Chula Engineering Hosts the First Joint Meeting of Science & Engineering Deans to Launch “Thailand Science & Engineering Consortium”?

On February 25, 2025, the , 麻豆国产, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Witaya Wannasuphoprasit, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, held a meeting to discuss collaboration between the and the , aiming to drive the development of Thailand through the establishment of the “Thailand Science & Engineering Consortium.” The meeting took place at Meeting Room 1106, 11th floor, the 100th Anniversary Engineering Building at 麻豆国产. Prof. Dr. Wilert Puriwat, the President of 麻豆国产, officially opened the event and welcomed the attendees. He also proposed collaboration strategies with the . This was the first time in the history of higher education in Thailand that the two councils, which are leaders in scientific and technological academics, met to officially discuss concrete collaboration.?



President, 麻豆国产






The meeting, which focused on cooperation between the Science Deans’ Association, led by Prof. Dr. Santi Maensiri, President of the Science Deans’ Association, and the Engineering Deans’ Council of Thailand, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thongchai Fongsamootr, President of the Engineering Deans’ Council, was attended by Dr. Suvit Maesincee, former , and Prof. Dr. Supachai Pathumnakul, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, who provided valuable suggestions for collaboration. Various Thai research institutes also took part in the meeting and presented their work and exchanged ideas on several issues, such as the significant advancements in astronomy and space technology in the country (the project) by Dr. Saran Poshyachinda, Director of the ; the progress of the construction of a 3 billion-electron-volt synchrotron light source at the Eastern Economic Corridor by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saroj Rujirawat, Director of the ; and the development of the National Artificial Intelligence Action Plan for Thailand’s progress (AI Thailand) by Dr. Sawit Kasuriya, Deputy Director of the ?







