Workshop

Workshop 1 : Bridging the Gap between Engineering Schools and Smart Electronic Industry for Thailand 4.0: How to Develop and Recruit Young Innovators

Abstract

Nowadays, a career path and motivation for studying electronic design is oblivious for undergraduate students in Thailand. This educational crisis also happened in many disciplines of engineering. Therefore, qualified fresh graduates especially in electronic design become a rare species. This is a chicken-and-egg problem for the smart electronic industry whether to invest in design companies first or to have enough number of qualified graduates first. Against the odds, Silicon Craft, currently the only Thai Integrated Circuit (IC) design company with global presence, has collaborated with a few IC design laboratories in Thailand to develop a program dubbed TEDI (Transforming Thailand Electronics Design Industry) that effectively inspire and develop a small group of talented students to pursue electronic-design career despite downward trend of studying microelectronics. Students get inspired when they accept the challenge to apply classroom knowledge in real-world environment and realize their potential to develop a product. Since the starting of the program in 2012, the company has recruited more than 10 IC design engineers from fresh-graduates and inspired 10s of IC design students. This is a great outcome when collaboration between industry and academic has been performed right.

Karn Opasjumruskit is a Member of Technical Staff at Silicon Craft Technology Co., Ltd. (SIC). His job involves advising IC designs and solving critical issues that arise during product development phase. His main expertise is in RFID and NFC. As a founding members, he took part in driving the company to success reaching $10 million in revenue in 2015 with 20% average annual growth. He also gives SIC a support in the areas of intellectual property and talent recruitment.

As a vice president, Karn has volunteered for Thai Embedded System Association (TESA) to develop Thailand’s electronic design industry. He frequently give a talk to inspire many undergraduate EE students every year. He received master and bachelor degree from faculty of engineering, Chulalongkorn University. His areas of interest are low-power circuit, IoT, and data security.

Workshop 2 : Extended manuscripts from Conference to Journal Level

Abstract

This EEAAT workshop aims to provide some vital information for authors who prepare the manuscripts for international journals. The mind of reviewers and the important ingredients of the good manuscripts will be shared. Finally “practicing under the mind of a reviewer” shall conclude the workshop.

Academic

The Festo Didactic STEM program seeks to motivate and inspire the next generation of problem-solvers. Our goal is to provide students the opportunity and inspiration to optimize solutions for real-world problems where they learn concepts related to STEM disciplines in a hands-on, “learn-by-doing” environment.