Message from the President

Dear members of the Thai Society of Mechanical Engineers and everyone interested in the Society's work — on behalf of the Society's committee, I would like to introduce the Society and its activities for the benefit of our members and the public.

The Thai Society of Mechanical Engineers was founded through the collaboration of the university departments that teach mechanical engineering. Its aim is to promote academic cooperation, research and professional development in mechanical engineering for its members and the public. Since its founding, the number of institutional and individual members has grown steadily as more institutions offer mechanical engineering and related programmes. The main activity the Society and its member institutions organise together every year is the academic conference, at both national and international level. More recently, cooperation with the mechanical engineering societies of Japan and South Korea has extended our academic network internationally.

Today the Society publishes an international journal indexed in Scopus, and this year it launched a national journal whose inaugural issue has been published; we are working to have it included in the TCI database. The Society has also compiled the papers published at past conferences into a searchable database to share knowledge with everyone interested.

The Society recognises that, beyond academic activities, the development of engineering education and of the mechanical engineering profession also deserves support, for the benefit of members and everyone interested in the field. This year the Society has therefore started additional seminar programmes with the Council of Engineers and other professional bodies in mechanical engineering. The Society is registered with the Council of Engineers as a host organisation for continuing professional development, so engineers who attend training and seminars organised by the Society can earn credits towards upgrading their membership level with the Council of Engineers.

In working with industry, the Society's policy is to support and encourage members to take part in creating and applying knowledge that advances technology suited to local conditions and meets the challenges of industry today and in the future. Knowledge-sharing lectures and seminars are therefore held as part of our academic conferences to foster collaboration between industry and academia.

I sincerely hope that the Society's website will be a useful source of information for our members and for everyone interested in advances in mechanical engineering and related fields, in line with the Society's objectives.

With best wishes,
Professor Dr. Jaruwat Charoensuk
President, Thai Society of Mechanical Engineers
June 2024