Professor

Education
Ph.D.,(Chemical Engineering), Imperial College, London, UK, November 1996
M.Sc.(Distinction), Advanced in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK, October 1993 
B.Eng.(1^stClass Honour), Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, March 1992

Honors and Awards
Outstanding Paper Award from Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 2002.
Young Scientist Award 2002 from the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King.

Research Group
- Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering

Research Interests
Mutifunctional reactors such as membrane reactor, reactive distillation and fuel cell

Selected Publications

N. Laosiripojana and S. Assabumrungrat, “Hydrogen production from the steam and autothermal reforming of LPG over high surface area ceria at SOFC temperature”, accepted by J. Power Sources, October 19, 2005

Worapon Kiatkittipong, Tomohiko Tagawa, Shigeo Goto, Suttichai Assabumrungrat, Kampol Silpasup and Piyasan Praserthdam “Comparative Study of Oxidative Coupling of Methane Modeling in Various Types of Reactor” accepted by Chemical Engineering Journal, September 28, 2005

N. Laosiripojana, W. Sangtongkitcharoen and S. Assabumrungrat, “Catalytic steam reforming ethane and propane over CeO₂-doped Ni/Al₂O₃ at SOFC temperature: Improvement of resistance toward carbon formation by the redox properties of doping CeO₂”, accepted by Fuel, June 2005

N. Laosiripojana, W. Sutthisripok and S. Assabumrungrat, “Synthesis gas production from dry reforming of methane over CeO₂ doped Ni/Al₂O₃: Influence of the doping ceria on the resistance toward carbon formation”, Chem. Eng. J., 112 (2005) 13-22

N. Laosiripojana and S. Assabumrungrat, “Methane steam reforming over Ni/Ce-ZrO₂ catalyst: Influences of Ce-ZrO₂ support on reactivity, resistance toward carbon formation, and intrinsic reaction kinetics”, Appl. Cat.-A, 290 (2005) 200-211

Worapon Kiatkittipong, Tomohiko Tagawa, Shigeo Goto, Suttichai Assabumrungrat and Piyasan Praserthdam “Simulation of Oxidative Coupling of Methane in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Type Reactor for C2 Hydrocarbon and Electricity Co-Generation” accepted by Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, May 2005

N. Laosiripojana and S. Assabumrungrat, “Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane over High Surface Area Ceria”, Appl. Cat.-B, 60 (2005) 107-116

S. Assabumrungrat, W. Sangtongkitcharoen, N. Laosiripojana, A. Arpornwichanop, Sumittra Charojrochkul and P. Praserthdam, “Effects of Electrolyte Type and Flow Pattern Mode on Performances of Methanol-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”, J. Power Sources 148 (2005) 18-23

U. Sahapatsombud, A. Arpornwichanop, S. Assabumrungrat P. Praserthdam and S. Goto “Simulation of Reactive Distillation for Synthesis of tert-Amyl Ethyl Ether” Korean J. Chem. Eng., 22 (2005) 387-392

W. Sangtongkitcharoen, S. Assabumrungrat, V. Pavarajarn, N. Laosiripojana, and P. Praserthdam, “Comparison of Carbon Formation Boundary for Different Types of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Methane Feed”, J. Power Sources, 142/1-2 (2005) 75-80