By AIT Public Affairs
15 July 2023: The 30th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering (TE2023) was successfully organized by the A-cube Research Group from the Department of Industrial System Engineering (ISE) in AIT School of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with the ReCap 4.0 Consortium. The conference received support from the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union and the International Society of Transdisciplinary Engineering (ISTE). TE2023 was held in Hua Hin, Thailand, from 11 to 14 July 2023.
The theme of TE2023 was ‘Leveraging Transdisciplinary Engineering in a Changing and Connected World.’ The conference featured esteemed keynote speakers who shared their valuable experiences and insights across various domains, including economy, industry, technology, design, and education.
A transdisciplinary engineering paper:
- Addresses a real-world problem.
- Involves multiple engineering disciplines and other fields relevant to the context of the engineered system (e.g. social scientists, economists, legal scholars…)
- Integrates knowledge from across disciplines and stakeholders.
- Demonstrates insights beyond a specific technical challenge, contributing emerging engineering principles and methods outside existing domains.
TE2023 successfully brought together academics and industry professionals from around the world, fostering the exchange of knowledge and ideas in line with the conference theme. Participants included faculty, researchers, and students from reputable academic institutes representing twenty countries, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, University of Bath, University College London, National Tsing Hua University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and others. Industry representatives from renowned international corporations like Chevron and Toyota Motor Corporation also enriched the event, contributing to the strengthening of the ISTE community.
The conference focused on several main topics, including Product Design and Development; Smart Operations for Value Chain Management; Engineering Education; Critical Issues in Transdisciplinary Engineering; Transdisciplinary Approaches to Team Working, and Theoretical Contributions.
Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto, AIT Interim President, delivered opening remarks and welcomed the participants and distinguished keynote speakers. Among the distinguished keynote speakers were Hon. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Former Thai Prime Minister; Dr. Sampan Silapanad, Vice President, Hard Disk Drive Operations – Thailand, Western Digital Corporations; Prof. Cynthia J. Atman, Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering, Mitchell T. and Lella Blanche Bowie Endowed Chair, Director, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching College of Engineering University of Washington, USA; Prof. Claudia Eckert, Professor of Design, School of Engineering and Innovation, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, The Open University, United Kingdom and Prof. George Q. Huang, Chair Professor of Smart Manufacturing, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
About A-Cube Research Group
A-Cube Research Group was formed over a decade ago and named after its initial three “A” areas: Adaptive Layered Manufacturing, Abrasive Waterjet Technology, and Automotive Technology. Today, A-Cube stands for Additive Manufacturing for a better living, Automation technology for a better life, and Academic Excellence for better learning. A-Cubers are doing transdisciplinary engineering research to assist industries, businesses, and academics in better response to their valuable customers.
Current Research
- Customer Experience Design
- Customer-Oriented Manufacturing
- Technology Development for Design by Customer
- Engineering Education
- Additive Manufacturing
About ReCap 4.0
ReCap 4.0 is an Erasmus+ joint capacity building project between five universities of Thailand and three EU partner universities that is proposed to enhance the capacity and ability of the non-university sector at the tertiary level in Thailand for the effective delivery of engineering and technology knowledge and skills related to Industry 4.0 to support Thailand Sustainable Smart Industry and to strengthen a partnership among participating European and Thai universities as well as benefited non-university sector.
