Prof. Suksun Horpibulsuk obtained a B.Eng. (Civil Engineering) with Honors Award from Khon Kaen University, Thailand in 1996. Prof. Suksun was subsequently granted a scholarship by the Royal Thailand Government to pursue a M.Eng. in Soil Engineering at Asian Institute of Technology and duly completed in 1998. He then received a prestigious MONBUSHO scholarship from the Japanese Government to pursue his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering at Saga University in Japan that he duly completed in 2001.
Prof. Suksun joined Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) as a lecturer in 2002. His outstanding research, teaching and service for the university, community and profession over the years was duly recognized when he was promoted to the level of full professor in 2010. He is a professor and chair of School of Civil Engineering and a founder director of Center of Excellence in Civil Engineering at Suranaree University of Technology. He is also an Academic Senate member of Suranaree University of Technology and Rajamangala University of Technology Isan and a board member of the Research and Development of Knowledge Management of Metropolitan Waterworks Authority of Thailand. He is presently the president of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) – Thailand Chapter, the president of the Engineering Institute of Thailand – Northeastern Thailand branch and an adjunct professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He also serves as an editor and reviewer for several prestigious national and international journals.
He is a Registered Professional Civil Engineer in Thailand. His most significant contributions to the profession have been in the field of ground improvement techniques; specifically issues associated with compaction, earth reinforcement, prefabricated drains and chemical stabilization. Prof. Suksun has achieved continuous research funding over the years, leading numerous large competitive research grants in ground improvement techniques. He has published extensively with over 200 technical publications, including more than 70 technical papers in internationally reputed Geotechnical Engineering and Civil Engineering journals. Due to his outstanding contributions for the profession and community as well as his national and international recognition, he was nominated as a TRF Senior Scholar in 2013 by the Thailand Research Fund.
