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  • Invited to attend the lecture by the main topic “Times Higher Education Metrics”

    Invited to attend the lecture by the main topic “Times Higher Education Metrics”

    Invited to attend the lecture by the main topic “Times Higher Education Metrics”

    Time Higher Education Metrics_WUSTP

    Walailak University Development Feasibility Project Working Group You are invited to attend the lecture by the main topic “Times Higher Education Metrics”
    By hastened honors from the 3 speakers, namely
    -Associate Professor Dr. Wittawat Chaeng-iam
    Faculty of Engineering Burapha University
    Lecture on the topic “The World University Rankings Methodology”

    -Assistant Professor Dr. Marut Tangwatthanachuleeporn
    Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Burapha University
    Lecture on the topic “Decode the results to drive universities into The World University Rankings”

    -Dr. Supasil Thaweesak
    Faculty of Engineering Burapha University
    Lecture on “The World University Rankings”

    On May 25, 2022 at 1:00.00-16.30 hrs.

    You can register to join today via the link.

    Channels to join the activity (Zoom Meeting)
    Meeting ID: 924 0457 3136 Passcode: 499379

  • Researcher Development Activities “Techniques for Writing a Research Project Proposal for Funding”

    Researcher Development Activities “Techniques for Writing a Research Project Proposal for Funding”

    Researcher Development Activities “Techniques for Writing a Research Project Proposal for Funding”

    On April 26, 2022 from 13.00 – 16.00 hrs. Research and Innovation Institute Walailak University has organized research development activities on the topic “Techniques for Writing a Research Project Proposal to Get a Scholarship”, which was honored by Asst. Prof. Dr. Prateep Phuetthonglang, Lecturer of Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty of Business Administration and Liberal Arts Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna and the owner of the page “Write a research project to get funding” to be the speakers in this online format.

    To view video clips of other past activities, click here.

  • Welcome to Visting professor Dr. Reyes Garcia.

    Welcome to Visting professor Dr. Reyes Garcia.

    Welcome to Visting professor Dr. Reyes Garcia.

    Research and Innovation Institute Walailak University welcomes Visting professor Dr. Reyes Garcia during 9 – 23 April 2022 at Walailak University. Nakhon Si Thammarat Province under the grant from the project Strengthening capacity and driving strategic cooperation International Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs Year 2021

    By Dr. Reyes Garcia, training sessions, seminars, and learning exchanges are scheduled. research publication Techniques for writing international research proposals and finding funding sources to study in England

  • Walailak University Research Convention 2022 (WRC 2022) under the theme “the Role of Higher Education in the Post COVID and Human Development” has begun

    Walailak University Research Convention 2022 (WRC 2022) under the theme “the Role of Higher Education in the Post COVID and Human Development” has begun

    Walailak University Research Convention 2022 (WRC 2022) under the theme “the Role of Higher Education in the Post COVID and Human Development” has begun

    ภาพกิจกรรมงานประชุมวิชาการนานาชาติมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์

    Walailak Research Convention 2022 (WRC 2022) organized under the theme “the Role of Higher Education in the Post COVID and Human Development” has begun with an opening ceremony at Hua Thapan Conference Hall, Walailak University Hospital on 28th March, 2022. Presiding over the event was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pasit Lorterapong, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. The event was virtually joined by a number of distinguished speakers, plenary discussion experts, research presenters and participants both from Thailand and overseas, amounting to almost 40 countries worldwide. 

    Professor Dr. Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, President of Walailak University, reported Walailak University’s progress over the past five years. The university has been listed the top 551-600 Asian universities, or the 19th among Thai universities by QS Asia University Rankings 2022 and won international rank of 601-800 by Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021. The university received 4.93 scores out of 5 for its 2020 academic performance by a Quality Assurance Committee appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation by virtue of the university succeeding in enhancing the university in organizational leadership, educational management, research, academic services and preservation of arts and cultural heritage, and management and administration.

    Professor Dr. Sombat emphasized the university’s dedication to pushing research frontiers across disciplines as testified by Walailak University’s achievement of over 77% of quality Q1 and Q2 research publications in Scopus-indexed journals, among the top 3 in Thailand. This devotion is in alignment with the university’s vision. 

    “through my 5-year presidency, Walailak University’s 30th anniversary has been blessed with a number of promising achievements in line with its vision: Walailak University aspires to be an institution of good governance, to be a source of knowledge for critical problems facing the nation, to unfailingly address community needs and to strive for international recognition for excellence,” said Professor Dr. Sombat.

    ภาพกิจกรรมงานประชุมวิชาการนานาชาติมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์

    Prof. Dr. Pasit Lorterapong, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation during his keynote speech mentioned the paramount significance of orienting universities toward providing skill-based student experience and Walailak University, as a Global and Frontier Research university, has achieved nothing less than as guided by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation’s Reinventing project initiative categorizing universities into five strategic focuses.  


    “Walailak University is a research intensive university, so the event bringing top researchers to share research findings is truly worthwhile. Researchers working across areas are universal for the ultimate goal of human development,” reflected Prof. Dr. Pasit. 

    ภาพกิจกรรมงานประชุมวิชาการนานาชาติมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์

    Walailak University received an honor from a keynote speaker—Professor Dr. Pok Man Peter Yuen, Dean of the College of Professional and Continuing Education, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to deliver his speech on “Higher Education During and After COVID.” Sharing his experience as self-funding session in a public university, Dr. Pok Man stated tertiary education’s needs to review and redesign the pedagogies and curriculum to enable active learning, online lectures and promote entrepreneurship, soft skill training and combining traditional of disciplines and knowledge on tomorrow’s technologies. 

    ภาพกิจกรรมงานประชุมวิชาการนานาชาติมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์

     This year, WU researcher of 2021 Award recipient and chemist internationally recognized in the field or ergonomic chemistry, Associate Professor Dr. David Harding delivered a talk on “Switchable molecular materials: A story of research excellence.” Following the speech was the plenary discussion on the topic of “The role of higher education in the post COVID and human development,” virtually partaken by Dr. Akkharawit Kanjana-opas, Deputy Secretary General of National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office, Professor Dr. Edmund Jon Deoon Lee from Singapore and Professor Dr. Yusuf Chisti from New Zealand. The discussion was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Surin Maisrikrod, Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Learning and Teaching Development. The key takeaway messages focused on the university’s necessity to redesign curriculum, be more resilient, promote learners’ mindset and lifelong learning as a result of the university’s cessation of being a centralized information source. 

    ภาพกิจกรรมงานประชุมวิชาการนานาชาติมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์

    The ceremony ended with three Walailak world-class researchers, namely Associate Professor Dr. Manat Chaijan, Associate Professor Dr. Veeranoot Nissapatorn, and Associate Professor Dr. Nuttawit Wattanasakulpong recognized by Stanford University’s 2021 World’s Top 2% Scientists in the field of Food Science, Tropical Medicine, and Engineering and Technology. Walailak Research Convention will be in session from 28th to 30th March, 2022. The convention will feature virtual international conferences and seminars focusing on topics across disciplines organized by 20 Walailak University Centers of Excellence. 

    World’s top 2% WU researchers 2021

    Concluding the opening, Professor Dr. Sombat reiterated the path Walailak has embarked itself on and its future direction. “Walailak University has been traveling a very long journey to come this far, and we will never stop to reinvent Walailak University to be recognized far and beyond as one of the stars among global and frontier research universities,” said Professor Dr. Sombat. 

     News by Nootchanat Sukkaew 

  • How do we handle the post-pandemic educational challenges ? Join us for Walailak Research Convention 2022!

    How do we handle the post-pandemic educational challenges ? Join us for Walailak Research Convention 2022!

    How do we handle the post-pandemic educational challenges ? 
    Join us for Walailak Research Convention 2022!
    การประชุมวิชาการระดับนานาชาติมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์ "Walailak Research Convention 2022" ครั้งที่ 1

    The Institute of Research and Innovation (IRI), Walailak University, is organizing the 1st Walailak Research Convention 2022 on the occasion that Walailak University is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the university foundation between 28 and 29 March, 2022. The convention will be conducted under the theme “The Role of Higher Education in Post COVID 19 and Human Development” and serve as an open forum for academic work presentation and sharing of knowledge and experience among scholars. This is hoped to strengthen research the development, stability and sustainability truly meeting the societal needs. 

    The convention shall feature a plenary session of international experts. All the 15 units of the university’s Center of Excellence specializing in a diverse range of disciples i.e., informatics innovation, functional materials and Nanotechnology and data science for health study will be presenting studies and workshops will be arranged under the recommendation of the WRC 2022 scientific committee.

    We would like to invite you for the onsite and online convention opening on 28 March 2022 from 08:30 to 12:00 at Huathapan Conference room, 3rd floor, Walailak University Hospital (only 50 seats will be available). 

    Please visit https://www.wrc2022.org for further detail of the event. or https://riie.wu.ac.th

  • ขอเชิญลงทะเบียนเข้าร่วมประชุม วิชาการนานาชาติ THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION RESEARCH & PhD SYMPOSIUM (ISCIR 2022)

    ขอเชิญลงทะเบียนเข้าร่วมประชุม วิชาการนานาชาติ THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION RESEARCH & PhD SYMPOSIUM (ISCIR 2022)

    Invitation to register for the International Academic Conference
    THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION RESEARCH & PhD SYMPOSIUM (ISCIR 2022)
    ISCIR 2022
    Invitation to register for the International Academic Conference
    THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION RESEARCH & PhD SYMPOSIUM (ISCIR 2022)
    จัดโดย สถาบันวิจัยและนวัตกรรม มหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์ ร่วมกับ The University of Warwick, UK.
    On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to welcome you to the 3rd International Symposium on Construction Innovation Research & PhD Symposium (ISCIR 2022) via the webinar hosted by Walailak University, Thailand on 14-15 Jan, 2022.
     
    ISCIR 2022 is co-organized by Walailak University (WU), Thailand and the University of Warwick (UW), UK which is celebrating WU 30th Anniversary in 2022! To celebrate this, the conference includes a colloquium and a PhD symposium where Early Career Researchers can showcase their work to an international audience.
    ​The virtual ISCIR 2022 creates a stimulating forum for Early Career Researchers (ECRs and PhD students) to discuss the latest scientific developments with established experts in the field. It also offers an opportunity to network with other international researchers, exchange knowledge and promote collaboration and mobility. The conference theme is organized in a dedicated multi-disciplinary section of the conference that will enable a comprehensive debate of all the current and future challenges faced by the construction industry. Contributions from any of the areas below are requested from academics, researchers and PhD students. The high quality of the scientific contributions are ensured by a panel of international experts in these areas. ISCIR is for broad logical discourse, both intra-and interdisciplinary, among Universities, Colleges, Academicians and Department personnel through an assortment of Distinguished addresses, Plenary sessions, Workshops, Symposiums, Oral and Poster introductions, Virtual/Video presentations and Webinars.
     
    ISCIR 2022 organizing committee
    Read more => www.iscir2022.com
  • WORLD’S TOP 2% SCIENTISTS” by Stanford University 2021

    WORLD’S TOP 2% SCIENTISTS” by Stanford University 2021

    Congratulations to the researchers Walailak University Ranked
    WORLD’S TOP 2% SCIENTISTS” by Stanford University 2021
    ขอแสดงความยินดีกับนักวิจัย

    Elsevier, SciTech Strategies, Inc. and Stanford University have released their list of the World’s Top 2% of the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University 2021 across 22 major disciplines, 176 sub-disciplines. Total more than 100,000 people
    The selection and rankings were assessed based on an analysis of research impact of citations of articles published from the Scopus database from 1996 to 2020 using a variety of metrics such as citation, co-authorship, and h-index. Researchers are divided into two groups:
    1. Classified by reference impact throughout the researcher’s career until the end of 2020 (career-long citation impact).
    2. Classified by citation impact during the single calendar year 2020

    Walailak University researchers as follows:
    1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manat Chaijan, School of Agricultural Technology and Food Industry, ranked 884 out of a total of 58,351 researchers in the Food Science field.
    2. Assoc. Prof. Veeranoot Nissapatorn, School of Allied Health Sciences, ranked 530 out of a total of 33,142 researchers in the field of Tropical Medicine.
    3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nuttawit Wattanasakulpong, School of Engineering and Technology
    Ranked 3,971 out of a total of 285,331 researchers in the Materials field.

  • Center of Excellence in Logistics and Business Analytics Walailak University in collaboration with Center for Supply Chain Excellence, Middlesex University, Dubai campus

    Center of Excellence in Logistics and Business Analytics Walailak University in collaboration with Center for Supply Chain Excellence, Middlesex University, Dubai campus

    Center of Excellence in Logistics and Business Analytics Walailak University

    in collaboration with Center for Supply Chain Excellence, Middlesex University, Dubai campus

    ศูนย์ความเป็นเลิศด้านการวิเคราะห์โลจิสติกส์และธุรกิจ

    Center of Excellence in Logistics and Business Analytics Walailak University

    in collaboration with Center for Supply Chain Excellence, Middlesex University, Dubai campus

     

    Invite those interested to attend the international academic seminar “Supply Chain Disruption, Digitization and Rise of E-Commerce” in a virtual format via ZOOM on September 7, 2021 time 13.00-18.00, Thailand time, 10.00-15.00 Dubai time. The event was honored by Keynote Speakers from leading companies to give lectures on the following topics:

     

    Data Analytics, E-Commerce & Sustainability:
    Dr. Prakash Rao, Group Head Supply Chain Project at Landmark Group, UAE

    E-Commerce Challenges and Opportunities during and Post COVID19:
    Ritesh Somai, Supply Chain and 3PL Trans, Middle East and North Africa, Amazon

    How brands work in the age of e-commerce:
    Associate Prof. Min Teh, Dean Research, School of Marketing, Curtin University Australia

     

    Research topics presented at the event include:

         ♦  Blockchain in Tourism Supply Chain : An Enabling Framework
         ♦  Digital Free Trade Zone in Malaysia
         ♦  Impact of service policies on terminal gate efficiency: A Simulation Approach
         ♦  Sustainable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Thailand Perspective
         ♦  Industry 4.0 Applications in the Construction Supply Chain: Current and Future Perspectives
         ♦  Research Impact of Pharma 4.0 on environmental sustainability
         ♦  The role of reverse logistics in e-commerce: challenges, opportunities and implementation to reusable last-mile delivery packaging.
         ♦  University research and Government funding in developing emerging technology ecosystems

    Interested parties can view more details and register by clicking here.

  • International seminar project on “Gender, Security, and Women’s Human Rights in Southern Thailand”

    International seminar project on “Gender, Security, and Women’s Human Rights in Southern Thailand”

    Center of Excellence for Women and Social Security, Walailak University
    Organize international seminar projects
     “Gender, Security, and Women’s Human Rights in Southern Thailand”

    ประชาสัมพันธ์โครงการสัมมนาระดับนานาชาติเรื่อง "Gender, Security, and Women's Human Rights in Southern Thailand"

    Center of Excellence for Women and Social Security, Walailak University

     

    Center of Excellence for Women and Social Security, Walailak University organized an international seminar on “Gender, Security, and Women’s Human Rights in Southern Thailand” on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Meeting Room 1, Office of Political Science and Law Building. Academic 5 Walailak University

     

    Report of the seminar “Gender, Security, and Women’s Human Rights in Southern Thailand: Perspectives,Narratives, and Alternatives”

    Documentation :

  • Congratulations to teachers who have performed in Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90 June 2021

    Congratulations to teachers who have performed in Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90 June 2021

    Congratulations to teachers who have performed in Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90 June.

    Congratulations to teachers who have performed in Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90 June.
    Congratulations to teachers who have performed in Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90 June.
    Congratulations to teachers who have performed in Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90 June.
    Congratulations to teachers who have performed in Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90 June.

    Congratulations to the teachers who contributed to the Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90
    Research and Innovation Institute Congratulations to teachers for their contributions to Scopus Quartile 1 at Percentile ≥ 90 for the month of June 2021.
    Journal Quartile Score (Q) is an index value commonly used for quality analysis of academic journals. Percentile can be divided as follows:
    Q1 = Top position (75 – 100 %)
    Q2 = Middle-high position (50 – 74.99 %)
    Q3 =Middle-low position (25 – 49.99 %)
    Q4 = Bottom position (1 – 24.99 %)
    The Quartile Score will be considered in terms of capital or Publication prize money to encourage researchers to continue.

     

    List of teachers Scopus Quartile 1 Percentile ≥ 90
    – Food Chemistry : 98%
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Worawan Panpipat (Agricultural Technology and Food Industry)
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manat Chaichan (Agricultural Technology and Food Industry)
    – NFS Journal : 97 %
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Worawan Panpipat (Agricultural Technology and Food Industry)
    – Food Control : 95%
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Narumon Matan (Agricultural Technology and Food Industry)
    – Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity : 93 %
    Ajarn Siriporn Sawangareerak (Management)
    Asst. Prof. Dr. Puttiporn Thanathammethee (Engineering and Technology)
    – Sensors : 90%
    Asst. Prof. Dr. Charoenkiat Phochaiya (Engineering and Technology)
    Asst. Prof. Dr. Ajolawit Chantaweerot (Engineering and Technology)