Curriculum Vitae

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First name / Surname SOORATHEP KHEAWHOM Affliation

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University 254 Phayathai Rd. Patumwan Bangkok 10330 Thailand

Telephone +66 22186893 Mobile: +66 814905280 Fax +66 22186877

E-mail soorathep.k@chula.ac.th soorathep@gmail.com

Nationality Thai

Date of birth 8th December 1976

Gender Male

Work experience

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April 2004-Present Associate professor

Teaching:

Process Simulation and Optimization (Graduate course) Advanced Thermodynamics (Graduate course) Research Methodology (Graduate course) Process Dynamics and Control (Undergraduate course) Statistical Thermodynamics (Undergraduate course)

Research: Process Simulation and Optimization Model Predictive Control Printed Electronics Printed Zinc-Air Battery Zinc-Air Fuel Cell

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University

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April 2001- March 2002 Teaching Assistant Teaching computer programming

The University of Tokyo, Japan

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May 1997- March 1999 Lecturer Teaching: Computer Application for Chemical Engineering Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Education and training

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October 2015 – November 2015 Research visit Dynamic simulation and control structure design Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Republic

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December 2014 – January 2015 Research visit Copper Conductive Pattern Fabrication by Printing Technology

Hokkaido University, Japan Dates

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September 2014 – October 2014 Research visit Robust Model Predictive Control for Linear Parameter Varying System

University of Girona, Spain Dates

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April 2010 – May 2010 Research visit Thin Film Organic Transistor Fabrication The University of Tokyo, Japan

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April 2005 – May 2005 Research visit Technology Assessment of Nanotechnology Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Denmark

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April 2001 – March 2004 Ph.D. (Chemical System Engineering) Thesis Title: Multi-criteria Process Design with Uncertainty Consideration The University of Tokyo, Japan

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April 1999 – March 2001 M.Eng. (Chemical System Engineering) Thesis Title: Environmentally Benign Process Design The University of Tokyo, Japan

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June 1994 – April 1997 B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Thai

Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C2 (Proficient user) C2

(Proficient user) C1 (Proficient user) C1

(Proficient user) C2 (Proficient user)

Japanese B1 (Independent user) B1

(Independent user) B1 (Independent user) B1

(Independent user) A2 (Basic user)

(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Social skills and competences Strongly self-motivated, responsible, open-minded and collaborative, easy to get long with all kinds of people in multicultural environments. I have worked in various types of teams from research teams to a university club.

Organisational skills and competences

Good sense of organization management. I am working as associate chairman of Department of Chemical Engineering on foreign affairs. Previously, I used to serve as an associate chairman taking care of undergraduate affairs between 2008-2013. Moreover, I am now working as an associate chairman taking care of international affairs since 2014. I have organized various industrial workshops, for example, - “Practical plantwide process control work shop” organized with Prof. Sigurd Skogestad (NTNU)

and Prof. Nitin Kaistha (IIT Kanpur), 3-4 April, 2014. - “Control performance assessment”, 23-24 July, 2015. - “Optimization in chemical process industries”, 14-16 December, 2015.

Technical skills and competences - Strong backgournd on process simulation, optimization, and control. - Extensive experience in synthesis and characterization of solid state materials. - Familiar with material characterization techniques such as SEM, TEM, AFM, XRD, ICP, DLS, DSC, UV/Vis etc.

Computer skills and competences - OS: OSX, MS Windows, Linux - Programming: Matlab, C, C++, Visual Basic - Simultion software: Aspen plus, Aspen HYSYS, ProII, Dynsim - Competent with most Microsoft Office programmes, LaTEX and some experience with HTML

Artistic skills and competences Aquascaping: I have won an aquascaping contest in March 2006.

Publication Kheawhom, S., Bumroongsri, P., Interpolation techniques for robust constrained model predictive control based on polyhedral invariant set, 2016, IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, DOI: 10.1093/imamci/dnv057, in press. [IF=0.75]

Suren, S., Limkitnuwat, W., Benjapongvimon, P., Kheawhom, S., Conductive Film by Spray Pyrolysis of Self-reducing Copper-silver Amine Complex Solution, 2016, Thin Solid Films, 607, 36-42. [IF=1.759]

Suren, S., Kheawhom, S., Development of a High Energy Density Flexible Zinc-Air Battery, 2016, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163, A846-A850. [IF=3.266]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S., An off-Line Formulation of Tube-Based Robust MPC Using Polyhedral Invariant Sets, 2016, Chemical Engineering Communications, 203, 6, 736-745. [IF=1.104]

Wannachod, T, Wongsawa, T, Ramakul, P, Pancharoen, U, Kheawhom, S. The synergistic extraction of uranium ions from monazite leach solution via HFSLM and its mass transfer, 2016, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 33, 246-254. [IF=2.063]

Srirachat, W., Wongsawa, T., Sunsandee, N., Pancharoen, U., Kheawhom, S., Phase equilibrium for ternary liquid systems of water + di-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid + organic diluents: Thermodynamic study, 2015, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 401, 34-47. [IF=2.241]

Chatrattanawwet, N., Kheawhom, S., Arpornwichanop, A., Robust Model Predictive Control Strategy for LTV and LPV Systems of the Internal Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, 2015, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 37, 1733-1738. [SCOPUS]

Chiewchanchairat, K., Bumroongsri, P., Lersbamrungsuk, V., Apornwichanop, A., Kheawhom, S., Implementation of Model Predictive Control in Industrial Gasoline Desulfurization Process, 2015, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 37, 1619-1624. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Lersbamrungsuk, V., Kheawhom, S., Off-Line Tube-Based Robust Model Predictive Control for Uncertain and Highly Exothermic Polymerization Processes, 2015, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 37, 1709-1714. [SCOPUS]

Suren, S., Haokratoke, S., Kheawhom, S., Copper surface protection by organothiol self-assembled monolayers, 2015, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1746, DOI: 10.1557/opl.2015.399 [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S., Optimal dosing of breast cancer chemotherapy using robust MPC based on linear matrix inequalities, 2015, Engineering Journal, 19, 97-106. [SCOPUS]

Chaturabul, S., Wannachod, T., Leepipatpiboon, N., Pancharoen, U., Kheawhom, S. Mass transfer resistance of simultaneous extraction and stripping of mercury(II) from petroleum produced water via HFSLM, 2015, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 21, 1020-1028. [IF=2.063]

Chaturabul, S., Srirachat, W., Wannachod, T., Ramakul, P., Pancharoen, U., Kheawhom, S. Separation of mercury(II) from petroleum produced water via hollow fiber supported liquid membrane and mass transfer modeling, 2015, Chemical Engineering Journal, 265, 34-46. [IF=4.058]

Kheawhom, S., Bumroongsri, P. Interpolation-based robust constrained model predictive output feedback control, 22nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2014; University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 16-19 June 2014. [SCOPUS]

Kheawhom, S., Bumroongsri, P. Robust distributed framework of interpolation-based control for polytopic uncertain systems, 19th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, MMAR 2014, Miedzyzdroje, Poland, 2-5 September 2014. [SCOPUS]

Suren, S., Pancharoen, U., Kheawhom, S. Simultaneous extraction and stripping of lead ions via a hollow fiber supported liquid membrane: Experiment and modeling, 2014, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 20, 4, 2584-2593. [IF=2.063]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. Interpolation-based off-line robust MPC for uncertain polytopic discrete-time systems, 2014, Engineering Journal, 18, 1, 87-104. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. Off-line robust constrained MPC for linear time-varying systems with persistent disturbances, 2014, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014, 936093. [IF=1.082]

Arpornwichanop, A., Boonpithak, N., Kheawhom, S., Ponpesh, P., Authayanun, S. Performance Analysis of a Biomass Supercritical Water Gasification Process under Energy Self-sufficient Condition, 2014, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 33, 1699-1704. [SCOPUS]

Panuthai, N., Savanglaa, R., Praserthdam, P., Kheawhom, S., Characterization of copper-zinc nanoparticles synthesized via submerged arc discharge with successive reduction process, 2014, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 53, 5, 05HA11. [IF=1.127]

Kheawhom, S., Panyarueng, P. Synthesis and characterization of copper-silver core-shell nanoparticles by polyol successive reduction process, 2014, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1630 DOI: 10.1557/opl.2014.83 [SCOPUS]

Kheawhom, S., Bumroongsri, P. Modeling of a small-scale biomass updraft gasifier, 2014, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 37, 217-222. [SCOPUS]

Suren, S., Sunsandee, N., Stolcova, M., Hronec, M., Leepipatpiboon, N., Pancharoen, U., Kheawhom, S. Measurement on the solubility of adipic acid in various solvents at high temperature and its thermodynamics parameters, 2013, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 360, 332-337. [IF=2.241]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. An interpolation-based robust MPC algorithm using polyhedral invariant sets, 2013, European Control Conference, ECC 2013, 6669124, 3161-3166. [SCOPUS]

Kheawhom, S., Bumroongsri, P. Constrained robust model predictive control based on polyhedral invariant sets by off-line optimization, 2013 Chemical Engineering Transactions, 32, 1417-1422. [SCOPUS]

Kheawhom, S., Foithong, K. Comparison of reactive inkjet printing and reactive sintering to fabricate metal conductive patterns, 2013, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 52, 5, 05DB14. [IF=1.127]

Chuachuensuk, A., Paengjuntuek, W., Kheawhom, S., Arpornwichanop, A. A systematic model-based analysis of a downer regenerator in fluid catalytic cracking processes, 2013, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 49, 136-145. [IF=2.452]

Kongsumrit, P., Kheawhom, S. Thermal stability of thiolate self-assembled monolayers on copper surface, 2013 Advanced Materials Research, 646, 18-23. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. Interpolation-based Off-line MPC for LPV systems, 2013, IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 10, 81-86. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Witchayanuwat, W., Kheawhom, S. Experimental heat transfer coefficients of waste heat recovery unit in detergent manufacturing process, 2013, Experimental Heat Transfer, 26, 1, 114-125. [IF=0.979]

Kheawhom, S., Bumroongsri, P. Robust MPC based on polyhedral invariant sets for LPV systems, 2013, IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 10, 355-360. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. Robust constrained MPC based on nominal performance cost with applications in chemical processes, 2012, Procedia Engineering, 42, 1561-1571. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. Improving the performance of robust MPC using the perturbation on control input strategy based on nominal performance cost, 2012, Procedia Engineering, 42, 1027-1037. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. An ellipsoidal off-line robust model predictive control strategy for uncertain polytopic discrete-time systems, 2012, IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 268-273. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. Simultaneous estimation of thin film thickness and optical properties using two-stage optimization, 2012, Journal of Global Optimization, 54, 3, 583-597. [IF=1.355]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. The polyhedral off-line robust model predictive control strategy for uncertain polytopic discrete-time systems, 2012, IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 8, 655-660. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. MPC for LPV systems using perturbation on control input strategy, 2012, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 31, 350-354. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. A polyhedral off-line robust MPC strategy for uncertain polytopic discrete-time systems, 2012, Engineering Journal, 16, 4, 73-89. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. An off-line robust MPC algorithm for uncertain polytopic discrete-time systems using polyhedral invariant sets, 2012, Journal of Process Control, 22, 6, 975-983. [IF=2.179]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. MPC for LPV systems based on parameter-dependent Lyapunov function with perturbation on control input strategy, 2012, Engineering Journal, 16, 2, 61-72. [SCOPUS]

Bumroongsri, P., Kheawhom, S. An ellipsoidal off-line model predictive control strategy for linear parameter varying systems with applications in chemical processes, 2012, Systems and Control Letters, 61, 3, 435-442. [IF=1.886]

Kheawhom, S. Efficient constraint handling scheme for differential evolutionary algorithm in solving chemical engineering optimization problem, 2010, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 16, 4, 620-628. [IF=2.063]

Preechakul, C., Kheawhom, S. Modified genetic algorithm with sampling techniques for chemical engineering optimization, 2009, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 15, 1, 110-118. [IF=2.063]

Kheawhom, S., Kittisupakorn, P. Multi-objective design space exploration under uncertainty, 2005, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 20C, 145-150. [SCOPUS]

Kheawhom, S., Hirao, M. Decision support tools for environmentally benign process design under uncertainty, 2004, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 28, 9, 1715-1723. [IF=2.452]

Kheawhom, S., Hirao, M. Environmentally benign separation process synthesis, 2004, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 37, 2, 243-252. [IF=0.609]

Kheawhom, S., Hirao, M. A methodology for environmentally benign process design under uncertainty, 2003, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 15C, 870-875. [SCOPUS]

Kheawhom, S., Hirao, M. Decision support tools for process design and selection, 2002, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 26, 5, 747-755. [IF=2.452]

Kheawhom, S., Hirao, M. Decision support tools for process design and selection, 2001, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 9C, 1023-1028. [SCOPUS]

Research Interests - Interpolation-based Robust Constrained Model Predictive Control - Plant-wide Process Control - Printed Copper-based Conductive Patterns - Printed Zinc-Air Battery - Regenerative Zinc-Air Fuel Cell