{"id":2674,"date":"2022-12-12T03:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T03:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2024-06-03T12:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:30:12","slug":"opening-ceremony-of-iwa-biofilms-2022-international-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"Opening ceremony of IWA Biofilms 2022 International Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-id=\"2676\" src=\"https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/317941261_636397284947602_6876489980059719468_n-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/317941261_636397284947602_6876489980059719468_n-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/317941261_636397284947602_6876489980059719468_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/317941261_636397284947602_6876489980059719468_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/317941261_636397284947602_6876489980059719468_n-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/317941261_636397284947602_6876489980059719468_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" data-id=\"2675\" src=\"https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/318633110_636396651614332_1018854207402408067_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/318633110_636396651614332_1018854207402408067_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/318633110_636396651614332_1018854207402408067_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.eng.ku.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/318633110_636396651614332_1018854207402408067_n-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>December 6, 2022 &#8211; Associate Professor Dr. Peerayuth Charnsethikul, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University presided over the opening of the &#8220;IWA Biofilms 2022 International Academic Conference&#8221;. 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