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Prof. Manaskorn Rachakornkij, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9078\" src=\"https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Manasakorn-scaled-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Manasakorn-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Manasakorn-scaled-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Manasakorn-scaled-1-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Manasakorn-scaled-1-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Manasakorn-scaled-1-1536x916.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Manasakorn-scaled-1-2048x1222.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1527\"><\/h2>\n<div>\n<h2><b>Assoc. Prof. Manaskorn Rachakornkij, Ph.D.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>E-mail: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:Manaskorn@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manaskorn@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Education<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PhD in Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA (1999)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSE in Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan \u2013 Ann Arbor, USA (1991)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BE in Sanitary Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (1988)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Risk in the Future<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change and its impacts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plastic wastes management or the lack thereof<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable growth of Thailand<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Vulnerability<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Severe impacts on livelihood\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change mitigation and adaptation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit versus risk of plastic and e-waste recycling on the society and the environmental quality<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reduction in cement production and construction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable Management of Plastic wastes in context of the Thai society<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable Management of E-waste in context of the Thai society<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research Interest<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waste plastics as concrete property enhancement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fly ash utilization in cement production and construction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industrial waste utilization<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-processing of industrial wastes in cement production<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hazardous waste management and treatment technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Employment History<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1988-1989 Engineer, Progress Technology Consultants, Co. Ltd., Thailand<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1997-1999 Graduate Research Assistant, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2000-2006 Lecturer, Department of Environmental Engineering, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2007-2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018-Present Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2000-2004 Deputy Director, International Postgrad Programs in Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2004-2010 Director, International Postgrad Programs in Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2007-2015 Director of Academic Section, National Center of Excellence for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2008-2015 Deputy Director, National Center of Excellence for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015-2017 Director of Research and Academic, Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2017-2019 Deputy Head for Industrial Collaborations, Department of Environmental Engineering, CU<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Publication<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sathirawisankit, C., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Environmental impacts of lead industry waste management in Thailand using life cycle assessment (LCA)<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2025, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1500 (1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Min, AK., Tuntiwiwattanapun, N., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Activated Rice Husk Hydrochar as an additive in cement mortars and its role in carbon sequestration<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2025, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1500 (1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poonyakan, A., Rachakornkij, M., Wecharatana, M., Smittakorn, W.<\/span><b> Potential use of plastic wastes for low thermal conductivity concrete<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2018, Materials 11 (10)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tancharoen, J., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Hazardous Waste Management in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2018, Engineering Journal 22 (2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poonyakan, A., Rachakornkij, M., Wecharatana, M., Smittakorn, W.<\/span><b> Potential use of plastic wastes for low thermal conductivity concrete. Materials 11: 1938<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2018, <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poonyakan, A.<\/span><b> Plastic waste utilization as macro fiber in concrete<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2018, <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mhuantong, Wuttichai., Wongwilaiwalin, Sarunyou., Laothanachareon, Thanaporn., Eurwilaichitr, Lily., Tangphatsornruang, Sithichoke., Boonchayaanant, Benjaporn., Limpiyakorn, Tawan., Pattaragulwanit, Kobchai., Punmatharith, Thantip., McEvoy, John., Khan, Eakalak., Rachakornkij, Manaskorn., Champreda, Verawat.<\/span><b> Survey of microbial diversity in flood areas during Thailand 2011 flood crisis using high-throughput tagged amplicon pyrosequencing<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2015, PloS one 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e31\u0e28\u0e19\u0e4c, \u0e28\u0e28\u0e34\u0e18\u0e23<\/span><b> \u0e23\u0e30\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e08\u0e31\u0e14\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e15\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e22\u0e32\u0e19\u0e22\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e34\u0e49\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e19\u0e22\u0e32\u0e19\u0e22\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e49\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e19\u0e34\u0e04\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e15\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e15\u0e30\u0e19\u0e04\u0e23<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2014, <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chuangchote, Surawut., Rachakornkij, Manaskorn., Punmatharith, Thantip., Pharino, Chanathip., Changul, Chulalak., Pongkiatkul, Prapat.<\/span><b> Review of environmental, health and safety of CdTe photovoltaic installations throughout their life-cycle<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2012, First Solar http:\/\/www. firstsolar. com\/-\/media\/First-Solar\/Sustainability-Documents\/Sustainability-Peer-Reviews\/Thai-EHS-Peer-Review_EN. ashx <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krobthong, J., Rachakornk, M., Sricharoen, V.<\/span><b> Distributions of Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn in hazardous waste co-processing in a pilot-scale rotary cement kiln<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2012, Journal of Applied Sciences 12 (1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punmatharith, T., Rachakornkij, M., Imyim, A., Wecharatana, M.<\/span><b> Co-processing of grinding sludge as alternative raw material in portland cement clinker production<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2010, Journal of Applied Sciences 10 (15)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phenrat, T., Marhaba, TF., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Leaching behaviors of arsenic from arsenic-iron hydroxide sludge during TCLP<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2008, Journal of Environmental Engineering 134 (8)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phenrat, Tanapon., F, Taha., Rachakornkij, Manaskorn.<\/span><b> XRD and unconfined compressive strength study for a qualitative examination of calcium\ufffdarsenic compounds retardation of cement hydration in solidified\/stabilized arsenic\ufffdiron hydroxide sludge<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2007, Journal of Environmental Engineering 133<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruangchuay, S., Rachakornkij, M., Grisdanurak, N.<\/span><b> UTILIZATION OF BAGASSE AND BAGASSE FLY ASH WASTES FOR LEAD REMOVAL.<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2007, Journal of Solid Waste Technology &#038; Management 33 (4)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phenrat, T., Marhaba, TF., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> A SEM and X-ray study for investigation of solidified\/stabilized arsenic\u2013iron hydroxide sludge<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2005, Journal of Hazardous Materials 118 (1-3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachakornkij, M., Ruangchuay, S., Teachakulwiroj, S.<\/span><b> Removal of reactive dyes from aqueous solution using bagasse fly ash<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2004, Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol 26 (1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phenrat, T., Marhaba, TF., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Examination of solidified and stabilized matrices as a result of the solidification and stabilization process of arsenic containing sludge with portland cement and lime<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2004, Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol 26 (1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachakornkij, Manaskorn., Ruangchuay, Sirawan., Satidwattanaporn, Panupong., Paosawat, Wanvipa.<\/span><b> Utilization of bagasse and bagasse fly Ash as adsorbent for removal of Lead from aqueous solution<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2003, National Research Center for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management (NRCEHWM), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sancharoen, P., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Utilization of Phuket Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Lay Ash as a Partial Cement Replacement in Concrete<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2003, Engineering Journal of Research and Development 14 (3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Application of fly ash for utilization<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2002, <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inthasaro, P.<\/span><b> Utilization of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash as a partial cement replacement<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2002, <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Utilization of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash in cement mortars<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2000, New Jersey Institute of Technology<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Levine, AD., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> Effects of chemicals on microorganisms<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1994, Water Environment Research 66 (4)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruangchuay, S., Rachakornkij, M.<\/span><b> TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF BAGASSE FLY ASH WHICH ADSORB Cr (VI) USING CEMENTITIOUS SOLIDIFICATION<\/b><span \n                        style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> , <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assoc. Prof. Manaskorn Rachakornkij, Ph.D. E-mail: Manaskorn@gmail.com Education PhD in Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA (1999)MSE in Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan \u2013 Ann Arbor, USA (1991)BE in Sanitary Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (1988) Risk in the Future Climate change and its impacts Plastic wastes management or the lack thereof Sustainable growth<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/env.eng.chula.ac.th\/?p=8620\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Assoc. 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