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Asst.Prof.Dr. Rawin Raviwongse, president of National Science Museum (NSM) and Ms. Marissa Whitten, Assistant to Cultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy Bangkok, presented awards for the final round competition of University Students’ Science, Technology, and Innovation Talks (UniTi Talks 2024), on December 20, 2024 at IT Auditorium, IT Museum, NSM, Klong 5, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani province. Ms.Kachakorn Klongklaew, a medical student at Mahidol University, won the first place of creative science communicator, on the topic “Who Kills the Sharks?” with the idea for reducing global warming.
The National Science Museum (NSM), Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation opened an exhibition on “Mosquitoes… The World’s Deadliest Creature,” to explain the long and amazing history of the study of mosquitos study in Thailand. The U.S. Embassy in Thailand donated an old collection of 50,000 mosquito specimens to support the exhibit. Asst. Prof. Dr. Rawin Raviwongse, president of NSM, Colonel Eric Garges, Chief of the Department of Retrovirology, WRAIR-AFRIMS (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, USA), and Mr. Marc Gilkey, South Asia -Pacific Regional Manager, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Embassy Bangkok, joined the opening ceremony of the exhibition on December 20, 2024 at Natural History Museum, NSM, Klong 5, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani province.
Asst.Prof.Dr.Rawin Raviwongse, president, National Science Museum(NSM), H.E. Mrs.Serap Ersoy, Ambassador of Turkey to Thailand, ,Dr.Pavadee Aungkavattana, deputy director, Program Management Unit for Human Resource & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation, PMU-B, Mr.Chanyuth Svetasuvarn, director, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Bangkok Office, Ms.Parichat Svetasreni, director, International Mega Event and Festival Development, Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), Mr.Nimit Pipithkul, director, Semathai Marionette Arts for Social Foundation, and Dr.Nuannawan Cha-um, assistant of General director, Gammaco (Thailand) Co.,Ltd., participated in the grand opening ceremony of “Harmony World Puppet Innovation Festival 2024, on November 13, 2024 at NSM, Klong 5, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani province. The Harmony World Puppet Innovation Festival 2024 was held under the theme of “Puppet Maker”, The theme was chosen to highlight the top-notch shows of the distinctive Thai and international puppets troupes from over 13 countries during November 13-17, 2024 at NSM.
Dr.Ganigar Chen, vice president of National Science Museum (NSM) joined an opening ceremony of “Sustainability Expo 2024” (EX 2024); a biggest festival of ASEAN; on September 27, 2024, held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok. The EX 2024 has been executively arranged in the 5th year under a theme of “Sufficiency for Sustainability”, during September 27-Octber 6, 2024, to invite audience investigate answers for surviving among the situations of global boiling. In the Expo, NSM offered an exhibition and a variety of highlight, creative science activities for youth and people to learn sustainable development, such as “SX Better Me”-a starting of better living at ourselves with Mr. Muse; a humanoid robot developed and imitated human’s movement to take care elderly people completely, “Better Living” with SX Sensory Experience- invite audience to experience life in silence and darkness with different senses in daily life to understand visually impaired people and hearing impaired people, “SX Kids Zone”- audience can enjoy questions how to create sustainability and creativity for our world and experience science experiments of stuffing aquatic animals in nature workshop. For more information of the Expo, please visit Facebook at Page: Sustainability Expo and www.sustainabilityexpo.com.
Dr.Ganigar Chen, vice president of National Science Museum (NSM) and Mr. Dick Custin, Counselor for Public Affairs, US. Embassy in Thailand have given a press conference on “University Students’ Science, Technology and Innovation Talks” (UniTi Talks), on August 22, 2024 at the National Science and Technology Fair 2024, Impact Exhibition and Convention Centre, Muang Thong Thani. The UniTi Talks has been held to develop communication skills related to science, technology, and innovation, raise an awareness the importance of climate changing and creating science communicators ready for coping the change of the society creatively.
To celebrate the 6th Cycle of HM King Rama X, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation (MHESI) by National Science Museum (NSM) has launched “MHESI Science Caravan” to communicate and inherit his wisdom on science to inspire the Thai youth’s awareness and for societal sustainability. The mobile Science Caravan with honoring exhibitions and science activities also aims to expand learning opportunity in 7 provinces nationwide.