EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1995 - 1999     PhD (Concrete Technology)      

                        Engineering and Durability Properties of Binary Cement Concretes,

                        University of Dundee,  UK        

1994-1995       MSc (Concrete Technology, Construction and Management)       

                        University of Dundee,  UK

1991-1994       BEng (Civil Engineering)

                        University of Salford, UK

FIELDS OF SPECIALLIZATION

·  Cement replacement materials

·  Waste and By-Products as Construction Materials

·  Engineering and durability properties of concrete

·   Piezoelectric-cement composites

               AWARDS 

2007           Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King

2007           New Researcher Award from the Thailand Research Fund and the Commission on Higher Education (Thailand)

                RESEARCH GRANTS             

Research Topic            Development of New Piezoelectric-Cement Composites

Sources of Funding     Research Career Development Grant from Commission on Higher Education and theThailand

Time Duration              4 Years (2007-2010)

Budget                         1,200,000 Baht

Status of Participation  Principal Investigator    

Research Topic            Development of New Composite Materials for Use in Structural Applications

Sources of Funding     New Researchers Grant from Commission on Higher Education and the ThailandResearch

Time Duration              3 Years (2005-2007)

Budget                         480,000 Baht

Status of Participation  Principal Investigator

Research Topic            Compressive strength development of fly ash cement paste with the use of nano-size materials as additives

Sources of Funding     Nano Science and Nanotechnology Center, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University

Time Duration             

Budget                         75,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            Development of Portland-Fly Ash Cement by Activators for Use as a Construction Material

Sources of Funding     Master Research Grant, the Thailand Research

Time Duration             

Budget                         125,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            The effect of particle size distribution on the perovskite phase production in lead magnesium niobate powder

Sources of Funding     New Researchers Grant from Ministry of University Affairs and the Thailand Research

Time Duration              3 Years (2002-2004)

Budget                         480,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            Improvement and Development of Industrial Floor Hardener Properties (Ferrocrete NM andFerrocrete MT)

Sources of Funding     ITAP Grant

Time Duration              2 Years (2004-2005)

Budget                         99,000 Baht

Status of Participation

Research Topic            Recycling: A way to utilize waste from non-usable plaster moulds

Sources of Funding     IPUS Grant from the Thailand Research

Time Duration              1 Year (2004)

Budget                         90,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            A study into the production of Portland-Fly ash (Pozzolanic) cement for concrete uses

Sources of Funding     IPUS Grant from the Thailand Research Fund

Time Duration              1 Year (2003)

Budget                         80,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            Preliminary study on the use of metakaolin produced from local kaolin clay as a construction material: Effect on Compressive Strength of Cement Paste

Sources of Funding     Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University

Time Duration              2 Years (2004-2005)

Budget                         30,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            Development of Blast-furnace Slag for Use as a Construction Material

Sources of Funding     Chiang Mai University

Time Duration              2 Years (2004-2005)

Budget                         80,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            The production of Metakaolin from kaolin clay for use as Cement replacement material

Sources of Funding     Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University

Time Duration              2 Years (2003-2004)

Budget                         42,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

Research Topic            A preliminary investigation into use of Ground Granulated Blast-furnace Slag (GGBS) as a construction material

Sources of Funding     Chiang Mai University

Time Duration              2 Years (2003-2004)

Budget                         30,000 Baht

Status of Participation Principal Investigator

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               OVERSEAS LINKS 

Professor Ravindra K. Dhir, Director, Concrete Technology Unit. University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

Dr. Rod Jones, Head of Division, Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

Professor Ron Stevens, Department of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Bath, UK

Prof John Wang Department of Materials Science and Engineering Faculty of Engineering, National University ofSingapore, Singapore

Dr. J. Bai, Building Materials Research Unit, University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK

                INDUSTRIAL LINKAGES 

The Siam Cement Company Limited, Siam Cement Group, Thailand

Ferro Construction Products Company Limited, Thailand