The Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies would like to offer congratulations to Ajarn Dr. Rattana Boonprasert. He recently received a Gold Medal and certificate for work on using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with automatic mixing systems and multiple propellers to promote fruit growth. 

Dr. Boonprasert also worked with Dr. Piyarat Wijaksangsit, an expert researcher in the Faculty of Agriculture at Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen campus. 

The Gold Medal was awarded in the invention and innovation category at the 2024 Bangkok International Intellectual Property, Invention and Technology Exposition (IPITEx 2024). 

It was part of the "2024 Inventor's Day" event organized by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) and held 2-6 February 2024 at the BITEC Bangna Exhibition and Convention Center, in Bangkok.