Assoc. Prof. (Thai) Dr.-Ing. Piyada Suwanpinij

Since 02/2018

Associate Professor (Thailand) in Metallurgy

Since 11/2012

Lecturer and Researcher, Materials and Production Engineering (MPE) program, Thai German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB)

10/2006-11/2012

Doctoral Candidate/Scientific Co-Worker at Department of Ferrous Metallurgy (renamed as Steel Institute), RWTH Aachen University

12/2003-04/2006

Metallurgical Engineer, Department of Primary Industry and Mines, Ministry of Industry, Thailand

Educational Background

10/2006-11/2012 (Supported by Royal Thai Government Scholarship, under the Cooperation between DAAD and CHE)

Dr.-Ing. (Doctor of Engineering), Department of Ferrous Metallurgy (IEHK), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, on ‘Multi-scale Modelling of Hot Rolled Dual-Phase Steels for Process Design’ with magnacum laude

2002-2003 (Supported by Royal Thai Government Scholarship)

MMet (Master of Metallurgy) with Distinction, focused in Advanced Metallurgy, Department of Engineering Materials University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, with a dissertation titled ‘Improving Product Surface Finish from Hot Rolling’

1997-2001

B.Eng (Bachelor of Engineering) with GPA 3.83/4.00, First Class Honour, Gold Medal, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Field of Interest

Phase Transformation, Hot Rolling, Precipitation in Metals, Materials Characterisation, Synchrotron Radiation, Bainite, Rail Steel, Modelling and Simulation in Phase Transformation and Precipitation

Simulation Tools

MatCalc, ThermoCalc, MATLAB, MICRESS, DICTRA

Materials Characterisation

Metallography, Dilatometry, XAS, XAFS, PEEM, XRD, GI-XRD, µ-XRF, EPMA, XPS, X-ray tomography (µ-CT Scan), DSC, SXES

Award

Outstanding Young Metallurgist of Thailand 2018