Thitima Jintanawan

 

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Department of Mechanical Engineering           

Chulalongkorn University

Phayathai Rd., Bangkok 10330, THAILAND

Phone: 66-2-218-6639         Fax: 66-2-252-2889

E-mail: fmetjt@eng.chula.ac.th

http://pioneer.netserv.chula.ac.th/~jthitima/

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.              University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Mechanical Engineering, June 2000, Major: Dynamics and Vibration.

M.S.                The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Mechanical Engineering, May 1996, Major: Vibration and Control.

B.Eng.             Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Mechanical Engineering, May 1991.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

10/05 - present          Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

                                      Major research areas include dynamics and vibration of micro spindle systems, Vibro-acoustics of hard disk drives spindles, Finite Element Method (FEM) for vibration analysis, Damping in vibratory systems and passive vibration control, Vibration Analysis for Product Design and Development.

                                      Responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduated courses in: 212 Dynamics, 433 Introduction to Mechanical Vibration, 615 Mechanical Vibration, 602 Measurement and Instrumentation, 617 Advanced Dynamics.

10/02 - 10/05:            Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

10/00 - 10/02:            Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

7-9/00:                         Visiting Scholar, Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA.

 

CLASS

2103-212 Dynamics                                                                                     2103-602 Measurement and Instrumentations

2103-617 Advanced Dynamics                                                                2103-615 Mechanical Vibration

2104-499 Mechanical Engineering Project                                           2103-433 Introduction to Mechanical Vibration

 

MASTER THESIS ADVICED

  • Study of vibration and sound of spindle motors for hard disk drives: Apirat Sillapapinij (2006-2008)

SENIOR PROJECTS ADVICED

  • Vibro-acoustic of spindle motor in hard disk drives: 2005-2006 (summary)
  • Cushioning design for shock isolation in shipping packages: 2003-2004 (viewgraphs, full report)
  • Development and construction of mechanism for automatic miniature impact hammer: 2001 (abstract)
  • Modal testing of three-story building model: 2001 (abstract)
  • Finite element analysis of disk-spindle vibration in hard disk drives: 2001 (conference paper)

 

RESERCH PROJECTS

1.     Reduction of Acoustic Noise in Nidec's FDB Spindle Motors:  08/05-08/08, Research Funds from Nidec Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

2.     Vibration Analysis of Micro Bearing-Spindle Systems with Distributed Dynamic Forces in Journal Bearings: 01/04-present, New Researcher Funds (June 05 - May 07), TRF: 480,000 Baht.

3.     Cushioning design for shock isolation in shipping packages: 10/02-02/03, ME New Researcher Funds: 30,000 Baht.

4.     Vibration Analysis for Product Design and Development: 02-04, Vibration equipments granted by ME funded research.

5.     Parametric study of FDB spindle motors for HDD: 1/01-10/03, Chulalongkorn New Researcher Funds: 200,000 Baht.

6.     Operational vibration test of performance in FDB spindle motors for computer hard disk drives: 07-09/00, On-sited research at Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA.

 

PUBLICATIONS