A ssociation of T hai P rofessionals in A merica and C anada (ATPAC)

1. Association of Thai Professionals in America and Canada (ATPAC) Vichate Ungvichian, Ph.D., P.E. ATPAC President & EE Professor Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL July 7, 2010 Bangkok

2. Outlines Background Objectives Team members, Membership Current Projects New Projects Summary

3. 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

4. Objectives 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

5. 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

6. Board of Directors • Dr. Methi Wacharatana (Chairman) • Dr. Eakalak Khan • Dr. Artnarong Thansandote • Dr. Supaphan Seraphin • Dr. Nisai Wanakul BKK-July2010

7. Executive Team 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

8. Technical Focus Areas Environment Food Science and Agriculture Medical/Life Sciences Telecommunication, Electronics and Computer

9. Technical Focus Areas Applied Electromagnetic Energy Materials and Manufacturing Transportation Business and Social Science, and Globalized Education (English)

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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)

13. Selected Recent Projects Environmental Sciences/Eng Workshops on Environmental Issues Train Emergency Response Team Mabtaput Tech transfer on Corrosion Control of Electric Trains to Thai Engineers

14. Selected Projects & PotentialsMedical/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]

15. 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, Agro-Industries) Services to industry (Cement Thai, PTT)

16. 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)

17. Upcoming Projects • Mabtaput Environmental Issue • University Research Project BKK-July2010

18. Current Members by Discipline Discipline Genders Male = 55% Female = 45% Education MD, Post Doctoral, Ph.D., MS & BS

19. Samples of participating universities Chulalongkorn University Mahidol University Thamasat University Chieng Mai University Khon Kaen University Prince of Songkla University Rajabhat Universities Rajamongkol Universities And Many more

20. Benefits: Help Motherland (Your knowledge) New Friends in similar disciplines Long lost friends Networking among Thai Tadth (abroad) and Thai Thai BKK-July2010

21. 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”

22. For further information, please email to admin@atpac.org www.atpac.org BKK-July2010

23. Thank You Very Much For Your attention BKK-July2010