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hi! everyone calls me Poom

Ratchaphon Phonpoon.

I'm a chemical engineering master's student at KMUTT's Practice School (ChEPS). I like process work where a model meets a real plant: I spent six months at Thaioil building Aspen HYSYS models from live plant data. Outside the flowsheets, I build small tools that solve everyday problems for the people around me.

Your photo
assets/me.jpgPortrait of Ratchaphon Phonpoon
Looking for
12-month on-site internship
Available
Jun 2027 – May 2028
Studying
M.Eng. ChE, KMUTT ChEPS
B.Eng.
GPA 3.70, First-Class Honours

Process engineering

Plant work and design projects.

Things I've built

Small tools that real people use every day.

Activities

Around KMUTT and beyond.

assets/roadshow.jpgFiltration workshop at Assumption College Rayong

Sep 2026

ChemEng Roadshow, Assumption College Rayong

Introduced the department and ran a hands-on filtration workshop for 30 high-school students.

assets/tea.webpPhoto collage from the Thailand Energy Academy energy science programme, 2024

2024

Thailand Energy Academy (TEA)

An energy science programme for university students, run by the Thailand Energy Academy. Our team won third prize.

assets/openhouse-2024.webpPhoto collage from the KMUTT Chemical Engineering Open House 2024

Oct 2024

ChemEng Open House, KMUTT

Student speaker, presenting the department to 40+ prospective students.

About

The short version of my CV.

Experience

Technologist Intern, Process Technology · ThaioilSriracha, Chonburi · Jun – Nov 2025

Built a rigorous HYSYS model of a crude distillation, vacuum distillation and hydrotreating train, validated to within 5% of plant operation. Quantified preheat-train fouling, and found a splitter overhead-pressure setpoint worth an estimated six figures (USD) a year.

Education

M.Eng. Chemical Engineering, ChEPS · KMUTT2026 – 2028 (expected) · modelled on MIT's Practice School, Year 2 on-site in industry
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering · KMUTT2022 – 2026 · GPA 3.70, First-Class Honours · Petroleum & Petrochemical track

Tools I use

Aspen HYSYSAspen PlusAspen EDRAspen Energy AnalyzerPythonPower BIExcel SolverClaude Code

Good at

Plant-data model validationHeat-exchanger fouling analysisPinch analysisProcess economicsExplaining things to non-engineers

Languages

Thai (native) · English, TOEIC 950 / 990 (CEFR C1)

Have a placement for June 2027?

I'm looking for a 12-month on-site internship in process engineering. Email is the best way to reach me.

poomza54564@gmail.com