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Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong

Position
Associate Professor
Unit
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE)
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(662) 524 5689
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Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong is an Associate Professor and Department Head at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. With expertise in VLSI design, physical design automation, microarchitecture, compiler, Embedded Systems, Mechatronics, and Computer Vision, he has made significant contributions to these fields. Dr. Ekpanyapong has conducted research on topics such as highly-sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy-based chemical sensors using 3D graphene foam decorated with silver nanoparticles. He is dedicated to advancing knowledge and innovation in his areas of interest, enhancing both academic and industrial landscapes.

  1. Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2006
  2. B.Eng., Computer Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1997
  3. M.Eng., Computer Science, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2000
  4. M.Eng., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2003
  1. IC Hardware design
  2. Computer Architecture
  3. Real-time System
  4. Embedded Systems
  5. Computer Vision
  6. Deep Learning
  1. AT74.04 Digital & Analog Circuit Design
  2. AT81.06 VLSI Design
  3. AT81.17 Embedded System Integration
  4. AT81.15 Embedded System Architecture
  5. AT74.06 Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
  1. Piyanun Ruangurai, Matthew N. Dailey, Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Peeyush Soni, “Optimal vision-based guidance row locating for autonomous agricultural machines”, Precision Agriculture, 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11119-022-09881-8
  2. Somphop Limsoonthrakul, Matthew N. Dailey, Ramesh Marikhu, Vasan Timtong, Aphinya Chairat, Anant Suphavilai, Wiwat Seetamanotch, and Mongkol Ekpanyapong, “Design and implementation of a highly scalable, low-cost distributed traffic violation enforcement system in Phuket, Thailand”, Sustainability (Switzerland) 13(3), pp. 1–23, 1210 (2021) https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031210
  3. Muhammad Farooq, Matthew N. Dailey, Arif Mahmood, Jednipat Moonrinta, and Mongkol Ekpanyapong, “Human face super-resolution on poor quality surveillance video footage”, Neural Computing and Applications, 2021 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00521-021-05973-0
  4. Supod Kaewkorn, Mongkol Ekpanyapong, and Ukrit Thamma, “High-Accuracy Position-Aware Robot for Agricultural Automation Using Low-Cost IMU-Coupled Triple-Laser-Guided (TLG) System”, IEEE Access, 9, pp. 54325–54337, 9398657 (2021) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9398657
  5. Sarat Yoowattana, and Mongkol Ekpanyapong, “DC-balanced improvement of interlaken protocol”, IEICE Transactions on Communications, E104B(1), pp. 27–34 (2021) http://dx.doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2020EBP3012
  6. Pobporn Danvirutai, Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Adisorn Tuantranont, Erik Bohez, Sirirat Anutrakulchai, Anurat Wisitsoraat, Chavis Srichan, “Ultra-Sensitive and Label-Free Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin Electrochemical Sensor Using Gold Nanoparticles Decorated 3D Graphene Foam towards Acute Kidney Injury Detection”, Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, Vol. 30, December (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2020.100380

2013         Police Eyes project “Intelligent Jar Choey”, V-Watch, CCTV Analytics consortium, and Smart Cities, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Member

  1. Thailand Research Fund Prominent Research Award, (awarded by Deputy Prime Minister) 2018
  2. AIT Researcher Awards in the Junior category, 2016
  3. The Honorary award from Bangkok Bang Foundation in the area of agriculture machinery (awarded by Minister of Science and Technology) with the money award 50,000 baht, 2016
  4. Gold medal award and a special prize from Taiwan Invention Association (on stage) in Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF) 2015, Korea
  5. The  Honorary Airborne Parachutist Badge from Thai Special Operations Force Army award from Thai Army 2015
  6. Silver medal award from Kaohsiung International Invention Exhibition 2014, Taiwan
  7. Princess-IT award 2014 in the area of Embedded  Systems with the money award 100,000 baht
  8. Third price award for NSTDA Investor day 2014 (from 27 projects).
  9. Invention award 2014 in the area of ICT with the award the amount of 150,000 baht
  10. Invention award 2014 in the area of rice research with the award the amount of 100,000 baht
  11. One of six NSTDA outstanding projects selected for NSTDA Investor day 2013 with the award of 500,000 baht to AIT.
  12. Best paper candidate in International Symposium of Physical Design 2006
  13. Hardware design contest award, NECTEC, 1997
  1. Senior Computer Architect, Mobility Microprocessor Group, Intel Corporation, California, USA – 2006-2009
  2. Graduate Research Assistant, Center of Research in Embedded Systems and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA -2001 – 2004
  3. System Engineer, United Communication Network, Bangkok, Thailand – 1997 – 1998
  1. IC Hardware design
  2. Computer Architecture
  3. Real-time System
  4. Embedded Systems
  5. Computer Vision
  6. Deep Learning