Letter from TSME President

                   The Thai Society of Mechanical Engineers (TSME) was officially founded in 2007, although its history goes back some twenty years ago. It has been formed loosely as a network of mechanical engineering departments from various universities and institutes in Thailand, known as ME-NETT. Annual ME-NETT conferences have been organized for 24 years, with different universities taking turns as the host. Together with thisyear's24th ME-NETT conference, the host Ubon Ratchathani University and TSME are proud to introduce the 1st TSME International Conference on Mechanical Engineering. This marks a new beginning after we have had international sessions in the ME-NETT conference for two years. We hope that this conference will be useful to the research and development in the field of mechanical engineering.

                   On behalf of TSME, I am grateful to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ubon Ratchathani for their dedication to make the 24th ME-NETT and 1st TSME-ICoME conferences successful. We appreciate the support from our partner organizations; The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) , and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Their respective chapters in Thailand have collaborated with us to make this TSME-ICoME possible. My gratitude also goes to all the committee especially the chairman, Prof. Dr. Phadungsak Ratanadecho, and his staff for all the hard work. Lastly Khun Fatimah Hemman, and the secretarial staff, have also been very helpful to TSME and ICoME.

                   Additionally, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the authors and participants of this 1st TSME-ICoME. We hope that all of you will have a wonderful experience with this fruitful conference, and at the same time enjoy the sights of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.

Sincerely,

Worawut Wisutmethangoon, Ph.D.
TSME President
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Prince of Songkla University