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King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) Bangkok, Thailand University Report

KMUTT’S VISION

Committed to the Search for Knowledge. Determined to be at the Forefront of Technology and Research. Maintaining the Development of Morally Correct and Proficient Graduates. Endeavoring for Success and Honor in order to be the Pride of Our Community. Striving to become a World-Class University.

HISTORY

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) can trace its origin to the Thonburi Technical Institute (TTI ) which was established on February 4, 1960 by the Department of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education. TTI had as its objective the training of technicians, technical instructors and technologists. By the virtue of Technology Act, enacted on April 24, 1971, three technical institutes under the Department of Vocational, namely Thonburi Technical Institute (TTI), North Bangkok Technical Institute and Nonthaburi Telecommunication Institute were combined to form one degree-granting institution under the name of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology (KMIT) constituting three campus . TTI thus became KMIT Thonburi Campus. In 1974, KMIT was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of University affairs.

The new Act was enacted on February, 19,1986: the three campuses of KMIT became three autonomous institutions, each having the status of university. KMIT Thonburi Campus henceforth became King Mongkuts’ Institute of Technology Thonburi (KMITT)

On March 7, 1998 as announced in the Royal Gazette, KMITT became King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). KMUTT is the first among public universities in Thailand to receive full autonomy and its administrative system will now be patterned after international government owned university.

The primary objective of its creation was that it should serve as a training institution for technologists. It then offered programs in four fields of technology: Civil Technology, Electrical Power Technology, Mechanical Power Technology and Production Technology. Entering students must have finished Grade 12, science option. Since 1960, the University has expanded in enrollment, number of buildings, equipment, personnel and courses. It now offers academic programs in science, engineering and related areas up to doctoral levels. Research activities and technical services have also expanded rapidly.

The size of campus is 130 rai (52 acres) and is located in Bangmod Sub-District, Thungkru District, Bangkok 10140, Thailand. Academic Information APPLICATION

Applicants must hold a Bachelor degree in related field for Graduate Diploma program and Master program. For Doctoral program applicants must hold a Master degree or Bachelor degree (Honor) or other equivalent qualifications. For other qualifications please refer to application handbook of each year. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION Students are eligible for graduation when all requirements of specific curriculum chosen are satisfactory completed.

A. Ordinary degree 1. A student must have passed all courses of a curriculum 2. A student must earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or better

B. Second Class Honors A student must have passed all courses of a curriculum within the prescribed time for the curriculum and obtained a G.P.A. not less than 3.25

C. First Class Honors 1. A student must have passed all courses of a curriculum within the prescribed time for the curriculum.

2. A student must earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better The students who earned the first class honors and second class honors not been received a grade of F, Fe, Fa or U for any subjects. RESEARCH AT KMUTT

One of the visions of KMUTT is to “To Head towards Excellence in Research and Technology”. To realize this vision the university will engage in its research missions and use the research output to create new knowledge and innovations for the development of Thai society. With this research mission in creating new contributions, the created knowledge should have benefits in 3 aspects: benefit to academic research, benefit to society or the public, and benefit to the economy. The objective to create core capability and excellence in academic research will increase this nation’s capacity to compete in the global arena, changing Thailand into a knowledge society with sustained development, having a strong knowledge base as foundation. The university will focus on developing 7 following areas of research, each of which the university already has some expertise:

1. Energy, Environment and Clean Technology Area 2. Engineering Technology Area 3. Biotechnology, System Biology, Food Technology and Agro-based Technology Area 4. ICT and Applied Mathematics Area 5. Learning and Industrial Education Area 6. Humanities Area 7. Policy Studies Area

In addition to the above 7, the university has started the development of the following new interdisciplinary research areas: 1. Material Science and Engineering 2. Biological Science and Engineering 3. Earth Systems Science 4. Energy and Environment 5. Manufacturing and Automation 6. Indoor Air Quality TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

Activities pertaining to technology transfer and technical services of KMUTT became institutionalized in the third decade through creation of task-specific units such as Institute for Scientific and Technological Research and Services (IST), Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute (PDTI) and Industrial Park Center (IPC). These units serve as an interface between KMUTT and the modern economic sector in facilitating transfer of technology and upgrading of technical manpower. The setting up of PDTI in 1990 would accelerate transfer of technology to Thai industry by using pilot plant as tools in training of technical personnel and in improvement/development of products and processes. INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH & SERVICES (ISTRS)

ISTRS has been set up to lilies between KMUTT and the private sector on technical consultant services. It establishes contact with industry, seeks out the need for services, set up consultant/research teams to handle projects and follow up on work progress and quality of work. Typical works of IST are

- Testing and certification of industrial products. - Materials analyzes and testing. - Feasibility study for project. - Testing ad calibration of mechanical and electrical instrument. - Design, fabrication and installation of specialization industrial machinery, process, equipment

for educational institution industrial pilot plants. - Productivity improvement in process and manufacturing industry. - Coordinate and organize on training course, seminar and conference. The center under the ISTRS; 1. Continuing Education Center (CEC)

2. Agroindustry and Biochemical Industry Research and Service Center (ABIRSC) 3. Research Promotion and Intellectual Property Center (RIPPC) 4. Maintenance Technology Center (MTC) 5. Center for Industrial Productivity Development (CIPD) 6. Traffic and Transport Development and Research Center (TDRC) 7. Thermal Engineering Center (TEC) 8. Building Scientific Research Center (BSRC) 9. Policy Innovation Center (PI) 10. System Innovation Center (SI) 11. University Technology Office for SMEs (UTO) 12. Center for Logistics Excellence (LOGEX)

Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute (PDTI)

Pilot Plants, small-scale plants whose sizes are intermediate between that of the laboratory and full-scale production plants, are normally used to obtain scale up data required for actual plants (design, construction and operation). They are also employed to evaluate and select commercial equipment, instrument and materials for construction of actual plants, to identify potential operation problems, to produce products for market evaluation and to conduct research and development. The development objective of PDTI is to develop within Thailand, the scientific and technological capability to develop, design and build pilot plants for relevant and timely industries with initial emphasis on food and agrobased industries, to be followed by engineering industries INDUSTRIAL PARK CENTER (IPC)

The KMUTT Industrial Park will be a prime example for the effective management of research and development. The Park will provide the appropriate mechanisms and suitable environment to bring together researchers, industrialists and entrepreneurs from both out of the laboratories and directly into the production process. The Park will also help to promote and develop science and technology throughout Thailand and assist industry in making the correct investment and technology decisions. CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER (CEC)

CEC coordinates KMUTT activities on upgrading technical manpower as required by industry through organization of training courses, seminars and conferences. It also assists operation of industrial training units on industrial technology and management, specifically set up by private companies within KMUTT premises for industrial personnel. CEC is in the process of developing data bases on manpower development requirements of selected industries. FACILITIES AT KMUTT COMPUTER CENTER

More than 150 PCs connected to the Internet at the bandwidth of 45 Mbps are available for service at the Computer Center. In addition, the Computer Center allows access to the Internet from users’ homes through its 300 circuits of the ISDN and 1222 System at the bandwidth of 4 Mbps. Furthermore, Wireless LAN is available through Network, which provides access to the Internet throughout the university. Finally, the Computer Center provides other services to the students, such as consulting on how to use PCs, Mail, applying to university programs or curricula through WEB, and the broadcast system to view exam results. THE KMUTT LIBRARY

The mission of the KMUTT Library is to provide access to information resources to KMUTT students, faculty, and staff in support of the research and instructional mission of the university. The Library develops, organizes, and preserves collections for optimal use and provides links to remote information sources. The Library provides services, including instruction for information literacy and information management, to enable its users to fulfill their academic and intellectual needs.

The Library provides access to scholarly materials, databases of journal article abstracts and citations, electronic journals, and reference databases for the community. The Library also builds special

collections in special subjects, for example, Membrane technology, Biogas, and Powder Technology, etc. In addition, the followings are available for searching through the Internet under the library website by choosing “e-KMUTT Initiative”:

- e-Learning - e-Magazine - Digital Library - Knowledge Portal - LMS (Learning Management System)

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

The following academic programs are now offered in the university. 1. School of Architecture and Design 2. School of Bioresources and Technology* 3. Faculty of Engineering* 4. School of Energy and Materials* 5. Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology 6. School of Information Technology 7. Faculty of Science

* Main academic programs related to waste management and renewable energy.

The following section devotes to the detailed description and concepts of the three programs.

A. School of Bioresources and Biotechnology The School of Bioresources and Technology was established at KMUTT in 1993 with the aim of

developing interdisciplinary curriculum that would produce personel capable of solving the problem arising from the change in the economic structure of Thailand from an agricultural to an industrial base. Natural resources need to be carefully exploited. With knowledge and experience, agricultural products can be converted from low to high value, freshness can be prolonged till reaching the end user, and agricultural soundness and productivity can be increased. This will help lead to a more sustainable development of the country. At present, the School offers a doctoral programme in biotechnology and master degree programmes in biotechnology and biochemical technology, postharvest technology, Natural Resource management, and biochemical technology.

The graduate programme in Biotechnology is multidisciplinary courses providing necessary background for students and advanced courses in bioprocesses especially in fermentation technology. Realizing that genetic engineering and molecular biology is one of the principal technology among the various biotechnologies, the subject is also included in the programme. To meet the increasing demand of qualified personnel in the fast-growing growing economics of the country, the division started the Ph.D programme in 1991.

Courses taken related to waste management and renewable energy are: 1. Treatment and utilization of biological wastes 2. Energy system design 3. Bio-energy conversion 4. Wastewater Treatment 5. Advanced wastewater treatment 6. Hazardous material and safe disposal of hazardous waste 7. treatment and utilization of solid wastes

B. Faculty of Engineering B1. Environmental Engineering Program

Department of Environmental Engineering was established in 1996. Our mission is to produce the well-educated engineers for solving, managing and controlling all types of environmental problems. At a present time, Department of Environmental Engineering offers three programs including Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degree.

Our research includes: (a) Water supply (b) Wastewater treatment (c) Solid waste handling and management (d) Hazardous waste technology and management (e) Air pollution control (f) Environmental impact and risk assessment and (g) Environmental management such as pollution prevention, clean technology, etc.

Philosophy of Master Degree Program

Department of Environmental Engineering offers two plans for Master Degree in Environmental Engineering. The first plan is established with an objective to produce an well educated engineer in environmental engineering design. The curriculum is developed to include water and wastewater treatment technology, landfill design, incineration process and design, hazardous waste treatment technology and so on. The objective of the second plan is to produce a knowledgeable engineer in environmental management. In this field, participants will learn the management discipline such as environmental management, risk assessment, pollution prevention, laws and regulations, hazardous waste management and so on. Both plans are two-year program. For the second plan, class schedule is set on weekend. Philosophy of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program

Thailand is currently facing with many environmental problems including water, air, and soil pollutions. Among these problems, some contain specific characteristics which required intensive and advanced researches before the effective solutions can be established. The researchers who have expertise in the related areas are, however, insufficient which result in a delay or ignorance of many urgent and serious environmental problems. Department of Environmental Engineering established the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program to overcome this problem. The primary aim of this program is to produce the doctoral personnel with highly skill in advanced research and technology development in order to fulfill the needs of the country.

Courses taken related to waste management and renewable energy are: 1. Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies 2. Technologies of hazardous Waste Management 3. Landfill Design, Operation, and Maintenance 4. Incineration Process and Design 5. Environmental Law and Organization 6. Environmental Socio-economics 7. Environmental Management

B2. Chemical Engineering Program

The Department of Chemical Engineering at KMUTT was established in 1974. From the original 5-year curriculum with around 200 credits, the programme is now run in 4 years with 150 credits. Apart from the regular 4-year undergraduate programme, the 2-year Master Degree programme (M.Eng.) in Chemical Engineering was commenced in 1982. This programme has strengthened our research activities to a large extent even at the present time. The department's research interests cover in several areas. We now have 7 research groups which are involved in the major interests of the present chemical engineering technologies. Our research programme, however, has been further improved since the launching of the Ph.D. programme in Chemical Engineering in 1991. This programme is closely cooperated with some wellestablished overseas universities such as the University of Queensland in Australia, and the University of Waterloo in Canada.

In 1997, the department has set out a new school to offer a Master Degree in Chemical Engineering Pratice. This school was called the "Chemical Engineering Practice School" (ChEPS). The funding of the school activities is mainly from the National Energy Policy Office (NEPO). Due to its unique curriculum which is focused on solving real industrial problems and working in the real industrial site, the programme is now very popular and can draw lots of attentions not only from the chemical engineering students, but also the industries who need to improve their plant performance.

The department is also fully equipped with all kinds of teaching and research facilities, such as multimedia lecture rooms, modern research laboratories with various kinds of analytical equipments (e.g. HPLC, SEM etc.), a workshop for pilot plant testing, and a computer room with several types of engineering softwares (e.g. process simulation (ASPEN PLUS and HYSYS), and Mathematical Analysis softwares (MATLAB), etc.).

Courses taken related to waste management and renewable energy are: 1. Waste Treatment 2. Thermal Power system 3. Hazardous Materials & Safe Disposal of Hazardous Waste 4. Environment & Energy

B3. Food Engineering Program

The Department of Food Engineering was founded in 1990. The establishment of the Department originated from the fact that KMUTT is responsible for the technical management of the Royal Project food processing plants located in the rural areas. The plants were first initiated by HM the King to assist the poor rural groups by purchasing their agricultural produce at the guaranteed prices. The royal food plants then transform the produce into processed food or value added products. Having had long experience in providing technical assistance and management to the Royal Project food plants, KMUTT experienced at first hand the disadvantages caused by a lack of qualified food engineers to directly work in the food industry. The food engineering program was therefore set up to serve the rising demand for qualified engineers for the fast growing food industry in Thailand. At present the Department of Food Engineering offers three graduate programs, Graduate Diploma, Master Degree and Doctorate Degree.

The Practice School Program for Master’s Degree in Food Engineering is currently being designed. This program will encourage mutual interest in research development activities between academic institutions and the food industry in Thailand. Food Engineering is a multidisciplinary Department which offers a degree to graduates with either engineering or food science and technology background. The program provides important food science and technology knowledge for engineering students and necessary relevant engineering knowledge for food science andtechnology students to enable them to successfully work in the food industry. Thesepersonnel will be important resource persons for developing the Thai food sector inthe future.

Each student is required to study a food engineering problem in a selected food factory for a period of 8 weeks during summer session of the first year. The idea is to train the students to apply their knowledge to solve problems in a real situation before pursuing their research work.

Courses taken related to waste management and renewable energy are: 1. Energy system design 2. Food Process Design

School of Energy and Materials C1. Environmental Technology Program

Rapid economic development without proper management of natural resources has resulted in adverse impacts and deterioration of the environment both in micro and macro scales. These problems need to be solved as soon as possible using proper knowledge. The School of Energy and Materials offers two graduate programmes in the field of environmental technology, leading to a graduate diploma and a master degree. The objective of these programmes is to produce well-qualified graduates in the field of environmental technology and management of air, water and land resources.

Both programmes require students with either science or engineering background. A master student requires at least 43 credits, comprising compulsory and optional courses in environmental technology and management science, along with a 6-credit science or 12-credit engineering thesis. For a postgraduate diploma student, 25 credits, with a 3-credit special study, is a minimum requirement. A graduate with satifactory academic record from the diploma programme also has an opportunity to continue in the master programme.

A wide range of environmental topics are offered to the students, such as air and water pollution control technologies, solid and hazardous waste treatment, environmental quality management, environmental impact study, particularly those from energy system. Several elective courses are also available to fit individual interests. As environmental issue concerns multi-disciplinary knowledge, the study programmes are, however, intended to be flexible, subject to resources and students’ interest and qualification. Attempt will be made to accomodate individual needs.

Research topics have currently been conducted include emission from internal and external combustion of fossil fuel, control measures for hazardous flue gasses and particulates using technologies such as furnace and boiler technology, flue gas adsorption using adsorbents such as decolorization and wetland application, solidification and bioremediation of hazardous wastes, as well as environmentalimpact from power generating projects, and the improvement of water quality, etc.

Courses taken related to waste management and renewable energy are: 1. Environment and Energy 2. Wastewater Treatment 3. Treatment and Utilization of Solid Wastes 4. Waste Heat Treatment & Recovery 5. Waste Minimization and Clean Technology

C2. Energy Technology Program

The programme was first established in the School of Energy and Materials, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in 1977 just after the energy crisis in 1973. At the beginning phase, the two-year programmes of Master of Engineering and Master of Science were offered. Later on in 1984, a one-year Graduate Diploma Programme was offered. And the Programmes of Doctor of Philosophy was offered in 1998.

The contents of the programmes cover the efficient productions and uses of the conventional sources of energy and technologies of alternate sources of energy. Before completing the programmes, the student will be required to undertake research and development projects on energy technologies under supervision of senior faculties.

At present the Energy Technology Programme covers the following areas of specialization: 1. Alternate Sources of Energy 2. Electricity Generation Technology 3. Drying Technology 4. Builings 5. Energy and Environment 6. Technology of Materials for Energy Utilization 7. Fundamental Research Studies Courses taken related to waste management and renewable energy are: 1. Thermal Energy Analysis 2. Nuclear Energy Technology 3. Bio-Energy Conversion 4. Solar Cells and Applications 5. Energy Policy and Planning

6. Energy Conservation for Buildings 7. Energy Conservation for Industries 8. Waste Heat Recovery 9. Environment and Energy 10. Fuels and Combustion

C3. Energy Management Technology Program

The Division of Energy Management Technology was established in 1988 with a primary objective to provide graduate study and research training in the areas relating to energy management. The courses offered constitute a number of core and elective subjects including research study and thesis. Since its formation, the courses were updated periodically with new materials and subjects to make the programs consistent with the requirements of the rapidly changing world. Graduates of the courses can be found working in energy consulting firms, energy-related government departments, universities, etc. The Division currently offers 3 programs, namely, post-graduate diploma, master degree and doctoral degree. All accept students from both science and engineering backgrounds. The postgraduate diploma program consists of 25 credits, which can be completed in one year on a full-time basis.

The master degree program offers 2 options for students to choose from, i.e: (1) thesis option for students wishing to take a thoroughly indepth research study on a certain topic which normally involves design and analysis, and (2) a non-thesis option, for working professionals and recent university graduates who seek to further their knowledge and experience in energy management technologies. Master degree candidate is required to complete 28 credits coursework and 12 credits thesis for the thesis-option, and complete 34 credits coursework with 6 credits research study or 37 credits coursework with 3 credits special study, for the non-thesis option. The doctoral degree program including Ph. D, are offered to students with very good master degree in science or engineering. The program consists of 55 credits (42 credits thesis and 13 credits coursework). Publication of the research results is required before graduation.

Current research topics embrace a wide range of areas which include energy utilization from agricultural waste, potential for absorption chiller and micro gasturbine in industries and buildings, energy analysis and conservation in industries and buildings, load management, energy and environment optimization in combined cycle power plant, etc.

Courses taken related to waste management and renewable energy are: 1. Energy Conservation for Industries 2. Renewable Energy 3. Energy Policy and Planning 4. Thermal Power Plants Technology

Faculty of Engineering

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Department of Environmental Engineering was established in 1996. Our mission is to produce the well-educated engineers for solving, managing and controlling all types of environmental problems. We fulfill this mission by teaching and mentoring students who will enter the professional works with competence and confidence, and also by doing outstanding research in environmental engineering areas. At a present time, Department of Environmental Engineering offers three programs including Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degree. Our research includes:

(a) Water supply (b) Wastewater treatment (c) Solid waste handling and management (d) Hazardous waste technology and management (e) Air pollution control (f) Environmental impact and risk assessment and (g) Environmental management such as pollution prevention, clean technology, etc.

Philosophy of Master Degree Program

Department of Environmental Engineering offers two plans for Master Degree

in Environmental Engineering. The first plan is established with an objective to produce an well educated engineer in environmental engineering design. The curriculum is developed to include water and wastewater treatment technology, landfill design, incineration process and design, hazardous waste treatment technology and so on.

The objective of the second plan is to produce a knowledgeable engineer in environmental management. In this field, participants will learn the management discipline such as environmental management, risk assessment, pollution prevention, laws and regulations, hazardous waste management and so on.

Both plans are two-year program. For the second plan, class schedule is set on weekend. Philosophy of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program

Thailand is currently facing with many environmental problems including water, air, and soil pollutions. Among these problems, some contain specific characteristics which required intensive and advanced researches before the effective solutions can be established. The researchers who have expertise in the related areas are, however, insufficient which result in a delay or ignorance of many urgent and serious environmental problems. Department of Environmental Engineering realized on this difficulty; hence, established the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program to overcome this problem. The primary aim of this program is to produce the doctoral personnel with highly skill in advanced research and technology development in order to fulfill the needs of the country.


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Master of Engineering Program in Environmental Engineering

CURRICULUM

Total program credit 37 credits Curriculum Component Plan A Thesis

A. Special Compulsory Courses 7 credits B. Common Compulsory Courses 9 credits C. Elective Courses 9 credits D. Thesis 12 credits

Plan B Non-thesis

A. Special Compulsory Courses 7 credits B. Common Compulsory Courses 6 credits C. Elective Courses 18 credits D. Study Project 6 credits

Plan A Plan B 1. Special Compulsory Courses 7 credits 7 credits

ENV 611 Fate of Pollutants in the Environment 3(3-0-9) ENV 612 Reaction Kinetics, Mass Transfer, and Reactor Design in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV 691 Environmental Engineering Seminar 1(0-2-3)

2. Common Compulsory Courses 9 credits 6 credits

ENV 613 Environmental Risk Assessment 3(3-0-9) ENV 614 Environmental Toxicology 3(3-0-9) ENV 641 Aquatic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV 642 Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV 643 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies 3(3-0-9) ENV 671 Technologies of hazardous Waste Management 3(3-0-9) ENV 672 Landfill Design, Operation, and Maintenance 3(3-0-9) ENV 673 Incineration Process and Design 3(3-0-9) ENV 681 Atmospheric Chemistry and Meteorology 3(3-0-9) ENV 682 Advanced Air Pollution Control 3(3-0-9)

3. Elective Courses 9 credits 18 credits

ENV 531 Environmental Law and Organization 3(3-0-9) ENV 532 Environmental Socio-economics 3(3-0-9) ENV 533 Environmental Management 3(3-0-9) ENV 534 Safety, Health, and Environmental Protection 3(3-0-9) ENV 535 Pollution Prevention 3(3-0-9) ENV 591 Special Topic in Environmental Engineering I 3(3-0-9) ENV 592 Special Topic in Environmental Engineering II 3(3-0-9) ENV 593 Special Topic in Environmental Engineering III 3(3-0-9) ENV 615 Environmetrics 3(3-0-9)


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ENV 644 Advanced Environmental Engineering Laboratory 3(1-4-5) ENV 645 Biological Nutrient Removal 3(3-0-9) ENV 646 Water Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9) ENV 647 Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media 3(3-0-9) ENV 648 Groundwater Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9) ENV 674 Bioremediation 3(3-0-9) ENV 683 Air Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9) ENV 692 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 1 3(3-0-9) ENV 693 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 2 3(3-0-9) ENV 694 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 3 3(3-0-9)

4. Thesis / Study Project 12 credits 6 credits

ENV 697 Study Project in Environmental Engineering 6(0-12-24) ENV 698 Thesis 12(0-24-48)

5. Fundamental Courses non credits non credits

ENV 511 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology 3(3-0-9) ENV 512 Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9)



STUDY PLAN

Plan A Thesis

First Year First Semesters ENV 611 Fate of Pollutants in the Environment 3(3-0-9) ENV 612 Reaction Kinetics, Mass Transfer, and Reactor Design in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Common Compulsory 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Common Compulsory 3(3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Semester

ENV XXX Common Compulsory 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Year First Semester

ENV 691 Environmental Engineering Seminar 1(0-2-9) ENV 698 Thesis 6(0-12-18) Total 7 (0-14-27)

Second Semester ENV 698 Thesis 6(0-12-18) Total 6 (0-12-18)



Plan B Non-thesis

First Year

First Semester

ENV 611 Fate of Pollutants in the Environment 3(3-0-9) ENV 612 Reaction Kinetics, Mass Transfer, and Reactor Design in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Common Compulsory 3(3-0-9) Total 9 (9-0-27)

Second Semester

ENV 691 Environmental Engineering Seminar 1(0-2-9) ENV XXX Common Compulsory 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) Total 10 (9-0-36)

Second Year

First Semester

ENV 697 Study Project in Environmental Engineering 2(0-4-6) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) Total 11(9-4-34)

Second Semester ENV 697 Study Project in Environmental Engineering 4(0-8-12) ENV XXX Elective 3(3-0-9) Total 7 (3-8-21)



Doctor of Philosophy Program in Environmental Engineering

CURRICULUM

Total program credit for master degree background 48 credits Curriculum Component

A. Subject Courses non credit B. Dissertation 48 credits

Total program credit for bachelor and master degree background 72 credits Curriculum Component

A. Subject Courses - For Bachelor of Engineering background 24 credits - For Master of Engineering background 12 credits B. Dissertation - For Bachelor of Engineering background 48 credits - For Master of Engineering background 36 credits

1. Subject Courses

ENV 611 Fate of Pollutants in the Environment 3(3-0-9) ENV 612 Reaction Kinetics, Mass Transfer, and Reactor Design in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV 613 Environmental Risk Assessment 3(3-0-9) ENV 614 Environmental Toxicology 3(3-0-9) ENV 615 Environmetrics 3(3-0-9) ENV 641 Aquatic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV 642 Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV 643 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies 3(3-0-9) ENV 644 Advanced Environmental Engineering Laboratory 3(1-4-9) ENV 645 Biological Nutrient Removal 3(3-0-9) ENV 646 Water Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9) ENV 647 Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media 3(3-0-9) ENV 648 Groundwater Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9) ENV 671 Technologies of Hazardous Waste Management 3(3-0-9) ENV 672 Landfill Design, Operation, and Maintenance 3(3-0-9) ENV 673 Incineration Process and Design 3(3-0-9) ENV 674 Bioremediation 3(3-0-9) ENV 681 Atmospheric Chemistry and Meteorology 3(3-0-9) ENV 682 Advanced Air Pollution Control 3(3-0-9) ENV 683 Air Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9) ENV 692 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) ENV 693 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 2 3(3-0-9) ENV 694 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 3 3(3-0-9)

2. Dissertation

ENV 699-799 Dissertation 36-48 credits



STUDY PLAN

For Bachelor Degree Background

First Year First Semester XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) Total 9 (9-0-27)

Second Semester

XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) Total 9 (9-0-27)


XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) ENV 699 Dissertation 3(0-6-12) Total 9 (6-6-30)

Second Semester ENV 699 Dissertation 9(0-18-36) Total 9 (0-18-36)

Third Year First Semester ENV 699 Dissertation 9(0-18-36) Total 9 (0-18-36)




Fourth Year First Semester ENV 699 Dissertation 9(0-18-36) Total 9 (0-18-36)


For Master Degree Background Type I

First Year First Semester

ENV 799 Dissertation 6(0-12-24) Total 6 (0-12-24)







Third Year First Semester


Second Semester


Type II

First Year

First Semester XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) Total 9 (9-0-27)

Second Semester

XXX xxx Subject 3(3-0-9) ENV 699 Dissertation 6(0-12-24) Total 9 (3-12-33)




Third Year First Semester ENV 699 Dissertation 6(0-12-24) Total 6 (0-12-24)




COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ENV 511 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology 3(3-0-9) Water and wastewater characteristics. Basic concepts of general chemistry,

physical chemistry, equilibrium chemistry, organic chemistry, colloid chemistry and nuclear chemistry. Fundamental of microbiology; cell’s structure, microbial growth and control, microbial metabolism. Microorganism in biological wastewater treatment process.

ENV 512 Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9)

Mass balances, flow models, reaction kinetics, and reactors. Fundamental design concepts for solid-liquid separation, adsorption, ion exchange, and biodegradation process units.

ENV 531 Environmental Law and Organization 3(3-0-9)

Background of environmental law, legislation principle, nation and international environmental laws, relationships and roles of environmental organizations.

ENV 532 Environmental Socio-economics 3(3-0-9)

Study of the effects of socio-economics change on the environment. Measures of influence socio-economics change and its adverse environmental impact. Alternative models of socio-economics development on the basis of environmental conservation and public participation. Relationship between socio-economics change and environmental problems and their solutions.

ENV 533 Environmental Management 3(3-0-9)

Environmental systems. Dynamic approach and system analysis. Criteria for environmental system management. Environmental aspect analysis: resources, sinks and pathways of soil, water and air environment. Principles of management system, basic concepts and practice. Guidelines and preventive measures based on technocentric and ecocentric approach; economic and socio-political approach. Tool for environmental management and its benefit.

ENV 534 Safety, Health, and Environmental Protection 3(3-0-9)

Regulation and standard; risk perception, assessment, and management; toxicology in workplace; environmental protection; electrical hazard, fire and explosion hazards, radiation hazards, and noise hazard. Safety of system and process; plant maintenance; management and engineering control; personal protective equipment; audits, and emergency planning.

ENV 535 Pollution Prevention 3(3-0-9)

Industry and environment; environmental regulations; concepts of pollution prevention; life-cycle assessment; pollution prevention economics; pollution prevention planning; design for the environment conservation of water, energy, and chemicals; fugitive emission; case studies.

ENV 591, Special Topic in Environmental Engineering 1 3(3-0-9) ENV 592, Special Topic in Environmental Engineering 2 3(3-0-9) ENV 593 Special Topic in Environmental Engineering 3 3(3-0-9)

These open courses are to allow presentation of the special topics of current interests in environmental engineering or related areas. Further details will be announced in advance upon their availability.

ENV 611 Fate of Pollutants in the Environment 3(3-0-9)

Study of properties of chemical and fundamental principles governing transport and fate of chemical constituents in environmental compartments; atmosphere, aquatic, soil, sediment, and biota, including partition coefficient and water solubility, sorption to soils/sediments, biodegradation, and hydrolysis.



ENV 612 Reaction Kinetics, Mass Transfer, and Reactor Design in Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) Determination of rate expression, reaction mechanism, kinetics of microbial growth,

and enzyme catalyzed reactions. Interpretation of reaction rate data. Mass transfer by diffusion and convection. Interphase mass transfer. Mass transfer with reaction. Variables and designing equations for ideal reactors. Analysis and design of biological reactors.

ENV 613 Environmental Risk Assessment 3(3-0-9) Definition of risk, system analysis, application of mathematical methods for environmental risk assessment, quantitative risk assessment, modeling exposure fields, modeling, exposure-response relationships, Monte Carlo method for uncertainity, and variability analysis.

ENV 614 Environmental Toxicology 3(3-0-9)

Basic principles of toxicology; types of pollutants in environments including natural originated and anthropogenic substances, health effects of chemicals in environments and legal control of pollutants, toxicity of chemicals contaminated in food, water, and air, toxicity of heavy metals and trace organic compounds; risk assessment of health hazards and the effect of environmental pollutants.

ENV 615 Environmetrics 3(3-0-9)

Statistics and problem solving, sampling and sampling strategies, presentation of data, descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis, probability and distributions, sampling distributions and Central Limit Theorem, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, experimental design.

ENV 641 Aquatic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9)

Chemical behaviors of inorganic substances in natural waters, wastewaters, and treated waters; chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acid-base Chemistry, coordination chemistry, precipitation and dissolution, oxidation-reduction reactions, and reactions on solid surfaces. Application of advanced principles to prediction of general trends in the fate and transport of inorganic contaminants in natural environment and treatment system.

ENV 642 Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 3(3-0-9) Fundamentals of organic chemistry; analysis and monitoring; physical-chemical properties of organic substances in the environment; solubility, acid and base, phase partitioning and sorption; organic transformation in the environment by chemical, photochemical, and biological reactions.

ENV 643 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies 3(3-0-9) Technologies and processes of advance treatment for removal of refractory

substance in wastewater, for wastewater reclamation, and for industrial water production; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), adsorption, ion exchange, and membrane filtration, tertiary biological treatment for nutrient removal (BNR), high rate anaerobic reactor (HRAR), and other innovative treatment technologies.

ENV 644 Advanced Environmental Engineering Laboratory 3(1-4-5)

Advanced laboratory techniques in analytical chemistry, physicochemistry, and biology related to water and wastewater treatment unit operations; settling test, activated sludge process, disinfection, chemical nutrient removal, ion exchange, adsorption, dispersion.

ENV 645 Biological Nutrient Removal 3(3-0-9)

Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. Principles of biochemistry and biological for nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Mass balance and kinetics for nutrient uptake. Biological nutrient removal processes configuration and design for ammonia, nitrate, and phosphorus removal both separated and combined systems.



ENV 646 Water Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9) Development of mathematical models for simulating water quality monitoring and management, and solving environmental engineering problems. Numerical techniques to solve nonlinear partial differential equations. Applications to resolve environmental engineering problems.

ENV 647 Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media 3-(3-0-9) Introduction to aquifers, groundwater, porous medium; fluids and porous matrix properties; pressure and piezometric head. Fundamental fluid transport equations in porous media; equation of motion of a homogeneous fluid; continuity and conservation equations for a homogeneous fluid; solving of boundary and initial value problems; unconfined flow and the Dupuit approximation; hydrodynamic dispersion; models and analogs.

ENV 648 Groundwater quality Modeling 3-(3-0-9)

Mathematical descriptions of pollutant transport processes in groundwater; development of models to predict contaminant behavior in aquifers. Advection, dispersion, diffusion, adsorption, and biological degradation mechanisms. Analytical and numerical methods. Groundwater monitoring technology.

ENV 671 Technologies of Hazardous Waste Management 3(3-0-9) Introduction to hazardous wastes including characterization, generation sources,

and risk assessments. Technologies of waste minimization and resource recovery. Management of hazardous wastes including handling, storage, and transportation.

ENV 672 Landfill Design, Operation, and Maintenance 3(3-0-9) Principles of landfills; planning, design, operation, and closure methods. Long-

term care of landfills. Management of wastes generated from landfill; gas movement, control, and uses, leachate control and treatment. Disposal of hazardous and special wastes. Site evaluation

ENV 673 Incineration Process and Design 3(3-0-9)

Introduction to combustion theory. Physical and chemical properties of gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels. Theoretical air requirement and excess air. Concepts of combustion as an emission control method. Combustion of solid wastes, sludges, and hazardous wastes. Flue gas analysis, ash and its disposal. Type of incinerator, heat recovery equipment. Sizing of an incinerator.

ENV 674 Bioremediation 3(3-0-9)

Introduction to microbiology and biodegradation, hydrogeologic information, groundwater modeling; fundamental principles of bioengineering of soils and groundwater. Discussion of bioremediation of surface and subsurface soils, freshwater, and marine systems.

ENV 681 Atmospheric Chemistry and Meteorology 3(3-0-9)

Study of Earth and atmosphere relationships, chemical composition, and chemistry of atmosphere. Photochemistry and kinetics applied to atmosphere. Fates and behavior of major constituents and air pollutants in the atmosphere. Problems in troposphere and stratosphere in global, regional, and local scales. Introduction to meteorology, plume dispersion, and introduction to atmospheric modeling.

ENV 682 Advanced Air Pollution Control 3(3-0-9) Nature and sources of atmospheric pollution; diffusion from point, line, and area sources. Meteorological factors and air pollution potential. Particulate control mechanisms, control devices, and control systems.

ENV 683 Air Quality Modeling 3(3-0-9)

Mathematical methods for the analysis of air quality at the local, regional, and global scales. Statistical, probabilistic, and deterministic methods for air quality prediction. Physical aspects of the atmosphere: dispersion, advection, transport, and boundary fluxes. Sampling methods of ambient air and stack emission.



ENV 691 Environmental Engineering Seminar 1(0-2-3) Details of case study, group discussions, and case analysis of environmental problems, new developed treatment technologies, progress in environmental engineering and or related fields.

ENV 692, Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 1 3(3-0-9) ENV 693, Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 2 3(3-0-9) ENV 694 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering 3 3(3-0-9) These open courses are to allow presentation of the advanced topics of current

interests in environmental engineering or related areas. Further details will be announced in advance upon their availability.

ENV 697 Study project in Environmental Engineering 6(0-12-24)

A study project in environmental engineering related to environmental management or problem solving, including literature reviews, data collection, interpretation, analysis, and conclusion.

ENV 698 Thesis 12(0-24-48)

An intensive research study in environmental engineering under the intimate guidance by a thesis supervisor. Works involve critical review and interpretation of literature on the related topics, experimental design and setup, collection and analysis of experimental data, and discussion and conclusion.

ENV 699 Dissertation 36-48 credits


ENV 799 Dissertation 36-48 credits



CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM The Department of Chemical Engineering at KMUTT was established in 1974

by Professor Dr. Preeda Wibulsawas. Since then, our department has been developed into one of the leading Chemical Engineering Departments in Thailand. In terms of personnel, we have a mix of experience and apprentice staffs who are ready to take the department forward as our former head of the department had done so. To be named as follows are our former leader since the onset of the department; Dr.Thawatchai Haengrasamee (1975-1979), Associate Professor Dr. Sakarindr Bhumiratana (1979-1986), Associate Professor Dr. Damrong Khummongkol (1986-1990), Associate Professor Dr. Noppadon Cheamsawat (1990-1994), Associate Professor Dr. Virote Boonamnuayvitaya (1994-1998), Professor Dr. Ratana Jiraratananon (1998-2002).

In the academic aspect, our teaching and research programmes have been

continuously improved to keep pace with such a dynamic learning society in these days. From the original 5-year curriculum with around 200 credits, the programme is now run in 4 years with 150 credits. Even though the time and credit have been reduced, our good standard in teaching and the good structure of curriculum are still maintained. Apart from the regular 4-year undergraduate programme, the 2-year Master Degree programme (M.Eng.) in Chemical Engineering was commenced in 1982. This programme has strengthened our research activities to a large extent even at the present time. The department's research interests cover in several areas. We now have 7 research groups which are involved in the major interests of the present chemical engineering technologies. Our research programme, however, has been further improved since the launching of the Ph.D. programme in Chemical Engineering in 1991. This programme is closely cooperated with some well-established overseas universities such as the University of Queensland in Australia, and the University of Waterloo in Canada.

In 1997, the department has set out a new school to offer a Master Degree in

Chemical Engineering Pratice. This school was called the "Chemical Engineering Practice School" (ChEPS). The funding of the school activities is mainly from the National Energy Policy Office (NEPO). Due to its unique curriculum which is focused on solving real industrial problems and working in the real industrial site, the programme is now very popular and can draw lots of attentions not only from the chemical engineering students, but also the industries who need to improve their plant performance. The department is also fully equipped with all kinds of teaching and research facilities, such as multimedia lecture rooms, modern research laboratories with various kinds of analytical equipments (e.g. HPLC, SEM etc.), a workshop for pilot plant testing, and a computer room with several types of engineering softwares (e.g. process simulation (ASPEN PLUS and HYSYS), and Mathematical Analysis softwares (MATLAB), etc.).



Master of Engineering Program in Chemical Engineering

CURRICULUM

Major in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering and Combustion Engineering Total program credit 37 credits Curriculum Component Plan A Thesis

A. Core Courses 13 credits B. Elective Courses 12 credits C. Thesis 12 credits

Plan B Non-thesis

A. Core Courses 13 credits B. Elective Courses 18 credits C. Special Research Study 6 credits

Major in Chemical Engineering Practice Total program credit 45 credits Curriculum Component

Plan B Non-thesis

A. Core Courses 39 credits B. Elective Courses - credits C. Special Research Study 6 credits



Major in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering and Combustion Engineering Plan A Plan B

1. Core Courses 13 credits 13 credits 1.1 Special Core Courses

CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3)

1.2 Elective Core Courses For major in Chemical Engineering and Combustion Engineering

CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

For major in Combustion Engineering CHE 554 Combustion Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) For major in Biochemical Engineering CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

2. Elective Courses 12 credits 18 credits

CHE 510 Polymer Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 512 Membrane Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 514 Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 520 Organic Chemistry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 522 Design Know-How I : Natural Gas Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 523 Design Know-How II : Petrochemical Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 530 Waste Treatment 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 540 Biochemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 541 Food Science for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 555 Combustion Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 571 Computational Techniques in Chemical Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 572 Computational Techniques in Chemical Engineering II 3 (2 - 2 - 6) CHE 573 Problem Solving in Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 591 Independent Study 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 592 Selected Topics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 613 Fluid Mechanics of Polymer Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 633 Multistage Mass Transfer Operation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 634 Adsorption Separation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 652 Design Strategy in Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 654 Simulation and Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 670 Engineering Management 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 788 Selected Topics 3 (3 - 0 - 9)



BT 672 Biochemical Reactor Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9) ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (3 - 0 - 9) ET 623 Thermal Power System 3 (3 - 0 - 9) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 611 Air Pollution and Control 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 612 Combustion & Mass Transfer 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 631 Hazardous Materials & Safe Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 640 Environmental Analysis & Control 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 644 Environmental & Energy 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

3. Thesis 12 credits 6 credits

CHE 784 Thesis 12 (0 - 24 - 24) CHE 790 Special Research Project 6 (0 - 12 - 12)

4. Fundamental Courses non credit non credit

For students without a bachelor background, major in Chemical Engineering

CHE 581 Fundamental of Chemical Engineering (Mass & Energy Balance) 2 (2 - 0 - 6) CHE 582 Fundamental of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2 (2 - 0 - 6) CHE 583 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 584 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 585 Fundamental of Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

5. Language Courses non credit non credit

For major in Chemical Engineering Biochemical and Combustion Engineering

LNG 550 Remedial English Course for Post Graduate Students 2 (1 - 2 - 6) LNG 600 Insessional English Course for Post Graduate Students 3 (2 - 2 - 4)

For Plan B major in Chemical Engineering Practice

LNG 601 Foundation English for International Programs 3 (2 - 2 - 4)



For Plan B Major in Chemical Engineering Practice

1. Core Courses 39 credits

CHE 610 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 643 Applied Process Chemistry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 654 Simulation and Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 655 Fundamental Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 656 Computer Application for Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 657 Design Problem in Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 658 System Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 670 Engineering Management 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 791 Intensive Industrial Research Project I 2 (0 - 8 - 8) CHE 792 Intensive Industrial Research Project II 2 (0 - 8 - 8) CHE 793 Intensive Industrial Research Project III 2 (0 - 8 - 8)

2. Special Research Project 6 credits

CHE 790 Special Research Project 6 (0 - 12 - 12)



STUDY PLAN

Plan A Thesis Major in Chemical Engineering For students study fundamental course

Summer session CHE 581 Fundamental of Chemical Engineering (Mass & Energy Balance) non credit CHE 582 Fundamental of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics non credit CHE 583 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena I non credit

First Year

First Semester CHE 584 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena II non credit CHE 585 Fundamental of Chemical Reaction Engineering non credit CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 9 (9 - 0 - 27)

Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 784 Thesis 1 (x - x - x) Total 13 (6+x - x - 18+x)

Second Year

First Semester

CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) CHE 784 Thesis 5 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 9 (x – 1+x – 3+x)

Second Semester CHE 784 Thesis 6 (x - x - x) Total 6 (x - x - x)



Plan A Thesis Major in Chemical Engineering For normal students

First Year

First Semester CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (9+x - x – 27+x)

Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 784 Thesis 1 (x - x - x) Total 13 (6+x - x - 18+x)

Second Year

First Semester

CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) CHE 784 Thesis 5 (x - x - x) Total 6 (x - 1+x - 3+x)




Plan A Thesis Major in Biochemical Engineering For students study fundamental course


First Year

First Semester CHE 584 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena II non credit CHE 585 Fundamental of Chemical Reaction Engineering non credit CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 9 (9 - 0 - 27)

Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 784 Thesis 1 (x - x - x) Total 13 (9+x - x - 27+x)

Second Year

First Semester





Plan A Thesis Major in Biochemical Engineering For normal students

First Year

First Semester CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (9 - 0 - 27)

Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 784 Thesis 1 (x - x - x) Total 13 (9+x - x - 27+x)

Second Year

First Semester

CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) CHE 784 Thesis 5 (x - x - x) Total 6 (x - 1+x - 3+x)




Plan A Thesis Major in Combustion Engineering For students study fundamental course


First Year


Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 554 Combustion Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 784 Thesis 1 (x - x - x) Total 13 (9+x - x - 27+x)

Second Year

First Semester





Plan A Thesis Major in Combustion Engineering For normal students

First Year


Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 554 Combustion Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 784 Thesis 1 (x - x - x) Total 13 (9+x - x - 27+x)

Second Year

First Semester

CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) CHE 784 Thesis 5 (x - x - x) Total 6 (x – 1+x – 3+x)




Plan B Non-thesis Major in Chemical Engineering For students study fundamental course


First Year


Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) Total 13 (6+x - 1+x - 21+x)

Second Year

First Semester

CHE 790 Special Research Project 2 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 8 (x - x - x)

Second Semester CHE 790 Special Research Project 4 (x - x - x) Total 4 (x - x - x)



Plan B Non-thesis Major in Chemical Engineering For normal students

First Year


Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) Total 13 (6+x – 1+x - 21+x)

Second Year

First Semester

CHE 790 Special Research Project 2 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 6 (x - 1+x - 3+x)




Plan B Non-thesis Major in Biochemical Engineering For students study fundamental course


First Year

First Semester CHE 584 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena II non credit CHE 585 Fundamental of Chemical Reaction Engineering non credit CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 9 (9 - 0 - 27)

Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) Total 13 (9+x – 1+x - 30+x)

Second Year

First Semester





Plan B Non-thesis Major in Biochemical Engineering For normal students

First Year

First Semester CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (9 - 0 - 27)

Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) Total 13 (10+x -1+x - 30+x)

Second Year

First Semester





Plan B Non-thesis Major in Combustion Engineering For students study fundamental course


First Year


Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 554 Combustion Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) Total 13 (9+x – 1+x - 30+x)

Second Year

First Semester





Plan B Non-thesis Major in Combustion Engineering For normal students

First Year


Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 554 Combustion Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) Total 13 (9+x – 1+x - 30+x)

Second Year

First Semester





Plan B Non-thesis

Major in Chemical Engineering Practice

First Year

Summer session LNG 601 Foundation English for International Programs non credit CHE 655 Fundamental Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 656 Computer Application for Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 6 (6 - 0 - 18)

First Semester CHE 610 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 654 Simulation and Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 12 (12 - 0 - 36)

Second Semester

CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 643 Applied Process Chemistry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 657 Design Problem in Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 658 System Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 12 (12 - 0 - 36)

Second Year

First Semester

CHE 791 Intensive Industrial Research Project I 2 (0 - 8 - 8) CHE 792 Intensive Industrial Research Project II 2 (0 - 8 - 8) CHE 793 Intensive Industrial Research Project III 2 (0 - 8 - 8) Total 6 (0 - 24 - 24)

Second Semester CHE 790 Special Research Project 6 (0 -12 - 12) Total 6 (0 - 12 - 12)



Doctor of Engineering Program in Chemical Engineering

CURRICULUM

Total program credit for bachelor background 79 credits Curriculum Component

A. Core Courses 16 credits B. Elective Courses 15 credits C. Dissertation 48 credits

Total program credit for Master background 52 credits Curriculum Component

A. Core Courses and Elective Courses 16 credits B. Dissertation 36 credits

1. Core Courses

CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3)

2. Elective Courses

CHE 510 Polymer Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 512 Membrane Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 520 Organic Chemistry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 522 Design Know-How I : Natural Gas Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 523 Design Know-How II : Petrochemical Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 530 Waste Treatment 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 535 Unit Operation for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 540 Biochemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 554 Combustion Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 555 Combustion Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 613 Fluid Mechanics of Polymer Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 633 Multistage Mass Transfer Operation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 634 Adsorption Separation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 652 Design Strategy in Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 786 Special Problems 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 788 Selected Topics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) BT 672 Biochemical Reactor Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9) ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (3 - 0 - 9) ET 623 Thermal Power System 3 (3 - 0 - 9) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 611 Air Pollution and Control 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 612 Combustion & Mass Transfer 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 631 Hazardous Materials & Safe Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 3 (3 - 0 - 9)



EV 640 Environmental Analysis & Control 3 (3 - 0 - 9) EV 644 Environmental & Energy 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) TT 663 Steam and Gas Turbine Systems 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

3. Thesis

CHE 787 Thesis (for Master Degree Background) 36 credits CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 48 credits

4. Language Courses

LNG 600 Insessional English Course for Post Graduate Students 3 (2 - 2 - 4)



STUDY PLAN

For Bachelor Background

First Year

First Semester CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 12 (12 - 0 - 36)

Second Semester

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 9(9 - 0 - 27) ( Student must pass comprehensive exam in the first year, the second semester or in the second year, the first semester)

Second Year

First Semester CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 4 credits Total 8 credits

Second Semester

CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 6 credits Total 9 credits ( Student must pass qualifying exam in the second year, the second semester)



Third Year

First Semester CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 10 credits Total 13 credits

Second Semester

CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 10 credits Total 10 credits

Fourth Year

First Semester CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 10 credits Total 10 credits

Second Semester

CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 8 credits Total 8 credits

For Master Background

First Year

First Semester CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 6 (6 - 0 - 9)

Second Semester

CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 787 Thesis (for Master Degree Background) 4 credits Total 10 credits ( Student must pass comprehensive exam in the first year, the second semester)



Second Year

First Semester CHE XXX Elective 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 - 3) CHE 787 Thesis (for Master Degree Background) 6 credits Total 10 credits

Second Semester

CHE 787 Thesis (for Master Degree Background) 10 credits Total 10 credits

Third Year

First Semester CHE 787 Thesis (for Master Degree Background) 10 credits Total 10 credits

Second Semester

CHE 787 Thesis (for Master Degree Background) 6 credits Total 6 credits



COURSE DESCRIPTIONS CHE 510 Polymer Technology 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry Classification of polymers. Mechanisms and kinetics of chain (addition), condensation, free radical and copolymerization. Molecular determination, polymer fractionation. Principles of operation of processing equipment. Elementary stress-strain and behaviours of polymers. Industrial polymers : plastics, resins, and synthetic rubbers.

CHE 512 Membrane Technology 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Chemistry and Mass Transfer Principles and theories of synthetic membrane separation, concentration processes such as reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, dialysis, and pervaporation. Types and preparation of synthetic membranes. Membrane properties. Theory of mass transfer in membrane separation. Membrane separation equipments. Application of membrane separation processes.

CHE 514 Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: CHE 343 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design Fundamentals of catalyst and catalytic reaction processes. Basic concept of catalysis. Kinetics of catalysis reaction. Type of catalyst. Catalyst preparation. Catalyst Deactivation. Fundamental of catalyst characterization. Application of heterogeneous catalysts.

CHE 520 Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Organic Chemistry Distillation and refining processes used in petroleum industry. Chemistry, and properties of petroleum and refined products. Synthesis processes from natural gas and refined liquids and gases from petroleum refining. Petrochemical industry.

CHE 522 Design Know-How I : Natural Gas Industry 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : CHE 520 Application of underlying principles and theories as well as relevant experiences, knowledge and know-hows in designing and calculation of process and unit operations. Calculation and uses of engineering data and standard of different technology for practical industrial application. Design of reliable and successful operation of process/system. Safety and hazardous prevention and consideration in design. Analysis and trouble shooting improved design and operation. Emphasis is given to equipment, devices, processes and plants relevant to gas separation industry.

CHE 523 Design Know-How II : Petrochemical Industry 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: CHE 520 Similar to CHE522. Example and emphasis are, however, given to those relevant to petrochemical Industry.

CHE 530 Waste Treatment 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : none Characteristics and composition of various - industrial wastes. Stream sanitation surveys. Fundamentals of sewage treatment. Processes of waste treatment. Remedial uses for treatment and disposal of industrial waste.

CHE 540 Biochemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite :Mass Transfer Biochemical engineering principles of the industrial microbial and enzyme processes that cover the following topics : kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reaction, isolation and utilization of enzymes, metabolic pathways and energetics, kinetics of microbe-



catalyzed reactions, transport phenomena in microbial systems, design and analysis of bio-reactors, pure culture fermentation and downstream processing.

CHE 541 Food Science for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite : CHM 214 Chemical composition of food and the processing effect on them. Microorganisms and their effect on food. Human nutrition. Food additives and their utilization. Various methods of food preservation in brief.

CHE 554 Combustion Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite : Heat and Mass Transfer (Consent of the instructor) The importance of chemical kinetic and transport processes in combustion. Ignition of fuel. Droplet vaporization and combustion. Combustion of solid and gaseous fuels Structure and stability of laminar and turbulent flame. Mechanism and kinetic of pollutants formation during combustion.

CHE 555 Combustion Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Heat and Mass Transfer (Consent of the instructor) Combustion theory of gas, oil and coal. Burner selection and performance. Furnace analysis and design. Heat transfer in furnace and heat recovery systems. System and performance of industrial boilers and furnaces including control and safety. Pollution control in combustion process.

CHE 571 Computational Techniques in Chemical Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : none Introduction to the analysis of chemical process using chemical engineering simulation software. This kind of software is efficient tool for solving the problems on design, simulation and optimization of chemical processes.

CHE 572 Computational Techniques in Chemical Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : none Introduction and application of mathematical and numerical methods for solving chemical engineering problems by using mathematical and numerical software. This kind of software can be used to quickly solve the mathematical models of chemical process and also to simulate the control systems of chemical processes.

CHE 573 Problem Solving in Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite : none This is an introduction course in engineering problem solving and design. The subject is concerned about problem definition and identification, techniques, in data analysis, strategies in problem solving with engineering approaches, decision making and evaluation as well as optimization.

CHE 581 Introduction to Chemical Engineering (Mass & Energy Balance) 2 (2 - 0 -6)

Prerequisite: none Introduction to engineering calculations. Phase and composition. Analysis of mass balance problems. General energy balance. Heat of reaction, heats of solution and mixing enthalpy. Concentration charts and their use. Mass and energy balances for physical and chemical processes.

CHE 582 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2 (2 - 0 -6)

Prerequisite: none Thermodynamic properties of real substances. Equilibrium in one-component system. Thermodynamics of multi-component system. Ideal and real mixtures. Vapor-liquid equilibrium. Liquid-liquid equilibrium.

CHE 583 Introduction to Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite: none Concepts and definitions, Fluid statics. Description of fluid in motion. Control volume approach. Conservation of mass, energy and momentum. Analysis of a differential fluid element in laminar flow, viscous flow, dimensional analysis.



Turbulent flow: Unit operation in fluid flow, friction loss and flow measurement , Fundamentals of heat transfer. Differential equations of heat transfer. Steady-state conduction and unsteady-state conduction.

CHE 584 Introduction Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite: CHE 583 Introduction to Transport Phenomena I Convective heat transfer. Correlations and applications. Radiation. Heat transfer equipment. Fundamental of mass transfer. differential equation of mass transfer. Steady state and unsteady state diffusion. Convective and Interphase mass transfer. Mass transfer equipment.

CHE 585 Introduction to Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: CHE 582 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Nature and scope of chemical kinetics and chemical reaction engineering. Basic definitions. Kinetics of homogeneous reactions. Concentration and temperature dependence of rate equation. Reactor design equation and ideal reactors. Analysis of rate data. Isothermal reactor design for single and multiple reactions and for recycle reactor. Nonisothermal reactor design.

CHE 610 Fundamental of Transport Phenomena 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer Formulation and rigorous analysis of the laws governing the transport processes of momentum, heat and mass. The topics studied include the molecular transport, concept of transport coefficient by shell balance techniques, equations of change for multi-dimensional transport, transport with more than two independent variables, turbulent flow, transport between phases, and macroscopic balances.

CHE 611 Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Fluid mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer Theoretical study and analysis of momentum, heat and mass transfer of fluid. The topics studied include molecular transport and specific properties of transport process, transport in laminar flow, equations of changes for multidimensional flow, transport equation with changes in time and distance, turbulent flow, transport between phrases and macroscopic balances.

CHE 613 Fluid Mechanics of Polymer 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite :Fluid Mechanics and Polymer Technology. Transport and thermodynamic properties of polymers. Rheological behavior and constitutive equations of polymer melt. Linear viscoelasticity. Experimental determination of viscoelastic properties. Dispersed flow of particulate-filled polymeric systems. Effect of coupling agents onrheological property of filled polymers. Rheological behavior of two-phase polymer blends and concentrated emulsions. Stratified flow (coextrusion) in polymer processing. Interfacial instability in stratified multiphase flow.

CHE 621 Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Fluid mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer Theoretical study and analysis of momentum, heat and mass transfer of fluid. The topics studied include molecular transport and specific properties of transport process, transport in laminar flow, equations of changes for multidimensional flow, transport equation with changes in time and distance, turbulent flow, transport between phrases and macroscopic balances.

CHE 633 Multistage Mass Transfer Operation 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : CHE 621 Methods for computing multicomponent-multistage separation. Stage-to Stage Methods: multicomponent distillation, extractive and azeotropic distillation, absorption and stripping, liquid-liquid extraction. Distillation with constant molal overflow : operating problems. Successive-Approximation Method : Real solutions (Simultaneous Convergence Method) ; Ideal solutions(2N Newton Method).Relaxation Method. Comparison of convergence characteristics



:combination of methods. Design problem. Initial values. Application to specific separation processes : distillation, absorption, extraction. Process dynamics. Application of computer program.

CHE 634 Adsorption Separation 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: Mass Transfer Concept of adsorption, gas-phase and liquid-phase adsorption, adsorption force, rate of adsorption and equilibrium; Types, characteristics and selection of adsorbents.

CHE 641 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Thermodynamics Application of molecular physic and chemistry to the interpretation, correlation, and prediction of the thermodynamic properties used in phase-equilibrium calculation : Intermolecular forces, statistical thernodynamics, corresponding states, fugacities of gas and liquid mixtures, solubility of gases and solids in liquids, etc. Thermodynamics of surfaces and gravitational fields. Chemical equilibruim of homogenous & heterogenous systems.

CHE 642 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: Chemical Kinetics Advanced topics in reactor design : nonideal flow and nonisothermal reactors, effect of mixing on reactor operation, scale-up techniques, adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis, optional design of various types of chemical reactor, arrangements and reactor stability analysis.

CHE 643 Applied Process Chemistry 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : none Chemical and Engineering principles involved in creation and operation of viable industrial processes: analysis of process chemistry by p-pathways (i.e., radical, ionic, and pericyclic reactions of organic synthesis) and d-pathways (i.e., catalysis by transition-metal complexes), use of reaction mechanisms for instance of co-product formation, kinetics, and equilibria: processes synthesis logic related to reaction selectivity, recycle, separations. This subjects can be substituted by the following courses.

- Biochemical engineering (CHE 540) - Polymer technology (CHE 510) - Combustion engineering I (CHE 554) - Combustion engineering II (CHE 525) - Petroleum and petrochemical technology (CHE 520)

CHE 651 Mathematical Analysis for Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Applied Mathematics and Differential Equations Mathematical formulation and solution of problems drawn from the fields of heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, and reaction kinetics employing vector calculus, ordinary and other advanced mathematical techniques and approximate methods.

CHE 652 Design Strategy in Chemical Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Industrial Plant Design Strategy in process and plant design associated with chemical industries with the emphasis on assessment of possible alternatives, optimization techniques, and optimal design in the presence of uncertainty.

CHE 654 Simulation and Modeling 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite : Process Dynamic and control and/or Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer and Reactor Design. Process analysis and simulation; concept of model synthesis; model characterization based on behavioral principles and on mathematical properties; subsystems and systems analysis with application given to problem drawn from various process industries such as chemical, petrochemical, food and biotechnology industries; analysis of naturally occurring processes of interest in different disciplines.



CHE 655 Fundamental of Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : none The chemical engineering review for the profession of chemical engineering and the processes of the chemical industry. Course objective is to give the beginning chemical engineer an overall view of his/her chosen profession and to review these subjects in a way which leads easily into graduate studies. The topics will includes useful mathematical methods, mass and energy balances, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, chemical kinetics, unit operations, and process control.

CHE 656 Computer Application for Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : none The objective of this course is to give a broad coverage of the field of computer applications to chemical engineering, with emphasis on steady-state flowsheeting and process simulation. Both theoretical foundations and practical applications in process simulation will be presented and discussed. For practical applications, students will learn how to use a steady-state process simulator “ASPEN PLUS” to model and solve real-life processes. Various numerical methods that are relevant to chemical engineering and typically used in a process simulator will also be discussed.

CHE 657 Design Problems in Chemical Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite : the second year ChEPS student status

This course is a continuation of ChE 654 Simulation and Modeling I, which dealt primarily with macroscopic balances and modeling of chemical processes and numerical methods for solving ODEs and PDEs. This course consists of 2 parts : lectures and design projects. In design projects, students will work in teams and make regular presentations on the progress of their projects. The lectures will involve various topics on modeling, with emphasis on microscopic modeling, modeling of petroleum processes, and process optimization.

CHE 658 System Engineering 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Process Dynamic and Control. Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer The course has been designed to introduce students to the elements of systems engineering and its application in chemical engineering practice. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in problem formulation, system synthesis, use of analytical tools, and group dynamics. Some of the topics to be presented include: graph theory as applied to system engineering problems, sequential modular and equation oriented process modeling tools (ASPEN PLUS, Speed Up) mathematical programming. Applications of these tools will be illustrated with a series of case studies involving steady-state and dynamic process simulation, control system synthesis, new product and process design, plant wide diagnosis and planning, and formulation and decomposition of large scale problems. Some of these case studies will be undertaken as group projects.

CHE 661 Bioprocess Engineering I 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Mass Transfer Design and analysis of various types of biological reactors. Reactor dynamics. Engineering principles for bioprocess : consideration of operation of bioreactor for suspension and immobilized cultures, selection, scale up and operation control of bioreactors. Applications to non-conventional biological system.

CHE 662 Bioprocess Engineering II 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Mass Transfer Recovery and purifications such as, filtration, centrifugation and extraction etc. Monitoring and control of bioprocess measurement of biological variables, process and optimization. Methodology for process control in research and development in industries. Concept of bioprocess design.



CHE 670 Engineering Management 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite : none This course is assigned to prepare the ChEPS (Chemical Engineering Practice School) students to be professionals by broadening their scientific and technical matters with the economic and social issues. The ChEPS should learn how to use the important economic and accounting concepts and tools for decision-making and solving the problems in chemical process industries (CPI). The contents of the course include : introduction to the structure of the chemical processing industries, basic economics, basic accounting, input-output analysis, marketing, manufacturing, employment, finance, corporate annual reports, project management, environmental aspects of the CPI, international aspects of the CPI, future prospects : threats and opportunities.

CHE 783 Graduate Seminar 1 (0 - 1 -3) Prerequisite: none Oral presentations on problems of current interest in chemical engineering and related fields which may be research and developments or applications.

CHE 784 Thesis 12 (0 - 24 -24)

Prerequisite: none Research projects on fundamental or applied research development under supervision of members of teaching faculty. A student should be able to plan and conduct research systematically and academically accurate.

CHE 787 Thesis (for Master Degree Background) 36 Credits CHE 788 Selected Topics 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : none Teaching of special topics which are of current interest with the emphasis on using information data from published journals.

CHE 789 Thesis (for Bachelor Degree Background) 48 Credits Research project on fundamental or applied research under supervision of advisors and thesis committee. The thesis should be original with an international standard CHE 790 Special Research Project 6 (0 - 12 -12)

Prerequisite : The second year ChEPS student status. This course is a graduate special research project, with the well defined problem in the area of interest in Chemical Engineering field.

CHE 791 Intensive Industrial Research Project I 2 (0 - 8 -8) Prerequisite : The second year ChEPS student Practice school students will be assigned to work within the host company, on the company’s problem, using the company’s problems with the company’s resources and equipment. The student will work under the quittance of resident faculty at the industrial site. The following steps are included in the activities : problem statements provided by the company with the approval of the resident faculty, writing a written investigative memorandum, proposal conferencing, final report and final presentation.

CHE 792 Intensive Industrial Research Project II 2 (0 - 8 -8)

Prerequisite: The second year ChEPS student Similar to CHE 791 but on the different topic of equal importance. It requires the work of 2 credits.

CHE 793 Intensive Industrial Research Project III 2 (0 - 8 -8)

Prerequisite : The second year ChEPS student Similar to CHE 791 but on the different topic of equal importance. It requires the work of 2 credits.



BT 672 Biochemical Reactor Design 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite: Transport Phenomena or equivalent Application of chemical engineering principles to the processing of biological and biochemical materials. Design of systems for cultivation of microorganism and for the separation and purification of biological products.

ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (0 - 3 -9)

Prerequisite : Thermodynamics Second law of thermodynamics and availability analysis. Second law efficiencies. Availability property relations, flow availability. Applications of availability analysis to thermodynamic processes and engineering cycles and co-generation systems. Energy audit and management in various thermal energy system with emphasis on boiler, furnaces, steam equipment. Lindhoff analysis. Energy target, simple design for maximum energy recovery. Trading off energy against capital. Thermoeconomic analysis.

ET 623 Thermal Power System 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite :Thermodynamics The importance of second law in relation to steam and gas turbine plants. Performance criteria and parameters. Steam plants for power production and Thermal process. Method of improving performance. Cogeneration. Industrial gas turbines. Effects of various parameters on plant performance. Component characteristics. Performance matching. Combined cycles. Principles of heat exchangers, types and characteristics.

ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite: none Designing a workable system or an optimum system. Engineering economics. Equation fitting for characterisation of energy equipment using experimental data. Modelling of energy equipment based upon physical laws. Energy system modelling and simulation. Selected optimization techniques for energy systems.

EV 611 Air Pollution and Control 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: none Air pollution sources and effects of air pollutants. Applications of meteorological data in air pollution control. Automobile, industrial emission control technologies. Measurement and analysis of air pollutants, ambient air quality monitoring, air quality standard and criteria setting.

EV 612 Combustion & Mass Transfer 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite : Thermodynamics, Heat and mass transfer Classification of fuels. Properties, test and production of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels with emphasis on biomass, petroleum, coal and oil shales. Stoichiometry. Fundamental of fluidized bed combustion. Combustion processes in fuels, equipments, and internal combustion engines and pollution control. Mass transfer theory: Reynolds flux, Spalding transfer number and their determinations. Applications of mass transfer theory in vaporization, dissolution and combustion processes and prediction of combustion rates.

EV 631 Hazardous Materials & Safe Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: none Basic principles of hazardous materials, atomic structure and chemical reactivity, combustion mechanism of reactive materials, gas law governing temperature, pressure, and volume, behaviour of compressed and cryogenic gases, explosive mechanism, shock waves, toxicity of materials, corrosive materials, radioactive materials. Hazardous waste treatment technologies, physical, chemical and biological treatments, treatments by precipitation, sedimentation, chemical oxidation, neutralization extraction, incineration, landfills, and land treatment



EV 640 Environmental Analysis & Control 3 (3 - 0 -9) Prerequisite: none Important environmental standard, management and planning for pollution control, Pollution measurement and control techniques. Characteristics of municipal, toxic and radioactive wastes. Fundamentals of economic and social analysis.

EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: none Global energy flows. Biological energy and ecosystems. Sources of energy, their merits and environmental isssues. Technologies of energy production with emphasis on power generation, such as steam turbine and gas trubine power plants, cogeneration of heat and power, nuclear power plants. Wind and solar energy technologies. Energy related enviromnental problems: cost-benefit analysis, thermal pollution, air pollution, radioactivity, etc. Projected energy use and growth reduction by conservation.

FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 -9)

Prerequisite: none Dynamic study of production processes. Process control concepts, characteristic of measurement system. Physical, chemical, and biological sensors. Automatic control modes. Control loops and applications. Introductory computer application

to control. Laboratories.

School of Energy and Materials

ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME

The programme was first established in the School of Energy and Materials, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in 1977 just after the energy crisis in 1973. At the beginning phase, the two-year programmes of Master of Engineering and Master of Science were offered. Later on in 1984, a one-year Graduate Diploma Programme was offered. And the Programmes of Doctor of Philosophy was offered in 1998. The contents of the programmes cover the efficient productions and uses of the conventional sources of energy and technologies of alternate sources of energy. Before completing the programmes, the student will be required to undertake research and development projects on energy technologies under supervision of senior faculties. At present the Energy Technology Programme covers the following areas of specialization: 1. Alternate Sources of Energy The research and development work in this area concerns mostly the thermal applications of solar energy such as solar pump, solar distillation, solar drying, solar water heating, solar refrigeration, solar power generation, heat storage, solar pond and selective surfaces. Applications of direct energy conversion of solar energy are also studied, for examples, solar water pumping and lighting systems by using solar cells. In order to facilitate tests of solar equipments, the solar simulator of 4 square metres test area is under improvement and will be computerized. It is expected that this can be used for the testing and standardization of manufactured solar equipments. Consulting services, particularly on solar water heating, solar distillation and solar drying, have been offered to governmental organizations and private sector. Bio-energy conversion is also included in the Energy Technology Programme. Examples are gasification, design of efficient charcoal stoves and combustion in fluidized bed. Our research and development work also covers wind energy and hybrid systems. Apart from the renewable sources of energy mentioned above, utilizations of liquid bio-mass fuels and bio-gas in engines are also included. The purpose is to partially replace the conventional fuels used at the present. 2. Electricity Generation Technology Electricity from solar cells and fuel cells is carrently studied by focusing on system design and integration. Energy storage by efficient battery is also being studied. Many pumping systems powered by solar cells have been installed in NE of Thailand. Technical, economic and social evaluations were assessed. The New technology of last decade “Thermoelectric” is also considered. Power generation and applied systems are under evaluation.



3. Drying Technology Most of the work concerns grain and fruit drying. Both experimental work and mathematical simulation have been studied. This leads to the determination of suitable drying strategies for certain products dried under various climatic conditions. It is expected that good-quality products after drying, low energy consumption and high performance of dryers will be obtained. Consultancy on grain and fruit drying has also been offered to both governmental and private sector. 4. Buildings Our new research activity concerns conditioned and non-conditioned buildings. This includes bio-climatic houses, daylighthing, solar chimney ventilator, night-radiative cooling, evaporative cooling, thermal comforts, standards and regulations. These fields are receiving increased attention. 5. Energy and Environment As the Programme covers vast multi-disciplinary subjects, the following topics are also included, i.e: projected energy use and growth reduction by conservation and energy related environmental problems: cost - benefit analysis, thermal pollution, air pollution, radioactivity, etc. Research and Development of energy technologies for protection of the global environment are covered such as environmental impact of energy systems, environmental impacts of hydro-power plants, etc. 6. Technology of Materials for Energy Utilization Selective surface for solar thermal energy applications was the early project. Current research includes the technology for energy conservation such as heat mirrors and smart windows, etc. 7. Fundamental Research Studies Our division has initiated a fundamental research work on free convection heat transfer within open-ended enclosures. Both numerical (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and experimental approaches are considered.



Graduate Diploma Programme in Energy Technology

CURRICULUM

Total program credit 25 credits Curriculum Component

A. Core Courses 16 credits B. Elective Courses 9 credits

1. Core Courses 16 credits ET 601 Energy Seminar 1 (0-2-3) ET 690 Energy Resources and Conversion Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 694 Solar Energy 3 (3-0-9) ET 606 Special Study or Elective 3 (0-0-9) ET 617 Fuels and Combustion 3 (3-0-9) ET 681 Energy Laboratory 3 (1-3-9)

2. Electives Courses 9 credits ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (3-0-9) ET 626 Drying of Foods and Cereal Grains 3 (3-0-9) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0-9) ET 641 Fluid Power Machines 3 (3-0-9) ET 647 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning 3 (3-0-9) ET 682 Instrumentation 3 (3-0-9) ET 691 Nuclear Energy Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0-9) ET 693 Coal Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 695 Solar Cells and Applications 3 (3-0-9) EM 614 Economics Foundations 3 (3-0-9) EM 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (3-0-9) EM 641 Electrical Energy Management 3 (3-0-9) EM 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) EM 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9) TT 612 Steam Boiler and Furnace Technology 3 (3-0-9) TT 632 Waste Heat Recovery 3 (3-0-9) MT 522 Mechanics of Materials 3 (3-0-9) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) Or Other Approved Subjects

STUDY PLAN

First Semester ET 601 Energy Seminar 1 (0-2-3) ET 690 Energy Resources and Conversion Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 694 Solar Energy 3 (3-0-9) Electives 6 (6-0-18) Total 13 (12-2-39)

Second Semester

ET 606 Special Study or Elective 3 (0-6-9) ET 617 Fuels and Combustion 3 (3-0-9) ET 681 Energy Laboratory 3 (1-3-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9) ToTal 12 (7-9-45)



Master Degree Programme in Energy Technology

CURRICULUM



Plan B Non-thesis A. Core Courses 19 credits B. Elective Courses 18 credits C. Research Study 6 credits

1. Core Courses

MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) ET 621 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) ET 694 Solar Energy 3 (3-0-9) ET 601 Energy Seminar 1 (0-2-3) ET 617 Fuels and Combustion 3 (3-0-9) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0-9) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0-9)

2. Electives Courses ET 606 Special Study 3 (0-6-9) ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (3-0-9) ET 626 Drying of Foods & Cereal Grains 3 (3-0-9) ET 641 Fluid Power Machines 3 (3-0-9) ET 647 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 3 (3-0-9) ET 681 Energy Laboratory 3 (1-3-9) ET 682 Instrumentation 3 (3-0-9) ET 683 Engineering Experimental Design and Analysis 3 (3-0-9) ET 690 Energy Resources and Conversion Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 691 Nuclear Energy Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 693 Coal Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 695 Solar Cells and Applications 3 (3-0-9) ET 696 Advanced Solar Energy of Thermal Processes 3 (3-0-9) EM 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (3-0-9) EM 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) EM 641 Electrical Energy Management 3 (3-0-9) EM 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) EM 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9) TT 612 Steam Boiler and Furnace Technology 3 (3-0-9) TT 632 Waste Heat Recovery 3 (3-0-9) TT 663 Steam and Gas Turbine Systems 3 (3-0-9) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) or Other Approved Subjects

3. Thesis / Research Study ET 604 Thesis 12 (0-24-48) ET 605 Research Study 6 (0-12-24)



STUDY PLAN

First Semester

MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) ET 621 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) ET 694 Solar Energy 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Semester ET 601 Energy Seminar 1 (0-2-3) ET 617 Fuels and Combustion 3 (3-0-9) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0-9) Electives 6 (6-0-18) Total 13 (12-2-39)

Third Semester ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0-9) ET 604 Thesis 3 (0-6-12) or ET 605 Research Study 3 (0-6-12) Elective 3 (3-0) Total 9 (6-6-21)

Fourth Semester

ET 604 Thesis 9 (0-18-36) or ET 605 Research Study 3 (0-6-24) Electives 6 (6-0-18) Total 24-36/42



Doctoral Degree Programme in Energy Technology

CURRICULUM Total program credit for bachelor degree graduate 85 credits Curriculum Component


1. Core Courses

MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) ET 621 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) ET 694 Solar Energy 3 (3-0-9) ET 601 Energy Seminar 1 (0-2-3) ET 617 Fuels and Combustion 3 (3-0-9) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0-9) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0-9) MTH 671 Optimization Techniques 3 (3-0-9) or MTH 672 Statistical Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EM 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9)

2. Electives Courses ET 606 Special Study 3 (0-9-9) ET 607 Special Study 3 (3-0-9) ET 608 Special Study 3 (3-0-9) ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (3-0-9) ET 626 Drying of Foods & Cereal Grains 3 (3-0-9) ET 641 Fluid Power Machines 3 (3-0-9) ET 647 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 3 (3-0-9) ET 681 Energy Laboratory 3 (1-3-9) ET 682 Instrumentation 3 (3-0-9) ET 683 Engineering Experimental Design and Analysis 3 (3-0-9) ET 690 Energy Resources and Conversion Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 691 Nuclear Energy Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 693 Coal Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 695 Solar Cells and Applications 3 (3-0-9) ET 696 Advanced Solar Energy of Thermal Processes 3 (3-0-9) ET 713 Multicriterion Optimization Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EMT 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (3-0-9) EMT 641 Thermal Power Plants Technology 3 (3-0-9) EMT 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) TT 612 Steam Boiler and Furnace Technology 3 (3-0-9) TT 632 Waste Heat Recovery 3 (3-0-9) TT 663 Steam and Gas Turbine Systems 3 (3-0-9) or Other Approved Subjects

3. Dissertation

ET 703 Dissertation 48 Credits.



STUDY PLAN

For Bachelor Degree Graduate

First Semester

MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) ET 621 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) ET 694 Solar Energy 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Semester

ET 601 Energy Seminar 1 (0-2-3) ET 617 Fuels and Combustion 3 (3-0-9) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0-9) Electives 6 (6-0-18) Total 13 (12-2-39)

Third Semester

ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0-9) MTH 671 Optimization Techniques or MTH 672 Statistical Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EM 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Fourth Semester ET 703 Dissertation 15 (0-30-60) Total 15 (0-30-60)

Fifth Semester ET 703 Dissertation 15 (0-30-60) Total 15 (0-30-60)

Sixth Semester ET 703 Dissertation 15 (0-30-60) Total 15 (0-30-60)

Summer ET 703 Dissertation 3 (0-6-12) Total 3 (0-6-12)



CURRICULUM Total program credit for master degree graduate 55 credits Curriculum Component


1. Core Courses

MTH 671 Optimization Techniques 3 (3-0-9) or MTH 672 Statistical Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EM 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9)

2. Electives Courses ET 606 Special Study 3 (0-9-9) ET 607 Special Study 3 (0-9-9) ET 608 Special Study 3 (0-9-9) ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (3-0-9) ET 626 Drying of Foods & Cereal Grains 3 (3-0-9) ET 641 Fluid Power Machines 3 (3-0-9) ET 647 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 3 (3-0-9) ET 681 Energy Laboratory 3 (1-3-9) ET 682 Instrumentation 3 (3-0-9) ET 683 Engineering Experimental Design and Analysis 3 (3-0-9) ET 690 Energy Resources and Conversion Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 691 Nuclear Energy Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 693 Coal Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 695 Solar Cells and Applications 3 (3-0-9) ET 696 Advanced Solar Energy of Thermal Processes 3 (3-0-9) ET 713 Multicriterion Optimization Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EMT 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (3-0-9) EMT 641 Thermal Power Plants Technology 3 (3-0-9) EMT 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) TT 612 Steam Boiler and Furnace Technology 3 (3-0-9) TT 632 Waste Heat Recovery 3 (3-0-9) TT 663 Steam and Gas Turbine Systems 3 (3-0-9) or Other Approved Subjects

3. Dissertation

ET 703 Dissertation 36 Credits



STUDY PLAN

For Master Degree Graduate

First Semester

MTH 671 Optimization Techniques or MTH 672 Statistical Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EM 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Semester

ET 703 Dissertation 6 (0-12-24) Elective 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (6-30-42)

Third Semester ET 703 Dissertation 15 (0-30-60) Total 15 (0-30-60)

Fourth Semester ET 703 Dissertation 15 (0-30-60) Total 15 (0-30-60)



Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Energy Technology

CURRICULUM Total program credit 55 credits Curriculum Component


1. Core Courses

MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) or MTH 671 Optimization Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EN 601 Research Methodology 3 (3-0-9) EN 701 Seminars 1 (0-3-3)

2. Electives Courses Any subject depend on advisor considering

3. Dissertation EN 707 Dissertation 42 Credits

STUDY PLAN

First Year

First Semester

MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) or MTH 671 Optimization Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EN 601 Research Methodology 3 (3-0-9) EN 701 Seminars 1 (0-3-9) Elective* 6 (6-0-9) (*Any subject depend on advisor considering) Total 13(12-3-36)

Second Semester

EN 707 Dissertation 9 (0-18-36) Total 9(0-18-36)



First Semester


Second Semester


Third Year

First Semester


Second Semester




COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ET 440 Fluid Mechanics 3 (3 - 0 - 6) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Pichai, Dr. Nat, Dr. Thanit) Prerequisite : none

Continuum postulates. Type of flows. Fluid properties. Shell momentum balances. Equations of continuity, motion, and mechanical energy and their applications to laminar flow. Turbulent momentum transport. Dimensional analysis. Friction factor, Macroscopic mass, momentum and mechanical energy balances and their applications. Fluid meters. Introduction to potential flows. Introduction to compressible flow. Flow around immersed body-laminar and turbulent boundary layers. The course intends to give basic understanding of fluid flow concepts. Analysis approach is stressed.

ET 460 Thermodynamics 3 (3 - 0 - 6) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Sirichai, Asst. Prof. Dr. Adisak, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mana) Prerequisite : none

Review of Thermodynamic concepts and properties. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Engineering cycles: Rankine, Brayton, Otto, Diesel, Stirling, Ericsson and vapour-compression cycles. Introduction to heat transfer: free and forced convection, steady state conduction, radiation.

ET 601 Energy Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) (Members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : none Students are required to present seminars on advanced development of energy

technologies to their class-mates and members of teaching staff. Reports of the seminars have to be submitted for gradings.

ET 604 Dissertation 12 (0 - 24 - 48) Prerequisite : ET 601 Energy Seminar Students are required to undertake design and development on research projects

under supervision of senior members of teaching staff. Most of the projects offered will be relevant to conditions of energy in Thailand. Each project should be completed in two semesters if possible.

ET 605 Energy Research Project 6 (0 - 12 - 24) Prerequisite : ET 601 Energy Seminar Students are required to undertake energy projects under supervision of teaching

staff. Each project should be completed in one semester. ET 606 Special Study 3 (0 - 9 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Students are required to undertake special studies under supervision of teaching

staff. Each project should be completed in one semester. REMARK : Students who have registered for dissertation or energy research

project or special study are to present progress of their work at the seminar until completion of dissertation. No credit is given.

ET 607 Special Study 3 (0 - 9 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Students are required to undertake special studies under supervision of teaching staff.

Each project should be completed in one semester. REMARK : Students who have registered for dissertation or energy research project or

special study are to present progress of their work at the seminar until completion of dissertation. No credit is given.



ET 608 Special Study 3 (0 - 9 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Students are required to undertake special studies under supervision of teaching staff.

Each project should be completed in one semester. REMARK : Students who have registered for dissertation or energy research project or

special studey are to present progress of their work at the seminar until completion of dissertation. No credit is given.

ET 617 Fuels and Combustion 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Prof. Dr. Preeda, Dr. Jirawan) Prerequisite : Thermodynamics Classification of fuels. Properties, test, and production of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels

with emphasis on biomass, petroleum, coal and oil shales. Stoichiometry. Heating values. Normal and abnormal combustion processes in internal combustion engines. Mass transfer theory : Reynolds flow model, mass conductance, Spalding transfer number and their determinations. Applications of mass transfer theory in vaporization, condensation, dissolution, transpiration cooling and combustion processes and prediction of combustion rates.

ET 621 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Prof. Dr. Somchart, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sirichai, Asst. Prof. Dr. Thanit) Prerequisite : Heat Transfer Laminar forced convection in circular, non-circular, annular cross-sectioned conduits

and over external surfaces of axis-symmetrical bodies. Turbulent forced convection over ducts and flat plates. Boiling and condensation. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer systems. Heat conduction and radiation. Solutions of steady and transient heat conduction problems by analytical integrated techniques and other numerical methods. Conduction problems including heat sources. Radiation heat transfer sources, geometric factors. Radiation from clouds and gases.

ET 622 Thermal Energy Analysis 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Prof. Dr. Preeda, Assoc. Prof. Warunee) Prerequisite : Thermodynamics Second law of thermodynamics, availability concept and analysis. Second law

efficiencies. Availability property relations. exergy. Applications of availability and exergy analysis to thermodynamic processes and engineering cycles and co-generation systems.

Energy audit and management in various thermal energy systems with emphasis on boiler, furnaces, steam equipment. Lindhoff analysis. Energy target, simple design for maximum energy recovery. Trading off energy against capital. Thermo-economic analysis.

ET 626 Drying of Foods and Cereal Grains 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Prof. Dr. Somchart, Prof. Dr. Jongjit and Asst. Prof. Dr. Adisak) Prerequisite : Basic Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Moist air properties. Air movement. Equilibrium moisture contents. Thermophy-sical

properties of food and grains.Grain drying systems.Rigorous and simplified analysis of grain drying: single-kernel, thin layer, and deep-bed grain drying. Analysis of food drying : fixed-bed and moving-bed drying, spray drying, drum drying.

ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Prof. Dr. Somchart, Asst. Prof. Dr. Pichai) Prerequisite : ET 440 Fluid Mechanics and ET 460 Thermodynamics or equivalent Designing a workable system or an optimum system. Engineering economics. Equation

fitting for characterisation of energy equipment using experimental data. Modelling of energy equipment based upon physical laws. Energy system modelling and simulation. Selected optimization techniques for energy systems.



ET 641 Fluid Power Machines 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : Fluid Mechanics

Fluid machine fundamentals. Classification and performance parameters. Principles of reciprocating pumps. Theory and design of centrifugul impeller and casing. Similarity concepts. Vortex and aerofoil theories in axial-flow machines. Applications in water and wind turbine designs.

ET 647 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Adisak, Asst. Prof. Dr. Thanit and Dr. Jirawan) Prerequisite : Thermodynamics Reviews of processes, cycles and designs of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.

Absorption refrigeration with emphasis on solar energy application. Theory and methods of food freezing and preservation. Advanced studies of air conditioning systems with environmental and economic considerations.

ET 681 Energy Laboratory 3 (2 - 3 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : none Experiments on heat transfer, fluid machines, electronics, automatic control,

electromechanical energy conversion and various energy conversion systems. Students are required to submit about five reports and five technical notes on experiments performed in this course.

ET 682 Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Pichai, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sirichai) Prerequisite : none General principles of measurement : introduction, configuration, transduser,

interference, static and dynamic performance characteristics, data conversion. Measurement of solar radiation, electrical, electrochemical, thermal, and mechanical quantities: principles and studies of instrument and apparatus, instrumentation, data recorder.

Quantification of chemical in liquid and gas mixtures and determination of their compositions.

Fuel gas analysis, characteristics of fuel gases, instruments for use with fuel gases: collecting devices, gas analyzers. Standard method of collecting gases. Methods of calibration and maintenance. Laboratories of fluid flow, temperature and heat flux measurement.

ET 683 Engineering Experimental Design and Analysis 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : None

Randomized block, t-test, factorial and factorial design confounding, response surface methodology. Mathematical model building and nonlinear estimation ; determination of optimum condition.

ET 690 Energy Resources and Conversion Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (EGAT specialists and members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : none

Current situation, technologies and outlook of energy sources and consumptions. Potential strategies of energy conservation. Selected topics on solar energy utilization for heating, cooling and generating. Wind energy. Geothermal energy. Hydropower. Biofuels. Nuclear energy. Reports and examinations of topics in this course have to be submitted for grading.

ET 691 Nuclear Energy Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (EGAT specialists) Prerequisite : none

Nuclear reaction : fission, atom structure, radioactivity. Reactor theory : criticality condition, homogeneous reactor systems, heterogeneous reactor systems, determination of critical size. Nuclear reactor systems : pressurized water reactor,



boiling water reactor, heavy water reactor. Nuclear fuel : fuel cycle, fuel material, enrichment, reprocessing, waste disposal, fuel management, fuel cycle cost. Reactor structural materials : Reactor unit, moderator, product poisoning, control system, reactor analysis, reactor operation. Reactor safety : radiation protection, reactor safeguards. Environmental effect from nuclear energy. Standard of nuclear cost analysis of nuclear power plants.

ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Dr. Ratanachai) Prerequisite : none

Concepts of biomass and energy transformation. Conversion and utilization of biomass to food, fibre, chemicals and fuel. Photosynthetic process and photochemical reactions in plants. Photo-production of hydrogen. Fermentation process and conversion of agricultural wastes to viable fuel alternatives. Alcoholic fermentation, Methane production. Engineering, operation and economic considerations of bio-digesters.

ET 693 Coal Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : none

Chemical and physical properties of coal. Coal mining and handling. Combustion processes for coal and environmental considerations. Destructive distillation, gasification and liquefaction of coal. Special attentions are given to domestic lignite.

ET 694 Solar Energy 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Dr. Krissanapong, Prof. Dr.Jongjit, Dr. Narit) Prerequisite : Heat Transfer

Nature of solar radiation, Measurement and interpretation of local solar radiation data, Transmission through and absorption by partially transparent media. Selective surfaces. Theories of flat plate collectors and focusing collectors, Hottel-Whillier's equation.

ET 695 Solar Cells and Applications 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Dr. Krissanapong, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sirichai, Dr. Chai) Prerequisite : none

Concepts of energy conversion. Basic semiconductor theory and PN junctions. Solar cells : photovoltaic effect, solar cell characteristics, materials and technology. Terrestrial application of solar cells: dimensioning and economic consideration, examples of applications.

ET 696 Advanced Solar Energy of Thermal Processes 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : ET 644 Solar Energy

Advanced solar collectors, heat storage, solar water heaters, solar drying, solar distillation, solar pond, long term performance of solar water heating and drying, economics of solar equipments.

ET 703 Dissertation 36 (6 - 72 -144) (Members of teaching staff)

Students are required to undertake design and development on fundamental or applied research projects under supervision of senior members of teaching staff.Projects will be relevant to energy technology or related fields. Students in Doctor of Science and Doctor of Engineering Programmes will concentrate research on concepts of science and applied engineering, respectively.

ET 713 Multicriterion Optimization Techniques 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : None

Multicriterion optimization techniques : conflict of objectives, efficient solutions, preference, priority, weighted aggregation, sequential method. Case studies cover problems in engineering, production management, energy management. Projects will be assigned to students.



EN 601 Research Methodology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) (Members of teaching staff) Prerequisite : Consent of instructors

Introduction to modern data acquisition. Research project management and analysis. Theories and practices of various experimental techniques necessary for research including physical and chemical methods of analysis, particularly those available at KMUTT.

EN 606 Dissertation 27 (0 -54 - 108) (Senior Faculties)

Students are required to undertake design and development or research projects under supervision of senior members of teaching staff. The projects will be relevant to conditions of energy, environmental and materials technology.

EN 701 Seminar 1 (0 - 3 - 0) (Members of teaching staff)

Ph.D. students are required to present a seminar to audience. The topic should be related to their research work, in connection with dissertation. The presentation should be organized as state-of-the-art overview and the submission of a seminar report is required.

EN 707 Dissertation 42 (0 - 126 - 0) (Senior Faculties)



ENERGY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME

The Division of Energy Management Technology was established in 1988 with

a primary objective to provide graduate study and research training in the areas relating to energy management. The courses offered constitute a number of core and elective subjects including research study and thesis.

Since its formation, the courses were updated periodically with new materials

and subjects to make the programs consistent with the requirements of the rapidly changing world. Graduates of the courses can be found working in energy consulting firms, energy-related government departments, universities, etc.

The Division currently offers 3 programs, namely, post-graduate diploma,

master degree and doctoral degree. All accept students from both science and engineering backgrounds.

The postgraduate diploma program consists of 25 credits, which can be

completed in one year on a full-time basis. The master degree program offers 2 options for students to choose from, i.e:

(1) thesis option for students wishing to take a thoroughly indepth research study on a certain topic which normally involves design and analysis, and (2) a non-thesis option, for working professionals and recent university graduates who seek to further their knowledge and experience in energy management technologies.

Master degree candidate is required to complete 28 credits coursework and

12 credits thesis for the thesis-option, and complete 34 credits coursework with 6 credits research study or 37 credits coursework with 3 credits special study, for the non-thesis option.

The doctoral degree program including Ph. D, are offered to students with

very good master degree in science or engineering. The program consists of 55 credits (42 credits thesis and 13 credits coursework). Publication of the research results is required before graduation.

Current research topics embrace a wide range of areas which include energy

utilization from agricultural waste, potential for absorption chiller and micro gasturbine in industries and buildings, energy analysis and conservation in industries and buildings, load management, energy and environment optimization in combined cycle power plant, etc.



Graduate Diploma Programme in Energy Management Technology

CURRICULUM



1. Core Courses 22 credits EMT 601 Seminar 1 (0-2-3) EMT 612 Project Management 3 (3-0-9) EMT 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9)

EMT 604 Special Study** 3 (0-9-9) EMT 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (3-0-9) EMT 671 Energy conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) TT 581 Measurement and Instrumentation*** 3 (2-2-9)

2. Electives Courses 3 credits

To be selected from : EMT 613 Management Decision Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EMT 621 Instrumentation and Measurements 3 (2-2-9) EMT 661 Renewable Energy 3 (3-0-9) EMT 673 Pinch Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EMT 674 Natural Gas Technology 3 (3-0-9) ET 621 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) TT 511 Combustion and Emission Control 3 (3-0-9) TT 561 Advanced Thermodynamics 3 (3-0-9) TT 622 Thermal System Design 3 (3-0-9) MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) or Other Approved Subjects ** ,*** With approvement from the Department, students can take other appropriate subjects in place of these subjects.

STUDY PLAN

First Semester

EMT 601 Seminar 1 (0-2-3) EMT 612 Project Management 3 (3-0-9) EMT 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9)

Elective* 3 (3-0-9) Total 13 (12-2-39)

Second Semester

EMT 604 Special Study** 3 (0-9-9) EMT 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (3-0-9) EMT 671 Energy conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) TT 581 Measurement and Instrumentation*** 3 (2-2-9)

Total 12 (8-11-36)



Master Degree Programme in Energy Management Technology

CURRICULUM Total program credit 40 credits Curriculum Component Plan A Thesis


Plan B Non-thesis

A. Core Courses 19 credits B. Elective Courses 15-18 credits C. Research Study 3-6 credits

1. Core Courses EMT 601 Seminar 1 (0-2-3) EMT 612 Project Management 3 (3-0-9) EMT 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) EMT 615 Data Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EMT 622 Combustion and Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) EMT 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9)

2. Electives Courses

EMT 605 Special Topic I 3 (0-9-9) EMT 606 Special Topic II 3 (0-9-9) EMT 607 Special Topic III 3 (0-9-9) EMT 613 Management Decision Analysis 3 (0-9-9) EMT 621 Instrumentation and Measurements 3 (0-9-9) EMT 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (0-9-9) EMT 632 Energy Modeling and Analysis 3 (0-9-9) EMT 641 Thermal Power Plants Technology 3 (0-9-9) EMT 661 Renewable Energy 3 (0-9-9) EMT 673 Pinch Analysis 3 (0-9-9) EMT 674 Natural Gas Technology 3 (0-9-9) or Other Approved Subjects

3. Dissertation / Research Study / Special Study EMT 602 Research Study 6 (0-12-24) EMT 603 Dissertation 12 (0-24-48) EMT 604 Special Study 3 (0-6-9)



STUDY PLAN Plan A Thesis

First Semester EMT 615 Data Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EMT 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9) Total 15 (15-0-45)

Second Semester

EMT 601 Seminar 1 (0-2-3) EMT 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) EMT 622 Combustion and Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9) EMT 603 Dissertation 3 (0-6-12)

Total 13 (9-8-42)

Third Semester EMT 612 Project Management 3 (3-0-9) EMT 603 Dissertation 9 (0-18-36)

Total 12 (3-18-45)

Plan B Non-thesis

First Semester EMT 615 Data Analysis 3 (3-0-9) EMT 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3-0-9) EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9) Total 15 (15-0-45)

Second Semester

EMT 601 Seminar 1 (0-2-3) EMT 671 Energy conservation for Buildings 3 (3-0-9) EMT 622 Combustion and Heat Transfer 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9)

Total 13 (12-2-39)

Third Semester EMT 612 Project Management 3 (3-0-9) EMT 604 Special Study 3 (0-6-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9)

Total 12 (9-6-36) Or EMT 612 Project Management 3 (3-0-9) EMT 602 Research Study 6 (0-12-24) EMT xxx Elective 3 (3-0-9)

Total 12 (6-12-42)



Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Energy Management Technology

CURRICULUM



1. Core Courses




STUDY PLAN

First Year

First Semester


Second Semester




First Semester


Second Semester


Third Year

First Semester


Second Semester




COURSE DESCRIPTIONS EMT 411 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 – 0 – 9) (Asst. Prof. Sirichai, Asst. Prof. Pichai, Mr. Roongrojana) Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms. Laplace Transformation and applications.

Ordinary differential equations. Partial differential equations : boundary-valued problems, separation of variables techniques.

EMT 412 Computational Methods 3 (3 – 0 – 9) (Mr. Roongrojana, Mr. Naris) Error, error analysis, round-off error. Interpolation and approximation by

interpolation. Solution of nonlinear equation, least square fitting. Numerical method for solving systems of linear equations. Numerical integration. Basic computer configuration and operation, system components and layout. Programming in BASIC, immediate and programme mode, syntax and elementary programming rules. Flowcharting, DOS and utilities use of diskettes. Different versions of BASIC and hardware/software requirement.

EMT 601 Seminar 1 (0 – 2 – 3) (Members of teaching staff) Students are required to present seminars on advances in development of energy

management and energy planning. Reports are to be submitted and graded. EMT 602 Research Study 6 (0 – 12 – 18) (For Master’s degree in Science) (Members of teaching staff) The study may involve research on certain aspects of energy policy or technology

which last 1-2 semesters. EMT 603 Dissertation 12 (0 – 24 – 36) (For Master’s degree in Science) (Members of teaching staff)

Students are required to undertake a research project under supervision of a senior staff. The project can either be academic, commercial or industrial relevance and generally requires two semester’s work.

EMT 604 Special Study 6 (0 – 6 – 9) (Members of teaching staff)

Students are required to undertake a project study on an approved topic under supervision of a senior staff. The study may involve data collection or conduct of experiments as well as analysis and critical survey. Each project should require one semester work.

EMT 605 Special Topic I 3 (3 – 0 – 9)

From time to time, a subject of current interest may be offered by Division staff or invited speaker from outside.

EMT 606 Special Topic II 3 (3 – 0 – 9) From time to time, a subject of current interest may be offered by Division staff or invited speaker from outside.

EMT 607 Special Topic III 3 (3 – 0 – 9)

From time to time, a subject of current interest may be offered by Division staff or invited speaker from outside.

EMT 612 Project Management 3 (3 – 0 – 9) Project management functions. Identification and formulation. Feasibility analysis,

and economic evaluation. Project appraisal. Implementation, mechanical and electrical



planning, scheduling and cost control. Evaluation of projects. Quality and risk management.

EMT 613 Management Decision Analysis 3 (3 – 0 – 9)

Decision-making in management, processes and techniques. Mathematical framework and applications. Issues relating to problems in decision-making of some current projects, underlying factors, and discussions with the objective of improving decision – making performance.

EMT 614 Economic Foundations 3 (3 – 0 – 9) (Asst. Prof. Dr.Apichit, Ms.Janthana) Basic concepts, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, and resource allocation. Demand and supply, and the role of prices. The theories of consumers and producers, economic efficiency and welfare, and marginal cost pricing. Cost and benefit analysis concepts, opportunity costs, resource depletion, discount rates and present values. Externalities and shadow pricing, consumer’s surplus, rents, and producer’s surplus, opportunity cost of capital, discounted transfer payments, sunk costs, shadow exchange rates and shadow rates of interest. Project economic analysis.

EMT 615 Data Analysis 3 (3 – 0 – 9)

Data collection and interpretation. Error analysis and data correlation. Curve fitting and software package applications. Formulation of mathematical models, and solutions by analytical and numerical techniques. Optimization of functions by various methods.

EMT 621 Instrumentation and Measurements 3 (2 – 2 – 9)

Principles, practices and equipment used in measurements of physical properties, such as temperature, pressure, velocity, flowrates, heat transfer rates, heating values, etc. Data recording and software interface.

EMT 622 Combustion and Heat Transfer 3 (3 – 0 – 9) Combustion theory, including chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, mixing and

diffusion, and flame structure. Pollutant formation and methods for minimizing the effects. Analysis of steady-state and transient heats conduction in single and multidimensional systems by mathematical, graphical, numerical and analogical methods. Fluid flow and boundary–layer theory as applicable to forced and natural convection heat transfer. Condensation and boiling. Concepts and methods of evaluation of radiative heat transfer.

EMT 631 Energy Policy and Planning 3 (3 – 0 – 9)

Importance of energy to country development and overall planning. World energy situation, problems and issues, strategies and trends. Some basic concepts on system structure, energy forms, final demand and energy balance. Relationships between pricing structure and energy demand, and between the demand and the country economic structure. Potentials for substitution. Economic and technical feasibility of conservation. Techniques used in demand and supply analysis. Input – output table analysis. Planning models and software applications. Integrated planning framework. Financing supply strategies, and resource development. The role of renewables and associated environmental implications. Thailand energy policy, institution framework and current issues.

EMT 632 Energy Modeling and Analysis 3 (3 – 0 – 9)

Energy consumption and supply balance, energy matrix. Thailand sectorial energy consumption. Energy supply and intermediate energy forms. Principles of model building. Model types, construction of projection functions. Data requirements, Sensitivity and model verification. Optimization and simulation modeling, linear programming and shadow price analysis.Policy analysis and choice of models. Linkage with other national models.

EMT 641 Thermal Power Plants Technology 3 (3 – 0 – 9) Steam power plants: performance parameters and improvement methods. Binary cycle and

cogeneration. Industrial gas turbines. Effect of various parameters on plant efficiency. Steam/water injection and effect on performance. Economics of power



plants, cost of generated electricity, and financial analysis. Environment effects from power plants, prevention and control of emissions.

EMT 661 Renewable Energy 3 (3 – 0 – 9)

Introduction to renewable energy. Principles, practices and trends of solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, tidal / oceon energy and biomass. Effects on environmental pollutions, and international and national strategies in promoting the use of renewable energy.

EMT 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings 3 (3 – 0 – 9) (Asst. Prof. Dr.Apichit)

Ventilation and air-conditioning technologies. Insulation materials. Building utility, facility and energy requirement. Building energy load and thermal dynamics. Solar radiation, heat gain, shading, and illuminous effect. Measurements and control of energy in building, building automation system. District cooling. Energy conservation methods as applied to lighting and cooling of building, daylighting, and cold panels. Case studies on hotels and hospitals. Energy efficiency and improvement measures in some common electrical equipment and appliances, such as transformers, pumps, blowers, lifts and elevators, etc.

EMT 672 Energy Conservation for Industries 3 (3 – 0 – 9) (Assoc. Prof.Dr.Chullpong, Mr.Stuart) Prerequisite : Thermodynamics and heat transfer Energy fundamentals. Energy management principles, organization of activities,

policies and planning, program and promotion. Surveys and audits, metering techniques and analysis methodologies. Sankey diagram and energy balances. Estimation of energy conservation potentials and economic evaluation. Monitoring and verification methods.

Energy production and consumption in some energy intensive industries, eg, cement, paper, steel, textile, paper, etc. Efficiency improvement techniques. Energy conservation in common industrial processes and equipments : steam and condensate systems, combustion processes, liquid heating systems, furnaces, kilns, dryers, refrigerating systems, compressed air systems, pumps, fans and motors. Waste heat recovery principles. Efficient use of electricity. Cogeneration, and waste-to-energy technologies.

EMT 673 Pinich Analysis 3 (3 – 0 – 9) (Assoc. Prof. Warunee Tia) Prerequisite : Themodynamics

Basic concept of pinch technology and applications. Energy target for processes including utilities selection and integration of heat engine, heat pump, refrigeration system, distillation column, evaporator, dryer and reactor. Capital and total cost targets of heat exchanger network and utilities. Heat exchanger network design. Pinch analysis to reduced emission and to minimize water and wastewater.

EMT 674 Natural Gas Technology 3 (3 – 0 – 9) (Prof.Dr.Chullapong, Mr.Stuart John Major) Prerequisite : none

Natural gas scene. Natural gas characteristics. Resource availability and production. Gas transmission by pipeline for liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas. Gas marketing, distribution, metering, utilisation and safety. Gas turbine and gas engine applications. Environment implications, price comparison and trends. Appliance conversion to natural gas from other fuels. Research and development directions in natural gas technology.





EN 606 Dissertation 27 (0 – 54 - 108) (Senior Faculties)







ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME

Rapid economic development without proper management of natural resources has resulted in adverse impacts and deterioration of the environment both in micro and macro scales. These problems need to be solved as soon as possible using proper knowledge. The School of Energy and Materials offers two graduate programmes in the field of environmental technology, leading to a graduate diploma and a master degree. The objective of these programmes is to produce well-qualified graduates in the field of environmental technology and management of air, water and land resources. Both programmes require students with either science or engineering background. A master student requires at least 43 credits, comprising compulsory and optional courses in environmental technology and management science, along with a 6-credit science or 12-credit engineering thesis. For a postgraduate diploma student, 25 credits, with a 3-credit special study, is a minimum requirement. A graduate with satifactory academic record from the diploma programme also has an opportunity to continue in the master programme. A wide range of environmental topics are offered to the students, such as air and water pollution control technologies, solid and hazardous waste treatment, environmental quality management, environmental impact study, particularly those from energy system. Several elective courses are also available to fit individual interests. As environmental issue concerns multi-disciplinary knowledge, the study programmes are, however, intended to be flexible, subject to resources and students’ interest and qualification. Attempt will be made to accomodate individual needs. Research topics have currently been conducted include emission from internal and external combustion of fossil fuel, control measures for hazardous flue gasses and particulates using technologies such as furnace and boiler technology, flue gas adsorption using adsorbents such as decolorization and wetland application, solidification and bioremediation of hazardous wastes, as well as environmental impact from power generating projects, and the improvement of water quality, etc.



Graduate Diploma Programme in Environmental Technology



1. Core Courses 16 credits EV 540 Environmental Analysis and Pollution Control Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EV 601 Seminar 1 (0-3-3) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) EV 505 Special Study 3 (0-9-9) EV 542 Environmental Quality Management 3 (3-0-9) EV 641 Environmental Impact and Assessment 3 (3-0-9)

2. Electives Courses 9 credits 2.1 Pollution from Air and Energy Systems :- EV 506 Environmental Measurement Laboratory 2 (1-3-6) EV 510 Air and Noise Pollution Control 3 (3-0-9) EV 512 Synthetic Fuels Production and Combustion 3 (3-0-9) EV 527 Ecosystem and Ecotechnology 3 (3-0-9) EV 641 Environmental Impact and Assessment 3 (3-0-9) 2.2 Pollution from Water and Industry :- EV 520 Waste Water Treatment 3 (3-0-9) EV 526 Waste Heat Treatment & Recovery 3 (3-0-9) EV 623 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0-9) EV 632 Treatment and Utilization of Solid Wastes 3 (3-0-9) EV 633 Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 3 (3-0-9) EV 635 Waste Minimization and Clean Technology 3 (3-0-9) NRM 631 Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System 3 (3-0-9) in Environmental Study

STUDY PLAN

First Semester

EV 540 Environmental Analysis and Pollution Control Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EV 601 Seminar 1 (0-3-3) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) EV XXX Electives 6 (6-0-12) Total 13 (12-3-33)

Second Semester

EV 505 Special Study 3 (0-9-9) or Approved Elective 3 (3-0-9) EV 542 Environmental Quality Management 3 (3-0-9) EV 641 Environmental Impact and Assessment 3 (3-0-9) EV XXX Electives 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (9/12, 0/9-36)



Master Degree Programme in Environmental Technology

CURRICULUM Total program credit 43 credits Curriculum Component Plan A Thesis


Plan B Non-thesis

A. Core Courses 28 credits B. Elective Courses 9 credits C. Research Study 6 credits

1. Core Courses MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EV 520 Waste Water Treatment 3 (3-0-9) EV 640 Environmental Analysis and Control 3 (3-0-9) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) EV 527 Ecosystem and Ecotechnology 3 (3-0-9) EV 601 Seminar 1 (0-3-3) EV 631 Hazardous Materials and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 3 (3-0-9) EV 642 Environmental Quality Management 3 (3-0-9) EV 611 Air Pollution and Control 3 (3-0-9) EV 641 Environmental Impact and Assessment 3 (3-0-9)

2. Electives Courses

EV 603 Noise Pollution and Control 2 (2-0-6) EV 612 Combustion and Mass Transfer 3 (3-0-9) EV 621 Water Quality 3 (3-0-9) EV 623 Advanced Waste Water Treatment 3 (3-0-9) EV 624 Environmental Health 3 (3-0-9) EV 632 Treatment and Utilization of Solid Wastes 3 (3-0-9) EV 633 Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 3 (3-0-9) EV 634 Radioactive Waste Management and Radioecology 3 (3-0-9) EV 635 Waste Minimization and Clean Technology 3 (3-0-9) EV 643 Modelling in Environmental Engineering 3 (3-0-9) NRM 631 Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System 3 (3-0-9) in Environmental Study

3. Dissertation / Research Study EV 604 Dissertation 12 (0-24-48) EV 605 Research Study 6 (0-12-24)



STUDY PLAN Plan A Thesis

First Semester MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EV 520 Waste Water Treatment 3 (3-0-9) EV 640 Environmental Analysis and Control 3 (3-0-9) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Semester EV 527 Ecosystem and Ecotechnology 3 (3-0-9) EV 601 Seminar 1 (0-3-3) EV 631 Hazardous Materials and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 3 (3-0-9) EV 642 Environmental Quality Management 3 (3-0-9)

Total 10 (9-3-30)

Third Semester EV 604 Dissertation 3 (0-6-12) Or EV 611 Air Pollution and Control 3 (3-0-9) EV 641 Environmental Impact and Assessment 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9)

Total 12 (9-9-39)

Fourth Semester

EV 604 Dissertation 9 (0-18-36) Total 9 (0-18-36)



Plan B Non-thesis

First Semester MTH 665 Mathematical Techniques 3 (3-0-9) EV 520 Waste Water Treatment 3 (3-0-9) EV 640 Environmental Analysis and Control 3 (3-0-9) EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3-0-9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Semester EV 527 Ecosystem and Ecotechnology 3 (3-0-9) EV 601 Seminar 1 (0-3-3) EV 631 Hazardous Materials and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 3 (3-0-9) EV 642 Environmental Quality Management 3 (3-0-9)

Total 10 (9-3-30)

Third Semester EV 605 Research Study 3 (3-0-12) EV 611 Air Pollution and Control 3 (3-0-9) EV 641 Environmental Impact and Assessment 3 (3-0-9) Elective 3 (3-0-9)

Total 12 (9-0-39)

Fourth Semester

EV 605 Research Study 3 (3-0-12) Electives 6 (6-0-18)

Total 9 (9-0-30)



Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Environmental Technology



1. Core Courses




STUDY PLAN First Year

First Semester


Second Semester




First Semester


Second Semester


Third Year

First Semester


Second Semester




COURSE DESCRIPTIONS EV 506 Environmental Measurement Laboratory 2 (1 - 3 - 6) Prerequisite : none

Principles and practices on measurement and control of water and air pollution such as biological and chemical properties of water, suspended particulate matters, heavy metals, oxidides of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur, etc. Sampling procedures.

EV 510 Air and Noise Pollution Control 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Propagation of atmospheric pollutants. Air quality standard and criteria setting. Impacts of air pollution and control of mobile and stationary sources. Emission control technology.Industrial air pollution control. General characteristics of sound. Noise sources and evaluation.Techniques to control and reduce environmental noise.

EV 520 Waste Water Treatment 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Properties, structures and functions of bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoa. Growth and metabolism of microbes. Sterilization and analysis of water quality. Activated sludge process. Sludge drying bed. Anaerobic digestion. Planning, feasibility assessment and site selection for water treatment by natural processes. Basic process responses and interactions. Fundamentals of waste water treatment by natural processes such as stabilization ponds, land treatment systems, waste water reuse, etc.

EV 527 Ecosystem and Ecotechnology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Structure of ecosystem, air, water, soil and biodiversity. Biogeochemical cycle, global production and decomposition.Energy flow, population dynamics, biological balance and biological control. Factor effecting ecosystem, natural conservation. Principle and need of ecotechnology, economic aspects, its application and case studies in the ecosystem.

EV 601 Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) Prerequisite : none

Students are required to present seminars on advanced development of environmental technologies to their classmates and members of teaching staff. Reports of the seminars have to be submitted for grading.

EV 603 Noise Pollution & Control 2 (2 - 0 - 6) (Asst. Prof. Dr. Pichai) Prerequisite : none

Physical properties of sound waves. The human ear and ear damage. Subjective rating methods from basic noise measurements. Measurement instruments and techniques. Sound absorption, standards and recommendations for noise control.

EV 604/605 Engineering/Research Study 6 - 12 (0 – 12/24 – 24/48) (Senior Faculties) Prerequisite : EV 601 Seminar

Students are required to undertake design and development or research projects under supervision of senior members of teaching staff. The projects will be relevant to conditions of environmental technology.

EV 611 Air Pollution and Control 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Air pollution sources and effects of air pollutants. Applications of meteorological data in air pollution control, automobile and industrial emission control



technologies. Measurement and analysis of air pollutants, ambient air quality monitoring, air quality standard and criteria setting.

EV 612 Combustion & Mass Transfer 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : Thermal Engineering

Classification of fuels. Properties, test and production of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels with emphasis on biomass, petroleum, coal and oil shales. Stoichiometry. Fundamental of fluidized bed combustion. Combustion processes in fuels, equipments, and internal combustion engines and pollution control. Mass transfer theory:Reynolds flow model, mass conductance, Spalding transfer number and their determinations. Applications of mass transfer theory in vaporization, dissolution and combustion processes and prediction of combustion rates.

EV 621 Water Quality 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Physical, chemical and biological properties of water and waste water. Pollutants and their effects upon ecosystems. Various methods of treatment. Water quality criteria and uses. Analytical techniques.

EV 623 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Chemical constituents and their effects in wastewater. Nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Design criteria of biological process. Design of removal processes of refractory organics, dissolved inorganic substances; carbon adsorption, ion exchange, ultrafiltration, electrodialysis. Utilization or disposal of concentrated contaminants resulting from advanced wastwater treatment.

EV 624 Environmental Health 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Methods of controlling communicable disease vectors, epidemiology and public health.Social and environmental factors affecting health, communicable diseases, public health, on-site collection and treatment, collection and off-site treatment, recovery and reuse.

EV 625 Thermal Pollution Management Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Thermal pollution and its effects on environment. Fundamentals of stratified fluid flows and heat transfer processes. Industrial cooling water.Technology for thermal pollution reduction. Design methodology for cooling towers, cooling ponds, and intakes and outfalls of heated effluents from thermal power plants. Study of thermal pollution problems by mathematical modelling, hydraulic modelling, and pilot plants. Thermal pollution laws and regulations.

EV 631 Hazardous Materials & Safe Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Basic principles of hazardous materials, atomic structure and chemical reactivity, combustion mechanisms of reactive materials, gas law governing temperature, pressure, and volume, behavior of compressed and cryogenic gases, explosive mechanism, shock waves, toxicity of materials, corrosive materials, radioactive materials. Hazardous waste treatment technologies, physical, chemical and biological treatments, treatments by precipitation, sedimentation, chemical oxidation, neutralization, extraction, incineration, landfills, land treatment, and ocean disposal.

EV 632 Treatment and Utilization of Solid Wastes 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Sources, types and composition of wastes to be treated and utilized. Advantage and disadvantages in recycling wastes. Basic processing technologies. Processes of utilizing inorganic and organic wastes: composting, feed stuff, energy chemical, landfill and land treatment.



EV 633 Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Chemistry of environmental media (soil, air and water resources) and their geochemical and biological interactions. Pollutant behaviour and their interactions and bioaccumulation in the environment and food chains. Reactions of natural living organisms with pollutants and their toxicity and adverse effects upon the ecosystem. Sustainability of the biosphere. Environmental critical load. Threshold limits of ecotoxicology. Mechanisms and modes of interactions within the ecosystem.Ecological standardisation. Environmental monitoring.Ecological risk assessment.

EV 634 Radioactive Waste Management and Radioecology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

The origins and hazards of radioactive waste. Safety standards. Abatement technology for the reduction of emissions. Techniques for the handling, storage and disposal of radioactive waste. The macro-ecological of radioactive materials. Environmental pathways. Micro-ecological processes. Plant and animal uptake. Environmental monitoring and analytical techniques. International and public perspectives.

EV 635 Waste Minimisation and Clean Technology 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Introduction of sustainable waste management aims at pollution prevention through waste minimization. Waste minimization techniques focus on using clean technology in production processes cleaner and recycling. Waste management strategy, waste monitoring and characterization, process formulations, reuse of waste and cleaner technologies for selected sectors to minimize waste generation. Case study of some interesting industries such as chemical and food industries.

EV 640 Environmental Analysis & Control 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite :none

Important environmental standard, management and planning for pollution control, Pollution measurement and control techniques. Characteristics of municipal, toxic and radioactive wastes. Fundamentals of economic and social analysis.

EV 641 Environmental Impact & Assessment 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Various elements of environmental impact statements and environmental impact assessment of air, water, noise, biological, culture resources, socioeconomic and other relevant projects. Systems approach to energy and environment. Analytical tools and techniques and their applications on the environmental impact measurement of various projects both beneficial and adverse are discussed. Case studies.

EV 642 Environmental Quality Management 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Setting of environmental standards, data management and translation to standards. Procedure and methodology of environmental impact assessment. Planning of measurement and environmental quality, monitoring, establishment and organization of control agencies. Industrialization and urbanization management, resource conservation.

EV 643 Modelling in Environmental Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Fundamentals of mathematical modeling in environmental engineering. Process of model building. Types of models, e.g. deterministic, stochastic and compartment models. Model fitting. Application of models, e.g. to nutrient cycle in wetlands, pesticide transformation, atmospheric transport of sulphur dioxide, local and regional distribution of air pollution, ecosystem sensitivity to acidic deposition, and GIS. Environmental case studies.



EV 644 Environment and Energy 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : none

Global energy flows. Biological energy and ecosystems. Sources of energy, their merits and environmental issues. Technologies of energy production with emphasis on power generation, such as steam turbine and gas turbine power plants, cogeneration of heat and power, nuclear power plants. Wind and solar energy technologies. Energy related environmental problems:cost-benefit analysis, thermal pollution, air pollution, radioactivity, etc. Projected energy use and growth reduction by conservation.







EN 707 Dissertation 42 (0 - 84 -168) (Senior Faculties)


School of Bioresources and Technology

BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (International Program)

The School of Bioresources and Technology was established at KMUTT in

1993 with the aim of developing interdisciplinary curriculum that would produce personel capable of solving the problem arising from the change in the economic structure of Thailand from an agricultural to an industrial base. Natural resources need to be carefully exploited. With knowledge and experience, agricultural products can be converted from low to high value, freshness can be prolonged till reaching the end user, and agricultural soundness and productivity can be increased. This will help lead to a more sustainable development of the country. At present, the School offers a doctoral programme in biotechnology and master degree programmes in biotechnology and biochemical technology, postharvest technology, Natural Resource management, and biochemical technology.

Division of Biotechnology at King Mongkut’s University of Technology

Thonburi was founded in 1983. The Division is built around the resources and expertise of our researchers with the aim to promote research and development for the processing and production of biological materials to provide goods and services of value to society.

The graduate programme in Biotechnology is multidisciplinary courses

providing necessary background for students and advanced courses in bioprocesses especially in fermentation technology. Realizing that genetic engineering and molecular biology is one of the principal technology among the various biotechnologies, the subject is also included in the programme. To meet the increasing demand of qualified personnel in the fast-growing economics of the country, the division started the Ph.D programme in 1991.



RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Algal Biotechnology ([email protected]) -Mass cultivation of Spirulina platensis -Harnessing genomics of Spirulina platensis for high value compound production -Discovery of bioactive compound from cyanobacteria Animal Cell Culture Laboratory ([email protected]) -Molecular studies and production of wild type and genetic engineered baculovirus in insect cell culture -Optimization and production of microorganisms and their high value products for animal feeds Biodiversity Laboratory ([email protected])

-Endophytic fungi -Fungal genomics and proteomics for fragrant aroma production -Glucan, an immune stimulant, production from edible mushroom Bioprocess Modeling ([email protected]) -Modeling of recombinant protein production by Pichia pastoris -Modeling of amylase, protease production from fungi by solid state fermentation -Software sensor for monitoring and bioprocess control Chemical and biosensors ([email protected])



-Biosensors -Nanobiotechnology for analysis -Computational sensor analysis -Microfluidics for sensor application

Fungal Biotechnology ([email protected]) -Systems biology study lipid metabolism involving fungal development and bioactive compound discovery -Genome scale modeling of single cell oil producer -Lipidomics of Mucor rouxi -In silico and pilot scale analysis and production of essential fatty acids in fungi -Molecular characterization of fungal polyketide synthases

Microbial Fermentation Technology ([email protected])

-Fungal submerged fermentation process -Active drying baker’s yeast fermentation -Alcohol fermentation from Zymomonas mobilis

Remediation ([email protected]) http:// www.pdti.kmutt.ac.th/remediation -Phytoremediation -Wastewater treatment by precipitation, adsorption and electrocoagulation -Biohydrometallurgy Waste Utilization and Management ([email protected]) -Microbial community structure of anaerobic reactor systems by 16s rRNA approach -Development of anaerobic technology -Kinetic modeling of anaerobic digestion -Biogas purification Applied Research

rgus spp.



นํ้าหลังบําบัด -Biogas production from Tapioca wastewater treatment -Treatment of wastewater containing color and heavy metals by precipitation and adsorption -Recycle of reused kerosene from printing industry

-Saccharomyces cerevisiae for probiotics

-Screen-printed electrode for blood glucose determination



Course expenses M.Sc. Course (12 credits thesis) 80,300 baht M.Sc. Course (18 credits thesis) 85,100 baht Ph.D. Course (36 credits thesis) 127,650 baht Ph.D. Course (48 credits thesis) 199,950 baht Note: -tuition fee 10,000 baht/semester

-insurance 75 baht/semester -study courses 800 baht/credit -thesis 1,600 baht/credit

Number of graduated students -M.Sc. 235 persons (1986 – 2005) -Ph.D. 13 persons (1999 – 2005) Number of present students -M.Sc. 52 persons (2005) -Ph.D. 24 persons (2005)



CURRICULUM

1. Master of Science Program Total program credit 38 credits Curriculum Component

A. Core Courses 11 credits B. Electives Courses 9 or 15 credits C. Thesis 12 or 18 credits


BIT 621 Cellular and Molecular Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 631 Molecular Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 651 Applied Computational Methods in Life Science 3 (3-0) BIT 691 Seminar I 1 (0-2) BIT 692 Seminar II 1 (0-2)

2. Electives Courses 9 or 15 credits

BIT 611 Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 3 (3-0) BIT 641 Treatment and Utilization of Biological Wastes 3 (3-0) BIT 661 Nanobiotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 662 Selected Topics in Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 663 Marine Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 664 Electroanalytical Chemistry 3 (3-0) BIT 665 Bioinformatics 3 (3-0) BIT 671 Technical Bioprocess Systems 3 (3-0) BIT 672 Biological Process Modeling and Model Analysis 3 (3-0) BIT 673 Advanced Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 681 Business Aspects of BIotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 682 Biotechnology Enterprise Initiative 3 (3-0) BIT 711 Advanced Microbial Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 732 Advanced Gene Technology 3 (3-0) BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (1-0) BIT 775 Separation and Purification for Bioprocesses 3 (3-0) BIF 612 Molecular Biochemistry 3 (3-0) BIF 614 Molecular Evolution 3 (3-0) BIF 622 Experimental Techniques in Molecular Biology 3 (2-2) BIF 632 Drug Design and Discovery 3 (3-0) BIF 634 Functional and Comparative Genomics 3 (3-0) BIF 662 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics I 3 (3-0) BIF 664 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics II 3 (3-0) BIF 666 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics III 3 (3-0) BCT 601 Enzyme Technology 3 (3-0) BCT 621 Lipid Technology 3 (3-0) CHE 512 Membrane Technology 3 (3-0) CHE 540 Biochemical Engineering 3 (3-0) CHE 634 Adsorption Separation 3 (3-0) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3-0) FDE 521 Food Proces Engineering 3 (3-0) EV 520 Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0) EV 623 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0) EV 631 Hazardous Materials and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Waste 3 (3-0) EV 632 Treatment and Utilization of Solid Waste 3 (3-0)



3. Thesis 12 or 18 credits BIT 698 Thesis 12 (0-24) BIT 699 Thesis 18 (0-36)

Note : Student must pass the toefl score ≥ 500 or study LNG 601. LNG 601 = Foundation English for International Program 1



STUDY PLAN

1 Thesis 12 credits


BIT 612 Cellular and Molecular Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 631 Molecular Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 651 Applied Computational Methods in Life Science 3 (3-0) BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) Total 12 (12-0)

Second Semester

BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT 691 Seminar I 1 (0-2) Total 13 (12-2)

Second Year First Semester BIT 692 Seminar II 1 (0-2)

BIT 698 Thesis 6 (0-12) Total 7 (0-14)

Second Semester

BIT 698 Thesis 6 (0-12) Total 6 (0-12)

2. Thesis 18 credits


BIT 612 Cellular and Molecular Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 631 Molecular Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 651 Applied Computational Methods in Life Science 3 (3-0) BIT 691 Seminar I 1 (0-2)

Total 10 (9-2)

Second Semester

BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT 691 Seminar I 1 (0-2) Total 10 (9-2)




BIT 699 Thesis 9 (0-18) Total 9 (0-18)

Second Semester

BIT 699 Thesis 9 (0-18) Total 9 (0-18)

3. Doctor of Philosophy Program Total program credit for bachelor background 76 credits Curriculum Component

A. Core Courses 4 credits B. Electives Courses 24 credits C. Thesis 48 credits

1. Core Courses 4 credits BIT 691 Seminar I 1 (0-2) BIT 692 Seminar II 1 (0-2) BIT 693 Seminar III 1 (0-2) BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (0-2) 2. Electives Courses 24 credits BIT 611 Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 3 (3-0) BIT 621 Cellular and Molecular Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 631 Molecular Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 641 Treatment and Utilization of Biological Wastes 3 (3-0) BIT 651 Applied Computational Methods in Life Science 3 (3-0) BIT 661 Nanobiotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 662 Selected Topics in Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 663 Marine Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 664 Electroanalytical Chemistry 3 (3-0) BIT 665 Bioinformatics 3 (3-0) BIT 671 Technical Bioprocess Systems 3 (3-0) BIT 672 Biological Process Modeling and Model Analysis 3 (3-0) BIT 673 Advanced Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 681 Business Aspects of BIotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 682 Biotechnology Enterprise Initiative 3 (3-0) BIT 711 Advanced Microbial Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 732 Advanced Gene Technology 3 (3-0) BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (1-0) BIT 775 Separation and Purification for Bioprocesses 3 (3-0) BIF 612 Molecular Biochemistry 3 (3-0) BIF 614 Molecular Evolution 3 (3-0) BIF 622 Experimental Techniques in Molecular Biology 3 (2-2) BIF 632 Drug Design and Discovery 3 (3-0) BIF 634 Functional and Comparative Genomics 3 (3-0) BIF 662 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics I 3 (3-0) BIF 664 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics II 3 (3-0) BIF 666 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics III 3 (3-0) BCT 601 Enzyme Technology 3 (3-0)



BCT 621 Lipid Technology 3 (3-0) CHE 512 Membrane Technology 3 (3-0) CHE 540 Biochemical Engineering 3 (3-0) CHE 634 Adsorption Separation 3 (3-0) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3-0) FDE 521 Food Proces Engineering 3 (3-0) EV 520 Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0) EV 623 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0) EV 631 Hazardous Materials and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Waste 3 (3-0) EV 632 Treatment and Utilization of Solid Waste 3 (3-0) Student can select master/doctoral courses offered by the program (under either compulsory and elective catagories) or master/doctoral courses offered by other program with the consent of the advisory committee.

3. Dissertation 48 credits BIT 799 Dissertation 48 credits

Note : Student must pass the toefl score ≥ 500 or study LNG 601. LNG 601 = Foundation English for International Program



STUDY PLAN


XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT 691 Seminar I 1 (0-2) Total 7 (6-2)

Second Semester

XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT 692 Seminar II 1 (0-2) Total 10 (9-2)

Second Year First Semester BIT 693 Seminar III 1 (0-2) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) Total 10 (9-2)

Second Semester BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (1-0)

BIT 799 Dissertation 8 (0-16) Total 9 (1-16)


BIT 799 Dissertation 10 (0-20)

Total 10 (0-20)

Second Semester


Fourth Year First Semester


Total 10 (0-20)

Second Semester




Total program credit for master background 48 credits Curriculum Component

A. Core Courses 3 credits B. Electives Courses 9 credits C. Thesis 36 credits

1. Core Courses 3 credits BIT 692 Seminar II 1 (0-2) BIT 693 Seminar III 1 (0-2) BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (0-2) 2. Electives Courses 9 credits

2.1 Biotechnology

BIT 611 Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 3 (3-0) BIT 621 Cellular and Molecular Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 631 Molecular Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 641 Treatment and Utilization of Biological Wastes 3 (3-0) BIT 651 Applied Computational Methods in Life Science 3 (3-0) BIT 661 Nanobiotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 662 Selected Topics in Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 663 Marine Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 664 Electroanalytical Chemistry 3 (3-0) BIT 665 Bioinformatics 3 (3-0) BIT 671 Technical Bioprocess Systems 3 (3-0) BIT 672 Biological Process Modeling and Model Analysis 3 (3-0) BIT 673 Advanced Biotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 681 Business Aspects of BIotechnology 3 (3-0) BIT 682 Biotechnology Enterprise Initiative 3 (3-0) BIT 711 Advanced Microbial Physiology 3 (3-0) BIT 732 Advanced Gene Technology 3 (3-0) BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (1-0) BIT 775 Separation and Purification for Bioprocesses 3 (3-0)

2.2 Other BIF 612 Molecular Biochemistry 3 (3-0) BIF 614 Molecular Evolution 3 (3-0) BIF 622 Experimental Techniques in Molecular Biology 3 (2-2) BIF 632 Drug Design and Discovery 3 (3-0) BIF 634 Functional and Comparative Genomics 3 (3-0) BIF 662 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics I 3 (3-0) BIF 664 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics II 3 (3-0) BIF 666 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics III 3 (3-0) BCT 601 Enzyme Technology 3 (3-0) BCT 621 Lipid Technology 3 (3-0) CHE 512 Membrane Technology 3 (3-0) CHE 540 Biochemical Engineering 3 (3-0) CHE 634 Adsorption Separation 3 (3-0) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0) ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3-0) FDE 521 Food Proces Engineering 3 (3-0) EV 520 Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0) EV 623 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0) EV 631 Hazardous Materials and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Waste 3 (3-0) EV 632 Treatment and Utilization of Solid Waste 3 (3-0)



Student can select master/doctoral courses offered by the program (under either compulsory and elective catagories) or master/doctoral courses offered by other program with the consent of the advisory committee. 3. Dissertation 36 credits BIT 799 Dissertation 36credits

Note : Student must pass the toefl score ≥ 500 or study LNG 601. LNG 601 = Foundation English for International Program



STUDY PLAN

First Year First Semester XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) XXX XXX Elective 3 (3-0) BIT 692 Seminar II 1 (0-2) Total 10 (9-2)

Second Semester BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (1-0) BIT 693 Seminar III 1 (0-2)




Second Semester




Total 9 (0-18)

Second Semester




COURSE DESCRIPTIONS BIT 611 Biodegradation and Biodeterioration 3 (3-0) Prerequisite:Cellular and Molecular Physiology Biodeterioration of materials, its causes, effects and prevention. The activity of

different organisms in the decay of a wide range of organic and inorganic materials including metals. Organisms for biodeterioration testing. The techniques used in assessing the extent and cause of deterioration. Biodeterioration of timber in aquatic environments, petroleum products, synthetic polymers, tobacco and rubber in contact with water and sewage. Methods for testing wrappings and coatings for susceptibility to microbial attack. The microbial spoilage of pharmaceutical products, the detection of microorganisms. The microbial degradation of preservatives and antimicrobial agents. Product resistance to microbial attack. The microbial breakdown of pesticides and structural factors influencing biodegradability.

BIT 612 Cellular and Molecular Physiology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none Structures and function of important macromolecules, Structural Assembly,

Biochemical process underlying metabolism, Transport System, Metabolic regulation, Macromolecular synthesis and processing, Protein trafficking, Gene expression, regulation and control, Cell growth and its regulation, Cell Signaling, Response of cells to environmental stress.

BIT 631 Molecular Biotechnology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depend on instructor

Principles of gene structure and function. Basic techniques in gene manipulation. Applications of gene technology in expressing commercially-important proteins and metabolites in recombinant systems, such as in bacterial, yeast, fungi, animal and plant cells. Genomics and bioinformatics technology for agriculture, medical and biotechnological applications.

BIT 641 Treatment and Utilization of Biological Wastes 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Parameters of water pollution, ecology of waste disposal. Treatment and use of water in food processing and other biological industries. Generation of solid wastes, sources, types and composition. Onsite handling, storage and processing. Collection systems, equipment, transfer and transport. Processing techniques and equipment. Volume and size reduction. Component separation. Drying and dewatering. Disposal of solid waste and residual matter. Site selection landfilling methods and operation. Design of landfills. Methods of waste utilization. Recovery of resources, chemical and biological conversion products. Recovery of energy from conversion products. Future of waste utilization.

BIT 651 Applied Computational Methods in Life Science 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none A special course designed for students in biotechnological field. The course

prepares students to face real world biological research problems and how to apply the mathematical techniques to cope with those problems. The course focuses on the introductions of computational methods and their applications in biological processes. The course includes conventional techniques such as linear algebra and differential equations and their applications in life science and new computational techniques such as Artificial Neuron Network (ANN) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) in solving life science problems. The course also includes some statistical methods such as linear regression and non linear regression. Some numerical methods and some software programs that are useful for solving life science problems are introduced.



BIT 661 Nanobiotechnologys 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor Basics of biosystems at micro and nanoscales. Principles of microfabrication

techniques. Nanoanalytics. Harnessing the structures and processes of biomolecules for designing new classes of nanofabricated devices, such as novel functional materials, biosensors, bioelectronics, for medical and biotechnological applications

BIT 662 Selected Topics in Biotechnology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor

New or advanced topics in Biotechnology. The contents will be specified at the time the course is offered.

BIT 663 Marine Biotechnology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: BIT 612 Development in marine biotechnology. Potential use of marine animals, plants,

Development in marine biotechnology. Potential use of marine animals, plants, algae and microbial for food, chemicals, bioactive metabolites and medicine e.g. anticancer, steriols, alkaloids, halogenated acetogenins, phenolic compounds and terpenoids. Marine algae as sources of polysaccharides e.g. agar, carageenan and emulsifying agents. Potential use of freshwater and marine microalgae as sources of glycerol, pigments (carotenoids, β-carotene), polyunsaturated fatty acids ; e.g. arachidonic acid, eicospentaenoic acid and gamma-linolenic acid. Cultivation of algae, harvesting and extraction of chemicals. Development of photobioreactors. Immobilization of algae cells for commercial production of chemicals.

BIT 664 Electroanalytical Chemistry 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none Fundamental concepts, electrochemical cells, principles of voltammetry,

electrode-solution interface, types of electrodes, electron transfer, mass transport, types of voltammetry, potentiometry, modified electrodes and spectroelectrochemistry.

BIT 665 Bioinformatics 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor Biological data cataloguing, management and utilization, using the global network

databases. In silico annotation and prediction of gene structure and functions, cellular functions and evolution. Impacts of bioinformatics on biotechnology, food technology, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, medicine and environment. Hands-on access and utilization of the databases via internet.

BIT 671 Technical Bioprocess Systems 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor Important technical systems in biological process are refereed in the course.

These include mass and heat transfers during fermentation, bioengineering systems design for reactor, kinetics of fermentation, types of fermentation, monitoring and controlling in biological process. Simulation and data analysis from packaging software is emphasized in the course.

BIT 672 Biological Process Modeling and Model Analysis 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none A course introduces students to real-life biological modeling problems.

Fundamental principles and process model development are introduced. The fundamentals are then applied to model the real-life biological processes. Numerical techniques are introduced as tools for solving those models. Basic tools for model analysis are also introduced.

BIT 673 Advanced Biotechnology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: BIT 671 or depended on instructor The course covers recent advances in biotechnology, focusing on the

development and operation of modern fermentation processes. Topics addressed include strain improvement, monitoring and control of key environmental



parameters and downstream processing for the recovery of fermentation products. Recent progress in the development of biosensors for fermentation monitoring, and techniques for cultivation of plant cells and production of viruses are described. Applications of biotechnology in the food, agriculture and medical industries are discussed.

BIT 681 Business Aspects of Biotechnology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none This course will serve as a foundation for biotechnology student an understanding

of business, marketing, and management principles. It is designed for those interested in a multitude of business opportunities in biotechnology areas. Topics to be covered will be business planning, strategic approaches in marketing of biotechnological products and services, market assessment, business management skills, human resources management, finance, and business risk and risk assessment. Students will be required to conduct a survey on business and marketing strategies of biotechnology companies and present the case to the committee.

BIT 682 Biotechnology Enterprise Initiative 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none This course will provide students an understanding of key factors important in the

development of biotechnology industry as well as the formation and growth of biotechnology companies. Topics addressed will involve trends in modern biotechnology business, market assessment of innovative products and technology, patent and licensing, government policy and regulations, ethical concerns regarding research and applications in biotechnology. Leaders and executives from government sectors and private enterprises will be guest lecturers for many classes.

BIT 711 Advanced Microbial Physiology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: BIT 612 and BIT 631 Current and future status and new techniques for studying microbial physiology

will be discussed. Critical analytical and presentation skill for clearly understanding microbial physiology will be focussed.

BIT 732 Advanced Gene Technology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: BIT 631 or depended on instructor

Discussion of advanced research and future status of gene technology development.

BIT 761 Selected Topics 1 (1-0) Prerequisite: none

Current interesting topics and research in Biotechnology and related area will be offered from time to time by Division staff and invited speakers.

BIT 775 Separation and Purification in Bioprocesses 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Separations and purification of metabolic products for specific uses e.g. food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

BIT 691 Seminar I 1 (0-2) Prerequisite: none

Students are required to present seminars on advanced topics in Biotechnology or related areas to their classmates and members of teaching staff. Reports of the seminars have to be submitted for grading afterwards. Participation in guest lecturers from experts in Biotechnology.

BIT 692 Seminar II 1 (0-2) Prerequisite: BIT 691

Students are required to present seminars on advanced topics in Biotechnology or related areas to their classmates and members of teaching staff. Reports of



the seminars have to be submitted for grading afterwards. Participation in guest lecturers from experts in Biotechnology.

BIT 697 Special Project Study 6 (0-12) Prerequisite: none

Application of knowledge and skills in Biotechnology to solve problems in the field of Biotechnology and related areas.

BIT 698 Thesis 12 (0-24) Self-research and study under supervision of an advisor(s) which lead to new concept(s) or new finding in Biotechnology or related area.

BIT 699 Thesis 18 (0-36)

Self-research and study under supervision of an advisor(s) which lead to new concept(s) or new finding in Biotechnology or related area.

BIF 612 Molecular Biochemistry 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Genome, transcriptome, proteome, basis of molecular evolution and their applications, cellular signaling

BIF 614 Molecular Evolution 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: BIF

Molecular evolution and development, phylogenetic principles, phylogenetic reconstruction by distance, parsimony, and likelihood method, molecular clock and speciation.

BIF 622 Experimental Techniques in Molecular Biology 3 (2-2) Prerequisite: none

This course is intended to provide an intensive overview of molecular biological techniques with both theoretical background and “hands-on” experiences. The focus will be on techniques used to study gene structure and expression. Techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR); restriction endonuclease analysis; agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoreses; molecular cloning; automated DNA sequencing; Southern blot analysis; mRNA extraction, RT-PCR, northern blot and DNA microarray analysis; and 2D gel electrophoresis and proteome analysis will be performed. (Practicals are important to enable computer scientists and mathematicians to get a feel for the techniques.)

BIF 632 Drug Design and Discovery 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: BIT 631

Techniques in computer-aided drug design and discovery. Using computer and information technologies in areas such as searching and analysis of structure and function analysis of biological macromolecules; analysis of structure function and structure activities relationships of physiologically active compounds; ligand designing and simulation of their interaction with biological macromolecules; predictions of pharmacological properties of new substances; molecular graphics and de novo drug design.

BIF 634 Functional and Comparative Genomics 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

The study of biological processes through genome-wide expression and regulation in organisms. DNA microarrays analysis, protein-protein interaction and signal transduction. Gene identification and clustering genes into functional groups. Building networks and pathways of interacting genes and gene products. Perspectives on comparative genomics. Genome and sequence comparisons to understanding the human genetics and evolution of organisms and genomic responses to the challenges of evolutionary niches.



BIF 662 Selected Topics in BioinformaticsI 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor

New or advanced topics in Bioinformatics. The contents will be specified at the time the course is offered.

BIF 664 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics II 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor


BIF 666 Selected Topics in Bioinformatics III 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor


BIF 772 Systems Biology and Metabolic Engineering 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Principles and methodology of systems biology and metabolic engineering. Studies of biological systems by systematically perturbing them biologically, genetically, or chemically. Monitoring gene, protein, and informational pathway responses; integrating these data; and ultimately, formulating mathematical models that describe the structure of the system and its response to individual perturbations. Introduction of metabolic engineering. Metabolic network reconstruction and analysis. Mathematical and experimental techniques for the quantitative description, modeling, control, prediction of biological processes, and design of metabolic pathways. Applications in strain improvements of biotechnological and agricultural importance, drug discovery, disease gene identification, diagnostic and prognosis.

BCT 601 Enzyme Technology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

The chemistry and structure of enzymes. Enzyme kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme action. Enzyme regulation and production. Extraction and purification of enzymes. Techniques of immobilization. Characteristics of immobilization enzyme and enzyme reactors. Enzyme reaction in organic solvents; solid phase and supercritical fluids. Application of enzymes in industries.Modification of enzyme molecules. Principles of protien engineering. Modification of enzyme structure by protein engineering techniques. Examples of engineering enzymes.

BCT 621 Lipid Technology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Chemistry, structures and occurrence of triglycerides and other lipids. Biosynthesis and degradation of fatty acids. Polyunsaturated fatty acids. Extraction of total lipid and purification. Industrial processes of fat and oil extraction, degumming, physical and chemical refinings, deoderization, crystallization and hydrodegenation. Microbial and enzymatic modification of lipids. Analysis and quality control of lipid and edible oil industries. Utilization and oleochemical industries. Nutritional value of essential fatty acids.

CHE 512 Membrane Technology 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: chemical and mass transfer in BSc. study

Principles and theories of synthetic membrane separation and concentration processes such as reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, dialysis and pervaporation. Type and preparation of synthetic membranes. Introduction in the use of membrane separation equipment. Application of membrane separation processes.

CHE 540 Biochemical Engineering 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: chemical and mass transfer in BSc. study

Biochemical and engineering principle of the industrial microbial and enzyme processes including : kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, isolation and utilization of enzymes, metabolic pathways and energetics, kinetics of microbe-



catalyzed reactions, transport phenomena in microbial systems, design and analysis of bio-reactors, pure culture fermentation and down stream processing.

CHE 634 Adsorption Separation 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: chemical and mass transfer in BSc. study

Concept of adsorption, gas-phase and liquid-phase adsorption force, rate of adsorption and equilibrium; Type characteristics and selection of adsorbents.

ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Designing a workable system or an optimum system. Engineering economics. Equation fitting for characterization of energy equipment using experimental data. Modeling of energy equipment based upon physical laws. Energy system modeling and simulation. Selected optimization techniques for energy systems.

ET 692 Bio-Energy Conversion 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Concepts of biomass and energy transformation. Conversion and utilization of biomass to food, fiber chemicals and fuel. Photosynthetic process and photochemical reactions.in plants. Photo-production of hydrogen. Fermentation process and conversion of agricultural wastes to viable fuel alternatives. Alcohol fermentation. Methane production. Engineering operation and economics aspects of bio-digesters.

FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor

The topics cover conversation of mass and material balances; conversation of energy and heat balances: the first law of thermodynamics: closed systems and control volumes; the second law of thermodynamics; fluid flow systems: external flow and internal flow; theory of momentum transfer, heat transfer: steady and unsteady state, mass transfer: and their application to food processing.

FDE 521 Food Process Engineering 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: depended on instructor

Application of food and chemical engineering principles to an operational concept and design of various unit operations in food processes such as dehydration, concentration, freezing, filtration, membrane processing, extraction and leaching. Thermodynamics. Steady and unsteady heating and cooling processes. Laboratory exercises illustrating the principle of the unit operations.

EV 520 WasteWater Treatment 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Properties, structures and functions of bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoa. Growth and metabolism of microbes. Sterilization and analysis of water quality. Activated sludge process. Sludge drying bed. Anaerobic digestion. Planning, feasibility assessment and site selection for water treatment by natural processes. Basic process responses and interactions. Fundamentals of wastewater treatment by natural processes such as stabilization ponds, land treatment systems, waste water reuse, etc.

EV 623 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Chemical constituents and their effects in wastewater. Nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Design criteria of biological process. Design of removal processes of refractory organic, dissolved inorganic substances; carbon adsorption, ion exchange, ultrafiltration, electrodialysis. Utilization or disposal of concentrated contaminants resulting from advanced waste water treatment.



EV 631 Hazardous Materials and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Waste 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Basic principles of hazardous materials. Atomic structure and chemical reactivity. Combustion mechanisms of reactive materials. Gas laws governing temperature, pressure, and volume behavior of compressed and cryogenic gases, explosive mechanism, shock waves, toxicity of materials, corrosive material, radioactive materials. Hazardous waste treatment technologies, physical, chemical and biological treatments, treatment by precipitation, sedimentation, chemical oxidation, neutralization, extraction, incineration, landfills, land treatment, and ocean disposal.

EV 632 Treatment and Utilization of Solid Waste 3 (3-0) Prerequisite: none

Sources, types and composition of wastes to be treated and utilized. Advantage and disadvantage in recycling wastes. Basic processing technologies. Processes of utilizing inorganic and organic wastes: composting, feed stuff, energy, chemical, landfill and land treatment.


FOOD ENGINEERING PROGRAM

The Department of Food Engineering was founded in 1990. The establishment of the Department originated from the fact that KMUTT is responsible for the technical management of the Royal Project food processing plants located in the rural areas. The plants were first initiated by HM the King to assist the poor rural groups by purchasing their agricultural produce at the guaranteed prices. The royal food plants then transform the produce into processed food or value added products. Having had long experience in providing technical assistance and management to the Royal Project food plants, KMUTT experienced at first hand the disadvantages caused by a lack of qualified food engineers to directly work in the food industry. The food engineering program was therefore set up to serve the rising demand for qualified engineers for the fast growing food industry in Thailand.

At present the Department of Food Engineering offers three graduate

programs, Graduate Diploma, Master Degree and Doctorate Degree. The Practice School Program for Master’s Degree in Food Engineering is currently being designed. This program will encourage mutual interest in research development activities between academic institutions and the food industry in Thailand.

Food Engineering is a multidisciplinary Department which offers a degree to

graduates with either engineering or food science and technology background. The program provides important food science and technology knowledge for engineering students and necessary relevant engineering knowledge for food science and technology students to enable them to successfully work in the food industry. These personnel will be important resource persons for developing the Thai food sector in the future.

Each student is required to study a food engineering problem in a selected food factory for a period of 8 weeks during summer session of the first year. The idea is to train the students to apply their knowledge to solve problems in a real situation before pursuing their research work.



Graduate Diploma Program in Food Engineering

CURRICULUM


A. Core Courses 16 credits B. Elective Courses 6 credits C. Case Study 3 credits

1. Core Courses 16 credits 1.1 Special Core Courses 12 credits

Group 1 Engineering Fundamental FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 507 Food Processing Technology 3 (2 - 3 - 7) FDE 621 Properties of Food Materials 3 (2 - 3 - 7)

Group 2 Food Processing Engineering Fundamental

FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 517 Mathematical Methods in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 518 Measurement and Instrumentation in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Group 3 Science Fundamental

FDE 517 Mathematical Method in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 518 Measurement and Instrumentation in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 621 Properties of Food Materials 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

1.2 Co-Core Courses 4 credits

FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

2. Elective Courses 6 credits

FDE 521 Food Process Engineering 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 524 Food Process Equipment and Energy Supply 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 601 Planning and Analysis of Experiments 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 619 Food Process Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 641 Industrial Drying of Foods 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 647 Selected Topics in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 661 Advanced Quality Management 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

3. Case Study 3 credits

FDE 693 Case Study 3 (0 - 9 - 6)



STUDY PLAN

Group 1 Engineering Fundamental

First Year First Semester FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 621 Properties of Food Materials 3 (2 - 3 - 7) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (8+x - 3+x – 25+x)

Second Semester

FDE 507 Food Processing Technology 3 (2 - 3 - 7) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 10 (5+x - 5+x – 19+x)

Summer Session

FDE 693 Case Study 3 (0 - 9 - 6) Total 3 (0 - 9 - 6)


First Year

First Semester FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 517 Mathematical Methods in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (9+x - 3+x – 27+x)

Second Semester

FDE 518 Measurement and Instrumentation in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 10 (6+x - 2+x – 21+x)

Summer Session





First Year First Semester FDE 517 Mathematical Method in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 621 Properties of Food Materials 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (8+x - 3+x – 25+x)

Second Semester

FDE 518 Measurement and Instrumentation in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 10 (6+x - 2+x – 21+x)

Summer Session




Master of Engineering Program in Food Engineering

CURRICULUM




1.1 Special Core Courses 12 credits

Group 1 Engineering Fundamental FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 504 Technology of Food Preservation 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6)


FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Group 3 Science Fundamental and/or Food Science

FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

1.2 Co-Core Courses 7 credits

FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE 692 Special Problem 3 (0 - 9 - 6)

2. Elective Courses 6 credits

FDE 506 Properties of Colloidal System 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 515 Rheology of Biomaterials 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 516 Unit Operations in Food Industry 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 521 Food Process Engineering 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 523 Food Machinery and Utilities 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 543 Packaging Technology 3 (2 - 3 - 6)



FDE 601 Planning and Analysis of Experiments 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 611 Advanced Food Engineering Calculations 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 612 Finite Element Method : Theory and Applications 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 613 Reaction Kinetics in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 619 Food Process Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 623 Advanced Engineering Properties of Food Materials 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 631 Food Product and Process Development 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 632 Computer Applications in Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 633 Automation in Food Manufacturing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 641 Industrial Drying of Foods 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 661 Advanced Quality Management 3 (3 - 0 - 9) ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

3. Thesis 12 credits

FDE 691 Thesis 12 credits



CURRICULUM

Total program credit 45 credits Curriculum Component Plan B Non-thesis

A. Core Courses 39 credits B. Elective Courses - credits C. Special Research Project 6 credits


FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) OR FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 601 Planning and Analysis of Experiments 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 619 Food Process Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials3 (2 - 3 - 6) OR FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 650 Process Design for Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 652 Computer Application for Food Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 662 Engineering Management in Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 694 Research Project in Food Industry I 3 (0 - 9 - 9) FDE 695 Research Project in Food Industry II 3 (0 - 9 - 9) FDE 696 Fundamentals of Food Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Note : Student received a Bachelor of Science and/or Food Science program in Ag-ro

Industry who must study core courses (FDE 519 and FDE 622).

2. Elective Courses - credits 3. Special Research Project 6 credits

FDE 697 Special Research Project 6 (0 - 12 - 12)



STUDY PLAN

Plan A Thesis Group 1 Engineering Fundamental

First Year First Semester FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (8+x - 3+x - 24+x)

Second Semester

FDE 504 Technology of Food Preservation 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 10 (5+x - 5+x - 18+x)


FDE 692 Special Problem 3 (0 - 9 - 6) FDE 691 Thesis 6 (0 -12 - 24) Total 9 (3 - 12 - 33)

Second Semester FDE 691 Thesis 6(0 - 12 - 24) Total 6 (0 - 12 - 24)




First Year First Semester FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (9+x - x - 27+x)

Second Semester

FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 10 (6+x - 2+x - 21+x)






Group 3 Science Fundamental and/or Food Science

First Year First Semester FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 12 (8+x – 3+x - 24+x)

Second Semester

FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE XXX Elective 3 (x - x - x) Total 10 (6+x - 2+x - 21+x)






Plan B Non-thesis

First Year Summer Session LNG 601 Foundation English for International Students non credit FDE 652 Computer Applications for Food Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

First Semester

FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) OR FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6) OR FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 650 Process Design for Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 12 (x - x - x)

Second Semester FDE 601 Planning and Analysis of Experiments 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 696 Fundamentals of Food Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 12 (12-0-36)

Second Year Summer Session FDE 619 Food Process Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 662 Engineering Management in Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 6 (6-0-18) First Semester

FDE 694 Research Project in Food Industry I 3 (0 - 9 - 9) FDE 695 Research Project in Food Industry II 3 (0 - 9 - 9) Total 6 (6-0-18)

Second Semester

FDE 697 Special Research Project 6 (0 - 12 - 12) Total 6 (0-12-12)



Doctor of Engineering Program in Food Engineering

CURRICULUM

Total program credit for bachelor background 73 credits Curriculum Component


Total program credit for Master background 48 credits Curriculum Component


1. Core Courses 1.1 Special Core Courses

Group 1 Engineering Fundamental FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 504 Technology of Food Preservation 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6)


FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9)


FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 519 Food Engineering Principle 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

1.2 Co-Core Courses

FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) OR CHE 611 Intermediate Transport Phenomena I 3 (3 - 0 - 9) CHE 621 Intermediate Transport Phenomena II 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) FDE 692 Special Problem 3 (0 - 9 - 6)



2. Elective Courses

FDE 506 Properties of Colloidal System 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 515 Rheology of Biomaterials 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 516 Unit Operations in Food Industry 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 521 Food Process Engineering 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 543 Packaging Technology 3 (2 - 3 - 6) FDE 601 Planning and Analysis of Experiments 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 613 Reaction Kinetics in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 611 Advanced Food Engineering Calculations 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 612 Finite Element Method: Theory and Applications 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 619 Food Process Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 623 Advanced Engineering Properties of Food Materials 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 624 Food Fabrication and Structure Synthesis 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 632 Computer Applications in Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 633 Automation in Food Manufacturing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 641 Industrial Drying of Foods 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 647 Selected Topics in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 650 Process Design for Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 661 Advanced Quality Management 3 (3 - 0 - 9) FDE 781 Independent Study I 2 Credits FDE 782 Independent Study II 3 Credits FDE 783 Independent Study III 5 Credits ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

3. Dissertation

FDE 791 Dissertation 36-48 credits



STUDY PLAN

For Bachelor Background

First Year First Semester Core Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Core Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Core Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Core Course or Elective Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 12 (12 - 0 - 36)

Second Semester

Core Course 1 (0 - 2 - 3) Core Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Core Course or Elective Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Elective Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 10 (9 - 2 - 30)

Second Year First Semester Core Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Dissertation 6 credits Total 9 credits

Second Semester

Dissertation 9 credits Total 9 credits

Third Year First Semester Dissertation 9 credits Total 9 credits

Second Semester




Fourth Year First Semester Dissertation 9 credits Total 9 credits

Second Semester


For Master Background

First Year

First Semester Core Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Core Course or Elective Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Core Course 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Elective Course 2 (3 - 0 - 9) Total 11 (12 - 0 - 36)

Second Semester

Core Course 1 (0 - 2 - 3) Dissertation 6 credits Total 7 credits

Second Year First Semester Dissertation 9 credits Total 9 credits

Second Semester


Third Year

First Semester Dissertation 9 credits Total 9 credits

Second Semester




COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FDE 501 Food Science Concepts I 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Chemical compositions of foods and their nutritive values, effect of food handling and processing on nutritional qualities. Effect of water activity on food preservation. Chemical analysis of food compositions. Postharvest technology of raw materials and its effect on processed food qualities. Role of food additives in processing and storage of food products. Food raw materials and their products. An additional report on current topics in food science is presented and discussed.

FDE 502 Food Science Concepts II 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

The course is designed to introduce the essentials of food safety and sanitation and also the quality control for food industry. The topics cover micro-organisms associated with foods, food spoilage, control and destruction of microorganisms in food, hazards to food safety, international food safety regulations including HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), risk assessment, food sanitation, and quality control of raw materials, process and finished food products. Students are expected to do substantial amount of library search for additional knowledge. Reports on current interesting topics would be submitted and presented.

FDE 504 Technology of Food Preservation 3 (2 - 3 - 6) Prerequisite : FDE 501 or equivalent

Principles of food preservation. Effect of raw material handling on preservation of foods. Preservation by heat, chilling, freezing, irradiation and fermentation, etc. Development of current food processing technologies. Food packaging and packaging materials. Relevant practical examples from Thai food industry are highlighted. The level of the subject equals to that of the first year graduated course in Food Science. Students are expected to do substantial amount of library searches both for additional knowledge and practical work.

FDE 506 Properties of Colloidal System 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry

Types of colloids, stabilization of colloidal system, properties of colloidal system including mechanical aids to emulsification. Emulsifiers. Stability and inversion or breaking of emulsion. Food emulsion.

FDE 507 Food Processing Technology 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

Principles of food processing; Microorganism in food, food spoilage and water activity. Food preservation: pasteurization, sterilization, thermal process, food dehydration, food freezing, food extraction, food irradiation and preservatives. Type and properties of packaging material for food products. New technologies in food processing. Changes in food products during storage.

FDE 513 Applied Mathematics 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : Calculus

Solving mathematical problems related to ordinary differential and partial differential equations with finite difference, Laplace transform. Application of analytical and numerical methods to problems associated with food engineering and related areas.

FDE 514 Process Control and Instrumentation 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : FDE 512

Dynamics of manufacturing processes. Process control concepts. Characteristics of measurement systems. Instruments used for research work and industrial application Physical, chemical and biological sensors. Automatic control modes. Control loops and applications. Introduction of computer application to controlling systems.



FDE 515 Rheology of Biomaterials 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : FDE 511 or equivalent

Behavior and mathematical models of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Material functions. Theory of rheology. Rheometry, concept of flow measurement and instrument. Flow behavior of biomaterials.

FDE 516 Unit Operations in Food Industry 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

Prerequisite : FDE 519 or equivalent Chemical Engineering concepts such as dimensional analysis, order of magnitude analysis, macroscopic and microscopic balances and mathematical modeling to the study of various unit operations. Application of these concepts to food processing system such as evaporator, extractor, fractionator, dryer, retort, extruder, etc. Students are expected to be able to analyze the performance of the processes.

FDE 517 Mathematical Methods in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : Calculus

Introduction of mathematical methods used in food engineering including: numerical differentiation, numerical integration, solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, use of Laplace transforms and introduction to finite elements.

FDE 518 Measurement and Instrumentation in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite: FDE 512

Measurement and control of temperature, pressure, flow, mechanical, electrical, thermal and other physical quantities. principles and operations of measuring devices and controlling systems. Automatic process control and introductory computerized control.

FDE 519 Food Engineering Principles 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

The topics cover conservation of mass and material balances; conservation of energy and heat balances; the first law of thermodynamics: closed systems and control volumes; the second law of thermodynamics; fluid flow systems: external flow and internal flow; theory of momentum transfer, heat transfer: steady and unsteady state, mass transfer: and their application to food processing.

FDE 521 Food Process Engineering 3 (2 - 3 - 6) Prerequisite : FDE 519 or equivalent

Application of food and chemical engineering principles to an operational concept and design of various unit operations in food processes such as dehydration, concentration, freezing, filtration, membrane processing, extraction and leaching. Thermodynamics. Steady and unsteady heating and cooling processes. Laboratory exercises illustrating the principles of the unit operations.

FDE 523 Food Machinery and Utilities 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Engineering aspects of mechanical equipments in food processes. Students are expected to understand the working mechanism and the importance of various parts of equipments. Topics cover solid and fluid transport, can seamier, retort, grader, mixer and the design of air-steam-water supply system.

FDE 524 Food Process Equipment and Energy Supply 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

principles of equipment design and operation in food processes. Topics include food preparation, processing and mechanical transportation equipment, energy and utility supply systems.

FDE 543 Packaging Technology 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

Prerequisite : FDE 504 or equivalent Packaging technology system, selection and protective tests of packages in relation to handling and transportation. Effect of packages on product quality. Types and quality of materials for suitable packages. Development of graphical and structural design of packages.



FDE 601 Planning and Analysis of Experiments 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : Probability and Statistic or equivalent

Statistical procedure, data description, random variable and some distributions. Sampling distribution concept. principles of experimental design. Analysis of variance, single factor experimental design, Completely Randomized Design (CRD), Randomized Block Design (RBD), Latin Square Design, Factorial Design, Fractional Factorial Design, Nested Design and Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The course will emphasize design concepts and the presentation of results.

FDE 611 Advanced Food Engineering Calculations 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Prerequisite : Calculus Formulation of differential equations for modeling of physical phenomena in food engineering. Application of analytical and numerical solution methods. Interpretation of solutions.

FDE 612 Finite Element Method : Theory and Applications 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Prerequisite : Calculus Theory and principles of implementation of the finite element method in fundamental engineering areas. Application of finite element in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, radial and axisymmetric field problems and time - dependent field problems.

FDE 613 Reaction Kinetics in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : General Chemistry

Kinetics of reaction, reaction kinetics of food components, analysis of reaction rate data, reactor design including reactor types, isothermal reactor and non-isothermal reactor; non-ideal flow, mixing and heterogeneous reactions.

FDE 618 Transport Phenomena in Food Processing 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

The transport processes of momentum, heat and mass that occur in food system are discussed in the following topics: principles, development and analysis of the governing equations including macroscopic balance; correlation and interactions of the simultaneous transport phenomena; and application to unit operations used in food processes.

FDE 619 Food Process Modeling 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : Calculus

Food process modeling is discussed in the following topics: roles and applications of modeling in food processes based on conservation principles of momentum, heat and mass; a systematic approach to model building; formulation of differential equation for modeling applied to various food engineering problems; including transport phenomena, kinetics and food engineering operation modeling.

FDE 621 Properties of Food Materials 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

Topics involve concept in physical and engineering properties of food and biomaterials, i.e. physical characteristics, surface, functional, mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties. Phase transition is also included. Measurements and application of these properties to food processing system including harvesting, handling, processing, storage and quality evaluation. A relevant integrated program of practical works are conducted.

FDE 622 Physical and Engineering Properties of Foods and Biomaterials 3 (2 - 3 - 6)

Topics involve concept in physical and engineering properties of food and biomaterials, i.e. physical characteristics, surface, functional, mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties. Phase transition is also included. Measurements and application of these properties to food processing system including harvesting, handling, processing, storage and quality evaluation. A relevant integrated program of practical works are conducted.



FDE 623 Advanced Engineering Properties of Food Materials 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : FDE 622 or equivalent Theory, determination and prediction of rheological, thermal, and mass transport properties of food and biomaterial systems are emphasized. Examples on applications of these properties for design of food processes are discussed.

FDE 624 Food Fabrication and Structure Synthesis 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : FDE 501 or equivalent

Structure of ingredients needed to enhance or diminish physical properties of products. Roles of protein, water, starch and other biopolymers in foods. Microencapsulation. Texturization by extrusion. Theory and application of film formation, foaming, thickening, gelation, globular formation and hydrolysis process.

FDE 631 Food Product and Process Development 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Prerequisite : FDE 504 or equivalent Multidisciplinary approaches for developing new food products and processes, in the context of industry-cooperated projects. Group dynamics and interpersonal skills. Process factors influence on product and process development. Analysis of mathematical models for design a food process.

FDE 632 Computer Applications in Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Prerequisite : Basic computer Examples of computer applications to food industry emphasizing the use of the computer as a solving tool. Food industry functional areas will include production management and development uses of computer software.

FDE 633 Automation in Food Manufacturing 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : Basic computer Microcomputer, fundamental concepts in industrial automation, computer control in food processing plants, automated material handing and transportation, automated inspection, data acquisition system, sensors for process control, on-line control of unit operations, process modeling and simulation, and process optimization.

FDE 641 Industrial Drying of Foods 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : FDE 519 or equivalent

Fundamental principles of drying – thermodynamic properties of air-water mixtures and moist solids, equilibrium moisture content, drying kinetics and mathematical modeling of drying process; classification and selection of industrial dryers; dryers for particulate solids, slurries and sheet-form materials; drying of selected food products: grains, fruits, vegetables and meat products; innovation in drying technologies.

FDE 647 Selected Topics in Food Engineering 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Currently interesting research topics in food engineering aspect will be discussed. Published papers will be used as a major information resource.

FDE 650 Process Design for Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Prerequisite : FDE 521 or equivalent Aspects of process design, process engineering flowsheeting, utilities systems, equipment specification and materials selection. Technical safety. Plant costing. Students are required to undertake an independent investigation of a food processing system.

FDE 652 Computer Applications for Food Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

A broad range of computer simulation for food engineering applications will be studied. The course will concentrate on flow-sheeting, simulations of each unit operation and processes of which theory and practical applications will be presented and discussed. Students will be trained to develop models and solve problems occurred in industrial processes.



FDE 661 Advanced Quality Management 3 (3 - 0 - 9) Prerequisite : Quality Control or equivalent

Evolution of quality concepts, customer focus, strategic quality management, operational quality management, quality control and quality improvement. Evolution of quality management methodologies, i.e., statistical technique, Hoshin management. Quality function deployment, standards on quality management system, i.e., ISO 9000 Standard.

FDE 662 Engineering Management in Food Industry 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

This course aims at preparing the students to be professional food engineers by broading their scientific and technical matters along with the economic and social issues. The students will learn how to use important economic and accounting concepts as tools for decision-making and problem solving in food industries. The contents of the course include: business analysis, financial and cost analyses, technology selection, marketing analysis, product management, food safety and regulation, waste management in food industries, proposal preparation, general management and project management, management of information system.

FDE 681 Food Engineering Seminar 1 (0 - 2 - 3) Study and select currently interesting research issues in food engineering from leading journals of the area. Additional information from related sources is required. The student is expected to develop skills in carrying out research as well as in presentation of the research work both oral and report. Oral presentation on the progress of thesis research and dissertation research topics is also practiced.

FDE 691 Thesis 12 (0 - 24 - 36)

Students enrolled in the Master’s Degree programme are required to carry out a research work on currently interesting food engineering aspects, under the supervision of staff members. Each research work must be departmentally approved

FDE 692 Special Problem 3 (0 - 9 - 6)

Prerequisite : Departmental approval Every student is required to study and solve a food engineering problem in a selected food factory. The study will be done at the factory under guidance of the student's advisor for a period of 8 weeks. Report is required and presented in the Food Engineering Seminar.

FDE 693 Case Study 3 (0 - 9 - 6)

A research work on problems related to food processing industry is conducted under supervision. The result is orally presented and a report must be submitted.

FDE 694 Research Project in Food Industry 3 (0 - 9 - 9)

Under the supervision and approval of the committee, which consists of the faculty members and experts from the food industry. The students will work on a thesis-like project related to food engineering to gain new knowledge or techniques for the food industry. Students are supposed to submit a proposal, conduct the project, present and submit the final report. The total workload is equivalent to a 3-credit thesis.

FDE 695 Research Project in Food Industry 3 (0 - 9 - 9)

The research project is similar to FDE 694. The students may work on a related or different topic of which the work load is equivalent to a 3-credit thesis.

FDE 696 Fundamentals of Food Engineering Practice 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Based on their knowledge in food engineering, students will be assigned and solved food industrial problems using university facilities. Working as a team under the guidance of advisors, the progress of the work will be reported and discussed throughout the semester.



FDE 697 Special Research Project 6 (0 -12 - 12) The student is required to carry out the research in the area of Food Engineering field under the supervision and approval of the advisory committee.

LNG 601 Foundation English for International Students 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

This course aims at developing English language skills necessary for use in international graduate programs. The course is designed for mature students in engineering and technology. It will emphasize on practical skills and focuses on the real language demands in an international program including: speaking and listening, lecture note taking, conference and group discussion, verbal report and presentation, report and technical paper writing.

ET 627 Energy System Design 3 (3 - 0 - 9)

Designing a workable system or an optimal energy system. Engineering economics. Equation fitting for characterization of energy equipment using experimental data. Modeling of energy equipment based upon physical laws. Energy system modeling and simulation. Selected optimization techniques for energy systems.

FDE 781 Independent Study 2 Credits

A self study on food engineering topics is pertinent to individual interest under guidance and evaluation of teaching members. The topic of study must be approved by the department.

FDE 782 Independent Study 3 Credits

A self study on food engineering topics is pertinent to individual interest under guidance and evaluation of teaching members. The topic of study must be approved by the department.

FDE 783 Independent Study 5 Credits A self study on food engineering topics is pertinent to individual interest under guidance and evaluation of teaching members. The topic of study must be approved by the department.

FDE 791 Dissertation 36 - 48 credits Prerequisite : Comprehensive examination

Students enrolled in the D.Eng. program are required to carry out an original research on a topic related to food engineering under the supervision and approval of the advisory committee. Each student has to present his research progress in the Food Engineering Seminar for every semester of his dissertation enrollment.

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