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Research Interest

1. Water and Waste management system
2. Environmental Development

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vandith_va@yahoo.com
Vandith VA
Research Fellow

Cluster : WWM

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Mr. Vandith Va is currently a deputy director of Science, Technology, and Innovation National Laboratory (STINL) within the National Institute of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NISTI) under the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI) in Cambodia. He finished his Bachelor's Degree in Water Resource Engineering and Rural Infrastructure at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) in 2014. In 2016, He obtained his Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. After that, he earned his Doctoral Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia in 2019 under a scholarship from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with the project of ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-Net) and short-term study program in Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) and Hokkaido University (HU), Japan.

Education Timeline

  • 2016 - 2019 Doctoral Degree in Environmental Engineering

    Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia.

  • 2014 - 2016 Master Degree in Environmental Engineering

    Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia.

  • 2009 - 2014 Bachelor Degree Engineering

    Faculty of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC).

Working Experiences Timeline

  • Jun 2022 – Present Deputy Director of Science

    Technology, and Innovation National Laboratory (STINL) under National Institute of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NISTI) at Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI).

  • Feb 2022 – Jun 2022 Official of Science

    Technology, and Innovation National Laboratory (STINL) under National Institute of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NISTI) at Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI).

  • Oct 2020 – Feb 2022 Contract staff of Science

    Technology, and Innovation National Laboratory (STINL) under National Institute of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NISTI) at Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI).

  • Feb – Oct 2020 Individual consultant as a sanitation engineer

    Second Urban Environmental Management in the Tonle Sap Basin Project ADB Loan 3684 CAM, Grant 0591 CAM, and Fourth Greater Mekong Subregion Corridor Towns Development Project ADB Loan 3686 CAM, Grants 0592-3 CAM for Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) at Tancons Cambodia Co.LTD.

  • Aug 2019 – Jan 2020 An Assistant

    wastewater treatment engineer for the project: Accelerating Infrastructure Delivery through Better Engineering Service (ESP) with ADB Loan No. 3455-INO for Selection of Consulting Services for Project Preparation Consultant (PPC) Firm of Feasibility Study (FS) and Detailed Engineering Design (DED) for The Wastewater Management System in Pontianak City, West Kalimantan, Indonesia for Client: Working Unit for Strategy Environment Sanitation Development Directorate General of Human Settlements, Ministry Public Work and Housing (MPWH) in Indonesia at PT. Bemaco Rekaprima.

  • Sep 2019 Guest lecture

    domestic wastewater management in Cambodia at the university named Sekolah Tinggi Analis Bakti Asih, Bandung, Indonesia. Section, UNICEF Aceh (Indonesia).

  • Jan 2019 Short-term study program

    Water Environment Laboratory at Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Tokyo, Japan under AUN/Seed-Net Doctoral Sandwich.

  • Jun 2017 Short-term study program

    Sustainable sanitation laboratory at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan under AUN/Seed-Net Doctoral Sandwich Program under the supervision of Prof. Naoyuki Funamizu.

  • Feb - May 2014 Trainee

    Branch of VINCI CONSTRUCTION GRANDS PROJETS S.A.S.

  • Oct - Dec 2013 Trainee

    Perfect Design Construction Engineering Co. Ltd.

  • Jun - Oct 2012 Youth volunteer

    The Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction.

  • 2010 - 2011 Participated

    The educational program and has successfully for teaching and played a sponsorship program for poor areas in Phnom Penh.


Experience


An invited speaker for the international seminar of environmental health “The Strategy of Policy and the Healthy Environment Program Plans in Managing and Processing the Waste with Eco-friendly and Continuously Using the Effective Technology and Also with Environmental Knowledge” at Politeknik Kesehatan Bandung Polytechnic of Health, Bandung, Indonesia. The title of the presentation: the domestic wastewater management in Cambodia.

An invited speaker for the International Seminar on Sustainable Waste Management: Threat and Opportunities at Pelita Bangsa University, Cikarang, Indonesia. The title of the presentation: The domestic wastewater treatment system in Cambodia. Learned how to do public speaking in front of many people.


Experience


Mechanisms Study of Microbial Cells Adhesion in the Formation of Anaerobic Biofilm for the Enhancement of Thermophilic Fermentative Biohydrogen Production.

Kinetics and Degradation Mechanism of xenobiotic organic compounds (XOC) in Landfill Leachate by Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)

The production of nano-lignin from anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (AT-POME) with ultrasonic cavitation assistance.

Mechanism of Catalytic Ozonation for Disintegration of Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

Adopting a green 3-D reactor for precious metal leaching & recovery in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEE) recycling process

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