Eastern Tech Fusion Center

About the Center

The Eastern Tech Fusion Center at Burapha University develops data-driven technologies for agriculture, the environment and the marine sector in Eastern Thailand. The center combines IoT sensors, drones, satellite imagery, statistics, data science and artificial intelligence to turn field data into practical decisions.

In its first year, the center produced hourly weather and soil data from IoT stations in durian orchards in Chanthaburi Province, together with research on smart irrigation, evapotranspiration and vapour pressure deficit (VPD) forecasting. In its second year, the work expanded to durian flowering and disease detection, agricultural price prediction, and tidal water-level modelling in coastal estuaries.

The center also develops projects with school and university students and turns them into real benefits for agriculture in Eastern Thailand. Work in other areas will follow.

Highlights

• Hourly orchard data from Chanthaburi 

• Mobile and web applications for farmers and researchers

• Publications in international journals and conferences

• Student research projects with Burapha University and Mahidol Wittayanusorn School

Contact

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pattharaporn Thongnim, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand.
Email: pattharaporn@buu.ac.th