Career Objective

Permanent Address

Job title: Ph.D. student        Company: Cornell University, New York



Previous Experience

Education

Jirarat Tattiyakul
103 Food Research Lab, NYSAES
Cornell Univ.-Geneva
Geneva, NY 14456-0462

Experience

1996-present
Graduate student under supervision of Dr. M.A. Rao at Department of Food Science and Technology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, USA working on characterization of tapioca starch dispersions during gelatinization using particle size analysis and rheological methods.

April 1994-November 1994
Assistant teaching and lecturering in Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, THAILAND. Responsible for Unit Operations and Physicochemistry Laboratory.

1992-1994
Graduate student supervised by Dr. Patcharee Pankun, Depeartment of Food Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, THAILAND. Research titled 'Production of Maltodextrins from Tapioca Starch Using Thermostable Alpha -Amylase'. Extrusion cooking process and conventional batch process were employed .

1992-1993
Teaching assistant in Unit Operation Laboratory and Physicochemical Laboratory, Department of Food Technology,Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, THAILAND.

July 1992-August 1992
Part-time researcher at Kankee Namtaothong Co., Ltd., a pharmaceutical company in Bangkok, Thailand. Research included dissolution ability development and hygroscopicity reduction of instant herbal tea.

March 1992-May 1992
Summer internship program in business administration held by Bankok Bank Commercial, Bangkok, Thailand.

March 1991-May 1991
Industrial Trainee at Kankee Namtaothong Co., Ltd., a pharmaceutical company in Bangkok, Thailand. Trained with continuous extraction process, batch solvent extraction process, falling film evaporation process, spray drying process and sanitary practice in pharmaceutical company.

March 1990-May 1990
Industrial Trainee at Wang Tong Bangkhla Part, Ltd., Bangkhla, Thailand. Trained with rice vermicelli production and rice milling process.

1988-1992
Undergraduate student supervised by Dr. Patcharee Pankun, Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, THAILAND. Conducted a research on flavor extraction of Chrysanthemum flower using solvent extraction.

Education

1997-present
Enrolled in Ph.D. program, Cornell University, New York USA Expected date of graduation : January 2000
Major field: Food Engineering
Minor fields: Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Economics

1995-1997
M.S., Cornell University, USA
Major field: Food Engineering
Minor fields: Agricultural and Biological Engineering GPA: 3.75/4.0

1992-1994
M.Sc., Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok THAILAND Major field: Food Technology
GPA: 3.90/4.0

1988-1992
B.Sc. (Honors), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok THAILAND Major field: Food Technology and Biotechnology GPA: 3.45/4.0

Relevant Courseworks

Food Science courses
Food Rheology, Food Processing, Food Microbiology, Food Chemistry, Food Packaging, Sugar Technology, Food Quality Assurance, Food Hygiene and Sanitation, Cereal Technology, Food Carbohydrate, Food Research Technique and Development, Food Carbohydrates, Food Product and Process Development, etc.

Engineering courses
Computer Aided Design Engineering, Numerical Methods in Engineering, Biological Process Engineering, Industrial Waste Water Treatment, Unit Operations, Industrial Plant Training, Process Control, Feedback Control System, Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena.

Marketing courses
Food Industry Management, Food Marketing, Food Merchandising

Honors and Activities

1997-present
Member of Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) 1996
Editor of Association of Thai Student at Cornell newsletter 1995-present
Awarded a scholarship from Royal Thai Government 1992-1994
Awarded a scholarship from Tai Wah Company, Thailand. 1990-1991
Vice-chairman of Food Technology and Biotechnology club, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand. 1990-1991
Staff of Food Technology and Biotechnology club's production team, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand. 1991
Editor of Department of Chemical Technology and Department of Food Technology's 1991 yearbook.
1990
Certification of merit from Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand.

Skills

Languages
Fluent in English and Thai. Fair in Mandarin. Computer
Macintosh, MS-DOS and Windows based software packages Laboratory Instrumentation
Rheometry (steady shear and dynamic rheological property test), Differential Scanning Calorimetric (DSC), Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analysis, Spectrophotometric method, Light Microscopy, and Twin-screw extrusion process.

Publication and Presentation

Tattiyakul, J., Pankun, P. and Boonyasirikool, P. 1995. Production of Maltodextrins Using Thermostable ?-Amylase in Conventional and Twin-Screw Extrusion Cooking Processes. Poster presented at World Food Congress, Budapest, Hungary, August 1995.

Tattiyakul, J. and Rao, M.A. 1997. Role of Granule Size in Rheology of Heated Tapioca Starch Dispersions. Poster to be presented at the 1998 IFT Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June 1998.

Tattiyakul, J. and Rao, M.A. 1997. Role of Granule Size in Rheology of Heated Tapioca Starch Dispersions. Paper submitted to J. Texture Studies.

Liao, H.-J., Tattiyakul, J and Rao, M.A. 1997. Complex Viscosity - Temperature Curves During Gelatinization of Tapioca Starch Dispersion (8%), and Waxy Rice Starch Dispersion (8%) and Dough (45.5%). Paper submitted to J. Texture Studies.

References

Prof. M.A. Rao
104 Food Research Lab.
NYSAES, Cornell University
Genava, NY 14456-0462
USA

Prof. Patcharee Pankun
Department of Food Technology
Phyathai, Bangkok 10330
THAILAND

Prof. Chaiyute Thunpitayakul
Department of Food Technology
Phyathai, Bangkok 10330
THAILAND

Addresses

Local address
103 Food Research Lab.
Cornell University-Geneva
Geneva, NY 14456-1320
USA
Tel. 315-781-1443
Permanent address
5 Wannaying Street
Bangkhla
Chachoengsao 24110
THAILAND
Tel. 66-38-541063, 66-38-541008