AMI

Asst. Prof. Dr. Santhad Chuwongin’s profile

Office Location: The 55-Year Chalermprakiat Building, room 405

Phone: 02-329-8264 ext. 2183

Email: santhad.ch@kmitl.ac.th

Education

B.Eng., King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Thailand

M.Sc.(Electrical Engineering),The University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering), The University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Research Interests

Industrial Robot & AI, ML, DL, SSL, QML, Optoelectronic devices, and  Nanophotonics.

Publications

  1. PONGSAKONPRUTTIKUL, N., ANGTHONG, C., KITTICHAI, V., NAING, K., CHUWONGIN, S., PUENGPIPATTRAKUL, P., BOONSANG, S. & TONGLOY, T. 2025. Artificial intelligence assistance using deep metric learning vs. object detection in classifying lumbar disc degeneration on magnetic resonance images. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 29, 258-267. DOI:10.26355/eurrev_202505_37224
  2. PHATTHAMOLRAT, N., TONGLOY, T., BOONSANG, S. & CHUWONGIN, S. 2025. Deep Learning Based Visual Servo for Autonomous Aircraft Refueling. Engineering Reports, 7, e70055. DOI:10.1002/eng2.70055
  3. KITTICHAI, V., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., ARNUPHAPRASERT, A., JOMTARAK, R., NAING, K. M., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. 2025. A deep contrastive learning-based image retrieval system for automatic detection of infectious cattle diseases. Journal of Big Data, 12, 2. DOI:10.1186/s40537-024-01057-7
  4. KITTICHAI, V., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., CHAIPHONGPACHARA, T., LAOJUN, S., SAIWICHAI, T., NAING, K. M., TONGLOY, T., BOONSANG, S. & CHUWONGIN, S. 2024a. Enhance fashion classification of mosquito vector species via self-supervised vision transformer. Scientific Reports, 14, 31517. DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-83358-8
  5. CHAROENPANYAKUL, R., KITTICHAI, V., EIAMSAMANG, S., SRIWICHAI, P., PINETSUKSAI, N., NAING, K. M., TONGLOY, T., BOONSANG, S. & CHUWONGIN, S. 2024. Enhancing mosquito classification through self-supervised learning. Scientific Reports, 14, 27123. DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-78260-2
  6. BUSAYAKANON, S., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., PINETSUKSAI, N., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S., BOONSANG, S. & KITTICHAI, V. 2024. Identification of veterinary and medically important blood parasites using contrastive loss-based self-supervised learning. Veterinary World, 17, 2619. DOI:10.14202/vetworld.2024.2619-2634
  7. SUKSANGVORAVONG, H., CHOISUNIRACHON, N., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S., BOONSANG, S., KITTICHAI, V. & THANABOONNIPAT, C. 2024. Automatic classification and grading of canine tracheal collapse on thoracic radiographs by using deep learning. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, 65, 679-688. DOI:10.1111/vru.13413
  8. KITTICHAI, V., SOMPONG, W., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., SASISAOWAPAK, T., NAING, K. M., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S., THANEE, S. & BOONSANG, S. 2024b. A novel approach for identification of zoonotic trypanosome utilizing deep metric learning and vector database-based image retrieval system. Heliyon, 10. DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30643
  9. NAING, K. M., KITTICHAI, V., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. 2024. The detection and classification of acute myeloid leukaemia blood cell images based on different YOLO approaches. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 13, 1147-1158. DOI:10.11591/eei.v13i2.5698
  10. KITTICHAI, V., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., THANEE, S., SASISAOWAPAK, T., NAING, K. M., JOMTARAK, R., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. 2023b. Superior auto-identification of trypanosome parasites by using a hybrid deep-learning model. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), e65557. DOI:10.3791/65557
  11. KITTICHAI, V., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., SAMUNG, Y., JOMTARAK, R., NAING, K. M., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. 2023a. Automatic identification of medically important mosquitoes using embedded learning approach-based image-retrieval system. Scientific Reports, 13, 10609. DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-37574-3
  12. NAING, K. M., BOONSANG, S., CHUWONGIN, S., KITTICHAI, V., TONGLOY, T., PROMMONGKOL, S., DEKUMYOY, P. & WATTHANAKULPANICH, D. 2022. Automatic recognition of parasitic products in stool examination using object detection approach. PeerJ Computer Science, 8, e1065. DOI:10.7717/peerj-cs.1065
  13. LARPANT, N., NIAMSI, W., NOIPHUNG, J., CHANAKIAT, W., SAKULDAMRONGPANICH, T., KITTICHAI, V., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S., BOONSANG, S. & LAIWATTANAPAISAL, W. 2022. Simultaneous phenotyping of five Rh red blood cell antigens on a paper-based analytical device combined with deep learning for rapid and accurate interpretation. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1207, 339807. DOI:10.1016/j.aca.2022.339807
  14. KITTICHAI, V., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., THANEE, S., JOMTARAK, R., KLANBOOT, K., NAING, K. M., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. 2021a. Classification for avian malaria parasite Plasmodium gallinaceum blood stages by using deep convolutional neural networks. Scientific reports, 11, 16919. DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-96475-5
  15. KITTICHAI, V., PENGSAKUL, T., CHUMCHUEN, K., SAMUNG, Y., SRIWICHAI, P., PHATTHAMOLRAT, N., TONGLOY, T., JAKSUKAM, K., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. 2021b. Deep learning approaches for challenging species and gender identification of mosquito vectors. Scientific reports, 11, 4838. DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-84219-4
  16. Kamol Wasapinyokul, Santhad Chuwongin, Ajchara Charoensook,”Effects of baffle reflection and shadow in an integrating sphere on the total luminous flux measurement of a linearly-shaped lamp”,Acta IMEKO, 6(4): pp. 105-112, 2017
  17. W. Zhou, D. Zhao, Y. Shuai, H. Yang, S. Chuwongin, A. Chadha, J.-H. Seo, K. Wang, V. Liu, Z. Ma, and S. Fan, “Fano resonance photonic crystal nanomembrane photonics (Invited review)”,Prog. Quantum. Electron. 38, 1-74 (2014).
  18. A. Chadha, D. Zhao, S. Chuwongin, Z. Ma, and W. Zhou, “Polarization- and angle-dependent characteristics in two dimensional photonic crystal membrane reflector, Appl. Phys. Lett 103.21 (2013):211107
  19. R. Li, S. Wang, S. Chuwongin, and W. Zhou, Nanoscale Silver-Assisted Wet Etching of Crystalline Silicon for Anti-Reflection Surface Textures, J. Nanosciece and Nanotech. Vol. 13(1), 493-7 (2013).
  20. H. Yang, D. Zhao, S. Chuwongin, J.-H. Seo, W. Yang, Y. Shuai, J. Berggren, M. Hammar, Z. Ma and W. Zhou, Transfer printing stacked nanomembrane lasers on silicon?, Nature Photonics 6, 617-622 (2012). AOP July 22, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.160
  21. Rui Li, Shuling Wang, Santhad Chuwongin,Weidong Zhou, “Nanoscale Silver-assisted Wet Etching of Crystalline Silicon for Flexible Large Area Photovoltaics,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2012.
  22. W. Zhou, Z. Ma, S. Chuwongin, Y.-C. Shuai, J.-H. Seo, D. Zhao, H. Yang, and W. Yang, “Semiconductor nanomembranes for integrated silicon photonics and flexible Photonics,” Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol. 44, pp. 605-611, 2012.
  23. D. Zhao, H. Yang, S. Chuwongin, J.H. Seo, Z. Ma and W. Zhou, Design of photonic crystal membrane reflector based VCSELs, IEEE Photon. J.,2012
  24. Y. Hongjun, Z. Deyin, S. Jung-Hun, S. Chuwongin, K. Seok, J. A. Rogers, M. Zhenqiang, and Z. Weidong, “Broadband Membrane Reflectors on Glass,” Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, vol. 24, pp. 476-478, 2012.
  25. Q. Zexuan, Y. Hongjun, S. Chuwongin, Z. Deyin, M. Zhenqiang, and Z. Weidong, “Design of Fano Broadband Reflectors on SOI,” Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, vol. 22, pp. 1108-1110, 2010.
  26. H. Yang, S. Chuwongin, Z. Qiang, L. Chen, H. Pang, Z. Ma, and W. Zhou, “Resonance control of membrane reflectors with effective index engineering,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, pp. 023110-023110-3, 2009.
  27. Weidong Zhou, Zhenqiang Ma, Hongjun Yang, Zexuan Qiang, Guoxuan Qin, Huiqing Pang, Li Chen, Weiquan Yang, Santhad Chuwongin, and Deyin Zhao, “Flexible photonic-crystal Fano filters based on transferred semiconductor nanomembranes,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 42, 234007, 2009.

Conferences

  1. LOO, C. K., BOONSANG, S., SASISAOWAPAK, T., CHUWONGIN, S., TONGLOY, T., NAHAVANDI, S. & WONG, K. W. CiRA CORE: A Low Code Platform that Makes AI Work for Industry 4.0.  2024 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2024. IEEE, 1187-1188. DOI:10.1109/SMC54092.2024.10831625
  2. PINETSUKSAI, N., KITTICHAI, V., JOMTARAK, R., JAKSUKAM, K., TONGLOY, T., BOONSANG, S. & CHUWONGIN, S. Development of Self-Supervised Learning with Dinov2-Distilled Models for Parasite Classification in Screening.  2023 15th International Conference on Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ICITEE), 2023a. IEEE, 323-328. DOI:10.1109/ICITEE59582.2023.10317719
  3. SASIAOWAPAK, T., BOONSANG, S., CHUWONGIN, S., TONGLOY, T. & LALITROJWONG, P. Generative AI for Industrial Applications: Synthetic Dataset.  2023 15th International Conference on Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ICITEE), 2023. IEEE, 1-6. DOI:10.1109/ICITEE59582.2023.10317774
  4. PINETSUKSAI, N., KITTICHAI, V., JOMTARAK, R., JAKSUKAM, K., TONGLOY, T., BOONSANG, S. & CHUWONGIN, S. Superior automatic screening for human helminthic ova by using self-supervised learning approach-based object classification.  Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, 2023b. Springer, 40-51. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-42430-4_4
  5. NAING, K. M., KITTICHAI, V., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. Images retrieval and classification for acute myeloid leukemia blood cell using deep metric learning.  Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, 2023. Springer, 27-39. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-42430-4_3
  6. JOMTARAK, R., KITTICHAI, V., KAEWTHAMASORN, M., THANEE, S., ARNUPHAPPRASERT, A., NAING, K. M., TONGLOY, T., BOONSANG, S. & CHUWONGIN, S. Mobile Bot Application for Identification of Trypanosoma evansi Infection through Thin-Blood Film Examination Based on Deep Learning Approach.  2023 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Innovations (ICCI), 2023. IEEE, 1-7. DOI:10.1109/ICCI57424.2023.10112327
  7. CHOUSANGSUNTORN, C., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. Three-stage deep learning system for recognizing contaminated serial numbers in hard disk drive: a comparison study with two-stage deep learning model.  Thirteenth International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2021), 2022b. SPIE, 10-16. DOI:10.1117/12.2631377
  8. CHOUSANGSUNTORN, C., TONGLOY, T., CHUWONGIN, S. & BOONSANG, S. Classification model of optical character recognition failures in unrecovered slider serial numbers in hard disk drive manufacturing and image capture processes.  Thirteenth International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2021), 2022a. SPIE, 1217102. DOI:10.1117/12.2631362
  9. T. Tongloy, S. Chuwongin, K. Jaksukam, C. Chousangsuntorn, S. Boonsang: Asynchronous Deep Reinforcement Learning for the Mobile Robot Navigation with Supervised Auxiliary Tasks., Shanghai, China, ICRAE 2017
  10. K. Wasapinyokul*, S. Kaewpirom, S. Chuwongin, S. Boonsang: Highly-transparent multi-layered spin-coated silk fibroin film (Oral presentation), presented in Applied Optics and Photonics China. 4th-6th June 2017, Beijing, China, Proceedings of SPIE, 10460: p. 104600S, 2017.
  11. K. Wasapinyokul*, S. Chuwongin, S. Chanyawadee, R. Leecharoen, A. Charoensook: Effects of baffle in an integrating sphere on the total luminous flux measurement of a linear-shape lamp (Oral presentation), presented in The XXI IMEKO World Congress. 30th?August-4th September 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.
  12. K. Wasapinyokul, S. Chanyawadee, R. Leecharoen, S. Chuwongin, A. Charoensuk: Effects of baffle in integrating sphere on total luminous flux measurement (Poster presentation), presented in New Developments and Applications in Optical Radiometry (NEWRAD). 24th-27th June 2014
  13. W. Fan, D. Zhao, S. Chuwongin, J.-H. Seo, H. Yang, J. Berggren, M. Hammar, Z. Ma, and W. Zhou, Electrically-pumped membrane-reflector surface-emitters on silicon, IEEE Summer Topicals Meeting on Micro- and Nano-cavity Integrated Photonics, July 8-10, 2013, USA.
  14. W. Fan, D. Zhao, S. Chuwongin, J.-H. Seo, H. Yang, J. Berggren, M. Hammar, Z. Ma, and W. Zhou, Fabrication of Electrically-pumped Resonance-cavity Membrane-reflector Surface-emitters on Silicon, IEEE Photonics Conference 2013, USA.
  15. A. Chadha, W. Yang, T. K. Saha, S. Chuwongin, Y. Shuai, W. Zhou, Z. Ma, and G. J. Brown, “Spectral selective absorption enhancement from stacked ultra-thin InGaAs/Si Fano resonance membranes,” in San Francisco, California, USA, 2012, pp. 82680G-7.
  16. M. Rakhmanov, T. Miller, A. Gribovskiy, B. Frost, S. Chuwongin, D. Zhao, W. Zhou, “Sub-Wavelength Diffraction Losses in a Silicon Nano-Patterned Membrane,” in IEEE Photonics 2012 conference, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Burlingame, California USA, 2012.
  17. Rui Li, Santhad Chuwongin ,Shuling Wang, Weidong Zhou, “Ag-Assisted Electrochemical Etching of Silicon for Antireflection in Large Area Crystalline Thin-Film Photovoltaics,” in 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2012.
  18. S. Chuwongin, H. Yang, J.-H. Seo, D. Zhao, W. Yang, J. Berggren, M. Hammar, Z. Ma, and W.D. Zhou, “Nanomembrane Transfer Printing for MR-VCSELs on Silicon,” in IEEE Photonics 2012 conference, 2012.
  19. Santhad Chuwongin, Deyin Zhao, Y. Shuai,Hongjun Yang, Weidong Zhou, Jung-Hun Seo, Zhenqiang Ma, “Transfer printed 2D crystalline semiconductor nanomembranes for photonic crystal Fano resonance filters and reflectors on Si and flexible substrates,” in US-KOREA JSNT 2012(Poster).
  20. S. Chuwongin, D. Zhao, H. Yang, J.-H. Seo, J. Berggren, M. Hammar, Z. Ma and W.Zhou, Transfer printing photonic crystal nanomembrane lasers on silicon with low optical pumping threshold (POSTDEADLINE paper), 9th International Conference on Group IV Photonics, Aug. 29-31, 2012, San Diego, CA.
  21. A. Gribovskiy, T. D. Miller, and M. Rakhmanov, S. Chuwongin, D. Zhao, andW. Zhou, Wide-Angle Polarization-Dependent Diffraction in a Silicon Nano-Patterned Membrane Reflector, Texas section American Physical Society Fall 2012 Meeting, Lubbock, TX, Oct. 25-27, 2012.
  22. W. Yang, H. Yang, S. Chuwongin, J.-H. Seo, Z. Ma, J. Berggren, M. Hammar, and W. D. Zhou, Frame-Assisted Membrane Transfer for Large Area Optoelectronic Devices on Flexible Substrates, in IEEE Winter 2011 Topicals on Photonic Materials and Integration Architecuture, Keystone, CO, Jan. 10-12, 2011 , pp. 113-114.
  23. W. Zhou, Z. Ma, W. Yang, S. Chuwongin, Y.-C. Shuai, J.-H. Seo, D. Zhao, H. Yang and R. Soref, Semiconductor nanomembranes for integrated and flexible photonics, (INVITED), in International Topical Meeting on Information Photonics, Ottawa, Canada, May 18-20, 2011, pp. 1-2.
  24. S. Chuwongin, Y. Weiquan, Y. Hongjun, Z. Weidong, and M. Zhenqiang, “Flexible crystalline InP nanomembrane LED arrays,” in IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting, Denver, Nov. 8-11, 2010, pp. 643-644
  25. W. Zhou, Z. Ma, H. Yang, L. Chen, W. Yang, Z. Qiang, G. Qin, H. Pang, S. Chuwongin, and D. Zhao, “Semiconductor nanomembranes for stacked and flexible photonics (Invited),” in Photonics West, Silicon Photonics V, San Francisco, California, USA, 2010, pp. 76060U-10.
  26. Y. Hongjun, S. Chuwongin, C. Li, Q. Zexuan, Z. Weidong, P. Huiqing, and M. Zhenqiang, “Spectral trimming of fano reflectors on silicon and glass substrates,” in IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 9-13, 2008, pp. 818-819.

Courses

12026003 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 2

12026118 SENSORS AND ACTUATORS

12026105 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1

12026202 ESD AND EMI CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS

12026208 MICROELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING

12026401 FUNDAMENTAL OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS

12017811 MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Doing research with our CiRA team, you can:

  • Work on important problems in areas such as Practical AI in Advanced Manufacturing, AI in Health Care Applications, Deep Learning Research in Tropical Medicine, and Basic AI for Education.
  • Learn, develop, and deploy machine learning / deep learning algorithms and applications including ROS.

Joining CiRA research group.

  • If you are interested in getting involved in AI or Deep learning research, please feel free to get in touch. So that I can get to know you better, please sending a copy of your resume to santhad.ch@kmitl.ac.th
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