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Association of Thai Professionals in
America and Canada (ATPAC)
Vichate Ungvichian, Ph.D., P.E.
ATPAC President
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EE Professor
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
July 7, 2010
Bangkok
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Background
Objectives
Team members, Membership
Current Projects
New Projects
Summary
Background (20 years in the making)
• Volunteer-based non profit organization in North
America
• Founded in 1991, at the encouragement of the Office of
Science and Technology Counselor (OSTC), Royal Thai
Embassy in Washington, DC
• Followed by the First Reversed Brain Drain (RBD)
Conference in Thailand
• ATPAC was registered with the State of Texas in 1992
• Board of Directors & Management Team
• Funding supports received from CHE, OSTC/MOST &
RBD/NSTDA and paid Members
• Involved in Highly Impacted Projects
Objectives
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To promote the advancement of scientific
knowledge, technology, business and
education in Thailand
To establish a liaison and promote
cooperation between ATPAC and related
organizations in Thailand, the United
States, Canada and other countries
To maintain a close association and
fraternity among members
ATPAC Missions
• Assist in the Human Resource Development,
Advancement of Science and Technology, and
increase world market competitiveness for
Thailand
• Strengthen Membership and Enable Members to
collaborate with Thai counterparts
• Build bridges for the future generation to Thailand
and Thailand to Global Community
• Assist in securing foreign funding
• Promote programs to elevate a Green living in
Thailand
Board of Directors
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Dr. Methi Wacharatana (Chairman)
Dr. Eakalak Khan
Dr. Artnarong Thansandote
Dr. Supaphan Seraphin
Dr. Nisai Wanakul
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Executive Team
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Dr. Vichate Ungvichian, P.E., President
Dr. Wanpracha Chaovalitwongse, VP/Treasurer
Khun Anne Kochaon, Environment team leader
Dr. Witoon Prinyawiwatkul, Agro-Industries team leader
Dr. Sirivatch Shimpalee, Energy team leader
Dr. Rattikorn Hewett, ICT team leader
Dr. Soontorn Oraintara, Medical & Life Sciences team leader
Dr. Chuleeporn Changchit, IT/Business team leader
Dr. Kris Lasakane, Globalized Education team leader
Dr. Weerayuth Charoenruengkit, Web master/ public
relations
• Khun Usa Ungsunan, Publication team leader
• Khun Mongkol Mahavongtrakul, Bylaws and Ethics
Technical Focus Areas
– Environment
– Food Science and Agriculture
– Medical/Life Sciences
– Telecommunication, Electronics and
Computer
Technical Focus Areas
– Applied Electromagnetic
– Energy
– Materials and Manufacturing
– Transportation
– Business and Social Science, and
– Globalized Education (English)
Selected 2007-2010 Projects
• Membership drive (150+ paid members)
• Many projects and major workshops (train
more than 500 Thai researchers)
• Website and online ATPAC member database
• Standardized and new curriculum
developments (e.g., Dr. Witoon’s food/agro)
• Increase competitiveness in CHE proposal
process (more proposal submission per
funding ratio)
Selected Recent Projects in IT & EE
• A promotion of Knowledge Economy via annual
workshop on Trend, Technologies on HPC/Grid
Computing (WTTC): Dr. Box
• CT scan R&D with GPU (NECTEC)
• Workshop on Signal Processing by Dr. Soontorn
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Recent Projects in Food/Agro & Energy
• Curriculum in Agro-Industry/Food Science
and Technology (Dr. Witoon)
• Workshops on Value-Added Product
Development, Sensory Analysis, and
Consumer Research
• Fuel cells Workshop (Dr. Sirivatch)
• Development of Honeycomb Ceramic
Catalyst for Practical fuels for SOFC
Applications with MTEC (Dr. Sirivatch)
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Selected Recent Projects Environmental
Sciences/Eng
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Workshops on Environmental Issues
Train Emergency Response Team
Mabtaput
Tech transfer on Corrosion Control of
Electric Trains to Thai Engineers
Selected Projects & Potentials
Medical/Life Science
• Content-based medical image analysis for colon
cancer (Dr. Wallapak)
• Collaboration Project in Medical Technology (Dr.
Darate & Mahidol)
• Computational Models the Brain and Spinal
Cord (Dr. Malisa)
• Applied Data Mining & HPC for medical
technologies (Drs. Wanpracha, Box) [Mahidol]
Activities
• Regional meeting in US
• Roadshows in Thailand
• Assisting Emerging Universities
• Co-funding programs, e.g., NSF-IGERT,
NSF international conference
• Expand ATPAC to other agencies/ministries
(e.g., FTI, Ministry of Natural Resource and
Environmental, ICT, transport, AgroIndustries) Services to industry (Cement
Thai, PTT)
Activities
• Quality Control in Engineering & CS:
ABET
• Pilot Program: PhD in Multidisciplinary
Computational Science (Silapakron)
• Sandwich Program (2+2, 5+1) between
Thai university and US or Canada
• Short Term or Long Term visiting US
institutions
• Sabbatical (University Professors)
Upcoming Projects
• Mabtaput Environmental Issue
• University Research Project
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Current Members by Discipline
Discipline
Engineer
Medicine/Psychology/
Nurse/Veterinary
Econ/Fin/Business
Education
Computer
Chemistry
Food Science
/Technology
Other fields in Science
Others
Total
~150
Genders
Male
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Female =
55%
45%
Education
MD, Post Doctoral, Ph.D., MS & BS
Samples of participating universities
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Chulalongkorn University
Mahidol University
Thamasat University
Chieng Mai University
Khon Kaen University
Prince of Songkla University
Rajabhat Universities
Rajamongkol Universities
And Many more
Benefits:
Help Motherland (Your knowledge)
New Friends in similar disciplines
Long lost friends
Networking among Thai Tadth (abroad) and
Thai Thai
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Summary
• ATPAC members are committed to assist,
promote the welfare of Thai Citizen
• Received strong commitments from
government organizations to assist
collaborations among researchers in both
continents
• On July 5-6-7, ATPAC will be celebrating
the 20th year anniversary, under the theme
“Clean Living for a Green Future”
For further information,
please email to
[email protected]
www.atpac.org
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Thank You Very Much
For
Your attention
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