🛰 The Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, together with GISTDA (Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency) and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), organized a technical seminar on “Launch Technologies for Thailand’s Spaceport Development” on 25 and 26 July 2026 at our Faculty of Engineering. The program included:
Keynote lecture: The Future of Space Exploration: Lunar Missions, Nuclear Technology, and the Space Industry, by Dr Jason Cassibry, Professor at UAH.
Keynote lecture: The Future of Thailand’s Space Economy, by Dr Nattawat Hongkanjanakul, Director of GISTDA’s Space Economy Promotion Office.
Panel discussion: Preparing Thailand’s Next Generation of Space Professionals, featuring Mr Athipat Wattanonantachai, Satellite Engineer and junior executive at GISTDA; Dr Pongkrit Darakorn Na Ayutthaya, lecturer at UAH and alumnus of our Department of Aerospace Engineering; and Associate Professor Dr Wetchapong Chutichudej, lecturer in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Kasetsart University.
Technical lectures: Launch Vehicle Overview, Mission Architecture and Launch Options, and Spacecraft Propulsion, delivered by Dr Pongkrit Darakorn Na Ayutthaya, lecturer at UAH.
🚀 The workshop was officially opened by Professor Dr Wanchai Yodsudjai, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and Dr Nawatat Kongsamut, Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering. One hundred participants — including representatives from government and private-sector organizations, university students, and school students — attended the training and knowledge-exchange sessions.
Participants gained technical knowledge, real-world perspectives, and networking opportunities that can be further developed into teaching and learning, research, innovation projects, workforce development, and future cooperation in Thailand’s spaceport and launch-technology sectors.
