Deans

Montfort del Rosario School of Architecture and Design

BACKGROUND EDUCATION:

1993	Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, U.S.A. (1988-1989 Ph.D. Candidate, Construction Engineering and Management, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, U.S.A)
1987	M.S.C.E., Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
1985	B.Arch, Architecture Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 1^st Ranked of the Class, Bhumibol Scholarship

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1997-present	Chairperson, Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Risk Management and Industrial Services, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand
2008-2018	Special Lecturer, Master of Public Health Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health Teaching Courses: Health Care Regulations Lecture Topic: Management of Healthcare Building and Environment
2004-2007	Program Leader, Mini-MBA in Real Estate Business ABAC Business Training & Consulting Center, Assumption University (City Campus) Emporium Tower 19^th Floor
1999-2001	Lecturer “Low Rise Building Cost Valuation” Course, Real Estate Valuation Program for Government Housing Bank Continuing Education Program for Business, Thammasart University
1998 – 2000	Lecturer “Financial Management in Construction” Course, Master Degree, Construction Engineering and Management Program, Department of Civil Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
1995- 1998	Director in Academic Thai Real Estate Association – Organize a 3-month course with SASIN Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chularlongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand “Real Estate Investment: Strategic and Decision (REI)” – Organize a 3-day short course in Real Estate Finance and Real Estate Marketing
1994	Lecturer “Computer Applications for Construction Management”Course, Master Degree, Construction Management Program, Civil Engineering Department Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
1990-1993	Teaching Assistant to Professor David B. Ashley Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATE AND CONTRIBUTIONS:

1994-present	The Thai Real Estate Association (TREA) 1999-2010: Vice President of Academic Activities 1997-1998 Secretariat and Director of TREA 1994-1997 Director of TREA
2009	Judging Panel, Thailand Property Awards
2020-present	Organized by Property Guru (Thailand) Company Limited
2006	SPEAKER FACULTY, ASIA PACIFIC REAL ESTATE CONGRESS, Euromoney Institutional Investor (Asia), November 30, 2006 at the Ritz-Carltion, Hong Kong
2006-2020	Board of Trade of Thailand, Real Estate Development Committee Design and Construction Committee Construction and Real Estate Committee
2006	Land Readjustment Sub-committee, Department of Civil and Urban Planning, Ministry of Interior, Property Valuation Sub-Committee
2005-present	President of Sub-committee, Thai Housing Council
2005-present	Committee, Board of Trade of Thailand, Real Estate Development Committee
2005-present	Committee, the Royal Institute of Charter Surveyors (Thailand)
1996-2002	Sub-Director Engineering Institute of Thailand Civil Engineering Division Construction Engineering and Management Sub-Division
1985-present	Professional Architecture License of Thailand

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2007	Project Manager Consultant to the Owner – Office 6 Story Building Project, Total area 3700 sq.m., Ratchadapisak Road, Bangkok
2006	Project Manager Consultant to the Owner – Office and Residential 7 Story Building Project, Total area 4700 sq.m., Bharomragchonnanee Road, Bangkok
2005	Project Manager Consultant to the Owner – Bangkok Crystal Head Quarter Building Complex Project, Total area 6000 sq.m., Ratchadabhisak Road, Bangkok
2005	Construction Manager Consultant to the Owner – 3 Story Commercial Building, Total area 2000 sq.m., Narathiwas Road, Bangkok
2005	Judge Committee, Building Design Competition, cooperation between the Association of Siamese Architect Under Royal Patronage and Bangkok Crystal Ltd. Co.,
2004-2005	Construction Manager Consultant to the Owner – 6-Floor Office Building, 3000 sq.m., Naratiwat Road, Bangkok Constructed by Thai Takanaka International Construction Company – 6-Floor Residence Building, 2900 sq.m., Nang Lingee Road, Bangkok Constructed by Thai Takanaka International Construction Company
2001-2004	Construction Manager Patra Patana Construction Limited Partnership – Three-story office and car-showroom (Nissan), total area 1500 sq.m. – Three-story house, Rama III, Bangkok, total area of 380 square meter – Two-story house, Rama III, Bangkok, total area of 260 square meter
1997-2000	Construction Manager Nu-Home Construction Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand – Construct Anaknitad Auditorium Building, Sukothai-Thammathirach University, Bangkok, Thailand
1994-1997	Assistant Managing Director Ruamchewa Co. Ltd., Real Estate Division, Bangkok, Thailand – Viang Tak II, Hotel Extension Project, Tak Province Project Manager 150-Room, Four-Star Hotel with an Entertainment Center – Kanganaburi Industrial Zone, Kanganaburi Province Consultant 600 Rai Industrial Zone with 300 units Commercial Buildings – Le Chalette Resort, Thonburi-Pagtor Road, Samut Sakorn Province Consultant 250 Rai Sport Resort Housing Project

AWARD:

2009

St. Thomas Aquinas Award for Research, AU (Assumption University) Awards for Excellence 2009

PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA:

2007	Building Safety Inspector Training Program, Batch #6, Engineering Institute of Thailand
1998	Lead Assessors Training Program, Batch #1, Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT – CBO)

BOOK:

2014, 2013	“HOUSING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN THAILAND”, Chularlongkorn University Press, ISBN 978-974-03-3083-7, 336 pages, ill.; 26 centimeters, Thai Language. 2014, January: *2^nd edition, 1000 units 2013, May: 1^st edition*, 1000 units
2008	“BUILDING STRUCTURES FOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT”, ABAC University Press of Assumption University, ISBN 978-974-61-5292-1, 1st edition, 215 pages, ill.; 25 centimeters.

JOURNAL ADVISOR / PEER REVIEWER:

2020-2024	Vanichvatana, Sonthya. International Advisory Board, Journal of Surveying, Construction, and Property (JSCP), Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
2020	Vanichvatana, Sonthya. Peer Reviewer, Publons, Clarivate Analytic, Web of Science Group.

RESEARCH / PUBLICATION:

2023	Vanichvatana, S. (2023). Passion to Learn Well With Reflections of CGPA and Course Levels: Empirical Evidence. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 23(16). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v23i16.6476 [Scopus Q4]
2022	Vanichvatana, S. (2022). Management Facets of University Midnight Libraries in Thailand. Journal of Information Science, 40(2), 1-22, https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jiskku/issue/view/17012 [TCI Tier1]
2020	Vanichvatana, S. (2020). How Social Network Applications Enhancing Team Project Collaborations at Home. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 15(2), 386-398. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v12i1.4416[Scopus Q3]
2020	Vanichvatana, S. (2020). Who uses home as informal learning spaces: A Bangkok private university case study. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 12(1), 37-47. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v12i1.4416 [Scopus Q4]
2019	Vanichvatana, S. (2019). Investigation of student’s preferences for off-campus informal learning spaces: The case of business school students in Bangkok. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 14(4), 590-600. https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v11i4.4386 [Scopus Q3]
2018	Vanichvatana, S. (2018). Informal Learning Spaces For Undergraduate Business School: A Bangkok Private University Case Study. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Special Issue on i-CITE 2018, November (2018), 71-79. Retrieved from http://jestec.taylors.edu.my/Special%20Issue%20i-cite%202018.htm [Scopus Q2]

CONTACT:

Montfort del Rosario School of Architecture and Design
88 Moo 8 Bang Na-Trad Km. 26, Bang Sao Thong, Samut Prakan, 10570 Thailand
Tel. +66-2-7232222 Ext. 2825
Email: sonthyavnt@au.edu