Title : Dr.
Name : Sutat Weesakul
FoS : Water Engineering and Management
Affiliation : Adjunct Faculty
Location : WR110
Phone : (662) 524 5554
Fax : (662) 524 6425
Email : sutat[at]ait.ac.th

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  1. D.Eng. Hydraulic/Coastal, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 1987
  2. M.Eng. Hydraulic/Coastal, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 1982
  3. B.Eng. Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 1980

RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research focuses in the area of numerical computation in sea and coastal area including flood propagation using developed computer programs at AIT. Application in solving urban drainage problem using both engineering and management approaches is one of my interests. By collaboration with Dr. Ole Mark from DHI, the on-line urban flood warning system at Sukumvit , Bangkok , Thailand providing useful information in daily life during rainy season are disseminated in http://www.wap.ait.ac.th. Improvement of hydraulic design using physical hydraulic model test in hydropower project is a sponsor research topic that has been paid attention from the international consultant companies. AIT has been involved in a number of hydropower development projects in Lao and Myanmar and improvement in design of intake, diversion tunnel, riparian outlet, energy dissipater, spillway and head pond have been successfully proposed from the research finding and accepted .

TEACHING
CE74.31: Coastal and Estuarine Processes
CE74.42: Urban Drainage Management
CE74.72: Laboratory / Field Practice
CE74.14: Concepts in Water Modeling

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  1. Chonwattana S, Weesakul S. and Vongvisessomjai S. (2005) “3D Modeling of Morphological Changes Using Representatives Waves”. Coastal Engineering Journal, Vol.47, No.4 p.1-25
  2. Mark, O., Weesakul, S., Apirukmanekul, C., Boonya Aroonnet, S. and Djordjevi ć, S. (2004) “Potential and Limitations of 1-D Modelling of Urban Flooding”, Journal of Hydrology, Vol.299,p.284-299.
  3. Weesakul S., Pokavanivh T and Yee Win T. (2004) “Numerical Modeling of Dynamic Bay Shape”, 29 th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal p.2220-2231
  4. Thaicharoen C, Weesakul S and Das Gupta, A. (2005), “ Tsunami Propagation to Thailand a Case Study : Phi Phi Island”, MTERM International Conference, Bangkok , Thailand , p.301-312.
  5. Weesakul S., Yee Win T., Hung N.G. and Sinlapasuwanchai W . (2005) “Rainfall Forecast in the Urban Area Using Artificial Neural Networks”, MTERM International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, p.151-162 p.

ONGOING AND COMPLETED PROJECTS
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AWARDS AND HONORS
Best Teaching Award 2004 for small size class in School of Civil Engineering :course CE 74.32 Coastal Zone Management

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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RESEARCH KEYWORDS
Numerical Modeling, Urban Drainage, Physical Modeling, Coastal Engineering, Coastal Zone Management