Essays

A space for longer-form reflections on higher education leadership, internationalisation, engineering education, and wind energy research. New pieces will be added here over time.


The Technology Is the Easier Half

Technology & AI

Notes from my talk at WTUC 2026 in Linz on building a team of AI agents for the international office: what they do, what they cost, and why the technology turned out to be the easier half. Read the essay →

A Letter to the WTUN Board

Higher education leadership

A letter to fellow WTUN Operational Board members at the close of a year as Chair — on a gender equity session, a new Sustainable Finance Committee, and the colleagues who joined calls at unsociable hours to make it work. Read the essay →

อนาคตมันคือวันนี้

Technology & AI

ห้าวันที่ทำงานร่วมกับ Claude Fable 5 ตั้งแต่การสร้างเอกสารประกอบวิชาทั้งเทอม ไปจนถึงระบบที่ตรวจสอบและแก้ไขข้อผิดพลาดของตัวเองได้ — บันทึกว่าอนาคตที่เคยคิดว่ายังอีกไกล แท้จริงแล้วมันคือวันนี้ Read the essay →

Engineering Education with Purpose: Active Learning as a Culture

Engineering education

A reflection after keynoting PAEE/ALE 2026 at Taisho University, Tokyo — on why KMUTT’s shift to active learning was a patient thirteen-year evolution, not a reaction to disruption. Read the essay →

Rookie Winners: Looking Back on Student Formula Japan, 2009

Engineering education

A look back at KMUTT Racing’s first Student Formula campaign — and what a rookie team taught a young lecturer about engineering, failure, and generosity across borders. Read the essay →