Category: Research and Innovation

She Talks Peace is a podcast that points up the role of women peacebuilders across sectoral worldwide, which worked with governmental and non-governmental organizations in bringing permanent peace and security to their communities. The host of this podcast is Amina Rasul Bernardo, President of the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy, and Dina Zaman, who is a Malaysian journalist and co-founder of IMAN Research. Also, the podcast was held by International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), an NGO focused on women's rights, peace, and security. Many female peacebuilders came to be a guest on this podcast. In 2021, Altaf Deviyati and Asst. Prof. Dr. Amporn Marddent talked beyond Tom Yam and Temples in the link below. Ep. 14: Altaf Deviyati and Dr. Amporn Marddent Talk Beyond Tom Yam and Temples…

Assist. Prof. Dr. Amonsak Sawusdee, a lecturer in the School of Science at Walailak University, has been appointed by the Department of Fisheries to be the National Scientific and Technical Committee for advising fisheries plans in Thailand, including preventing overfishing and minimizing the impact of fisheries on the aquatic ecosystems: physical, chemical, and biological alterations. He has been appointed to three national academic committees, namely Thailand's National Scientific and Technical Committee, Technical Committee on the Assessment for Sustainability and Appropriate Reference Point Determination in Marine Animals Management, and the Committee on Sustainable Blue Crab Management of Thailand. He has also established cooperation with NGOs, including the Federation of Thai fisher folk and the Thai sea watch association. Besides, the university's researchers are responsible for drafting the country's fisheries strategy and preparing a…

Walailak University collaborates with NGOs, namely the Federation of Thai Fisher Folk Association and the Thai Sea Watch Association, to organize an ongoing stewardship program in recovering marine resources and provide knowledge on ocean stewardship issues, e.g., the protection of aquatic animals of a size that is smaller than that prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, sustainable fishing practices, overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and destructive fishing practices. Moreover, the university and those NGOs supported the students of Walailak University in organizing a student volunteering program titled "Releasing Young Blue Crabs to the Thai Sea" to raise awareness of the sustainable use of marine. resources supporting SDG 14: Life Below Water. The university and the NGOs also jointly discussed the best practices for sustainable marine resource management,…

Walailak University has established cooperation with national and international sectors to conduct the project called "The Research and Academic Services for Improving Blue Swimming Crab Abundance in the Gulf of Thailand. This project has been supported by the World Wide Fund for Nature, the NFI Crab Council (United States), and the Marine Resources Assessment Group (MREG) to implement the project based on the principle of the Fishery Improvement Project, which is the analysis of comparative results in line with the academic framework. The comparative results of the project include stock status and fisheries, environmental and ecological assessment, and management strategy for sustainability.Moreover, the project has been collaboratively developed by various national sectors, e.g., the Thai Frozen Foods Association, the Department of Fisheries, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, the…

Walailak Institution establishes its Phase 1 Development Plan under its 20-year Strategy Plan, with the goal of becoming a paperless university. As is well known, utilizing paper necessitates the use of trees, implying that deforestation must occur as a result of paper manufacture. Walailak University is against deforestation and needs to limit paper consumption on campus. As a result, "The Walailak University Digital Office Management System," a system that improves operational efficiency and effectiveness, has been developed. One of its features is eSignature, which allows Walailak University authorities to electronically declare permission and acknowledgment. The formerly needed handwritten original signatures on paper documents have already been superseded by the invention. Over the past few years, the operations of Walailak University have greatly improved. It provides a smoother, less complex, and…

Walailak University that has been categorized in Frontier Research University, has developed quality research results, and the number of them has increased exponentially. In the fiscal year 2021, WU earned income from applying research innovation in the industrial sector through the Science and Technology Park; the total amount was 5,111,181.17 baht.The total amount of income received from the 12 private companies that utilized WU’s innovative research, such as food supplements innovation, medicines, beauty products, pet products, and bio innovation extracted from high efficiency fungi to prevent and eliminate pests (that helps increase the quantity and quality of crop yields and protect from contamination with pesticide), was 4,806,181.17 baht which can be divided into research income from STEM (4,145,431.17 baht), research income from medicine (160,750 baht), research income from arts, humanities,…

          Walailak University has the policy to establish spin-off companies to generate income and to apply the research findings for community benefits and as solutions to social problems.          The operations of two WU spin-off companies in 2021 (2564 B.E.) were under the support of Walailak Business Incubation Center, Science and Technology Park Walailak University. Walaibiocontrol Co., Ltd. and Mangosto Co., Ltd. are registered companies from within the institution.Walaibiocontrol was founded by WU alums, with Associate Professor Dr. Warin Intana, lecturer in the School of Agricultural Technology and Food Industry as a business consultant in manufacturing and distributing agricultural bio-products. The company uses knowledge/ innovation/ technology in selecting Trichoderma spp. to prevent plant diseases (to be used in durian, rubber tree, and grapefruit orchards, for instance). The company's revenue in 2021…

Walailak University has continuously created innovative technology derived from research by faculty and researchers. The Intellectual Property Office of Walailak Science and Technology Park plays a significant supportive role in protecting intellectual property, commercial utilization of technology, developing agreement documents, contract administration, benefits allocation, and enforcement of the right.            In 2021, Walailak staff obtained a total of 15 patents, which included nine patents and six petty patents for various product types. Granted patents were in the food group -- food processing, food innovation; in the pharmaceutical group -- cosmeceuticals, herbs; in the science group -- medical science, biotechnology; in the architecture group -- design; in the agriculture group -- agricultural technology, fishery. The nine patents were issued to the School of Management and School of Architecture and Design for Nipa…