“Tyler R. Hatch” aerospace engineer from NASA flew directly to Thailand. Join the mission to set up a test system. Send equipment to the International Space Station with Kasetsart University between 18-23 September
19 Sept. 65 at Kasetsart University, Mr. Tyler Hatch, Aerospace Engineer or Research Aerospace Engineer under Fluids and Combustion Division,NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA met with Dr. Chongrak Watcharinrat. Rector of Kasetsart University On the occasion of traveling to Thailand on a mission to set up payload systems for liquid crystal experiments in space under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Kasetsart University and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. United States (NASA) in the study of liquid crystals or Liquid Crystal in space with Assoc. Kasetsart University and Asst. Prof. Dr. Nattaporn Chattham, Principal Researcher in Space Research Cooperation Project, joined
Asst. Prof. Dr. Nattaporn Chattham said that Dr. John B Mcquillen, Director of Fluids and Combustion Division, NASA Glenn Research Center, assigned aerospace engineer Mr. Tyler Hatch to come to Thailand. To implement a payload generation system for liquid crystal experiments in space, NASA Headquarter in Washington, D.C. planned and approved an integration to connect this payload to the company’s KERMIT microscope. Leidos, now on the ISS, Mr. Tyler Hatch will be coordinating with engineers from Leidos to set up a payload connection system led by a team of researchers from Kasetsart University led by Asst. Prof. Dr. Nattaporn Chattham and Asst. Prof. Dr. Apichart Pattanapokaratana from the Department of Physics Faculty of Science Kasetsart University and engineers from GISTDA, led by Dr. Nattawat Hongkanchanakul and Dr. Sittiporn Channamsin, will design and build according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by NASA and Kasetsart University. And there was a press conference on the Liquid Crystal Research Collaboration Project or the study of liquid crystals in space. In the celebration of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Kasetsart-NASA Memorandum of Understanding Celebration Ceremony at Kasetsart University on February 18, 2022
Asst. Prof. Dr. Nattaporn Chattham added that The design is now detailing the payload of the connected electronics and hardware to be tested in NASA’s first standard of sending the device aboard the International Space Station, known as the SRR, or Science Requirement Review. Then enter the Preliminary Design Review or PDR, which is the next standard. Of the five standards NASA has set to allow equipment to be docked on the International Space Station.
In addition to the integrated payload planning, Mr. Tyler Hatch also gave a special lecture on the topic “Liquid Crystal Research via NASA Projects and Space Biology Research Discussion” on Tuesday September 20, 2022 11:00 – 12. : 00 a.m. at the Sumin Samutkup Conference Room, 3rd Floor, 45 Years Physical Science Building, Faculty of Science Kasetsart University Interested persons can register to listen at https://bit.ly/3eUNd2b He was also invited to speak with 200 high school students in the “Inspiration Talk” program titled “The Way to Become a NASA Engineer” at the Space Inspirium Museum at GISTDA Space Innovation Park, Sriracha on Thursday, September 22, 2022. Time 13:00
For a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Kasetsart University and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The United States (NASA) to study liquid crystals or Liquid Crystal in space is the first MOU that NASA has signed with countries in Southeast Asia. Thailand acts as a builder and tester of a set of experimental equipment that will be sent aboard the International Space Station. (International Space Station, ISS) and NASA is responsible for transporting this set of equipment onto the ISS for NASA astronauts to conduct experiments under the control of a team of researchers from Thailand with Asst. Prof. Dr. .Nattaporn Chattham from the Department of Physics Faculty of Science Kasetsart University be a team leader The research participants in the team consisted of Asst. Prof. Dr. Apichart Pattanapokaratana from Kasetsart University and Dr. Nattawat Hongkanchanakul from GISTDA, Kasetsart University will be responsible for the scientific part of the experiment and GISTDA will be responsible for the construction and testing. set equipment by a team of engineers from NASA to supervise with a team of Thai engineers to create all the equipment This experiment will be the first time that Thailand will build a large equipment for astronauts to test and experiment in space. The construction of such equipment must comply with the safety criteria of human-controlled experiments in space. And this experiment will be the basis for the Thai aerospace team to be able to build on their own rockets into space in the near future.
In the Liquid Crystal Experiment on the International Space Station Thai researchers will study Liquid Crystals, which are complex fluids, to understand their thermal properties in detail under zero gravity. Interested in studying It is the creation of thin films of liquid crystals to study the deficiencies or defects in the liquid crystal structure caused by the effects of instantaneous thermal changes. The deficiencies studied are always present in LCD screens. Understanding the deficiencies that are the main problem of LCDs is a topic of concern to scientists around the world. The opportunity for a team of Thai researchers to study these deficits in non-gravity conditions will allow them to eliminate the gravitational effect, one of the forces involved in creating this deficit. and will allow us to better understand the nature of these deficiencies. This will enable the removal of these deficiencies from the LCD technology used in everyday life. This will enable the development of LCD technology to go even further. This will build on the technology of the LCD screen industry, which is more valuable. 300,000,000,000 The US Dollar per year can be developed to be even more powerful than the everyday use of all of us.
