Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Thammasat school of Engineering, Thammasat University
EMAIL: wkiatbod@engr.tu.ac.th / TEL: +66(0) 814570727

Oct 2020-Oct2024 PhD in Bioengineering, Imperial College London

• • • Thesis title is “Simulating pinch grip of string instrumentalists: Integration of fatigue into a musculoskeletal model of the fingers”

    • A Musculoskeletal model predicting muscle fatigue simulating a single pitch

    • The model is validated with changes in surface electromyography signals of muscles

Oct 2019-Sep2020 MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London

• • • Dissertation topic is “A Musculoskeletal model of middle phalange”

Aug2017-Jun2019 MEng in Mechanical Engineering, Kasetsart University

• • • Thesis theme is to use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to improve heat transfer of louver fin heat exchanger

    • 1 National and 2 International publications

    • GPAX: 3.98/4.00

May2012-Jun2016 BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Kasetsart University

• • • Dissertation theme is to use Computational Fluid Dynamics to improve gas turbine

    • The dissertation was part of Electricity Generation Authority Thailand (EGAT) fund

    • GPAX: 3.47/4.00

2019-2024 The Royal Thai Government Scholarship (Science and Technology Scheme)

• • Study aboard in Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering and PhD in Bioengineering

2017-2019 Master’s Degree Research Scholarship Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University

• • A funding supporting cost of living and research material

Dec2024-Present Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thammasat school of Engineering, Thammasat University

• • • Student Activity Board Committee (from Apr 2025 to Present)

    • Advisor of TU Vehicle Technology club (from Jul 2025 to Present)

    • Course committee in 4 programs: MEng in Medical Engineering, PhD in Medical Engineering, BEng in Mechanical Engineering, MEng in Mechanical Engineering

    • 6 Lectures in charge: Engineering Graphic, Numerical Method for Engineers, Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering Design, Mathematics for Engineers, Biomechanics, Biosolid Simulation

Jul2016-Jul2017 Design Engineer, Isuzu Global CV Engineering Center

• Issue Engineering drawing of steering and suspension part in commercial vehicle commercial vehicle to support manufacture and procurement process

• Simulating Finite Element Analysis to detect and redesign the part

• Motion Analysis preventing collision between a drag link and a tire

• Top score in CAD and GD&T training

• Computational Method with MATLAB (Level: Fluent)

• CAD design with SOLIDWORK, UX/UG and ANSYS SPACECLAIM (Level: Fluent)

• CFD simulation with ANSYS Fluent (Level: Fluent)

• Computational Method with PYTHON (Level: Excellent)

• Statistical Analysis with IBM SPSS (Level: Excellent)

During PhD Teacher Assistance of Orthopaedic Biomechanics

During PhD Teacher Assistance of Biomechanics (Solid and Fluid)

• Giving a 8-week tutorial covering course agenda from a lecturer

During PhD Lab induction

• Give an induction of QUALISYS MoCap, Delsys EMG and equipment in laboratory to new users about safety and protocols

Dec2021 Motion Capture Lab Presentation

• A presentation for opening UREN building to funders/sponsors

• Vicon MoCap system exhibiting the motion of reflective marker during hand movement

• Delsys system visualizing muscle activities during a pinch grip

2018 CAD training visit program

• Give a CAD training to 30 Japanese students, approximately, using SOLIDWORK

May2018 ITS workshop at ITS AP FUKUOKA 2018

During MEng CFD topic consultation for all academic level

• Giving an advice for CFD issue in all academic level (BEng-PhD)

• Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Jamkrajang Parunchaya. (2025). Vertical and shear impulses affecting racket speed in tennis serve. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 25(10), 2191-2197.

• Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Yumou Han, Somsak Vongpradubchai, Angela E. Kedgley. (2025). Numerical Method for Estimating Finger Force on a Violin Fingerboard Confirmed Through Finite Element Analysis. The 15th TSME International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand (Podium presentation).

• Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Gareth Irwin, Jamkrajang Parunchaya. (2025). The relationships of joint kinematics and racket velocity during tennis serve. 30th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics Stockholm 2025 (Poster presentation).

• Yumou Han, Filippo M. Vallerini, Fred Holdsworth, Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Angela E. Kedgley, Spyros D. Masouros. (2025). A Custom Force Plate for Quantifying Finger Loading During Smartphone Activities. 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics Zürich 2025 (Podium presentation)

• Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Yerkhan Bekenov, Angela E. Kedgley. (2024). Thumb Musculoskeletal model with integrated muscle fatigue during a static pinch grip. 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics Edinburgh 2024 (podium presentation and part of PhD thesis).

• Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Yerkhan Bekenov, Angela E. Kedgley. (2023). Fatigue of hand muscles following pinch grip quantified by surface electromyogram. 29th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics FUKUOKA 2023 (podium presentation and part of PhD thesis).

• Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Patcharakon Siriyothai, Thanathorn Hepijid, Chawalit Kittichaikarn. (2022). A Study of Curved Louver Fin Configuration for ‎Heat Transfer Enhancement. Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 8(2), 754-763.

• Kiatbodin Wanglertpanich, Chawalit Kittichaikarn. (2021). Heat transfer efficiency enhancement using zigzag louvered. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 79(4), 278-293. (Part of MEng Thesis)

May2018 Sponsorship Award at ITS AP FUKUOKA

• Proposing an idea of auto-adjustment tire thread using real time image processing at wind shield

• Be a leader and English presenter for giving presentation to 3 business owners

2010 CodeJom Competition Winning Prize 

2009 CodeJom Competition 2nd Prize

• • • Solving a problem with coding within limited time

    • Proving an equation for using in a code