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Asst. Prof. Chinnawat Surussavadee, Ph.D. Head of Andaman Environment and Natural Disaster Research Center (ANED) Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus 80 Vichitsongkram Road, Amphor Kathu, Phuket 83120 THAILAND Phone: +66-84-840-0090; E-mail: pop@alum.mit.edu URL: www.chinnawat.com
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February 2007. GPA: 4.7/5.0 Thesis: Passive Millimeter Wave Retrieval of Global Precipitation Utilizing Satellites and a Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Model. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA M.S. (Electric Power Engineering) Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department, December 2001. GPA: 4.0/4.0 King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology at Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand B.Eng. (Major: Electrical Engineering; Minor: Electric Power Engineering) Department of Electrical Engineering, April 1999.
Research Interests	Remote sensing of global precipitation, weather, climate, environment, and natural disasters. High-resolution numerical weather prediction model.
Awards, Honors	2011	Certificate for being a researcher whose research has been published in national news from Prince of Songkla University
	2008	Outstanding researcher of the Faculty of Technology and Environment award from Prince of Songkla University
	2007	Excellent Ph.D. thesis award in the field of Engineering and Industrial Research from the National Research Council of Thailand
	2005	Second prize from Student Prize Paper Competition, 2005 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
	2000-2006	Royal Thai Government Scholarship
	2004-2006	MIT Research Assistantship
	2006	MIT Teaching Assistantship
	1988, 1991, 1992	Number of awards from various musical competitions
	1991-1994	Certificates of merit every single year for significant contribution to Thai musical activities from Suankularb Vittayalai School, Bangkok, Thailand
Professional Services	2011	Reviewer of one paper for Journal of Hydrometeorology
	2011	Reviewer of one paper for IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
	2011	Session Co-Chair for IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2011
	2011	Reviewer of two research proposals for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research fund
	2008	Reviewer of three papers for IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2008
	2008	Co-Chair of 2 sessions for IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2008
	2008 and 2009	Reviewer of two papers for Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
	2008	Associate Editor for Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology
	2009 and 2011	Reviewer for Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology
	2009	Reviewer of a research proposal for Prince of Songkla University research fund
	2009 and 2010	Reviewer of Phuket Rajabhat University research fund
Professional Experience	2009 - Present	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, THAILAND
	2008 - Present	Head, Andaman Environment and Natural Disaster Research Center (ANED), Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, THAILAND
	2006 - Present	Research Affiliate, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
	2007 - 2009	Lecturer, Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, THAILAND
	2006 - 2007	Lecturer and Assistant Dean for Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, Phuket Rajabhat University, Phuket, THAILAND
	2007	Invited Specialist for developing curriculum for the M.S. program in Technology and Environmental Management, Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, THAILAND
	2004 - 2006	Research Assistant, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
	2006	Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Research Experience	ANED, Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, THAILAND
	2011-Present	Development of precipitation retrieval algorithm for geostationary infrared satellites
	2011-Present	Land cover classification algorithm
	2011-Present	GIS-based rainfall-runoff model development for U-Taphao river basin, Songkhla province, Thailand
	2011	Development of mangrove zone classification algorithm
	2011	Development of reef flat classification algorithm
	2009-Present	Evaluation of High-Resolution Weather Forecasts for Thailand
	2010	Study if the drought in Mekong River was due to less precipitation
	Collaboration with Professor David H. Staelin at MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics
	2010-Present	Development of AMSU surface emissivity retrieval algorithm
	2010-2011	Near-surface evaporation correction for millimeter-wave precipitation retrievals
	2010-Present	Study of the effect of global warming to arctic precipitation
	2010-Present	Climate study using ten-year NOAA AMSU data
	2010	Atmospheric parameter retrieval algorithms for SSMIS
	2007-2010	Improved precipitation retrieval algorithms for AMSU-A/B microwave spectrometers aboard NOAA and MetOp operational satellites based on previous algorithms developed by Surussavadee and Staelin. Precipitation retrieval products are available at http://web.mit.edu/surusc/www/AMP/
	2009	Studied Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) corrections for AMSU
	2008-2009	Evaluated NPOESS precipitation retrievals using the ATMS passive microwave spectrometer
	Collaboration with MIT Lincoln Laboratory
	2010-Present	Atmospheric algorithm suite based on neural networks for microwave imager/sounders
	2010-Present	Hyperspectral microwave atmospheric sounding
	MIT, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Professor David H. Staelin
	2006-2007	Developed an operational system at MIT that continually polls every few minutes all NOAA operational satellites carrying AMSU-A/B microwave spectrometers and immediately produces global surface precipitation rate, water path, and peak vertical wind retrieval maps for each of 7 parameters that can be retrieved at will by researchers around the world. These retrievals appear to be the most sensitive to date regarding snowfall and light precipitation over land. Extensively compared the results to other satellite sensors and algorithms, and to simulations.
	2006	Proposed a feedback system to assimilate satellite brightness temperatures into a numerical weather prediction model to improve forecasts. The system involves three aspects: displacement estimation, dimensionality reduction, and amplitude adjustment. Pointed out important issues and difficulty to assimilate radiance information successfully. Showed a technique to estimate storm translation in time.
	2005-2006	Compared the abilities of eleven alternative passive microwave sensors for geostationary microwave satellites to retrieve surface precipitation rates and hydrometeor water paths--five instruments observe selected frequencies from 116 GHz to 429 GHz with a filled-aperture antenna, and six observe from 52 to 191 GHz with a U-shaped aperture synthesis array. The analysis was based on neural network retrieval methods and 122 global MM5-simulated storms that are generally consistent with simultaneous AMSU observations.
	2005-2006	Developed and validated microwave radiative transfer algorithms for the 23-200-GHz region using extensive global AMSU-A/B radiance data and coincident cloud-resolving numerical weather model MM5 predictions. Agreement was also obtained when data was stratified by precipitation type. Sensitivities to errors in the weather and radiative transfer models were evaluated.
	2004-2005	Computed the 3-D scattering properties of mixed dielectric hydrometeors of various shapes and sizes as a function of frequency and direction, and used NCEP global analysis fields to initialize and compare the consistency of alternative MM5 cloud-resolving models with satellite data.
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department Advisors: Dr. M. V. K. Chari and Professor Sheppard Salon
	2001	Developed multipole expansion methods to analyze the far field of permanent-magnet motors for naval applications and to study the effects of geometric asymmetries and unbalanced pole strength on the far-field components.
Teaching Experience	Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, Thailand Electromagnetics and Applications Remote Sensing Geoinformatics for Environmental Management Applied Probability Fundamental of Geoinformatics Phuket Rajabhat University, Phuket, Thailand Computer Network and Distributed Engineering Statistics Statistics for Industrial Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Electromagnetics and Applications (Teaching Assistant)
Book Chapters	C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Satellite Passive Millimeter-Wave Retrieval of Global Precipitation,” Signal and Image Processing for Remote Sensing, 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis, in press, 2011
Invited Talks	C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Radiative Transfer: Theory and Observations,” 4th Meeting of the IGeoLab GEO-Microwave Focus Group (FG-4), organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and hosted by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) at CMA, Beijing, China,Apr. 12-13, 2007. Travel expenses were supported by WMO. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Simulated Performance of Alternative GEM and Synthetic Aperture Systems,” 4th Meeting of the IGeoLab GEO-Microwave Focus Group (FG-4), organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and hosted by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) at CMA, Beijing, China,Apr. 12-13, 2007. Travel expenses were supported by WMO. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Passive Millimeter-Wave Retrieval of Global Precipitation Utilizing Satellites and A Numerical Weather Prediction Model,” October Meeting of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Boston Chapter, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Oct. 18, 2006. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Global Warming,” invited by Thailand Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, Jul. 22, 2008. C. Surussavadee, “Remote Sensing of Global Precipitation Using Passive Microwave Satellites,” invited by Thai Meteorological Department, Bangkok, Thailand, Mar. 27-28, 2008.
Refereed International Journal Publications	C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Evaporation Correction Methods for Microwave Retrievals of Surface Precipitation Rate,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, in press, 2011. W. J. Blackwell, L. J. Bickmeier, R. V. Leslie, M. L. Pieper, J. E. Samra, C. Surussavadee, and C. A. Upham, “Hyperspectral Microwave Atmospheric Sounding,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 49, no. 1, Jan. 2011. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “NPOESS Precipitation Retrievals using the ATMS Passive Microwave Spectrometer,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 440-444, Jul. 2010. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Global Precipitation Retrievals Using the NOAA/AMSU Millimeter-Wave Channels: Comparison with Rain Gauges,” Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 124-135, Jan. 2010. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Satellite Retrievals of Arctic and Equatorial Rain and Snowfall Rates using Millimeter Wavelengths,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 3697-3707, Nov. 2009. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Global Millimeter-Wave Precipitation Retrievals Trained with a Cloud-Resolving Numerical Weather Prediction Model, Part I: Retrieval Design,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 99-108, Jan. 2008. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Global Millimeter-Wave Precipitation Retrievals Trained with a Cloud-Resolving Numerical Weather Prediction Model, Part II: Performance Evaluation,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 109-118, Jan. 2008. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Millimeter-Wave Precipitation Retrievals and Observed-versus-Simulated Radiance Distributions: Sensitivity to Assumptions,” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 64, no. 11, pp. 3808-3826, Nov. 2007. D. H. Staelin and C. Surussavadee, “Precipitation Retrieval Accuracies for Geo-Microwave Sounders,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 3150-3159, Oct. 2007. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Comparison of AMSU Millimeter-Wave Satellite Observations, MM5/TBSCAT Predicted Radiances, and Electromagnetic Models for Hydrometeors,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 2667-2678, Oct. 2006. O.-M. Kwon, C. Surussavadee, M. V. K. Chari, S. Salon, and K. Sivasubramaniam, “Analysis of the Far Field of Permanent-Magnet Motors and Effects of Geometric Asymmetries and Unbalance in Magnet Design,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 435-442, Mar. 2004.
Refereed International Conference Proceedings	C. Surussavadee, “Evaluation of High-Resolution Weather Forecasts in Tropics using Satellite Passive Millimeter-Wave Observations,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2011, Vancouver, Canada, p. 2777 – 2780, Jul. 2011. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Correcting Microwave Precipitation Retrievals for Near-Surface Evaporation,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 1312-1315, Jul. 2010. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Global Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm Trained for SSMIS using a Numerical Weather Prediction Model: Design and Evaluation,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 2341-2344, Jul. 2010. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “NPOESS Precipitation Retrievals using the ATMS Passive Microwave Spectrometer,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. V-570 – V-573, Jul. 2008. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Rain and Snowfall Retrievals at High Latitudes using Millimeter Wavelengths,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. IV-624 – IV-627, Jul. 2008. C. Surussavadee, “Global Observations of Precipitation using Satellite Passive Millimeter-Wave Sensors,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. I-126 – I-129, Jul. 2008. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Global Satellite Millimeter-Wave Precipitation Retrievals Trained with a Cloud-Resolving Numerical Weather Prediction Model,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 3910-3913, Jul. 2007. C. Surussavadee, D. H. Staelin, V. Chadarong, D. McLaughlin, and D. Entekhabi, “Comparison of NOWRAD, AMSU, AMSR-E, TMI, and SSM/I Surface Precipitation Rate Retrievals over the United States Great Plains,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 3923-3926, Jul. 2007. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “AMSU Millimeter-Wave Precipitation Retrievals Trained with MM5 Simulations: Sensitivity to Physical Assumptions,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2006, Denver, Colorado, pp. 2611-2614, Jul. 2006. D. H. Staelin and C. Surussavadee, “Precipitation Retrieval Accuracies for Geo-Microwave Sounders,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2006, Denver, Colorado, pp. 41-44, Jul. 2006. D. H. Staelin and C. Surussavadee, “Geosynchronous Microwave Sounding of Precipitation Parameters at Convective Scales,” Third Workshop of the International Precipitation Working Group, Melbourne, Australia, October 23-27, 2006. C. Surussavadee and D. H. Staelin, “Statistical Agreement between Observed Microwave Satellite Radiances and NWP Hydrometeors including Hexagonal Plates and Rosettes,” Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2005, Seoul, Korea, pp. 324-327, Jul.2005. F. W. Chen, D. H. Staelin, and C. Surussavadee, “Global Monthly and Diurnal Precipitation Statistics Based on Passive Microwave Observations from AMSU,” AMS 13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Climatology, Norfolk, Virginia, pp. 623-630, September 20-23, 2004.
Refereed National Conference Proceedings	T. Rattanabumrung, C. Surussavadee, and W. Meepol, “Mangrove Plant Community Assessment using THEOS: A Case Study in Ranong Biosphere Reserve,” Proceedings of 12th Annual Conference of Thai Society of Agricultural Engineering,” Apr. 2011. S. Sukwiwatthanporn, C. Surussavadee, H. Chansang, and N. Phongsuwan, “Algorithm for Classifying Reef Flat Condition using THEOS Satellite Data: A Case Study at Sirinart National Park, Phuket Province, Thailand,” Proceedings of 12th Annual Conference of Thai Society of Agricultural Engineering,” Apr. 2011.
Research Funds	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Grant NAG5-13652 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Contract NAS5-31376 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Contract DG133E-02-CN-0011 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Grant NNX07AE35G National Research Council of Thailand Faculty Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University Grant 977/301
Activities	Member, IEEE, 2004-present Member, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 2006-present Interests include tennis, Guitar, Piano, and Thai musical instruments, including Saw Duang, Saw Uoo, and Saw Samsai
Computer Skills	MATLAB, ArcGIS, Fortran, C, C++, Pascal, Basic, HTML, MS FrontPage, Linux, MS Windows, MS office
References	Professor David H. Staelin Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 26-341, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Phone: (1) 617-253-3711; E-mail: staelin@mit.edu Dr. Philip W. Rosenkranz Research Laboratory of Electronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 26-343, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Phone: (1) 617-253-3073; E-mail: pwr@mit.edu