2005 Graduate Catalog and 2004 Annual R & D Report - Sirindhorn ...

2005 Graduate Catalog and 2004 Annual R & D Report
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT)
School of Bio-Chemical Engineering and Technology
Faculty Members and Research Interests, 2005
Dr. Alice Sharp
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. in Biology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
M.Sc. in Environmental Risk Assessment, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
M.Sc. in Natural Resource Management, Hiroshima University, Japan
Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management, Hiroshima University, Japan
Areas of Specialization: Community based natural resource management, Environmental Impact Assessment,
Pollution monitoring.
Research Interests:
Community Based Environmental Protection
(CBEP)
CBEP is a new approach to environmental protection.
Traditionally, environmental protection programs have
focused on the command and control approach,
which have been very effective at reducing point
source pollution and improving environmental quality.
However, some environmental problems, such as
non-point source pollution are less amenable to these
programs. CBEP will supplement and complement
the traditional environmental protection approach by
focusing on the health of an ecosystem and the
behavior of humans that live in the ecosystem’s
boundaries. This study is aiming to 1) comprehensively
identify local environmental concerns, 2) set
priorities and goals that reflect overall community
concerns, and 3) develop comprehensive, long-term
solution to environmental problems.
Products Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is used to quantify the
environmental inputs and outputs of a product or
process, from the mining of raw materials, through
production, distribution, use and reuse or recycling, to
final disposal. There are two main stages of LCA:
inventory analysis and impact assessment. Inventory
analysis involves the quantification of environmental
inputs and outputs throughout a product or process’s
lifetime. The inventory analysis is aiming to identify a
list of pollutants that may have an impact on the
environment. The purpose of the impact assessment
is to aggregate and evaluate the potential
environmental impacts identified in the inventory. This
study will be focusing on particular kinds of waste
which have high potential to be a major environmental
problem in the future, mobile phone and its batteries,
as an example in order to develop waste
management plan and minimize the amount of waste
before hand.
Waste Management
Waste management is one of the major long-term
problems in our society. Cost-effective, environmentally
sound management of wastes continues to
be an unstable issue, the solution of which must
integrate science, technology, individual awareness,
and policy. Waste management begins with
understanding the complete and detailed physical,
chemical, and biological characteristics of the waste
in question. This understanding is crucial to
successful utilization or environmentally sound
disposal measures. Additionally, waste management
enables us to predict what is in a material, how much
is there, how it may leach out, and how it will
ultimately impact the environment.
Dr. Pisanu Toochinda
Lecturer
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron OH, USA
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron OH, USA
Areas of Specialization: Photo-catalytic synthesis of hydrocarbons from CO 2 /H 2 O, Gas-solid reactor design,
Heterogeneous Catalysis, Nano-materials / zeolite syntheses, Bio-molecular imprinted material.
Research Interests:
Carbamate and Isocyanate Synthesis from the
Gas-Solid Catalytic Oxidative Carbonylation
Reactions
Development of environmentally benign synthesis
processes that eliminate toxic feedstocks, combine
process steps, and result in a net reduction of
pollutants and energy use rests on, to a great extent,
innovations in reactor design, reaction pathways, and
catalysis.
Carbonylation reaction serves as a new route for nonphosgene
processes in the production of carbamate
and isocyanate at mild conditions for the replacement
of highly toxic phosgene in the synthesis of carbamate
and isocyanate. Combining the gas-solid reactor
system and the Pd-based catalysts could provide
promising alternatives for carbamate and isocyanate
synthesis in the industry.
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