Mae Fah Luang University would like to congratulate Ms. Phanawat Charoensuk, a student from the Applied Chemistry programme for winning the Bronze Prize Young Rising Stars of Science Award 2021 in the 47th International Congress on Science, Technology and Technology-based Innovation held online on 5 - 7 October 2021.
This award was given to recognise her outstanding research project entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Carboxymethylcellulose Hydrogels from Rice Straw for Potential Use in Agricultural and Biomedical Applications” which was supervised by Asst. Prof. Dr.Orawan Suwantong.
The Young Rising Stars of Science Award 2021 was held as a part of the 47th International Congress on Science, Technology and Technology-based Innovation (STT47). It aimed to bring together the final year undergraduate students who have performed the most outstanding research projects in each science and science-related curricula of all universities in Thailand to share and exchange their projects.
The International Congress on Science, Technology and Technology- based Innovation (STT), originally named “the Congress on Science and Technology of Thailand” is one of the largest annual national scientific meetings for national and international scientists and technologists and it emphasises the development of young Thai scientists from various fields of science and technology. This year, it was held under the theme of "Sciences for SDGs: Challenges and Solutions” by the Science Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King in Association with the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University.
