand S. Babel, Islam Md.S., Ashim International Journal of Water agriculture of Nepal: Implications for Das Gupta. Leakage management in Resources Development, 26(2), 193- adaptation planning. International a low-pressure water distribution 217. Journal of Sustainable Development network of Bangkok. Water Science and World Ecology, 3(17) 0-0, 2010. and Technology: Water Supply, 2(9) Bandaragoda, D. J. and M. S. Babel 0-0, 2010. (2010). Institutional Development Hung N.Q., Mukand S. Babel, Sutat for IWRM: An International Weesakul, Nitin K. Tripathi. An Mukand S. Babel, Jensen J.R.. Perspective, International Journal of artificial neural network model for Regional workshop on water saving River Basin Management, 8(3&4), rainfall forecasting in Bangkok, irrigation practices in rice-based 215-224. Thailand. Hydrology and Earth canal systems, Bangkok, Thailand, 8- System Sciences, 8(13) 0-0, 2010. 9 october 2009. International Journal Chapagain S.K., Pandey V.P., Sangam of Water Resources Development, Shrestha, Nakamura T., Kazama F.. Keokhumcheng, Y., Tingsanchali, T., 3(26) 0-0, 2010. Assessment of deep groundwater and Clemente, R. 2010. Flood risk quality in kathmandu valley using assessment in the eastern region of Mukand S. Babel, Rivas A.A., multivariate statistical techniques. Bangkok floodplain, Central Kallidaikurichi S.. Municipal water Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 1- Thailand. Paper submitted and under supply management in Bangkok: 4(210) 0-0, 2010. review in the Water International Achievements and lessons. Journal. International Journal of Water Dang, N. M., Babel, M. S. and H. T. Resources Development, 2(26) 0-0, Luong (2010). Evaluation of Flood Khan N.M., Tawatchai Tingsanchali. 2010. Risk Parameters in the Day River Optimization and simulation of Flood Diversion Area, Red River reservoir operation with sediment Mukand S. Babel, Sae-Tang J., Delta, Vietnam, Natural Hazards. evacuation: A case study of the Pecharaply A.. Anaerobic co- DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9558-x. Tarbela Dam, Pakistan. Hydrological digestion of sewage and brewery Processes, 5(23) 0-0, 2010. sludge for biogas production and Del Mundo Dacera D., Mukand S. land application. International Babel, Preeda Parkpian. Potential for Khattak, M. S., Babel, M. S. and M. Journal of Environmental Science land application of contaminated Sharif (2010). Hydro-meteorological and Technology, 1(6) 0-0, 2010. sewage sludge treated with Trends in Upper Indus River Basin in fermented liquid from pineapple Pakistan, Climate Research, doi Mullick, M. R. A., Babel, M. S. and S. wastes. Journal of Hazardous :10.3354/cr 00957. R. Perret (2010). Discharge-based Materials, 1-3(167) 0-0, 2010. Economic Valuation of Irrigation Manandhar S., Dietrich Schmidt- Water: Evidence from the Teesta Desalegn, Ch. E., Babel, M. S., and Vogt, Sylvain Roger Perret, Kazama River, Bangladesh. Irrigation and A. Das Gupta (2010). Drought F.. Adapting cropping systems to Drainage. DOI: 10.1002/ird.597. Analysis in the Awash River Basin, climate change in Nepal: a cross- Ethiopia, Water Resources regional study of farmers' perception Pandey V.P., Mukand S. Babel, Management, 24 (7), 1441-1460. and practices. Regional Kazama F.. Analysis of a Nepalese Environmental Change, () 0-0, 2010. water resources system: Stress, adaptive capacity and vulnerability. 82 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Water Science and Technology: S.K. Chapagain, V.P. Pandey, S. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.07.003 , Water Supply, 2(9) 0-0, 2010. Shrestha, T. Nakmura, and F. Manuscrtipt No .ECOLIND-939R2) Kazama. (2010). Assessment of deep Pandey, V. P., Babel, M. S., Shrestha, groundwater quality in Kathmandu V.P. Pandey, S. Shrestha and F. S. and F. Kazama (2010). Valley using multivariate statistical Kazama (2010) Estimation of Vulnerability of Freshwater techniques. Water, Air, & Soil Groundwater Storage Potential in Resources in Large and Medium Pollution, 210 (1-4):277-288. Kathmandu Valley Aquifers Using GIS Nepalese River Basins to Technique. In: 5th IWA Young Water Environmental Change. Water Sharma, D., Babel, M. S., and V. K. Professionals Conference Science and Technology, 61(6), 1525- Srivastava (2010). An Approach to (YWPC2010), 5-7 July, The University 1534. Efficient Rainwater Management for of New South Wales, Sydney, Agriculture in Arid Region of Australia. Pandey, V. P., Babel, M. S., Shrestha, Rajasthan, India, International S., and F. Kazama (2010). A Journal of Water Resources and Vongvisessomjai, N., Tingsanchali, T. Framework to Assess Adaptive Environmental Management, 1(1), and M. S. Babel (2010). Non- Capacity of Water Resources System 39-52. deposition Design Criteria for in Nepalese River Basins, Ecological Sewers with Part-full Flow, Urban Indicators. Singhrattna N., Mukand S. Babel, Water Journal, 7(1), 61–77. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.07.003 Sylvain Roger Perret. Hydroclimate variability and its statistical links to Wang G., Yu J., Sangam Shrestha, Pensuk, A., Shrestha, R., and the large-scale climate indices for Ishidaira H., Takeuchi K.. Application Clemente, R. Effect of Land Use the Upper Chao Phraya River Basin, of a distributed erosion model for Change on Land Quality and Water Thailand. Hydrology and Earth the assessment of spatial erosion Resources in Phattalung Watershed, System Sciences Discussions, 5(6) 0- patterns in the Lushi catchment, Thailand. 2010. IJERD – International 0, 2010. China. Environmental Earth Sciences, Journal of Environment and Rural 4(61) 0-0, 2010. Development March 2010 pp 158- Sutat Weesakul, Rasmeemasmuang 163. T., Tasaduak S., Thaicharoen C.. Wongsupap C., Sutat Weesakul, Numerical modeling of crenulate bay Clemente R., Ashim Das Gupta. River Pinthong P., Ashim Das Gupta, shapes. Coastal Engineering, 2(57) 0- basin water quality assessment and Mukand S. Babel, Sutat Weesakul. 0, 2010. management: Case study of Tha Chin Improved reservoir operation using River Basin, Thailand. Water hybrid genetic algorithm and Thongsaga, K., Ranamukhaarachchi, International, 3(34) 0-0, 2010. neurofuzzy computing. Water S.L., Jampatong, S., Samarakoon, L., Resources Management, 4(23) 0-0, Noomthorm, A., Clemente, R. and Y. Kataoka, Y and S. Shrestha (2010). 2010. Hannaway, D. 2010. Comparison of Promoting Wise Use of Water: crop simulation and field Application of Economic Pongsai, S., Schmidt-Vogt , D., performance of maize under 20-day Instruments. In: Sustainable Shrestha, R., Clemente, R., and dry period during selected critical Consumption and Production in the Aphisit, E. 2010. Calibration and growth periods in Nakhon Asia-Pacific Region: Effective validation of MUSLE for estimating Ratchasima Province, Thailand. Responses in a Resource Constrained sediment yield on sloping plots: A Recent Research in Science and World, Vol III, 2010. p149-170. case study in Khun Satan catchment Technology Journal.2010, 2(5):17-31 Publisher: IGES (Hayama, Japan) of Northern Thailand. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 90:585-596. Tiewtoy, S., Clemente, R. S., Perret, Refereed Books / Chapters S. R., Babel, M. S. and S. Weesakul S. Shrestha, Y. Kataoka, and T. (2010). Irrigation Sustainability Babel, M. S., Islam M. S. and A. A. Kuyama (2010). No-Regret Assessment of Selected Projects in Rivas (2010). Application of Adaptation Strategies to Cope with Tha Chin Basin, Thailand, Irrigation Hydraulic Modelling for Leakage Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Drainage. DO10.1002/ird.583. Management in the Bangkok Water on Groundwater Resources of Asian Supply System - A Case Study, In Cities. In: Sustainability in Food and V.P. Pandey, M. S. Babel., S. Price, R.K. and Z. Vojinovic (2010). Water: An Asian Perspective (K. Shrestha and F. Kazama (2010). A Urban Hydroinformatics: Data, Fukushi, K.M. Hassan, R. Honda and framework to assess adaptive Models and Decision Support for A. Sumi eds.), Springer, New York. capacity of water resources system Integrated Urban Water ISBN: 978-90-481-9913-6 in Nepalese river basins, Ecological Management, IWA Publishing, Indicators (Available online, DOI: December, 2010. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 83
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Conference Proceedings Environmental Management and Analysis of Water Quality under Climate Engineering (EME 2010) in Banff, Change Scenarios for Saigon River Babel, M. S., Agarwal, A. and S. Alberta, Canada. July 15-17 2010 System, Vietnam Herath (2010). Impact of Climate By Tran Nguyen Thien An Supervisor: Dr. Mukand S. Babel Change on Rained Rice Yield in 4.12.6 Doctoral Students’ Northeast Thailand, In Herath, S., Yi, W., and Luohui, L (eds.) Proceedings Dissertation An Investigation of Water Supply Services of “Meeting Climate Change in Kashgar City, Xinjiang, The People's Challenges in Transboundary An Integrated Approach to Irrigation Republic of China System Assessment and By Abudujiapaer Yusufu Basins: Role of Sciences”, UNU-ISP, Supervisors: Dr. Mukand S. Babel / Dr. Sutat CECAR series 4, 239-249. Management of Selected Projects in Weesakul Tha Chin Basin, Thailand Babel, M. S., Das Gupta, A., Nguyen, By Sanidda Tiewtoy Application of Aquacrop for Simulating Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente D. C. and S. Herath (2010). Crop Yield Response to Water in Puok Operation of Hydropower System in Development and Application of Self- District, Siem Reap, Cambodia By Chek Chenda La Nga River Basin, Vietnam with Cleansing Design Criteria for Environmental Flow Consideration, Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente Sediment Transport in Sewer In Herath, S., Yi, W., and Luohui, L Networks Application of Deficit Irrigation Concept (eds.) Proceedings of “Meeting By Natchapon Vongvisessomjai in Huai Theien Project, Kanchanaburi, Climate Change Challenges in Supervisor: Dr. Mukand Singh Babel Transboundary Basins: Role of Thailand By Ekapong Gatethong Sciences”, UNU-ISP, CECAR series 4, Integrated Water Resources Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente 193-201. Management Application of LCA and Virtual Water Dang, N. M and M. S. Babel (2010). Rainfall Forecasting and Real Time Approaches to Assess the Environmental Integrated Flood Risk Assessment Hydrologic Information System for Impacts of Rice Production for the Flood Diversion Area of the Bangkok, Thailand By Satesh Dhondu Rahatwal Red River, Vietnam. A presentation By Nguyen Quang Hung Supervisors: Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret / Dr. Mukand made at the GCOE-ARS Symposium Supervisors: Dr. Mukand S. Babel/Dr. Nitin S. Babel Kumar Tripathi and Workshop held at DPRI, Kyoto University, 12-14January 2010. Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise in Hai Phong Coastal Zon Vie Tnam: 4.12.7 Masters Students’ Mapping and Economic Valuation of Muangthong, S. and Clemente R. Theses and Research 2010. Preliminary assessment of Damages Studies By Vu Quoc Anh ecological health of Lower Supervisor: Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret Songkhran wetland, Thailand. Adaptation to Extreme Flooding Proceedings of the International Scenarios in Colombo under Climate Assessment of Domestic Water Conference on Wetland Ecosystem Change Conditions Consumption from a Socioeconomic Services: Biodiversity, Livelihoods By Malawara Arachchige Chamila Niroshinie Perspective in Kandahar, Afghanistan and Sustainability. Khon Kaen, Supervisor: Dr. Mukand S. Babel By Abdul Tawab Balakarzai Thailand. Nov. 17-21, 2010 Supervisors: Dr. Mukand S. Babel / Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret Analysis of the Effect of Mangrove
Shrestha, B., Babel, M. S., and S. R. (Rhizophora Apiculata) on Tsunami Force Assessment of Future Climate and its Perret (2010). Evaluating the impact Reduction Impact on Streamflow: A Case Study of of biofuel production on watershed By Panupong Tharaphoom Bagmati Basin, Nepal hydrology using SWAT. In: Supervisor: Dr. Sutat Weesakul By Shyam Prasad Bhusal Proceedings of 2010 International Supervisor: Dr. Mukand S. Babel Analysis of the Effects of Mangrove in SWAT Conference, 4-6 August 2010. Mitigating Tsunami Inundation: A Seoul, South Korea. Assessment of People's Vulnerability to Simulation Study at Ban Nam Khem, Existing Rural Water Supply System: The Thailand Toufiq, A., Clemente, R., Babel, M. Case of Argao Municipality, Philippines By Poonchai Nuntakomol S. and Donjadee, S. 2010. Evaluation By Ryan Bulaquia Laytani Supervisors: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente / Dr. Sutat Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente of Porous Pipe for Sustainable Weesakul Irrigation. Paper submitted/accepted for presentation at the IASTED International Conference on 84 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Asset Management of Water Impact of Biofuel Production on Tropical Simulation of Cyclone-Induced Flooding Infrastructure: Case Study of Swa Watershed Hydrology: A Case Study of in Myanmar Irrigation System in Myanmar Khlong Phlo Basin in Thailand By Moh Moh Khaing By Kyaw Swa Myint By Bikesh Shrestha Supervisor: Dr. Mukand S. Babel Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente Supervisors: Dr. Mukand S. Babel / Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret Simulation of Rainfed Rice Yields Under Climate Change Impact on Coastal Climate Change in Puok District, Siem Hydrology of Pak Phanang River Basin, Impact of Climate Change in Hydrology Reap Province, Cambodia Thailand and Water Resources in the Case of Kabul By Thoeung Puthearum By Donpapob Manee Basin Afghanistan Supervisor: Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret Supervisor: Dr. Mukand S. Babel By Ramin Mehri Supervisor: Dr. Mukand S. Babel Design Storm Pattern for Monsoon Research Study: An Investigation of Region Rainfall and Runoff Forecasting: A Case Drought and Wheat Production in Hari By Jirayu Kontoengern Study in the Tha Ta Pao River Basin, Rod River Basin, Afghanistan Supervisors: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente / Dr. Sutat Thailand By Mohammad Wasim Iqbal Weesakul By Rasu Suepsahakarn Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente Supervisor: Dr. Mukand S. Babel Evaluation of Porous Pipe Irrigation for Growing Corn Rainfall Forecasting for Bangkok Using By Ahmad Toufiq Weather Radar Images Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente By Weerawat Ittipanyakul Supervisors: Dr. Mukand S. Babel / Dr. Sutat Experimentation for the Improvement of Weesakul Sediment Flushing at Xayaburi Dam By Santti Panyasombat Supervisors: Dr. Mukand S. Babel / Dr. Sutat Weesakul
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communication infrastructure (e.g. PHAN MINH DUNG, Professor 4.13.1 Introduction networks, transmission technologies, VILAS WUWONGSE, Professor switching and routing). Research SUMANTA GUHA, Associate Information and Communications specializations are in adaptive Professor Technologies field is a newly established technologies; computer-supported VATCHARAPORN ESICHAIKUL, area of study in response to the needs collaboration; Home networking; ICT Associate Professor for the offering of a curriculum security; online communities; and voice MATTHEW N. DAILEY, Assistant selectively drawn from the curricula of over IP. Professor Telecommunications (TC), Computer PAUL JANECEK, Assistant Professor, Science, and Information Management The ICT area of study shares the research ICT Joint Coordinator (CSIM). With strong emphasis on facilities and laboratories of the communications aspects - rather than on Telecommunications field of study. From Remote Sensing and Geographic the aggregation of hardware, software, Information Systems Field of Study networks, equipment and related 4.13.3 Faculty and Research KIYOSHI HONDA, Associate industries - ICT recognizes the important Staff role of information services and Professor applications in the creation of a complete NITIN KUMAR TRIPATHI, Associate The ICT Field of Study draws from the ICT infrastructure. Professor faculty and research staff of the XIAOYONG CHEN, Associate Computer Science, Information Professor and ICT Joint 4.13.2 Research Facilities Management, Remote Sensing & Coordinator and Laboratories Geographic Information Systems, and Telecommunications Fields of Study. 4.13.4 Masters Students’ There is a rapidly growing and constantly evolving interest in ICT throughout the From ICT Area of Study Theses and Research academia and society. To support this, Studies the evolution and the benefits of ICT in MIKKO KOVALAINEN, Ph.D., M.Econ., University of Jyväskylä, our lives, the ICT field of study at AIT A Case Study of Designing a New E- Finland continues to research and develop of ICT. Learning Environment for the Royal The field of study covers a wide variety of Visiting Senior Researcher University of Bhutan research supported by the body of By Sonam Penjor faculty consisting of a multi-professional From Telecommunications Field of Supervisor: Dr. Mikko Petri Kovalainen team of international experts in Study telecommunication, computer science, Access Network Resource Allocation educational technology and related KAZI MOHIUDDIN AHMED, Professor Through Utility Maximization for a Delay- fields. R M A P RAJATHEVA, Associate Sensitive Traffic Professor, ICT-Joint Coordinator By Karin Ngamkajornvivat Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert The faculty has a strong academic TEERAPAT SANGUANKOTCHAKORN, Associate Professor background ranging from wireless and A Disaster Data Management System POOMPAT SAENGUDOMLERT, optical networks, through hardware and Using Linked Open Data Assistant Professor software, to web education and other e- By A.Thushari Priyangika Silva services. TAPIO ERKE, Visiting Associate Supervisor: Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Professor Research subjects include those on ICT A New Approach for QoS Provision Based applications (e-services such as e- From Computer Science and on Multi-Constrained Feasible Path learning, e-health, e-governance, rural Information Management Fields of Selection in Manet OLSR Protocol development, knowledge creation and Study By Padam Maharjan Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn knowledge dissemination); on the information technologies (e.g. operating KANCHANA KANCHANASUT, systems, programming languages, Professor information storage and retrieval); on the PETER HADDAWY, Professor
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Cognitive and Relay Netwroks: Power The Cross Layer Framework for Efficient Research Study: Performance Study of Allocation and Breamforming MPEG-4 Video Streaming Over IEEE Cascade Algorithm for Information By Karaputugala G.A.M. Thilina 802.11e EDCA Reconciliation in Quantum Key Supervisor: Dr. R.M.A.P. Rajatheva By Kumar Pudashine Distribution Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn By Gouri Rani Barai Developing an Organizational Process Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert Mining Plug Within a Framework Web Forum Mining Based on User By Sengly Leng Satisfaction Research Study: Protection Against Link Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha By Suresh Pokharel Failures in WDM Networks Using P- Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha Cycles: A Case Study of Lao Telecom Epidemic Dissemination of Event By Manoxay Detchanthachuck Information on Optimized Link State Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert Routing Protocol (OLSR) Research Study: Analysis of Real-Time By Wattanadej Jutacharoensuk Information Dissemination Using Hybrid Research Study: Routing and Wavelength Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Push-Pull Mode Assignment in Optical Networks with By Deepika Rai Sparse Wavelength Conversion Finding Best Expert for Tutoring in Haptic Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung By Thiengtham Keopasith Based Dental Simulator Supervisor: Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert By Poonam Shrestha Research Study: An ITIL -based Supervisor: Prof. Peter Haddawy Framework for Building and Managing a Research Study: Strategic Decision for Large-Scale CMDB Transition to 4G Networks Identifying Peer Researchers Through By Ngassa Fassa Tresor By Frederic Leduc Publication Analysis Supervisor: Dr. Paul Janecek Supervisor: Prof. Kazi Mohiuddin Ahmed By Surendra Sedhai Supervisor: Prof. Peter Haddawy Research Study: A Speech Act Based Research Study: The Role of Representation and Analysis of Social Microblogging in Emergency Integration of Delay Tolerant Network Network Protocols Management: A Case Study of Twitter Approach on Mobile Ad Hoc Network By Sweta Pandey By Albane Coeurquetin By Rujipol Virochpoka Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung Supervisor: Dr. Sumanta Guha Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Research Study: A Study of Comparative Research Study: Traffic Measurement Mashup Applications for End Users: A Performance Between 3G-LTE and and Analysis of Mobile Ngn Network: A Framework and User Acceptance Analysis Wimax Networks Case Study of ETL, Laos By Sirsha Bhattarai By Nguyen Minh Thu By Sangvan Chanthachone Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Supervisor: Prof. Kazi Mohiuddin Ahmed Supervisor: Dr. Tapio J. Erke
Service Level Agreement (SLA) and Research Study: Business Intelligence for Research Study: Web-Based Support Ontology for Online Contracting in Predicting Consumer Price Index System for Contract Dispute Resolution Electricity By Bastien Bonneton By Suwiphar Suwatthanaphiset By Aye Pwint Aung Supervisor: Dr. Vatcharaporn Esichaikul Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung Research Study: Monitoring Outsourced Social Network Service for a Mobile Ad IT Services: A Case of E-mail Service Hoc Network Outsourcing By Preechai Mekbungwan By Aye Sandy Myint Supervisor: Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut Supervisor: Prof. Phan Minh Dung
Spectrum Sharing in Overlay and Research Study: Performance Underlay Paradigms for Cognitive Comparison of AODV Routing Protocol in Communication Improvements Homogeneous and Heterogeneous By Kapuruhamy B.S. Manosha Manets Supervisor: Dr. R.M.A.P. Rajatheva By May Myint Htwe Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Technology Challenges for Context Aware
Multimedia Services Research Study: Performance By Suneth Namal Karunarathna Supervisor: Dr. R.M.A.P. Rajatheva Comparison of OLSR Routing Protocol in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Manets By Thein Tun Aung Supervisor: Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn
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4.14: SET – OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
study structure which allows L.F. BOSWELL, Doctor of Philosophy, 4.14.1 Introduction students to build their own area of University of Leeds; Doctor of specialization in addition to the Science, Technical University of Isai; Rationale areas formally offered in the Doctor of Science, Technical program, those areas being: University of Cluj Napoca
Offshore Structural Design and Oil and Gas resources in the Construction (OSDC), Oil and Gas POOVADOL SIRIRANGSI, Master of Southeast Asian region have been Management (OGM), and Business Administration, University explored for several decades, Geosystem Exploration and of Central Oklahoma the United especially following the global slump Petroleum GeoEngineering (GEPG, State; Doctor of Engineering, Asian in oil and gas production during the and offered in collaboration with the Institute of Technology, Bangkok, early 1970's. Since then, the region Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Thailand has become one of the most field of study). With the available productive oil and gas areas in the teaching expertise; library and PORNPONG ASAVADORNDEJA, world. However, the global demand laboratory facilities; multitude of Master of Engineering, Asian for skilled human resources of the courses from AIT’s different schools; Institute of Technology, Bangkok, upstream oil and gas industry greatly skilled and professional faculty Thailand; Doctor of Engineering, exceeds the supply and, therefore, members and staff; strong Asian Institute of Technology, regional companies are required to collaborations with overseas partner Bangkok, Thailand seek contract overseas worker to fill universities in Europe, Asia, Australia job vacancies; a situation that and North America; and strongly PRATEEP POKINWONG, Master of continues to exist after more than supported by oil and gas industries, Science, University of Southern three decades of E&P activity in the AIT’s OTM post-graduate program California, USA; Doctor of Philosophy region. The shortage of skilled has become one of the most suitable in Engineering, University of manpower has recently become post-graduate study for engineers Southern California critical due to the tremendously high and young managers to pursue level of oil and gas exploration and higher professional careers in both SARUNPHONG ARTICHARTE; Master production activity around the world the oil and gas industry and of Science, Texas A&M University, that has occurred to meet the government bodies. USA increasing global demand for energy, especially since China’s becoming 4.14.2 Faculty and Research THITISAK BOONPRAMOTE, Master of the “world’s factory”, and the move Science, Colorado School of Mines, towards deep water exploration and Staff USA; Ph.D., Colorado School of production. Mines, USA Full-time Faculty Mission Statement WINAI OUYPORNPRASERT, Master of GREGORY L.F. CHIU, M.S. Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn AIT’s Offshore and Technology & Engineering, Columbia University, University, Bangkok, Thailand; Ph.D., Management Program (OTM) is the New York, USA; PhD. Civil University of Insbruck, Austria first of its kind to provide regional Engineering, Stanford University, California, USA post-graduate study in upstream oil 4.14.3 Ongoing / In Progress and gas education, and is designed Visiting Associate Professor to combine application-oriented Grant and Sponsored course work, field studies and Adjunct Faculty Research internships into a curriculum from which graduates are equipped with JOKO HARSONO WIDJAJA, Master of Preparation of the Structural Engineering, Asian Institute of the skills and knowledge-and- Assessment Guideline for Offshore Technology, Bangkok, Thailand; practice-readiness to mitigate the Petroleum Platform and Pipeline shortages of skilled manpower in the Doctor of Philosophy, University of Duration: 29 Dec 07 - 31 Dec 11 upstream sector of oil and gas Technology, Sydney-NSW, Australia Project Investigator(s): Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, industry. As an industrial Joko Widjaja Sponsor: Department of Mineral Fuel, Thailand application-oriented program, OTM’s Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,774,000 unique characteristics offer a flexible Annual Report on Research 2010| 89
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4.14.4 Publications Optimal Inspection/Replacement Policy for Oil and Gas Production Facilities: A International Journal Article with Impact Case of Gas Compression and Treatment Internship: Decommissioning of Offshore factor System Facilities By Kullamas Udomkijja By Jongrak Naluang Supervisors: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu / Dr. Poovadol Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Ferdinand E. Banks. Economic theory Sirirangsi and some aspects of the new world Internship: Free-Span Analysis of Offshore oil market. Geopolitics of Energy, Optimization of Offshore Pile Foundation Pipeline 3(31) 0-0, 2010. Design By Athip Danthainum By Ahmadu Babaji Babadidi Supervisors: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu / Dr. Poovadol Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Sirirangsi 4.14.5 Masters Students’ Theses and Internships Petroleum Fiscal Regime Analysis for Internship: Offshore Oil and Gas Field Timor-Leste: The Case of State-Owned Development Planning A Comprehensive Articulated Stinger Enterprise Participation By Zaw Htun Optimization Study By Vicente Da Costa Pinto Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu By Mr. Surapluet Menkham Supervisors: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu / Dr. Thitisak Supervisor: Dr Gregory L. F. Chiu Boonpramote Internship: Offshore Subsea Pipelines Inspection and Commissioning A Diagnostic Model for Non-Productive Response of a Derrick Barge Subjected to By Kyaw Swar Linn Wells and Probable Solutions Surface Wave Generated by Underwater Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu By Mike Bamidele Iwayemi Explosion Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu By Nattawat Boonma Internship: Offshore Wind Turbine Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Support Structures An Appropriate Fea Modeling Technique By Nisachol Nimdech for On-Bottom Roughness Analysis Riser Protection Against Attendant Vessel Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu By Witcha Leepipatpaiboon Collision for a Steel Fixed Platform in the Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Gulf of Thailand Intership: Project Investment Decision By Kris Tantiwimonkit By Piriya Jammuang Cost and Practical-Based Concept for an Supervisors: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu / Dr. Pornpong Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Innovative Design of Minimum Offshore Asavadorndeja Structures Internship: Underwater Robotics By Jitrada Buacharoen Safety and Reliability of a Fixed Offshore Technology in the Oil and Gas Industry Supervisors: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu / Dr. Joko Platform in the Gulf of Thailand By Pongsak Metheethara Harsono Widjaja By Sakrit Charoenpornpanich Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Enchancing Hydrocarbon Production from Gas-Condensate Reservoirs via Water Sensitivity Study for RSR of Fixed Offshore Injection Steel Type Platforms By Usa Chankhiao By Pattaradanai Pueksap-anan Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Supervisors: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu / Dr. Joko Harsono Widjaja
Improved Gas-Lift Optimization Using Well Logging Interpretation for Jasmine Portfolio Theory By Piyawat Tungtakul Field with Emphasis on Water Saturation Supervisor: Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu Evaluation By Wattanaporn Phaophongklai Supervisor: Dr. Pham Huy Giao
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Chapter 5: SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT
5.1.1 Mission, Vision, and 5.1.3 Research Facilities SERD Core Values Core Values and Laboratories Interdisciplinarity SERD Mission Innovativeness SERD provides laboratory, computer and Excellence information technology (IT) facilities for The School of Environment, education and learning for graduate Responsiveness Resources and Development is students, and research activities of committed to excellence in graduate graduate students, faculty, and education as well as research and 5.1.2 Field of Study and sponsored and contracted projects. outreach activities. Through its Multidisciplinary academic programs and outreach SERD has six research laboratories in units, SERD has been working Programs Agricultural Systems and Engineering, towards capacity building and Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Fields of Study human resource development in the Management, Food Engineering and Bio-
areas of resource management, process Technology, Environmental development studies, and energy Agricultural Systems and Engineering and Management, and environmental management. Engineering Aquaculture and Aquatic Energy, and Pulp and Paper Technology, SERD responds to regional needs by Resources Management and each laboratory is unique with mobilizing and enhancing capacities Energy modern equipments, excellent guidance for socially, economically and Environmental Engineering and and assistance, and provides safe environmentally sound development Management working facilities and environments to in partnerships with public and Food Engineering and carry out experimental studies and private sectors. The School’s Bioprocess Technology research. interdisciplinary approach integrates Gender and Development technological, natural and social Studies IT facilities are provided for everyone to sciences. Natural Resources Management attend their academic and research Pulp and Paper Technology related activities. There are three SERD Vision Regional and Rural Development computer centers maintained by the Planning SERD at the SERD Main building (two SERD will continue its leadership role Urban Environmental computer laboratories), Agriculture and in offering excellent academic Management Food Engineering building and Energy programs relevant to regional needs. Building which provides convenient Inter-university Program working environment, with all the SERD research will be concentrated necessary facilities. These are open toward focal areas and are to be Environmental Toxicology, twenty four hours a day for use by conducted by core teams. Technology and Management students, staff and faculty. Full internet access is available to these PCs through a SERD outreach will be community Interdisciplinary Programs high speed network backbone which serviceoriented. connects all academic buildings including Cleaner Production the residence halls. A large number of PC SERD Programs will be consolidated Agri Business Management software packages for applications such and financially viable. The School Sustainable Development as word-processing, spreadsheets, activities including the students, Disaster Prevention, Mitigation network communications, multimedia staff, faculty and curricula, will be and Management and file transfer utilities are available. subject to quality assessment. Gender, Transportation and High quality laser printers, scanning and Development CD writing facilities are available for students’ uses.
Furthermore, laboratories also have computer facilities, which enhance the
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School of Environment, Resources & Development productivity of the teaching and research (Animal Biotechnology, Food and activities of the school. MOKBUL MORSHED AHMAD Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, BSc, MSc, Dhaka Univ, Bangladesh; Dairy and Meat Process 5.1.4 School Governance MSc, AIT, Thailand; PhD, Univ of Technology, Food Colloids and Durham, UK. Biopolymer, Functional Foods, Dean of School Associate Professor (Economic Micro-/Nanoencapsulation, geography; regional and rural Bionanotechnology) WEERAKORN ONGSAKUL development planning; BEng, Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; community development; Non- 5.1.5 On-going Grants MS, PhD, Texas A&M Univ, USA. Governmental Organizations Associate Professor (Artificial (NGOs); civil society; and Sponsored Intelligence Applications to globalization etc) Research Power Systems; Parallel Processing Applications; Power ANIL KUMAR ANAL, DVM., University Greater Mekong Sub region Academic System Operation & Control; of Agriculture, Pakistan; MSc. and and Research Network Power System Deregulation & PhD., AIT, Thailand Duration: 20 Apr 10 - 19 Apr 11 Project Investigator(s): Weerakorn Ongsakul Restructuring) Assistant Professor (Food Engineering & Bioprocess Sponsor: Multi donors Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 Technology Field of Study Associate Deans
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5.2 SERD – AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING FIELD OF STUDY
Precision spraying using a radio controlled quad-copter Green house
block; Trinocular Microscope MBL 2100; 5.2.1 Introduction Stereo zoom microscope Model MSZ 5.2.3 Faculty and 5400; Porometer type AP4 Light meter Professional Staff This field of study emphasizes on WP4 Dewpoint Potential Meter; Mini- disk Infiltrometer Soil hydraulic sustainable agricultural and related Full-time Faculty technologies development through conductivity; Tensio Meter; Soil bin carriage system; Sony CXC- 390 1/3" 3 holistic approach for efficient food GANESH P SHIVAKOTI, BS, MS, production from small holder agriculture. CCD Camera; Spider 8 data logger; National Instrument DAQ; NI Vision Udaipur Univ, India; PhD, Michigan Module; Dynamic strain amplifier; and an State Univ, USA. 5.2.2 Research Facilities and SC-900 Soil compaction meter. Professor (Agricultural Laboratories Development and Policy The SERD Computer Lab III in the Analysis; Resource Development; Agricultural Systems and Engineering Agricultural and Food Engineering Farming Systems; Natural (ASE) Laboratory caters to researchers, Building has various kinds of software Resources Management) which address sustainability in packages for system analysis and agricultural production. The facilities are simulation, including DSSAT (Decision PEEYUSH SONI; DEng capable for implementing excellent Support System for Agrotechnology Senior Instructor agronomic and engineering researches Transfer), ArcView etc. A Computer- (Instrumentation and on soils, water and plant, such as, plant Aided Design (CAD) workstation is also Measurement Techniques; growth, soil fertility and management, available for training the design of Design & Testing of Agricultural integrated pest management, plant agricultural equipment. There is a Machinery; Precision water requirement, etc. Facilities to machine workshop with facilities for Agriculture; Analytical conduct researches on terramechanics, fabricating various types of laboratory Techniques & Decision Tools for ergonomics and tillage are also available. and experimental apparatus and models. Agribusiness) The engineering aspects of agricultural Consultation and fabrication of different production are dealt with through types of transducers can be provided. Visiting, Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty innovations and development of About 20 high-end PCs connected to the machines and equipment to enhance campus-wide Ethernet and ATM network S L RANAMUKHAARACHCHI, BSc, productivity and reduce human drudgery. and a high quality laser printer, scanning Univ of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; MSc, These innovations are constructed at the and CD writing facilities are available for PhD, Pennsylvania State Univ, USA. ASE workshop. students’ uses. Visiting Associate Professor (Agronomy; Crop Eco- Major laboratory equipment include a physiology; Cropping Systems; Spectro UV- VIS double PC double beam Pest Management; Soil Fertility (scanning) flame photo meter; Digestion
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Management; Organic Farming; component technologies of a Stress Physiology) 5.2.4 Grants and Sponsored sustainable management strategy Duration: 01 Aug 10 - 31 Jul 12 PRABHAT KUMAR; B.Sc. (Ag. & Research Completed in Project Investigator(s): Prabhat Kumar Sponsor: AVDRC Taiwan Hons., RAU, India); M.Sc. (Ag. 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 929,475 Systems, AIT); Dr.Rer.Hort. (Uni Hannover, Germany) Protected cultivation- An Approach to Linking Thai Jasmine Rice Farmers with Senior Research Specialist and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Markets using Participatory action Affiliated Faculty (Tropical Humid Tropics- Phase II research for sustainability of rain-fed Horticulture Production and Duration: 01 Aug 04 - 30 Jun 10 lowland rice-based system in Northeast Protection Systems, Integrated Project Investigator(s): V. M. Salokhe/Peeyush Soni Thailand Sponsor: Hannover University, Germany Pest Management, Extension Duration: 01 Jan 08 - 31 Dec 11 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,000,000 Project Investigator(s): Abha Mishra, Prabhat Education and Communication, Applied and Action Research, Kumar, Sudip Rakshit Research Cooperation project (RC136) Sponsor: Consultative Group on International Application of nano-technologies with Harper Adams University College, Agricultural Research CGIAR World Bank for Agriculture) UK Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,262,000 Duration: Jan 08 – Dec 10 ABHA MISHRA; B.Sc. (Ag.& Hons), Project Investigator(s): V. M. Salokhe/Peeyush Soni Regional knowledge exchange with SRI: RAU, India); M.Sc. (Ag.) Plant Sponsor: British Council – Prime Minister’s Initiative Producing more with less water Breeding, RAU, Pusa, India; Ph.D. (PMI)-2 Research Cooperation project grant Duration: 01 Jun 09 - 30 Jun 11 Donor: British Council- PMI2 (Ag. Systems), AIT Project Investigator(s): Abha Mishra, Prabhat Kumar Total Contracted Amount (GBP): 22,113 Sponsor: World Bank Institute Senior Research Specialist and Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,426,300 Affiliated Faculty (Agronomy; 5.2.5 On-going Grants and Agro-eclogy, Conservation Short Term Training in ASE Agricultural agriculture, Agriculture and Sponsored Research engineering Climate Change Adaptation) Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 31 Dec 11 Area Wide Integrated Pest Management Project Investigator(s): Peeyush Soni CHAIYAPHOL of Fruit Flies in South and Southeast Sponsor: Sultan qaboos University (SQU) Oman Total Contracted Amount (THB): 62,863 KAEWPRAKAISAENGKUL; PhD Asian Countries Adjunct Faculty (Agricultural Duration: 15 Feb 10 - 30 Mar 12 Machinery Design & Testing; Project Investigator(s): Prabhat Kumar 5.2.6 Publications Sponsor: Global Horticulture Initiative Funding from Instrumentation & ICDF,Taiwan Measurement; Quality Control & Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,125,000 International Journal Articles with Assurance) Impact factor Commissioning and coordinating ROONGRUANG KALSIRISILP; PhD regional studies on Public-Private- Abha Mishra, Vilas M. Salokhe. Rice Adjunct Faculty (Agricultural Partnership (PPP) for Agribusiness and root growth and physiological Machinery Design & Testing; Agro-industry development in Asia responses to SRI water management Agricultural Power & Machinery Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Dec 11 and implications for crop Management; Agricultural. Project Investigator(s): Peeyush Soni productivity. Paddy and Water Sponsor: FAO of the United Nations Environment. DOI: 10.1007/s10333- Systems Engineering) Total Contracted Amount (USD): 46,500 010-0240-4. Published online (early Professional Staff Community preparedness for climate view -22 December 2010) by change and increased water use springerlink. Impact factor: 1.03 WATTANAPORN MESKUNTAVON, efficiency for rice cultivation using DTechSc principles of SRI (System of Rice Abha Mishra, Vilas M. Salokhe. The Senior Laboratory Supervisor Intensification) in Central Thailand effects of planting pattern and water (Crop Modeling; Farm Duration: 01 May 2009- 31 March 2011 regime on root morphology, Management; Laboratory Project Investigator(s): Abha Mishra, Prabhat Kumar physiology and grain yield of rice. Analyses of Soil and Plants) Sponsor: United Nations Environment Programme Journal of Agronomy and Crop (UNEP)’s Asia Pacific Forum for Environment and Science, 196, 368-378, 2010. Impact Development (APFED) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,020,000 factor: 2.28
Less Loss more Profit better Health: Azam M.G., Michael Zoebisch, Reducing the losses caused by the Pod Wickramarachchi K.S., borer on Vegetable legumes in SE Asia Ranamukarachchi S.L.. Site-specific and Sub Saharan Africa by refining soil hydraulic quality index to 94 | Annual Report on Research 2010
Agricultural Systems & Engineering Field of Study - SERD describe the essential conditions for the optimum soil water regime. Kumar, P., H.P. Singh, and, H.-M. Ting Z., Haiyun C., Ganesh P. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Poehling. 2010. Effects of neem on Shivakoti, Roland Cochard, Homcha- 5(89) 0-0, 2010. adults Eretmocerus warrae (Hym., aim K.. Revisit to community forest Aphelinidae), a parasitoid of Bemisia in northeast of Thailand: changes in Bastakoti R.C., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, tabaci (Hom., Aleyrodidae) in the status and utilization. Environment, Lebel L.. Local irrigation tropical horticulture systems. Journal Development and Sustainability, () 0- management institutions mediate of Plant Diseases and Plant 0, 2010. changes driven by external policy Protection. 117 (6), 273–277, 2010. and market pressures in Nepal and Impact factor: 0.56. 5.2.7 Doctoral Students' Thailand. Environmental Management, 3(46) 0-0, 2010. Lungkapin J., Vilas M. Salokhe, Dissertation Roongruang Kalsirisilp, Nakashima Doi R., S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi. H.. Design and development of a Exploration of Potential Microbial Community-level physiological cassava planter. Transactions of the Antagonists for the Biological profiling in monitoring rehabilitative ASABE, 2(52) 0-0, 2010. Management of Spot Blotch Disease effects of acacia auriculiformis (Bipolaris sorokiniana) in Wheat plantation on degraded land in Mahdi, Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Dietrich By Deepak Bhandari Supervisor: Dr. S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi Sakaerat, Thailand. Silva Fennica, Schmidt-Vogt. Livelihood change and 5(43) 0-0, 2010. livelihood sustainability in the Modeling Soil and Powered-Disc uplands of Lembang subwatershed, Interactions for the Development of a Doi R., S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi. West Sumatra, Indonesia, in a Powered-Disc Harrow Correlations between soil microbial changing natural resource By Parish Prakash Nalavade and physicochemical variations in a management context. Environmental Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni rice paddy: implications for assessing Management, 1(43) 0-0, 2010. soil health.. Journal of biosciences, 5.2.8 Masters Students' 6(34) 0-0, 2010. Nalavade P.P., Vilas M. Salokhe, Tanya Niyamapa, Peeyush Soni. Theses Doi R., S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi. Soil Performance of Free Rolling and dehydrogenase in a land Powered Tillage Discs. Soil and Analysis of Irrigated Farming System degradation-rehabilitation gradient: Tillage Research, 2(109) 87-93, 2010. Prospected for Tuv and Selenge Provinces Observations from a savanna site Elsevier. Impact factor: 2.883 in Mongolia with a wet/dry seasonal cycle. By Sodgerel Volodya Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti Revista de Biologia Tropical, 1-2(57) Nalavade P.P., Vilas M. Salokhe, 0-0, 2010. Tanya Niyamapa. Strain node Assessing and GIS Mapping of Climate identification by FEM and Change Effects on Major Plantation Crops Ghimire Y.N., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, measurement of disc forces by in Sri Lanka and Application of Existing Sylvain Roger Perret. Household- double extended octagonal ring Crop Models level vulnerability to drought in hill transducer. Journal of Food, By P.M.S. Jayathilaka agriculture of Nepal: Implications for Agriculture and Environment, 2(8) 0- Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni adaptation planning. International 0, 2010. Impact factor: 0.35 Journal of Sustainable Development Assessment of Land Productivity and and World Ecology, 3(17) 0-0, 2010. Sanjeewanie Ginigaddara G.A., S. L. Socio-Economic Aspects of Maize-Based Ranamukhaarachchi. Effect of Cropping Systems: A Case Study in Dry Karna B.K., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, conventional, SRI and modified Zone and Hilly Regions in Myanmar Edward L. Webb. Resilience of water management on growth, yield By Mae Suu Han community forestry under conditions and water productivity of direct- Supervisor: Dr. S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi of armed conflict in Nepal. seeded and transplanted rice in Biological Control of Bacterial Wilt Environmental Conservation, 2(37) central Thailand. Australian Journal Disease Caused by Ralstonia 0-0, 2010. of Crop Science, 5(3) 0-0, 2010. solanacearum in Tomato with Candida Swain K.C., Thomson S.J., Hemantha ethanolica and Enterobacter cloacae by Khumsri M., Ruddle K., Ganesh P. P. W. Jayasuriya. Adoption of an Modifying Carbohydrate Source and Soil Shivakoti. Rights and conflicts in the unmanned helicopter for low- PH management of fisheries in the altitude remote sensing to estimate By Hengodage Nirmalee Bhagya Wijayalath Lower Songkhram River Basin, yield and total biomass of a rice Supervisor: Dr. S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi Northeast Thailand. Environmental crop. Transactions of the ASABE, Management, 4(43) 0-0, 2010. 1(53) 0-0, 2010. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 95
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Causes of the Recurrence of Brown Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni Modeling Tractive Performance of Cage Planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stal) Wheels by Dimensional Analysis Epidemic in Rice and its Control Measures Effects of Packing Material and Storage Technique in the Suphan Buri Province, Thailand Temperature and Benzyladenine Pulsing By Vikramsinh Sampatrao Shinde By Mayuree Yasueb on Vaselife of Gerbera (Gerbera Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni Supervisor: Dr. S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi jamensonii Var. "Carmen" Bol. Ex Adlam) Cut Flowers Pre-treated with Silver Simulation of Haulage Performance of Comparative Studies of Biological and Thiosulphate and Sucrose Agricultural Tractors Using Visual Basic Physical Methods for Effective Control of By Dinanjana Chavindi Ekanayake By Bharat Devaba Pawar Anthracnose Disease Caused by Supervisor: Dr. S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides in Mango By Myat Su Tun Energy Analysis of Rice Production in Supervisor: Dr. S. L. Ranamukhaarachchi Central Plain of Thailand: A Case Study from Suphanburi Province Development of a Low-Cost Sugarcane By Vatinee Mongkolluk Harvester Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni By Suvischar Arsarnok
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5.3: SERD – AQUACULTURE AND AQUATIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY
tanks and earthen ponds for field agro-industrial); small-scale 5.3.1 Introduction research. aquaculture; integrated farming; aquaculture for poverty AARM promotes research and The SERD Computer Lab III in the alleviation; and systems development through aquaculture and Agricultural and Food Engineering approaches to education, small-scale capture fisheries. The Field of Building has various kinds of software research and development; Study has a wide spectrum of activities packages for system analysis and curriculum development; project enabling it to address poverty, simulation, including DSSAT (Decision formulation, management and constraints facing the promotion of Support System for Agrotechnology evaluation. sustainable management and utilization Transfer), ArcView etc. A Computer- of aquatic resources. The central theme Aided Design (CAD) workstation is also Full-time Faculty is capacity building: the advancement of available for training the design of individuals and institutions creating agricultural equipment. There is a AMARARATNE YAKUPITIYAGE, BSc, indigenous capacity in education, machine workshop with facilities for Univ of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; MSc, AIT, research and development within the fabricating various types of laboratory Thailand; PhD, Univ of Stirling, region. and experimental apparatus and models. Scotland. Consultation and fabrication of different Associate Professor types of transducers can be provided. (Aquaculture, Bioenergetics, Fish 5.3.2 Research Facilities About 20 high-end PCs connected to the Nutrition, Statistics, Database and Laboratories campus-wide Ethernet and ATM network Systems Development) and a high quality laser printer, scanning Aquaculture Laboratory serves the and CD writing facilities are available for AMRIT BART, BA Earlham College, academic and research programs of students’ uses. USA; MA, MS, PhD, Auburn Univ, aquaculture and aquatic resources USA. management (AARM) field of study. It is 5.3.3 Faculty and Research Associate Professor (Aquatic equipped with modern equipment to Resource Management, analyze water quality, nutrients in food Staff Cryopreservation, Reproductive and feedstuffs, and soil classification and Physiology, Seed Production) their problems identification. Some of its Emeritus Professor major laboratory equipment includes a WENRESTI G GALLARDO, BSc, Master Distillation Unit; Extraction Unit; PETER EDWARDS, BSc, University of of Aquaculture, University of the Incubator; UV/Vis Spectrophotometer; Liverpool, UK; PhD, University of Philippines; MSc, PhD, Nagasaki Soxtec, Fibertec and Kjeltec system, Texas, USA. University, Japan; microscope with camera, etc. The field (General aquaculture with Associate Professor facilities include a hatchery, outdoor emphasis on recycling organic (Aquaculture - Seed Production wastes (human, animal, and Grow-out, Fisheries
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Management, Integrated Ecosystem Level impacts of Shrimp farm Doma D., Yakupitiyage A. (2010). A Coastal Management) Eutrophication in Thailand policy alternative for lagoon Duration: 01 Jun 09 - 28 Feb 11 management: case study of Sre Research Staff and Affiliated Faculty Project Investigator(s): Dhirendra Prasad Thakur Ambel coastal marine fisheries, Sponsor: University of Michigan Total Contracted Amount (THB): 620,160 Cambodia. Journal of Coastal DHIRENDRA P. THAKUR, BFSc, Conservation. (in press). Rajendra Agricultural University, Integrated culture of tropical abalone India; MSc, AIT, Thailand; MSc, Kochi (Haliotis asinina) seaweed (Ulva sp.) Ioannis T., Karapanagiotidis, I.T., University, Japan; PhD, Ehime rock oyster (Saccostrea cuculata) and Yakupitiyage A., Little D.C., Bell M. University, Japan; sea bass (Lates calcarifer) in land based V. and Mente E. (2010) The Senior Research Specialist and recirculation system nutritional value of lipids in various Affiliated Faculty (Intensive Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 31 Mar 11 tropical aquatic animals from rice– aquaculture, Water quality and Project Investigator(s): Wenresti Gallardo fish farming systems in northeast nutrient dynamics, Sponsor: RTG Thailand, Journal of Food Total Contracted Amount (THB): 950,000 Environmental impacts of Composition and Analysis 1(23) pp. aquaculture; Integrated Coastal International Symposium on 1–8 Management, Aquatic product Aquaculture and Fisheries Education quality and certification) Duration: 01 Mar 09 - 28 Feb 11 Islam M.S., Ikejima K. (2010). Gear Project Investigator(s): Wenresti Gallardo,Ram C type, species composition and RAM C. BHUJEL, BSc, Institute of Bhujel economic value of fisheries in the Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Sponsor: Multi donors mangroves of Pak Phanang, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,481,600 IAAS, Chitwan, Nepal; MSc and PhD, Thailand. Wetlands Ecology and AIT, Thailand; Internship in Aquaculture and Aquatic Management, (1(18) pp.27-36, 2010. Senior Research Scientist and Resources Conservation Affiliated Faculty (Biostatistics Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Aug 11 Muangkeow, B., Ikejima, K.,
and Research Design, Curriculum Project Investigator(s): Ram C. Bhujel Powtongsook, S., Gallardo, W.G. Development, Women in Sponsor: Multi donors (2010). Growth and nutrient Aquaculture, Broodstock Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,000,000 conversion of white shrimp Nutrition/Management and Fry Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) and Production, Technology Linking the Post-graduate Education in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L. Transfer/ Extension) Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources in an integrated closed recirculating Management with its Industry Through system. Aquaculture Research (in Internship press). 5.3.4 Grants and Sponsored Duration: 01 Sep 07 - 28 Feb 11 Project Investigator(s): Ram C. Bhujel Research Completed Sponsor: European Commission Peatpisut T and Bart A.N., (2010). in 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 31,939,965 Cryopreservation of sperm from natural and sex reversed orange- AIT Support to NUOL: 2007-2010 Sustainable Aquaculture Research spotted grouper (Epinephelus Curriculum Development-Fisheries Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa coioides). Aquaculture Research. Duration: 01 Feb 08 - 31 Jan 11 Duration: 01 Jun 10 - 31 Dec 10 42:22-30. Project Investigator(s): Ram C. Bhujel Project Investigator(s): Wenresti G Gallardo, Sponsor: European Commission through University Amararatne Yakupitiyage of Stirling, UK Sikawa, D. C. and Yakupitiyage, A. Sponsor: SIDA Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,000,010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,075,866 (2010) The hydroponic production of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) by using 5.3.6 Publications hybrid catfish (Clarias macrocephalus 5.3.5 On-going Grants and x C. gariepinus) pond water: Sponsored Research Journal potentials and constraints, Agricultural Water management, AIT-Coca Cola for Sustainable Coastal Ahmad S.A.S., Bart A.N, Yang Yi, 97(9): 1317 – 1325. Livelihoods Project in Ranong Province, Rakocy J., Diana J.S., (2010). The Thailand effect of the introduction of Nile Silakes S. and Bart A.N. (2010). Duration: 01 Oct 05 - 31 Mar 12 tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L.) on Ultrasound enhanced permeation of Project Investigator(s): Amrit N. Bart methanol into zebrafish, Danio rerio, Sponsor: Coca Cola (Thailand) Ltd. small indigenous fish species (mola, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,000,000 Amblypharyngodon mola, Hamilton; embryos. Aquaculture 303: 71-76. chela, Chela cachius, Hamilton; punti, Puntius sophore, Hamilton). Aquaculture Research, 6(41) 0-0. 98 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Son V.N., Phuong N.T., Hai T.N. and of abstracts of the AQUACULTURE management in Aquaculture Yakupitiyage A. (2010) Production 2010 WAS Conference and (FIRA/R949). and economic efficiencies of Exposition, March 1-5, San Diego, intensive black tiger prawn (Penaeus California, USA, pp. 516. 5.3.7 Doctoral Students' monodon) culture during different cropping seasons in the Mekong Thakur D.P. (2010). Climate change Dissertation delta, Vietnam. Aquaculture impacts on aquaculture and International. Published online: 17 fisheries. Paper presented at the An Evaluation of Potential Development September 2010. pp.1-12. “Indian Aqua-Invest Congress and of a Catfish-Lettuce Aquaponic Culture Expo-2010” (Invited speaker), May System Thakur D.P., Yang Yi., 26-28, Central Institute of Fisheries By Daniel Clement Sikawa Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage Boromthanarat S., Tansakul V., Education, Mumbai, India. (2010). Effluent management Assessment of the Status of Marine practices and harvest draining Thakur D.P., Bergheim A. (2010). Fisheries Resources and Management associated mass discharge from Experimental trail for the liquid Practices in Sre Ambel Lagoon, Cambodia shrimp farms in Chachaengsao, oxygen injection system to aerate By Dok Doma Thailand. Asian Fisheries Science, 23: commercial intensive shrimp culture Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage 270-283. ponds. In the book of abstracts of the AQUACULTURE 2010 WAS Ecological and Socio-Economic Yuan, D., Yang Yi, A. Yakupitiyage, Conference and Exposition, March 1- Assessment of Thai Andaman Coast in Fitzimmons, K. and Diana J. S. (2010) 5, San Diego, California, USA, pp. Designing a Marine Protected Area Effects of addition of red tilapia 997. Network (Oreochromis spp.) at different By Md. Zakir Hossain densities and sizes on production, Thakur D.P., Gallardo W.G., Bart Supervisor: Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi
water quality and nutrient recovery A.N., (2010). Climate change impacts Effect of Introducing the Nile Tilapia of intensive culture of white shrimp and community level adaptations: a (Oreochromis niloticus) on the Small (Litopenaeus vannamei) in cement case study on marine shrimp farming Indigenous Fish Species of Bangladesh tanks. Aquaculture 3-4(298) pp. 226– in Thailand. In the book of abstracts and Nepal 238 of the “International Symposium on By Sultanul Arifin Shameem Ahmad Conference/workshop proceedings Coastal Zones and Climate Change: Supervisor: Dr. Amrit Bart Assessing the Impacts and Mangrove Community Forest Bhujel, R.C. (2010). On–farm feed Developing Adaptation Strategies, Management Tools for Sustainable Mud management practices for Nile tilapia April 12-13, Monash University Crab Resource Use in Trang Province, (Oreochromis niloticus) in Thailand. Gippsland, Churchill, Victoria, Southern Thailand FAO Expert Consultation Workshop on Australia, pp. 24-25. By Chanyut Sudtongkong On-farm Feeding and Feed Supervisor: Dr. Edward Webb Management in Aquaculture, 13-15 Yakupitiyage A. (2010) Potential September 2010. Manila, Philippines. climate change induced impacts on 5.3.8 Masters Students' aquaculture in the Lower Mekong Bhujel, R.C. (2010). Links that matter: Basin: The challenges and Theses and Research Recurring themes in EU-Asian Higher opportunities. In “Meeting climate Studies Education Cooperation, Part III: change challenges in transboundary Sustainability of EU-Asian academic basins: Role of sciences”, S. Herath, A Comparative Study of Energy collaboration: 8. Financial Y. Wang and L. Liang (eds.) CECAR Partitioning of TRA Catfish (Pangasius sustainability - Aqua-Internship: A series No.04, United Nations hypophthalmus) Fed Farm-Made and Model for Financially Sustainable University, p 261 – 275. Commercial Feeds Academic Collaboration. NUFFIC, By Tran Le Cam Tu DAAD, UEA, EU. Yakupitiyage A. (2010) Paper Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage
presented at FAO Expert Workshop A Feasibility Study of Small Scale Soy Kempke S., Diana J.S., Thakur D.P. Report on “On-farm feeding and Protein Concentrates (SPC) Production (2010). Investigating Ecosystem-level feed management in aquaculture” and its Use as a Feed Ingredient for Nile impacts of shrimp farm held in Manila, Philippines, from 13 - Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Juveniles eutrophication in Thailand through 15 September 2010. In FAO Fisheries By Nyakorema Beatrice Marwa stable isotope ratio analysis, and an and Aquaculture Report No. 949 Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage evaluation of eco-certification’s “Report of ther FAO workshop on potential to support related best the on-farm feeding and feed Assessment of the Effects of Fenobucarb management practices. In the book on Acetylcholinesterase Activity and Annual Report on Research 2010 | 99
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Growth of Silver Barb Puntius gonionotus The Use of Papaya (Carica papaya) Seed (Bleeker, 1850) Evaluation of Selected Pre-Processing as an Alternative Method to Control the By Ha Phu Loi Methods to Improve the Digestibility of Reproduction of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage Enzyme Treated Feather Meal and niloticus) Enhance the Growth Performance of Nile By Yovita John Mallya Bacterial Population in Intensive Tilapia Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Supervisor: Dr. Wenresti Gallardo (Oreochromis niloticus) Culture Pond By Sandamali Sakunthala Herath Sediments in Hai Duong Province, Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage Vulnerability of Coastal Shrimp Farmers Vietnam to the Impacts of Climate Change: A Case By Ngo Thi Thanh Huong Evaluation of the Potential for Study of Marine Shrimp Farming in Pak Supervisor: Dr. Wenresti Gallardo Development of an Integrated Land- Phanang District, Nakhon Sri Thammarat Based Semi-Closed Recirculating Culture Province, Thailand Characterization of Microsatellite Loci System By Wiparat Taweewattana and Genetic Structure of Cutler Alburnus By Phung The Trung Supervisors: Dr. Wenresti Gallardo / Dr. Dhirendra in China Supervisor: Dr. Wenresti Gallardo Prasad Thakur By Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc Supervisor: Dr. Amrit Bart Participation of Local Fishers on Crab Banks in the Gulf of Thailand Research Study: Evaluating the Impacts Effects of Different Feeding Regimes By Pooritat Watcharasin of Lower Water Level in the Mekong River Weaning Period and Stocking Density on Supervisor: Dr. Wenresti Gallardo on the Livelihood of Fishermen in Survival and Growth of Spotted Southern Laos: A Case Study in Khong Featherback Fish Fry (Chitala ornata) Replacement of Fishmeal by Enzyme District, Champasack Province By Sirisopa Munsiri Treated Feather Meal by Supplementing By Vanny Sengkapkeo Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage Methionine and Lysine for Red Tilapia Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage
(Oreochromis niloticus x O. mossambicus) Evaluation of Adopted Best Management By Arissara Sopawong Practices in Shrimp Farming in Sri Lanka Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage Using Life Cycle Assessment By Keerthi Sri Senarathna Atapaththu The Potential for Replacing Fishmeal Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage Protein in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis
Niloticus) Feeds by Using Mixtures of Evaluation of a Suitable Ingredient Plant Protein Sources Composition for Supplementary Feeds of By Phan Thi Thanh Truc Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage
Grown in Fertilized Earthen Ponds By Anthony Henry Dadu Supervisor: Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage
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Energy Technology (ET) electrical management studies, 5.4.1 Introduction Energy Economics and Planning (EEP) thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and electrical power supply Details regarding Energy field of study management. Energy Park covers 3980- Energy related academic program at AIT 2 was established in 1979. So far, over activities are available at m outdoor research and demonstration 1,000 students have graduated in the www.serd.ait.ac.th/energy facility equipped with photovoltaic Energy studies. As of December 2009, systems, solar thermal (air and water) about one hundred students are enrolled 5.4.2 Research Facilities systems, biomass research and in Energy Field of Study. About thirty daylighting setups. The meteorological percent of the current students are at and Laboratories station records solar radiation and other doctoral level. Apart from teaching and meteorological data. Energy laboratory Energy Laboratory serves as a facility for student research, faculty at Energy FoS is continues to carry out testing services conducting experimental studies for involved in a number of research such as fuel quality tests, gas courses, carrying out students and projects. Some of the current research composition tests, tests for heating value sponsored research, and testing of focuses of Energy FoS are Energy, of fuels, solar thermal collector energy equipments as well as providing environment and climate change, Energy performance tests, solar water heater hands-on training. Laboratory functions for sustainable development, Renewable system performance tests and stove are focused mainly on solar thermal Energy and Energy efficiency, Electric efficiency tests. energy, photovoltaics, biomass energy, power system management, and Energy energy management, thermodynamics economics and planning. Among its major equipment include a and heat transfer, and electrical Gas Analyzer; Campbell data logger; measurement and analysis. The Student admitted to Energy Field of Ultrasonic flow-meter; Bomb laboratory facilities include two indoor Study can specialize in one of the three colorimeter; and a Gas chromatography. laboratories, an energy park and a areas. meteorological station. The indoor The SERD Computer Lab IV in the Energy laboratories are equipped with Building has a large number of computer Electric Power System Management experiment setups, testing apparatus and modeling software for energy planning (EPSM) measuring equipment for thermal and and policy analysis. These include Model Annual Report on Research 2010| 101
SERD – Energy Field of Study for Analysis of Energy Demand and climate change issues; Heat Visiting Faculty [Energy Environmental Impacts (MAED, MEDEE- recovery systems) Resources and Technology (fossil S/ENV, LEAP), Electricity System Planning and renewable), Energy (WASP-III Plus, ENPEP, DECPAC), Energy- JAI GOVIND SINGH, B.E., MNNIT Conservation and Efficiency] Environmental Flow Optimization Model Allahabad, India; M. Tech., Indian (EFOM-ENV), Wood Energy Planning Institute of Technology Roorkee; RAJESH KUMAR NEMA, B.E. Electrical Models, Energy-Environmental Models Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Engineering, Barktulah University, for estimation of impacts of energy Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Bhopal, India; M.E. Heavy Electrical externalities, air pollution emission and India Equipments, Barktulah University, dispersion and climate change (CO2 DB, Assistant Professor (Power Bhopal, India; Ph.D., Bhopal RAINS, TEMIC, ECOSENS, ISC) and Energy- system planning; Operation and University, Bhopal, India. Environmental Database Management control; FACTS controllers; Re- Visiting Faculty [Power Software (DBAVOID). An energy- structuring of Electric Industry, Electronics, Solar Photovoltaics, environment database for Asia is Demand side management; Grid Distributed Generation and maintained in this computer lab. integration of renewable energy Power System] resources; Power distribution 5.4.3 Faculty and Research systems) Adjunct Faculty
Staff Visiting Faculty RAM M SHRESTHA, BE, Univ of Baroda; LL Tribhuvan Univ, Nepal; Full-time Faculty BRAHMANAND MOHANTY, BSc, MEng, DEng, AIT, Thailand. SAICE, India; MSc, AIT, Thailand; Adjunct Faculty [Energy and SAID IRANDOUST, MSc, PhD, PhD, Institut National Polytechnique Environmental Policy; Energy Chalmers University of Technology, of Toulouse, France Economics; Energy-economic Sweden Visiting Faculty [Cogeneration, Modeling] Professor [Chemical reaction Demand-side management, engineering] Energy auditing and VO NGOC DIEU, B.Eng., MEng. conservation, Energy Efficiency Electrical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh SIVANAPPAN KUMAR, BE, Univ of policies; and Rational use of City Univ of Technology, Vietnam, D. Madras, India; MEng, AIT, Thailand; technology] Eng. AIT. PhD, Inst Natl Polytechnique, Adjunct Faculty [Application of Toulouse, France. CHARLES O P MARPAUNG, B. Eng AI based method to power Professor [Renewable energy (E.E.) Bandung Institute of system optimization and power resources and technologies: Technology, Indonesia, Ms.c, system deregulation and smart Climate change and green house Statistics, Bogor Agricultural grid] gas mitigation: energy and University, Indonesia; D. Eng, AIT sustainable development] Visiting Faculty [Generation Research Staff expansion planning; Energy WEERAKORN ONGSAKUL, BEng, economics and environmental Mr. Abhinad Joshi, Research Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MS modeling] Associate (PDF funds – Prof. S. (EE), PhD, Texas A&M Univ, USA. Kumar) Associate Professor (Artificial TRIPTA THAKUR, B.E. Electrical Intelligence Applications to Engineering from MITS-Gwalior, Mr. Albert Pedrajas, Program Officer Power Systems; Parallel India, M.Tech. Power Electronics and (Sida - NUOL Project) Processing Applications; Power Drives, IIT Kanpur, Ph.D. Energy System Operation & Control; Policy Energy Studies, IIT Delhi, India. Mr. Apinat Saksinchai, Research Power System Deregulation & Visiting Faculty [Energy Policy Associate (Sida - NUOL Project) Restructuring) Economics Regulation and Benchmarking] Ms. Kanwalai Nachaisit, Secretary P. ABDUL SALAM, BSc.Eng (Hons.) (GMSARN Project) Unversity of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; HUONG LUONG PHAM, B. Thermal M.Eng., D.Eng., AIT Power Engineering, Hanoi University, Ms. Manjula.T. Siriwardhana, Assistant Professor (Bioenergy, Vietnam; M.Eng. Energy Technology, Research Associate (GNESD, TNA Renewable energy; Energy AIT; PhD. Process Engineering, mitigation Projects) conservation and efficiency) ; Institut National Polytechnique de Energy, environment and Toulouse, France. Ms. Maria Kathrina Gratuito, Research Associate (RERIC)) 102 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Ms. Merina S. Lohani, Research E Learning Course on renewable Energy AIT Support to National University of Associate (TNA – mitigation Project) and energy Policy Laos (NUOL), 2007-2010 Extension Duration: 01 Nov 09 - 30 May 10 Research and Financial Management. Ms. Nang Htay Yin, Research Project Investigator(s): S Kumar Duration: December 2010 – 31 December 2011 Sponsor: UNESCO -Jakarta Office Associate (UNIDO Project) Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar Total Contracted Amount (THB): 408,000 Sponsor: Sida Total contracted Amount: (THB) 705,460 Ms. Panida Boonyaritdachochai, Energy Security and Energy Efficiency Research Associate (Sida - NUOL Theme AIT Support to National University of Project) Duration: 01 Jul 07 - 31 Jul 10 Laos (NUOL), 2007-2010, Extension Self Project Investigator(s): Ram M. Shrestha, S. Kumar Assessment for the Cooperation Ms. Parichart Kammeerak, Secretary Sponsor: Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD)-UNEP RISO Program. (RERIC) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 850,000 Duration: December 2010 – 31 December 2011 Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar Mr. Pravakar Pradhan Research Sponsor: Sida Green House gas emission mitigation at Total contracted aAmount: (THB)787,450 Associate (ADEME Project) AIT: Reducing GHG Emission through Mr. Ramesh Soysa, Research Energy Conservation. Biomass gasification study in the Associate (GMSARN Project) Duration: October 2009 – December 2010 Mekong Region Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar Duration: 01 Jun 10 – 28 February 2011 Sponsor: AIT Ms. Sheree Ann Baywes-Mendoza, Project Investigator(s): Abdul Salam,S Kumar Total contracted Amount: (THB)700,000 Secretary (ADEME, TNA – mitigaton Sponsor: EEP Mekong Region
Project) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 617,000 Networking with Norwegian and Regional Institutions in Energy Issues Ms. Shirina Afroze, Research Capacity Development on Clean Coal (South-South-North Networking): 2006- Technology and Carbon Sequestration Associate (TNA – mitigation Project) 2009. Duration: 1 April 2010– 1 October 2010 Duration: August 2006- June 2010 Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar Dr. Vo Ngoc Dieu, Research Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar and Dr. Sponsor: Southern States Energy Board, USA Associate (Part time) (GMSARN Weerakorn Ongsakul Total contracted Amount: 514,696.55 Baht Project) Sponsor: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Total contracted Amount: (THB) 4,140,000 EEP Mekong Regional Forum 2010 Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Aug 12 Pilot appraisal for Low Carbon Project Investigator(s): Weerakorn Ongsakul 5.4.4 Grants and Sponsored technology innovation and diffusion in Sponsor: EEP Mekong Thai Manufacturing services Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,537,820 Research Completed Duration: 01 Nov 09 - Nov 2010 in 2010 Project Investigator(s): S Kumar,C Visvanathan,P Energy Efficiency using RETScreen Abdul Salam, Version 4. Sponsor: UNIDO Austria AIT Support to NUOL: National Research Duration: 22 February 2010 – 31 May 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 955,500 Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar and Dr. P. Policy Development Abdul Salam Duration: 01 Dec 09 - 31 Dec 10 Regional workshop on "Opportunities Sponsor: Sponsor: CANMET Energy Technology Project Investigator(s): S Kumar and Priorities for Low carbon Green Center, Verenne, Canada Sponsor: SIDA Total contracted Amount: (THB)162,600 ($4,600 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,259,030 Growth in Asia" CAN) Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 30 Aug 10 Bio-energy for Rural Development and Project Investigator(s): S Kumar Sponsor: ADB Japan Energy-Environmental Data Analysis for Poverty Alleviation (BEN-RUD). Total Contracted Amount (THB): 688,704 Low Carbon Society (EEDA). Duration: 15 February - 31 December 10 Duration: 1 December 2009 – 31 March 2010 Project Investigator(s): Prof. Ram M. Shrestha and Project Investigator(s): Prof. Ram M. Shrestha and Prof. S. Kumar 5.4.5 On-going Grants and Prof. Kumar Sponsor: GNESD, Denmark Sponsor: MHIR (Mizhou) Total contracted Amount: (THB) 866,750 Sponsored Research Total contracted Amount: (THB)740,000
Coordination Energy Security and Energy Action Towards Resource Efficient and Energy Field of Studies Publications Efficiency Theme Low Carbon Cities in Asia Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 31 Dec 10 Duration: 01 Jan 07 - 31 Dec 10 Duration: 01 Dec 09 - 28 Feb 12 Project Investigator(s): S Kumar Project Investigator(s): S. Kumar Project Investigator(s): S Kumar,C Sponsor: membership fees, AIT Sponsor: Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Visvanathan,Ranjith Perera,P Abdul Salam,Charles Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,521,149 Development (GNESD)-UNEP RISO Marpaung,Kyoko Kusakabe Total Contracted Amount (THB): 320,000 Sponsor: ADEME(French Agency for Environment and Energy Management) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 11,052,979
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ICETT International Cooperation 5.4.6 Publications Chinsuwan A., Animesh Dutta. An Network Information Project (ICNIP) in experimental investigation of the Thailand. International Journal Articles with effect of longitudinal fin orientation Duration: 1 September 2010 – 31 December 2010 Impact factor on heat transfer in membrane water Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar wall tubes in a circulating fluidized Sponsor: Sponsor: International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT), Japan Adeel Waqar and S. Kumar, bed. International Journal of Heat Total contracted Aamount: (THB) 230,000 “Utilization of Latent Heat Storage and Mass Transfer, 5-6(52) 0-0, Unit for Comfort Ventilation of 2010. Integration of RETScreen version 4 in Building in Hot and Dry Climates” education and training. International Journal of Green Chira Achayuthakan, Chris J. Dent, Duration: 22 February 2010 – 31 May 2010 Energy, 2010 (accepted for Janusz W. Bialek and Weerakorn Project Investigator(s): Prof. S. Kumar and Dr. P. Ongsakul “Electricity Tracing in Abdul Salam publication). Sponsor: Sponsor: CANMET Energy Technology Systems with and Without Center, Verenne, Canada B.R. Chavan, A. Yakupitiyage, S. Circulating Flows: Physical Insights Total contracted Amount: 142,600 Baht ($4,600 Kumar, “Socio-Economic Analysis of and Mathematical Proofs” IEEE CAN) Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. International Conference on “Energy Small-Scale Fisher Toward Coastal 25, No. 2, pp. 1078-1087, May 2010. and Sustainable Development: Issues Fisheries Management for Rural and Strategies (ESD 2010) Development in Maharashtra Duc Hien V., Surapong Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 30 Jun 11 Coast, India, Asia Pacific Journal of Project Investigator(s): Weerakorn Ongsakul,S Rural Development, Vol. XIX No. 2 Chirarattananon. An experimental Kumar,Ram Shrestha pp. 45, December 2009. study of a facade mounted light pipe. Sponsor: Multi donors Lighting Research and Technology, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,017,703 2(41) 0-0, 2010. Boonchai Riangvilaikul and S. Kumar
King HRD Scholarship Project. “A numerical study of a novel dew J. Chandrasekaran, D. Nithyaprakash, Duration: 1 October 2009 – September 2013 point evaporative cooling system” Project Investigator(s): Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Energy and Buildings, Vol. 42, No. 11 K.B. Ajjan, S. Maruthanuthu, D. Sponsor: EPPO pp. 1969-2268, 2010. Mahoharan and S. Kumar, “Hybrid Total contracted Amount: (THB):12,753,200 solar cell based on blending of
Boonchai Riangvilaikul and S. Kumar organic and inorganic materials – An Low carbon cities: Learning from the “An experimental study of a novel overview” Renewable and experiences in France. dew point evaporative cooling Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2010 Duration: September 2010 – 31 December 2011 (accepted for publication). Project Investigator(s): Investigator: Prof. S. Kumar, system” Energy and Buildings, Vol. Prof. C. Visvanathan, Dr. P. Abdul Salam, Dr. Charles 42, No. xx, pp. 637-644, 2010. Marpaung, Dr. L.A.S. Ranjith Perera and Dr. Kyoko Jaojaruek K., Sivanappan Kumar. Kusakabe Boonchuay C., Weerakorn Ongsakul. Numerical simulation of the pyrolysis Sponsor: Sponsor: SDCC/AIT – France Network zone in a downdraft gasification Total contracted Amount: (THB) 480,000 Optimal risky bidding strategy for a generating company by self- process. Bioresource Technology, Micro Hydro PV Hybrid System organising hierarchical particle 23(100) 0-0, 2010. Duration: 01 Feb 10 - 01 Apr 12 swarm optimisation. Energy Project Investigator(s): S Kumar, P. Abdul Salam, Jai Conversion and Management, () 0-0, Katejanekarn T., Surapong Govind Singh, Charles Marpaung 2010. Chirarattananon, Shailendra Kumar Sponsor: Ebara Katayema Memorial Fund Japan Shukla. An experimental study of a Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,440,000 solar-regenerated liquid desiccant Boonrit Prasartkaew and S. Kumar “A Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)-AIT Low Carbon Cooling System Using ventilation pre-conditioning system. Cooperation Project. Renewable Energy Resources and Solar Energy, () 0-0, 2010. Duration: January 2009 – December 2012 Technologies” Energy and Buildings, Project Investigator(s): Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 1453-1462, 2010. Katejanekarn T., Surapong Sponsor: PEA Chirarattananon, Sivanappan Kumar. Total contracted Amount: ((THB):27,374,000 An experimental study of a solar- Boonyaritdachochai P., Boonchuay C., Weerakorn Ongsakul. Optimal regenerated liquid desiccant Technology Needs Assesment in Asia ventilation pre-conditioning system. and Europe for Climate Change congestion management in an electricity market using particle Solar Energy, 6(83) 0-0, 2010. Mitigation Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 30 Apr 12 swarm optimization with time- Project Investigator(s): S Kumar,Abdul varying acceleration coefficients. Kerdchuen T., Weerakorn Ongsakul. Salam,Charles Marpuang Computers and Mathematics with Optimal measurement placement for Sponsor: UNEP Riso Center Denmark Applications, 4(60) 0-0, 2010. security constrained state estimation Total Contracted Amount (THB): 11,068,470 using hybrid genetic algorithm and 104 | Annual Report on Research 2010
Energy Field of Study - SERD simulated annealing. European Ram M. Shrestha, Gabrial Electric Power Components and Transactions on Electrical Power, Anandarajah, Liyanage M.H.. Factors Systems, 12(37) 0-0, 2010. 2(19) 0-0, 2010. affecting CO2 emission from the power sector of selected countries in Vo Ngoc Dieu, Weerakorn Ongsakul. Mithulananthan Nadarajah. Asia and the Pacific. Energy Policy, Enhanced augmented Lagrange Influence of constant speed wind 6(37) 0-0, 2010. Hopfield network for constrained turbine generator on power system economic dispatch with prohibited oscillation. Electric Power Ram M. Shrestha, Pradhan S.. Co- operating zones. Engineering Components and Systems, 5(37) 0-0, benefits of CO2 emission reduction Intelligent Systems, 4(17) 0-0, 2010. 2010. in a developing country. Energy Policy, 5(38) 0-0, 2010. Vo Ngoc Dieu, Weerakorn Ongsakul. Neelakantan Ramachandran, Ram M. Shrestha, Rajbhandari S.. Enhanced augmented Lagrange Nithyaprakash D., Ajjan K.B., n, Energy and environmental Hopfield network for constrained Manoharan D., Sivanappan Kumar. implications of carbon emission economic dispatch with prohibited Hybrid solar cell based on blending reduction targets: Case of operating zones. Engineering of organic and inorganic materials- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Energy Intelligent Systems, 1(17) 0-0, 2010. An overview. Renewable and Policy, 9(38) 0-0, 2010. Sustainable Energy Reviews, () 0-0, Vo Ngoc Dieu, Weerakorn Ongsakul. 2010. Ram M. Shrestha, Rajbhandari S.. Improved merit order and Energy and environmental augmented Lagrange Hopfield Panida Boonyaritdachochai, Chanwit implications of carbon emission network for short term Boonchuay and Weerakorn Ongsakul reduction targets: Case of hydrothermal scheduling. Energy “Optimal congestion management in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Energy Conversion and Management, 12(50) an electricity market using particle Policy, () 0-0, 2010. 0-0, 2010. swarm optimization with time- varying acceleration coefficients” Rasul M.G., Tanty B.S., Brahmanand W. Prommee and W. Ongsakul Computer and Mathematics with Mohanty. Erratum to Modelling and “Optimal multiple distributed Applications, Vol. 60 pp. 1068-1077, analysis of blast furnace for efficient generation placement in microgrid 2010. utilization of energy [Applied system by improved Thermal Engineering 27 (2007) 78- Prasartkaew B., Sivanappan Kumar. 88] Watcharejyothin M., Ram M. A low carbon cooling system using (DOI:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006 Shrestha. Effects of cross-border renewable energy resources and .04.026). Applied Thermal power trade between Laos and technologies. Energy and Buildings, Engineering, 17-18(29) 0-0, 2010. Thailand: Energy security and () 0-0, 2010. environmental implications. Energy Riangvilaikul B., Sivanappan Kumar. Policy, 5(37) 0-0, 2010. Rabin Shrestha, Dietrich Schmidt- An experimental study of a novel Vogt, Gnanavelrajah N.. Relating dew point evaporative cooling Watcharejyothin M., Ram M. plant diversity to biomass and soil system. Energy and Buildings, 5(42) Shrestha. Regional energy resource erosion in a cultivated landscape of 0-0, 2010. development and energy security the eastern seaboard region of under CO2 emission constraint in the Thailand. Applied Geography, 4(30) Riangvilaikul B., Sivanappan Kumar. greater Mekong sub-region countries 0-0, 2010. Numerical study of a novel dew (GMS). Energy Policy, 11(37) 0-0, point evaporative cooling system. 2010. Ram M. Shrestha and Salony Energy and Buildings, 11(42) 0-0, Rajbhandari “Energy and 2010. Weerakorn Ongsakul, Jirapong P.. environmental implications of Optimal placement of multi-type carbon emission reduction targets: Siriwardhana M., Opathella G.K.C., FACTS devices to enhance total Case of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal” Mithilesh Kumar Jha. Bio-diesel: transfer capability using improved Energy Policy, Vol. 18 pp. 4818-4827, Initiatives, potential and prospects in evolutionary programming. 2010. Thailand: A review. Energy Policy, International Journal of Energy 2(37) 0-0, 2010. Technology and Policy, 2(7) 0-0, Ram M. Shrestha, Abeygunawardana 2010. A.M.A.K.. Evaluation of economic Vo Ngoc Dieu, Weerakorn Ongsakul. rent of hydropower projects. Energy Augmented lagrangehopfield Policy, 5(37) 0-0, 2010. network for economic load dispatch with combined heat and power. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 105
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Conference/Workshop Presentations Brahmanand Mohanty, “Energy Workshop on Advanced Materials Efficient Lighting: A low-hanging (IWAM 2010), 20-24 February, 2010, Achayuthakan C., Dent C.J., Bialek fruit, Round table on LED lighting Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab J.W., Weerakorn Ongsakul. technology”, EMPOWER INDIA Emirates. Electricity tracing in systems with Exhibition and Seminar, 25-27 June and without circulating flows: 2010, Chennai Trade Centre, India. J. G. Singh, S. N. Singh, S. C. Physical insights and mathematical Srivastava, and Lennart Söder, proofs. IEEE Transactions on Power Brahmanand Mohanty, “E-tool for “Power System Security Systems, 2(25) 0-0, 2010. good environmental practices for Enhancement by Optimal Placement small hotels and resorts”, Seminar of UPFC”, The Fourth IASTED Asian Boonyaritdachochai P., Boonchuay on Sustainability in the Conference on Power and Energy C., Weerakorn Ongsakul. Optimal Accommodation Sector: Practical Systems, AsiaPES 2010, 24-26 congestion management in tools for integrating Biodiversity November, 2010, Phuket, Thailand. electricity market using particle Practices in Tourism Businesses, Nuttapol Limjeerajarus, Apinya swarm optimization with time organized by the Tourism Authority Aksornkij, Sawanya Suwannawong, varying acceleration coefficients. AIP of Thailand, French Development and S. Kumar, “Sky Temperature Conference Proceedings, (1239) 0-0, Agency and United Nations Estimation by Three Metallic Plates 2010. Environment Program, 10-11 May Method”, International Conference 2010, Phuket, Thailand. of Business and Industrial Research, Brahmanand Mohanty, “Asian Voices March 17-18, 2010, Bangkok, and Policies for ISO26000 and Brahmanand Mohanty, “Large scale Thailand. SA8000: Example of the Hospitality implementation of energy efficiency industry”, ADBI Roundtable on in buildings”, The Fifth Kitakyushu P. Abdul Salam, S. Kumar and “Corporate Environmental Initiative Network Meeting, 10-11 Manjula Siriwardhana, “A Review of Management: From Policy to February 2010, Kitakyushu, Japan. Biomass Gasification in the Mekong Practice”, Bangalore, India, 3-6 May Region”, International Conference on 2010, Bangalore, India. Brahmanand Mohanty, “Methods Innovations for Renewable Energy, and tools to assess and reduce GHG 21-23 September 2010, Hanoi, Brahmanand Mohanty, “Conceptual emissions of urban territories: Vietnam. framework and benefits of energy Sharing the French experience”, efficiency in buildings”, The Fifth Indo-French Workshop on Science, S. Kumar and C. Palaniappan, Recent Kitakyushu Initiative Network Technology and Humanities - a Tryst trends in solar drying technologies, Meeting, 10-11 February 2010, with Sustainable Development, 27- International Conference on Post Kitakyushu, Japan. 29 January 2010, Bangalore, India. Harvest management and Valorisation of Agri - Horticultural Brahmanand Mohanty, “Developing Brahmanand Mohanty, “Sustainable Produce, 19-20 February 2010, New guidelines to strengthen national tourism in the present context”, Delhi, India. institutional capacity for promoting Workshop on “Sustainability in the energy efficiency”, Regional Accommodation Sector: Practical S. Kumar, “A Territorial Climate Plan Workshop on strengthening tools for good environmental approach leading to Resource institutional capacity to support Practices in Tourism Businesses, Efficient Cities, 1st Regional energy efficiency in Asian countries, organized by the Tourism Authority Symposium on Integrated Energy organized by United Nations of Thailand and United Nations and Environmental Management, Economic Social Commission for Asia Environment Program, 8 July 2010, 15-16 December 2010, Palembang, and the Pacific, 23-25 March 2010, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Indonesia. Bangkok, Thailand. Brahmanand Mohanty, “Sustainable S. Kumar, Energy and Climate Brahmanand Mohanty, “Energy urban energy solutions for Asia”, Change, Pollutetech 2010 - National efficiency: challenges and Polycity Final Conference, Citynet level conference cum Exhibition, 28- opportunities for green Asia Pacific Workshop, 15-17 September 2010, 29 October 2010, Bangalore, India. business and green bridge with Stuttgart, Germany. Europe”, Business Forum: Green and S. Kumar, Experiences on Asia competitive, 6th Ministerial Chamaiporn Teerasetsopon, S. Renewable Energy Technology, 2010 Conference on Environment and Kumar and Joydeep Dutta Cities International Conference on Development, 30 September 2010, “Ultrasonic Spray Ryrolysis Renewable Energy and Sustainable Astana, Kazakhstan. preparation of Dye-Sensitized Solar Development, 8-9 September 2010, Cells Photoelectrode” International Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 106 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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5.4.7 Doctoral Students' Assessment of Clean Development S. Kumar, Postgraduate education to Mechanism Projects for Net CO2 nurture human resources in the field Dissertation Mitigation in Thailand of environment in Asia, International By Wikanda Pensupa Forum on Higher Education, Global Analyses of Economic and Environmental Supervisor: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang Environmental Leaders Development Implications for Thailand of Integrated and Human Resource Networking, 2 Energy Resource Development in Selected Assessment of Energy Conservation December 2010, Nagoya, Japan. Greater Mekong Subregion Countries. Potential in the Indian Foundry Industry By Mayurachat Watcharejyothin By Abhinad Anil Joshi Supervisor: Prof. Ram M Shrestha Supervisor: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar Saksinchai A., Boonchuay C., Weerakorn Ongsakul. Multi- Daylighting through Unshaded and Assessment of Renewable Energy objective bidding strategy for GenCo Shaded Windows Resources Potential and Application for using non-dominated sorting particle By Lerdlekha Tanachaikhan Decentralized Rural Electrification Using swarm optimization. AIP Conference Supervisor: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar Geographic Information System (GIS) Proceedings, (1239) 0-0, 2010. By Earl Macamay Opiso Development of the PSO Based Robust Supervisor: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar Sasidharan Sreedharan, Weerakorn Controller for Maximizing Wind Energy Ongsakul, and J. G. Singh, Penetration in Power Systems Distributed Expansion Planning “Maximization of Instantaneous By Sasidharan Sreedharan Considering Grid Connection Rood Top PV Supervisors: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul / Dr. Jai Systems: The Case of Chiang Mai City, Penetration using Particle Swarm Govind Singh Thailand Optimization,” International Journal of Engineering, Science and By Paradorn Sriprasat Electricity Generation Cost Under a Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Technology, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 39-50, Reform of the Electric Supply Industry in 2010. Thailand Effect of Renewable Portfolio Standard on By Supattana Nirukkanaporn Energy Security and the Environment: Supervisor: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar Sasidharan Sreedharan, Weerakorn Case of Thailand Ongsakul, Jai Govind Singh, By Suddan Saelin Mahapatra S. S., “Development of 5.4.8 Masters Students' Supervisors: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang / Prof. Ram PSO based Robust Controller for M. Shrestha Maximizing Wind Penetration,” Theses and Research International Journal of Renewable Studies Energy Conservation in an Indian Winery Energy Technology, 2010 (accepted By Aalok Hemant Awalikar Supervisor: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar A Low Carbon Campus through Energy for publication). Efficiency and Energy Conservation Financial Transmission Right Bidding Supattana Nirukkanaporn and S. Measures Strategy in Competitive Power Market Kumar, “A Transition to bilateral By Autchara Poohngamnil Using Particle Swarm Optimization trading ESI – effect to generation Supervisor: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar By Yada Rungreang dispatched cost” International Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul An Analysis of Electricity Demand and Journal of Energy Sector Pollutant Emissions Using Cointegration Management, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 577- GreenHouse Gas Emission & its and ARIMA Modeling: A Case Study of 592, 2010. Mitigation Options: A Case for Nepal Thailand By Barsha Pandey By Thad Aosombatkun Report Supervisors: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang / Prof. Ram Supervisor: Dr. Charles Marpuang M. Shrestha
Low – Carbon Society Vision 2030 An Analysis of Energy Emissions in Urban Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by Hydro Thailand by Bundit Households in Metropolitan Bangkok Power Trading from Myanmar to Limmeechockchai, Sirindhorn By Peach Sriwaranan Thailand Supervisors: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar / Prof. Ram M. International Institute of Technology, By Cherry Myo Lwin Shrestha Asian Institute of Technology, Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul
National Institute for Environmental An Analysis of Energy Use in the Urban Studies, Kyoto University, Mizuho Impact of Distributed Generation in Residential Sector of Nepal Information & Research Institute and Steady State, Voltage and Transient By Prabina Chhetri Asia-Pacific Integrated Model. Supervisor: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar Stability Analysis: A Case of DanSai System, Thailand By Ratchaporn Vairuangsiripong Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul
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Impacts of Distributed Generation on the with Time-Varying Acceleration Total Transfer Capability Enhancement Protective Devices in the PEA Distribution Coefficients Using FACTS Devices: A Case Study of System By Nuttawich Khamsawasd Bhutan Power System By Pauranee Satphaisarnkit Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul By Purna Bdr Rai Supervisors: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul / Dr. Jai Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Govind Singh Optimal DG Allocation in the Nodal Price Base Electricity Market: The Case of Towards a Low Carbon City: Analysis of Integrated Resource Planning Considering Cambodia Power System Sustainable Transport Options for Demand Side Management - A Case By Mom Kirivathanak Bangkok, Thailand Study of Vietnam Supervisor: Dr.Weerakorn Ongsakul By Chawannat Jaroenkhasemmeesuk By Ngo Dang Chien Supervisors: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang / Prof. Ram Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Optimal Generation Scheduling of M. Shrestha Cascaded Hydro-Thermal and Wind Long-term CO2 Emission Reductions Power Generation by Particle Swarm Wind Power Bidding Strategy in Short- Target and Scenario for the Industrial Optimization Term Power Markets Based on Particle Sector of Thailand By Seema Thakur Swarm Optimization By Arisa Sumthong Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul By Nitipong Thipwiang Supervisor: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Long Term Peak Load Forecasting Using Optimal Under-Voltage Load Shedding Artificial Neural Network: A Case of Java for Thailand Power System Madura-Bali Interconnection, Indonesia. By Agapol Pukprayura Research Study: Energy/Electricity By Yusak Tanoto Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Consumption and Economic Growth in Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Pakistan: A Cas-Sulity Analysis Portfolio Risk Analysis Based on By Arshad Mahmood Multi-Objective Bidding Strategy for Generation Expansion Planning Supervisor: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang Genco Using Non-Dominated Sorting By Nguyen Xuan Phuc Particle Swarm Optimization Supervisors: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang / Prof. Ram Research Study: The Transition to a By Apinat Saksinchai M. Shrestha Hydrogen Economy in Thailand Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul By Natthakich Assanee Reliability Improvement by Microgrid Supervisor: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang Multi-Objective Distributed Generation System: The Case of Mae Hong Son, Optimal Placement in Distribution System Thailand Research Study: Analysis of a Micro using Nondominated Sorting Particle By Sitthigorn Promthaworn Combine Heat Power as a Clan Swarm Optimization Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Development Mechanism Project in By Bancha Rangsakorn Residential Area, Hanoi, Vietnam. Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Saddle Node Bifurcation and Voltage By Tran Thi Kieu Ngoc Stability Studies in Electric Power Systems Supervisor: Dr. Charles O.P. Marpuang Opportunities of Low Carbon By Dinesh Rangana Gurusinghe Technologies and Green House Gases Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Mitigation Potential in the Thai Cement, and Pulp and Paper Industries Strategies Towards a Low Carbon Society: By Pichet Ninduangdee A Case Study on Transport and Industrial Supervisors: Dr. P. Abdul Salam / Prof. Sivanappan Sector of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Kumar By Saurabh Thaiba Supervisor: Dr. Charles O.P Marpuang Optimal Bidding Strategy in LMP - Based Electricity Market Considering Elastic
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UV-Vis spectrophometers, atomic CHETTIYAPPAN VISVANATHAN, 5.5.1 Introduction absorption analyzer with flame, graphite BTech, IIT, Madras, India; MEng, AIT, and cold vapor operations, and gas and Thailand; PhD, Inst Natl Polytech, Environmental Engineering at AIT began liquid chromatographs. For lab and pilot Toulouse, France. in 1964 with the need for sanitary scale testing purposes, the ambient Professor (Cleaner Production; engineering to address the problems of laboratory has furnished with facility to Industrial Environment providing adequate water supplies and conduct experiments for treating sludge, Management; Membrane sanitation facilities. This pioneering sewage, air toxics and industrial wastes. Technology for Water and environmental engineering program has It is also housed with advanced water Wastewater Treatment and, grown into a range of fields needed to and wastewater treatment units such Solid Waste Management) tackle the environmental issues facing different membrane bioreactors, and Asia today. high rate anaerobic treatment processes SAID IRANDOUST, MSc, PhD, with methane gas recovery. The Chalmers University of Technology, Environmental Engineering and Environmental Research Station consists Sweden. Management Field of Study is part of the of pilot scale aerobic and anaerobic Professor (Chemical Reaction School of Environment, Resources and biological wastewater treatment units, Engineering) Development. The overall program looks constructed wetlands, waste stabilization for solutions to environmental problems, ponds, a lysimeters for solid waste NGUYEN THI KIM OANH, Dip Eng, water supply and sanitation, wastewater treatment, a hazardous wastewater Odessa Hydrometeorology Inst, treatment and disposal systems, air treatment plant and ambient air Ukraine; MEng, DEng, AIT, Thailand. pollution, solid and hazardous wastes, monitoring station. Professor (Air Pollution waste minimization, and life cycle Engineering and Management, assessment, environmental impact Among its major equipment include Gas Transboundary air pollution, Air assessment and management and Chromatograph; High Performance Liquid Pollution and Climate environmental toxicology. The three Chromatograph; Atomic Absorption Interaction/Co-benefit, major focal areas are Environmental Spectrometer; Total Organic Carbon Environmental Monitoring and Technology and Management, Analyzer; Ion Chromatograph, Induced Modelling, Exposure Environmental Toxicology, Technology Couple Plasma, UV Spectrophotometer; Assessment, Integrated and Management, and Water and Supercritical Fluid Extractor; Microwave Industrial Environment Wastewater Engineering Digestion System ; Primus Thermal Management) Cyclers ; Universal Mutation Detection System; Microscope; Microbalance; OLEG V SHIPIN, PhD, Inst of 5.5.2 Research Facilities and Microcentrifuge. Biochemistry and Physiology of Laboratories Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia. 5.5.3 Faculty and Research Associate Professor (Ecological The Environmental Engineering (EE) Engineering for climate change Laboratory is housed with facilities to Staff adaptation; Environmental handle a wide range of knowledge and Impact Assessment; Microbial skills in problem solving for industrial Full-time Faculty biotechnology and needs and analytical works for physical, nanotechnology; Natural chemical, microbiological, and AJIT P ANNACHHATRE, BTech, PhD, systems (ponds and wetlands) as environmental parameters such as water Indian Inst of Tech, Kanpur, India. Wastewater treatment systems; and wastewater quality, air pollutants Professor (Anaerobic Microbial aspects of and noise level, and solid waste. For Wastewater Treatment; Biofilm Environmental Engineering; teaching, training and research purposes, Processes; Environmental Health and Ecological Risk the EE laboratory is categorized into Biotechnology; Environmental assessment) three sub-laboratories namely, research, Impact Assessment; ambient, and environmental research Mathematical Modeling) station. The research laboratory is equipped with many sophisticated instruments such as GC-IRD-MSD, HPLC,
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PREEDA PARKPIAN, BSc, Kasetsart Hazardous Wastes; activity) Univ, Thailand; MSc, Mississippi Management of Hazardous State Univ; PhD, Texas A&M Univ, Chemicals, POPs and Obsolete ALBERTO E. PEDRAJAS, MEng USA. Pesticides; Sustainable Research Associate (Manages Associate Professor Production of Cement and Co- research projects, prepares (Ecotoxicology; POPs; Heavy Processing of Alternative Fuel technical reports and Metals; Micronutrient and Raw Materials and presentations) Chemistry; Remediation of Hazardous Wastes; Control and Polluted Soil and Water) Minimization of unintentionally ALFREDO ANCENO, PhD produced POPs (dioxins, furans, Research Scientist (Conducts lab THAMMARAT KOOTATEP, BEng, PCBs and HCB) and application experiments and assist students Chiangmai Univ; MEng, DEng, AIT, of Best Available Technologies & in their lab activities; assist Thailand. Best Environmental Practices project leader with research Assistant Professor (BAT/BEP) project, training activity, writes (Decentralized Waste and project proposals) Wastewater Treatment Systems; KIMBERLY NEIL IRVINE, BSc, Toronto Sustainable Sanitation; Eco- Univ, Canada; MSc, PhD, McMaster AMILA ABEYNAYAKA, MEng engineering Technology for Univ, Canada. Research Associate (Manages Waste and Wastewater Adjunct Professor (Hydrology research projects, prepares Treatment and Management; and Water Resource technical reports and Environmental Health and Management, with specific presentations) Sanitation) emphasis on evaluating water quality in urban-impacted water ANAND DESHMUKH, MSc Visiting and Adjunct Faculty bodies) Research Associate (Manages research projects, prepares CHONGRAK POLPRASERT, BEng, SHINICHI OKAMOTO, BEng, MEng, technical reports and Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MEng, DEng, Waseda Univ, Japan. presentations) AIT, Thailand; PhD, Univ of Visiting Professor (Statistics and Washington, USA. Environmental Management ANCY R. JOHNSON, MSc Adjunct Faculty (Hazardous Systems) Research Associate (Manages Waste Engineering; Resources research projects, prepares Recovery; Sanitation) Affiliated Faculty technical reports and presentations) HATHAIRATANA GARIVAIT, BS KHUNYING MATHUROS (Science de la structure et de la RUCHIRAWAT, PhD, Massachusetts ANTOINE MOREL, MEng matiere), Ms (Chimie Physique), Institute of Technology, USA. Senior Research Associate University of Paris 7, France; Affiliated Faculty (Nutrition (Assists in project coordination, DTechSc, AIT, Thailand. Biochemistry and Metabolism) prepares project reports, Adjunct Faculty (Statistics and prepares project budgets and Environmental Management SKORN MONGKOLSUK, PhD, manages project finances, Systems) University of Maryland, USA. support project leader in Affiliated Professor (Biological supervision of AIT and NCCR JENS PETER THOMSEN, Cand. scient, Science) master and doctoral students University of Copenhagen and and trainees in the field of Aarhus, Denmark. JUTAMAAD SATAYAVIVAD, PhD, environmental sanitation) Adjunct Faculty (Ecotoxicology Mahidol University, Thailand. as a Tool in Environmental Affiliated Faculty AROSHA S. KUMARAGE, BA Management) (Pharmacology) Research Assistant (Financial management and assist the KARE HELGE KARSTENSEN, BS, MS, Research Staff team in regular research project University of Oslo; MBA, Heriott and training activities) Manages Watt University, UK; MLaw, AJAYA SAPKOTA, BSc research projects, prepares University of Oslo; Dr.Sc, Norwegian Research Assistant (Conducts technical reports and University of Science and lab experiments and assist presentations) Technology, Trondheim, Norway. students in their lab activities; Visiting Faculty (Sustainable assist project leader with Management of Industrial and research project, training 110 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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ASIF IQBAL, MEng JAVKHLAN ARIUNBAATAR, MSc NANG HTAY YIN, MSc Research Associate (Manages Research Associate (Manages Research Associate (Manages research projects, prepares research projects, prepares research projects, prepares technical reports and technical reports and technical reports and presentations) presentations) presentations)
ATITAYA PANUVATVANICH, DEng JEERAPUN TANUNCHAI, BSc NARISSARA KAEWPHAN, BSc Senior Research Associate, Research Assistant (Laboratory Research Assistant (Conducts (Manages research projects; operating and sample analysis, lab experiments and assists assists in project coordination, prepares technical reports and students in their lab activities; prepares project reports, presentations, collaborating assist project leader with prepares project budgets and with research partners) research project, training manages project finances; assist activity) team leader in training JIDAPA KHATIKARN, MEng activities) Research Associate (Manages NARONG SURINKUL, DEng research projects, prepares Senior Research Engineer, AUNG ZAW NAING LIN, MSc technical reports and (Manages research projects; Research Associate (Actively presentations) assists in project coordination, involve in Asian Regional prepares project reports, Research Programme on KAUSHALYA C. WIJEKOON, MEng prepares project budgets and Environmental Technology Research Associate (Manages manages project finances; assist Program (ARRPET) research research projects, prepares team leader in training activities) technical reports and activities) presentations) CHAIYAPORN IMSAPSANGWORN, NAVARATNAM C. USHANTHI, BEng BSc KETSIRI LEELASAKULTUM, MSc Research Assistant (Conducts Senior Technician (Assess Research Associate (Manages lab experiments and assists laboratory routine testing and research projects on diesel students in their lab activities; analysis, maintain the operation particulate matter and air assist project leader with of the laboratories, instruments pollutants analysis; prepares research project, training and equipment, chemical and technical reports and activity) lab preparation for EEM presentations) laboratories sessions, data NEERAYA RATTANASTACHAN, MEng collection and fieldwork MADDALA PADMASRI, MEng Research Associate (Manages assistance to students and Research Associate (Manages research projects, prepares research staff) research projects, prepares technical reports and technical reports and presentations CHUTHATHIP SIRIPONG, MEng presentations) Research Associate (Manages NGUYEN THANH HANG, MSc research projects, prepares MAI THI THUY PHUONG, MSc Research Associate (Manages technical reports and Research Associate (Manages research projects, prepares presentations) research projects on diesel technical reports and particulate matter and air presentations) DO THI THANH CANH, MSc pollutants analysis; prepares Research Associate (Manages technical reports and ORATHAI KLUBBARNKOH, BSc research projects, prepares presentations) Senior Technician (Chemistry technical reports and and environmental analysis for presentations) MANOJ YOMJINDA, MSc environmental samples as well Research Laboratory Supervisor as prepare for chemical and JACQUELINE KNEE, MSc. (Supervises instrumentation and glassware for laboratory courses Research Fellow (Manages data acquisition, calibration and and research projects) research projects, prepares maintenance of analytical technical reports and instruments, assistant to senior PANNAWEE MEKWICHAI, MSc presentations) laboratory supervisor for such as Research Associate (Manages teaching, lab management) research projects, prepares technical reports and presentations) Annual Report on Research 2010 | 111
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PANNITA SUTTISAWAD, BEng PUTTIMON KAIWAN-ARPORN, MSc SOMCHAI AREMSUM-ANG, BSc Research Assistant (Laboratory Research Associate (Manages Research Assistant (Wastewater operating and sample analysis, research projects, prepares and soil analysis, field survey prepares technical reports and technical reports and and data collection, testing and presentations, collaborating presentations) other laboratory sessions) with research partners) RAQUEL P. PEDRAJAS, MEng SRUNG SMANMOO, PhD PANUPONG BOONYANUN, BTech Senior Research Associate Visiting Researcher (Manages (Mech.) (Assists in project coordination, RTG research project, prepares Senior Technician (Responsible prepares project reports, technical reports and serves as for the repair and maintenance budgets and manages project committee member for master of related machines, assists finances, assists in maintenance thesis) students in laboratory of project websites, organizes experimental work and international workshops, SUPARATTANA SURIYAKHAM, BEng experimental set-up, carry out conference, training programs Research Assistant (Laboratory routine maintenance and repair and seminars, prepares project operating and sample analysis, of laboratory equipment and brochures, posters, etc., assists prepares technical reports and facilities) in formulation of research presentations, collaborating proposal, co-edits project with research partners) PATTARAWAN newsletters, assists evaluation of CHULARUENGOAKSORN, MSc reports from National Research SUTHIRAT KITTIPONGVISES, MSc Research Associate (Manages Institutions involved in the Research Associate (Manages research projects, prepares project research projects on hazardous technical reports and chemical management; assist presentations) RATTAPON ONCHANG, Dr.-techn. the project leader in training Visiting Researcher (Manages activities; prepares technical PIMLUCK KIJJANAPANICH, MSc RTG research project, prepares reports and presentations) Research Associate (Manages technical reports and serves as research projects, prepares committee member for master SYARIFAH HIKMAH JULINDA SARI, technical reports and thesis) MSc presentations) Research Associate (Manages SALAYA PHUNSIRI, MSc research projects, prepares PRAPAT PONGKIATKUL, DEng Senior Laboratory Supervisor technical reports and Senior Research Engineer, (Administrative for presentations) (Manages research projects on Environmental Engineering air pollution; assists in project Laboratory as well as supervise TANTIMA SUWANNAPAN, BSc coordination, prepares project for experimental and research Research Assistant (Conducts reports, prepares project projects on water, wastewater, lab experiments and assists budgets and manages project air pollution, and solid wastes students in their lab activities; finances; assist team leader in analysis) assist project leader with training activities) research project, training SAMBIT ROUTRAY, MSc activity) PREM ANANTH ANIYARANGAN, Research Associate (Manages MEng research projects, prepares THANUN POONSAWAT, MEng Senior Research Associate technical reports and Research Associate (Manages (Manages research projects, presentations) research projects, prepares prepares technical reports and technical reports and presentations) SANJEET AMATYA, MEng presentations) IT Officer (Manages research PREMSAK PUANGPLOY, MSc projects, prepares technical THEERADEJ BOONMA-NGUM, BSc Research Associate (Manages reports and presentations) Research Assistant (Conducts research projects, prepares lab experiments and assists technical reports and SIN KHANNDARITH, MEng students in their lab activities; presentations Research Associate (Manages assist project leader with research projects, prepares research project, training technical reports and activity presentations) 112 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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VENKATAPPA MANJUNATHA, MSc Phyto-Bioremediation for VOCs at Sponsor: JICA Thailand Office Research Associate (Manages Contaminated Site Total Contracted Amount (THB): 321,250 research projects, prepares Duration: 01 Nov 07 - 31 Oct 10 technical reports and Project Investigator(s): Chongrak Polprasert, Preeda Parkpian 5.5.5 On-going Grants and presentations) Sponsor: NEDO/ Shimizu Corporation Japan Sponsored Research Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,080,000 WALAIPORN SIRIRATWATTHANA, Asian Regional Research Programme on MSc Pilot scale field testing of ceramic Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Research Associate (Manages microfiltration system for high turbid Phase II – AIT Air Pollution research projects, prepares surface water treatment (Phase II) Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 technical reports and Duration: 01 May 09 - 31 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, presentations) Project Investigator(s): C. Visvanathan Chongrak Polprasert Sponsor: University of Tokyo, Japan Sponsor: Swedish International Development Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,020,000 Cooperation Agency, Sweden WIJITTRA SANSUD, BSc Total Contracted Amount (THB): 11,448,249 Senior Technician (Manages Pilot scale study on surface water laboratory chemical and treatment using hybrid ceramic Asian Regional Research Programme on equipment inventory; issue membrane filtration system (phase III) Environmental Technology (ARRPET): chemical and equipments for Duration: 02 Apr 10 - 31 Dec 10 Phase II- AIT IHWTM students; conduct water Project Investigator(s): C Visvanathan Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 analysis; assist in organizing Sponsor: University of Tokyo Japan Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Total Contracted Amount (THB): 698,000 laboratory sessions) Sponsor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden Real Time PCR Diagnostic Kit for Giardia Total Contracted Amount (THB): 9,641,212 5.5.4 Grants and Sponsored and Cryptosporidium parasites Duration: 01 Aug 08 - 30 Nov 10 Asian Regional Research Programme on Research Completed in Project Investigator(s): Oleg Shipin Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Sponsor: NIH USA Phase II – AIT Solid Waste 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,354,700 Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11
Air quality and climate impacts of Project Investigator(s): C. Visvanathan Stakeholder Engagement: Pilot Project Sponsor: Swedish International Development Switching to Natural Gas fueled Public Stakeholder dialogues and its Cooperation Agency, Sweden Transportation Vehicles in Bangkok application for Social Corporate Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,536,634 Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 30 Nov 10 Responsibility Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Asian Regional Research Programme on Sponsor: RTG Duration: 25 Jul 09 - 31 Dec 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 850,000 Project Investigator(s): Thammarat Koottatep Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Sponsor: SCG Paper Public Co Ltd Phase II – AIT WWTM Total Contracted Amount (THB): 780,300 Determining Factors of Groundwater Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre use and its Quality in Nakomprathom The development of a Supersensitive Sponsor: Swedish International Development and Samutsakorn Provinces Cooperation Agency, Sweden Chemo sensor kit for the detection of Duration: 06 Feb 09 - 31 Dec 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 8,889,120 Project Investigator(s): Thammarat Koottatep Hg(II) in aqueous environment and in Sponsor: Thai Water Supply Public Company Lts living cells Asian Regional Research Programme on Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,952,200 Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 30 Nov 10 Project Investigator(s): Preeda Parkpian Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Healthcare Waste Management Facility Sponsor: RTG Phase II - Coordination Total Contracted Amount (THB): 928,000 Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Design and Operation Guidelines for Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Laos Sponsor: Swedish International Development US-ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 30 Jun 10 Cooperation Agency, Sweden Project Investigator(s): C Visvanathan Workshop Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,457,881 Sponsor: ADB, Philippines Duration: 01 Sep 09 - 31 Mar 10 Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,650,000 Asian Regional Research Programme on Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Low-Cost Treatment of Septage by Total Contracted Amount (THB): 330,000 Phase II-NRI- Air Pollution Constructed Wetlands and Pond Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Systems in Tropical Regions Workshop for Policy Makers on Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Duration: 01 Aug 96 - 31 Dec 10 Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Chongrak Polprasert Project Investigator(s): Thammarat Koottatep Sponsor: Swedish International Development Sponsor: Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental and Management Cooperation Agency, Sweden Science and Technology (SANDEC) Duration: 15 Feb 10 - 31 Aug 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 29,205,301 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 6,993,981 Project Investigator(s): Thammarat Koottatep, Preeda Parkpian
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Asian Regional Research Programme on Comparison Study on Air Pollution Research Mission Trips of AIT Faculty Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Characteristics between Seoul and Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Aug 12 Phase II-NRI-IHWTM Bangkok Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Sponsor: SDCC AIT France Network Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Duration: 01 Mar 10 - 31 Oct 11 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 288,000 Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Sponsor: Swedish International Development Sponsor: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Cooperation Agency, Sweden (KIST) Strategic Environmental Assessment for Total Contracted Amount (THB): 30,480,096 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 860,832 North and Central Afghanistan to ensure sustainable use of water resources Asian Regional Research Programme on Database of 3R Good Practices related Duration: 01 Aug 10 - 31 Aug 12 Environmental Technology (ARRPET): to Organic Waste Project Investigator(s): Oleg Shipin Phase II – NRI Solid Waste Duration: 20 Jan 10 - 30 Apr 11 Sponsor: British Council UK Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,328,000 Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Project Investigator(s): C Visvanathan Project Investigator(s): C. Visvanathan Sponsor: Mitsubishi Research Institute Sponsor: Swedish International Development Total Contracted Amount (THB): 978,544 Sustainability issues due to Coal Ash Cooperation Agency, Sweden from Coal fired Power plants Total Contracted Amount (THB): 21,185,306 Environmental Sanitation and Urban Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Aug 12 Agriculture Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Asian Regional Research Programme on Duration: 25 Sep 02 - 30 Jun 13 Sponsor: SDCC AIT France Network Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Project Investigator(s): Thammarat Koottatep Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,800,000 Sponsor: Department of Water and Environmental Phase II- NRI WWTM Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC), Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Sustainable Water Management in Switzerland Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Urban Fringe Areas through Industrial Total Contracted Amount (THB): 21,329,791 Sponsor: Swedish International Development Wastewater Reuse Cooperation Agency, Sweden Duration: 01 Mar 10 - 31 Jan 12 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 25,465,225 Innovative Sanitation approach by Project Investigator(s): C Visvanathan Coupling of Ecological reuse system with Sponsor: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asian Regional Research Programme on Health risks determination Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,343,441 Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Duration: 01 May 10 - 30 Apr 11 Phase II- Swedish Resource Persons Project Investigator(s): Thammarat Koottatep Technical Assistance for the setup of a Sponsor: NCCR North-South Center for Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Credit Facility to support Ecosystems Development and Environment Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,400,000 friendly Accommodations in Coastal Sponsor: Swedish International Development areas of Thailand Cooperation Agency, Sweden Duration: 25 Mar 10 - 31 Jan 14 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,516,123 Integrated Sustainable Solid waste Project Investigator(s): Thammarat Koottatep Management in Asia Sponsor: French Development Agency AFD Asian Regional Research Programme on Duration: 01 Jan 09 - 30 Jun 11 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,950,000 Environmental Technology (ARRPET): Project Investigator(s): C. Visvanathan Sponsor: European Commission Phase II - Workshops Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,449,490 5.5.6 Publications Duration: 01 Jan 04 - 30 Jun 11 Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Sponsor: Swedish International Development Permeable Reactive Barrier for International Journal Articles with Cooperation Agency, Sweden Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage Impact factor Total Contracted Amount (THB): 9,114,639 Duration: 01 Nov 09 - 30 Oct 11 Project Investigator(s): Ajit P. Annachhatre Abeynayaka A. and C. Visvanathan. Assessment of co benefits on Air Quality Sponsor: UNESCO -IHE Total Contracted Amount (THB): 972,270 Mesophilic and thermophilic aerobic and climate resulted from various batch biodegradation, utilization of control strategies in Southeast Asia Policy Study on Technology Transfer for carbon and nitrogen sources in high- Duration: 01 Aug 10 - 01 Aug 12 Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh 3R strength wastewater. Bioresource Sponsor: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 30 Jun 11 Technology, 102, 2358-2366, 2011. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,704,000 Project Investigator(s): C Visvanathan Sponsor: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan Abeynayaka A. and C. Visvanathan. Capacity Strengthening on Hazardous Total Contracted Amount (THB): 640,000 Performance comparison of Chemicals Management mesophilic and theromophilic Duration: 01 Jan 07 - 31 Mar 11 Professional Master in Environmental aerobic side-stream membrane Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Engineering and Management, Hanoi Chongrak Polprasert bioreactors treating high strength Sponsor: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2010 wastewater. Acceptable for Total Contracted Amount (THB): 23,732,687 Duration: 01 May 10 - 31 Aug 11 publication in J. of Bioresource Project Investigator(s): Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Sponsor: Environmental government and private Technology, 2010. companies, Vietnam Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,892,000
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Anbumozhi V., Gunjima T., A. Prem C. Visvanathan. A Glance at the Kanabkaew T. and Nguyen Thi Kim Ananth and C. Visvanathan. World: Composting of municipal Oanh (2010). Development of spatial Assessment of Inter-firm Networks in solid waste: Indian experience. and temporal emission inventory for a Wood Biomass Industrial Cluster: Waste Management, 30, 163–164, crop residue field burning. Lessons for Integrated Policymaking 2010. Environmental Modeling and Clean Technologies and Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s10666- Environmental Policy. Clean Channarong B., Bade R. and Oleg 010-9244-0. Technologies and Environmental Shipin. Simultaneous removal of Policy. 12, 365-372, 2010. nickel and zinc from aqueous Khan S.J., Ilyas S., Javid S., C. solution by micellar-enhanced Visvanathan and Jegatheesan V. Anceno A.J., Rouseau P., Beline F., ultrafiltration and activated carbon Performance of Suspended and Oleg Shipin and Dabert P. Evolution fiber hybrid process. Desalination, () Attached Growth MBR Systems in of N-converting bacteria during the 0-0, 2010. Treating High Strength Synthetic start-up of anaerobic digestion Wastewater. Accepted in coupled biological nitrogen removal Chiemchaisri C., Charnnok B. and C. Bioresource Technology, 2010, Doi: pilot-scale bioreactors treating high- Visvanathan (2009). Recovery of 10:1016/j.biotech.2010.09.100. strength animal waste slurry. plastic wastes from dumpsite as Bioresource Technology, 14(100) 0-0, refuse-derived fuel and its utilization Klinmalee A., Srimongkol K. and 2010. in small gasification system. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh. Indoor air Bioresource Technology, 101, 1522- pollution levels in public buildings in Ariunbaatar J. and Chongrak 27, 2010. Thailand and exposure assessment. Polprasert. Assessment of Environmental Monitoring and sustainability indicators for solid Diallo M.B.C., Anceno A.J., Assessment, 1-4(156) 0-0, 2010. waste management in Ulaanbaatar, Tawatsupa B., Nitin K. Tripathi and Mongolia. Waste management (New Oleg Shipin. GIS-based analysis of the Kondo Y., Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Hu York, N.Y.), 3(30) 0-0, 2010. fate of waste-related pathogens M., Kim Y.J. and Kita K. Stabilization Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia of the mass absorption cross section Brix H., Thammarat Koottatep, Fryd lamblia and Escherichia coli in a of black carbon for filter-based O. and Laugesen C.H. The flower and tropical canal network. Journal of absorption photometry by the use of the butterfly constructed wetland Water and Health, 1(7) 0-0, 2010. a heated inlet. Aerosol Science and system at Koh Phi Phi-System design Technology, 8(43) 0-0, 2010. and lessons learned during Emberson L.D., Jamir C., Kobayashi implementation and operation. K., Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh and Quadir Konnerup D., Thammarat Koottatep Ecological Engineering, () 0-0, 2010. Q.F. A comparison of North and Brix H. Treatment of domestic American and Asian exposure- wastewater in tropical, subsurface C. Visvanathan and Prem Ananth A. response data for ozone effects on flow constructed wetlands planted Industrial Symbiosis through Eco- crop yields. Atmospheric with Canna and Heliconia. Ecological industrial clustering: A synthesis of a Environment, 12(43) 0-0, 2010. Engineering, 2(35) 0-0, 2010. multi-country study in agricultural sector. Energy Manager, 03, 04, 19- Jaikanlaya C., Settachan D., Denison Le H.A. and Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh 26, October, 2010. M.S., Mathuros Ruchirawat and (2010). Integrated Monitoring and Martin van den Berg. PCBs Modeling for Air Quality C. Visvanathan, Karthikeyan O.P. and contamination in seafood species at Management of Brick Manufacturing Park H.K. Sustainable landfilling in the Eastern Coast of Thailand. Village. Journal of Environmental tropical conditions: Comparison Chemosphere, 2(76) 0-0, 2010. Monitoring and Assessment, 171: between open and closed cell 381-394. DOI 10.1007/s10661-009- approach. Waste Management & Jiamjitrpanich W., Chongrak 1285-y Research. Accepted for publication in Polprasert, Preeda Parkpian, Delaune September, 2010. R.D. and Jugsujinda A. Environmental Liamleam W., Oo Z.K., Thai P.T. and factors influencing remediation of Ajit Annachhatre. Pilot scale C. Visvanathan, Yin N.H., and TNT-contaminated water and soil investigation of zinc and sulphate Karthikeyan O.P. Co-disposal of with nanoscale zero-valent iron removal from industrial discharges electronic waste with municipal solid particles. Journal of Environmental by biological sulphate reduction with waste in bioreactor landfills. Waste Science and Health - Part A molasses as electron donor. Management, 30 2609-14, 2010. Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Technology, 12(30) 0- Environmental Engineering, Vol. 45, 0, 2010. pp. 263-274. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 115
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Lohwacharin J. and Ajit Annachhatre. Nobuntou W., Preeda Parkpian, Prem Ananth A., Prashanthini V. Biological sulfide oxidation in an Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Athapol and C. Visvanathan. airlift bioreactor. Bioresource Noomhorm and Delaune R.D. Lead Healthcare Waste Management in As Technology, 7(101) 0-0, 2010. distribution and its potential risk to ia. Waste Management, 30, 154– the environment: Lesson learned 161, 2010. Nawapan S., Charoenlap N., from environmental monitoring of Charoenwuttitam A., Saenkham P., abandon mine. Journal of Sangjun S., de Jong E., Nijmeijer S., Skorn Mongkolsuk and Paiboon Environmental Science and Health - Mutarapat T., Somsak Ruchirawat Vattanaviboon. Functional and Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Martin van den Berg. Induction expression analyses of the cop and Environmental Engineering, Vol. of cell cycle arrest in human MCF-7 operon, required for copper 45, pp. 1702-1714. breast cancer cells by cis-stilbene resistance in Agrobacterium derivatives related to VIOXX?. tumefaciens. Journal of Bacteriology, Panuvatvanich A., Thammarat Toxicology Letters, 2(186) 0-0, 2010. 16(191) 0-0, 2010. Koottatep and Kone D. Hydraulic behaviour of vertical-flow Sarathai Y., Thammarat Koottatep Nawaz R., Preeda Parkpian, Garivait constructed wetland under different and Morel A. Hydraulic H., Anurakpongsatorn P. and operating conditions. Environmental characteristics of an anaerobic DeLaune R.D. Impacts of Acid Rain Technology, 10(30) 0-0, 2010. baffled reactor as onsite wastewater on Base Cations, Aluminum and treatment system. Journal of Acidity Development in Highly Panuvatvanich A., Thammarat Environmental Sciences, 9(22) 0-0, Weathered Soils of Thailand. J. of Koottatep and Kone D. Influence of 2010. Communications in Soil Science and sand layer depth and percolate Plant Analysis (submitted). impounding regime on nitrogen Seng B., Khanal S.K. and C. transformation in vertical-flow Visvanathan. Anaerobic digestion of Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Bich T.L, constructed wetlands treating faecal waste activated sludge pretreated by Tipayarom D., Manadhar B.R, sludge. Water Research, 10(43) 0-0, a combined ultrasound and chemical Pongkiatkul P., Simpson C.D. and Liu 2010. process. Environmental Technology, L-J.S. (2010). Source Characterization 31; 3, 257-265, 2010 of Aerosol Emission from Field Pokasoowan C., Kanitchaidecha W., Burning of Rice Straw. Atmospheric K.C. B.K. and Ajit Annachhatre. Singhakant C., Thammarat Koottatep Environment. Investigation on laboratory and pilot- and Jutamaad Satayavivad. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosen scale airlift sulfide oxidation reactor Enhanced arsenic removals through v.2010.09.023. under varying sulfide loading rate. plant interactions in subsurface-flow Journal of Environmental Science constructed wetlands. Journal of Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Thiansathit and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Environmental Science and Health - W., Bond T.C., Subramanian R., Substances and Environmental Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances Winijkul E. and Paw-armart I. (2010). Engineering, 1(44) 0-0, 2010. and Environmental Engineering, Compositional characterization of 2(44) 0-0, 2010. PM2.5 emitted from in-use diesel Pongkiatkul P., Nguyen Thi Kim vehicles in Asia. Atmospheric Oanh, Wangkiat A. and Okamoto S. Singhakant C., Thammarat Koottatep Environment. 44 (2010) 15–22. (2010), “Further Analysis and PMF and Jutamaad Satayavivad. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.00. Application to the Chemical Fractional analysis of arsenic in Composition Data of IPCAJ’s Kashima subsurface-flow constructed Nguyen Viet H., Cisse G., Thammarat SPM study”. Int. J. Environment and wetlands with different length to Koottatep, Bonfoh B. and Tanner M. Pollution, Vol. 40, No. 4. depth ratios. Water Science and Improving environmental sanitation, Technology, 7(60) 0-0, 2010. health, and well-being: A conceptual Ponza S., Preeda Parkpian, Chongrak framework for integral interventions. Polprasert, Shrestha R.P. and Sivakumaran S. and Toshiya Aramaki. EcoHealth, 2(6) 0-0, 2010. Jugsujinda A. Removal of Estimation of household water end trichloroethylene (TCE) use in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Water Nithikul J., Karthikeyan O.P. and C. contaminated soil using a two-stage International, 1(35) 0-0, 2010. Visvanathan. Reject management anaerobic-aerobic composting from a mechanical biological technique. Journal of Environmental Subramanian R., Winijkul E., Bond treatment plant in Bangkok, Science and Health - Part A T.C., Thiansathit W. and Nguyen Thi Thailand. Accepted for publication, Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Kim Oanh. Climate-relevant J. Resources, Conservation and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 45, properties of diesel particulate Recycling, 2010. pp. 549-559. emissions: Results from a piggyback 116 | Annual Report on Research 2010
Environmental Engineering & Manag ement Field of Study - SERD study in Bangkok, Thailand. Thawornchaisit U. and Chongrak Environment and Pollution, IOS Environmental Science and Polprasert. Evaluation of phosphate Press, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 39 - 48. Technology, 11(43) 0-0, 2010. fertilizers for the stabilization of cadmium in highly contaminated Wickramasinghe S., Cochard R., Sumith J.A., Preeda Parkpian and soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Anceno A.J. and Oleg Shipin. Multi- Leadprathom N. Dredging influenced 1-3(165) 0-0, 2010. functional pollution mitigation in a sediment toxicity of endosulfan and rehabilitated mangrove conservation lindane on black tiger shrimp Thuithaisong C., Preeda Parkpian, area. Ecological Engineering, 5(35) 0- (Penaeus monodon Fabricius) in Shipin O., Shrestha R.S., Naklang K., 0, 2010. Chantaburi River estuary in Thailand. DeLaune R.D. and Jugsujinda A. Soil International Journal of Sediment Quality Indicators for Predicting Wijekoon K.C., C. Visvanathan and Research, Vol. 4 (24), pp. 649-663. Sustainable Organice Rece Abeynayaka A. Effect of organic Production. J. of Communications in loading rate on VFA Production, Surinkul N. and Thammarat Soil Science and Plant Analysis (in organic matter removal and Koottatep. Advanced sanitation press). microbial activity of a two stage planning tool with health risk thermophilic anaerobic membrane assessment: Case study of a peri- Tsuzuki Y., Thammarat Koottatep, bioreactor. Accepted in J of urban community in Thailand. Jiawkok S. and Saengpeng S. (2010). Bioresource Technology, 2011. Human and Ecological Risk Municipal wastewater characteristics Assessment, 5(15) 0-0, 2010. in Thailand and effects of “soft Yajima A. and Thammarat Koottatep. intervention” measures in Assessment of E. coli and Salmonella Swati M., Karthikeyan O.P., Joseph households on pollutant discharge spp. infection risks associated with K., C. Visvanathan and Nagendran R. reduction. Water Science and different fecal sludge disposal Pilot scale simulation of landfill Technology, Vol. 62, No. 2. pp. 231 – practices in Thailand. Journal of bioreactor and controlled dumping 244 doi: 10.2166/wst.2010.164 Water and Health, 2(8) 0-0, 2010. of fresh and partially stabilized municipal solid waste in tropical Tsuzuki Y., Thammarat Koottatep, Conference Publications developing country. Accepted for Wattanachira S., Sarathai Y. and publication in Practice Periodical of Wongburana C. On-site treatment Abeynayaka A., Nguyen T., C. Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive systems in the wastewater Visvanathan and Ariyamethee P. Waste, ASCE Publication, 2010. treatment plants (WWTPS) service “Chemical-free and Carbon Neutral areas in thailand: Scenario based Membrane based Emergency Water Tangjarukij C., Zelikoff J.T. and pollutant loads estimation. Journal of Supply System”, 8th International Mathuros Ruchirawat. The effects of Global Environment Engineering, Symposium on Southeast Asian pyridoxine deficiency and (14) 0-0, 2010. Water Environment, Phuket, supplementation on hematological Thailand. October 24 to 26, 2010. profiles, lymphocyte function, and van D.T.H. and Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh. (This presentation won the “Award hepatic cytochrome P450 in B6C3F1 Open top chamber experiment study for Asian Young Professional on mice. Journal of Immunotoxicology, to assess effects of ground level Water Research” as a recognition of 3(6) 0-0, 2010. ozone on local peanut cultivar in most outstanding and promising Vietnam. International Journal of performance in the symposium). Thanh B.X. and C. Visvanathan. Environmental Studies, 1(66) 0-0, Emeritus Prof. Roger Ben Aim. 2010. Abeynayaka A., Tuan L.A., C. Characterization of aerobic granular Visvanathan, Yonekawa H. and sludge at various organic loading Van D.T.H., Ishii S. and Nguyen Thi Watanabe Y. “Pre-treatment options rates. Process Biochemistry, 2(44) 0- Kim Oanh. Assessment of ozone for hybrid ceramic microfiltration 0, 2010. effects on local rice cultivar by systems for surface water portable ozone fumigation system in treatment”, International Thanh B.X., Sperandio M., Guigui C., Hanoi, Vietnam. Environmental Conference on Sustainable Built Ben Aim R., Wan J.F. and C. Monitoring and Assessment, 1- Environments (ICSBE-2010), Kandy, Visvanathan, (2010). Coupling 4(155) 0-0, 2010. 13-14 December 2010. sequencing batch airlift reactor (SBAR) and membrane filtration: Visoth T., Yim M., Vathna S., Irvine K. Ajit P. Annachhatre. Pollutants in Influence of nitrate removal on and Thammarat Koottatep (2010). Environment – How Well are They sludge characteristics, effluent Efficiency of Phnom Penh's Natural Managed in the Developing quality and filterability, Desalination, Wetlands in Treating Wastewater Countries?, National Conference 250, 850-854, 2010. Discharges. Asian Journal of Water, “POLLUTECH 2010”, J.N. Tata Annual Report on Research 2010 | 117
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Auditorium, IISC Campus, Bangalore, on Cluster Economic Development, Thu L.N, C. Visvanathan, Phan C. and India, 28-30 October 2010. 26 February, ADB, Manila, Ang M. Performance of Philippines, 2010. Mycobacterium Chlorophenolicum C. Visvanathan, Wijekoon K.C. and Relative to Microorganism Isolated Abeynayaka A. “Effect of organic Hearth G.B.B, Prem Ananth A. and C. from Activated Sludge Treating loading rate on VFA production, Visvanathan. “Enhancing Pentachlorophenol in MBR, Chemeca organic matter removal and Environmental Sustainability in 2010, Adelaide, Australia, 26–29 microbial activity of a two-stage Dambulla Dedicated Economic September, 2010 thermophilic anaerobic membrane Centre: Industrial Networking for bioreactor” Conference on Waste Management”, 9th Asia Pacific Books and Monographs Challenges in Environmental Science Roundtable for Sustainable and Engineering 2010, Cairns, Consumption and Production, Khan S.J. and C. Visvanathan. Fouling Queensland, Australia, 26 Colombo, Sri Lankan, 10-12, June, Mitigation Approaches in Membrane September- 1 October, 2010. 2010 Bioreactor: Influence of hydrodynamic and physico-chemical C. Visvanathan. “Anaerobic Kijjanapanich P., Ajit P. Annachhatre approaches on fouling mitigation in a Membrane Bioreactors: Current and Piet Lens, Electron donors for membrane bioreactor. VDM Verlag Status and Future Potentials”, treating acid mine drainage in Dr. Müller, Germany. ISBN: 978-3- International Conference on MBR for permeable reactive barrier reactor, 693-27831-6. Wastewater Treatment, Key Note 2nd International Conference on Lecture, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-26 Chalcogen Cycle Science and Book Chapters April, 2010 Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 22-27 May 2010. Basnayake B.F.A. and C. Visvanathan. C. Visvanathan. “Challenges and Solid Waste Management in Sri Barriers for 3R Technology Transfer: Nguyen Thi kim Oanh and Lanka, in Municipal Solid Waste Good and Bad Practices” Joint Leelasakultum K. Prediction of haze Management in Asia and the Pacific workshop of “Asian Resources episode potential for mountain- Islands, ISBN: 978-979-1344-78-4, Circulation Policy Research” and valley urban area using synoptic- Penerbit ITB, pp: 185-200, 2010 “ERIA 3R Policy Working Group”, climatological modeling approach. University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Proceedings of the HARMO 13 (13th C. Visvanathan and Padmasri M. Malaysia, 7-8 October, 2010. conference on Harmonisation within Water environment in Southeast Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Asia: Where do we stand today?, C. Visvanathan. “Challenges and for Regulatory Purposes), Paris Southeast Asian Waster Environment Opportunities with Green France, June 1-4, 2010. 4, IWA publication, pp: 1- 10, ISBN: Technology Transfer on the 3R” 184339362X, 2010. Regional 3R forum in Asia, Kuala Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Chongrak Lumpur, Malaysia, 4-6 October, 2010 Polprasert, Kittipongvises S., C. Visvanathan. Bioenergy Karstensen K.H., Dan N.P., Nghiem Production from organic fraction of C. Visvanathan. “Climate Change & L.H., Chang-Chien. G.P. municipal solid waste through dry Water Nexus: Gearing Academic Characterization of Stack Emission anaerobic digestion, in Bioenergy Curriculum Towards Adaptation”, from Simple Incinerator Burning PCB and Biofuel from Biowastes and 10th Science Council of Asia Contaminated Oil. Proceedings of Biomass, ASCE publications, ISNB: Conference, 15-16 June, Manila, AWMA IT3 International Conference 978-0-7844-1089-9, pp: 71-89, Philippines, 2010 on Thermal Treatment Technologies 2010. and Waste Combustors. San C. Visvanathan. “Community, Public Francisco, May 17-20, 2010. Chiemchaisri C. and Weerasekara R., & Private Sector Synergy: How Joseph K., Kumar S. and C. Effective to Improve SWM Service?”, Rattanaoudom R. and C. Visvanathan. Application of 7th Expert Meeting on Solid Waste Visvanathan. Removal of PFOA by Bioreactor Landfill Technology to Management in Asia and Pacific Hybrid Membrane Filtration Using Municipal Solid Waste Management: Islands, 15-17 September, Taipei, PAC and Hydrotalcite, Conference on Asian Perspective. Impact, Taiwan, 2010 Challenges in Environmental Science Monitoring and Management of and Engineering 2010, Cairns, Environmental Pollution, ISBN 978-1- C. Visvanathan. “Eco Industrial Queensland, Australia, 26 60876-487-7, Nova Science Networking of the Rice and Livestock September- 1 October, 2010. Publishers, Inc. pp: 553-568, 2010. Sector at Chachaengsao Province, Thailand”, International Conference 118 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Jegatheesan V., Shu L., and C. Hurni H, Wiesmann U, editors; with published as engineering cases, in Visvanathan. Aquaculture effluent: an international group of co-editors. engineeringcases.knovelblogs.com. Impacts and Remedies for Protecting Global Change and Sustainable Environment and Human Health, Development: A Synthesis of Prem Ananth A. and C. Visvanathan. Encyclopedia of Environmental Regional Experiences from Research How Can Solid Waste Management Health, Elsevier Publications, 2010. Partnerships. Perspectives of the and 3R Contribute to Climate Change Swiss National Centre of Mitigation? ASEP Newsletter Vol 26 Montangero A., Schaffner M., Competence in Research (NCCR) (4) Asian Society for Environmental Surinkul N., Nguyen Viet H. and North-South, University of Bern, Vol. Protection, Thailand, 2009. Thammarat Koottatep, Morel A., 5. Bern, Switzerland: Geographica Lüthi C, Schertenleib R. Innovative Bernensia, pp 331–341. Abstracts in international conferences tools for environmental sanitation planning and river basin Papers in Workshops Agustian D. and Nguyen Thi kim management in Southeast Asia. In: Oanh. Black carbon emission Hurni H, Wiesmann U, editors; with Ajit P. Annachhatre. Networking inventory for Indonesia. Paper an international group of co-editors. under ARRPET – Cooperation in presented at the BAQ10 organized in Global Change and Sustainable Science and Technology. Workshop Singapore, 9-11 Nov. 2010. Development: A Synthesis of of IROST AIT Agreement on Climate Regional Experiences from Research Change, IROST, Iran, 16-17 October Changsuphan A. and Nguyen Thi kim Partnerships. Perspectives of the 2010. Oanh. Removal of Benzene using Swiss National Centre of nZnO Nano Particles Coated on Competence in Research (NCCR) Ajit P. Annachhatre. Anammox Zeolite Absorbent Enhanced Ozone North-South, University of Bern, Vol. Process for Wastewater Nitrogen and UV. Paper presented at the 5. Bern, Switzerland: Geographica Removal. Seminar given in ARI BAQ10 organized in Singapore, 9-11, Bernensia, pp 357–37 Laboratory, Pune India, 15 April Nov. 2010. 2010. Morel A., Sarathai Y., Nguyen V.A. Chaosakul T. Rajapakse E.P., and Thammarat Koottatep. C. Visvanathan. Low Carbon Abeynayake A., Asokbunyara V., Potential and limitations of Technologies for Pulp and Paper Pakdeerulthanami K., Tung T.V., decentralised wastewater Sector, in National Workshop on Low Wint K.S., Khai T.Z., Bounmanyvone management in Southeast Asia. In: Carbon Technology Innovation and P., Tam H.T.T., Thammarat Koottatep Hurni H, Wiesmann U, editors; with Diffusion in Thai Manufacturing and Irvine K.N. Experimental study an international group of co-editors. Sectors, organized by AIT and of urban sediment size distribution, Global Change and Sustainable UNIDO, Century Park Hotel, Bangkok, build-up and wash-off in a peri-urban Development: A Synthesis of 28 January 2010. area: A case study of Rattanakosin Regional Experiences from Research village, Thailand. Proc. of the 8th Partnerships. Perspectives of the C. Visvanathan. Hazardous Solid International Symposium on Swiss National Centre of Waste Management in Thailand: An Southeast Asia Water Environment, Competence in Research (NCCR) Overview, in Workshop on Phuket, Thailand, pp. 144-149. North-South, University of Bern, Vol. “Sustainability of solid Waste 5. Bern, Switzerland: Geographica Management in Thailand” organized Iqbal A. and Nguyen Thi kim Oanh. Bernensia, pp 343–356. by Joint Graduate School of Energy & Assessment of Acid Deposition in Environment, KMUTT, Bangkok, 11 Bangladesh using Air Pollution Thammarat Koottatep and October, 2010. Dispersion Modeling. International Panuvatvanich A. Constructed Symposium on “Benefiting from Wetlands for Effective Wastewater C. Visvanathan. Towards Strategic Earth Observation: Bridging the Data Treatment. In: K. Irvine, T. Murphy, Promotion of 3Rs in Developing Asia, Gap for Adaptation to Climate V. Vanchan, and S. Vermette (eds.). Asia 3R High-Level Seminar, Tokyo, Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Water Resources and Development Japan, 9-10 March 2009. Region”, 4-6 October 2010, in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia Kathmandu, Nepal. Center, NY, Pearson Learning Non-refereed Publications Solutions, pp 179 – 192 Iqbal A. and Nguyen Thi kim Oanh. C. Visvanathan. Decentralized Assessment of Acid Deposition in Thammarat Koottatep. Dealing with Approach to Treating the Organic Bangladesh using Air Pollution sanitation, environmental dynamics Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste Dispersion Modelling. Paper and disparities: Research with Energy Recovery by Using presented at the BAQ10 organized in partnerships in Southeast Asia. In: Inclined Dry Anaerobic Digestion, Singapore, 9-11, Nov. 2010. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 119
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Kanabkaew T. and Nguyen Thi Kim C. Visvanathan. Current Status of Protection Agency (HEPA), 13-15 Oanh. Assessment of Aerosol Municipal Wastewater Management January, 2011. influence on Atmospheric Properties in Thailand, invited lecture at using Ground- and Satellite- based Department of civil and Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops Measurements. Paper presented at Environmental Engineering and the BAQ10 organized in Singapore, Management, Tohoku University, Ajit P. Annachhatre. Organized a 9-11, Nov. 2010. Japan, 10 March, 2010. workshop on “Management of Heavy Metal Discharges”, joint Kanabkaew T. and Nguyen Thi kim C. Visvanathan. Solid Waste and activity under ARRPET, UNAIT Office Oanh. Assessment of Aerosol Climate Change: Perceptions and and SDCC/AIT-France Network, AIT, Influence on Atmospheric Properties Possibilities, International Thailand, 18-19 November 2010. using Integrated Ground-and Conference on Solid Waste Satellite-based Measurements. Management, Key Note Lecture, – C. Visvanathan. Presented a lecture International Symposium on WasteSafe 2009, Khulna, Bangladesh, on “Water Supply and Sanitation for “Benefiting from Earth Observation: 9-10 November 2009. Disaster Response” in the training Bridging the Data Gap for Adaptation program "Public Health and Disaster to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush- Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh. The Inter- Management", organized by DPMM Himalayan Region”, 4-6 October laboratory comparison for UNEP- program from 6 - 18 December, 2010 2010, Kathmandu, Nepal. Male’ Declaration acid monitoring in AIT. network. Invited speaker for UNEP- Leelasakultum K. and Nguyen Thi kim Male’ Declaration MoC Meeting, C. Visvanathan. Organized a Oanh. Synoptic Climatological Dehli, India, Nov, 2010. stakeholder workshop on Approach for Predicting Haze “Sustainable Water Management in Episode Potential and Refining AOT- Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh. Emission Urban Fringe Areas through PM10 Relationship for Exposure inventory for agricultural field Industrial Wastewater Reuse”, Assessment. Paper presented at the burning. Invited lecture at the UNEP- HCMC, Vietnam, 21 December, 2010. BAQ10 organized in Singapore, 9-11, Male’ Declaration 8th Regional Nov. 2010. Refresher’s training, Dehli, India, C. Visvanathan. Organized a Nov, 2010. workshop on “Sustainable Urban Nguyen Thi kim Oanh. Air Quality Water Use and management in and Climate Co-benefits: Professional Trainings Organized a Consultative Workshop Quantification Methods and on Healthcare Waste Management in Challenges. Paper presented (oral) at C. Visvanathan. Organized national Lao PDR, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR, the BAQ10 organized in Singapore, Training program on “Application of 23 March 2010, Jointly with ADB and 9-11, Nov. 2010. Membrane Technology for Water Ministry of Health Lao. and Wastewater Treatment” in Sarathai Y., Thammarat Koottatep collaboration with HCMC University Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh. Organized the and Irvine K.N. Field study on of Technology, 22 December, 2010. dissemination workshop of the AIT- biodegradation for a combined RTG project “Air Quality and Climate sewer system in Thailand. Proc. of C. Visvanathan. Presented a lecture Impacts of Switching to Natural Gas- the 8th International Symposium on on “Public Private Partnership in Fueled Public Transportation Southeast Asia Water Environment, Water Sector” organized by NWTTI, Vehicles in Bangkok”. Cooperation Phuket, Thailand, pp. 163 - 168. Metropolitan Water Works, with Dr. Rattapon Onchang, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 August – 9 Silpakorn University. At SU, 20 July Invited Lectures and Keynote Addresses September, 2010. 2010.
C. Visvanathan and Prem Ananth A. C. Visvanathan. Presented lecture 5.5.7 Doctoral Students' Higher Education Needs for Solid series on “Design of Water Waste Management through 3R in Treatment Plant” organized by Dissertation Asian Developing Countries, invited NWTTI, Metropolitan Water Works, lecture at International Conference Bangkok, Thailand, 22 June – 2 July, Applications of Anaerobic Baffled on Raising Awareness of the Need for 2010. Reactor (ABR) and Vermicomposting Environmental Protection: A Role for Process for Treating Household Higher Education” Hoa Sen C. Visvanathan. Designed and Wastewater and Accumulated University and An Giang University, organized a national Cleaner Sludge Ho Chi Minh City, 21-23 July, 2010. Production training program for Ho By Yuttachai Sarathai Supervisor: Dr. Thammarat Koottatep Chi Minh City Environmental 120 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Development of Nitrogen Determination of Greenhouse Gas Environmental and Human Health Risk Transformation Model for Vertical Emissions by Carbon Flow Analysis of Assessment due to Arsenic from Flow Constructed Wetland Treating Household Sanitation Practices Abandoned Tin Mining: A Case Study of Faecal Sludge By Chanutsakul Supirak Wiang Pa Pao, Chiangrai Province, By Atitaya Panuvatvanich Supervisor: Dr. Thammarat Koottatep Thailand Supervisor: Dr. Thammarat Koottatep By Suntorn Uppamarn Assessment of Air Quality and Climate Supervisor: Dr. Preeda Parkpian Sulfur Production via a Biological Co-benefit for Urban Public Transport: A Sulfide Oxidation Process Case Study of Bangkok Metropolitan Financial Analysis and Related By Chanya Pokasoowan Region Determinants in the Planning and Supervisor: Prof. Ajit Annachhatre By Aue-Enndu Vilaiphorn Selection of Sanitation Technologies Supervisor: Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh By Chuthathip Siripong Environmental Toxicology, Technology & Supervisor: Dr. Thammarat Koottatep Management Continuous Cultivation of Microalgae Using Airlift Photo-Bioreactor Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential Effects of Pesticides on the Non- By Pham Dong Hai from Starch Industries in Thailand Neuronal Lymphocytic Cholinergic Supervisor: Prof. Ajit Annachhatre By Patreeya Katsin System Supervisor: Prof. Ajit P. Annachhatre By Tanvisith Charoenying Cumulative Effect Assessment: Analysis Supervisors: Dr. Jutamaad Satayavivad / Dr. of Interrelationships among Drivers High Rate Thermophilic Anaerobic Preeda Parkpian (Stressors) and Valued Ecosystem Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater Components in Multifunctional Tropical Treatment Exposure to 1,3Butadine and its Wetlands By Kaushalya C. Wijekoon Possible Effects on Temple Workers By Shirina Afroze Supervisor: Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan and Traffic Policemen Supervisor: Dr. Oleg Shipin By Manaswee Arayasiri Investigation of Benzene Removal Supervisors: Dr. Khunying Mathuros Decomposition of Organic Wastes with Mechanisms on Adsorbents Coated with Ruchirawat/Dr. Preeda Parkpian Black Soldier Fly Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles By Nguyen Hong Dang By Muhammad Ikram B.A. Wahab Low Level Occupational Exposure to Supervisor: Dr. Thammarat Koottatep Supervisor: Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Styrene and Benzene: Its Effects on DNA Damage and DNA Repair Detection of Copper (II) Ion in an Aqueous Mitigation of Cumulative Environmental By Sirilak Wongvijitsuk Environment Employing Pyrazolidine Impacts on the Hoi An Estuarine Supervisors: Dr. Khunying Mathuros Luminol (PL) Ecosystem with a Focus on the Truong Ruchirawat/Dr. Preeda Parkpian By Syarifah Hikmah Julinda Sari Giang River (Quang Nam Province, Supervisor: Dr. Preeda Parkpian Vietnam) Mercury Contamination and By Nguyen Hoang Yen Potential Impacts from a Municipal Development of a Water Treatment Supervisor: Dr. Oleg Shipin Waste Incinerator on Samui Island, System for Emergency Situations Thailand By Nguyen Thi Thuy Pathogen Flow Analysis and Potential By Dudsadee Muenhor Supervisor: Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan Health Risks Due to Greywater Reuse in Supervisors: Dr. Preeda Parkpian / Dr. Jutamaad Satayavivad Thailand Development of Selected Aspects of the By Tanya Udom Decision-Making Tool of the Cumulative Supervisor: Dr. Thammarat Koottatep 5.5.8 Masters Students' Effects Assessment : A Case Study of the Theses Nam Ngum River Basin Wetlands, Lao Permeable Reactive Barrier for PDR Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage By Phonepasong Sithideth By Pimluck Kijjanapanich Analysis and Quantification of Air Quality Supervisor: Dr. Oleg Shipin Supervisor: Prof. Ajit P. Annachhatre and Climate Co-Benefits for Coal-Fired Power Plants in China Ecokinetics of Herbicides from Farmland Pilot Scale Study on Surface Water By Jing Chen to the River: A Case Study of Chanthaburi Treatment Using Hybrid Ceramic Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Estuary in Thailand Membrane Filtration System By Kitiya Totong By Sin Khanndarith Analysis of the Development of Strategic Supervisor: Dr. Jutamaad Satayavivad Supervisor: Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan Environmental Assessment Process in the Tropical Developing Countries with Production of Biodiesel from Microalgae Regard to Coastal and Riverine Water By Nguyen Thi Thu Environment Supervisor: Prof. Ajit Annachhatre By Palwasha Achakzai Supervisor: Dr. Oleg Shipin
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Quantification of Mercury Containing Source Apportionment for Particulate Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion for the Wastes and Management Practices in Matter Air Quality Management of a Treatment of Dissolved Organic Fraction Thailand Mining Town in Quang Ninh, Vietnam of Municipal Solid Waste By Nisita Khongpaitoon By Nguyen Thanh Hang By Sheelva Shakya Supervisor: Dr. Preeda Parkpian Supervisor: Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Supervisor: Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan
Removal of Glyphosate and Paraquat The Detection of Mercury (II) Ion in from Agricultural Soil Using Vetiver Grass Aqueous Environment Based on (Vetiveria sp.) Rhodamine Hydrazide Sensor By Suthee Janyasuthiwong By Rojana Wiangpati Supervisor: Dr. Jutamaad Satayavivad Supervisor: Dr. Preeda Parkpian
Assessment and development of design standards of Lao PDR’s Healthcare Waste Management System: Healthcare waste in Laos is not well managed due to several reasons. The government of Laos is finalizing a basic policy and plan for improving healthcare waste management across the country. In addition ADB in close consultation with the Laos Ministry of health is also preparing a grant assistance to finance the health sector in Laos. The project commissioned to AIT will study the healthcare waste situation in Laos and propose the design standards and systems for MOH in implanting the ADB grant program. The outcome of the study will set design standards for healthcare waste management facilities, opportunities for implementing 3R in healthcare waste streams and recommendations on healthcare waste treatment technologies.
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Biotechnology; Functional Production of instant rice using 5.6.1 Introduction Foods) combined microwave fluidized bed Vice President for Research drying Duration: 01 Nov 08 - 30 Nov 10 This field of study focuses on value ANIL KUMAR ANAL, DVM., University Project Investigator(s): Athapol Noomhorm addition of agricultural commodities by Sponsor: RTG the application of bioconversion in of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 various sectors of industry and MSc. and PhD., AIT, Thailand agriculture. These include food Assistant Professor (Food Sustainability workshop: Spreading processing, aquaculture, cosmetics and Engineering & Bioprocess awareness through intensive program health care. BPT focuses on the Technology Field of Study on Sustainability application of microorganism and (Animal Biotechnology, Food and Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 31 Jan 10 Project Investigator(s): Athapol Noomhorm enzymes to meet the demands of the Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Dairy and Meat Process Sponsor: University of Tokyo Japan developing countries of the region. FE Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,069,428 Technology, Food Colloids and focuses on the systems for handling, processing and storage of both durable Biopolymer, Functional Foods, Teaching and Research and perishable food products in Micro-/Nanoencapsulation, Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Dec 10 developing of small- scale food Bionanotechnology) Project Investigator(s): Anil Kumar Anal Sponsor: SERD grant processing technologies. Emphasis is Associate Dean for Research & Outreach, School of Total Contracted Amount (THB): 60,000 also placed on the determination of material properties; design and Environment, Resources & Development Technology for Probiotic Production and development of new processes and Feed Formulation Containing Viable related equipment; and computer Beneficial Organisms for Enhanced modeling and simulation of postharvest 5.6.3 Grants and Sponsored Healthy Production and food processing operations. Duration: 01 Jun 07 - 30 Jun 10 Research Completed in Project Investigator(s): Sudip Kumar Rakshit 2010 Sponsor: BIOTEC, NSTDA, RTG 5.6.2 Faculty and Research Total Contracted Amount (THB): 107,000 Staff AIT Support to National University (2007-2010)-Research 5.6.4 On-going Grants and Full-time Faculty Duration: 01 Jun 07 - 31 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Sudip Kumar Rakshit Sponsored Research Sponsor: Swedish International Development ATHAPOL NOOMHORM, BSc, Cooperation Agency, Sweden Development of Anti Fungal Acrylic Fibre Kasetsart Univ, Thailand; MEng, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,252,400 for Novel Applications Lamar Univ, Texas; PhD, Louisiana Duration: 01 Jan 09 - 30 Jun 11 State Univ, USA. Biofuel Production Project Investigator(s): Sudip Kumar Rakshit Professor and Coordinator Duration: 15 Oct 08 - 30 Oct 10 Sponsor: Various (Agro-Industrial Development, Project Investigator(s): Sudip Rakshit Total Contracted Amount (THB): 400,000 Sponsor: RTG Food Process Technology, Post Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,000 Green composites from Soy flour based Harvest Technology, Supply plastic and Biofibers from agro- Chain) Food Industry Innovation in Thailand industrial byproducts Duration: 01 Jan 08 - 30 Apr 10 Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 30 Jun 11 Project Investigator(s): Sudip Kumar Rakshit SUDIP KUMAR RAKSHIT, BSc, Loyola Project Investigator(s): Athapol Noomhorm Sponsor: Food and Agriculture Organization College; BTech, Jaavpur Univ, India; Sponsor: RTG Total Contracted Amount (THB): 480,000 MTech, PhD, Indian Inst of Tech, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 978,000
India Production of Germinated Brown Rice Professor (Biochemical International Conference on Innovations using Thai Rice Variety (KMDL 105) in Food Process Technology and Engineering and Biotechnology; Duration: 01 Nov 08 - 30 Oct 10 Biopolymers and Lipid Project Investigator(s): Athapol Noomhorm Engineering 2008 Biotechnology; Fermentation Sponsor: RTG Duration: 01 Aug 08 - 03 Mar 11 Project Investigator(s): Athapol Noomhorn and Enzyme Technology; Food Total Contracted Amount (THB): 820,000 Sponsor: Participants Total Contracted Amount (THB): 650,000
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Networking with French speaking pathogens immobilized by metal Plangpin.Pianpumepong and Athapol French, Vietnamese and Cambodian hydroxides (World Journal of Noomhorm (2010) "Isolation of universities in the area of bioconversion Microbiology and Biotechnology, probiotic bacteria from turmeric of lignocellulose residues to ethanol (2009), 25, 8, DOI: 10.1007/s11274- (Curcuma longa Linn.) and its Duration: 01 Jan 08 - 28 Feb 11 009-0031-5). World Journal of application in enriched beverages" Project Investigator(s): Sudip Kumar Rakshit Microbiology and Biotechnology, International Journal of Food Science Sponsor: Agence Universitaire de la Francophone (AUF) 8(25) 0-0, 2010. and Technology. 45, 2456-2462; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 963,192 2010 Do H.T.T., Anceno II A.J., Sudip K. Production of Bio-Ethanol and Rakshit. DNase I treated DNA-PCR Wangtueai S., Athapol Noomhorm. Biomaterials from Oil Palm Biomass: A based detection of food pathogens Processing optimization and study of feedstock sustainability, immobilized by metal hydroxides. characterization of gelatin from technological efficiency and social World Journal of Microbiology and lizardfish (Saurida spp.) scales. LWT - applicability Biotechnology, 8(25) 0-0, 2010. Food Science and Technology, 4(42) Duration: 01 Oct 10 - 30 Sep 12 0-0, 2010. Project Investigator(s): Sudip Rakshit Elizabeth A. Ogunlana , Athapol Sponsor: SDCC AIT France Network Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,440,000 Noomhorm and Teerapol Silakul; Waranusast R., Peter Haddawy, Alley Farming in Thailand Athapol Noomhorm. Segmentation Residues from Pulp and Paper Industries Sustainability Journal 2010, 2 (8), of text and non-text in on-line for Bio-ethanol Production 2523-2540 handwritten patient record based on Duration: 13 Oct 09 - 12 Oct 11 spatio-temporal analysis. Lecture Project Investigator(s): Sudip K Rakshit Kosin B., Sudip K. Rakshit. Induction Notes in Computer Science Sponsor: RTG/DA Research Center Co Ltd of heat tolerance in autochthonous (including subseries Lecture Notes in Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 and allochthonous thermotolerant Artificial Intelligence and Lecture probiotics for application to white Notes in Bioinformatics), (5651) 0-0, 5.6.5 Publications shrimp feed. Aquaculture, 1-4(306) 2010. 0-0, 2010. International Journal Articles with Book Impact factor Maneerote J., Athapol Noomhorm, Athapol Noomhorm. Optimization of Vilai Rungsardthong, Maunmai Anil Kumar Anal; Microencapsulation processing conditions to reduce oil Apintanopong, Natta Laohakunjit, and its Application in Delivery of uptake and enhance physico- Anil Kumar Anal; In: Advances in Bioactive Compounds in Food chemical properties of deep fried Odor and Flavor Science: A Review Systems; Innovative Science: rice crackers. LWT - Food Science on Aroma Applications in Food Agriculture and Food Edition (1): 34- and Technology, 4(42) 0-0, 2010. Products; Edited by Athapol 40; 2010 Noomhorm, Imran Ahmad; LAP Minh H.K.Q., Sudip K. Rakshit. Use of LAMBERT ACADEMIC Publishing Athapol Noomhorm, Sirisoontaralak specific PCR-based molecular GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, ISBN: P., Uraichuen J., Ahmad I.. Effects of markers for discrimination, rapid 978-3-8433-8034-8; 2010 pressurized carbon dioxide on analysis of purity and identification controlling Sitophilus zeamais of six fragrant rice varieties. Book Chapters (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the International Journal of Food Science quality of milled rice. Journal of and Technology, 10(44) 0-0, 2010. Anil Kumar Anal; Controlled-Release Stored Products Research, 3(45) 0-0, Dosage Forms; In: Pharmaceutical 2010. Nobuntou W., Preeda Parkpian, Sciences Encyclopedia: Drug Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Athapol Discovery, Development and Chittapalo T., Athapol Noomhorm. Noomhorm, Delaune R.D.. Lead Manufacturing; John Wiley and Sons Ultrasonic assisted alkali extraction distribution and its potential risk to Publishers, Hoboken, NJ, USA. of protein from defatted rice bran the environment: Lesson learned and properties of the protein from environmental monitoring of Conference Proceedings and Abstracts concentrates. International Journal abandon mine. Journal of of Food Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Health - Anil Kumar Anal; Climate Change and 9(44) 0-0, 2010. Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances Microbial Ecology: Possible Impacts and Environmental Engineering, on Food Safety; In: Proceedings, Do H.T.T., Anceno A.J., Sudip K. 13(45) 0-0, 2010. International Conference on Rakshit. Erratum to DNase I treated Biodiversity, Livelihood and Climate DNA-PCR based detection of food
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Change in the Himalayas; CC-23; Paper presented at the 5th 2010), 7-9 December 2010; AIT 2010. International Conference on Bangkok Innovations in Food & Bioprocess Athapol Noomhorm (2010); Study on Technology (IFBT 2010), 7-9 Theradetch Lervilaianunt and quality grading of mangosteen by December 2010; AIT Bangkok. Athapol Noomhorm (2010); The ultrasonic specific gravity controlling effect of operating conditions on system; Paper presented at the 5th Melada Supakijnoraset & Anil Kumar pomegranate juice quality during International Conference on Anal; Antimicorbial Activity of ohmic heating process: Paper Innovations in Food & Bioprocess Lactobacillus plantarum and presented at the 5th International Technology (IFBT 2010), 7-9 Lactobacillus casei to Inhibit the Conference on Innovations in Food December 2010; AIT BangkoAthapol Food-borne Pathogens; Paper & Bioprocess Technology (IFBT Noomhorm; Study of electrical presented at the 5th International 2010), 7-9 December 2010; AIT properties as dry weight Conference on Innovations in Food Bangkok determination of durian; Paper & Bioprocess Technology (IFBT th presented at the 5 International 2010), 7-9 December 2010; AIT 5.6.6 Doctoral Students' Conference on Innovations in Food Bangkok & Bioprocess Technology (IFBT Dissertation 2010), 7-9 December 2010; AIT Nattriya Supmoon and Athapol Bangkok Noomhorm (2010); Design and Identification and Quantification of development of an evaporative Fragant Genes of Different Rice Varieties Ekkapong Cheevitsopon and Athapol cooling system for tropical fruits and Using PCR Noomhorm (2010): Changes in vegetables in transport vehicle; By Mr. Ho Ky Quang Minh th Supervisor: Prof. S.K. Rakshit physiochemical property of Paper presented at the 5 germinated brown rice and International Conference on Production of Pineapple Juice parboiled germinated brow rice Innovations in Food & Bioprocess Concentrate by Microwave Vacuum dried in a fluidized bed dryer; Paper Technology (IFBT 2010), 7-9 th Evaporation presented at the 5 International December 2010; AIT Bangkok By Rittichai Assavarachan Conference on Innovations in Food Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm & Bioprocess Technology (IFBT Orawan Sopanattayanon and 2010), 7-9 December 2010; AIT Athapol Noomhorm (2010) Ultrasonic Alkaline Assisted Extraction Bangkok. Determination of a suitable thin of Protein from Defatted Rice Bran and layer drying model for coconut its Properties and Applications Ho Minh Thao and A. Noomhorm residue: Paper presented at the 5th By Thutiyaporn Chittapalo (2010): Physiochemical properties of International Conference on Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm sweet potato and mung bean starch, Innovations in Food & Bioprocess and their blends for noodle Technology (IFBT 2010), 7-9 5.6.7 Masters Students' th production; Proceedings: 5 December 2010; AIT Bangkok Theses and Research International Conference on Innovations in Food & Bioprocess Paweena Saeanghirunwattana and Studies Technology (IFBT 2010), 7-9 Athapol Noomhorm (2010); December 2010; AIT Bangkok. Improvement the performance of Addition of Hydrocolloids into Frozen biocomposite (PLA-soy protein) Dough and its Effect on Bread Quality Ho Minh Thao and Athapol reinforced with corn husk fiber; By Apiluck Apiwathanant th Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Noomhorm (2010): Modeling and Paper presented at the 5 effects of various drying methods on International Conference on Application of Induction Heating and sweet potato starch properties; Innovations in Food & Bioprocess th Vacuum Frying Technology for Paper presented at the 5 Technology (IFBT 2010), 7-9 Developing Fried Pineapple Chips International Conference on December 2010; AIT Bangkok By Auttawich Rintaravitoon Innovations in Food & Bioprocess Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit Technology (IFBT 2010), 7-9 Sayali M. Yenkar, Arindam Haldar & December 2010; AIT Bangkok Anil Kumar Anal; Ionotropic Cross- Biodiesel Production from Palm Oil Using linked Multilayer Emulsions for Heterogeneous Catalysts CaO and Jiraporn Sripinyowanich and Athapol Encapsulation of Fish Oil; Paper CaO/Al2O3 Noomhorm (2010): A new model for presented at the 5th International By Mr. Wittavat Chaiwong vibro-fluidized bed and microwave Conference on Innovations in Food Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit vibro-fluidized bed drying of & Bioprocess Technology (IFBT unfrozen and frozen cooked rice: Annual Report on Research 2010 | 125
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Co-fermentation of Hexose and Pentose Effects of Chitosan on Enhancing the Optimization of Inulin Extraction from Sugars Simulating Lignocellulosic Shelf Life of Fresh Rice Noodle Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers (Helianthus Hydrolysates for Bio-ethanol Production By Rungnapa Kallapruek tuberosus L.) By Luu Huyen Trang Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal By Kanitta Wangdee Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Effects of Different Blanching Combination of Vacuum Precooling and Pretreatments and Drying Methods on Preparation and Characteristic of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Qualities of Dried Rang Chuet Pyrodextrins from Waxy Rice Starch Extending the Shelf-Life of Holy Basil (Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.) Leaves and By Vorada Assavatanalab (Ocimum sanctum L.) in Mixed Herb Tea Infusion Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Packaging By Thitiworn Rattanathitikul By Sirinan Lasricharn Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Quality of White Salted Noodles Prepared Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm by Partial Substitution of Wheat Flour by Effects of Drying and Extraction Condition Jackfruit Seed (Artocarpus heterohyllus Comparison of Conventional and on Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Lam) Flour Microwave Frying of Chiken Nuggets and Activity Obtained from Mahogany Fruit By Khemawan Sukondhasingh Jackfruit Chips (S. macrophylla) Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm By Kanokwan Chinsri By Hussaya Northongkam Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Reduction of Oil Contents in Potato Crisps with Sugar Pre-Treatment Determination Parameter and Effects of Drying and Extraction Methods By Chotika Ounseng Mathematical Model Verification of on Total Phenolic Content in Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal Temperature Rise During Ohmic Pomegranate Peel Reinforced Cassava Starch Based Edible Pasteurization of Mixed Orange-Carrot By Phiangkamol Ngamwongkul Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Film with Essential Oil and Clay Juice By Widyasanti Asri Nanoparticles Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Effects of Drying Methods on By Butsadee Iamareerat Sweetpotato Starch Properties and its Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal
Effect of Drying Methods on the Qualities Substitution for Mung Bean Noodles Soy Protein Isolate-Essential Oils Based of Pomegranate Arils (Punica granatum By Ho Minh Thao L.) Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Edible Film for Food Packaging By Supusanee Dulyakasem By Kingkan Pongtong Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Effects of Processing Conditions on the
Quality of Quick Cooking Brown Rice The Effect of Batter Containing Granular Effect of Drying Temperature and By Siwadol Sukjitam Extraction Methods on Alpha-Mangostin Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Cold-Water-Soluble Rice Flour on the Content from Pericarp of Mangosteen Properties of Deep Fried-Onion Rings By Natchaya Vatcharasuwan (Garcinia mangostana) Evaluation of Postharvest Handling for Two Culinary Herbs: Sweet Basil (Ocimum Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm By Waritha Satong-aun Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm basilicum) and Rocket Salad (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) The Effect of Frying Conditions on Puffed Effect of Extraction Processes on the By Sukrit Termsaithong Germinated Purple Rice By Ampa Somsak Quality of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit Antioxidants Extraction, Characterization and By Niranut Khua-oua Utilization of Eucalyptus Wood Tops for Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Application of Phenolics from Cinnamon Barks and Banana Peels the Production of Bio-Ethanol By Paphawee Nantarajit By Sirorat Jaisanti Effect of Ohmic Heating on the Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal Preparation of Fermented Bamboo Shoot (Thyrsostachys siamensis) Improving the Performance of Whey Protein Concentrate- By Napaporn Sreewilai Polysaccharides Based Microcapsules for Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Biocomposites (Pla-Soy Protein) Reinforced with Corn Husk Fiber Controlled Release of Folic Acid By Nongnard Jaroensri By Paweena Saenghirunwattana Effect of Soxhlet Extraction and Canning Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal Method on Physical Properties and Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm
Charantin Content of Bitter Melon New Pretreatment Methods for (Momordica Charanthia) Drink By Rinnawat Chaijalearn Lignocellulosic Residue for Second Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal Generation Bioethanol Production By Yadhu Nath Guragain Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit 126 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Research Study: Antioxidant and Research Study: Prevalence of Salmonella Antimicrobial Activity of Ultrasonic- and Escherichia coli in the Poultry Meat Assisted Extracts of Local Longan Fruit of Thailand and the Study of their Peel Antibiogram By Zia Ur Rehman By Ali Akbar Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Anal
Production of Instant Rice using Combined Microwave Vibro-Fluidized Bed Drying
The main aim of this project is to add the value of Thai rice and increase the competitiveness of Thai food manufacturers by developing a process for the preparation of instant rice. A new hybrid dryer, that is the single-mode applicator microwave-assisted vibro-fluidized bed (SMA-MVFB) dryer (Figure above), was designed and fabricated for the instant rice production purpose. Three drying factors, including pre-drying treatment (with and without freezing), microwave-assisted drying (SMA-MVFB and without microwave-assisted drying, that is vibro-fluidized bed (VFB)), and drying temperatures (110-185˚C), were varied to investigate their relative effects on drying characteristics of cooked rice, energy consumption during drying, and instant rice quality. According to the study on production of instant rice using the lab-scale SMA-MVFB dryer, the best quality of instant rice products was achieved when drying cooked rice in a system of VFB. Therefore, the pilot-scale VFB drying machine was designed and fabricated in order to scale up the production capacity to be 25 kg/h.
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PHILIPPE DONEYS, B.A., University of 5.7.1 Introduction 5.7.2 Faculty and Research Toronto, Canada; MA, University of London, UK; PhD, Staff A small project, Women in Development Institutd’EtudesPolitiques de Paris, France. was initiated in the Human Settlements Full-time Faculty Development Division at AIT in the late Assistant Professor (New Technologies, Industrialization 1980s. This grew into the Gender and BERNADETTE RESURRECCION, BSc, Development Studies (GDS) as an and Gender HIV/AIDS; Gender Assumption College, Philippines; MA, Politics, Civil Society and Human academic unit in 1991, with financial PhD, Inst of Social Studies, the support from CIDA, NORAD, the Dutch Rights; Gender, Migration and Hague, the Netherlands. Development Cooperation and the Trafficking in Asia) Associate Professor and Field Japanese Government. Coordinator (Gender, natural Visiting Faculty resource management and Gender and Development Studies (GDS) climate change, multi-local is a center for graduate studies, research DONNA L. DOANE, M. A. livelihoods and migration, Anthropology, M.A., M. Phil. and outreach in the School of discourses and practices of Environment, Resources and Economics, Yale University, and gender mainstreaming) Development. Within the overall gender Ph.D. Economics, Yale University specific framework, GDS highlights both Adjunct Faculty (Economic KYOKO KUSAKABE, BA, Sophia the need for specialized academic degree Development, Gender and University, Tokyo, Japan; MSc, PhD, Development, Informal awarding studies in gender and AIT, Thailand. development, and the integration of economy, home based work, Associate Professor (Women’s social protection, technology gender analysis and a gender relations employment in informal perspective in AIT’s other fields of study. policies, indigenous knowledge economy; Labor migration, and technology blending, Cross-border trade; Gender and analyses of prejudice and development policy and discrimination, conflict, ethnicity planning; Gender issues in and gender) fisheries/aquaculture.)
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JULAIKHA BENTE HOSSAIN, MSc in JAGRITI SHANKAR, MSc in Asian University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Institute of Technology, Thailand 5.7.4 On-going Grants and MSc. and PhD in Asian Institute of Project Officer (Asian Project Technology, Thailand Management support Sponsored Research Research Specialist and Visiting Programme-Gender Sensitive Faculty (Gender and Management) Asian Project Management support Development with emphasis on Programme-Gender Sensitive the policies and programmes for DUANGSAMORN JATUPORNPIMOL, Management gender equality and women’s MSc in Asian Institute of Technology, Duration: 28 Apr 10 - 30 Jun 12 Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe, Philippe empowerment; Gender, Thailand Doneys Employment and Organization; Research Associate (Responding Sponsor: IFAD Gender and ICT for to the Feminization of AIDS: Total Contracted Amount (THB): 6,400,000 Development; Gender and Gender Power dynamics in Human Rights; Gender, marriage and Sero discordant Capacity Building for Gender, Poverty Development and Public Policy; Relationships implications for and Mobility Analysis of Road Gender Mainstreaming; Gender practice, Thailand) Transportation Development in the GMS and Natural Resource Region Management) Duration: 01 Jan 08 - 30 Jun 11 5.7.3 Grants and Sponsored Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe Sponsor: ASEAN Foundation Research Staff Research Completed in Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,889,238 2010 Enabling Bio-innovation for poverty JULAIKHA BENTE HOSSAIN, MSc in alleviation in Asia University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Capacity Building Workshop on Gender Duration: 08 Mar 08 - 31 Dec 11 MSc. and PhD in Asian Institute of Project Investigator(s): Sudip Rakshit (33%), and Macroeconomic Issues Bernadette Resurreccion (33%), Edsel Sajor (33%) Technology, Thailand Duration: 01 Apr 10 - 30 Sep 10 Sponsor: International Development Research Research Specialist and Visiting Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe Centre, Canada Faculty (Gender and Sponsor: UNDP Bangkok Total Contracted Amount (THB): 17,232,280 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 320,000 Development with emphasis on Gender Analysis of Cross Border Road the policies and programmes for Gender and Sustainable Development: gender equality and women’s Infrastructure: A case of Kunming Natural Resource Management, Bangkok Highway empowerment; Gender, Migration and Multi-local Livelihoods Employment and Organization; Duration: 01 Dec 09 - 31 Mar 11 Duration: 01 Dec 07 - 01 Aug 10 Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe Gender and ICT for Project Investigator(s): Bernadette Resurreccion Sponsor: ADB Development; Gender and Sponsor: European Commission Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,500 Human Rights; Gender, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,098,103
Development and Public Policy; Gender, Cross Border Migrant Workers International Workshop on Gender Gender mainstreaming; Gender and Citizenship- A Case Study of the Migrant workers and Citizenship in GMS: and Natural Resource Burmese-Thai Border Economic and Political perspectives for a Management) Duration: 01 Nov 06 - 28 Feb 11 world in Crisis Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe
Duration: 01 May 09 - 31 Mar 10 Sponsor: IDRC LENA STHAPIT, MSc. in Asian Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe Total Contracted Amount (THB): 10,559,630 Institute of Technology, Thailand Sponsor: Japan Foundation Project Manager (Enabling Bio- Total Contracted Amount (THB): 572,600 Mobile Livelihoods and Gendered
innovation for Poverty citizenship: The counter geographies of Alleviation in Asia) Socially and Gender Responsive Natural Indigenous people: China Resource Management in the Context of Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Jan 13 KANOKPORN JAROENRITH, M.SW. in the Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe Education, Thammasat University, Initiative Project Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Thailand Duration: 01 Jul 08 - 30 Apr 10 Project Investigator(s): Julaikha B Hossain Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,118,670 Research Associate (Capacity Sponsor: Asian Development Bank Building for Gender, poverty and Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,400,000 Mobile Livelihoods and Gendered Mobility Analysis of Road citizenship: The counter geographies of Transportation Development in Indigenous people: Laos Greater Mekong sub-Region Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Jan 13 Project supported by ASEAN Project Investigator(s): Kyoko Kusakabe Foundation) Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,764,032 130 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Management Applications (SEA- M-Power Research Fund Kusakabe, Kyoko (2010) Viewpoints, UEMA) Project, SEA-UEMA Project, Duration: 01 Jan 07 - 31 Dec 11 Natural Resources Forum, 34, 328. AIT, Thailand. Project Investigator(s): Bernadette Resurreccion, Edsel Sajor Sponsor: Mekong Program on Water, Environment Kusakabe, Kyoko and Ruth Pearson Ouk Chansopheap, Suryaputrianita and Resilience (M-Power) (2010) “Transborder migration, Satyanugraha and Kyoko Kusakabe Total Contracted Amount (THB): 732,600 social reproduction and economic (2010) Micro-vendors’ association’s development: A case study of leadership in the development of a NORAD-GDS 2006-2009 Burmese women workers in solid waste management system in Duration: 01 Jan 06 - 31 Mar 11 Thailand”, International Migration, DaemKor Market, Phnom Penh – a Project Investigator(s): Bernadette Resurreccion, Philippe Doneys, Kyoko Kusakabe 48:6, 13-43. process documentation, Southeast Sponsor: NORAD Asia Urban Environmental Total Contracted Amount (THB): 20,781,377 Kusakabe, Kyoko and Theonakhet Management Applications Project, Saphakdy (2010) “Constructed JAR Monograph no.6, AIT, Thailand. Responding to the Feminization of AIDS: ‘needs’ for road construction: A case Gender Power dynamics in marriage and of Attapeu Province, Lao PDR”, Chapter in reports Sero discordant Relationships GEMC Journal, No.2, pp. 6-15, implications for practice, Thailand Tohoku University. Kusakabe, Kyoko (2010) “Social Duration: 01 Aug 10 - 31 Jan 11 protection: The role of state, market, Project Investigator(s): Philippe Doneys Sponsor: UNIFEM Kyoko Kusakabe, Pearson R.. and community”In Social protection Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,128,050 International workshop on gender, and gender in Asia, The International migrant workers and citizenship in Society for Gender Studies, Japan. 5.7.5 Publications Greater Mekong Subregion: Economic and political perspectives Other publications International Journal Articles with for a world in crisis. Gender, Impact factor Technology and Development, 2(13) Kusakabe, Kyoko (2010) “Gender 0-0, 2010. dimensions of rural mobility under Bernadette P. Resurreccion. Beyond climate change”, IFRTD Forum News cloak words toolkits and gender Oo Z.M., Kyoko Kusakabe. 14:4, February, London. myths: gender environment and Motherhood and social network: developments and integrative Response strategies of internally 5.7.6 Doctoral Student's displaced Karen women in Taungoo learning at the Asian institute of Dissertation Technology. Gender, Technology and district. Women's Studies Development, 1(14) 0-0, 2010. International Forum, 5(33) 0-0, 2010. Gender, Access to Community Telecenter and Livelihood Asset Changes Dhungana, Bishnu Maya and Kyoko Resurreccion, Bernadette and Sajor, Edsel E. “Not a real worker”: By Sani Naivinit Kusakabe (2010) “Role of Self-Help Supervisor: Dr. Philippe Doneys Groups in Disabled Women's Gendering migrants in Thailand’s Empowerment: Case Study of shrimp farms. International Return Migration, Social Remittances and Kathmandu Valley Nepal”, Migration, 48(6) 102-131, (2010) Collective Action for Water Supply and Development in Practice, 20:7, 855- Road Building: Gender Dynamics in a 865. Tran Ha Nguyen, Truong T.-D., Chinese Village Bernadette P. Resurreccion. Gender, By Ge Jinghua Groves G.E.C., Bernadette P. class and nation in a transnational Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion Resurreccion, Philippe Doneys. community: Practices of identity Keeping the peace is not enough: among undocumented migrant Human security and gender-based workers from Vietnam in Bangkok. violence during the transitional Gender, Technology and period of Timor-Leste. Sojourn, 2(24) Development, 3(12) 0-0, 2010. 0-0, 2010. Monographs Julaikha B. Hossain. Networking with Norwegian institutions: Re-visiting, Kusakabe, Kyoko and Jubaiya Jahan re-thinking gender in (eds) (2010) Gender mainstreaming development.Gender, Technology in urban environmental management and Development, 3(13) 0-0, 2010. projects: Lessons learned from Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Annual Report on Research 2010 | 131
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5.7.7 Masters Students' Gender and Adaptive Strategies in Monga Pangalawat, A Food Sharing System Affected Rural Bangladesh among the Upland Higaonon Community Theses and Research By Musarrat Homaira of Agrulawon-Mintapod Ancestral Studies Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion Domain (Cumadon) in Northern Mindanao: Its Implication on Rural Gender and Disaster Response: A Case of "Being Sherpa ": A Study of Gender and Sustainable Natural Resource Livelihoods Cyclone SIDR Bangladesh Ethnic Identities in Mountain Tourism in from a Gender Perspective By Sathi Rani Saha By Pablo Merina Salengua the Everest Region in Nepal Supervisor: Dr. Philippe Doneys Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion By Krishma Sharma Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion Gender Dimension of Nepalese Men and Research on Exploring Changes in the Combating Labour Trafficking in Women Migrants in Australia Lives of Home-Based Women Workers By Nila Sharma Thailand: Practical Implications of State Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe through Empowerment: A Gender Response Perspective By Isssiree Reungpoj Gender Dimensions of Decentralization: A By Tahmina Naznin Supervisor: Dr. Philippe Doneys Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion Case Study of Bandung District and Community Currency in Working from Cimahi Municipality, West Java Province, State Response to Intimate Partner Indonesia Home Environment: A Case Study of Violence in Thailand By Repelita Tambunan By Duangsamorn Jatupornpimol eHomemakers' Malaysia Supervisor: Dr. Philippe Doneys Supervisor: Dr. Philippe Doneys By Sunitha Bisan Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe ICTs in Flood Vulnerability Mitigation and Women`s Labour Migration in its Impacts on Rural Livelihoods: Gender Early Impacts of New Land Registration Uzbekistan: Decision Making Processes and Ethnic Dimensions in Ratanakiri System on a "Matrilineal" Society: The and Vulnerabilities in Destination Places Province, Cambodia Case of Manatuto District, Timor-Leste By Dilrabo Hamdamova By Sreng Sopheap By Santina Soares Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion Supervisor: Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion Research Study: Oppression of Women,
Fear of Change and Need for Survival: A Negotiating the Trade Route at the Economic Empowerment of Home-Based Case Study of Conflict-Induced Internally Border: A Case Study of Women Small Women Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Displaced Persons in District Jafarabad, Scale Cross-Border Traders in Myitkyina, Fish Processors in Cambodia Balochistan, Pakistan By Chea Pisey Myanmar By Aurangzaib Alizai Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe By Khin Hnin Phyu Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe
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5.8: SERD – NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY
Visiting Associate Professor Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,285,600 5.8.1 Introduction (Water management/institutions, AIT Support to National University (2007-2010)-Financial Management This field of study emphasizes natural governance, economics/ sustainability in rural Duration: 01 Jun 07 - 31 Dec 10 resources, including land, forest and wild Project Investigator(s): Dietricht Schmidt-Vogt animal, and environmental conservation development/dynamic Sponsor: Swedish International Development concerns. It addresses the problems of modeling) Cooperation Agency, Sweden Total Contracted Amount (THB): 998,000 deforestation, land and coastal ecosystem degradation, biodiversity DAMIEN JOURDAIN, BEng, MSc, Development of Regional TCP project on depletion, diminishing water supply, and Ecole Nationale Superieure mitigating climate change through other environmental pressures and Agronomique Montpellier, France; implmentation of improved agricultural threats on local, national, regional and PhD, University of Montpellier I, practices in South Asia global ecosystems. France Visiting Assistant Professor Duration: 01 Feb 10 - 30 Sep 10 Project Investigator(s): Rajendra P Shrestha [Agricultural Economics; Natural Sponsor: FAO 5.8.2 Faculty and Research Resource Economics; Watershed Total Contracted Amount (THB): 822,000 Staff Management; Ecosystem Services] International Forestry Resources and Full-time Faculty Institutions Training Adjunct Faculty Duration: 01 May 09 - 30 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Ganesh Shivakoti GANESH P SHIVAKOTI, BS, MS, Sponsor: Indiana University MacArthur Foundation Udaipur Univ, India; PhD, Michigan DIETRICH SCHMIDT-VOGT, BSc, & Ford Foundation Hanoi/Vietnam State Univ, USA. Freiburg University, Germany; MSc, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 586,250 Professor (Natural Resources University of Saskatoon, Canada; Economics; Common Property PhD, Heidelberg University, Monitoring and Conserving Forest Resources; NRM Policy Analysis; Germany. Diversity in Nam Dong District, Thua and Watershed Management) Adjunct Faculty (Landscape Thien Province, Vietnam Ecology; Integrated Land Use Duration: 01 Jan 06 - 31 Dec 10 Systems; Sustainable Forest Project Investigator(s): Ganesh Shivakoti (Edward L. RAJENDRA P SHRESTHA, BSc, Webb) Haryana Agri. Univ, India; MSc, Management; and Human Sponsor: The MacArthur Foundation DTechSc, AIT, Thailand. Impact on Vegetation) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 12,800,000 Associate Professor (Sustainable Land Management; Natural EDWARD L WEBB, BA, Occidental MSU Study Abroad Program January Resources Degradation and College, Los Angeles; PhD, Univ of 2010 Environmental indicators; Miami, USA. Duration: 10 Jan 10 - 31 Dec 10 Adjunct Associate Professor Project Investigator(s): Rajendra P Shrestha Landuse-climate, Sponsor: Michigan State University Geoinformatics) (Tropical Forest Ecology; Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,374 Community-based natural ROLAND COCHARD, Ph.D., ETH, resources management, and Roles of Natural and Restored Forests in Switzerland Forestry) Carbon Sequestration and Climate Assistant Professor (Savanna Change ecosystem dynamics, landscape 5.8.3 Grants and Sponsored Duration: 15 Nov 08 - 30 Oct 10 ecology, biodiversity, mangrove, Project Investigator(s): Rajendra P Shrestha/ Research Completed in Dietrich Schmidt - Vogt risk management) Sponsor: RTG 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,000 Visiting Faculty AIT Support to National University SYLVAIN PERRET, MS and PhD, (2007-2010)-Curriculum Development University of Montpellier III, France; Duration: 01 May 07 - 31 Dec 10 DSc, Ecole Polytechnique de Project Investigator(s): Dietricht Schmidt-Vogt, N. Mithulananthan Lorraine, Nancy, France. Sponsor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden
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5.8.4 On-going Grants and Vietnam. Agricultural Systems, climate change in Nepal: a cross- 103(1), 51-62. regional study of farmers' perception Sponsored Research and practices. Regional Bastakoti R.C., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Environmental Change, () 0-0, 2010. Collaboration on Capacity Building of Lebel L.. Local irrigation Hanoi Agricultural University and Hue management institutions mediate Podchong S., Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, University of Agriculture and Forestry in changes driven by external policy Kiyoshi Honda. An improved Initiating INRM and Poverty Alleviation and market pressures in Nepal and approach for identifying suitable Duration: 01 Jul 08 - 31 Jul 12 Project Investigator(s): Ganesh P. Shivakoti Thailand. Environmental habitat of Sambar Deer (Cervus Sponsor: The Ford Foundation, Hanoi, Vietnam Management, 3(46) 0-0, 2010. unicolor Kerr) using ecological niche Total Contracted Amount (THB): 6,536,600 analysis and environmental Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Hardiono M., categorization: Case study at Phu- Downscaling Global climate data for Dao T.M., Leisz S.J., Mertz O.. An Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. assessing the impact of Climate change assessment of trends in the extent of Ecological Modelling, 17(220) 0-0, on Dipterocarp species in Peninsular swidden in southeast asia. Human 2010. Thailand Ecology, 3(37) 0-0, 2010. Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 31 Mar 11 Pongsai, S., D. Schmidt-Vogt, R. P. Project Investigator(s): Rajendra P. Shrestha Sponsor: RTG Ghimire Y.N., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Shrestha, R. Clemente, and A. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 999,600 Sylvain Roger Perret. Household- Eiumnoh. 2010. Calibration of level vulnerability to drought in hill MUSLE for Simulating Sediment Yield Making the Mekong Connected: agriculture of Nepal: Implications for in Steeply Sloping Terrain: A Case Developing carbon and multidiversity adaptation planning. International Study in Khun Satan Catchment of assets for multifunctional landscapes in Journal of Sustainable Development Northern Thailand, Canadian Journal upper Mekong and World Ecology, 3(17) 0-0, 2010. of Soil Science, 90(4) 585-596. Duration: 01 Mar 09 - 28 Feb 12 Project Investigator(s): Rajendra P. Shrestha Kabir Md.E., Edward L. Webb. Pongsai, S., R. P. Shrestha, D. Sponsor: World Agroforestry center Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,187,588 Household and homegarden Schmidt-Vogt, R. Clemente, N.K. characteristics in southwestern Tripathi, V. Trelo-Ges, and S. The Collaborative Graduate program in Bangladesh. Agroforestry Systems, Paramee, 2010. GIS-based DSS for Integrated Natural Resources 2(75) 0-0, 2010. Optimal Multi-objectives Erosion Management between Hanoi University Management: A case study of the of Agriculture and Hue University of Karna B.K., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Huai Talupkup Watershed, Thailand, Agriculture and Forestry Edward L. Webb. Resilience of International Journal of Duration: 15 Jul 09 - 14 Jul 12 community forestry under conditions Geoinformatics, 6(3): 67-78. Project Investigator(s): Ganesh Shivakoti of armed conflict in Nepal. Sponsor: Ford Foundation Hanoi Environmental Conservation, 2(37) Ponza S., Preeda Parkpian, Chongrak Total Contracted Amount (THB): 12,184,992 0-0, 2010. Polprasert, Rajendra Prasad Modeling Interactions between human Shrestha, Jugsujinda A.. Removal of activities and biophysical processes in Khumsri M., Ruddle K., Ganesh P. trichloroethylene (TCE) coastal ecosystem Shivakoti. Rights and conflicts in the contaminated soil using a two-stage Duration: 01 Nov 08 - 31 Mar 10 management of fisheries in the anaerobic-aerobic composting Project Investigator(s): Rajendra P. Shrestha Lower Songkhram River Basin, technique. Journal of Environmental Sponsor: RTG Northeast Thailand. Environmental Science and Health - Part A Total Contracted Amount (THB): 608,000 Management, 4(43) 0-0, 2010. Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering, 5(45) 0- 5.8.5 Publications Mahdi, Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Dietrich 0, 2010. Schmidt-Vogt. Livelihood change and International Journal Articles with livelihood sustainability in the Rabin Shrestha, Dietrich Schmidt- Impact factor uplands of Lembang subwatershed, Vogt, Gnanavelrajah N.. Relating Affholder, F., Jourdain, D., Quang, D. West Sumatra, Indonesia, in a plant diversity to biomass and soil D., Tuong, T. P., Morize, M. & changing natural resource erosion in a cultivated landscape of Ricome, A. (2010). Constraints to management context. Environmental the eastern seaboard region of farmers' adoption of direct-seeding Management, 1(43) 0-0, 2010. Thailand. Applied Geography, 4(30) mulch-based cropping systems: A 0-0, 2010. farm scale modeling approach Manandhar S., Dietrich Schmidt- applied to the mountainous slopes of Vogt, Sylvain Roger Perret, Kazama Rerkasem K., Lawrence D., Padoch F.. Adapting cropping systems to C., Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Ziegler 134 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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A.D.. Consequences of swidden Wickramasinghe S., Oleg Shipin, Oleg Institutional Dynamism and Performance transitions for crop and fallow Shipin, Roland Cochard, Anceno A.J., of Irrigation Systems: A Comparative biodiversity in southeast asia. Oleg Shipin. Multi-functional Study Between Nepal and Thailand Human Ecology, 3(37) 0-0, 2010. pollution mitigation in a By Ram Chandra Bastakoti rehabilitated mangrove conservation Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti Shen S., R. P. Shrestha, and J. Qian, area. Ecological Engineering, 5(35) 0- 2010. Participatory technology 0, 2010. Remote Sensing Modeling for Estimating development for improving animal- Methane Gas Emission from Irrigated technical service system in Gongshan Paddy Fields in Thailand 5.8.6 Doctoral Students' By Sawettachat Srisurat County, Northwest Yunnan Province, Supervisor: Prof. Jayant K. Routray China, African Journal of Agricultural Dissertation Research. 5(16), pp. 2143-2152. Contribution of NTFPs [Non-Timber 5.8.7 Masters Students' Shrestha R. P., Dietrich Schmidt- Forest Products] to Livelihood in Upper Theses and Research Humla Nepal Vogt, Gnanavelrajah N.. Relating Studies plant diversity to biomass and soil By Rabindra Roy Supervisor: Dr. Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt erosion in a cultivated landscape of A Comparative Assessment of Land the eastern seaboard region of Determinants of Land Use Change in Management Approaches in Bhutan: Thailand. Applied Geography, 4(30) Prasae Watershed of Thailand: Role of Case Studies from Dagana and Chukha 606-617, 2010. Land Tenure Security Districts By Nareeluck Wannasai By Yeshey Singhrattna N., Mukand S. Babel, Supervisor: Dr. Rajendra P Shrestha Supervisors: Dr. Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt /Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret. Hydroclimate Rajendra P Shrestha variability and its statistical links to Developing GIS Based Decision Support the large-scale climate indices for System for Soil and Water Conservation: An Assessment of Foreign Land the Upper Chao Phraya River Basin, A Case Study of Upper Nam Heang Acquisition Processes in Four GMS Thailand. Hydrology and Earth Watershed, Northern Province Countries: Case Studies of Impacts on System Sciences Discussions, 5(6) 0- By Somnuek Pongsai Livelihoods in Cambodia and Lao PDR Supervisors: Dr. Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt / Dr. 0, 2010. By Merina Lohani Sitoula Rajendra P. Shrestha Supervisors: Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret / Dr. Rajendra P Shrestha Sowana, A., R.P. Shrestha, P. Enhancement of Rural Livelihoods in Parkpian, and S. Pongquan, 2010. Thailand: An Application of Sufficiency An Investigation of the Household Level Influence of Coastal Land Use on Soil Economy Approach in Community Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise (SLR) in the Degradation in Pattani basin, Economic Development Coastal Areas of Bangladesh: Risks, Thailand. Journal of Coastal Research By Wanchat Suwankitti Perceptions and Adaptation [online: 24 March 2010, Supervisor: Dr. Soparth Pongquan By Arifeen Akter http://www.jcronline.org/doi/abs/10 Supervisor: Dr. Roland Cochard .2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00050.1]. Exploring Conditions for Sustainability of Community Forest Management in Nam Assessing the Vulnerability of People's Ting Z., Haiyun C., Ganesh P. Dong District, Central Vietnam Livelihood in Far-Western Nepal: By Ngo Tri Dung Implications on Adaptation to Climate Shivakoti, Roland Cochard, Homcha- Supervisor: Dr. Edward L. Webb aim K.. Revisit to community forest Change By Binaya Pasakhala in northeast of Thailand: changes in Impact of Armed Conflict on Community- Supervisor: Dr. Rajendra P Shrestha status and utilization. Environment, Based Forest Governance and Development and Sustainability, () 0- Management in Nepal Assessment of the Impact of Sand-dust 0, 2010. By Birendra Kumar Karna Storm on Oasis Agriculture in Arid Area: Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti Case Study of Bugur County, Northwest Udayakumara, E.P.N., R.P. Shrestha, China L, Samarakoon and D. Schmidt-Vogt, Influence of Coastal Land Use, Fisheries By Aishajiang Aili 2010. Assessment, People’s and Socio-Economics on Natural Supervisor: Dr. Rajendra P Shrestha Perception and Socioeconomic Resources Degradation in Patthani Bay, Determinants of Soil Erosion: a Case Thailand Carbon Stock in Biomass and Soil of Study of Samanalawewa Watershed, By Akom Sowana Private Mangrove Plantations Supervisors: Dr. Rajendra P. Shrestha / Dr. Soparth (Rhizophore apiculata) in Yisan Sub- Sri Lanka, International Journal of Pongquan Sediment Research, 25(4):1-17. district, Amphawa District, Samut Songkram Province By Kanokwan Homcha-aim
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Supervisor: Dr. Roland Cochard Improving Livelihood of the Local Nomads to Migrants: Changing Communities in Mafia District, Tanzania Livelihoods and Grazing Patterns of Community Based Fisheries By King'omela Hassan Geni Bayan Onjuul Soum (Tuv Aimag) in Management: A Case Study in Tam Giang Supervisor: Dr. Roland Cochard Mongolia - Cau Hai Lagoon, Thua Thien Hue By Sergelen Seki Rendorj Province, Vietnam Factors Affecting Attitude of Shrimp Supervisors: Dr. Roland Cochard / Dr. Dietrich By Nguyen Hoai Son Farmers on Voluntary Environmental Schmidt-Vogt Supervisor: Dr. Rajendra P Shrestha Management in Coastal Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand Socio-Technical Assessment of Payment Conflicts in Forest Resources Usage and By Ratchkrit Sangsukdee for Environmental Services (PES) Scheme: Mangement: A Case Study of Phong Dien Supervisor: Dr. Rajendra P Shrestha A Case Study of Kulekhani Watershed, Nature Reserve in Thua Thien Hue Nepal Province, Vietnam Impacts of Multi Stakeholder Forest By Karuna Adhikaree By Nguyen The Van Projects on the Livelihood of Ethnic Supervisor: Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti People in Doi Mae Salong, Chiang Rai, Thailand Research Study: Local People's Economic Valuation of Protected Areas: By Sona Shakya Participation in Community Forest Application of CVM and TCM Approaches Supervisor: Dr. Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt Management: A Case Study of Con Cuong in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand District, Nghe An, Vietnam By Rungrote Yarnsiri Mapping Landslide Hazard and By Nguyen Thi Huyen Supervisor: Dr. Sylvain Roger Perret Developing Land Capability-Based Supervisor: Dr. Roland Cochard Management Practice in Central Java, Indonesia Effectiveness of Beach Management By Syamsul Bachri Units in Managing Fisheries Resource and Supervisor: Dr. Rajendra P Shrestha
Development of regional TCP project on mitigating climate change through implementation of improved agricultural practices in south Asia
Land degradation and sustainable land managemnt (SLM) are an important issue in Asian developing countries, such as
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka. The project on “Development of regional TCP project on mitigating climate change through implementation of improved agricultural practices in south Asia” brought together abovementioend partner countries for a brainstorming workshop to develop further activities in implementing improved agricultural practices for Sustainable Land Management in the participating countries towards increased adaptation of the agriculture sector to climate change
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5.9: SERD – PULP AND PAPER TECHNOLOGY FIELD OF STUDY
paper technology. Several sophisticated option; Ambertec beta formation tester 5.9.1 Introduction equipment have been constantly and Calender. furnished to extend the services for This field of study strives for finding basic advance research and special studies 5.9.3 Faculty and Research likewise. The facilities are provided for solutions for the immediate technical Staff problems facing the local pulp and paper activities in pulping paper testing, printing and coating, as well as for wood industry. Research activities in PPT are Full-time Faculty focused on optimising pulping, bleaching component analysis. The equipment is and papermaking processes with standardized according to ISO, TAPPI, and Scandinavian Standards. The SAID IRANDOUST, MSc, PhD, emphasis on the reduction of their Chalmers University of Technology, negative impact on environment. The programmable six-vessel autoclave digester makes cooking study in research Sweden quality of the product is also emphasized Professor [catalytical gas-fluid to maintain competitive edge of local level possible in the most convenient setting. Other major equipment in Pulp processes with a focus on pulp and paper industry in the global reaction kinetics, mass market. Modification of existing and Paper Laboratory include the single transport, flow calculations, processes to suit local raw material is batch digester, bleaching reactor, sheet reactor modeling and reactor another challenging area of research. The formers, fiber length analyzer, formation design] field of study is also launching a new tester, deinking flotation cell, and spectrophotometer with ERIC option. In program with focus on biorefining. MOUSA M NAZHAD, BSc, Univ of Biorefining is a new trend of pulp and addition to provide assistance and research facilities needs for students, Concordia, Montreal, Canada; MSc, paper industry. The industry along with Univ of Concordia, Montreal; PhD, production of pulp pioneers production faculty, the laboratory also provides Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, of transportation fuel, chemicals and professional services for pulp and paper Canada. medicine from the same raw material industry internationally. Among its major Associate Professor [Recycled (i.e. lignocelluloses). equipment include a 6-bomb autoclaved digester, CRS Engineering; Bleaching fiber, Paper and Paperboard reactor; Buchi extraction system; GC; quality, Nanoparticles in 5.9.2 Research Facilities Zeta potential tester; Charge density papermaking, Specialty papers, and Laboratories tester; PFI mill; Valley beater; Escher Pulp processing and Biorefining] Wyss refiner; AMC Medium Consistency The Pulp and Paper Laboratory was disintegrator; Voith Sulzer Deinking unit; established to provide the need for Fiber length analyzer FS-200, Kajaani; research and high level education for this L&W Fiber Tester; Handsheet former set specific field. The laboratory is equipped with white water recirculation option; with all basic facilities for teaching and Fiber line ESpectrophotometer with ERIC research purposes in the field of pulp and
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Visiting Faculty ESA KALEVI LEHTINEN, M.Sc. (Tech.) different kraft pulping methods: A in Wood Chemistry and Pulping laboratory study. Pulp and Paper SHASHANK BHARTI, BSc, Vikram Technology, Lic.Sc. (Tech.) in Paper Canada, 8(110) 0-0, 2010. Univ, India; Post Graduate Diploma, Technology and Chemistry of Forest Indian Inst of Tech, India; PhD, Products, Helsinki University of Fatehi P., Raimo Malinen, Ni Y.. Technical Univ of Lodz, Poland Technology, Finland. Removal of hexenuronic acid from Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty [Pigment Eucalyptus kraft pulps during coating technology of paper, chlorine dioxide- And ozonebased ESA MATTI JUHANI VILJAKAINEN, Paper technology in general] ecf bleaching sequences. Appita MSc. in Chem. Eng. (HUT), Tech. Lic. Journal, 3(62) 0-0, 2010. (HUT), Helsinki University of RAIMO O MALINEN, MSc, LicTech, Technology, Finland. DTech, Helsinki Univ. of Tech., Khosravani A., Latibari A.J., Visiting Faculty [Fiber Finland. Mirshokraei S.A., Rahmaninia M., Processing: Mechanical pulping Associate Professor [Wood and Mousa M. Nazhad. Studying the and Recycled fiber technology; Fibre Chemistry in general; effect of cationic starch- anionic Expert in industrial effluent Pulping Technology; nanosilica system on retention and treatment and Environment Environmental Technology; drainage. BioResources, 2(5) 0-0, technology] Project Management] 2010.
AHMAD MIRSHOKRAEI, BSc, Univ of Research Staff Lalita Joshi, Raimo Malinen, Tehran, Iran; MSc, Univ of TEHRAN, Holmbom B.. Deresination of Acacia IRAN; PhD, Univ of MaCgill, Ms. Nareerat Nitisoravut, Senior mangium pulp - Role of cooking and Montreal, Canada. Laboratory Supervisor washing additives and removal of Professor [Pulping, bleaching, Ms. Lalita Joshi, Laboratory fines. Appita Journal, 3(62) 0-0, lignin structure] Supervisor 2010.
Adjunct Faculty Technician and Laboratory Lin T., Yin X., Mousa M. Nazhad, Esa Lehtinen. Increased filler content by HAKAN KOLMODIN, MSc. in Chemical Mr. Manoch Suansiri, Laboratory co-flocculation of chemical pulp fines Engineering, Ph.D. Engineering Technician II and filler. Appita Journal, 4(63) 0-0, Chemistry, Chalmers University of Mr. Suchart Junteing, Laboratory 2010. Technology, Sweden. Technician II Adjunct Faculty [Pulp and Paper Mr. Kanong Malaithong, Laboratory Luangsaard N., Raimo Malinen, Esa Mill, cooking chemistry, Technician I Viljakainen, Pisuttipiched S., Preeda bleaching chemistry, paper Parkpian. Effect of harvesting age on chemistry, printing Administrative Staff the amount and composition of technology/printability] wood extractives from Eucalyptus Ms. Suwannee Tilapornputt, camaldulensis. Paperi ja Puu/Paper Visiting Lecturers Secretary II and Timber, 2(92) 0-0, 2010. Xiaoyong Chen, Mousa M. Nazhad. ELIAS ANTERO RETULAINEN, MSc., 5.9.4 Publications How is frayed fiber generated during D.Tech. in Paper Technology, refining process? (identification of Helsinki University of Technology, International Journal Articles with frayed fiber under high resolution Finland. Impact factor microscope). Journal of Engineered Visiting Lecturer [Fiber and Fibers and Fabrics, 3(5) 0-0, 2010. Paper Science]. Fatehi P., Arabshahi S., Ziaee Z., Raimo Malinen, Ni Y.. Simulating the Conference Publication impact of kraft pulping and bleaching EWALD BEIVI, Graduate in Sheet-fed parameters on eucalyptus Srikanth N., Mousa M. Nazhad. offset printing; in Publication camaldulensis pulp properties using Coating color rheology and coated rotogravure printing; Eledg.Dipl. in matlab. Canadian Journal of paper properties using nano- Printing Production Management & Chemical Engineering, 3(88) 0-0, biopolymer as binder. Appita Annual Technology, Betriebsfachmann 2010. Conference, () 0-0, 2010. Druck, St. Galllen, Switzerland. Visiting Lecturer [Covering Fatehi P., Raimo Malinen, Ni Y.. printing technology] Bleachability of pulps produced from
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5.9.5 Doctoral Students' Supervisor: Dr. Mousa M. Nazhad Effect of Paper Broke and Filtrate Water Dissertations on Paper Properties The Role of Sulphuric Acid Addition on By Damrongjet Santijamroenkit Hot Chlorine Dioxide Bleaching of Characterization and Evaluation of Supervisor: Dr. Mousa M. Nazhad Unbleached Acacia Kraft Pulp Papermaking Qualities in Selected Thai By Azka Aman Bamboo Effect on Chip Thickness on Kraft Cooking Supervisor: Dr. Esa Viljakainen By Nareerat Nitisoravut and Bleachability of Acacia Crassicarpa Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Erik L.J. Bohez/Dr. Esa By Radar Herri Dalimunthe Viljakainen Supervisor: Dr. Esa Viljakainen Project: Linting Problem of Newsprint Due to Filler Content: A Theoretical 5.9.6 Masters Students' Approach Effects of Process and Wet End Variables By Marin Malai Theses and Projects on Alum-Cationic Rosin Sizing & Supervisor: Dr. Esa Viljakainen Comparisons with Pac-Cationic Rosin and Project: Using Hybrid Tulip as Pulpwood A Comparative Study of Three Fast Akd Sizing for Kraft Pulping Growing Hardwood Kraft Pulps as By Chuong Ma Tien By Yanyan Han Material in Uncoated Fine Paper Supervisor: Dr. Mousa M. Nazhad Supervisor: Dr. Esa Viljakainen By Xu Wen Xia Supervisor: Dr. Esa Viljakainen Evaluation of Oxygen Delignification
Process on Removing Lipophilic Extractive Bleaching Comparison on Acacia Kraft Acacia Mangium and Acacia Crassicarpa Pulp Produced from Continuous and By Ari Aji Sanyoto Batch Cooking System Supervisor: Dr. Esa Viljakainen By Itsna Lathifah Lasmaretty Supervisor: Dr. Esa Viljakainen Non-Chemical Recycling of MOW by
Fractionation Developing Water Resistance Paper By Tunchira Bunyaphiphat through Poly (e-caprolactone) and Soy Supervisor: Dr. Mousa M. Nazhad Protein Isolation The Role of OCC Long Fiber Fractionation By Nattinee Bumbudsanpharoke on Testliner Strength Supervisor: Dr. Mousa M. Nazhad By Luong Chi Hieu
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Products produced by local rural community in Northeastern Thailand
Agricultural Development and MOKBUL MORSHED AHMAD, BSc, 5.10.1 Introduction Planning; Watershed MSc, Dhaka Univ, Bangladesh; MSc, Management) AIT, Thailand; PhD, Univ of Durham, This field of study focuses on rural UK. poverty, improvement of the quality of JAYANT K ROUTRAY, BSc (Hons), Associate Professor (Economic life, and social and economic MSc, PhD, Utkal Univ; MRP, Indian geography; regional and rural development of rural areas. Practice Inst of Tech, India. development planning; oriented rural regional planning is carried Professor (Regional and Rural community development; Non- out regularly at district and subdistrict Development Planning, Rural- Governmental Organizations levels following a participatory and Urban Relations, Regional (NGOs); civil society; integrated approach, and attention is Planning Methods and globalization etc) paid to management of development Techniques, Disaster Risk Institutions, infrastructure and physical Reduction and Management, Professional Staff resources. Sectoral and spatial planning Climate Change Induced is equally emphasized along with the Adaptation, and GIS Applications) VITOON NIL-UBOL, MSc, AIT, management of rural development Thailand programs and local development projects SOPARTH PONGQUAN, BSc, Chiang Field Lab Supervisor, Regional to strengthen rural communities for Mai Univ; MSc, AIT, Thailand; DSc, and Rural Development Planning sustainable development. Univ of Wageningen, The Netherlands. 5.10.3 Grants and Sponsored Associate Professor (Capacity 5.10.2 Faculty and Research Building; Community Research Completed Staff Development and Monitoring in 2010 and Evaluation of Development Full-time Faculty Projects; Decentralized Local Online Pilot programme on Sustainable Government; People’s and development practices in public policy GOPAL B THAPA, BSc, TribhuvanUniv, Community Participation; Rural Duration: 01 Jun 09 - 30 Jun 10 Nepal; MSc, DTechSc, AIT, Thailand. Development) Project Investigator(s): Mokbul Morshed Ahmad Sponsor: TERI University, New Delhi, India Professor (Natural Resources Total Contracted Amount (THB): 289,000 Management; Sustainable
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Lanka.Development in Practice, Pathway to Sustainable Community Understanding the next Agricultural 1(20) 0-0, 2010. Development in Thailand. Asian Transition in Asia Social Science, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 91- Duration: 01 Nov 09 - 30 Dec 10 Nepal R., Gopal Bahadur Thapa. 96, 2010. Project Investigator(s): Gopal B. Thapa Determinants of agricultural Sponsor: Rockefeller Foundation Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,768,194 commercialization and Thapa, G.B., Viswanathan, P.K., mechanization in the hinterland of a Routray, J.K. and Ahmad, M.M. city in Nepal. Applied Geography, (2010), “Understanding the next 4.10.4 Publications 3(29) 0-0, 2010. agricultural transition in Asia: A critical review of major facets and International Journal Articles with Paul S.K., Jayant K Routray. Flood future challenges”, Millenial Asia: An Impact factor proneness and coping strategies: The International Journal of Asian
experiences of two villages in Studies, Vol. 1, No.2, pp. 215-239. Alam, J. and Ahmad, M. M. Bangladesh. Disasters, 2(34) 489- (2010).“Analysing the lacunae in 580, 2010. Ullah, Md. Anwar and Soparth planning and implementation: Pongquan. Financial Resources spatial development of Dhaka city Paul S.K., Jayant Kumar Routray. Mobilization Performance of Rural and its impacts upon the built Household response to cyclone and Local Government: Case Study of environment”.International Journal induced surge in coastal Bangladesh: Three Union Parishad in Bangldesh. of Urban Sustainable Development. coping strategies and explanatory Asian Social Science, Vol. 6, No. 11, Vol. 2, Nos. 1–2, pp. 85–106. variables. Natural Hazards, () 0-0, pp. 95-115, 2010.
2010. Gopal Bahadur Thapa, Conference Proceedings Rattanasuteerakul K.. Adoption and Rattanasuteerakul, K., Thapa, G.B. extent of organic vegetable farming (2010), “Towards Organic Vegetable Jayant K. Routray, Perspectives and in Mahasarakham province, Farming in Thailand”, Journal of New Directions for Regional Thailand. Applied Geography, () 0-0, Sustainable Agriculture, Vol. 34, pp. Development Planning Under 2010. 57-79, Taylor & Francis. Changing Scenarios, International
Conference on Environment, Krongkant P., Mokbul Morshed Saroar M., Jayant Kumar Routray. Resource and Regional Development, Ahmad. Typhoon risk perceptions Adaptation in situ or retreat? A 8-9 March 2010, Department of and evacuation decisions of older multivariate approach to explore the Geography, The University of persons: A case study of a rural factors that guide the peoples' Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, community in southern Thailand. preference against the impacts of India. International Journal of Emergency sea level rise in coastal Bangladesh. Management, 2(7) 0-0, 2010. Local Environment, 7(15) 636-686, Newspaper Articles
2010. Memon J.A., Gopal Bahadur Thapa. Jayant K. Routray (2010), Keeping the The Indus Irrigation System Natural Saroar M., and Jayant K. Routray, In promise alive to end poverty, The Resources and Community situ adaptation against sea level rise Nations, Bangkok, Thailand 14 Occupational Quality in the Delta (SLR) in Bangladesh: does awareness October 2010 (Prepared for October Region of Pakistan. Environmental matter? Climate Change Strategies 17 as the International Day for the Management, () 0-0, 2010. and Management, 2 (3) pp. 321-345, Eradication of Poverty). Memon, J.A. and Thapa, G.B (2010), 2010. “Impacts of upstream irrigation Books and Monographs development on deltaic landscape, Sawettachat. S, Jayant K. Routray, P. resources and livelihood –A Case of Preeda and Nitin K. Tripathi, Remote Ainuddin, Syed and Jayant Kumar Indus Delta in Sindh Province, Sensing Modeling for Estimating Routray, Earthquake Risks in Pakistan”, International Journal of Methane Gas Emission from Baluchistan: Community Environment and Rural Irrigated Paddy Fields in Thailand, Preparedness and Emergency Development, Vol. 1-2, pp. 67-72, International Journal of Applied Management Issues, Verlag: Lambert IAS/UNU Environmental Sciences, 5(6) 813– Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG,
830, 2010. Koln, Deutschland, 2010, ISBN: 978- Morais N., Mokbul Morshed Ahmad. 3-8383-8659-1. Sustaining livelihoods in complex Suwankitti, Wanchat and Soparth Ashraf, Muhammad and Jayant K. emergencies: Experiences of Sri Pongquan. Sufficiency Community Routray, A Social Well-being Economic Development System: A Assessment in Balochistan, Pakistan, 142 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Verlag: Lambert Academic Publishing Enhancment of Rural Livelihoods in Governance of Decentralized Commune AG & Co. KG, Koln, Deutschland, Thailand: An Application of Sufficiency Development Planning in Cambodia: Case 2010, ISBN: 978-3-8383-8247-0. Economy Approach in Community Studies of Commune Councils in Economic Development Battambang Province Shabnam, Nourin, J. K. Routray and By Wanchat Suwankitti By Young Sokphea Md. Habibur Rahman, Rural-Urban Supervisor: Dr. Soparth Pongquan Supervisor: Dr. Soparth Pongquan Disparity in Bangladesh (A Socio- economic Appraisal), Verlag: VDM Livelihood Security of Cyclone-Prone People's Participation in Community Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellscaft & Coastal Communities in Bangladesh: A Radio in Thailand: A Case Study of Comparative Study WatDok Chan Community Radio in Surin Co. KG, Koln, Deutschland, 2010, By Shitangshu Kumar Paul Province ISBN: 978-3-639-24028-3. Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray By NichakanYuenyao Supervisor: Dr. Soparth Pongquan Thapa, G.B., Viswanathan, P.K., Microfinance and the Rural Poor: Routray, J.K. and Ahmad, M.M. (eds.) Strategy of Bank for Agriculture and People's Participation in Conservation: A (2010), Agricultural Transition in Asia: Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) in Case Study in Phuluang Wildlife Trajectories and Challenges, Bangkok: Thailand Sanctuary Loei Province, Thailand Asian Institute of Technology, ISBN By SuchayaVaramit By AdisornSunthararuk 978-974-8257-79-2. Supervisor: Dr. Soparth Pongquan Supervisor: Dr. Soparth Pongquan
Ullah, Md. Anwar and Soparth Remote sensing modeling for estimating Poverty Alleviation Through NGO Pongquan. Financial Resources methane gas emission from irrigated Interventions in Rural Balochistan, Mobilization Performance of Rural paddy fields in Thailand Pakistan: A Case Study of Mastung Local Government: Case Study of By Sawettachat Srisurat District Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray Three Union Parishad in Bangldesh. By Mumtaz Ali Baloch Supervisor: Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad Asian Social Science, Vol. 6, No. 11, Sustainable Agricultural Development pp. 95-115, 2010. Policies and Farmers' Practices in The Effect of Agricultural Micro-Credit on
NakhonPathom Province, Thailand Farmers' Socio-Economic Conditions in Book Chapter By Sukallaya Kasem AnGiang, Vietnam Supervisor: Prof. Gopal Bahadur Thapa By Trang Thi My Duyen Viswanathan, P.K., Thapa, G.B., Supervisor: Prof. Gopal Bahadur Thapa Routray, J.K. and Ahmad, M.M. 4.10.6 Masters Students' (2010), Challenges facing Asian smallholder agriculture: A synthesis Theses and Research Research Study: Inter-District Assessment of five country studies. In G.B. Thapa, Studies of Social Wellbeing of the People's of P.K. Viswanathan, J.K. Routray and Balochistan M.M. Ahmad (eds.), Agricultural Community Based Rural Road By Muhammad Ashraf Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray Transition in Asia: Trajectories and Management in Eastern Nepal
Challenges, pp. 183-216, Bangkok: By Rekha Shreesh Research Study: Regional Variation in the Asian Institute of Technology, ISBN Supervisor: Prof. Gopal Bahadur Thapa Socio-Economic Development of Pakistan: 978-974-8257-79-2. Development of Small and Medium An Inter-District Multivariate Analysis Enterprises in Post Conflict Afghanistan By Sohail Akram Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray 4.10.5 Doctoral Students’ By Sabawoon Ahmadzai Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. Gopal Bahadur Thapa Research Study: Technical Efficiency of Horticulture Farms in Balochistan, Adaptation to Vulnerability of Climate Economic and Social Empowerment of Home-Based Women Workers Towards Pakistan: A Stochastic Production Frontier Change Induced Sea Level Rise in Coastal the Promotion of Gender Equality: An Analysis Bangladesh Examination Through the OTOP Project in By Ghulam Murtaza By Md. Mustafa Saroar Supervisor: Prof. Gopal Bahadur Thapa Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray Thailand
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Community Preparedness and Evacuation Supervisor: Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad
Decision in Typhoon Emergency: A Case
Study in Rural Southern Thailand Economic Empowerment of Khmer By Parichatt Krongkant Women Workers at Home and Outside in Supervisor: Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad Mekong Delta, Vietnam By Danh Qui Supervisor: Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad
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5.11: SERD – URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FIELD OF STUDY
5.11.1 Introduction organizations engaged in urban Environmental Policy; State- development and environmental Society Relations in UEM; Urban Urban Environmental Management management. Land Management) (UEM) is an area of academic discourse and professional practice in which urban 5.11.2 Research Facilities L. A .S. RANJITH PERERA, BSc, MSc, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; planning and urban management issues and Laboratories are studied and practiced from an MSc, PhD, AIT, Thailand. Associate Professor (Urban environmental management perspective. In this Field of Study, any researcher gets Architecture and Environmental modern computer lab and other facilities Design; Urban Planning and As an academic field, UEM provides for communication. There is also a opportunities of graduate level education Housing; Urban Environmental workshop room for students which can and research at master (M.Sc.) and Management, Results-based accommodate about 24 students in four doctoral (PhD) level. It also provides Project Management and clusters at a time. The workshop room Evaluation) certificate and diploma programs, as well also has audio-visual facilities for as post-doctoral research opportunities. presentation. A new Regional Urban VILAS NITIVATTANANON, BEng, It draws on and integrates theories and Resource Center (R-URC) has been perspectives in established disciplines of Chulalongkorn Univ; MA, Thammasat established for compiling and University; MEng, AIT, Thailand; PhD, urban planning, urban and regional disseminating knowledge related to development, urban economics, University of Pittsburgh, USA. urban development and environmental sustainable development, and urban Assistant Professor (Economic management issues. policy and management studies into a Analysis; Management of distinctive framework of problems, issues Infrastructure and Services; and questions concerning the urban 5.11.3 Faculty and Research Systems and Integrated environment. It enables students to Staff Management; Environmental identify problems; apply appropriate Assessment; Waste Management; Water analytic methodologies; design, plan and Full-time Faculty Engineering) implement programs and projects; and Visiting Faculty monitor impacts and challenges within EDSEL SAJOR, BSc, University of the the context of sustainable development Philippines; MA, PhD, ISS, The SOO-HOON PARK, BEng, MEng, Seoul in developing societies. Hague, The Netherlands. National Univ, Korea; March, UCLA, Associate Professor (Conflict California, USA; PhD, Univ of Sydney, The Field of Study prepares students for Management; Governance; Land Australia professional careers in the public and Development in Peri-Urban; Visiting Associate Professor private sectors as well as international Policy Process and Scientific (Building Information Modeling) development agencies and civil society Discourse; Politics of
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Adjunct Faculty Sponsor: AIT Center Indoneasia Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,972,864 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 556,129
A.T.M. NURUL AMIN, PhD, University SEA-UEMA Project Management Environmental Management Measures Duration: 01 Apr 08 - 31 Aug 10 of Manitoba, Canada Project Investigator(s): Edsel Sajor, Nowarat Professor (Urban Environmental (EMMs) Applied on the Range of Formal and Informal Sectors in Selected Cities Coowanitwong, Muhammad Abu Yusuf Economics and Finance) Sponsor: CIDA-AIT/SEA-UEMA Duration: July 2009 – June 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 33,541,664 Project Investigator(s): Ranjith Perera BANASOPIT MEKVICHAI, PhD, Cornell Sponsor: CIDA University, USA Project Budget: USD 26,000 Sustainable development of Urban-rural Associate Professor local regions and the contented domains (Urbanization and Evaluation of TIPMSE Programs as a Tool of Water and Hydropower development Environmental Policy) to Support Decision Making for in Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand Promoting Waste Recycling System in Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 15 Nov 10 Thailand Project Investigator(s): Edsel Sajor Research Staff Sponsor: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Duration: Dec 08 – Nov 10 Research Project Investigator(s): Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Total Contracted Amount (THB): 951,684 Dr. Muhammad Abu Yusuf, SEA- Sponsor: FTI/TIPMSE UEMA Project Director Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,250,000 Dr. Ariva S. Permana, Program 5.11.5 On-going Grants and Specialist Project Management Ms. Lekha Ratnayake, Senior Project Duration: 13 Aug 03 - 31 Aug 10 Sponsored Research Associate Project Investigator(s): Edsel Sajor Sponsor: The Canadian International Development Mekong Project 4 on Water Governance, Mr. Pravakar Pradhan, Project Agency (CIDA) Basin development challenges of CPWF Associate Total Contracted Amount (THB): 32,922,627 Duration: 01 Mar 10 - 28 Feb 13 Ms. Farhana Khan Lima, Project Project Investigator(s): Edsel Sajor, Bernadette Associate Rainwater Harvesting Pilot Study Resurreccion Ms. Jubaiya Jahan, Project Associate Duration: Dec 08 – Mar 10 Sponsor: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Ms. Patcharaporn Panwong, Project Project Investigator(s): Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Food (CPWF) and the Mekong Program for Water, Sponsor: RTG Environment & Resilience Associate Total Contracted Amount (THB): 300,000 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 26,400,000 Ms. Sheree Ann Mendoza, Project Assistant SEA-UEMA Graduate Education Post Consumer Carton (PCC) Ms. Concordia Pogoy, Project Duration: 01 Apr 08 - 31 Aug 10 composition and recycling study Project Investigator(s): Nurul Amin, Edsel Sajor Assistant Duration: 25 Nov 10 - 30 May 11 Sponsor: CIDA-AIT/SEA-UEMA Project Investigator(s): Vilas Nitivattananon Mr. Ekarin Thongchantr, Project Total Contracted Amount (THB): 29,818,752 Technician Sponsor: Tetra Pak Company Ltd. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 450,000 Ms. Munu Pradhan, Research SEA-UEMA Project - -Learning Networks Associate and Training Strategic Environmental Assessment Ms. Laksiri Chomchuen, Research Duration: 01 Apr 08 - 31 Aug 10 (SEA) for spatial planning and Capacity Project Investigator(s): Vilas Nitivattananon, Edsel Associate development for sustainable Tourism in Ms. Le Thi Thu Huong, Research Sajor Sponsor: CIDA-AIT/SEA-UEMA the Golden Quadrangle development Associate Total Contracted Amount (THB): 12,290,528 area of Greater Mekong Sub region Ms. Siwaporn Tangwanichagapong, Duration: 31 May 10 - 31 Jan 11 Research Associate SEA-UEMA Project - Policy Advocacy Project Investigator(s): Vilas Nitivattananon Duration: 01 Apr 08 - 31 Aug 10 Sponsor: ADB Administrative Staff Project Investigator(s): Norwarat Coowanitworng, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 379,033 Edsel Sajor Sponsor: CIDA-AIT/SEA-UEMA Ms. Katesaraporn Nakdee, Secretary Total Contracted Amount (THB): 7,486,400 5.11.6 Publications
5.11.4 Grants and Sponsored SEA-UEMA Project -Flagship Projects International Journal Articles with Duration: 01 Apr 08 - 31 Aug 10 Impact factor Research Completed Project Investigator(s): Ranjith Perera, Edsel Sajor Sponsor: CIDA-AIT/SEA-UEMA Arifwidodo S.D., L .A. S. Ranjith in 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 24,132,672 Perera. Quality of Life and Compact
Development Policies in Bandung, 2nd Training Program on Integrated SEA-UEMA Project -Gender Urban Planning for Sustainable Duration: 01 Apr 08 - 31 Aug 10 Indonesia. Applied Research in Management Project Investigator(s): Koyoko Kusakabe, Edsel Quality of Life, () 0-0, 2010. Duration: 15 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10 Sajor Project Investigator(s): L.A.S Ranjith Perera Sponsor: CIDA-AIT/SEA-UEMA
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Chanthy L., Vilas Nitivattananon. Is Resurreccion, Bernadette and Sajor, Refereed Books/Chapters/Monographs importing second-hand products a Edsel (2010). ‘Not a Real Worker.’ good thing? The cases of computers Gendering Migrants in Thailand’s Hue, Thi Van Le and Sajor, Edsel (In and tires in Cambodia. Shrimp Farms. International Press). Livelihood and environment Environmental Impact Assessment Migration Review. Vol 48 No. 6 trade-off in Doi Moi: Industrial water Review, () 0-0, 2010. (Wiley Publishers). use and wastewater management in a craft village in peri-urban Hanoi, In Edsel E. Sajor, Thu N.M.. Institutional Saengsupavanich C., Nowarat K. Lazarus, B. Resurreccion, N. and development issues in Coowanitwong, Dencho N. Batanov, Bardenoch and N. Dao (eds) Water integrated water resource Lertsuchatavanich C.. Environmental Rights and Social Justice in the management of Saigon River. Journal performance evaluation of an Mekong Region. London: EarthScan of Environment and Development, industrial port and estate: ISO14001, 3(18) 0-0, 2010. port state control-derived indicators. Nitivattananon, V. and Wiajaya, N. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2(17) (2010). “Benchmarking on Houng, Le Thi Thu and Sajor, Edsel 0-0, 2010. Environmental Infrastructure (2010) “Privatization, democratic Management in Selected Cities of reforms, and micro-governance Sembiring, E. and Nitivattananon, V. Southeast Asia”, Monograph, 62pp. change in a transition economy: (2010). “Sustainable Solid Waste Condominium homeowner Management Toward an Inclusive Perera, R. & Amin, A.T.M.N. (2010). asscoiations in Ho Chi Minh City, Society: Integration of the Informal Informal to formal sector continuum: Vietnam” Cities. Volume 27, Issue 1. Sector”, Resources, Conservation & A way forward, In Perera, R. ed. Pp. 20-30. Recycling 54 (11), pp. 759-1026. Environmental Management Measures for Overcoming the Hue, Thi Van Le and Sajor, Edsel (In Sujaritpong S., Vilas Nitivattananon. Informal-Formal Dichotomy, pp.173- Press) “Livelihood and environment Factors influencing wastewater 175 trade-off in Doi Moi: Industrial water management performance: Case use and wastewater management in study of housing estates in suburban Perera, R. & Permana, A.S. (2010). a craft village in peri-urban Hanoi” In Bangkok, Thailand. Journal of “Bridging the gaps in environmental K. Lazarus, B. Resurreccion, N. Environmental Management, 1(90) management measures applied on Bardenoch and N. Dao (eds) Water 0-0, 2010. formal and informal transport Rights and Social Justice in the modes: A study in Bandung Mekong Region. London: EarthScan Tran, T. T. and Nitivattananon, V. Indonesia, In Perera, R. ed. “Adaptation to Flood Risks in Ho Chi Environmental Management Minh City, Vietnam”, International Measures for Overcoming the Kritsanaphan, Amorn and Sajor, Journal of Climate Change Strategies Informal-Formal Dichotomy, pp.75- Edsel (accepted for publication 18 and Management (in press). 111 September 2010) "Intermediaries and Informal Interactions in Truong T. T., L .A. S. Ranjith Perera. Perera, R. ed. (2010). Decentralised Environmental Consequences of the two-price “Environmental Management Management in Peri-Urban system for land in the land and Measures for Overcoming the Bangkok" International Development housing market in Ho Chi Minh City, Informal-Formal Dichotomy”, Planning Review. Vietnam. Habitat International, 35 Monograph, Pp.175 (30-39), 2010. Lay, C. and Nitivattananon, V. “Is Conference Papers Importing Second-hand Products a Truong T. T., L .A. S. Ranjith Perera. Good Thing? The Cases of Computers Intermediate levels of property Ongsakul, W., Nitivattananon, V., and Tires in Cambodia", rights and the emerging housing Koottatep, T., Janecek, P. and Vo, N. Environmental Impact Assessment market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. D. eds. (2009). “GMSARN Review (in press). Land Use Policy, 28 (124-138), 2010. International Journal”, Vol. 4, No. 1, Published by the Greater Mekong Rammont L., A. T. M. Nurul Amin. Zaki S., A. T. M. Nurul Amin. Does Subregion Academic and Research Constraints in using economic basic services privatisation benefit Network, Bangkok: Asian Institute of instruments in developing countries: the urban poor? Some evidence Technology, pp. ??. Some evidence from Thailand's from water supply privatisation in experience in wastewater Thailand. Urban Studies, 11(46) 0-0, Perera, R. (2010). “Mechanisms to management. Habitat International, 2010. Promote Rental Housing as an 1(34) 0-0, 2010. Affordable Option for the Low- Annual Report on Research 2010 | 147
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income Groups in the Bangkok Environmental Management Field of Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Metropolitan Area. “, UI-KAAS Study, Asian Institute of Technology. “Integrated Environmental International Conference Asia in the Management in a Low-income Midst of Global Transformation, AJB Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. “Air Community in Vientiane, Lao PDR”, Bumiputera Hall, Building F, 2nd Pollution Reduction from Open CIDA-AIT Partnership (2003-2010), Floor, FISIP UI Depok Campus, Burning of Solid Waste Residuals in a Urban Environmental Management Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, July Scavenging Community in Hanoi, Field of Study, Asian Institute of 20-22, 2010 Vietnam”, CIDA-AIT Partnership Technology. (2003-2010), Urban Environmental Perera, R. (2010). “Need for Management Field of Study, Asian Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Community Based Environmental Institute of Technology. “Providing Clean Water at an Management Measures in Tsunami Affordable price to a Suburban Affected Areas in Southern Thailand: Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. “Cleaner Community in Ho Chi Minh City, A Case Study of Phangna Province “, Technology for Reducing Air Vietnam”, CIDA-AIT Partnership Building Social Capital by Community Pollution from a Glass Recycling (2003-2010), Urban Environmental Initiatives for Sustainable Disaster Enterprise in Ho Chi Minh City, Management Field of Study, Asian Relief, Korea Press Center & Paichai Vietnam”, CIDA-AIT Partnership Institute of Technology. Academic Support Center, Seoul, (2003-2010), Urban Environmental Korea 25-26 October 2010 Management Field of Study, Asian Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Institute of Technology. “Retrofitting Kitchens to Improve the Sajor, Edsel. Contestations over Indoor Air Quality of Home-base Water Quality in Thailand and Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Food Micro-enterprises in Quezon Vietnam in the Context of Peri-Urban “Community-based Solid Waste City, Philippines”, CIDA-AIT Change and Globalization. Paper Management in Bang Plee Newtown, Partnership (2003-2010), Urban presented in the Panel on Peri-Urban Samut Prakarn, Thailand”, CIDA-AIT Environmental Management Field of Transformation in Conference on Partnership (2003-2010), Urban Study, Asian Institute of Technology. "Hanoi Millennium -- City Past and Environmental Management Field of Future". Hanoi International Study, Asian Institute of Technology. Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. “Use of Conference Center, 12-13 October Appropriate Technology for Water 2010. Hanoi, Vietnam. Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Quality Improvement in a “Domestic-scale Bio-sand Filter for Community Managed Water Supply Sajor, Edsel. Presented in Increasing the Accessibility of Poor Project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia”, International Conference on People to Clean Water in Bali, CIDA-AIT Partnership (2003-2010), Migration, Gender and Human Indonesia”, CIDA-AIT Partnership Urban Environmental Management Security in an Era of Global (2003-2010), Urban Environmental Field of Study, Asian Institute of Structural Change and Crisis. Management Field of Study, Asian Technology. International Institute of Social Institute of Technology. Studies, Erasmus University Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. “Use of Rotterdam on 1-2 July 2010. Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Social Capital as an Investment to “Establishment of a Community Improve the Environmental Other Publications Water Supply System and Water Condition in Km 52 Town, Lao PDR”, Nitivattananon, V. (2010). Ed: Management Group in Kotalala CIDA-AIT Partnership (2003-2010), “Experiences from Learning Village, Same District, Timor Leste”, Urban Environmental Management Networks and Training under SEA- CIDA-AIT Partnership (2003-2010), Field of Study, Asian Institute of UEMA Project”, CIDA-AIT Partnership Urban Environmental Management Technology. (2003-1010), Urban Environmental Field of Study, Asian Institute of Management Field of Study, Asian Technology. Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Institute of Technology. “Wastewater Management in Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Floating Restaurants and Households Nitivattananon, V., Yusuf, M.A., “Establishment of Recyclable Waste at Rangsit Canal, Pathumthani, Permada, A.S. and Lloyds, I. (2010). Banks in the Schools of Ayutthaya Thailand”, CIDA-AIT Partnership Eds: “Experiences and Lessons Municipality, Thailand”, CIDA-AIT (2003-2010), Urban Environmental Learned for Future Urban Partnership (2003-2010), Urban Management Field of Study, Asian Environmental Management drawn Environmental Management Field of Institute of Technology. from SEA-UEMA Project Final Study, Asian Institute of Technology. Perera, Ranjith (2010). Ed. Partners Workshop”, CIDA-AIT “Community Rainwater Harvesting Partnership (2003-1010), Urban System at the Amazing Gawad 148 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Kalinga Village, Budlaan, Cebu City, Assessment of Urban Sprawl in Yangon Problems and Strategies for Water Loss Philippines”, CIDA-AIT Partnership City, Myanmar Reduction: A Study in Vientiane Capital, (2003-2010), Urban Environmental By Lin Thanda Latt Lao P.D.R. Management Field of Study, Asian Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon By Lamkhong Keophilavong Institute of Technology. Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Co-benefit Approach for Mitigating Local Protection and Enhancement of Surface Warming: A Case Study of Bandung Water Bodies to Mitigate Local Flooding: 5.11.7 Doctoral Students’ Metropolitan Area, Indonesia A Case Study in Hanoi Capital, Vietnam By Pritta Puspitasari By Pham Quoc Dung Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera
Ambiguities in the Emerging Land and Contributions of Solid Waste Public Information Tools, Socio-Economic Housing Market in Ho Chi Minh City, Management to Sustainable Cities Attributes, and Environmental Behavior Vietnam By Apinyaruk Wankeo Related to Plastic Carrying Bag in BMA, By Truong Thien Thu Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Thailand Supervisor: Dr. L A S Ranjith Perera By Muslin Kunopasvorakul Effects of Land Use Changes on the Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor Application of Quality of Life Concept in Flooding Incidence in Cagayan de Oro Urban Planning Practices: A Case Study City, Philippines Public Participation in Urban of Bandung, Indonesia By Richie Catherine Cabug-os Supremo Environmental Management Practices, A By Sigit Dwiananto Arifwidodo Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera Case Study in Bandung City, Indonesia Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera Equity and Accessibility Issues By Retno Gita Erliana Surrounding Land Conversion Related to Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor Impact Assessment of Imported Second River-Based Tourism: The Case of Vang Hand Products: The Cases of Computers Vieng Town in Lao PDR Socioeconomic Vulnerability to Urban and Tires in Major Urban Centers of By Ounakone Xayviliya Flood Hazard in the Mekong Delta: The Cambodia Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor Case of Can Tho City By Lay Chanthy By Tran Thi Huong Giang Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Factors Contributing to Environmental Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon
Management in Private Land Rented Integration of Economics and Social Communities in Bangkok Stakeholder Analysis of Urban Wetland Factors into Optimization of Solid Waste By Orana Chandrasiri and its Implication on Planning: A Case Management System Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor Study of That Luang Marsh in Vientiane By Emenda Sembiring Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Capital City, Lao PDR Factors Contributing to the Status of a By Desa Phommasack Clean and Green City: An Exploratory Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor 5.11.8 Masters Students' Study of Pekanbaru, Indonesia Theses By Ratna Eka Suminar Tenurial Security Related to Housing Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera Condition and Traditional Neighborhood
in Sultan Ground in Yogyakarta, An Analysis of a Public Bus Transport Outcome-Based Approach to Assess the Service from the Multi-Benefits Indonesia Effectiveness of Sanitation Systems Used By Widyasari Her Nugrahandika Perspective: A Case Study of Ho Chi Minh in the Fringe Areas of Colombo City, Sri Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor City, Vietnam Lanka By Nguyen Thi Cam Van By Kailayar Ramesh The Effect of Land Use Change on Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera Mobility and Parking Condition: A Case
An Assessment of Energy Consumption Study in Bandung City, Indonesia Partnership Relationship for Cultural By Nino Muhamad and Carbon Emissions Related to Urban Heritage Conservation Focused on the Supervisor: Dr. L .A. S. Ranjith Perera Residential Density in a Developing City: Water-Based Old Commercial District in A Case Study of Bandung City, Indonesia Thailand Urban Environmental Changes with By Nurrohman Wijaya By Thanapat Arnmanee Tourism Development: The Case of Vang Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor Vieng District, Lao PDR By Soulilack Khaykhamphithoune Approaches for Water Resources Policy Place-Based Identity, Migration and Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Assessment in a Metropolitan Area: Case Environmental Behavior in Baguio City, of Cebu City, Philippines Philippines Urban Resilience Assessment in the By Donna Belle Calijan Pongase By Sharon Feliza Ann Palma Macagba Context of Multiple Hazards: Case of Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon Supervisor: Dr. Edsel E. Sajor Phnom Penh City, Cambodia By Hourn Ratana Supervisor: Dr. Vilas Nitivattana Annual Report on Research 2010 | 149
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5.12: SERD – AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Agribusiness professionals are Objectives 5.12.1 Introduction needed in several sectors, including in multinational companies involved Specific objectives of the Masters Agriculture plays a vital role in the in corporate farming, food Program in Agribusiness economic growth of many country processing, packaging and Management are: especially developing countries like of marketing, agricultural finance Asia including Thailand, China, India, institutions, agricultural 1. To train students, academics, Vietnam, Malaysia etc. Due the growing cooperatives, animal feed industry, researchers and professionals, to industrialization the importance of agri- biotechnology industry, fertilizer and develop skills and practices in the products has increased several-folds. pesticide industry, irrigation and area of good agricultural production, The food and food-products import- mechanical equipment appropriate value addition, export policies play important role in the manufacturing, medicinal systematic marketing, food-chain overall development of any country and plants/herbs, and government- supply and global trade. the world as a whole. initiated rural/agricultural development schemes. 2. To enhance the sustainability and
In developing countries, since last 25 capability of agricultural enterprises The agri-business management years, majority of the young people by providing trained students with educated, came from agriculture program builds on long standing knowledge of international community or from the similar strengths and experience in standards on food safety and background. But, due to many reasons research, and internal and external traceability in agricultural they have not been able to compete for postgraduate teaching in the fields production, local and global trade available jobs, which demand specialized of agricultural production, policies etc. skills and knowledge. Even in their preservation, processing, agro- and food-industry management and attempts to set up small entrepreneurial 5.12.2 Faculty and activities in non-farm sector they face marketing, and in agricultural many problems generally not development. Professional Staff encountered by such youths in urban areas. All these rural youths can now be The program focuses on the Faculty supported for new opportunities of potential for and contribution of the entrepreneurship in business activities agribusiness industry in developing ATHAPOL NOOMHORM [Professor, related to Agriculture. They have the economies. It is aimed at enhancing Food Engineering & Bioprocess basic understanding of agriculture, which small business entrepreneurship Technology Field of Study] can be utilized for promotion of business among primary producers of agri- (Starch and Cereal Technology; enterprises revolve around agricultural food products, and traders and other Postharvest Technology; Food activities. market intermediaries in the value Processing; Agro-industrial chain. The course is appropriate for Development) Rationale entrepreneurs themselves and also for people working in the public GANESH. P. SHIVAKOTI [Professor, As the nature of rural economy of sector and non-governmental Agricultural Systems & Engineering many developing countries of Asia- organizations. Entrepreneurs and and Natural Resources Management Pacific region shifts from subsistence others will be enabled to take Fields of Study] farming to commercial food advantage of opportunities within (Agricultural Development and enterprises, a new breed of the agri-food and related sectors, Policy Analysis; Resource agribusiness professionals is needed and increase the contribution of Development; Farming Systems; to manage this transformation. The these sectors within public and Natural Resources proposed program will cater the national objectives. Management) unique needs of agribusiness professionals, which comprise of knowledge and skills in elements of agriculture sector policy issues, technology, marketing and finance.
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SUDIP KUMAR RAKSHIT [Professor, SUNDAR VENKATESH [Visiting Assessment and Opportunities of Food Engineering & Bioprocess Associate Professor, School of Production and Marketing Trends in Technology Field of Study] Management] Biodegradable Packaging and Materials (Food and Biosafety; Biofuels (Finance; Financial Accounting; in Thailand and Food Security; New Bio- Corporate Governance; Financial By Thanasri Kongsompong based Food Products; Bioprocess Restructuring; Financial Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Technology) Information Management) Effects of Fluctuation in Price and ANIL KUMAR ANAL [Assistant SAHDEV SINGH [Adjunct Faculty] Demand of White Shrimp on Farmers's Economy in Pak Phanang District, Professor, Food Engineering & (Information and Thailand Bioprocess Technology Field of Communication Technologies; By Winai Poobangsaeng Study] Decision Tools; ERP; Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti (Agriculture and Food Quantitative Analysis; Human Biotechnology; Resources Development in Agro- Role of ICT in the Agriculture Sector: A Bionanotechnology; Functional industries; SCM) Study of Progressive Farmers, Malwa Properties of Proteins and Region, Punjab, India Polysachharides; Food Colloids BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN By Sangha Amandeep Singh and Biopolymers; Encapsulation [Adjunct Faculty] Supervisor: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit and Targeted Delivery of (Agricultural Supply Chain Biomolecules) Management) Sustainable Community Forest Management: A Case Study of Yangtone PEEYUSH SONI [Senior Instructor Professional Staff Village, Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi, and ABM Coordinator, Agricultural Thailand Systems & Engineering Field of IMRAN AHMAD [Laboratory By Saranya Nueamee Supervisor: Prof. Athapol Noomhorm Study,] Supervisor, Food Engineering & (Terramechanics; Agricultural Bioprocess Technology Field of Instrumentation; Controlled Study] Research Study: Business Analysis of Environment Agriculture; (Food Enterprises Productivity; Buffalo Dairy Farm: A Case Study of Agricultural Systems Analysis; Food Process Operations; Food Murrah Farm, Plaengyao District Analytical Techniques) Supply Chain) Chachoengsao Province, Thailand By Chanerin Maneechansook NICHOLAS DIMMITT [Assistant 5.12.3 Publications Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni Professor, School of Management] (Action Research; Business International Journal Article with Impact Research Study: Perception of Young Communication; Business Ethics; factor Educated Consumers Towards Ready-to- Professional Development & Drink Milk Brands in Bangkok By Justin Arnold Finch Training; Language Policy and Nalavade P.P., Vilas M. Salokhe, Language Planning) Supervisor: Dr. Peeyush Soni Tanya Niyamapa, Peeyush Soni. Performance of Free Rolling and RIAN BEISE-ZEE [Associate Professor, Powered Tillage Discs. Soil and School of Management] Tillage Research, 2(109) 0-0, 2010. (International Marketing and Branding; Diffusion of Innovation; Customer- 5.12.4 Masters Students’ manufacturer Interaction in Theses and Research Innovation Development) Studies An Economic Analysis of Palm Plantation in Northeastern Thailand: A Case Study of Seka District, Nong Khai Province By Kulthida Chalooddong Supervisor: Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti
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5.13: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT AREA OF STUDY
United Nations Environment Programme School of Engineering & Technology 5.13.1 Introduction Regional Resource Center for Asia and (SET) the Pacific (UNEP.RRCAP) to enhance a Rapid escalation and intensity in the much wider understanding and Structural Engineering (STE) incidence of severe disaster events have knowledge sharing from the international become a huge threat to the global to local level. PENNUNG WARNITCHAI, B.Eng. community. Due to rapid rate of (Hon), Chulalongkorn University, population growth, urbanization, The courses at DPMM are designed and Thailand; D.Eng., M.Eng., poverty, climate change and geographical developed by AIT Faculties and experts University of Tokyo, Japan. location, most of the Asian countries from partner institutions having more Associate Professor have become highly susceptible to than a decade of experience in this [Earthquake Engineering] natural disasters such as flood, cyclone, particular field. The program is being drought, earthquake, landslide, extreme successfully run with students from Contributing faculty members temperature, heavy rain, epidemics, etc. Bangladesh, Canada, France, India, It has been felt that there is limited Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, School of Engineering & Technology capacity at global, regional and national Philippines, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand (SET) levels in terms of knowledge base, skills and Vietnam. DPMM has recruited 26 training, long-term planning, emergency students till date. 7 students have Remote Sensing and preparedness and policy development to already graduated from the program. Geographic Information respond to such severe disaster events. Systems (RS&GIS) Consequently, this has given way to a Details regarding DPMM program are new field of study at AIT to address these available at http://dpmm.ait.ac.th KIYOSHI HONDA, B.Agr., D.Eng., issues in innovative ways. University of Tokyo, Japan. 5.13.2 Faculty and Research Associate Professor [Real- time Mapping and Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Staff Management (DPMM) is an Simulation of Geological interdisciplinary academic program at AIT Processes] Coordinating faculty members that started in August 2008. This program is initiated by both School of NITIN KUMAR TRIPATHI, B.Tech., School of Environment, Resources & National Institute of Technology, Environment and Technology (SET) and Development (SERD) School of Environment Resources and Warangal, India; M.Tech., IIT;
Development (SERD). It aims to PhD, IIT, Kanpur, India. Regional and Rural disseminate interdisciplinary education Associate Professor Development Planning (RRDP) [Remote Sensing and GIS for and practices to manage and minimize the effects of disasters in people on the Disaster Mitigation] JAYANT K ROUTRAY, B.Sc. front lines of disaster response and (Hons), M.Sc., PhD, Utkal preparedness. It provides professional Water Engineering and University; MRP, Indian Management (WEM) education and short course training in Instituute of Technology, India. Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Professor [Regional and Management. MUKAND S BABEL, B.Eng., Rural Development Rajasthan Agricultural Planning, Rural-Urban DPMM works closely with its University, India; M.Eng., D.Eng., Relations, Regional Planning AIT, Thailand. partners/collaborators namely, Asian Methods and Techniques, Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Associate Professor Disaster Risk Reduction and [Drought Forecasting and United Nations Office for the Management, Climate Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Management] Change Induced Adaptation, (UNOCHA), Regional Office for Asia and and GIS Applications] the Pacific, Bangkok, The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES), Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) and Annual Report on Research 2010 | 153
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ROBERTO CLEMENTE, BSAE, Gender and Development Adjunct Faculty University of the Philippines at Studies (GDS) Los Baños; M.Eng., AIT, JAYARAMAN K V POTTY, B.Sc., Thailand; PhD, McGill University, KYOKO KUSAKABE, B.A., Sophia University of Kerala, India; M.Sc., Canada. University, Tokyo, Japan; M.Sc., Cochin University of Science and Associate Professor [Floods PhD, AIT, Thailand. Technology, India; PhD, Indian and Droughts] Associate Professor Institute of Technology, New Delhi, [CBDRM & Gender Issues] India. Geotechnical and Chief Scientist, Regional Geoenvironmental Engineering Regional and Rural Integrated Multi Hazard Early (GTE) Development Planning (RRDP) Warning Systems (RIMES), [Climate Prediction and Early NOPPADOL PHIEN-WEJ, B.Eng., MOKBUL MORSHED AHMAD, Warning System] Chulalongkorn University, B.Sc., M.Sc., Dhaka University, Thailand; M.S., PhD, Illinois at Bangladesh; M.Sc., AIT, Affiliated Faculty Urbana-Champaign, USA. Thailand; PhD, University of Associate Professor Durham, UK. AKIYUKI KAWASAKI PhD, Yokohama [Geological Hazards] Associate Professor [NGO National University, Japan; M.S., Management, Community Yokohama National University, School of Environment, Resources & and Rural Development] Japan; B.S., Yokohama National Development (SERD) University, Japan. Energy Visiting Faculty [Geospatial Environmental Engineering and Technologies for Management (EEM) SIVANAPPAN KUMAR, B.E., Multidisciplinary Disaster & University of Madras, India; Water research] AJIT P ANNACHHATRE, B.Tech., M.Eng., AIT, Thailand; PhD, PhD, Indian Institute of InstNatlPolytechnique, A R SUBBIAH, Regional Integrated Technology, Kanpur, India. Toulouse, France. Multi Hazard Early Warning Systems Professor [Health and Professor [Climate Change (RIMES) Ecological Risk Mitigation] [Climate Risk Management] Management] Urban Environmental ALOYSIUS REGO, Asian Disaster CHETTIYAPPAN VISVANATHAN, Management (UEM) Preparedness Center (ADPC), B.Tech., IIT, Madras, India; [Disaster Management System] M.Eng., AIT, Thailand; PhD, L. A .S. RANJITH PERERA, B.Sc., InstNatlPolytech, Toulouse, M.Sc., University of Moratuwa, BHICHIT RATTAKUL , Asian Disaster France. Sri Lanka; M.Sc., PhD, AIT, Preparedness Center (ADPC), Professor [Environmental Thailand. [Community Based Disaster Risk Hazards Mitigation] Associate Professor Management] [Disaster Management in OLEG V SHIPIN, PhD, Institute of Urban Environmental CEES VAN WESTEN, Faculty of Geo- Biochemistry and Physiology of Planning] Information Science and Earth Microorganisms, Moscow, Observation (ITC), Russia. VILAS NITIVATTANANON, B.Eng., [Landslide Hazards] Associate Professor [EIA & Chulalongkorn University; M.A., Disaster Management] Thammasat University; M.Eng., DINAND ALKEMA , Faculty of Geo- AIT, Thailand; PhD, University of Information Science and Earth Aquaculture and Aquatic Pittsburgh, USA. Observation (ITC), Resources Management Assistant Professor [Flood Hazards] [Disaster Management in AMRIT BART, B.A., Earlham Urban Infrastructure LAL SAMARAKOON, B.Sc., University College, USA; M.A., M.S., PhD, Planning] of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; M.Sc., Saga Auburn University, USA. University, Japan, PhD, Ehime Associate Professor University, Japan. [Coastal Resiliency and Director, GIC [Geospatial Disaster Preparedness] Technology for Disaster Management] 154 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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MANZUL KUMAR HAZARIKA, PhD, Hazarika M.K., Samarakoon L., University of Tokyo, Japan; M.Eng., Senevirathne N., Fowze J.S.M. and 5.13.5 Masters Students’ Asian Institute of Technology, de Silva R. (2010). Capacity Building Bangkok, Thailand; M.Tech., Indian in Applications of Remote Sensing Theses Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; and GIS for Disaster Risk B.Tech., J N KrishiVishwaVidyalaya (J. Assessment, A paper presented at Application of Remote Sensing in Drought N. Agriculture University), India. the ISPRS Commission-VI held at ITC Monitoring and Impact Analysis on Associate Director [Disaster Risk Enschede, The Netherlands, 2-4 June Rangeland Ecosytems: A Case Study in Assessment, Managing Disasters 2010. Qazvin, Iran and CBDRM] By Abolfazl Abesht Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente Rana S., Gunasekara K., Hazarika SUTAT WEESAKUL, D.Eng., M.Eng., M.K., Samarakoon L. and Siddiquee Building Disaster Resilient Coastal Asian Institute of Technology; B.Eng., M. (2010). Application of Remote Community in a Multi-Hazard Prone Area Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Sensing and GIS for Cyclone Disaster of Bangladesh Affiliated Faculty [Tsunami and Management in Coastal Area: A Case By Md. Rabiul Islam Coastal Engineering] Study at Barguna District, Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray Bangladesh. A paper presented at 5.13.3 On-going Grants the ISPRS Commission VIII held in Comparative Assessment of CBDRM Kyoto, Japan, 9-12 August, 2010. Programme in the Multi-Hazard Prone and Sponsored Areas of Orissa, India Research Book Chapters By Bibhuti Bhusan Gadanayak Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray
Training on Public Health and Disaster Hazarika M.K., Das D.K. and Drought Risk Assessment and Management Samarakoon L. (2010). Integrated Management in Selected River Basins in Duration: 06 Dec 10 -31 Dec 11 Information and Communication Cagayan Valley Project Investigator(s): Jayant K Routray System for Disaster Management in By Hector Ruiz Lim, Jr. Sponsor: Public Health Institute, National Ministry Bangladesh, In: ICT Series – Issue No. of Health, Sudan Supervisor: Dr. Roberto S. Clemente Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,419,691.09 2: ICT for Disaster Risk Reduction, APCICT-UNESCAP. Optimal Location-Allocation Strategy for 5.13.4 Publications New Fire Stations in Dhaka City Corporate Hazarika M.K., Singh S. and Area: An Integrated Approach Using AHP Samarakoon S. (2010). Disaster risk Please refer to respective Field of and Greedy Set Cover Algorithm in Asia and the Pacific (Chapter-I), By Md. Shahab Uddin Studies for publications Protecting Development Gains - Supervisor: Dr. Pennung Warnitchai
Reducing Disaster Vulnerability and Conference Proceedings Building Resilience in Asia and the Vulnerability and Response to Flash Flood
Pacific, The Asia-Pacific Disaster and Landslides in Chiang Rai Province, Bormudoi A., Hazarika M.K., Report, 2010, a joint publication Thailand Samarakoon L., Phaengsuwan V. and UNESCAP and UN-ISDR. By Amnat Phonmart Thanasack K. (2010). Potential Use of Supervisor: Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray
ALOS-PALSAR in Flood Hazard Book Mapping, A Case Study in Five
Districts, Lao PDR. A paper presented Bibhuti Bhushan Gadanayak and at the 8th Annual Mekong Flood Jayant K. Routray (2010), A path to Forum held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, disaster resilient communities 26-27 May, 2010. (Comparative assessment of CBDRM
Programme in multi-hazard prone Hazarika M.K, Singh S., Uddin S. and areas of Orissa, India), Verlag: Samarakoon S. (2010). Present Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Status and Trends of Natural Co. KG, Koln, Deutschland, ISBN: Hazards in the Asia-Pacific Region, a 978-3-8433-6666-3. paper submitted to the 29th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1-5 November, 2010.
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5.14: GENDER, TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA OF STUDY
As a multi-disciplinary program, it focuses Contributing faculty members 5.14.1 Introduction on: School of Engineering & Technology Asia as a region has historically 1. Gender and development experienced high intra-mobility of goods 2. Regional development planning Transportation Engineering and people, but in the recent years, the 3. Infrastructure planning and Field of Study quantum of such mobility has increased management, with special focus on dramatically. Various factors have transportation engineering and HYUNMYUNG KIM, Assistant contributed to this increase, including management Professor economic disparity within the region; differences in economic/ employment/ It covers both the physical planning KUNNAWEE KANITPONG, business opportunities; transportation based on transportation engineering, and Assistant Professor and communication infrastructure social, community and gender analysis development, education opportunities, and planning based on social science. It HIRONORI KATO, Visiting and a wider network of migrants in major envisages to develop planning and Associate Professor, Associate cities and industrial areas in the region. management theories and practices Professor, Department of Civil contextualized to Southeast Asia, Engineering, The University of The largest factor is the heavy especially the GMS region. Tokyo investment in the construction and renovation of road networks. Road The program consists of required PICHAI TANEERANANON, networks, which are important for courses, elective courses and research Visiting Associate Professor regional integration within Asia, are (Thesis or Research Study). Required and critical for the less developed member elective courses are offered from the School of Environment, Resources & countries, especially those in the Greater areas of gender and development, Development Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries. transportation engineering, regional Recognizing this, bilateral and regional development and planning, urban Gender & Development Studies financial institutions supported heavily to environmental management, and Field of Study improve the road network. The fact that construction engineering and people move both within and out of the infrastructure management. The Area of PHILIPPE DONEYS, Assistant region has implications not only for the Study has had the first batch of students Professor well-being of migrants themselves, but in August 2008. also for the sending and receiving Regional & Rural Development communities. 5.14.2 Faculty and Research Planning Field of Study
Staff However, several questions remain. JAYANT KUMAR ROUTRAY, Have these roads actually contributed to Professor Coordinating faculty members poverty alleviation in the poorer regions of Asia? Or have they only increased the MOKBUL MORSHED AHMAD, KYOKO KUSAKABE, Associate Associate Professor disparity between the rich and poor, Professor, Gender & resulting in future social tensions in the Development Studies Field of Urban Environmental region? Study, School of Environment, Management Field of Study Resources & Development The graduate course Gender,
Transportation and Development (GTD) is VILAS NITTIVATTANANON, SHINYA HANAOKA, Visiting a multi-disciplinary program that is Assistant Professor Associate Professor, problem-solving in nature. It focuses on Transportation Engineering Field specific problems of the effect of Research staff of Study, School of Engineering infrastructure planning and management & Technology, and Associate on equitable and sustainable LADA PHADUNGKIATI, Project Professor, Tokyo Institute of development for women and men. Researcher Technology, Japan.
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TANARADEE KHUMYA, Project Researcher
5.14.3 Masters Students’ Theses
Gender Analysis of Labor-Based Rural Road Construction in Thuong Trung Commune, Vietnam By Nguyen Khanh Toan Supervisors: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe / Dr. Shinya Hanaoka
Gender Analysis of Rural Road Development By Nyan Htat Aung Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe
Gender Analysis of the Impact of National Road No: 3 (NR3): A Case Study in Lao- China Border, Namtha District Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR By Chanthavisith Chanthoumphone Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe
Impact of Road Improvement on Women Small-Scale Fish Traders: Case Study of Fish Border Trade in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia By Kunthea Keat Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe
Women Economic Opportunities After Binh Bridge Construction, Hai Phong, Vietnam By Le Thi Thanh Huyen Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe
Research Study: Assessment of Bus Services for Women and Men in Yangon, Myanmar By Zwe Zinn Linn Phyu Supervisor: Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe
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programs and other related activities of 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Mission SOM. It facilitates the linkage between SOM, AIT and the business community The School of Management (SOM) prides Mission and public sector in Asia. itself for having world class academic and professional programs. SOM is offering a “to develop socially responsible The objectives of MDP: PHD Program, Doctor of Business global leaders who will enhance Administration (DBA) Program, Full time organizational performance for the To establish closer links between the MBA Program, Executive Masters (EMBA) growth and sustainable development business community/public sector and Professional Masters in Technology of economies and societies in Asia” and SOM through executive Management (PMTM) programs. SOM education programs and consulting was ranked third in 2004 by Asia Inc. Vision in the areas of Management of among the MBA programs of South East Technology, International Business, Asia and 2008 SOM was ranked as the “to become the leading creator and Service Marketing and Technology, internationally known TOP school in disseminator of Asian management and International Public Thailand. knowledge, practices and values” Management.
SOM was established in October 1987 to Positioning To facilitate the development of meet the growing need for managerial research projects which are both of expertise in the Asia – Pacific region. The “A global management school which high practical value to the business School strongly believes in the need for offers knowledge that promotes community/public sector and intensive development of socially deep understanding of Asian academically rigorous. responsible corporate leaders for Asia. management practices Currently SOM provides specialization in MDP activities include:
CSR, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, 6.3 School Governance Management of Technology, Public 1. Corporate relationship management Management, Marketing, Finance and 2. Executive development programs Dean of School 3. Organizing executive forums, other areas. The courses at SOM are taught by highly experienced faculty from workshops, seminars, and BARBARA IGEL, BA, MA, Technical conferences over 15 nations. Univ, Berlin; PhD, Freie Univ, Berlin, 4. Other activities contributing to Germany. SOM’s objectives SOM currently has students from over 30 Associate Professor (High-tech countries and various academic Entrepreneurship; Industrial backgrounds enrolled in its programs. In Economics; Knowledge 6.5 Research Facilities every case study, group work and Management; Management of and Laboratories assignment the students work in groups Innovation) with students from 3 or more different The School of Management has 5 state- nations. The bonds formed by the of-the-art multimedia classrooms students during their stay in SOM have 6.4 Management including a large amphitheater for proved as important as the knowledge Development and academic use. Each classroom is and skills they gain. At SOM we stress on equipped with a multimedia podium that ethics and moral values as much as the Research consists of LCD projectors, audio cassette need to produce managers who can drive The School of Management is involved in recorder, VHS player/ recorder, slide their organizations to profitability and training and extension activities through projectors, built-in desktop PC, laptop prosperity. the Management Development Programs and wireless internet connection. (MDP). MDP was established as an integral part of the School of The School of Management provides the Management (SOM). It is the research, students with an extensive range of consultancy, and executive development online journals and database. The arm of the School. It is SOM’s non- students can access the journal and degree academic activities and programs, database to read articles from reputed which complement SOM’s degree international journals. The School of
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Management has its own computer DONYAPRUETH KRAIRIT, BS, VATCHARAPOL SUKHOTU, BEng, laboratory for instructional purposes and Thammasat Univ, Thailand; MS, Univ Kasetsart Univ, Thailand; MEng, Univ there is a network of over 60 computers of Colorado at Boulder; PhD, of Houston, Texas, USA; PhD, Texas for student’s use. Massachusetts Inst of Tech, A&M Univ, College Station, Texas, Cambridge, USA. USA Computer Lab consultants are available Associate Professor Assistant Professor (Operation during office hours to assist with (Technology, Policy and Management and Supply Chain computer related problems. The Management) Management) consultants will provide help by answering general questions relating to SUNUNTA SIENGTHAI, BA, WINAI WONGSURAWAT, B.A.S (Econ the lab e.g., how to obtain a computer Chulalongkorn Univ,Thailand; MA, & Math., Comp. Sc.) Stanford account, questions related to the PC PhD, Univ of Illinois, USA. University USA PH.D (Managerial Proficiency about software applications, Associate Professor (Labor & Econ and Strategy), Kellogg School of email, printing etc. Industrial Relations, HRM, Management, Northwestern Wages & Productivity) University, USA 6.6 Faculty and Research Assistant Professor (Strategic ARUN KUMAR GOPALASWAMY, Management) Staff BCom, MCom, Bangalore Univ, India; PhD, Institute of Science,India. SUPASITH CHONGLERTTHAM, B. Full-time Faculty Visiting Associate Professor Engineering, Chulalongkorn Univ, (Finance; Financial Accounting) Thailand; MBA Finance, Tulane Univ, RIAN BEISE-ZEE, Dipl. Ing. (Industrial USA; PhD, Univ of Hawaii, Manoa, Engineering), Technical University of SUNDAR VENKATESH, BSc, BL, Univ USA Berlin, Dr.oec (Economics & of Calcutta; PhD, Indian Inst of Senior Instructor (Corporate Business), Germany Management, India. Finance, Derivatives, Corporate Associate Professor Visiting Associate Professor Governance, Financial (International Marketing, (Finance; Financial Accounting) Accounting) Innovation Marketing, Service Marketing) YUOSRE BADIR, M.S The Swiss Visiting and Adjunct Faculty Federal Institute of Technology BARBARA IGEL, BA, MA, Technical Lausanne (EPFL), M.Sc University of NAZRUL ISLAM, BScEng, BUET, Univ, Berlin; PhD, Freie Univ, Berlin, Putra Malaysia, Ph.D (MOT) EPFL Bangladesh; MEng, DEng, AIT, Germany. Assistant Professor (Technology, Thailand. Associate Professor and Dean International Strategic Alliance, Visiting Professor (Management (High-tech Entrepreneurship; Organization Theory and Design) of Technology; Technology and Industrial Economics; Knowledge Development; Technology Policy; Management; Management of NICHOLAS J DIMMITT, BA, MA, San Technology Transfer) Innovation) Francisco State Univ; PhD, Univ of Southern California, USA. FREDRIC W SWIERCZEK, BA, Temple DO BA KHANG, MSc, Eotvos Lorand Assistant Professor (Business Univ, USA; MA, PhD, Univ of Univ, Hungary; MSc, DTechSc, AIT, Communication, Business Ethics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Thailand. Research Methods) Visiting Associate Professor Associate Professor (Behavioral Science; (Management Science; JUTHATHIP JONGWANICH, BA, MA, Organizational Development) Operations Management; Thammasat Univ, Thailand; PhD, The Project Management; Service Australian National University, PETER MOSER Ph.D., M. Econ., Management; Small and Australia University of St. Gallen, Switzerland medium enterprises (SME) Assistant Professor Visiting Faculty (European support and management) (International Economics, Integration and International Multinational Enterprises, Trade Policy) Managerial Economics and Business environment) URS BUMBACHER, M.A, Ph.D (Economics & Business Admin.), Univ. of Basel, Switzerland. Adjunct Professor (International Business)
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ILKKA KAURANEN, MS Engg, Lic Tech, RAGNAR THOR GRUNDTVIG LOGAN MULLER, Ph.D DTech, Helsinki University of SØEGAARD, Ph.D London School of (Sustainability), Kennedy Western Technology, Finland. Foreign Trade, England, Master of University, USA. Adjunct Professor (Development Business Administration, University Adjunct Faculty (International and Management in Industry) of Gothenburg, Sweden Business) Adjunct Faculty (Finance) INDRA M PANDEY, MComm, PhD, RUDOLF GRUENIG, Ph.D (BA), Univ of Delhi, India. SOMROTE KOMOLAVANIJ, Ph.D, University of Bern, Switzerland. Adjunct Professor (Corporate M.S., University of Texas, USA Adjunct Faculty (Strategic Finance, Emerging Capital Adjunct Faculty (Business Management) Markets) Statistics, Economy, QC, Operations Research) EVANGELOS ANGELOS AFENDRAS, JOHN C S TANG, BS, MS, PhD, Univ of B.A., M.A, Ph.D (Humanitites- Florida, USA. TRITOS LAOSIRIHONGTHONG, Ph.D., Linguistics) The Johns Hopkins Univ., Adjunct Professor (Engineering (Management of Technology) School USA. Economy; International of Management, AIT, Thailand Adjunct Faculty (Cross-Cultural Economics; International Adjunct Faculty (Manufacturing Management, Organization Operating Environment of Strategy and Supply Chain Behavior, Management of Business; Managerial Management) Change) Economics) WILLI ZIMMERMANN, Ph.D. (Political ALLAN WILLIAM, B.Ed., Univ. of ARNE DEUSSEN, PhD, University of Science) University of Munich, Tasmania; MSc., Ph.D (Organization Geneva, Switzerland, Master Germany, Post-Doc. Diploma, Swiss Development) MITASH Univ., USA. (Lic.oec.HSG), University of Federal Institute of Technology Adjunct Faculty (Organization ST.Gallen, Switzerland Switzerland Behavior, Leadership & Business Adjunct Faculty (Management Adjunct Faculty (Public Sector Performance) of Change) Management, Environmental Management) ROBERT S. KIETEL, BA, Univ. of GERARD TOCQUER, Ph.D., University Colorado; Ph.D, De La Salle of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, M.A LALIT M JOHRI, BSc(Hons), MSc, University, The Philippines. (Marketing), University of MBA, PhD, Univ of Delhi, India. Adjunct Faculty (HRM, Sherbrooke, Canada, C.P.D., Cornell Adjunct Faculty (International Leadership) University, Ithaca USA Business; International Joint Adjunct Faculty (Service Ventures; Marketing; ASHISH SADH, M.B.A., A.P.S. Univ., Innovation, Service Culture and Negotiations; Strategic Rewa. Ph.D (Marketing) Devi Ahilya Branding) Management) Univ., Indore. Adjunct Faculty (Sales and JARUNEE WONGLIMPIYARAT, Post MARK NEAL, B.A (Hons.) Sociology, Marketing) Doctorate (Finance and Innovation) university of Reading, U.K, Ph.D Boston University and Harvard (Mgmt), The Business School, ROLAND AMOUSSOU-GUENOU, LL.B University USA, Ph.D (Tech Bournemouth University, U.K in Business Law, National Univ. of Management) University of Adjunct Faculty (Cross-Cultural Benin. LL.M in International Business Manchester U.K, M.Sc. (Tech and Management, Gender and Law, Univ. of Toulouse. Ph.D. in Innovation Managemnet) University Organization Leadership) International Law, Univ of Paris, of Sussex, U.K France. Adjunct Faculty (Tech and TRUONG QUANG, MPA, National Adjunct Faculty (Policy and Innovation, Technology Institute of Administration, Vietnam; Legal Issues) Commercialization) Ph.D (Social Sciences), Drs. (Political Science),Free Universiteit, The SANKA SRINIVAS SUBRAMANYAM PHASIN SUEBSUBANUNT,Ph.D. Netherlands. KUMAR, B.Teach. REC, Calicut. (Business Admin.), Henley Adjunct Faculty (Organizational M.B.A. Sri venkateswara Univ. Management College, Brunel (West Behavior, HRM) Tirupati. Ph.D. (International London) University, UK Finance) Indian School of Mines, MBA, School of Management, AIT, Dhanbad. Thailand Adjunct Faculty (Finance) Adjunct Faculty (Finance, Investment) Annual Report on Research 2010 | 161
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SHIVANAND BASAYYA HIRREMAATH, Second Public Management Executive Executive MBA BKK Program August B.Sc., M.Sc., Karnatak Univ. Ph.D. development Program 2009 Indian Institute of Technology, Duration: 01 Jun 10 - 30 Sep 10 Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 31 Jul 11 powai, Bombay. Project Investigator(s): Sununta Siengthai Project Investigator(s): Nicholas J Dimmitt Sponsor: DRIRD Ministry of Interior Thailand Sponsor: Multi donors Adjunct Faculty (Information Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,399,200 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 11,416,000 Technology) Executive MBA-BKK Program, May 2008 JANAKIRAMAN MOORTHY, B.Sc., 6.8 On-going Grants and Duration: 01 May 08 - 31 Mar 11 Univ of Annamalai, M.Sc., Univ of Sponsored Research Project Investigator(s): Nicholas J. Dimmitt, Barbara Tamil Nadu Agricultural, Ph.D (Fellow Igel Sponsor: Professional managers/administrators of Prog. In Management) Indian DBA Program in Bangkok 2006 private/public sector Institute of Management, India Duration: 31 Oct 06 - 31 Dec 13 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 9,000,000 Adjunct Faculty (Advanced Project Investigator(s): Barbara Igel Sponsor: Participants Marketing Management, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 15,552,000 International Executive MBA for International Business) Vietnam for Hanoi #10.1 & 10.2 DBA Program in Bangkok 2007 Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 31 Dec 11 Project Investigator(s): Do Ba Khang ASHUTOSH P. BHUPATKAR, B.Com., Duration: 01 Feb 07 - 31 Jan 14 Sponsor: Multi donors Project Investigator(s): Barbara Igel Univ of Pune, MMS, Univ of Mumbai, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 14,875,005 Ph.D (Management) Univ of Pune, Sponsor: Participants Total Contracted Amount (THB): 19,440,000 India International Executive MBA for Adjunct Faculty (Management, DBA Program in Bangkok 2008 Vietnam for Hanoi #11.1 & 10.2 Indigenous Management, Duration: 01 Jan 08 - 31 Dec 14 Duration: 01 Aug 10 - 31 Dec 12 Systems theory, Project Project Investigator(s): Barbara Igel Project Investigator(s): Do Ba Khang Management, Education) Sponsor: Participants Sponsor: Multi donors Total Contracted Amount (THB): 16,500,000 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 16,848,000
DHRUV DEV SHARMA, B.Sc., MBA, DBA Program in HCMC 2007 International Executive MBA for Ph.D (MIS) Univ of Himachal Duration: 01 Feb 07 - 31 Jan 14 Vietnam for HCMC Pradesh, India Project Investigator(s): Barbara Igel #6.1HCMC#6.2DN#3VT#2 Adjunct Faculty Sponsor: Participants Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 31 Dec 11 (Entrepreneurship Development, Total Contracted Amount (THB): 14,000,000 Project Investigator(s): Do Ba Khang Management) Sponsor: Multi donors DBA Program in HCMC 2009 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 46,627,384 Duration: 20 Jan 09 - 31 Dec 12 6.7 Grants and Sponsored Project Investigator(s): Barbara Igel International Executive MBA for Sponsor: Professional managers Vietnam for HCMC 7.1 Research Completed in Total Contracted Amount (THB): 7,425,000 Duration: 01 Aug 10 - 31 Dec 12 2010 Project Investigator(s): Do Ba Khang DBA Program in Sri Lanka 2006 Sponsor: Multi donors DBA Program in HN 2007 Duration: 31 Oct 06 - 31 Dec 13 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 15,675,125 Project Investigator(s): Barbara Igel Duration: 01 Jul 07 - 30 Jun 10 Sponsor: Participants Project Investigator(s): Indra Pandey, Nicholas Methodologies and tools for food Total Contracted Amount (THB): 11,988,000 Dimmit, Freidric Swirczek, Do Ba Khang, Sundar consumer market research Venkatesh,Sununta Siengthai, Nazrul Islam, Illka Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 28 Feb 11 Kauranen DBA Program in Taiwan 2007 Project Investigator(s): Rian Beise Zee Sponsor: Participants Duration: 01 Nov 07 - 31 Dec 14 Sponsor: Food and Agriculture Organization of Total Contracted Amount (THB): 12,250,000 Project Investigator(s): Barbara Igel United Nations Sponsor: Participants Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,382,276 International Executive MBA Vietnam Total Contracted Amount (THB): 14,025,000
:Hanoi ProSPER.Net Business Schools Joint Executive MBA program in HRM 2009 Duration: 01 Aug 08 - 31 Dec 10 Project on Integration of Social Business Project Investigator(s): Do Ba Khang intake and UN Global compact principals in Sponsor: Multi donors Duration: 01 Jan 09 - 31 Jan 11 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 21,250,008 Project Investigator(s): Sununta Siengthai Business Education Sponsor: SIDA Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Jan 11 Project Investigator(s): Richard Welford International Executive MBA Vietnam: Total Contracted Amount (THB): 14,912,000 Sponsor: Ministry of the Environment of Japan HCMC,DN,VT through UNU-IAS Duration: 01 Aug 08 - 31 Dec 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,810,880 Project Investigator(s): Do Ba Khang Sponsor: Multi-donors Total Contracted Amount (THB): 32,075,384
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Towards Effective Policies for &Business Excellence, Vol. 21. No. 9- Neelakantan Ramachandran, Innovations Financing in Asia 10, pp.931-951. Nithyaprakash D., Ajjan K.B., n, Duration: 10 Feb 2010 - 9 Feb 2012 Manoharan D., Sivanappan Kumar. Project Investigator(s): Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat Islam, Md. Zohurul & Sununta Hybrid solar cell based on blending with Barbara Igel (Project Advisor) Sponsor: Canada’s International Development Siengthai (2010) “Human Resource of organic and inorganic materials- Research Centre (IDRC)/ Centre de Recherche sur le Management Practices And Firm An overview. Renewable and Développement International (CRDI) Performance Improvement in Dhaka Sustainable Energy Reviews, () 0-0, Total contracted amount THB): Baht 9,765,460 Export Processing Zone,” Research 2010. (CAD 309,900) and Practice in Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 18, Issue Orapan Khongmalai, John C.S. Tang, 6.9 Publications 1, June. Sununta Siengthai (2010) “Empirical evidence of Corporate governance in International Journal Articles with Kantabutra S., John C S Tang. Thai state-owned enterprises”, Impact factor Efficiency Analysis of Public Corporate Governance, Vol.10, Iss.5, Universities In Thailand. Tertiary pp.617-534. Anh Truong T.L., Fredric W. Education and Management, 1(16) 0- Swierczek. Predicting the 0, 2010. Raj T., Ravi Shankar, Suhaib M.. An relationships between human ISM approach to analyse interaction resource factors and the Kraus S., Ilkka Kauranen. Strategic between barriers of transition to effectiveness of a change project. management and entrepreneurship: flexible manufacturing system. Asia Pacific Management Review, Friends or foes?. International International Journal of 1(14) 0-0, 2010. Journal of Business Science and Manufacturing Technology and Applied Management, 1(4) 0-0, Management, 4(16) 0-0, 2010. Debnath R.M., Ravi Shankar. 2010. Assessing performance of Ritthisoonthorn P., Kazi Mohiuddin management institutions: An Luu Trong Tuan (2010) Ahmed, Donyaprueth Krairit. application of data envelopment Organisational culture, leadership Planning of efficient wireless access analysis. TQM Journal, 1(21) 0-0, and performance measurement with IEEE 802.16 for connecting 2010. integratedness, International Journal home network to the internet. of Management and Enterprise Eurasip Journal on Wireless Dey P.K., Chotchai Charoenngam, Development, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 251 Communications and Networking, Stephen O. Ogunlana, Kajornkiat D.. – 275. (2010) 0-0, 2010. Multi-party risk management helps manage cement plant construction Meepadung N., John C S Tang, Do Ba S. Iamratanakul and S. Srivannaboon in Thailand. International Journal of Khang. IT-based banking services: (2010), "Special Section," in: D. Z. Services, Technology and Evaluating operating and profit Milosevic, et al. (Eds) Case studies in Management, 4(11) 0-0, 2010. efficiency at bank branches. Journal project and program management, of High Technology Management and organizational project G Arun Kumar. Dynamic Risk- Return Research, 2(20) 0-0, 2010. management. relation with Human capital: A study on Indian markets. International Mukhtar, Uzma and Sununta S. Iamratanakul, M. Sorakraikitikul, S. Journal of Emerging Markets, 2010 Siengthai (2010) “Determinants of Siengthai, and N. J. Dimmitt (2010), Perceived Higher Education Conflict: The Relationship of Perceived G Arun Kumar. Stability of Long-run Empirical Evidence of Employees of Human Resource Management Relationship: A study on Asian Pakistan Public Universities,” Practices on Employees' emerging and developed stock International Journal of Performance, International Journal markets (Japan and US). Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, of Business Strategy, vol. 10, no. 2, International Vol.5, Issue 3, pp.23-36. pp. 44-55. Journal of Emerging Markets, 2010 Naeem M.A., Richard Welford. A Sudsakorn T., Fredric W. Swierczek. Hoang, D.T., B.Igel and T. comparative study of corporate Management competencies: A Laosirihhongthong (2010): Total social responsibility in bangladesh comparative study between Thailand Quality Management (TQM) Strategy and pakistan. Corporate Social and Hong Kong. Journal of and Organizational characteristics: Responsibility and Environmental Management Development, 7(28) 0- Evidence from Recent WTO Member, Management, 2(16) 0-0, 2010. 0, 2010. Total Quality Management
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Sukirno and Sununta Siengthai Ref: TPRS-2010-IJPR-0056.R1,) Science Reference (IGI Global), New (2010) “The comparison of Graded Journal impact factor 0.774 York, USA and London, UK, ISBN 978- Response Model and Classical Test 1-61692-006-7. The book is an Theory in Human Resource Veerasoontorn R., Rian Beise-Zee. excellent achievement to reach the Research: A Model Fitness Test,” International hospital outshopping: A top spot on Tower Books? Artificial Research and Practice in Human staged model of push and pull Intelligence Top 100 list (#1 on Resource Management, Vol. 18, factors. International Journal of Tower Books Artificial Intelligence Issue 2, December2010. Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Top 100 Bestsellers) and received IGI Marketing, 3(4) 0-0, 2010. Global 2010 Excellence in Sukirno and Sununta Siengthai Technology Research 'Book of the (2010) “Does Participative Decision Winai Wongsurawat. Does grade Year' Award. Making Affect Lecturer Performance inflation affect the credibility of In Higher Education?” International grades? Evidence from US law school Sununta Siengthai; John J. Lawler; Journal of Educational Management, admissions. Education Economics, Chris Rowley; Hiromasa Suzuki Vol.5, Issue 6. 4(17) 523-534, 2010. (2010) The Multi-dimensions of Industrial Relations in the Asian Sununta Siengthai, John J. Lawler; Wonglimpiyarat, J. (2010), Knowledge-Based Economies: An Chris Rowley and Hiromasa Suzuki Commercialisation Strategies of Enterprise-Based Case Book, (2010) The Multi-dimensions of Technology: Lessons From Silicon Chandos Publishers, Oxford, UK. Industrial Relations in the Asian Valley, Journal of Technology ISBN: 978-1-843334-264-9 Knowledge-Based Economies: An Transfer, Vol. 35(2), pp. 225-236. Enterprise-Based Case Book, to be Sununta Siengthai; John J. Lawler; published by Chandos Publishers, Wonglimpiyarat, J. (2010), Economic Chris Rowley and Hiromasa Suzuki Oxford, UK, ISBN No. 978-1-84334- Innovation Challenges of Financial (2010) “Chapter 1: Overview of 264-9. and Tax Auditing, Journal of Economic Growth and Industrial Economics and International Relations in Asian Knowledge-based Supyuenyong V., Nazrul Islam, Finance, Vol. 2(12), pp. 290-298. Economies,” in Siengthai; Lawler; Kulkarni U.. Influence of SME Rowley and Suzuki (eds.) The Multi- characteristics on knowledge Wonglimpiyarat, J. (2010), dimensions of Industrial Relations in management processes: The case Innovation Index and the Innovative the Asian Knowledge-based study of enterprise resource Capacity of Nations, Futures, the Economies: An Enterprise-based Case planning service providers. Journal of Journal of Policy, Planning and Book, pp.1-30. Enterprise Information Futures Studies, Vol. 42(3), pp. 247- Management, 1-2(22) 0-0, 2010. 253. Sununta Siengthai (2010) “Chapter 2: Industrial Relations in the Turbulent Trung T.Q., Fredric W. Swierczek. Wonglimpiyarat, J. (2010), Times” in Siengthai; Lawler; Rowley Skills development in higher Technological change of the energy and Suzuki (eds.) The Multi- education in Vietnam. Asia Pacific innovation system: From oil-based to dimensions of Industrial Relations in Business Review, 4(15) 0-0, 2010. bio-based energy, Applied Energy, the Asian Knowledge- based Vol. 87(3), pp. 749-755. Economies: An Enterprise-based Case Uzma Mukhtar and Sununta Book, pp.1-30. Siengthai (2010) “Determinants of Wonglimpiyarat, J. (2010), Venture Perceived Higher Education Conflict: capital management towards the Sununta Siengthai (2010) “Chapter 7: Empirical Evidence of Employees of leading biotechnology center of Globalization and Industrial Relations Pakistan Public Universities,” The Canada, International Journal of in Thailand,” in Siengthai; Lawler; International Journal of Technology, Policy and Rowley and Suzuki (eds.) The Multi- Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Vol. Management, Vol. 10(4), pp. 360- Dimensions of Industrial Relations in 5, No3. 374. the Asian Knowledge-based Economies: An Enterprise-based Case Vanichchincha, A. and B. Igel (2010): Book/Book Chapters Book, pp.141-172. The Impact of Total Quality Management on Supply Chain Wonglimpiyarat, J. (2010), Towards Sununta Siengthai (2010) “Chapter 9: Management in Thai Automotive, the Sixth Kondratieff Cycle of Nano Making Industrial Relations Work in Industry International Journal of Revolution, in N. Ekekwe (Ed.), the Globalization Era: Challenges Production Research, TAYLOR & Nanotechnology and Ahead for Knowledge-based FRANCIS, (accepted for publication, Microelectronics: Global Diffusion, Economies,” in Siengthai; Lawler; Economics and Policy, Information Rowley and Suzuki (eds.) The Multi- 164 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Dimensions of Industrial Relations in International Public Management Research study: Efficient Market the Asian Knowledge-based Hypothesis: An Evidence from the Economies: An Enterprise-based Factors Influencing Organizational Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Case Book, pp.141-172. Change and Productivity By Qurat-Ul-Ain Improvement in Special Industrial Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh Zones: An Empirical Study on Dhaka Research Study: Financial Product 6.10 Doctoral Students' Export Processing Zone (EPZ), Bangladesh Bundling: A Case Study of Housing Dissertation By Md. Zohurul Islam Loan Bundling by Kasikorn Bank Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Public Co., Ltd Business Administration By Salinthip Uttamawattana Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat
6.11 Masters Students' Process of Capital Fund Allocation in Research Study: Government Capital Intensive Firms Theses, Research Assistance Towards Industrial By Worata Kongseanitsara Studies and Projects Supervisor: Prof. Indra M. Pandey/ Dr. Linkage in Thailand Automotive Sununta Siengthai Industry Research Study: Feasibility Study of By Eakapoom Wongsahai International Business the Adoption of Network Expansion Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Strategies by Mobile Service Providers in North East India: A Case A Dynamic Model of International Research Study: Gravity Analysis of of Aircel Limited Hospital Outshopping: An Analysis of Pakistan’s Exports: 1962-2008 By Rajkumar Sarma By Farhat Mahmood Patient Narratives Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Supervisor: Dr. Arun Kumar Gopalaswamy By Ruamsak Veerasoontorn Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee Research Study: Alliances in Oil and Research Study: Impacts of Gas Industry Trends and Strategic Control Mechanisms in Successful Liberalization on Vietnam's Banking Logics in Asia International Joint Ventures in Sector By Knaporn Chongudomliuk By Ho Thuy Ai Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Cao Minh Tri Supervisor: Prof. Lalit M Johri Research Study: A Study of Foreign Research Study: Managing Research Operating and Profit Efficiencies of Exchange Exposures and Their in Business and Management Subject Bank Branches - An Application of Impact on Stock Returns: Evidence Areas: Comparative Case Studies of DEA from Thailand Selected Business Schools in Thailand By Hariom Ghimire By Napapan Meepadung and New Zealand Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh Supervisor: Prof. John C S Tang By Bhusaba Taecharoen Supervisor: Dr. Do Ba Khang Ownership, Board Structure, and Research Study: Can We Turn Off the Corporate Governance: Evidence Bubble Machine? A Certain Research Study: Payment from Thailand Application of Economic Cycles Instruments Between Thai Exporters By Parichart Rachapradit Theories to Financial Bubbles and African Buyers Supervisors: Dr. Do Ba Khang / Prof. John C S By Cosme Julien By Surapa Ruthirunkorn Tang Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F. Badir Supervisor: Dr. Do Ba Ba Khang Research Study: Core Competencies The Globilazation Strategies of Thai of Micro Businesses as Sources of Research Study: The Determinants of Corporations Competitive Advantage: An Net Interest Margin (NIM) in the Sri By Sasiprapa Chaiprasit Exploratory Study on Street Food Lankan Banking System Supervisors: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat / Dr. Vending By D.M. Jayasena Fredric W. Swierczek By Eijaz Ahmed Khan Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee The Role of Customer Cause Affinity Research Study: The Relationship on the Evaluation of Corporate Social Research Study: Degree of Family Between Oil Consumption and Gross Responsibility: An Empirical Ownership and Firm Performance: A Provincial Product (GPP): A Case Assessment of Cause Specificity of Study of a Listed Companies in study of Thailand Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Thailand By Sirin Rattanadilok Na Phuket By Sana-ur-Rehman By Pongthep Vichaikul Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh Research Study: True Convergence: A Strategic Planning in Mobile
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Telecommunications Industry in Project: Merger and Acquisition in Research Study: Effective Human Thailand Banking Sector: A Case Study of Resource Practices to Retain By Isara Narathip "CIMB Thai Public Company Limited" Employees: A Case Study from the Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F.Badir By Rodjarek Nilvanich Economic Institute of Cambodia Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Pheakdey Sokunthea Sao Research Study: Why Does Mainland Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai China Pay More: A Research Study of Project: Payments Made Between Dual-Listed Stocks in Mainland China Thailand and Africa for International Research Study: Effective and Hong Kong Stocks Exchanges Trade Performance Management System By Chai Xiaying By Mathew Kuruvilla Implementation: The Case of Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Mekong River Commission By Bounthanome Mixap Project: Polish Construction Market Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt Project: A Study of Employees' Attractiveness - Morse Plc Case Satisfaction and Motivation at the By Katarzyna Kaczmarek Research Study: Enhancing Effective Power Systems Department, Tata Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Human Resources Strategy Steel, India By Samketh Nilyn By Devanshu Verma Project: The Composition and Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Compensation Practices of Board of Directors: Evidence from Research Research Study: Enhancing Project: Brand Evaluation and Go To Study in Vietnam Succession Planning at a Petroleum Market Strategy for Himalayan By Lai Thi Hai Linh Well Logging Company, Ho Chi Minh Spring Mineral Water, Nepal Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh City, Vietnam By Prapti Dhungana By Dang Thi Hoang Oanh Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee Project: The Future of Medical Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Education as a Pharmaceutical Project: Communication Strategy in Marketing Strategy at Eli Lilly Europe Research Study: Human Resources Culturally Diverse Countries: Launch By Vincent Wing-Yin Tam Management and Industrial of Vio by Coca-Cola Company in the Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Relations Approaches in the
US Resolution of Workplace Conflict: By Laurent Pequignot Project: Toyota Appraisal System for Practices in Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee International Assignment By Duong Thi Thanh Binh By Pakpong Pakdeengam Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Project: Competitive Analysis of the Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai
Wind Turbine Manufacturing Research Study: Strengthening Staff Industry: Influencing the Power of International Business Motivation: A Case Study of Trade Five Forces Promotion Department, Ministry of By Eunmi Noh Research Study: Electronic Viral Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F. Badir Marketing: Factors Influencing E- By Sean Sophea mail Forwarding Behaviors Among Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Project: Enhancing Foreign Language Thai Users Proficiency of Employees to Meet the By Thanunporn Tovanasutr Research Study: The Balanced Job Requirements at ICMB (PVFCCo.) Supervisor: Dr. Donyaprueth Krairit Scorecard Application: The Case of in Vungtau, Vietnam the Head Office of Bao Viet Insurance By Mrs. Bui Thi Tuyet Human Resources Management Corporation, Hanoi, Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai By Pham Thi Hoai Minh Research Study: Can Training Help Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Project: Financial Risk Management: Motivate VVWs to Increase Animal Theories, Models and Practices Vaccination: The Case of Village Research Study: Training Needs By Vivek Krishna Chandrahasan Veterinary Workers (VVWs) Assessment for Capacity Building of Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh By Douangchanh Sirivongsa Staff in the National Office of the Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF) in Project: Management Strategies and Vientiane, Lao PDR Technologies Assessment in Research Study: Developing a By Viengxay Phouangchan Healthcare Industry Business: The Training Strategy for Middle Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Case Study of Bumrungrad Managers at FPT Software Company: International Hospital in Thailand A Case in Vietnam By Hathaichanok Anaraki By Ho Thi Viet Huong Supervisor: Dr. Yousre Badir Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai
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International Business - Management of Project: A Sustainable Strategy for Project: Competitive Strategy Technology the Oil and Gas Enterprise of Analysis for Mai Linh Express Vietsovpetro Joint Venture Company Research Study: Building an Effective By Trinh Hoang Linh By Pham Minh Canh and Efficient Supply Chain Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee Supervisor: Dr. Do Ba Khang Department for Schlumberger Vietnam Services Project: Brand Positioning for King Project: Consumer Awareness and By Tran Thi Thuy Trang Care Pharmacy Perception on Durex Brand in Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong By Nguyen Thi Mai Hanh Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-zee By Thai Phuong Oanh Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-zee Project: A 5-Year Strategy for Ho Chi Project: Budget Process Minh Power Company Trading Corp. Improvement: Zero-Based Budgeting Project: Creating Value in Human Building Project in Thai Indo Kordsa Ltd. Resources in the Production By Melek Kucuk By Nguyen Quang Vinh Department of Ha Tien 1 Cement Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Joint Stock Company By Ly Hong Vinh Project: A Business Plan for Vietnam Project: Building a Business Strategy Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai for the Real Estate Department of Ha Sourcing and Distribution Solution Tien 1 Cement JSC Project: Credit Quality Improvement: (SDS) By Le Anh Dung By Tran Xuan Quang The Case of Vietnam Technological Supervisor: Dr. Logan Muller Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat and Commercial Joint Stock Bank- Vung Tau Branch, Baria Vung Tau, Project: Building Ha Tien 1 Corporate Project: A Case Study of the Siam Vietnam Culture Commercial Bank PCL: The Role of By Nguyen Minh Thong By Le Tuan Thien SCB English Lab Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai By Udom Rotjanavanit Supervisor: Dr. Logan Muller Project: Customer Satisfaction for Project: Business Plan for Quality Improving Service Performance: The Control Service for Furniture at the Project: A Competency-Based Case of DKSH Vietnam Approach for Developing the Vietnam of Dai Quoc Co., Ltd. By Nguyen Kim Phuong By Nguyen Thanh Nhan Employees of Rahimafrooz Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre Badir Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Superstores Limited in Bangladesh: Project: Customer Satisfaction on Materializing Vision 2014 Project: Business Strategy for Minh Production Process of NC Housing By Muhammad Shakhawat Hossain Anh Trading Joint Stock Company Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Public Company Limited By Do Anh Tuan By Vichit Vichaisarn Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt Project: A Development Strategy for
Petrovietnam Exploration and Project: Calculating the Charges for Production Corporation 2015 to 2025 Project: Customer Service - A Case the Power Transmission Activities in Study of EVN IT By Dang Viet Long the Competitive Market of Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F. Badir By Luong Dinh Viet By Nguyen Tan Dat Supervisor: Dr. Fredric W. Swierczek Supervisor: Mr. Raggnar Soeggard Project: A Marketing Strategy for Thanh An - Hanoi Company Ltd. Project: Customer Service Project: Change for Survival and Management at Dalat Academy By Nguyen Dang Thuyet Development: A Case of Sonacons Supervisor: Dr. Fredric W. Swierczek By Vu Chi Mai (Reorganizing the Structure) Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt By Nguyen Duy Hoang Project: A Marketing Strategy for Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat ZPV's Aquatabs - A New Water Project: Developing a Business Strategy for Electro Mechanical Sanitation Treatment Product in Project: Communication at Oxford Company (EMEC), Vietnam Vietnam Press University By Nguyen Ngoc Khanh By Tran Thi Thu Ha By Hoang Thi Thu Thuy Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt
Project: Developing a Business Project: An Expansion Strategy for Project: Competitive Bidding Cost Strategy for Ho Chi Minh City Tan Mai Group Joint - Stock Analysis for Van Kien Phat Company General Power Company - HCMPC - Company By Pham The Anh By Tran Thi Ngoc Huong Supervisor: Dr. Do Ba Khang EVN Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Pham Quoc Bao Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Annual Report on Research 2010 | 167
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Project: Developing a Business By Huyn Thi Nhu Tran the Inventory Management in Strategy for Tin Nghia Construction Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh VIETSOVPETRO Joint Stock Company
Materials Company Vung Tau, Vietnam By Le Son Tung Project: Expanding Strategies for Ha By Le Quang Man Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Tien 1 Cement Joint Stock Company Supervisor: Dr. Huynh Trung Luong in the South of Vietnam Project: Developing a Local By Dang Thi Phuong Tho Project: Improvement of Motivation Maintenance Management in Ha Supervisor: Dr. Logan Muller and Training for Investment and
Tien 1 Cement Joint Stock Company Development of Industrial Zone and By Nguyen Minh Man Project: Expanding the Domestic Residential Area Company (IDIZRA) Supervisor: Dr. Yousre Badir Market Share of Ha Tien 1 Cement By Pham Thi Anh Dao J.S. Company Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Project: Developing a Marketing By Ho Hai Cuong Strategy: The Case of Vietsvpetro Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Project: Improving Human Resource Logging & Testing Division Management in a Construction By Huynh Van Trong Project: Factors Affecting Infant Company: The Case of Sonadezi Chau Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee Formula Consultation and Selection: Duc Shareholding Company The Case of Vietnam By Do Quoc Bao Project: Developing an Integrated By Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai "Door-to-Door" Logistics Service for Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat PTSC Shipping Agency Co., Ltd. Project: Improving Human Resource By Nguyen Quoc Hoang Project: Greening the SCG Brand: An Planning at the Joint Venture Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Exploratory Story in Vietnam Vietsovpetro, Vung Tau, Vietnam By Luu Thi Thanh Thao By Vu Viet Kieu Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-zee Project: DKSH Vietnam: Right Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Targeting Customers to Optimize Sales Strategy Project: Growth Strategy Project: Improving Productivity in By Nguyen Thi Kim Cuong Management: A Case Study of Cuong Unipax Co., Ltd.: A Comparative Thuan Idico Company Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre Badir Study of Firms in the DADA By Tran Nhu Hoang Corporation Network Project: Effective Strategies for Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Project: How to Apply the Project By Nguyen Van Tien Human Resource Management: A Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Case Study of Sonadezi Long Thanh Management Theory to Develop the PTSC Offshore Services Vung Tau, Joint Stock Company Project: Improving the Accuracy of Vietnam By Truong Viet Hoang Son the Forecasted Power Demand in By Le Toan Thang Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Power Supervisor: Dr. Do Ba Khang By Dinh Trung Kien Project: Enhancing Organizational Supervisor: Mr. Raggnar Soegaard Project: How Young Leaders Cultivate Transformation Change: A Case Successful Working Relationships Study of Mechanical and Electrical Project: Improving the Competitive Division - A Subsidiary of J.V. with Older Employees: A Case Study Advantages of Mechanical and Vietsovpetro, Vung Tau City, Vietnam from Vietnam Electrical Service Division - By Trang Thuy Tran By Nguyen Tien Vinh Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Vietsovpetro, Vung Tau, Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Nguyen Trong Nghiem Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Project: Enhancing the Competitive Project: Human Resource Capability of Phu My Thermal Power Development Strategic Planning by Project: Improving the Company in Vietnam's Power Market 2015 for the Bag Production Competitiveness of New Products By Nguyen Chon Cam Workshop of Ha Tien 1 Cement Joint Department - Ha Tien 1 Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Stock Company By Phan Le Nhan By Le Tuan Dung Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Project: Establishing the Mechanism Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai for Regulating the Activities of a Project: Improving the Domestic Market Project: Human Resource Distribution System of Vinacafe Bien Management after Equitization: The By Le Khac Hung Hoa Joint-Stock Company Supervisor: Mr. Raggnar Soeggard Case of Sonadezi Long Binh By Tran Thi Minh Thao By Ha Diep Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Project: Exchange Rate Risk Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Management in Vietnam: Examples Project: Improving the Effectiveness Project: Implementation of Supply of Holcim and Ha Tien 1 of the Transportation and Chain Management for Improving 168 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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Construction Joint-Stock Company Project: Joint Venture Success: Project: Nuclear Power Introduction (DOTRANCO) Establishment of a Joint Venture in Vietnam: Challenges and By Nguyen Van Huy Consulting Business Between a Local Approaches Toward their Solutions Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat and an International Firm: A Case By Dinh Thi Thanh Lan Study from Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F. Badir Project: Improving the Enterprise By Nguyen Phuong Chi Data Warehouse Project Supervisor: Dr. Logan Muller Project: Opportunities and Management for Siam Commercial Challenges in Developing Wind Bank Public Company Limited Project: Lifting Cleaner Production Projects in Vietnam By Kasin Wongwattananat (CP) Barriers in Vietnam: Proposing a By Tran Thi Bich Phuong Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt New Dissemination Strategy Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Nguyen Thi Lam Giang Project: Improving the Purchasing Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Project: Out-of-Stock Situation Process of Goods and Services for Analysis at Metro Cash a Carry Operational Activities in J/V Project: Maintaining and Improving Vietnam Vietsovpetro, Vung Tau, Vietnam the Quality System at the Fpt By Vo Van Nam By Truong Thanh Son Information Sytstem Corporation Supervisor: Dr. Do Ba Khang Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Pham Thu Lien Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F. Badir Project: Payment in the Power Project: Improving the Quality of Market of Vietnam Staff in Petroleum Technical Services Project: Maintaining Sustainable By Pham Viet Hung Corporation, Vietnam Growth in the Vietnamese Hospitality Supervisor: Prof. Nazrul Islam By Pham Hung Phuong Market: The Case of Infotel Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai By Phan Phuc Hung Project: Performance of a Bond Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Market in Asia: A Case Study of Project: Improving the Quality of Project: Marketing Mix Strategy for a Vietnam Vocational Training and Education: New Variant “Men’s Biori Double Oil By Nghiem Chi Minh The Case of Petrovietnam Manpower Control Facial Foam”- Kao Vietnam’s Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh
Training College (PVMTC) Power Market By Hoang Tien Thang By Nguyen Thi Ai Nuong Project: Process Improvement in Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Technip Engineering (Thailand) Limited Project: Improving the Supply Chain Project: Marketing Miz Strategy By Dharmesh Vrajlal Brahmbhatt Management at the Cement Through Motivation in Port Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt
Production Department in Hatien 1 Management and Customer Policy Cement Joint Stock Company By Pham Van Huy Project: Production to Increase By Phu Thanh Duy Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Competitive Advantages for Products Supervisor: Dr. Yousre F. Badir of Timxcons Company* Project: Marketing Strategy for By Vo Nhu Thanh Binh Project: Increasing Effectiveness Foreign Language Centers in Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat through Process Re-design Vietnam: A Case Study of ILA By Navdib Moktan Vietnam Project: Redesigning the Supervisor: Dr. Rian Beise-Zee By Tran Truc Uyen Compensation System at the PTSC Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt New Shipbuilding Division, Vung Tau, Project: Increasing Sales for V-Trac Vietnam Infrastructure Development Project: Maximo Computerized By Pham Quoc Tuan Company in Vietnam Maintenance Management System Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai By Nguyen Thi Hong Ly (CMMS) Development and Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Implementation Project for Su Tu Project: Re-positioning Safety and Vang (Golden Lion) Oil Field at Cuu CSR at LINFOX Logistics Project: Inventory Management in By Kavin Sopitpongstorn Long Joint Operating Company Trading Operations: A Study of Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt (CLJOC), Vietnam PVFCCO By Dang Anh Tuan Project: Restructuring the Business By Ho Tuan Hung Supervisor: Dr. Do Ba Khang Model of a Ready-to-Drink Coffee Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh Shop Project: New Strategy for Project: Job Satisfaction at a Private By Kriangkrai Songkittiphong EVNTelecom Internet Service University in Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai By Nguyen Truong Giang By Le Mong Diem Hang Supervisor: Dr. Fredric W. Swierczek Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai
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Project: Restructuring the Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F. Badir Project: The PTT Foundation: Power Information Process at Thanh An for a Sustainable Future Ltd., Co. Project: Strategy to Enhancing the By Kamonwan Wongvilai By Nguyen Thu Phuong Market Share of Monsato Vegetable Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Seed in Vietnam from 2010-2014 By Nguyen Thi Hoa Project: The Relationship Between Project: Retaining and Motivating Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre F. Badir Corporate Culture and Staff for Effective Performance and Organizational Commitment in Ha Loyalty at Siam Cement Trading in Project: Technology Management of Tien 1 Cement Joint Stock Company Vietnam the Thacmo Hydro Power Project By Nguyen Minh Ngoan By Le Huy Dat By Dao Nguyen Hanh Supervisor: Dr. Logan Muller Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai Supervisor: Dr. Yousre F. Badir Project: The Use and Demand for Project: Risk Management in a Project: The Business Environment in Labor in Nonagriculture Cooperatives Competitive Generation Market the Rural Area of Vietnam in 2008 By Do Nhu Hung Applied for Pha Lai Thermal Power By Lo Thi Duc Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat JSC By Ngo Thi Thuy Hang Project: TMB Wealth Banking Supervisor: Dr. Fredric Swierczek Project: The Demand for Training to Products: Development and its Develop Work Capacity at the Impact for Creating Competitive Project: Solving the Problem of Maintenance Department of Thu Duc Advantage in Thailand Power Loss at Hanoi Power Company Grinding Station - Ha Tien 1 Joint By Napalada Yothaphant By Do Dac Bang Stock Company Supervisor: Dr. Logan Muller Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul By Dao Duc Thuong Supervisor: Dr. Logan Muller Project: Understanding Carve Outs: Project: Sonadezi Corporation- What Does Carve Out Mean for SIS Business Strategy for Industrial Park Project: The Improvement of By Anant Thakral Development Procurement Performance via Supply Supervisor: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh By Duong Khanh Hung Chain Management and Corporate Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Knowledge Management: A Case Project: Understanding the Cultural Study Problems that Expatriates Face in Project: Strategy for Development of By Chi-sheng Chuang Vietnam the Institute of Energy in the Period Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt By Tran Thai Tan 2010-2020 and Outlook for 2030 Project: The International Business Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Pham Minh Hoa Model and Value Chain of Certified Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Emission Reduction: A Case Study Project: VIETCOMBANK – The Brand from Vietnam Name is an Advantage in Project: Strategy to Develop the By Chu Van Giap International Settlement Activities Human Resources of Petro Vietnam Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat By Tran Thi Phuong Chi Power Engineering for the Years of Supervisor: Dr. Clemens Bechter 2009-2015 Project: The Potential Risks in By Ngo Vu An Maintenance Quality Management Project: Western Digital: The Happy Supervisor: Dr. Sununta Siengthai at Thuduc Terminal Ha Tien 1: Joint Workplace Stock Company By Tawan Suppapunt Supervisor: Dr. Winai Wongsurawat Project: Strategy to Develop the By Tran Anh Kiet Shielded Intravenous Catheter in Supervisor: Dr. Yuosre Badir Vietnam By Nguyen Thi Bach Tuyet
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with our clients to develop unique 7.1 Introduction 7.3 Unit Governance training solutions that meet their specific needs. This process will AIT Extension is Director responsible for non- Jonathan Shaw Advisor to the Director degree programs at Client M anagement Special Programs AIT. As the continuing & M arketing team Dr. Sundar Venkatesh and professional education center of Head Head Head Head Head the institute, we are Development Information Technology Agriculture Resources Public Sector Education & Training M anagement & Engineering & Environment Capacity Building Development responsible for the Faiz Shah Fazle Karim Zakir Hossain Voravate Chonlasin Narumon Wangnai
delivery of short- usually start with the clients’ own courses to a wide array of capacity- terms of reference, to which AIT building projects in different sectors and 7.4 Courses and Services Extension responds. Meetings are consultancy services, and in this way scheduled with the client to discuss contribute to the realization of AIT’s AIT Extension offers courses in the all aspects of the required training, mission to develop highly qualified and following specializations: and to ensure that the client’s needs committed professionals who play a are met. leading role in the sustainable • Agriculture and Food Processing development of the region and its • Environment and Natural Resources Exposure Visit Programs integration into the global economy. AIT Management Extension works with professionals in • Education and Training Development Many professionals are interested in national governments, overseas • Poverty Reduction and Livelihoods field visits to observe best practices development agencies, multilateral Development in their field. Exposure visits are agencies, development institutions, • Business Performance, Management designed to provide senior private sector, development banks, and Strategy government officials and decision consultants and NGOs. • Development Effectiveness makers with opportunities to visit
• Public Sector Services and and observe current technology and AIT Extension’s operating programs are: Management practices in their fields, to exchange Agriculture, Resources and • Private Sector Development information, to exchange Environment • Information and Communication experiences with local counterparts, Education and Training Development Technologies project personnel and beneficiaries Public Sector Capacity Building • Information and Communication on development and management of Development Management Management similar projects, and to exchange Information Technology and • Infrastructure Development and views with participants from other Engineering Public Utility Management countries. At the end of each International professional development program, a seminar is conducted at 7.2 Mission courses usually last from one to three AIT to enable participants to reflect weeks. on what has been learned and what To identify and respond to regional can be adapted to their own opportunities for continuing professional Customized Courses development contexts. education, training and consultancy, and Thailand provides numerous thus help to realize AIT’s mission to AIT Extension specializes in examples of best practice in a wide develop highly qualified and committed designing, developing and diversity of fields. AIT Extension is professionals who will play a leading role implementing short courses to the also experienced in organizing in the sustainable development of the specifications of particular client exposure visit programs to many region and its integration into the global organizations. Every organization countries in the region, with recent economy. with which we work is unique, and experience in Vietnam, Laos, change interventions required by our Malaysia, Korea, Philippines, clients are most usually specific to Indonesia, Singapore and the UK. that organization. Wherever required, therefore, we work closely Annual Report on Research 2010 | 171
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Consulting Services Participants benefit from close personal attention by AIT Extension staff. Our 7.7 Courses Completed in AIT Extension professional staff offer typical training course provides five to six a wide range of technical assistance hours of workshop sessions every 2010 and consulting services. These weekday, with extensive social and include: cultural trips organized at the weekends 14th Fredskorpset Preparatory Course in in courses of two weeks or longer. Asia • Human Resource Development: Duration: 22 Mar 10 - 09 Jul 10 Course Coordinator(s): Warindhorn Srina Development of human ICTs relevant and appropriate to every Sponsor: Fredskorpset Norway resource development (HRD) group of participants are incorporated Total contracted amount: THB 2,473,882.- programs and projects; into the course design. assessment of training needs in 3rd Certificate Course in Management organizations; evaluation of Feedback from participants in one course Consulting Essentials training courses, projects or is a critical input to subsequent courses. Duration: 22 Feb 10 - 26 May 10 plans; review and evaluation of All our training courses are undertaken Course Coordinator(s): Bahul Raj Shrestha Sponsor: Multi donors the management and operation with the aim of continuous quality Total contracted amount: THB 660,600 of training centers; management improvement. and implementation of training Advance Competencies for Trainers development projects. All AIT Extension activities take (Training) advantage of AIT’s stimulating academic Duration: 09 Nov 09 - 25 Feb 10 • Educational Development: and social environment, and the Course Coordinator(s): Kanlaya Muangsan Curriculum design and Institute’s multicultural English-speaking Sponsor: Government of India & PRMP Pakistan Total contracted amount: THB 1,070,429 development; evaluation of academic community. educational programs and Advanced Risk Management for Banking projects; management and 7.6 Training Resources Professionals implementation of educational Duration: 25 Jul 10 - 25 Oct 10 development projects; report AIT Extension has a wide pool of Course Coordinator(s): Parichard Nuntavong Sponsor: South Asian and Middle East Market of writing and documentation. academic and professional resource Basel Knowledge persons drawn from AIT’s schools, and Total contracted amount: THB 481,320 • Information Technology: from leading national agencies, and Strategic information international and local organizations in Advanced Strategies in Public technology planning; the region. Management information system analysis and Duration: 10 Jun 10 - 14 Sep 10 design; IT project management. Professional staff who are specialists in Course Coordinator(s): Rowena C Alcoba Sponsor: Ministry of Local Development Nepal human resources development, Total contracted amount: THB 334,213 7.5 Learning Approach curriculum planning, instructional system design, information technology AIT- NCED Institutional Linkage for AIT Extension’s approach to teaching and application development and other Capacity Building Program learning is to apply best practices in specific technological areas. Duration: 12 Dec 09 - 24 Mar 10 training, based on established principles Course Coordinator(s): Kanlaya Muangsan of adult learning: peer learning, reflective State-of-the-art educational and Sponsor: ESAT-DANIDA, Nepal Total contracted amount: THB 619,250 thinking, problem-based learning, information technologies incorporated participatory learning and experiential into all training facilities on campus. AIT-NCED Institutional Linkage for learning. We aim to maximize learning by Capacity Building Program mixing these approaches appropriate to AIT’s campus: a serene and relaxing Duration: 01 Aug 08 - 31 Mar 10 each learning context. environment for study. Hotel and student Course Coordinator(s): Reynaldo Calabdan dormitory accommodation, a medical Sponsor: ESAT DANIDA Nepal Methods used include short clinic, an international cafeteria, several Total contracted amount: THB 4,213,708 presentations, group discussions, case restaurants and sports facilities including studies, workshops, individual exercises, tennis and squash courts, a golf course Capacity Development for Effective Organizational Performance simulation, role-plays, project work, peer and a swimming pool. Duration: 23 Jun 10 - 29 Sep 10 learning and exposure visits. Training Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage sessions are designed to allow Sponsor: Ministry of Local Development Nepal participants the scope to interact with Total contracted amount: THB 483,533 resource persons and actively engage in the learning process.
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Capacity Enrichment Program on Life Financial Management, Accounting, Information Technology Audit Competencies and Civic Education Planning and Projections Duration: 31 May 10 - 29 Aug 10 Duration: 05 Jul 10 - 13 Oct 10 Duration: 26 Oct 09 - 04 Feb 10 Course Coordinator(s): Willy Sanjaya Course Coordinator(s): Warindhorn Srina Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage Sponsor: Bangladesh Bank Sponsor: Ministry of Education Sri Lanka Sponsor: Government of Sri Lanka Total contracted amount: THB 1,982,592 Total contracted amount: THB 632,469 Total contracted amount: THB 639,732 IT Applications in Financial Management Construction Management General Banking and Management of Duration: 30 Aug 10 - 02 Dec 10 Duration: 10 May 10 - 19 Aug 10 Central Banks for NRB Course Coordinator(s): Thaniya Jirasathitpornpong Sponsor: SIDA SAREC Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Duration: 05 Jul 10 - 07 Oct 10 Total contracted amount: THB 262,937 Sponsor: PRMP Government of Punjab Pakistan Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage Total contracted amount: THB 1,326,749 Sponsor: Nepal Rastra Bank Total contracted amount: THB 690,428 IT Network Security Design and Development of Duration: 05 Oct 09 - 21 Jan 10 Instructional Materials using Desktop, Hospital management in Tertiary Health Course Coordinator(s): Agus S Prajogo Sponsor: Bangladesh Bank Web and Multimedia Tools Care Batch 2 & 3) Total contracted amount: THB 1,550,451 Duration: 02 Nov 09 - 31 Jan 10 Duration: 28 Sep 09 - 20 Feb 10 Course Coordinator(s): Thaniya Jirasathitpornpong Course Coordinator(s): Voravate Chonlasin Sponsor: Multi donors Sponsor: PRMP, Pakistan Land Reclamation Development and Total contracted amount: THB 490,782 Total contracted amount: THB 2,518,847 Construction Management Duration: 15 Feb 10 - 25 May 10 Education Planning Budgeting and Hospital Management in Tertiary Health Course Coordinator(s): AIT Ext Sponsor: LUNAWA Environment and Community Monitoring Care Batch 4 Development Project Sri Lanka Duration: 23 Nov 09 - 04 Mar 10 Duration: 26 Apr 10 - 31 Jul 10 Total contracted amount: THB 727,040 Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage Course Coordinator(s): Voravate Chonlasin Sponsor: MOE Sri Lanka Sponsor: Government of Punjab, Pakistan Total contracted amount: THB 822,250 Total contracted amount: THB 1,158,545 Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Effective Regulation of Infrastructure Human Resource Management Duration: 02 Nov 09 - 04 Feb 10 Course Coordinator(s): Rowena C Alcoba Duration: 26 Apr 10 - 15 Sep 10 Utilities Batch I Sponsor: Bangladesh Bank, PIM and University of Course Coordinator(s): Rowena C Alcoba Duration: 24 May 10 - 02 Sep 10 Kelaniya Sponsor: Titus T&D Co. Ltd., Bangladesh Course Coordinator(s): Upul K. Brahmanage Total contracted amount: THB 528,944 Total contracted amount: THB 801,645 Sponsor: Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Total contracted amount: THB 1,000,420 Human Resource Management Finance Management of Training Centers and Manpower Planning and Execution Duration: 29 Mar 10 - 30 Dec 10 Effective Regulation of Infrastructure Duration: 29 Mar 10 - 15 Sep 10 Course Coordinator(s): Voravate Chonlasin, Kanlaya Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage Utilities Batch II Muangsan Sponsor: Nepal Telecom Duration: 07 Jun 10 - 30 Sep 10 Sponsor: UNICEF/GDHR MMPW Government of Total contracted amount: THB 561,312 Course Coordinator(s): Upul K. Brahmanage Iraq Sponsor: Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Total contracted amount: THB 4,872,006 Commission Human Resource Management Finance Total contracted amount: THB 1,004,420 and Execution Marketing and Value Chain
Duration: 19 Aug 10 - 25 Nov 10 Management in Agriculture Energy Savings for Fluid Machinery Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage Duration: 29 Mar 10 - 08 Jul 10 Sponsor: Nepal Telecom Equipment and Effective Usage Course Coordinator(s): Kanlaya Muangsan Total contracted amount: THB 690,428 Duration: 25 Aug 10 - 29 Nov 10 Sponsor: Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Bangladesh; Multi donors Sponsor: EBARA ICT/ICM for National Agricultural Total contracted amount: THB 814,660 Total contracted amount: THB 190,555 Research Information Systems in Asia Pacific region MATT-2: 3rd Regional Exposure Visit Environment and Social Safeguard Duration: 14 Sep 10 - 15 Dec 10 Program (Batch 21) Duration: 22 Mar 10 - 28 Jun 10 Course Coordinator(s): Niramol Ponvilai Duration: 29 Nov 09 - 11 Mar 10 Course Coordinator(s): Parichard Nuntavong Sponsor: Asia Pacific Association for Agricultural Course Coordinator(s): Voravate Chonlasin Sponsor: Ministry of Local Development Nepal Research Institute Sponsor: DFID Total Contracted Amount : THB 795,802 Total contracted amount: THB 507,449 Total contracted amount: THB 5,089,128
Environmental and Social Safeguard IEE and Environment MATT2-2nd Regional Exposure Visit Duration: 17 May 10 - 23 Aug 10 Duration: 01 Jul 10 - 05 Oct 10 Program (Batch 22) Course Coordinator(s): Parichad Nuntavong Course Coordinator(s): Phyu Sin Duration: 25 Jan 10 - 06 May 10 Sponsor: Ministry of Local Development Nepal Sponsor: Ministry of Local Development Nepal Course Coordinator(s): Mr. Voravate Chonlasin Total contracted amount: THB 798,995 Total contracted amount: THB 434,330 Sponsor: DFID Total contracted amount: THB 5,172,349
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MATT2-2nd Regional Exposure Visit Project Management Monitoring and 7.8 Courses Completed in Program (Batch 26) Evaluation Duration: 09 Aug 10 - 20 Nov 10 Duration: 17 May 10 - 02 Sep 10 2010 (project account Course Coordinator(s): Voravate Chonlasin Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage Sponsor: DFID Sponsor: Titas Gas Company Bangladesh ongoing) Total contracted amount: THB 5,559,945 Total contracted amount: THB 1,021,768 Agribusiness Management Monitoring and Evaluation in Post Project Monitoring and Evaluation Duration: 08 Nov 10 - 17 Feb 11 Course Coordinator(s): Sujidtra Pumsombut Conflict Recovery Focused on Poverty Reduction and MDG Sponsor: Multi donors Duration: 22 Feb 10 - 01 Jun 10 Duration: 25 Jan 10 - 30 Apr 10 Total contracted amount: THB 480,157 Course Coordinator(s): Voravate Chonlasin Course Coordinator(s): Ms. Phyu Sin Sponsor: Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, Sponsor: UNDP/LGSP-LIC Nepal Total contracted amount: THB 420,365 Banking and Finance Total contracted amount: THB 444,992 Duration: 25 Oct 10 - 03 Feb 11 Course Coordinator(s): Willy Sanjaya Project Planning and Quality Assurance Sponsor: Bangladesh Bank Monitoring and Evaluation of Duration: 23 Nov 09 - 25 Feb 10 Total contracted amount: THB 1,732,098 Infrastructure Development Project Course Coordinator(s): Phyu Sin Sponsor: Nepal Telecom Duration: 28 Sep 09 - 07 Jan 10 Data Organization and Analysis using Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Total contracted amount: THB 542,850 Sponsor: PRMP, Pakistan Statistical Application Total contracted amount: THB 1,282,098 Study Visit on Program on Project Duration: 22 Nov 10 - 24 Feb 11 Course Coordinator(s): Thaniya Jirasathitpornpong Management and Application of ICT Sponsor: SIDA SAREC Office Management Skills using IT Duration: 29 Apr 10 - 07 Aug 10 Total contracted amount: THB 262,937 Duration: 28 Jun 10 - 30 Sep 10 Course Coordinator(s): Agus Prajogo Course Coordinator(s): Thaniya Jirasathitpornpong Sponsor: LGED Bangladesh Sponsor: Bangladesh bank Total contracted amount: THB 739,600 Database Development and Total contracted amount: THB 701,835 Administration Study Visit Program on Education Policy Duration: 06 Dec 10 - 24 Mar 11 Prawn Hatchery Operations and Course Coordinator(s): Agus S. Prajogo Planning and Implementation Sponsor: Balkh University, Afghanistan Management Duration: 22 Aug 10 - 26 Nov 10 Total contracted amount: THB 1,319,200 Duration: 04 Oct 09 - 30 Apr 10 Course Coordinator(s): Warindhorn Srina Course Coordinator(s): Wichit Silpamaneephan Sponsor: National education Commission, Sri Lanka Sponsor: Department of Fisheries and DANIDA Total contracted amount: THB 204,189 Essential Management Skills using IT Bangladesh Duration: 27 Sep 10 - 06 Jan 11 Course Coordinator(s): Thaniya Jirasathitpornpong Total contracted amount: THB 894,988 Sustainable Rural Development and Sponsor: Titas Gas T&D Co Ltd Agricultural Practices using IT Total contracted amount: THB 1,738,889 Professional Development Course on Applications Curriculum Development and Duration: 23 Aug 10 - 30 Nov 10 Exposure Visit Program for Nepali Implementation Course Coordinator(s): Willy Sanjaya Journalists Duration: 31 Aug 10 - 11 Dec 10 Sponsor: Min of Agriculture and rural Development Duration: 01 Dec 10 - 30 Mar 11 Course Coordinator(s): Warindhorn Srina Ethiopia Course Coordinator(s): Kanlaya Muangsan Sponsor: World Bank, Balkh University Afghanistan Total contracted amount: THB 686,031 Sponsor: Nepal Rastra Bank Total contracted amount: THB 913,238 Total contracted amount: THB 182,362
Sustainable Urban Poverty Reduction Professional Training Course on Training Project Management Fellowship Program on Education for Trainers Duration: 21 Dec 09 - 29 Mar 10 Management and e Governance Duration: 09 Nov 09 - 12 Feb 10 Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Duration: 06 Sep 10 - 03 Feb 11 Course Coordinator(s): Warindhorn Srina Sponsor: UNDP Bangladesh Course Coordinator(s): Agus S. Prajogo Sponsor: Government of India Total contracted amount: THB 1,013,140 Sponsor: UNESCO Total contracted amount: THB 1,070,492 Total contracted amount: THB 301,900
Urban Environmental Management Project Appraisal and Feasibility Study Duration: 09 Aug 10 - 18 Nov 10 Financial Management Accounting for Road Projects Course Coordinator(s): Zakir Hossain Planning and Projection Duration: 05 Jul 10 - 04 Nov 10 Sponsor: Multi donors Duration: 01 Nov 10 - 14 Feb 11 Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Total contracted amount: THB 512,164 Course Coordinator(s): Faiz Shah Sponsor: UNESCAP Sponsor: MOE Sri Lanka Total contracted amount: THB 3,473,600 Water Supply Infrastructure and Social Total contracted amount: THB 975,729
Development Project Management and IT Application Duration: 28 Jun 10 - 30 Sep 10 Hospital Management Duration: 05 Jul 10 - 14 Oct 10 Course Coordinator(s): Willy Sanjaya Duration: 30 Aug 10 - 28 Feb 11 Course Coordinator(s): Thaniya Jirasathitpornpong Sponsor: UN HABITAT Afghanistan Course Coordinator(s): Voravate Chonlasin Sponsor: Titas Gas Company/ Bangladesh Bank Total contracted amount: THB 540,046 Sponsor: Government of Karnataka, India Total contracted amount: THB 1,472,539 Total contracted amount: THB 1,212,218
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ICT for Management Skills Development MATT-2: 2nd Regional Exposure Visit Special Development Management Duration: 22 Nov 10 - 03 Mar 11 Program (Batch 28) Training Program Course Coordinator(s): Agus S Prajogo Duration: 14 Nov 10 - 24 Feb 11 Duration: 01 Nov 10 - 03 Mar 11 Sponsor: Petro Bangla Co. Ltd. Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Course Coordinator(s): Faiz Shah, Mr. Upul K. Total contracted amount: THB 918,531 Sponsor: DFID Brahmanage Total contracted amount: THB 4,780,482 Sponsor: Government Pakistan, India, Bangladesh ICT: e Governance in Asia Total contracted amount: THB 1,517,622 Duration: 29 Nov 10 - 03 Mar 11 Organizational Strategic Planning and Course Coordinator(s): Agus S Prajogo Management Special Program on Public Organization Sponsor: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Duration: 21 Dec 10 - 24 Mar 11 Development Total contracted amount: THB 585,357 Course Coordinator(s): Fazle Karim 01 Sep 10 - 30 Mar 11 Sponsor: for Campaign for Popular Education, Course Coordinator(s): Tidarat Vechvongvan Inland Waterways Transportation Bangladesh Sponsor: UNDP,WHO, Ministry of Rural Duration: 08 Nov 10 - 10 Feb 11 Total contracted amount: THB 394,372 Rehabilitation and Development Afghanistan Course Coordinator(s): Willy Sanjaya Total contracted amount: THB 1,206,030 Sponsor: Ministry of Transportation, Indonesia Petroleum Exploration Technologies Total contracted amount: THB 632,400 Duration: 13 Dec 10 - 22 Mar 11 Training for Trainers and Advance Course Coordinator(s): Willy Sanjaya Competencies for trainers (Training) Integrated Solid Waste and Waste Sponsor: Petrobangla, Bangladesh Duration: 24 Jan 11 – 11 Feb 11 Water management Total contracted amount: THB 598,200 Course Coordinator(s): Kanlaya Muangsan Duration: 11 Oct 10 - 27 Jan 11 Sponsor: Government of India Course Coordinator(s): Phyu Sin Professional development program on Total contracted amount: THB 1,463,529 Sponsor: Canadian Red Cross training of master trainers Total contracted amount: THB 1,206,652 Duration: 05 Dec 10 - 15 Mar 11 UNDP Leadership Development Program Course Coordinator(s): Myint Myint Sein Duration: 10 Sep 10 - 15 Mar 11 International Exposure Program on Sponsor: Institute for Microfinance Bangladesh Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum MSME Financing Total contracted amount: THB 664,358 Sponsor: UNDP Nepal Duration: 27 Oct 10 - 01 Feb 11 Total contracted amount: THB 3,050,560 Course Coordinator(s): Faiz Shah Project Monitoring and Evaluation Sponsor: College of Agricultural Banking/Reserve focused on Poverty Reduction and Waste Management and Renewable Bank of India Energy Technologies with an Emphasis Total contracted amount: THB 1,283,358 MDGs Duration: 20 Dec 10 - 25 Mar 11 on Monitoring and Maintenance Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Duration: 19 Dec 10 - 24 Mar 11 Macro Planning of Water Resources and Sponsor: UNDP Bangladesh Course Coordinator(s): Phyu Sin Monitoring of Water Sector Projects Total contracted amount: THB 420,483 Sponsor: Det Norske Veritas, Norway Duration: 22 Nov 10 - 03 Mar 11 Total contracted amount: THB 1,092,508 Course Coordinator(s): Zakir Hossain Public Private Partnership for elevated Sponsor: Water Resources Planning Organization, Bangladesh Road Project Total contracted amount: THB 813,865 Duration: 26 Sep 10 - 06 Jan 11 Course Coordinator(s): Worawan Sumroetrum Sponsor: Department of Road Nepal Management and Implementation of Total contracted amount: THB 1,094,128 Development Projects Duration: 10 Oct 10 - 03 Feb 11 Road Safety Management Course Coordinator(s): Faiz Shah Duration: 01 Nov 10 - 03 Feb 11 Sponsor: Multiple donors Course Coordinator(s): Willy Sanjaya Total contracted amount: THB 347,946 Sponsor: Ministry of Transportation ,Indonesia Total contracted amount: THB 637,400 Management Skills for Central Banks Duration: 06 Dec 10 - 10 Mar 11 SAP-AIT University Alliance Program Course Coordinator(s): Upul Kaluhetti Brahmanage Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 31 Mar 11 Sponsor: Nepal Rastra Bank Course Coordinator(s): Fazle Karim, Mr. Agus Total contracted amount: THB 645,670 Prajogo Sponsor: Multi donors Total contracted amount: THB 542,500
Souvenir Design and Development Duration: 25 Nov 10 - 04 Mar 11 Course Coordinator(s): Thaniya Jirasathitpornpong Sponsor: Katalyst Bangladesh Total contracted amount: THB 934,077
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Pacific Internet organizations at their AP* 8.1 Introduction Retreat meeting at AIT in year 2000. 8.4 Resources Several leading research institutions in Continual expansion of the Internet is Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US have Education creating greater demand for well-trained indicated their interests in forming up a human resources to support the network of support for the intERLab Distance Education and E-Education infrastructures and applications of the research, training and education. The Platform VClass Internet. New computer science and main idea is to work together with engineering solutions are needed to partners on training and workshops in VClass open source consortium simply handle the exponential growth in order to produce network engineers for VClass trainings for AIT faculty the traffic and bandwidth usage which is the stable deployment of the Internet. It and staff putting severe strain on the Internet was also encouraged that the intERLab VClass hosting service and today. There is urgent need for a new develops its own expertise by doing its technical support breed of engineers and technologists to own research and eventually become ASEAN Virtual Institute of respond to the growing demand from one of the leading Internet research Science and Technology this rapid expansion with endless range centers in the region. (AVIST) hosting of new applications. Custom courseware The core component of the laboratory development; As the Internet continues to penetrate will be on research activities. This will be E-learning consultancy; every corner of society and of the achieved by maintaining excellent Instructional design consultancy; economy, there are other non-technical research facilities and staff, hosting Custom course design issues to be addressed along with the visiting researchers and taking advantage CanalAVIST streaming VDO over advancement of technological progress. of linkages with research laboratories Trans-Eurasia Information There is a definite need for better worldwide. The lab was built upon pre- Network (TEIN) understanding of the Internet’s social, existing Internetworking Research business, economic as well as legal Laboratory of the School of Advanced Research implications in order to promote the Technologies and the Distributed standards of behaviour and practices for Education Center. Streaming Technology on the the community that are appropriate to Internet continued growth and beneficial use of 8.2 Mission the Internet. DVRelay for streaming high To become one of the leading Internet quality Video (DV format) The intERLab was established in regional centers of excellence; over heterogeneous December 2003 as a fixed regional center establishing intERLab/AIT name, as one network for Internet infrastructure capacity of the leading Internet infrastructure Overlay network for streaming building, where AIT based on its human HRD centers in the Asia-Pacific region; content delivery and institutional networks, could play a launching our research products at the very significant role for the region. Many regional and international level; and Computer Network Research Internet organizations such as the developing a regular degree program Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) under SET. Wireless Internet as information funded by NSF, the Asia-Pacific Network infrastructure for rural Asia Information Centre (APNIC) and the Asia- 8.3 Unit Governance Digital Ubiquitous Mobile Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) as well Broadband OLSR emergency as many Internet business organizations Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut network project provided strong support for the intERLab IntERLab Director Multimedia communication over establishment. heterogeneous network
The concept of establishing a fixed location for the internet human resources development has been discussed and endorsed by leading Asia-
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Training and Internet Information Affiliates SURAT LERTLUM, Doctor of Technical Center Science in Computer Science, Asian POOMPAT SAENGUDOMLERT, Ph.D. Institute of Technology (AIT), Trainings for Network Infrastructure in Electrical Engineering and Thailand, Master of Science in Engineers (7~8 courses per year) Computer Science, MIT, USA M.S. in Computer Science, The George Human Resource Development for Electrical Engineering and Computer Washington University, Washington Trans-Eurasia Information Science, MIT, USA B.S.E. in Electrical D.C., U.S.A., Bachelor of Science in Network Engineering, Princeton University, Computer Science Engineering, Secretariats for AP* Retreat and Asia USA Norwich University, Northfield, Pacific Networking Group Assistant Professor School of Vermont, U.S.A. (APNG) organizations Engineering and Technology Research Scientist [Areas of Communication Chulachomklao Royal Military 8.5 Faculty and Research Theory; Optical networks; Academy [Low-resolution (NOAA Resource Allocation Problems AVHRR) forest classification Staff and Array Processing] includes thermal band; Highresolution (Landsat TM) Faculty TEERAPAT SANGUANKOTCHAKORN, forest classification includes D.Eng in Information Processing, thermal band; Multiresolution KANCHANA KANCHANASUT, M.Sc Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. forest classification includes and Ph. D. Computer Science, M.Eng in Information Processing, thermal band; Object-Oriented University of Melbourne, Australia. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. data model for multi-resolution / Graduate Diploma in Computer Certificate in Japanese Language, multitemporal remote sensing Science, University of Queensland, Osaka University of Foreign Study, and GIS data sets] Australia. B. Sc. Mathematics, Japan. B.Eng. in Electrical University of Queensland, Australia. Engineering, Chulalongkorn Short-term Visiting Researcher Professor of Computer Science, University, Thailand. School of Engineering and Associate Professor School of ANIS LAOUTI, HIPERCOM/INRIA and Technology and Director of Engineering and Technology Assistant Professor, TelecomSud, intERLab. [Internet for [Digital Signal Processing; France education; Heterogeneous Routing Algorithm in the [Mobile Ad Hoc Network, Peer- Networks; Emergency Networks; network such as IP and MPLS to-Peer system] Mobile Ad Hoc Networks; network; High Speed network Streaming Media and and IP-based multimedia HAJIME TAZAKI, Jun Murai Distributed Computing] applications] Laboratory Keio University and WIDE Project Visiting Faculty Adjunct Researchers [IP routing architecture for mobility environment: IP NOEL CRESPI, GET/INT, France; Ing. PANITA PONGPAIBOON, Ph.D. in Mobility architecture] Dipl (ENST), MSc, PhD. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Visiting Professor. [SIP; 3G Carnegie Mellon University Master Research Staff Services; IP Multimedia of Science in Electrical Engineering, Subsystem And Context Stanford University Bachelor of KHANDAKAR RASHEDUL AREFIN, Awareness B3G Core network Science (with University Distinction) Master of Engineering in Information and Service Architectures] in Electrical Engineering, Stanford and Communication Technologies University (ICT), Asian Institute of Technology, YASUO TSUCHIMOTO, Keio Researcher National Electronics Thailand, Bachelor of Engineering in University, Japan, PhD in Media and and Computer Technology Computer Science and Engineering, Governance, Keio University, Japan Center (NECTEC) [Optical Khulna University of Engineering and Master of Media and Governance, network management; IP- Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh. Keio University, Japan Bachelor of overoptical networking; Research Associate [Mobile Ad Arts in Environmental Information Survivable and fault-tolerant Hoc Network] from Keio University, Japan networks; Network Visiting Assistant Professor. measurement; Traffic PUJAN SRIVASTAVA, Master of [Computer Networks; Internet classification; IPv6; Mobile IP Technology (Information Education; Multimedia and Intelligent transport system] Technology), Indian Institute of communication and Overlay Information Technology, Bachelor of network Adjunct Researchers]
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Engineering (Electronics & The TEIN 3 Human Resource Program for UniChannel: Distance Education Communication) Agra University 2010 Infrastructure on UniNet-Phase II Research Associate [M-learning, Duration: 01 Dec 09 - 01 Dec 10 Duration: 01 Aug 10 - 31 Dec 11 Multimedia Communication] Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Sponsor: Multi donors Sponsor: UniNet (MOE/RTG) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 8.6 Grants and Sponsored UniChannel: Distance Education 8.8 Publications Research Completed in Infrastructure on UniNet 2010 Duration: 01 Aug 08 - 30 Sep 10 Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut International Journal Article with Impact Sponsor: Researchers/engineers factor AP Star Retreat Secretariat 2010 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,000,000 Duration: 01 Feb 10 - 31 Dec 10 Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Tazaki H., Van Meter R., Ryuji Sponsor: APIA-APRICOT 8.7 On-going Grants and Wakikawa, Wongsaardsakul T., Total Contracted Amount (THB): 250,000 Kanchana Kanchanasut. MANEMO Sponsored Research routing in practice: Protocol Asian Internet engineering Conference selection, expected performance, Asian Internet Engineering Conference 2009 and experimental evaluation. IEICE Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 31 Mar 10 2010 Transactions on Communications, Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Duration: 15 Dec 09 - 15 Mar 11 Sponsor: Multi donors Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut 8(E93-B) 0-0, 2010. Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,000,000 Sponsor: Multi donors Total Contracted Amount (THB): 900,000 Epidemic Protocol for Car Talk Duration: 01 Aug 09 - 30 Sep 10 CanalAVIST (Initial Phase) Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut, Duration: 01 Dec 07 - 31 Dec 11 Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Sponsor: National Electronics and Computer Sponsor: DANTE Technology Center, Thailand Total Contracted Amount (THB): 729,440 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,970,000 Development of Emergency Networks ICT Policy fo National University of Laos Training and Tools Kit Duration: 30 Jun 07 - 30 Jun 10 Duration: 01 Feb 09 - 31 Jan 11 Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut, Wit Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Hmone Tin Latt Sponsor: ISIF Asia Sponsor: Swedish International Development Total Contracted Amount (THB): 990,000 Agency Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,201,308 InterLab Trainings 2010
Duration: 01 Apr 10 - 01 Jan 11 IT Training for National University of Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Laos (NUOL) Sponsor: Multi donors Duration: 1 Jun 07 – 31 Dec 10 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,500,000 Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Sponsor: Swedish International Development TEIN3 Human Resource program for Agency 2011 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 3,063,745 Duration: 01 Dec 10 - 31 Dec 11 Project Investigator(s): Kanchana Kanchanasut Sponsor: TEIN3/DANTE Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,200,000
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9.1 Introduction 9.3 Services 9.4 Fields of Postgraduate Education (On-Going) Asian Institute of Technology-Vietnam AITVN offers academic services (in (AIT-VN) was established in 1993 under collaboration with AIT Schools and other Information Technology (IT) the agreement between the Government universities of high reputation): Environment Technology of Vietnam and AIT. Asian Institute of Two-stage Masters, Doctors Management (ETM) Technology-Vietnam takes pride in being Programs International Executive the first international institution in Master Programs in Vietnam: Master Master/Doctor of Business Vietnam and the first Center of AIT out of of Business Administration Program Administration (iEMBA/DBA) its headquarters in Thailand. for Executives; Doctor of Business Industrial System Engineering Administration Management (ISE) Vision Professional Masters Programs Telecommunications and ICT (TC and International Masters of Advanced ICT) Our vision is to become an unique Studies Construction, Engineering and and prestigious regional institution Infrastructure Management (CEIM) that offers responsive, work-relevant AITVN offers professional training Geo-Engineering and Management higher educational programs and programs: Geo-exploration and Petroleum outreach services for sustainable Short-term training courses Engineering growth of Vietnam and the region as specialized in Management and Environmental Engineering & it integrates into global economy. Business, Environment and Management Development, Language and Mission Training, Advanced Technologies, etc. 9.5 Training Programs The mission of AITVN is to become a Customized training courses and leading international educational cross-boarder study visits Training for Professional Development institution of higher learning in Seminars Vietnam and the region. Outreach (consultancy) services AITVN offers short training courses in 16 fields of professional skills 9.2 Governance nationwide. The programs are designed and conducted by AIT and AIT selected trainers, international experts and alumni. Newly acquired skills from those short courses are immediately applicable in improving performance at work.
Short-Term Training Courses
Training Skills Interpersonal Communication Skills Language skills Administration and Secretarial Human Resource Development Management Development Marketing, Sales and Customer Services Supply Chain Management Industrial Engineering and Management
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Basic Management of Development School of Environment Resources & International Executive MBA for Project Development (SERD) Vietnam for HCMC #7, VT#3 Knowledge of Development Project Duration 1-Aug-10- 31-Dec-11 Professional Masters Program on Project Investigator Do Ba Khang Management Sponsor Multi donors Environmental and Natural Environment Engineering and Total Contracted Amount (THB) 23,731,650 Resources Management Management Urban Environmental Management Duration: 2010-2012 International Executive MBA for Project Investigator: Prof. Nguyen thi Kim Agribusiness Management Oanh Vietnam for Hanoi #10.1 & 10.2 Interpersonal Skills for Development Sponsor: VICEN, VINACOMIN, PVN, Duration 1-Aug-09 - 31-Dec-11 Project Officers Corporation in Vietnam Project Investigator Do Ba Khang Total Contracted Amount (USD): 108,450 Sponsor Multi donors Finance Management Total Contracted Amount (THB) 14,875,005
IHEID Tailor-made Courses International Executive MBA for
International Executive Masters in Vietnam for HCMC Upon request, AITVN organizes #6.1HCMC#6.2DN#3VT#2 Development Studies (IMAS) Duration 1-Aug-09 - 31-Dec-11 ‘tailor-made’ training courses and Duration: 2003-2012 Project Investigator Do Ba Khang training combined with study tours Project Investigator: Daniel Fino Sponsor Multi donors Sponsor: SDC- Bern, Canton de Geneva for organizations in Vietnam and Total Contracted Amount (THB) 46,627,384 overseas. Training contents, venues Total Contracted Amount (USD): USD 130,000 (operation cost in Vietnam only) and time are made to match the International Executive MBA requirements of the recipient. Vietnam: Hanoi 9.7 On-going Grants and Duration 1-Aug-08 - 31-Dec-10 Training combined with study tour Sponsored Projects Project Investigator Do Ba Khang programs are in high demand. These Sponsor Multi donors programs have closely cooperated Total Contracted Amount (THB) 21,250,008 In cooperation with: with universities and other International Executive MBA institutions in Australia, Belgium, SOM Vietnam: HCMC, DN, VT Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Duration 1-Aug-08 - 31-Dec-10 Indonesia, Norway, Singapore, DBA Program in HCMC 2007 Project Investigator Do Ba Khang Taiwan and Switzerland. Duration 1-Feb-07 - 31-Jan-14 Sponsor Multi-donors Project Investigator Indra Pandey, Nicholas Total Contracted Amount (THB) 32,075,384 Dimmit, Fredric Swierczek, Rian Beise-zee, 9.6 Academic Programs in Do Ba Khang, Sundar Venkatesh, Sununta SET Siengthai, Nazrul Islam, Lalit Johri, Illka cooperation with AIT Kauranen Schools in 2010 Sponsor Participants Professional Master in Project Total Contracted Amount (THB) 14,000,000 Management, Hanoi August 2010 Duration 1-Sep-10 - 31-Dec-11 In cooperation with: DBA Program in HCMC 2009 Project Investigator BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai Charoenngam Duration 20-Jan-09 - 31-Dec-12 Sponsor PetroVietnam and Corporations in School of Management (SoM): Project Investigator Barbara Igel Vietnam Sponsor Professional managers Total Contracted Amount (USD) 162,950 Total Contracted Amount (THB) 7,425,000 IEMBA Program Vietnam Duration: Aug-00 - 31-Dec-09 Project Investigator Frederic William DBA Program in HN 2007 Professional Master in Project Swierczek Duration 1-Jul-07 - 30-Jun-10 Management, HCMC August 2010 _ Sponsor AIT Operation Project Investigator Indra Pandey, Nicholas Class A Total Contracted Amount (THB) 36,000,000 Dimmit, Fredric Swierczek, Do Ba Khang, Duration 1-Sep-10 - 31-Dec-11 Sundar Venkatesh, Sununta Siengthai, Project Investigator BHW Hadikusumo, School of Engineering & Technology Nazrul Islam, Illka Kauranen Chotchai Charoenngam Sponsor Participants Sponsor PetroVietnam and Corporations in (SET) Total Contracted Amount (THB) 12,250,000 Vietnam Professional Master in Project Total Contracted Amount (USD) 241,192 Management, Can Tho May 2010 International Executive MBA for Duration May-10 - May-11 Professional Master in Project Project Investigator BHW Hadikusumo, Vietnam for Hanoi #11.1 & 11.2 Chotchai Charoenngam Duration 1-Aug-10 - 31-Dec-11 Management, HCMC August 2010 _ Sponsor Multi Donors Project Investigator Do Ba Khang Class B Total Contracted Amount (USD) 241,000 Sponsor Multi donors Duration 1-Sep-10 - 31-Dec-11 Total Contracted Amount (THB) 14,250,000 Project Investigator BHW Hadikusumo, Chotchai Charoenngam
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Sponsor PetroVietnam and Corporations in AIT Test English Test for Embassy of Sweden Vietnam Duration: 29 June, 2010 Duration: 27 October, 2010 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 220,300 Total Amount (USD): 75 Total Amount (USD): 90
Professional Master in Geo- AIT Test English Test for Embassy of Sweden Engineering and Management, Duration: 27 July, 2010 Duration: 23 & 30 November, 2010 HCMC August 2010 Total Amount (USD): 75 Total Amount (USD): 330 Duration 1-Sep-10 - 31-Dec-11 Project Investigator Pham Huy Giao Bridging E Program for EVN & PV English Skills for Interpreters (OPEN) Sponsor Multi Donors EMBA Candidates sponsored by NEC Duration: 14 - 19 June, 2010 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 124,150 Duration: 21 June – 13 September, 2010 Total Amount (USD): 5,400 Total Amount (USD): 16,577 Professional Masters Degree Fee for organising English test for Program in IE&M, HCMC Jan 2011 Bridging for SET in Hanoi VICEM Duration Jan-11 - May-12 Duration: 21 June – 10 August, 2010 Duration: 18 May, 2010 Project Investigator: Vorats Total Amount (USD): 4,500 Total Amount (USD): 410 Kachivichyanukul, Huynh Trung Luong, Eric Bohez, Pisut Koomsap Sponsor: Multi donors Bridging Program for Post-Graduate Intermediate English Total Contracted Amount (USD) 120,500 Study for EEM Candidates Communication Skills for Vicem Duration: 20 March - 18 April, 2010 Duration: 15 January – June, 2010 Professional Masters in Total Amount (USD): 3,810 Total Amount (USD): 22,827
Geoexploration & Petroleum BTOT for EM1 Introduction to Vietnamese and Geoengineering, HCMC August 2010 Duration: 25 – 29 October, 2010 Duration 1-Sep-10 - 31-Dec-11 Vietnamese history and culture for Total Amount (USD): 9,480 Project Investigator Pham Huy Giao, Noppadol Macquarie university volunteers Phien Wej Duration: 29 June, 9 July &13 July Sponsor Oil and Gas Companies, Vietnam Comprehensive English Skills for Total Amount (USD): 770 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 119,821 Cuu Long JOC Duration: 14,15,20,21 October, 2010 Management of Training SERD Total Amount (USD): 4,800 Duration: 20 – 22 September, 2010 Total Amount (USD): 2,051 Professional Masters Program on ECS for Multi-cultural Working Environment Engineering and Environment Organising English Test for EVN on Management Duration: 23 – 25 November, 2010 13 July Total Amount (USD): 2,800 Duration: 2010-2012 Duration: 13 July, 2010 Project Investigator: Prof. Nguyen thi Kim Total Amount (USD): 355 Oanh EM1 Revision for VPEG Sponsor: VICEN, VINACOMIN, PVN, Duration: 19 - 23 July, 2010 Professional Working Skills for Corporation in Vietnam Total Amount (USD): 5,400 Panasonic Total Contracted Amount (USD) : 108,450 Duration: 10 December, 2010 EMBA Bridging Ha Tien 1 Total Amount (USD): 1,100 IHEID Duration: 16 November, 2009 - 8 February, 2010 Upgrading English for MPM Master International Executive Masters in Total Amount (USD): 4,830 Studies in HCMC Development Studies (IMAS) Duration: 18 December, 2009 - 3 April, 2010 Duration: 2003-2012 English Business Writing Skills for Total Amount (USD): 5,400 Project Investigator: Daniel Fino CapitaLand Sponsor: SDC- Bern, Canton de Geneva Duration: 19-20 August, 2010 Upgrading English Skills for Post- Total Contracted Amount (USD) : USD 130,000 Total Amount (USD): 1,904 (operation cost in Vietnam only) Graduate Study for EVN & PV EMBA English Communication Skills (ECS) Candidates sponsored by NEC Duration: 19 April - 17 July, 2010 9.8 Short term Courses Ha Tien 1 Total Amount: USD 7,520 Duration: 16 November,2009 - March,2010 Completed in 2010 Total Amount (USD): 4,830 Upgrading English Skills for Post- By Education Management Section English Test for Embassy of Sweden Graduate Studies for MPM Students (EMS) Duration: 28 January, 2010 in Can Tho Total Amount (USD): 165 Duration: 15 March - 28 April, 2010 Total Amount (USD): 3,600 Advanced Interpreting Skills for GTZ English Test for Embassy of Sweden Duration: 23-28 August, 2010 Total Amount (USD): 6,451 Duration: 15 April, 2010 Total Amount (USD): 33
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By Environment & Development Section Integrated Environmental Total Contracted Amount (USD) 37,825 Management in Coastal Industrial Application of GIS in Environment and Urban Areas- PCDA Capitaland training program Planning and Management- Duration:22-25 June 2010 (including 5 courses) Advanced Revenue Center Code Total Amount (USD): 5,613 Duration + Presentation Skills: 18-21 May 2010 Duration: October 2010- December 2010 + Work Planning and Time Management: 8-9 Total Amount (USD): 5,653 Integration of Environmental July 2010 Management and Cleaner + Negotiation Skills: 17-18 Mar 2010 Basic Facilitation and Report for AF Production Aspects into + Business Writing: Workshops Environmental Inspection of + Building a Professional Image: 19-20 May Duration: Jan – March 2010 Industrial Enterprises - Denmark 2010 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 14,450 Total Amount (USD): 5,790 Duration: 22-25 November 2010 Total Amount (USD): 2,867 Basic statistics - VBL COLENCO Training Program (2 Duration: 28 June- 03 July 2010 International Negotiation - ADB courses) Total Amount (USD): 5,500 Duration: 01 September – 01 December 2010 Duration Total Amount (USD): 47,880 + Project Circle Management: 17-18 Bioforsk-AIT Vietnam Workshop on December 2010 + Facilitation Skills: 27-28 December 2010 Climate Change Refresher course on Policy Total Contracted Amount (USD) 4,820 Duration: 29 September 2010 Advocacy- the Asia Foundation Total Amount (USD): 5,800 Duration: December 2009 - 31 Mar 2010 Eurowindow training program in Total Amount (USD): 3,400 Danang (Including 3 courses on Budgeting and Financial Management of Development Solid Waste Treatment-CSEED Professional Selling Skills) Duration 16-21 September 2010 Duration: 20 August- 30 September 2010 Projects Total Contracted Amount (USD) 7,200 Total Amount (USD): 1,800 Duration:12-16 July 2010 Total Amount (USD): 3,500 Eurowindow training program in Study on Investment Conditions Capacity building for conducting associated with RE sector in Hanoi; Including 3 courses on environment education and Vietnam – FAO- RAP Professional Selling Skills Duration 22-28 September 2010 Duration: June 2010 communication program on raising Total Contracted Amount (USD) 7,200 Total Amount (USD): 16,000 the awareness of energy efficiency and saving for Holcim Vietnam Supersion-follow-up Report Writing- Finance Management for NAV Duration: 15 September – 15 December 2010 Duration: 19-21 October 2010 Total Amount (USD): 2,300 135 Quang Ngai Total Contracted Amount (USD) 1,400 Duration: 12-16 July 2010 Total Amount (USD): 4,200 Climate change impact assessment - Human Resource Management
ENDA Duration 6-11 June 2010 Duration: 27-29 September 2010 Training courses on ToT- Total Amount (USD) 3500 Total Amount (USD): 3,360 Department of Veterinary Duration: 13-15 September, 23-24 September Management and Training Climate Impact Assessment 2010 Total Amount (USD): 10,000 Development Duration: 28 June- 30 July 2010 Duration 27-30 September 2010 Total Amount (USD): 6,000 Total Amount (USD) 2,400 Visioning and action planning for Community Development- Action Vietnam Public Libraries-The Asian Office Admin Aid International Vietnam Foundation Duration: 6-9 July 2010 Duration: 04 days ,10 June 2010 Duration: 8 Jan – 31 Mar 2010 Total Amount (USD) 4,400 Total Amount (USD): 2,840 Total Amount (USD): 5,790 Office Finance for CL JOC Consultation workshop on AIT- SIDA By Management Business Section Duration: 13-14 May 2010 scholarship Total Contracted Amount (USD): 2,700 Duration: 09 July- 30 August 2010 Advanced Human Resource Total Amount (USD): 2,990 Management for NAV Oil and Gas for CL JOC (2 courses) Duration 14-16 September 2010 Duration: 1-3 December and 5-7 December Heating in Brewery System- VBL Total Contracted Amount (USD) 4,600 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 8,500 Duration: 07 -09 June 2010 Total Amount (USD): 3,000 Banking Administration for BIDV Presentation Skills for CL JOC (including 12 courses in Hanoi and Duration: 14-15 September 2010 and 3-4 HCMC) November 2010 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 8,500 Duration: 27 October – 12 November 2010
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Project Management for CL JOC Production and Operations Duration Management Total Contracted Amount (USD) 4,000 Duration: 2 – 4 June 2010 9.9 On-going Activities Total Contracted Amount (USD): 3,694 Project Management for DCE By Environment & Development Section Duration: 16 – 19 August 2010 Production and Operations Total Contracted Amount (USD) 3,800 Management Effectively cooperating tools for EM Duration: 27 – 29 September 2010 including EE, EA, ER and EMS Strategic Planning and Total Contracted Amount (USD): 3,693 Duration: Nov 2010- Feb 2011 Implementing for Community Total Contracted Amount (USD) 5,122.7 Health Care for Save the Children Spare-parts Inventory Management Duration: 14-19 June 2010 Duration: 11 – 12 September 2010 Integrating CP and EM into Total Contracted Amount (USD) 10,746 Total Contracted Amount (USD): 1,000 Environmental Inspection- CPI Duration: 2010- 2011 Work Planning and Time Statistic Techniques for Sampling Total Contracted Amount (USD): 21,082 Management test and Quality control - HABECO Duration 23-24 September 2010 Duration: 9 – 12 December 2010 Integration of Environmental Total Amount (USD) 2,000 Total Amount (USD): 5,088 Management and Cleaner Production Aspects into By Information and Technology and Training cum study visit: Planning Environmental Inspection of Industrial Management Section (ITIMS) and Implementation of Community Industrial Enterprises markets and marke connecting Duration: October 2010- September 2011 Aggregate Planning roads Total Contracted Amount (USD) 18,026 Duration: 6 July 2010 Duration: 31 July – 9 August 2010 Total Amount (USD): 1,200 Total Amount (USD): 20,000 Project planning and management Duration: January 2010 – January 2011 Contract writing and conflicts Training cum Study visit: Urban Total Contracted Amount (USD) 7,000 resolutions skills Environmental Management & Duration: 18 – 20 June 2010 Application of ICT Technical Guidelines for Provincial Total Amount (USD): 2,060 Duration: 19 April – 3 May 2010 Assessment of Climate Change Total Contracted Amount (USD): 55,460 Vulnerabilities Data analysis and Presentation Duration: June 2010- October 2011 using Excel Training cum Study visit: Urban Total Contracted Amount (USD) 22,186 Duration: 28 – 30 May 2010 Environmental Management & Total Amount (USD): 1,680 Application of ICT Training cum Study tour on Duration: 9 – 24 May 2010 livelihood development for NETZ Data analysis and Presentation Total Contracted Amount (USD): 55,460 Duration: 01 Nov 2010- 20 Jan 2011 using Excel Total Amount (USD): 6,905.7 Duration: 14 – 16 July 2010 Training cum Study visit: Urban Total Contracted Amount (USD): 1,800 Environmental Management & By Management Business Section Application of ICT Improve Business Management for Duration: 29 May – 14 June 2010 Advocacy for LMPA Top Management of VICEM Total Amount (USD): 61,500 Duration: 13-15 May 2011 Duration: Oct – Dec 2010 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 9,165 Total Contracted Amount (USD): 35,579 Warehouse & Distribution Management Banking Administration for BIDV Maintenance Management Advance Duration: 17 – 18 May 2010 (including 14 courses in Hanoi and Duration: 28 – 29 October 2010 Total Amount (USD): 2,520 HCMC) Total Amount (USD): 2,150 Duration: 13 June – 12 July 2011 Warehouse Management & Control Total Contracted Amount (USD) 19,000 Management Skills for Production Duration: 5 – 7 May 2010 Supervisors Total Contracted Amount (USD): 1,800 BIDV Training Program for Experts Duration: 10 August – 30 September 2010 Duration: 21-30 March, 4-8 April and 15-19 Total Contracted Amount (USD): 1,000 Warehouse Management & Control April 2011 Duration: 23 – 25 June 2010 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 45,454 Material Inventory Management Total Contracted Amount (USD): 2,604 Duration: 3 – 5 June 2010 Budgeting for Eurowindow Total Amount (USD): 1,860 Duration: 5-6 January 2011 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 2,400
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Contract Drafting and Negotiation Leadership Skills for LMPA Soft Skills for VN Stockmart Skills for CL JOC Duration: 14-16 March 2011 Duration: 26-27 March 2011 Duration: 5-7 January 2011 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 7,750 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 2,240 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 21,600 PVPower Training Program (2 Eurowindow Training Program for courses on Leadership Skills) Middle Management Duration: 18-19 March and 25-26 March 2011 Duration: 16-19 May and 23-26 June 2011 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 6,004 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 14,400
Risk Management for BIDV Duration: 13-17 January 2011 Leadership Skills for CNC VINA Duration: 13 May 2011 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 4,300 Total Contracted Amount (USD) 1,722
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10.1: CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON SUSTAINBALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE (Coe SDCC)
climate change adaptation and 10.1.1 Profile The thematic research area aims to mitigation stimulate the formation of teams that AIT’s Strategic Plan 2013 emphasizes the merge knowledge, experience and 10.1.4 Facilities consolidation of research efforts and networks. This approach will allow creation of a niche that will harness the centralizing some support functions to SDCC is regulated by the AIT human institute’s range of network, experience research activities, but also aims at resources rules and by AIT contracts. and expertise. Sustainable development diversifying research teams to make SDCC provides student assistantships has been central to AIT’s research and better use of the width of experience at based on the work needs and issues development efforts since its inception. AIT. contracts to its short term consultants The Institute has responded rapidly to according to AIT standards and work the new challenges the region faces. The thematic research areas identified by requirements. SDCC is involved in Climate change is a global challenge and AIT are: working closely with AIT faculty, concerted trans-disciplinary efforts are researchers, students and external required to develop new adaptation and 1. Vulnerability and Disaster Risk partners according to the needs and mitigation strategies which will provide Reduction requirements of the type of work / local communities more resilience while 2. Water and Land Resources projects. leading towards a more sustainable Management for Sustainable Production and Consumption society. The Asian Institute of Technology 10.1.5 Activities Carried out is committed to work towards this by 3. Urban and Rural Quality of Life and forming strong team, and networks and Sustainability in 2010 working in a collaborative manner with 4. Low Carbon and Cleaner Production all stakeholders. The Institute continues Technologies and Management SDCC / AIT – France Network Program to pursue its role as a leading center of 5. Business and Innovation Models for knowledge production in the region. a Green Economy In order to strengthen AIT and France common research strategy Since its inception in September 2009, 10.1.3 Objectives toward SDCC – Sustainable the Center of Excellence on Sustainable Development in the context of Development in the context of Climate Bring together thought-leaders, Climate Change, a regional program Change (CoE SDCC) has been playing its research groups and SDCC experts to targeting young researchers role in supporting AIT’s role as an reflect on future research, design interested in new collaborative institute working in climate change action plans and agenda, and pool projects was initiated which is based platform in the region through resources to face emerging issues on the general theme of “sustainable maximizing the institute’ research and urgent themes in climate change development and climate change”, resources as well as its broad network. adaptation and mitigation with a focus on the development of the ASEAN region using multidisciplinary approaches. 10.1.2 Mission Consolidate the Institute’ s research efforts and partnerships by providing a platform to discuss AND LAUNCH Objective: The mission of the AIT Center of Excellence in SDCC to consolidate the shared initiatives with like-minded To identify high-quality proposals for Institute’s research efforts and broaden stakeholders and partners leading-edge research projects the networks and partnerships by between research teams from AIT, providing a platform to discuss and Strengthen AIT’s role as regional hub of knowledge and experience in France and ASEAN based institutions, launch shared initiatives and pool particularly in the six thematic resources to effectively address issues research and development in sustainable development and research areas identified by AIT for and challenges in sustainable its new Center of Excellence on development and climate change.
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Sustainable Development in the Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam, CIRAD - to 6 countries in Asia (Thailand, context of Climate Change. UMR Qualisud & ELSA, Montpellier, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, France, CIRAD - UMR G-Eau- IRRI Bangladesh, and Georgia) in the first In order to provide additional Vietnam, Vietnam National round and another 5 to 6 countries support to the selected projects and University, Hanoi, Vietnam, Hanoi in Asia to be included in the second to use the necessary ties between University of Agriculture, Vietnam, round. The objective of the TNA Asian and French teams, the French CIRAD - UMR Hortsys - ELSA, project is to assist participant Ministry of Foreign and European Montpellier, France. developing country identify and Affairs (MAEE), through the Regional analyze priority technology needs, Office for Cooperation, Embassy of Production of Bio-ethanol and which can form the basis for a France in Thailand, and its financial Biomaterials from Oil Palm Biomass: portfolio of environmentally sound agreement for the year 2009 with A study of Feedstock Sustainability, technology (EST) projects and the Asian Institute of Technology Technological Efficiency and Social programs to facilitate the transfer of, (AIT), decide to allocate partial Applicability. and access to, the ESTs and know- scholarships for doctoral studies PI: Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit. how in the implementation of Article under a joint supervision scheme Partners: University of Sains 4.5 of the UNFCCC Convention. between AIT and a French Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, nancy institution. Joint supervision under University, France, INRA-Plate-forme The project is also aimed at French model enables a doctoral de Predeveloppement en strengthening the networking of the student to pursue his/her research Biotechnologie, France, ENSTIB, regional centers in different parts of work under the supervision of two Epinal, France. the world and enhances their institutions. cooperation with countries through Sustainability Issues Due to Coal Ash their role as regional knowledge hub Current Status of the Program: From Coal Fired Power Plants. for supporting relevant activities in PI: Prof. Ajit Annachhatre the region. The capacity built After a thorough evaluation from the Partners: Chiang Mai University, through the project can be useful far Scientific Committee and the final Thailand, De La Salle University, beyond the duration of this project decision from the Steering Manila, the Philippines, Universite in this important area of technology Committee of the regional program Paris-Est Marne-la-Valee, France. transfer. This is because many more "SDCC / AIT - France Network" co- activities can be expected to be funded and implemented in Special Cases: initiated by various partnership by AIT and the French donors, governments, and other regional cooperation at AIT (French Low Carbon Cities: Learning from the agencies in all the regions. Prof. S.K. Ministry of Foreign and European Experiences in France. Rakshit and Prof. S. Kumar will serve Affairs), we are very pleased to PI: Prof. Sivanappan Kumar as the focal point for the Regional announce the selected proposals: Partner: ADEME Centre in SDCC, AIT in adaptation and mitigation respectively. Assessment of Co-Benefits on Air Asia Technology Needs Assessment Quality and Climate Resulted from (TNA) Implementation Project Current status of the project Various Control Strategies in Southeast Asia The UNEP Risoe Centre (URC), 1. A first Regional Capacity Building PI: Prof. N.T. Kim Oanh Denmark has engaged CoE SDCC in Workshop for round one Partners: Royal University of Phnom working as Regional Center of its countries in Asia has been Penh, Cambodia Laboratoire des Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) conducted in Bangkok from 15- Sciences du Climat et de project in developing Asian 17 September 2010. The aim l'Environnement, Gif/Yvette, France countries. As regional centre, CoE was to familiarize the country Institut de Combustion, SDCC serves as the focal point in TNA coordinators, national Aérothermique, Réactivité et giving any technical support and consultant, and experts in Environnement (ICARE), France capacity building for the participant selecting countries respectively. This is part of technologies/strategies for LICORICE (Life Cycle Assessment of a worldwide effort by the Global Mitigation & Adaptation, Cotton and Rice) Environment Facility (GEF) to conducting the stakeholder PI: Dr. Sylvain Perret implement the TNA project, which is engagement and other technical Partners: Kasetsart University, designed to support 35 to 45 support knowledge they might Thailand, King Mongkut’s University countries within the framework of need for TNA implementation. of Technology, Thonbury, Thailand, the UNFCCC. The project is being Participants included country Vietnam National Universit of implemented in two rounds, with 5 participants from the five first 188 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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round countries, UNEP, GEF, the transfer, adoption, and The study is designed to map the UNDP and AIT. diffusion of selected role of stakeholders: who (UN technologies in the agencies, Government and non- 2. Second regional capacity participant countries. government) is doing what in the building Workshop in Asia For context of climate change Technology Needs Assessment Thailand’s Institutional and Policy mitigation including technology Project has been conducted in Landscape on Climate Change Mitigation transfer, what is the policy and Bangkok from 18-21 January legislative environment, what are 2011. The workshop aimed to Aiming to provide an assessment of the mitigation strategies and action provide inputs / training to the gaps between needs for effective plans of the government and what National Consultants /Experts implementation of National gaps exist and how can the UN working on the project in the Strategy on Climate Change agencies help to fill in the gaps. countries in: prepared by Royal Thai Government Current Status: Ongoing and existing supports from all UN 1. Identifying barriers and agencies, government’s own plans, 10.1.6 Plans for 2011 inefficiencies by using and support from other market mapping and other international non-governmental Continuing the current research tools; agencies is considered as first step project.
2. Identifying activities aimed to identity possible areas to develop to overcome the identified joint programme and activities to Approaching new research projects barriers and inefficiencies; support government, UNEP as the related to SDCC mandate. 3. Identifying activities to Secretariat for the Joint Team on
accelerate technology Climate Change has engaged AIT in
deployment; and conducting a thorough research on
4. Developing TAPs describing Thailand’s institutional and policy
activities and enabling landscape on climate change
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10.2: ASEAN REGIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (ARCMDG)
strengthening of capacity buildings of tools for MDGs training in 10.2.1 Introduction officials of governments and government and academic organizations. The courses offered are institutions, civil society, NGOs and Following the ASEAN Regional designed for skilled professionals in private sector, complementing Roundtable on MDGs “ECOSOC’s development field and are presented by similar initiatives by other Centers of Promotion and Achievement of knowledgeable and experienced trainers. Excellence on MDGs operating Millennium Development Goals through elsewhere in the world. Education and Outreach” on 24-25 March 10.2.3 Goals 2008 held at Asian Institute of 4. To help establish National Centers of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, and through ARCMDG goals are: Excellence, starting with the ASEAN declaration made by the participants, the Region and to exchange information ASEAN Regional Center of Excellence on 1. To optimize the knowledge and competencies on MDGs MDGs was created to promote, educate management on all aspects of MDGs between the Centers of Excellence. and train on MDGs throughout the region in ASEAN and elsewhere. in close collaboration with actors in the 5. To stress the promotion of gender field. 2. To facilitate the identification, equality and empowerment of development, sharing, women as a cross-cutting issue of all ARCMDG has been welcomed by the UN implementation of good practices in MDGs, viewed within the human Secretary-General as the world’s first MDGs governance and in MDGs rights perspective and linked to the Regional Center of Excellence on MDGs programme execution. MDGs. following its establishment and 6. To establish a bank of trainers and of functioning at AIT. The center was 3. To facilitate and institutionalize trend networks of experts in MDGs and to established and made functional since 1 analysis and transparent monitoring train the trainers and professionals May 2008 with the appointment of Dr. of MDG achievements and failures. involved with MDGs. Jayant Kumar Routray, Professor of 7. To conduct research of psycho- Regional and Rural Development 10.2.4 Objectives Planning as Director to formalize the pedagogical impact for the spread of initial process and follow the activities as MDGs. In response to the declaration of the mandated through the mentioned ASEAN Regional Roundtable and declaration. Mission 8. To collaborate and cooperate with following the TOR of the center, the internal units of AIT and external objectives are as follows: institutions, countries and regional 10.2.2 Mission organizations, including UN, NGOs, 1. To popularize the MDGs, by civil societies engaged in MDGs The mission of the ARCMDG is to spreading, disseminating, and focused activities. contribute, catalyze and deliver propagating information on MDGs, knowledge management services, in starting with 4 Goals: Goal 1, 9. To organize seminars of experts and order to supports the implementation Eradication of Extreme Poverty and to make publications, press relations and timely attainment of the MDGs in Hunger; Goal 3, Promotion of on MDGs. the ASEAN region and beyond. The aim Gender Equality and Empowerment is pursued through its capacity building, of Women; Goal 7, Ensuring 10. To harmonize the internal AIT education and research programs, Environmental Sustainability; and initiatives on Gender, MDGs and coupled with consulting and advisory Goal 8, Global Partnership for Corporate Social Responsibility services, networking and partnership Development, throughout the (CSR). building activities in close collaboration ASEAN Region. with national, regional and international 11. To document research on related organizations inclusive of civil societies 2. To mobilize educational themes of the MDGs and to and non-governmental organizations. environments for spreading, disseminate the impacts of MDGs. teaching and learning about MDGs. 12. To coordinate and cooperate with Moreover, together with AIT outstanding Schools, Fields of Study, and AIT academic and professional training 3. To develop and offer pedagogical Extension for the integration of programmes, ARCMDG facilitates modules, educational materials and MDGs into the core curricula.
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10.2.5 Governance facilitate self-evaluation of MDGs trends and an online network to facilitate the sharing of good practices and the understanding of the required Advisory Board improvements.
ARCMDG cooperates closely with other AIT steering AIT outreach programmes, such as the committee AIT Yunus Centre, the CSR Asia Center, UNAIT, the Center on sustainable Director development in the context of Climate Change (SDCC) as well as with the AIT Centers of Excellence, partners and Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3: Unit 4: sponsors.
Eradication Gender equality Environmental Global of poverty and women sustainability partnership AIT regular academic courses in the area and hunger empowerment for development of Millennium Development Goals include the following: Outreach staff and projects MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
D60.01 - Development Economics; 10.2.6 Staff ARCMDG training and capacity building IN00.21 - Sustainable Development; services are implemented as far as ED77.01 - Rural and Regional All ARCMDG staff is regulated by the AIT possible through the AIT Extension. Development; human resources rules and by AIT ARCMDG outreach, applied research and contracts. ARCMDG accepts short term ED77.05 - Rural-Urban Relations; policy facilitation work is done by internships and issues contracts to its ED77.08 - Agricultural Development ARCMDG staff in collaboration with short term consultants according to AIT Planning; partners. standards. Publications ED77.13 - Rural-Regional Planning Workshop; 10.2.8 Location and Facilities ED77.14 - Community Development 10.2.7 Organization of Work Planning. ARCMDG is located at the AIT Campus in The work of ARCMDG is managed by a Pathumthani, near Bangkok, Thailand. MDG 3: Promote Gender Equality and Director, under the guidance of a The ARCMDG office facility is presently Empower Women Steering Committee composed of AIT located at the AIT Conference Centre. faculty, and of an Advisory Board ED75.01 - Gender and Development; composed of eminent personalities. ED75.02 - Society, Technology and ARCMDG is presently organized in four 10.2.9 Courses and Services Health; units of work plus the director’s office. ED 75.03 - Gender, Enterprise and AIT provides administrative and ARCMDG provides a variety of services to Organizations; management support and oversight to the MDGs authorities and focal points in ED 75.04 - Gender, Rural Livelihoods ARCMDG, including administrative national governments, International and Sustainable Development; services, finance, budget, human organizations and International NGOs. ED 75.05 - Gender, Technology and resources and other support services. Economic Development; The major focus of ARCMDG activities is The four units of work are: to accelerate and facilitate organizational ED 75.06 - Gender, Culture and 1. Eradication of extreme poverty and changes and innovation, particularly at Human Development; hunger grass root level, to strengthen the result ED 75.07 - Gender Analysis and 2. Gender equality and women orientation of development operations, Gender-responsive Development empowerment to guarantee the people empowerment Planning; 3. Environmental sustainability in development deeds and to facilitate ED 75.08 - New Technology, 4. Global partnership for development. the localization of MDGs efforts. Industrialization and Gender; ED 75.09 - Transforming Gender The services planned for the future Ideologies in Society; include a user friendly online facility to Annual Report on Research 2010 | 191
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ED 75.10 - Gender, Urbanization and ED78.22 - Air Pollution Modeling and Management Urban Management; Applications; Urban Environmental Planning and ED75.9002 - Selected Topic: New ED78.23 - Hazardous Waste Management Technologies, Industrialization and Technology and Management; Sustainable Sanitation System and Gender: Nature of ED78.25 - Principles of Cleaner Technology globalization; gender, Production; Management for Development industrialization and technology; ED78.27 - Environmental Toxicology; Results ED75.9003 - Selected Topic: ED78.28 - Health/Environmental Risk Rural Entrepreneurship Workshop on Gender, Environment and Impact Assessment; Development & Development; ED78.31 - Bioengineering and Urban Poverty Reduction ED75.9004 - Selected Topic: Gender Environmental Health; Gender Mainstreaming into Plans Politics, Civil Society & Human ED78.9010 - Environmental Program and Legislation: Political & Rights; Economics; Electoral Process ED75.9005 - Selected Topic: Gender, ED79.01 - Urban Environmental Organizational Changes to accelerate Migration and Human Trafficking in Management Systems; and localize MDG implementation Asia. ED79.03 - Urban Planning and the Built-Environment; 10.2.10 Activities Carried MDG 7: Ensure Environmental ED79.04 - Environmental Science and Sustainability Technology for Decision Makers; Out in 2010 ED79.05 - Urbanization and ED78.02 - Biological Processes; Environmental Policy; Organizational and Policy Support
ED78.03 - Physico-Chemical ED79.06 - Environmental Auditing; 1. MDGs 6th Round Table in Processes; ED79.07 - Disaster Management in Danang, Vietnam, 22-23 April ED78.04 - Aquatic Chemistr; Urban Environmental Planning; 2010; ED78.05 - Waste Reduction and ED79.08 - Environmental Legislation;
Recycling; ED79.09 - Urban Environmental 2. In August 2010 a new Director ED78.06 - Air Pollution and Air Design; was selected; Quality Management; ED79.10 - Urban Environmental ED78.07 - Solid Waste Management; Planning and Management 3. In September 2010 Dr. Sandro ED78.08 - Environmental Quality Workshop; Management; Calvani took office as new ED79.12 - Management of Urban Director; ED78.09 - Environmental Housing, Infrastructure and Service; Management and Ethics; ED79.13 - Strategic Environmental 4. Former Director Prof. Jayant ED78.10 - Environmental Health and Assessment for Urban Development; Routray continues to support Sanitation; ED79.14 - Governance and Urban ARCMDG Management as Head ED78.11 - Integrated Life Science; Management; of Training; ED78.12 - Principles of Toxicology; ED79.15 - Urban Economics and ED78.13 - Health, Development and Finance; 5. A new Business Plan was drafted Environment; ED79.16 - Environmental Conflict and circulated to Steering ED78.14 - Membrane Technology in Resolution and Mediation. Committee ; Water and Wastewater Treatment; ED78.15 - Design of Water Supply Other MDGs Courses planned for 2011 6. The new director initiated a and Wastewater Systems; by AIT Extension wide consultation of perspective ED78.16 - Applied Microbiology and partners including AIT Laboratory; Agri-Business Management Excellence Centers, AIT ED78.17 - Advanced Processes for Food Safety and Quality Consulting, AIT Extension, Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Management ASEAN Secretariat, the World Recycle; Sustainable Land Management and Economic Forum and various UN ED78.18 - Toxic Organics and Trace Extension Techniques Bodies, in order to create an Metals in Ecosystem; Project Management enabling environment for a ED78.19 - Environmental Impact Project Management, Monitoring partnership with other Assessment; and Evaluation organizations to support policy ED78.20 - Industrial Waste Quality Assurance for Higher making and Knowledge Abatement and Management; Education and Training Institutions Management Services for MDGs ED78.21 - Water Quality Toxic and Hazardous Waste acceleration; Management; 192 | Annual Report on Research 2010
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7. International conference on either by governments or civil Language, Education and the 8. Training on Gender society and the people in every poor Millennium Development Goals, Mainstreaming and Equality village or neighbourhood, a new 9-11 November 2010; with Focus on MDGs, 6-11 sense of urgency must be December 2010 for Afghanistan introduced. Furthermore, 8. Regional Workshop on the officials. knowledge management is an ASEAN Roadmap for the effective tool to identify practical attainment of MDGs, 24-25 9. Training on Development tools and strategies to break out of January 2011 in Bangkok, Planning & Governance for the chronic poverty cycle. Thailand. Poverty Reduction, Thailand 24 January-9 February 2011 for For all these reasons, as soon as Training India government officials. pluses and minuses of local MDGs attainment are identified, an 1. Seminar cum Study Tour UNIFEM Project organizational change should be Program on “Project Monitoring agreed in order to adapt the and Evaluation with Focused on 1. Training Workshop and implementation of sustainable Poverty Reduction and MDGs”, Thematic Research on Gender development to the identified 25-29 January 2010. Mainstreaming. weaknesses and strengths.
2. A workshop on “MDGs analysis 2. Thematic Research on The first step that ARCMDG aims to and operational indicators for “Livelihood Assets and Economic undertake in order to initiate the gender mainstreaming and Empowerments of the Home required adaptive changes in equality” was held on 28-29 based Women Workers” is in practicalities of sustainable January 2010. progress in five countries – development would be the analysis Bangladesh, Cambodia, of the so called “Socio-Economic 3. Capacity Building for Poverty Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Easy Determinants (SEED). Reduction Strategies, Government of India (Phase I), 10.2.11 Plans for 2011 and ARCMDG will conduct an applied 1-12 March 2010, ARCMDC and research based on real cases GIC Beyond occurred in ASEAN Countries. These researches will assess the major 4. Capacity Building for Poverty 1. A fundamental challenge required socio-economic determinants of Reduction Strategies, for MDGs acceleration is to re-design chronic poverty in ASEAN as well as Government of India (Phase II), and re-focus the pro-poorness of real success and failure stories 20– 02 April 2010, ARCMDC and development governance. It is self- where the trends of deprivation have GIC evident that the required been inverted or consolidated. technologies for sustainable 5. Development of the training development are now available and Particular attention will be devoted modules on gender affordable. However, while there is a to the analysis of growing gaps of mainstreaming and equality and consensus on what should be done inequality in terms of gender, pilot testing using existing to attain the MDGs, there is too ethnicity, generations and economic research including UNIFEM much fragmentation on who should status of the reviewed people. materials on 9-17 August 2010 lead the required organizational changes and how people should be As a second step, where 6. “Study Visit Program on empowered. People empowerment appropriate, the applied research Strategic Planning and Pro-Poor and localizing the attainment of will review also the core Growth”, 3-10 October 2010 in MDGs could represent the great leap components of sufficiency Thailand and Indonesia which can make up for the required economy: moderation, difference. reasonableness and resilience, 7. Senior Executive Training & including the underlying conditions Multi-Country Study visits on The most important and safest of the applied developmental change “Development Planning, foundation of sustainable growth is such as excellence of knowledge Management & Governance” for an in-depth understanding of the management and consistency of Government of India Officials, 1- ongoing development process and, focus on ethics and values. 2 November 2010, jointly in particular, of its failures and organized by GIC and ARCMDG, success stories. Since ignorance and The applied researches led by AIT. indifference should not be tolerated ARCMDG will then identify the Annual Report on Research 2010 | 193
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organizational changes required to be a good platform for gathering and and on people empowerment. facilitate a shift to “Dev 2”, i.e. a sharing information. Such new tools, 3. ARCMDG will strive to become a complete re-set of development in fact, make key information and partner of various consortia of activities where past policies have subject matters available and institutions put together to execute remained off-track. understandable to all concerned applied research and outreach stakeholders. In addition, they management services in the field of 2. In order to realize this needed represent an efficient catalyst to sustainable development. organizational change, the Center gather information and lead to a will consider possibilities to create a concrete sharing of experiences and blog and a new magazine, which will good practices on localizing MDGs
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10.3: CSR ASIA CENTER AT AIT (CSRACA)
10.3.1 Introduction CSR programme mounted through AIT CSR Asia has an extensive network of Extension. companies, business associations, NGOs, The CSR Asia Center at AIT (CSRACA) is a and other organizations across the Asia joint venture partnership between the Based on the sound foundation of a Pacific region, many of which actively Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and successful partnership between a well engage with CSR Asia on an ongoing basis CSR Asia, the leading provider of established and respected academic through the CSR Asia Strategic information, training, research and institution and the leading corporate Partnership Program (CASP). consultancy services on sustainable social responsibility enterprise in Asia, development practices and corporate the CSR Asia Center at AIT was CSR Asia has acted as a consultant to social responsibility (CSR) in Asia. It established based on an agreement some of the world’s leading brands and brings together the strengths of the two between AIT’s President and CSR Asia’s locally listed companies in Asia. It has founding organizations in pursuit of its Chairman in 2009. It started its undertaken research work for a number vision of a dynamic, competitive business operations with the hire of a full-time of United Nations and development environment in Asia, in which the private director in January 2010. The agreement agencies on a variety of issues related to sector is equipped to develop and was formalized by the public signing of a the role of the private sector in implement innovative solutions for the Memorandum of Understanding, sustainable development and business challenging issues of sustainable effective for three years from the date of solutions to global challenges. CSR Asia development in a strategic and effective signature, by both parties at the official has further delivered training to manner. launch of the Center in March 2010. hundreds of managers and executives, from business and other organizations, In line with AIT’s commitment to the 10.3.3 Mission engaged with thousands through a pursuit of sustainable development as a variety of events and knowledge central part of its mission, AIT promotes The mission of the CSR Asia Center at AIT exchange platforms, and delivers CSR an inclusive approach in line with the is to intelligence to tens of thousands weekly increasingly widely accepted perception through its newsletter and website. that single sector solutions to Advance the development and development are likely to fail. All implementation of effective and 10.3.5 Key Activities stakeholders, including the private innovative sustainability solutions sector, need to be proactively engaged to and CSR strategies for and by As agreed in the Memorandum of respond to key sustainability and business; and Understanding between AIT and CSR Asia development challenges such as climate that establishes the CSR Asia Center at change, poverty alleviation, and other Facilitate the development of AIT, the key activities of the CSRACA are: development targets as defined in the supportive framework conditions for Millennium Development Goals. CSR as corporate social responsibility (CSR) 1. To offer executive education, an approach to driving private sector and sustainable development. training and capacity development contributions to sustainable for the private sector, national and development and business solutions to a local governments, NGOs and variety of global challenges is therefore 10.3.4 CSR Asia – a strong international organizations. The an important issue area for AIT. partner for AIT Center will facilitate knowledge and skills development for addressing 10.3.2 Background CSR Asia operates as a dynamic not-for- general and sector-specific solutions profit social enterprise with offices and in the area of CSR and sustainable In November 2008 AIT hosted CSR Asia’s partnerships across the Asia Pacific development. Using its insight into annual Summit that attracted more than region. Established to promote best practices and principles, the 300 delegates from around the region. sustainable development in Asia, CSR Center will create state-of-the-art That marked a significant achievement in Asia advocates strategic approaches to short courses for the future and a partnership that had been developed corporate social responsibility and current practitioners and policy- more than a year previously. In the business solutions to global challenges to makers. Executive education courses summer of 2007 a week-long Leadership businesses and their stakeholders in the will be designed to be stand-alone or Programme led by CSR Asia and region and beyond and provides build into a professional Master’s supported by United Nations University independent and cutting edge services degree qualification. (UNU) saw the first successful intensive and expert insight on CSR.
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2. To provide consultancy services To contribute to preparing the Internships and Student Assistantships principally aimed at companies in region for the impacts of climate Southeast Asia and South Asia where change and harnessing the The CSRACA offered three summer AIT has already established innovative capacity of the private internships of two months duration networks. sector to proactively contribute to each to MBA candidates from AIT’s mitigation efforts as well as to School of Management and in 3. To carry out research into issues and building adaptive capacity. addition contracted a Student trends relevant to CSR in Asia, Assistant for short term project focusing on and tracking the needs To design and launch a flexible support. It is expected that a similar and aspirations of stakeholders and professional masters programme in number of internship opportunities the private sector itself. The Center CSR delivered in an executive style will be available in 2011. will bid for contract research from involving intensive modules and international organizations and the including an action research based 10.3.8 Profile of Services donor community based on the thesis aimed at attracting part-time reputations already established by students wishing to increase their Training and capacity building AIT and CSR Asia. knowledge and skills in CSR Delivering knowledge and skills 4. To participate in building ongoing 10.3.7 Governance and development for businesses and dialogue leading to shared their stakeholders to address understandings of challenges and Staffing general and sector-specific solutions for CSR among businesses, solutions in the area of CSR and Advisory structure policy makers and civil society; and the role of the private sector in
sustainable development The CSRACA Director is supported 5. Assisting with promoting each through ongoing advice and other’s activities. Consultancy guidance from key senior
representatives of both AIT and CSR Specialized advisory services on 10.3.6 Key Objectives Asia: CSR and sustainable business
The key objectives for the CSR Asia strategies, including CSR strategy
Center at AIT are: development, sustainability
reporting, benchmarking and gap
To create a platform for dialogue analysis on CSR, stakeholder
among the private sector as well as engagement, workshops, etc
government agencies, international
organizations, and civil society Research
organizations to further innovation,
partnerships, and creative solutions In-depth examinations of issues Reporting structure and staff for the challenging issues of and trends relevant to CSR and development sustainable development business contributions to and
partnerships with business for The CSRACA Director reports directly sustainable development in Asia To contribute to knowledge to the AIT President and the CSR Asia development about the with a Mekong sub-region focus; Chairman. effectiveness of different approaches tracking the needs and aspirations
of stakeholders and the private used in the field of CSR, and the The CSRACA Director manages the sector generation of innovative practices, CSRACA program, project, and admin
methods, and policies team. Starting with the hire of the Engagement Director in January 2010, the Center
To facilitate the generation of has grown to three fulltime staff by The Center facilitates on-going capacity for sustainable business, the end of 2010. It is expected that dialog on CSR approaches, tools, community development and the team will have grown to six by practices, solutions, opportunities, partnerships with business for the end of 2011 in step with demand and challenges through a variety of poverty alleviation and delivering on for services and increased income platforms. If contributes to a the other Millennium Development generation. Goals shared understanding and effective approach to business solutions to global challenges,
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sustainable business practices in 10.3.10 Activities Carried towards the needs of the non- the region, as well as the profit sector will be provided challenges and opportunities for out in 2010 followed by an in-depth look at partnership approaches. It seeks to the different ways to engage builds linkages with organizations A) One-day CSR Asia training courses with companies. Participants will and networks with similar missions be able to reflect on and build in the region and actively explores Reporting and Communications, their strategy for engaging with collaboration opportunities to 20 April 2010, co-delivered at business on sustainable maximize impact towards its the CSR Asia office in Kuala development challenges and be mission. Lumpur better equipped for approaching A practical training course on businesses and writing international reporting 10.3.9 Professional Master’s proposals aligned with company standards and how to manage interests. Degree in CSR and report sustainability performance effectively to Investing for Impact, 12 July As CSR is only slowly being integrated support business objectives and 2010 into the curricula of MBAs and other meet stakeholder demands for Total Contracted Amount (THB): management qualifications in Asia and transparency and accountability: 47,918 o globally, many executives tasked with a Identifying the key issues on It is important that company’s CSR portfolio do not have formal training which to report community investment adds o and specialised expertise to deliver on Transparency and value for communities and for meaningful CSR programmes linked to accountability the business. This interactive o core business strategies. In partnership Developing priorities and participatory workshop is with CSR Asia, delivered through AIT’s through stakeholder designed to give people School of Management, and coordinated engagement responsible for CSR and o by the CSRACA, AIT is pioneering a International reporting Community investment the flexible executive style professional standards background and the tools to o Master’s degree in CSR to respond to this Global Reporting Initiative improve the quality of their o capacity gap. Modules will be delivered Tools and strategies to work and the impact it can at AIT starting in September 2011. Three deliver an effective make. The first part examines of eight intensive modules that comprise sustainability message approaches, lessons learned, o the taught part of the program and that Tailoring reporting solutions case studies, and engaging will be delivered at least once per year to meet a company’s employees in the whole process are scheduled for 2011. unique needs while the second part focuses o Measuring and reporting on on monitoring and evaluation The objective of the degree is to provide community investment and measuring for outcomes o participants with professional Reporting CSR activities to and impact. key stakeholders competencies and skills in the fields of Learn about best practice in o Developing an effective sustainable development and CSR. It is companies contributions to communications plan designed to help build the capacity poverty alleviation o Case studies of successful necessary to ensure that the business Identify opportunities and reporting strategies sector is better prepared to manage partnerships which make global sustainability challenges sense for your company responsibly and contribute to the Building Partnerships with Engage community achievement of targets such as the Business for Development, 14 stakeholders Millennium Development Goals in a June 2010 Understand how employee dynamic, competitive business Total Contracted Amount (THB): volunteering can play a role environment. The program is the first of 87,945 Learn how to measure its kind in Asia and a timely initiative that The purpose of this course is to inputs, outputs and impact will help meet the capacity gap within support development agencies firms and other organizations to deliver (International Organisations, CSR Essentials, 23 August 2010 on CSR programs that meet business NGOs, and government Total Contracted Amount (THB): needs for long-term competitiveness agencies) to be better prepared 66,794 whilst contributing to sustainable to work with companies on A highly practical course to get development in the Asia Pacific region. partnerships for sustainable participants started on CSR. development. A basic introduction to CSR geared After examining the emerging
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CSR agenda it outlines seven B) Consultancy and Research Projects development of a CSR policy and practical tools for effective strategy, internal workshops and implementation of CSR: In collaboration with other CSR Asia a CSR handbook for employees o CSR policy and governance Offices: Project duration: 1 August 2010 o Stakeholder engagement – 1 May 2011 o Environmental assessments Consultancy on developing a Investigator(s): Ms. Leena o Supply chain codes of CSR Strategy for a beverages Wokeck conduct company in Vietnam through Total Contracted Amount (THB): o Community investment and benchmarking, gap analysis, 984,375 evaluation stakeholder engagement, and a o CSR and human resource workshop Preparation of a research paper management on ICTs and Climate Change o Reporting and Research project on Public- Mitigation in the Context of communications Private Partnerships and Emerging Economies Disaster Resilience: Presentation Project duration: 14 June 2010 – ISO 26000, 1 November 2010 of draft working paper and draft 31 March 2011 Total Contracted Amount (THB): principles at an APEC Emergency Investigator(s): Ms. Leena 58,614.70 Preparedness Working Group Wokeck ISO 26000 is the new guideline Workshop on Public-Private Sponsor(s): Innovation and ICTs' from the International Partnerships and Disaster Project, The University of Organisation for Standardization Resilience, 24-27 August 2010, Manchester (ISO) specifically focusing on Bangkok Total Contracted Amount (THB): social responsibility that is set to 170,424 shape the future of responsible Contribution to a benchmarking business. This CSR Asia training and gap analysis exercise on the Research and Engagement course is designed to help local implementation of global project on Climate Change companies integrate the CSR strategies of leading Adaptation in South and guidance into their management multinational conglomerates in Southeast Asia: Harnessing the systems and operations. The Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Innovative Capacity of the training outlines the scope and and Indonesia through a series Private Sector rationale of ISO 26000 and of interviews with local CSR Project duration: 1 July 2010 – address the core social managers 30 May 2011 responsibility issues identified. Investigator(s): Ms. Leena The training also helps to build Led by the CSR Asia Center at AIT: Wokeck the competencies of attendees Sponsor(s): Swedish looking to implement the Research project on CSR in International Development guidelines within their Thailand conducted in Cooperation Agency (SIDA) organization by examining the preparation of and disseminated Total Contracted Amount (THB): necessary systems and at the official launch of the 2,573,667 structures, performance reviews CSRACA in March 2010 and communication required: Industry Roundtable on o The social responsibility of Research project and CSR Asia Accelerating HCFC Phase Out: the organization Summit session development on Technological Options, Climate o Principles of social assessing the quantitative Benefits, and Business responsibility impact of selected companies Opportunities, held on 9 o Scope and rationale of ISO with an important presence in November 2010 in the margins nd 26000 Asia on the Millennium of the 22 Meeting of the o Stakeholder engagement Development Goals (MDGs) by Parties to the Montreal Protocol o Guidance on core social means of the MDG Scan, a tool in Bangkok responsibility issues developed by the Dutch NGO Duration: 1 August 2010 – 31 o Trends in social NCDO March 2011 responsibility Investigator(s): Ms. Leena o Communicating CSR Consultancy project on a Wokeck comprehensive Corporate Social Sponsor(s): AIT-UNEP RRC.AP Responsibility (CSR) Initiative for Total Contracted Amount (THB): a Hotel Group, including the 312,500
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Key events: Intensified collaboration with the 10.3.11 Focus Areas and School of Management on the CSR Internal launch at AIT Masters as well as ProSPER.NET 2 February 2010 Plans for 2011 and Introduction of the CSRACA and Beyond Contribution to CSR Asia invitation for engagement from Sustainability Disclosure Forum in across AIT community A key focus area for 2011 will be the Singapore in March and 2011 CSR commencement of the Professional Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur in Official public launch of the Masters Program in CSR in collaboration September CSRACA with AIT’s School of Management, 25 March 2010, FCCT, Bangkok program coordination, marketing, Further focus areas will include: Very successful standing room recruitment of participants, and delivery only event with over 140 of the first three modules before the end o Intensifying knowledge participants and keynotes of 2011. development and capacity delivered by HE the Minister of building for partnerships with Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom A second key focus area will be the business for development of Thailand, Mr Kasit Piromya, development and launch of a President of SCG Paper, Mr. “Mekong Regional Sustainable o Exploring opportunities and Chaovalit Ekabut, and AIT Business Round Table” contributing to knowledge Chairman of the Board of development on business Trustees and former Minister of Further, engagement activities with solutions to poverty alleviation Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Tej companies and business networks in through market opportunities at Bunnag, as well as AIT President, Thailand will be continued with the the Base of the Pyramid and CSR Asia Chairman aim of supporting a variety of (amongst others in collaboration capacity building and awareness with the Yunus and ARCMDG CSR Asia Summit raising activities, contracting further Centers at AIT and the Wetlands 14-15 September 2010 consultancy projects, and recruiting Alliance) Hong Kong students for the masters program o Partnering with expert NGOs on Other key activities included: Continued building of a strong relevant CSR issue areas and network of potential partners developing joint proposals Attendance and initiation of a multitude of meetings to raise Continued building of a strong brand o Further research as well as awareness of the newly founded for the CSRACA and an excellent knowledge dissemination, CSRACA and build key reputation as the “place to go” for training and capacity building on relationships with potential expertise on CSR and the role of the the role for business in climate partners and clients private sector in sustainable change adaptation development in Thailand and the Frequent participation and Mekong Region o Driving strategic approaches to contribution to events in Community Investment and Thailand and beyond and Intensified internal outreach and launching CSR Asia’s Community delivery of numerous exploration of collaboration Investment Round Table in presentations on a variety of opportunities with a variety of units Thailand CSR topics across AIT, e.g. through integrating CSR topics in a variety of courses or o Convening Industry Round Organization and facilitation of a joint project proposals as Tables variety of project related and appropriate other engagement events o Facilitating multi-stakeholder In close collaboration with the CSR dialogues Asia Director for Research in CSR Asia’s Hong Kong office, continue to Contact: develop proposals for research Leena Wokeck projects on the role of the private Director, CSR Asia Center at AIT sector in sustainable development B-109, AIT Conference Center Email: [email protected] Phone: +66 2 524 5245
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10.4: YUNUS CENTER
4. The activities of the Center designed 10.4.1 Introduction 10.4.3 Objectives to take advantage of possibly synergies with the teaching, learning, Despite the progress made in poverty The objectives of Center as stated in its research, and outreach activities in reduction over the last twenty years Charter are given below: AIT’s Schools, Extension, and satellite there still remains a substantial number centers. of people who are poor (1.4 billion living 1. The objective of the Yunus Center at on $1.25 per day, IFAD Report 2011). AIT us to contribute to poverty 10.4.4 Governance The search for effective ways to combat alleviation by enabling rural people poverty remains an issue that needs to handle and be in control of The Center is governed by a Board co- urgent attention. The Yunus Center at AIT improving their own livelihoods. All chaired by Professor Yunus and the is the result of a collaborative effort of activities at the Center shall follow President of AIT. The Center falls under Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus and the the objective of poverty reduction the administration of the AIT President’s Asian Institute of Technology. Professor and sustainability with an initial Office. The operations of the Center are Yunus inaugurated the Center in August focus on agriculture and food carried out by a Director under the 2009. security issues, encompassing a guidance of the Chairpersons. variety of disciplines and facilitating The Center aims to contribute to poverty interdisciplinary work. 10.4.5 Location and alleviation by enabling rural people to handle and be in control of improving 2. The Center will provide an Facilities their own livelihoods. It hopes to provide independent and open platform for an independent and open platform for addressing issues in poverty Yunus Center at AIT is located at the AIT addressing issues in poverty alleviation in alleviation in a way that has a direct Campus in Pathumthani about 40 Km. a way that has a direct impact on poor impact on poor people’s lives. It will North of Bangkok, Thailand. The office people’s lives. The Center is devoted to act as an incubator for new social facilities are located at ground floor AIT promoting social business as a way of business plans that challenge Conference Center. combating poverty. In his book Building conventional academic wisdom; it Social Business, Professor Yunus says the will facilitate generation of 10.4.6 Activities Carried out following: “A social business is outside community-based knowledge; and it the profit seeking world. Its goal is to will promote opportunities for both in 2010 solve a social problem by using business women and men. In pursuing its goals the Center has methods, including the creation and sale concentrated on five main areas of of products or services.” Social 3. The Center will serve as an incubator activities: businesses combine the idealism of grass to foster development of approaches roots organizations with the efficient to poverty alleviation that are in line 1. The Center has been meeting with methods of businesses. with the broad mission of academic people who are interested in social institutions but that do not fit within business (business sector, public existing academic structures. The 10.4.2 Mission sector, academics, grass root Center will work with colleges and activists) to engage them in a universities to transform education The Center aims to contribute to poverty dialogue about social business. The institutions into dynamic promoters alleviation through the promotion and Center has been doing this through of change for poverty reduction. The raising awareness of the ideas and meetings, workshops and talks. Center can assist these institutions concepts of social business. to abandon long-established 2. The Center has been exploring and traditions of academic isolation and discovering potential partners and become active contributors to businesses who are engaged in sustainable agricultural and rural activities that could be transformed development through innovative into social businesses teaching, research and extension.
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(public, private, and academics) who been involved in helping draft the plans are interested in learning more for social enterprise master plan for The Thammsat Business School has been about social business. Thailand. Changefusion also offers active in promoting social enterprise financial support to social enterprises projects and has been hosting the annual 4. The Center has been promoting through its UnLtd Thailand program. The Global Social Venture Competition in initiatives that encourage National Health Commission of Thailand Thailand. The Center was invited to speak businesses, foundations and others also promotes social enterprise and the at the Social Enterprise Knowledge & to create social business funds. Thai Health Promotion Foundation Partnership Symposium organized by the supports initiatives in social ventures. British Council and Changefusion. It 5. The Center has hosted interns and The Thai National Health Commission made a presentation on social business volunteers who are interested in carries out consultations on the various and Grameen Shakti at a Regional researching and working with social issues that affect the Thai populace. At Meeting of the Energy and Environment business. the invitation of the NHC, the Center Partnership - Mekong in Vientiane. The observed the consultation process in Center has coordinated visits of people In the first half of the year the Center Prae Province in Chiang Mai. At the end from the region to see the operations of was run by two Interim Directors in of 2010, the Center was invited as an Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh. The succession, while arrangements were observer to the Thailand National Health Center supported a doctoral student made to hire a full time Director. The Assembly which is chaired by the Prime from AIT who did a project on mushroom Center worked with the PRAM project Minister. growing on rice in straw in Vietnam. under the Wetlands Alliance Program. This program aimed to train government The Population and Community Participation in various Workshops / workers in Laos and give them a Development Association is a well known Conference / Courses university degree. non-governmental organization that has been active for over three decades in the General Community Meeting – A full time Director, Dr Riaz Khan took social enterprise sector. The Duang Danone Community Meeting at Paris over in the second half of the year. After Prateep Foundation is based in the Klong France. a meeting with Professor Yunus in Aug Toey area and works with the urban poor Meeting with Professor Yunus, 2009, the Center started concentrating in Klong Toey. The Foundation has been Dhaka Bangladesh. on the promotion of the ideas and active in primary education, and special Certificate Course – Social Business / concepts of social business. The Director needs education. The Center visited the Enterprise & Poverty conducted by is assisted by two Program Organizers Klong Toey area to see the activities of HEC School of Management, Paris Ms. Mya Hpoo Ngone and Mr. Shankar the Duang Prateep Foundation. The France. Tagad. Center also had a meeting with Director Social Business Day, Dhaka of Operations and COO of Doitung Bangladesh. Organized by Yunus In accordance with these objectives, the Project and Mae Fah Lung Foundation Center Dhaka. Attended by Center has been meeting with under Royal Patronage. representatives from AIT extension. organizations that are pursuing similar Global Social Business Summit 2010, goals. The Center has met with Asoka, Besides the non-governmental sector the Germany organized by Grameen Changefusion, PDA, Duang Prateepo business sector has also shown interest Creative Lab, Germany. Foundation, British Council, Betagro, Mae in the ideas of social business. For Presentation at ‘Building Fah Lung Foundation, Thammasat instance Betagro Corporation carries out Partnerships for Implementing Business School, Thailand National Health social activities and the Center visited its Renewable Energy and Energy Commission, etc. social venture operations in Lop Buri. Efficiency Projects in the Mekong Among the activities was a village Region (EEP Mekong)’ in Vientiane Asoka Innovators for the Public has been development bank, an ideal school Laos PDR. a pioneer in the efforts to promote the kitchen initiative and support to a farmer Panelist at a session on social concept of social entrepreneurs. Asoka to increase the productivity of his cassava business at the ‘Regional Social fellows are active in many sectors of plantation. The CEO of HSBC also Enterprise Knowledge & Partnership development work. These include human professed a lot of interest in the ideas of Symposium: Social Enterprise for a rights, village entrepreneurship, hospital social business and invited the Center to Sustainable Future in Asia’. management etc. Changefusion is give a talk at its office on social business. Organized Change Fusion Institute, another organization in Thailand that is Among those in attendance were British Council, and Bangkok very active in promoting social representatives of Nation Multimedia BiZNews, and supported by Thai enterprise. Changefusion has been Group, Schneider Electric, Ocean Glass, Health Promotion Foundation, involved in fostering innovative solutions Citibank, Salamander Energy, Shell Ashoka Thailand, Thai Social to social problems by using technologies Companies in Thailand, and Mobel and social enterprise networks. It has Hantverk. Annual Report on Research 2010 | 201
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Enterprise Promotion Office and Thai Thailand and produced a report on Thailand in collaboration with Young Philanthropist Network. their findings. Changefusion. Presentation on social business at Study of the iodine deficiency in ‘Thailand Regional Forum: From Field Visit / Outreach Activities Thailand and the educational Corporate Social Responsibility to campaigns to tackle this problem. Social Entrepreneurship’ organized Visit to Lop Buri Province, Thailand Work on extending a SMS Disease by Data Consult, Bangkok Thailand. to study Village Development Bank, Surveillance System developed by Judge and mentor for Global Social Education Project and Cassava Farm, Changefusion. The Center will Venture Competition, GSVC Business organized and received by Betagro collaborate with Changefusion and Plan 2011 Organized by Thammasat Group, Thailand SET at AIT to work on community Business School. Visit to Prae Province to study development in this area. Presentation on social business and consultative process on health issue Study of village development banks renewable energy at, Promoting organized by National Health and the state of microfinance in the climate friendly bio-energy and food Commission, Thailand. region. security in the Greater Mekong Sub- Visit to Nakorn Si Thammarat The Center will encourage students region, Renewable Energy and Social Province to study and visit following and professionals to submit plans for Business. Organized by Food and operations: Mokalan Microfinance implementing a social business. If Agricultural Organization (FAO), Asia Institute, Royal Irrigation project in they are successful in implementing Pacific Regional Office and Asian Pak Phanang river basin, Community such a business then they can work Development Bank (ADB) Thailand Development Projects supported by towards getting the title of Yunus Resident Mission Office. CORIN Asia Foundation (production Social Business Fellow. Talk on Social Business organized by of organic fertilizer, biogas and The Center has developed a short HSBC. handicrafts from water hyacinth, course on Social Business and will be Invited to be an observer at the production of sugar from nipa palm). offering this in partnership with AIT Thailand National Health Assembly Visit was organized by CORIN Asia. Extension. 2010 organized by the National Visit to Grameen Danone yoghurt An important part of the Centers Health Commission. operations in Bogra, Bangladesh. activities is to encourage students to Visit to Grameen GC Eye Care work with social business ideas and Education / Internship / Research Hospital in Bogra, Bangladesh. concepts. The Center will therefore Visit to waste recycling and waste continue to host students as interns Yunus Center at AIT hosted two dumping site in Bang Phli. and volunteers from AIT and other students namely Michaela Wahlberg Visit to Khlong Toey to see primary universities. and Cecilia Sauma from Södertörn schools of the Duang Prateep The Center will explore opportunities University College, Sweden. Foundation as well as the credit for collaboration with the schools at Yunus Center at AIT hosted a student union development bank in the area. AIT namely SET, SOM and SERD. Mr. Alan Zabihi from Chalmers Visit to Nang Rong to see the The Center will work with AIT University, Sweden for one month. activities of PDA: C&C Restaurant, Extension especially in the Yunus Center conducted a session on Mechai Pattana School, VDP in Ban organization of short courses and the Social Business, during a short course Nong Kradon village development of social business offered by AIT extension. ideas. The Center will work with the Mr Audu Idi Guga, a doctoral student 10.4.7 Plans for 2011 and CSR Asia Center at AIT and ARCMDG at AIT, carried out a pilot study on Center at AIT to build up capacity in the possibility of growing mushroom beyond the area of sustainable on rice straw as an income development. generating activity for small farmers The Center hopes to establish some The Center will continue its outreach in Vietnam. projects in the field and will be activities by networking with other Yunus Center at AIT hosted a team exploring small scale energy projects organizations with a view to from Financiers without Borders. The in the Nakhon Si Thammarat region. promoting and raising awareness team consisted of the Founders Max It will partner with CORiN Asia in this about social business. Glikman and Rodion Lerman. The effort. The Center will facilitate visits to other members of the team were The Center will organize a Social Bangladesh to see the social business Dmitriy Berenzon, Ilir Hasi, David Business workshop in partnership initiatives of the Yunus Center in Gall and George Georgiev all with other social enterprise Dhaka. students from the City University of organizations. New York, USA. The team conducted To explore the possibility of a social a study on Social Entrepreneurship in business sales network for Danone,
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Asian Project Management Support Programme Asian Project Management Support Programme (APMAS) is 3-year regional grant programme starting in 2010, funded by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) which has been entrusted to AIT as implementing agency. It aims at improving the development effectiveness and efficiency of pro-poor rural development programmes in the Asia and the Pacific region. Its short-term objective is to enhance the management capabilities of IFAD-supported rural development projects and programmes in the region. This will be achieved by (i) building project management capacity; (ii) strengthening the policy environment; and (iii) improving the capacity of service providers. In the implementation, APMAS is also supported by IFAD small-grant of APMAS Gender Sensitive Management (APMAS-GSM) which aims to improve gender sensitivity of IFAD development projects and programmes in the region by developing capacity of local service providers and stakeholders. Within its first phase, APMAS is focusing on 4 target countries namely: Cambodia, India, Laos and Vietnam. Until mid of 2011, APMAS and APMAS-GSM have conducted various capacity building activities, participated by 129 participants of project managers and staff of over 20 IFAD-funded projects, local service providers, national implementing agencies and other relevant stakeholder. Capacity building activities which
APMAS has been performing revolve around the area of project management, monitoring & evaluation, community-driven development and gender mainstreaming. These activities comprise not only regular trainings, but also coaching programme, which Participants discussing group assignment in allows more intensive interventions and involvement of the target projects, to achieve real impacts in improving of project Community-Driven Development training organized management performance and gender sensitivity of rural by APMAS development projects in the respective countries.
Sponsor: Balkh University, Ministry of Higher Training Workshop Thematic Research Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 11.1 Grants and Sponsored Total Contracted Amount (THB): 42,979,260 on Gender mainstreaming and Economic
Research Completed in empowerment Development Planning & Governance Duration: 06 Feb 09 - 30 Nov 10 2010 Project Investigator(s): Jayant K Routray for Poverty Reduction Sponsor: UNIFEM Duration: 01 Oct 10 - 30 Mar 11 “Study Visit Program on Strategic Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,650,000 Project Investigator(s): Jayant K Routray Planning and Pro-Poor growth” Sponsor: Government of India Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,240,250 conducted in Thailand and Indonesia
Duration: 01 Sep 10 - 31 Dec 10 11.2 On-going Grants and Project Investigator(s): Jayant K Routray Sponsored Research Gender mainstreaming and equality Sponsor: UNDP Bangladesh with focus on MDG’s Total Contracted Amount (THB): 550,480 Duration: 26 Nov 10 - 25 Mar 11 Asian Project Management support Project Investigator(s): Jayant K Routray Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction Programme Sponsor: UNDP Afghanistan Duration: 01 Jan 10 - 30 Jun 13 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,102,000 Strategies Project Investigator(s): Sudip K Rakshit,S Duration: 01 Feb 10 - 31 Aug 10 Venkatesh,Mokbul Ahmad,Kyoko Kusakabe International Conference on Project Investigator(s): Jayant K Routray ,Philippe Doneys Sponsor: Government of India Sponsor: IFAD Sustainability Science (ICSS-Asia) Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,152,000 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 45,150,000 Duration: 01 Jul 09 - 30 Jun 11 Project Investigator(s): Vilas Wuwongse ProsPER.Net Project on developing Sponsor: University of Tokyo Japan Capacity Building of Faculty of Total Contracted Amount (THB): 965,440 closer linkages to poverty reduction Engineering, Balkh University, Duration: 01 May 10 - 01 Dec 10 Afghanistan Project Investigator(s): Hans Guttman Duration: 01 Jan 08 - 30 Jun 11 Sponsor: ProsPER.Net Project Investigator(s): Naveed Anwar Total Contracted Amount (THB): 672,000 Annual Report on Research 2010 | 203
Institute-wide Sponsored & Contracted Projects
The Advance International Training Wetland Alliance Aqua Outreach Workshop on "Doing Business in Africa" Program"Putting Ideas to work strtegies Program Duration: 01 Sep 07 - 31 Dec 11 for Innovation led Sustainable growth" Duration: 01 Jun 09 - 31 Dec 11 Project Investigator(s): Vilas Wuwongse Sponsor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Thailand ITP 2010 Project Investigator(s): Theo Ebbers Sponsor: SIDA Total Contracted Amount (THB): 2,194,280 Duration: 01 Mar 10 - 28 Feb 11 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 11,086,333 Project Investigator(s): Sudip K Rakshit
Sponsor: VINNOVA AIT Research Strategy Development Total Contracted Amount (THB): 743,325 Wetland Alliance Secretariat Duration: 01 July 10 - 31 July 11 Duration: 01 Jun 09 - 31 Dec 11 Project Investigator(s): Sudib K. Rakshit Project Investigator(s): Hans Guttman URC TNA Project Sponsor: SIDA Sponsor: SIDA Duration: 09 Sep 10 - 31 May 12 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 1,540,428 Total Contracted Amount (THB): 18,529,145 Project Investigator(s): Sudip Kumar Rakshit Sponsor: UNEP Riso Center Denmark Total Contracted Amount (THB): 4,516,024
APMAS and APMAS-GSM always put efforts to mainstream gender in all development aspects. In this picture participants attending APMAS Training on Gender-Sensitive Value Chain, which aims to impart practical tools and methods in upgrading value chain in IFAD-funded projects. This training was possible with the collaboration between APMAS-GSM and ILO.
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Chapter 12: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR 2010 AND STUDENT COMPETITIONS
12.1 OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR 2010
Overall during the period January to December of 2010 there were 456 sponsored and contracted projects which were conducted by the faculty and staff from within the Fields of Study (FoS) of the three schools, SET, SERD and SOM, as well as in AIT Extension, IntERLab, and Institute wide projects. The total Publications for the same period stood at 691 from across AIT. The breakdown of which is indicated in the table below.
SPONSORED & CONTRACTED PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS TOTAL TOTAL SCHOOL/FoS PROJECTS Refereed PUBLICATIONS Refereed Conference Other Completed On-going Books/ Journals Proceedings Publications Chapters SET 65 85 150 177 102 3 1 283 SET 1 1 0 ACECOMS 4 1 5 2 2 GIC 4 7 11 0 CS/IM 5 8 13 15 25 1 1 42 CEIM 5 4 9 8 8 GTE 11 7 18 24 24 IME 4 7 11 18 9 27 Mech/MES 5 8 13 10 4 14 Nano 1 5 6 6 23 1 30 RSGIS 3 9 12 15 15 StE 6 6 12 15 15 TC 1 1 2 15 35 50 TrE 3 7 10 7 7 WEM 12 14 26 41 6 1 48 OTM 1 1 1 1 SERD 57 81 138 211 68 23 52 354 SERD 1 1 0 ASE 2 7 9 18 18 AARM 1 7 8 11 8 19 E 9 17 26 38 25 1 64 EEM 12 26 38 60 16 10 31 117 FEBT 8 6 14 13 12 2 27 GDS 4 10 14 11 4 15 NRM 7 4 11 19 19 PPT 0 8 1 9 RRDP 2 2 16 1 6 1 24 UEM 12 3 15 16 5 5 15 41 ABM 0 1 1 DPMM 1 1 4 3 7 SOM 4 18 22 34 7 41 intERLab 7 6 13 1 1 AIT Ext 88 88 0 SDCC 3 3 0 ARCMDG 11 11 0 CSRACA 5 9 14 0 Inst-wide 4 12 16 0 TOTAL 230 226 456 423 174 36 53 686
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Overview of Research Activities for 2010 and Student Competitions
For the same period January to December of 2010 there was a total of 76 Doctoral Dissertations which were undertaken by the faculty from within the Fields Study (FoS) of the three schools, SET, SERD and SOM. The total Masters Student Research for the same period stood at 680 from within the three schools. The breakdown of which is indicated in the table below.
TOTAL DOCTORAL MASTERS STUDENTS RESEARCH MASTERS SCHOOL/FoS STUDENTS’ STUDENTS DISSERTATION Research Thesis Projects Internships RESEARCH Studies SET 23 187 58 64 7 316 CS/IM 6 13 9 22
CEIM 3 17 42 59
GTE 15 13 28
IME 2 13 22 35
Mech/MES 2 17 2 19
RSGIS 10 10
StE 2 25 25
TC 3 15 8 23
TrE 2 8 10 18
WEM 3 23 1 24
ICT 17 15 32
OTM 14 7 21
SERD 44 193 12 2 0 207 ASE 2 11 11
AARM 5 15 1 16
E 4 32 2 34
EEM 7 26 26
FEBT 3 32 2 34
GDS 2 15 1 16
NRM 9 15 1 16
PPT 1 10 2 12
RRDP 7 9 3 12
UEM 4 23 23
ABM 5 2 7
DPMM 6 6 GTD 5 1 6
SOM 9 29 122 151 TOTAL 76 391 100 188 7 686
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Overview of Research Activities for 2010 and Student Competitions
12.2 STUDENT COMPETITIONS
12.2.1 MASTERS THESIS COMPETITION 2010
The 5th AIT Masters Theses Competition was held on the 17th of May 2010. There were seven competition categories (see below) and students with excellent grades in their theses were nominated to represent their respective fields of study. Theses presentations have been judged according to the relevance; originality; scientific/ society contribution; general knowledge of the field; future potential for innovation; and presentation skills. A total of 55 students participated in the competition. There were 19 judges from industry, developmental agencies, international organizations, universities, etc. A number of activities and possibilities including employment, projects, interaction with other organizations, press coverage, etc. spinned off from the competition.
The winners of the respective categories were the following:
Category Name / Title of Presentation Advisor
Mr Yadhu Nath Guragain Resources “New pretreatment methods for lignocellulosic residue for Prof Sudip K Rakshit second generation bioethanol production”
Miss May Phyo Aung Civil Engineering “Development of Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Building Dr. Pennung Warnitchai Systems for Seismic Resistance”
Miss Sraddha Adhikari Dr Teerapat ICT “Content Discovery Using People Social Pattern in Peer-to-Peer Sanguankotchakorn Networks”
Miss Duangsamorn Jatupornpimol Development Dr Philippe Doneys “State Response to Intimate Partner Violence in Thailand”
Mr Sarayut Amornwongpeeti Information Systems “A Fourth-Order Cascaded Multi-Bit Delta-Sigma Modulator Dr. Mongkol Eakpanyapong with Interstage Feedback Paths”
Mr Pongthep Vichaikul Management “Degree of Family ownership and the firm performance, A study Dr Sundar Venkatesh of listed company in Thailand”
Miss Kaushalya C. Wijekoon Energy/Environment “High Rate Thermophilic Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for Prof C Visvanathan Wastewater Treatment”
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12.2.2 AIT V.RESEARCH COMPETITION 2010
The second AIT v.research Competition, an initiative to encourage student researchers to hone their ability to convey an idea in a clear, concise and entertaining way, was carried out during the period from 9 April to 17 May 2010. All AIT students were invited to be a part of the next generation of “AIT Film Makers” by composing and producing a 3- minute video about their thesis. Students worked as a team or went solo, provided that only one thesis work was covered per video. Music, narration and other media styles were used to enhance their videos.
Organized by the Office of Vice President for Academic Affairs, the AIT Student Office and the Media and Communications Unit (MCU), the event was supported by the AIT Alumni Association, the AIT Student Union, and the Office of the President, respectively.
Ms Aarthy Sivapunniyam was declared the winner of the second AIT v.research competition. The award winning video titled “Gas sensor based on nanostructures” was the judge’s choice and won the grand prize. The video based on her research as a student of Microelectronics in the School of Engineering & Technology (SET) focused on how gas leakage disasters could be avoided using sensors based on nanotechnology. Her research was carried under the supervision of Prof. Joydeep Dutta, Director, Center for Excellence in Nanotechnology at AIT.
The video on “Super GABA rice” by Mr. Ekkapong Cheevitsopon, a student of Food Engineering & Bioprocess Technology in AIT’s School of Environment, Resources & Development (SERD) was declared the winner in category of “technical expertise”. His research was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Athapol Noomhorm, Coordinator, Food Engineering & Bioprocess Technology Field of Study.
Mr. Chanchal Saha, of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering from SET with his video “Spinning Around” was the winner of the People’s Choice award. His research supervisor is Dr. Huynh Trung Luong. His team comprised of fellow IME students Mr. Chawit Chongwilaiwan and Ms. Tharinan Rattanalert.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy of Environmental & Engineering Management (SERD) won the President's choice award. Her video was titled, "Human powered drinking water treatment" and her thesis supervisor is Prof C Visvanathan.
The eight entries were evaluated by a panel of five judges including the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Prof. Peter Haddawy; Vice President for Research, Prof. Sudip K Rakshit; Mr. Shane Muangkroot, representative of AIT Alumni Association; Mr. Les Nordhauser, Managing Partner, Greenlight Films; and Ms. Nathaporn Karnjanapoomi, Lecturer, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Silpakorn University.
Prof. Haddawy complimented the participants and stated that the quality of videos produced by students was remarkably higher than the previous year. “It was very difficult judging the videos, since each one has its own distinctive style,” he remarked. Mr. Les Nordhauser appreciated the initiative and remarked that the video competition is akin to a one minute presentation. Ms. Nathaporn remarked that the content and the message was the most important element while producing a video. Mr. Shane, who has worked in the media industry, stated that the quality of video produced by AIT students was of a professional level and could be used for wider broadcast in the Thai media. Prof. Rakshit stressed the need for effective communications for scientists and researchers. Managing Director of Royal Broadcasting Station, Mr. Sompop Punsri along with his team also participated in the event and offered a partnership in broadcasting the AIT student videos.
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