>> Upcoming event, the 15th International Workshop on Crystal Growth of Organic Materials (CGOM15), 23-26 July 2024, Phuket, Thailand. (as organizer) link 

>> 21 December 2023, we organized the "Japan-Thailand Joint Online Seminar on Crystallization Technology". This seminar is co-organized by Suranaree University of Technology (Thailand), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (Thailand), University of Hyogo (Japan), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan), and Osaka Metropolitan University (Japan). <<click>>

>> 19 December 2023, Prof. Dr.Hongxun Hao, Professor of the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, P.R. China, gave an online talk to SUT's students with the topic of  "Photocatalytic reaction for wastewater treatment" and Dr.Sonti Khamsanga, Material Science, Chulalongkorn University, gave an online talk to SUT's students with the topic of  "Zinc Batteries-An alternative to Lithium Battery "  . <<click>>

>> 2 - 16 December 2023, Sasitorn Boonkerd visited Laboratory of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koichi Igarashi at the Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan. <<click>>

>> 12 December 2023, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha has invited to be the permanent guest (guest member) of the Working Party on Crystallization, European Federation of Chemical Engineering.

>> 26 Oct. 2023, Dr. CaiYun Ma, Senior Research Fellow, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, UK., gave an online talk to SUT's students with the topic of  "Morphological Population Balance Modelling for Crystallization Process". <<click>>

>> 18 Oct. 2023, Dr. Aniruddha Majumder, Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK., gave an online talk to SUT's students with the topic of  "A Novel Simulated Moving Bed Plug Flow Crystallizer". <<click>>

>> 6 Oct. 2023, Dr. Ruel Cedeño, Project Manager in Cheminformatics at NovAliX, France, gave an online talk to SUT's students with the topic of  "Work and Study in France and Europe/AI-Assisted Drug Discovery". <<click>>

>> 25 -26 September 2023, Miss Sasitorn, Miss Lamphoun, Mr. Chonut, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Lek anttended and presented the research work online at the 6th Asian Crystallization Technology Symposium (ACTS2023) organized by National Central Uiversity, Taiwan.  <<click>>

>> 5 - 8 September 2023, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha attended and presented the research work at the 22nd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC2023)  in Glasgow, UK. <<click>>

>> 4 September 2023, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha visited Prof. Dr.Jerry Heng at the department of chemical engineering, Imperial College London, UK. Dr.Lek visited the chemical engineering and reserch laboratories and pilot plant, and discussed the collaboration in research and academics. <<click>>

>> 30 Aug. - 1 Sept. 2023, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha attended and presented the research work at the 28th BIWIC – International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization (BIWIC2023) in Stockholm, Sweden. <<click>>

>> 4 Aug. 2023, Miss RATARPA SAWETPISIT, joined as new member of our Lab.

>> 23-25 July 2023, Our group attended and presented the research work at the 12th International Symposium on Nano and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISNSC-12)/The 3rd Thailand Biorefinery Symposium (TBioS-3) at Duangtawan Hotel, Chiang Mai. Moreover, congratulations to Chonut Xaiyathoumma (presentation topic: The Nucleation Zone Screening of Crystalline Papain from Solution by Dropwise Methanol into Cooling Crystallizer) and Sasitorn Boonkerd (presentation topic: Papain Precipitation and Encapsulation by Anti-Solvent Precipitation Method) who got best presentation awards.<<click>>

>> 31 March 2023, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Ultrasound-promoted preparation of polyvinyl ferrocene-based electrodes for selective formate separation: Experimental design and optimization" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevgi Polat, Chemical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Marmara University Istanbul, Turkey. <<click>>

>> 30 March 2023, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Process Analytical Technology (PAT)" by invited speeker from Mettler Singapore, India and Thailand. <<click>>

>> Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha won the best oral presentation award in  the TIChE2023 conference. <<click>>

>> 16-17 March 2023, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha, CHONUT XAIYATHOUMMA, SUKRIT AEMAREERUT, PATTAREEYA PROMNGULUEM, and SASITORN BOONKERD, attended and presented the research work at the TIChE2023-Thai Institute of chemical engineering and applied chemistry International conference in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. <<click>>

>> 25 Jan 2023, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Introduction to intellectual property and searching technique" by Dr. Peetikamol Kongsamai, PTT Innovation Institute, Thailand. <<click>>

>> 10 Jan. 2023, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha organized the SUT Chemical Engineering Seminar in "Advanced Reaction Engineering".The guest speakers are Prof. Dr. Metta Chareonpanich (Kasetsart University), Asst. Prof. Dr. Nopphon Weeranoppanant (VISTEC), Prof. Dr. Hongxun Hao (Tianjin University ) and  Dr. Nattawut Osakoo (SUT) <<click>>

>> 8 Aug. 2022, Miss NORRAMON SATHANASAOWAPHAK, joined as new member of our Lab.

>> 25 Nov. 2022, Miss PATTAREEYA PROMNGULUEM and Mr. SUKRIT AEMAREERUT (M.Eng. students) presented their thesis proposal. Thesis entitle “The Production of Glucose and Lysine from Cassava Pulp" and "Production of Crystalline Lysine Hydrochloride from Cassava Root", respectively.

>> 22 Nov. 2022, Miss SASITORN BOONKERD (M.Eng. student) presented her thesis proposal. Thesis entitle “Papain Encapsulation within Starch by Anti-solvent Precipitation"

>> 28 October 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Protein Crystallization" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huaiyu Yang, Senior Lecturer in Biocrystallisation in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK. <<click>>

>> 27 October 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Efficient Optical Resolution of DL-Amino acid by Combining Enzymatic Racemization" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koichi Igarashi, Graduate school of engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan Editor.<<click>>

>> 26 October 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Introduction to intellectual property " by Dr. Peetikamol Kongsamai, PTT Innovation Institute, Thailand. <<click>>

>> 25 Sept. 2022, Dr. Ruel Cedeno the Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Nanoscience of Marseille,  Aix-Marseille University, France, gave an online talk to SUT's students with the topic of  "Work and Study in France and Europe". <<click>>

>> 11 - 14 Sept. 2022, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha attended and presented the research work at the 14th International Conference on Crystal Growth of Organic Materials (CGOM14) in Brussels, Belgium. <<click>>

>> 8 Sept. 2022, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha visited the plant of Mettler-Toledo GmbH in Zurich, Switzerland.

>> 31 August - 2 Sep. 2022, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha attended and presented the research work at the 27th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization (BIWIC2022) in Aalto University, Finland. <<click>>

>> 8 Aug. 2022,  Miss Lamphoun Inthavideth, joined as new member of our Lab.

>> 5 August 2022, organizer of the 2nd  Thailand Biorefinery Conference,  <<click>>

>> 14 June 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Molecular, Solid - State and Surface Structures of the Conformational Polymorphic Forms of Ritonavir in Relation to their Physicochemical Properties" by Dr. Tom Turner, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, UK, and "Reactive Distillation" by Dr. Kanungnit Chawong, Research & Development Project Manager, Global R&D Co., Ltd.<<click>>

>> 7 June 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Process Inherent Safety  " by Prof. David Wei, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, Director of TJU-P&G Innovation Institute of Science and Technology, Head of TJU-AstraZeneca Process Safety Joint Laboratory.<<click>>

>> 9 May 2022, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha joined the Ph.D. thesis defense examination of Mr. Tharit Lerdwiriyanupap from VISTEC as the chair of the committees. Thesis entitle "The Investigation of the Use of Diastereomeric Compounds and Conglomerate Derivatives for Enantiopurification of Racemic Compounds ". 

>> 28 April 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Crystallization Technology using Taylor Vortex Flow " by Professor Dr. Woo-Sik Kim, ERC Director of Functional Crystallization Center, Department of Chemical Engineering Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea.<<click>>

>> 25 April 2022, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha joined the Ph.D. thesis proposal defense examination of Mr. Jin Maeda  from VISTEC as the chair of the committees. Thesis entitle "Optimization of Temperature Cycle Induced Deracemization". 

>> 20 April 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Process Analytical Technology". Invited speakers are Dr. Suttipong Wannapaiboon from Synchrotron Light Research Institute, Thailand, Dr. Vilobh Shete from Mettler-Toledo India Pvt. Ltd., Dr. Shobha Nagappayya from Mettler-Toledo India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Kanapos Wangkawee and Mr. Pheerachat Tophan from Mettler-Toledo (Thailand) Ltd. <<click>> 

>> 28 March 2022, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha joined the M.Eng. thesis defense examination of Mr. EAKKACHAI KLAITHIN  from Burapha University as the chair of the committees. Thesis entitle "Development of Clostridium cochlearium by UV-Mutation technique and Bioreactor design for biobutanol production". 

>> 15-16 March 2022, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha, Mr.Channakhone Phoumixay, and Mr.Chonut Xaiyathouma attended and presented the researched work in the 31st Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Conference (TIChE2022).<<click>>

>> 8 Feb. 2022, School of Chemical Engineering and our research group conducted the special seminar in the topics of "Beyond Structure Determination: Crystallisation as a Purification Unit Operation for Proteins and Peptides" by Prof. Dr. Jerry Heng, Ph. D. (Imperial College London) Director of UG Studies at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, UK, and "Continuous Extraction: An Enabling Tool for Continuous Chemical and Biochemical Processing" by Asst. Prof. Dr. Nopphon Weeranoppanant, Ph.D. (MIT), Assistant professor at Burapha University and VISTEC.<<click>>

>> 18 Jan. 2022, School of Chemical Engineering, our research group, and SUT Biorefinery Pilot Plant have discussed the collaboration between SUT and the Institute of Advanced Control Technology, School of Control Science & Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (DUT) , China.<<click>>

>> 14 Jan. 2022, School of Chemical Engineering, our research group, and SUT Biorefinery Pilot Plant have discussed the collaboration between SUT and the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, China. <<click>>

>> 5 Jan. 2022, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha joined the Ph.D. thesis proposal defense examination of Ms. Sarita Songsermsawad from VISTEC as the chair of the committees. Thesis entitle "CHIRAL RESOLUTION BY COCRYSTAL FORMATION IN A CASE OF RESOLUTION OF RS-BACLOFEN AND IMPROVEMENT BY COCRYSTAL SOLUBILITY PREDICTION". 

>> 7 Dec. 2021, Special seminar in the topic of "Separation and Purification of Proteins by Crystallization Technology" and "In-Situ Coating Technology for Pharmaceutical and Food Compounds" by Prof. Joachim Ulrich from Center of Engineering Sciences, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. <<click>>

>> 25 Nov. 2021, Mr. Chonut Xaiyathoumma (M.Eng. student) presented his thesis proposal. Thesis entitle “Papain Crystallization Using Solvent Freeze-out Crystallizer"

>> 3 Nov. 2021, The first joint seminar between the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (by Prof. Hirasawa), Waseda University, Japan, and School of Chemical Engineering (Asst. Prof. Wantha) and School of Biotechnology (by Assoc. Prof. Boontawan), Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand.  <<click>>

>> 28 Sep. 2021, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha organized the SUT Chemical Engineering Seminar in "Catalysis and Reaction Engineering". <<click>>

>> 17 Aug. 2021, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha joined the Ph.D. thesis defense examination of Mr. Kritsada Intaraboonrod  from VISTEC as the chair of the committees. Thesis entitle "IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROCESS OF DERACEMIZATION OF CHIRAL CONGLOMERATE-FORMING COMPOUNDS" 

>> 15 Aug. 2021,  Mr.Sukrit Aemareerut, Miss Pattareeya Promnguluem, and Miss Sasitorn Boonkerd, joined as new member of our Lab.

>> 26 - 28 May 2021, organizer of the 5th Asian Crystallization Technology Symposium (ACTS-2021),  <<click>>

>> 6-7 May 2021, our group joined the organizing committees and participated the 30th Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Conference (TIChE2021) (National and International Conference), and the conference conducted online via ZOOM. <<click>>

>> 18 Oct. 2020, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha joined the Ph.D. thesis proposal defense examination of Mr. Peerapon Rapeenun from VISTEC as the chair of the committees. Thesis entitle "PREDICTION OF COCRYSTAL SOLUBILITY AND CHIRAL SEPARATION BY COCRYSTALLIZATIONS". 

>> 11 Sep. 2020, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha organized the SUT Chemical Engineering Seminar in "Catalysis and Reaction Engineering". <<click>>

>> 28 Aug. 2020, our high school students presented their projects at The SUT International Virtual Conference on Science and Technology (IVCST 2020). <<click>>

>> 26 Feb. 2020, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha visited lab of Prof. Hiroshi Takiyama, Department of Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT).  <<click>>

>> 25 Feb. 2020, Asst. Prof. Lek Wantha visited lab of Prof. Izumi Hirasawa, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo.  <<click>>

>> 23-27 Sep. 2019, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha attended and presented the research work at the 18th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2019) at Sapporo, Japan and attended the Crystallization Seminar which is hosted by the Working Party on Industrial Crystallization, Division of the Materials and Interface, The Society of Chemical Engineering Japan. <<click>>

>> 26-28 Sep. 2019, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha and Mr.Channakhone Phoumixay attended and joined as organizing committees of BIWIC2019 International Workshop on industrial Crystallization at VISTEC, Thailand. <<click>>

>> 25 May 2019, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha joined, as the invited speaker, the seminar of the topic "Crystallization Process and Continuous Crystallizer" at SUT-BioProcessing Pilot Plant. <<click>>

>> 6 April 2019, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha joined, as the invited speaker, the seminar of the topic "Bioreactor and Fermentation" at SUT-BioProcessing Pilot Plant, Suranaree University of Technology. <<click>>

>> 8-9 November 2018, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha and Dr.Peetikamol Kongsamai attended and presented research work at the 28th Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Conference (TIChE2018), Pattaya, Thailand. <<click>>

>> 5-7 Sep. 2018, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha attended and presented research work at BIWIC2018 International Workshop on industrial Crystallization, Rouen, France.  <<click>>

>> 20-22 Jun 2018, Asst. Prof. Dr.Lek Wantha attended and presented research work at ACTS2018 Asian Crystallization Technology Symposium, Singapore. <<click>>