Assoc. Prof. Sumana Ratpukdi

email: sumana.r@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expestise: Biological Process, Reclaimed Water, Wastewater, Water Supply

Research Expestise: Biochar, Biological Treatment, Cell Immobilization, Emerging Contaminants

Professional Registration/ Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) License , Radiation Safety Officer License

Selected Publications

1. Integrated remediation and detoxification of triclocarban-contaminated water using waste-derived biochar-immobilized cells by long-term column experiments.
2. Comparative investigation of known and unknown disinfection by-product precursor removal and microbial community from biological biochar and activated carbon filters.
3. Initial stage of innovative cell-entrapped biofilter start-up for removal of manganese in water: Treatment performance, manganese speciation, and microbial community.
4. Triclocarban-contaminated wastewater treatment by innovative hybrid moving entrapped bead activated sludge reactor (HyMER): Continuous performance and computational dynamic simulation analysis.
5. Characterization of dissolved organic carbon and disinfection by-products in biochar filter leachate using orbitrap mass spectrometry.

Assoc. Prof. Thunyalux Ratpukdi

email: thunyalux@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Water Supply, Disinfection, Ozonation, UV, Water reuse

Research Expestise: Advanced Disinfection Processes, Ozonation, UV, Natural Organic Matter, Disinfection Byproducts

Professional Registration/ Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) License

Selected Publications

1. Photodegradation of haloacetonitriles in water by vacuum ultraviolet irradiation: Mechanisms and intermediate formation
2. Mineralization and biodegradability enhancement of natural organic matter by ozone–VUV in comparison with ozone, VUV, ozone–UV, and UV: Effects of pH and ozone dose
3. Rapid fractionation of natural organic matter in water using a novel solid‐phase extraction technique
4. Occurrence of trihalomethanes and haloacetonitriles in water distribution networks of Khon Kaen Municipality, Thailand
5. Electro-peroxone process for triclocarban and triclosan removal and reclaimed water disinfection

Assoc. Prof. Panitan Jutaporn

email: panitju@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Wastewater Treament, Water Purification, Membrane Filtration, Ion Exchange, Disinfection

Research Expestise: By-products of Disinfection, Dissolved Organic Matter, Fluorescence Analysis, Menbrance Filtration, Reverse Osmosis

Professional Registration/ Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) License, Water Pollution Control License, Industrial Waste Pollution Control License, Safety Officer Supervisor Level License

Selected Publications

1. MIEX resin and enhanced coagulation treatment of high-bromide natural water: Chlorine reactivity and DBP precursors removal
2. Characterization of DBP precursor removal by magnetic ion exchange resin using spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry
3. Parallel factor analysis of fluorescence excitation emissions to identify seasonal and watershed differences in trihalomethane precursors
4. Efficacy of selected pretreatment processes in the mitigation of low-pressure membrane fouling and its correlation to their removal of microbial DOM
5. Characterization of reversible and irreversible foulants in membrane bioreactor (MBR) for eucalyptus pulp and paper mill wastewater treatment using fluorescence regional integration

Assoc. Prof. Surapol Padungthon

email: surapolp@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Waste to Energy, Environmental Nanotechnology, Ion exchange, Water Reuse

Research Expestise: Nanomaterials, Environmental Separation, Nutrient Recovery

Professional Registration/ Certification: Water Pollution Control License

Selected Publications

1. A model for predicting reduction in mobile phosphorus of lake sediment by aluminum drinking water treatment residuals
2. Desalination of brackish groundwater using self-regeneration hybrid ion exchange and reverse osmosis system (HSIX-RO)
3. Insight into the molecular interaction of trace As (III) and As (V) onto the hybrid anion exchanger impregnated with Fe/Mn nanoparticles (HA502P-Fe/Mn)
4. Denitrification of nitrate in regeneration waste brine using hybrid cation exchanger supported nanoscale zero-valent iron with/without palladium nanoparticles
5. Selective removal of Pb from lead-acid battery wastewater using hybrid gel cation exchanger loaded with hydrated iron oxide nanoparticles: Fabrication, characterization, and pilot-scale validation

Asst. Prof. Rattabal Khunphonoi

email: rattakh@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Air Pollution Control, Wet Scrubber, SO2 Removal, Coal Power Plant, Packed-Bed Column

Research Expestise: Material Characterization, Catalyst, Thermal CO2 Reaction, CO2 Utilization, Industrial Waste Utilization

Professional Registration/ Certification: Air Pollution Control License

Selected Publications

1. Co-hydrothermally carbonized sewage sludge and lignocellulosic biomass: An efficiently renewable solid fuel
2. Energy efficiency of bio-coal derived from hydrothermal carbonized biomass: Assessment as sustainable solid fuel for municipal biopower plant
3. Insight into the Roles of Metal Loading on CO₂ Photocatalytic Reduction Behaviors of TiO₂
4. Correlating the effect of preparation methods on the structural and magnetic properties, and reducibility of CuFe₂O₄ catalysts
5. Conversion of sewage sludge from industrial wastewater treatment to solid fuel through hydrothermal carbonization process

Assoc. Prof. Visanu Tanboonchuy

email: visanu@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Adsorption Process, Coal-Fired Power Plant Pollution Control, Arsenic Removal Technology, Column Design for Environmental Applications, Engineering Aspects of Industrial Safety

Research Expestise: Nanomaterial for Environmental Engineering, Arsenic Removal, Adsorption Process, Kinetics, Heavy Metal removal.

Professional Registration/ Certification: Carbon footprint assessment license

Selected Publications

1. Utilization of agricultural waste: mango peels and pineapple crown leaves as precursors for nanomaterial production for arsenate remediation 
2. Remediation of arsenic-contaminated water by green zero-valent iron nanoparticles
3. Selenate removal via continuous fixed-bed column with nanoscale zero-valent iron supported on bentonite-zeolite pellets
4. Continuous fixed-bed column studies of arsenite removal via oxidation and adsorption coprocesses
5. Zeolite/Cerium Oxide Coat-on Activated Alumina Ball for Arsenite Removal via Fixed- Bed Continuous Flow Adsorption Column

Assoc. Prof. Pairaya Choeisai

email: pairaya@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Anaerobic Treatment System, Sewage Treatment System, Building Wastewater Treatment System, Water Purification System, Gas Purification System

Research Expestise: Anaerobic Treatment, Down-flow Hanging Sponge (DHS) System, Vinasses Treatment, Tapioca Starch Wastewater Treatment, Gasification

Selected Publications

1. Sugarcane molasses-based bio-ethanol wastewater treatment by two-phase multi-staged up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) combination with up-flow UASB and down-flow hanging sponge
2. Efficiency of high rate treatment of low-strength municipality sewage by a pilot-scale combination system of a sedimentation tank and a down-flow hanging sponge reactor
3. Dissolved organic matter composition and microbial community dynamics in two-phase multi-staged up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket treatment of tapioca starch processing wastewater
4. Recycling disposable bamboo chopstick waste as a renewable energy resource: Case study in Khon Kaen University, Thailand
5. Distinct comammox Nitrospira in high-rate down-flow hanging sponge reactor treating municipal wastewater

Dr. Tippawan Singhopon

email: tippsin@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Wastewater Treament Plants design, Bill of Quantities (BOQ) Calculation, On-site Treament Design, Sewage Treament System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Research Expestise: Hydrodenotrophic Denitrification System, Viruses Detection, On-site Treament System, Anaerobic Treament System, Biological Treament System

Professional Registration/ Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) License

Selected Publications

1. Removal of viruses and antibiotic resistance genes in bacteriophage fraction by conventional activated sludge (CAS) and membrane bioreactor treatment (MBR) systems
2. Inactivation of coxsackievirus B5 by free chlorine under conditions relevant to drinking water treatment
3. Application of Hydrogen-Based Denitrification: Simultaneous Removal of Nitrate and Reactive Black 5 Dye from Textile Wastewater Containing Organic Matter
4. Factors Affecting the Simultaneous Removal of Nitrate and Reactive Black 5 Dye via Hydrogen-Based Denitrification
5. Hydrogenotrophic Denitrification of Groundwater Using a Simplified Reactor for Drinking Water: A Case Study in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Assoc. Prof. Kulyakorn Khuanmar

email: kulyakorn@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Building Sanitary System Design, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Water Quality Management

Research Expestise: Building Sanitary System Design, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Water Quality Management

Professional Registration/ Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) License

Selected Publications

1. The development of Atmospheric Crop Moisture Index for irrigated agriculture
2. Optimum Ratio of Chicken Manure and Napier Grass in Single Stage Anaerobic Co-digestion

Asst. Chatchaival Aiyathiti

email: chapiy@kku.ac.th

Capstone Project Expertise:Air Pollution Control, Waste Treatment, Waste Recycling and Circular Economy, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.

Research Expestise: Air Pollution, Waste Treatment, Waste Recycling, Climate Change

Professional Registration/ Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) License

Selected Publications

1. Seasonal volatile organic compound dynamics in urban and forest environments in Thailand: Implications for air quality and secondary pollutants
2. Seasonal and height dynamics of volatile organic compounds in rubber plantation: Impacts on ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation
3. Isolation and Selection of Copper Bioleaching Bacteria and Optimization using Response Surface Methodology on Copper Recovery from Discarded Printed Circuit Boards