Behind the AIEP

The Origin

Imagine building an autonomous vehicle in Thailand.

• Computer engineers know nothing about dynamics or mechanical integration.
• Mechanical engineers don’t have the deep AI skills to design the intelligence.

Opening a brand-new program in “Autonomous Systems” sounds futuristic — but also fragile. Too specific. Too easy to be disrupted.

And what if…

• The computer engineers are too busy and not interested in new, uncertain fields?
• The mechanical engineers take a two-year master’s in computer science and never return to their original domain?

So we asked:

What if mechanical engineers could master AI… faster?
What if they didn’t have to leave their discipline to lead it into the future?

That was the start of the AI-Integrated Engineering Program.

We began by embedding AI into the existing curriculum of mechanical engineering — not replacing it. Students would gain AI skills quickly, deeply, and practically — finishing their master’s within just one year after the bachelor’s.

A win for students, for faculty, and for the nation.

Program Design

The initiative was led by the Department of Computer Engineering, driven by the belief that AI will soon be essential to every profession.

Early steps included:

• Offering AI-Empowered Digital Life as a new general education course
• Creating Applied AI for Engineering as an elective across all engineering disciplines

But it wasn’t enough. We realized the integration had to go deeper.
So the Faculty of Engineering committed to a full transformation — one that combines domain expertise with AI fluency.

That became the core of AIEP:
Deep Engineering. Advanced AI. In One Program.

Program Committee

Kasetsart Engineering is led by a collaborative team of scholars and innovators.
We are educators, researchers, and institutional builders — committed to building the AI-empowered future, together.

Dean

• Prof. Dr. Wanchai Yodsudjai — Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Special Advisors

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dulpichet Rerkpreedapong — Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anusorn Seubsai — Head, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suphawut Malaikrisanachalee — Head, Department of Civil Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siriroj Sirisukprasert — Head, Department of Electrical Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wilasinee Yoochatchaval — Head, Department of Environmental Engineering
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Pornthep Anussornnitisarn — Head, Department of Industrial Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ratchatee Techapiesancharoenkij — Head, Department of Materials Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Weerachai Chaiworapuek — Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adichai Pornprommin — Head, Department of Water Resources Engineering

Program Director

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Punpiti Piamsa-nga — Program Director & Head of Department of Computer Engineering

Program Committee

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Somchai Numprasertchai — Committee of AI-Integrated Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jittat Fakcharoenphol — Program Chair of Computer Engineering
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Thanawin Rakthanmanon — Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Hutchatai Chanlekha — Program Chair of AI-Integrated Engineering & Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
• Dr. Tana Wattanawaroon — Committee

Long-Term Vision

We don’t plan to stop at engineering.

Our long-term goal is to bring AI x [Every Discipline] to life at Kasetsart University —
from agriculture and economics to veterinary medicine and beyond.

The future of Thai innovation depends on collaboration — not silos.

AIEP is just the beginning.