Research Center of Microwave Utilization in Engineering (R.C.M.E.)

About Prof. Dr. Phadungsak Rattanadecho

Prof. Dr. Phadungsak Rattanadecho is particularly interested interdisciplinary research, especially in-depth research works with academic merits, and has produced more than 60 numerous published research papers in international academic journals. His works have been cited in international research database more than 100 times. He has also been a reviewer for more than 10 international academic journals, and supervises 14 PhD scholarship students. In addition, his works have won more than 10 national and international awards, and more than 10 of his research works have been patented.

Currently, Prof. Dr. Phadungsak is the TRF Advanced Research Scholar and a head of Research Center of Microwave Utilization In Engineering (RCME), the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, his Master's Degree and PhD in the same field, with the Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho), from Chulalongkorn University and Nagaoka University of Technology respectively, and Post Doctoral Fellow in Statistical Modelling Computation from University of Minnesota, Twin cities, USA.

Prof. Dr. Phadungsak is an expert Modern Computational Techniques, research on heat and mass transferring in electromagnetic waves, and biomechanics. His research has now been used as a platform on which new commercially variable inventions will be made and eventually patented. Environmental minded, he studied new environmentally-friendly alternative energy. One of his outstanding pieces of research is on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer in porous media, Computational Heat and Mass Transfer in Phase Change Materials, Computational Heat and Fluid Flow in Human Body, and Microwave heating Technology.

Prof. Dr. Phadungsak was awarded Siler Medal Research Awards, and Best Inventor Award from the office of the National Research Council of Thailand, Engineering and Industrial Research Division, has been consecutively awarded each year and now holds more than 10 awards. Today, Prof. Dr. Phadungsak is still continuously producing quality research; he believes that research is a creation of a new body of knowledge, to be passed on to and benefit students and the society.

 

EDUCATION :

• B. Eng. (Mechanical Engineering), Mechanical Engineering Department, King Mongkut Institute of Technology Thonburi, March 1991.
  
  
• M. Eng. (Mechanical Engineering), Mechanical Engineering Department, Chulalongkorn University,Thailand, March 1994.
  
  
• Research Student (Computational Heat and Fluid Flow in Porous Media), Mechanical Engineering Department, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, 1999 (Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho))
  
  
• Ph.D. (Program of Energy and Environment Science), Mechanical Engineering Department, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, 2002 (Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho))
  
  
• Post Doctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, 2002-2003
  
  
• M.A. ( Politicals and Government for Executive), Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, 2006.
  
  

  AMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES :

  (Executive members of any committees, institutions, and organizations)
  

• Section Manager, The Aromatics Thailand, Co., LTD.
• Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University.
• Thailand Parliament Principal Advisor, State Enterprise Privatization Senate Thailand Parliament.
• Director of Graduate Study, Mechanical Engineering Department, Thammasat University
• Editorial Board, Thammasat Journal of Science and Technology.
• Editorial Board, The Journal of Industrial Technology.
• Associate Manager, Clinic Technology of Thammasat University.
• Director of Research Center of Microwave Utilization in Engineering(R.C.M.E), Thammasat University.
  
  
  

  About R.C.M.E.

  The Research Center of Microwave Utilization in Engineering ( R.C.M.E) continues its work allied to the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Thammasat University. The leader of the group, Dr Phadungsak Rattanadecho, has founded this centre since year 2002. A major activity involves the Research and Development on Microwave Heating Technology as well as Transport Phenomena in Porous Media. We also carry out consultancy work for industry and commerce on specific issues relating to energy utilisation and dielectric heat activities. Please visit the following website http://www.phadungsak.me.engr.tu.ac.th for details
  
  
  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Microwave and Dielectric Materials interactions

• Microwave Heating/ Drying and Melting Processes in Porous Medium
  
• Combined Thermocapillary-Buoyancy Convection of Liquid Layer due to Microwave Using a Rectangular Wave Guide
  
• Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Fields Inside a Rectangular Wave Guide
• Heating of Dielectric materials Using Continuous Microwave Belt Furnace
  
  

  Advanced Computational Modeling

• Finite Element (FEM), Finite Volume (FVM), Finite Different Time Domain (FDTD)
  
• Development of Numerical Schemes Based On Lattice Boltzmann Method for Flow and Dispersion in Porous Media
  
• Molecular Dynamics Modeling
  
  

  Multi-Phase Flow in Porous Media and Phase Change Problem

• Two-Phases Flow in Multi-Layer Unsaturated Porous Media
• Removal of High Heat Flux in Unsaturated Packed Beds due to Supplying Water (2-Dimensional Model with Moving Evaporating Front)
• Freezing and Melting Processes in Multi-Layer Unsaturated Porous Media
• Conventional Drying of Agricultural Products
• Boiling in Porous Media
• Cryopreservation of Engineered Tissues
  
  

  Heat and Mass Transport in Complexity Boundary-Layer

• Ice Formation on Cooled Flat Plate during Flowing Fluid
• Heat and Mass Transfer over Flat Plate Embed in Unsaturated Porous Medium
• Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer on Phase Change Obstacle during Flowing Fluid in Several Directions
  
  
  

OUTSTANDING AWARDS:

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