TW – LP Consortium – Myanmar Water Academy

TWLP Consortium ဧ၊်ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဆိုင်ရာ အခြေခံတန်ဖိုးများ

TWLP Consortium ၏ “Water for Peace and Climate Change Resilience” seminar series season-II (2026-2027) စတင်တော့မည်ဖြစကြောင်း ကြေငြာအပ်ပါသည်။

TWLP Consortium ၏ အောင်မြင်မှုသည် အောက်ပါ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုတန်ဖိုးများအပေါ် အခြေခံရျ် တည်ဆောက်ထားပါသည်။

၁။ ပွင့်လင်းမြင်သာမှု (Transparency)
၂။ တည်ကြည်မှုနှင့် ယုံကြည်စိတ်ချရမှု (Integrity)
၃။ ရိုးသားမှု (Honesty)
၄။ အပြန်အလှန် လေးစားမှု (Mutual Respect)
၅။ လူ့အဖွဲ့အစည်း စိတ်ဓာတ်နှင့် တစ်စိတ်တစ်ဝမ်းတည်းရှိမှု (Community-based Spirit & Sense of Belonging)

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TWLP Consortium’s Community Culture
1. Transparency
2. Integrity
3. Honestly 4. Respect
5. Community-based /Belonging
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စိုက်ပျိုးရေးအင်ဂျင်နီယာပညာရပ်အကျဉ်းချုပ်တင်ပြချက်

စိုက်ပျိုးရေးအင်ဂျင်နီယာပညာသည် စိုက်ပျိုးရေးနှင့် အစားအစာထုတ်လုပ်မှုကဏ္ဍတွင် အင်ဂျင်နီယာနည်းပညာများနှင့် သိပ္ပံအခြေခံမူများကို ပေါင်းစပ်အသုံးချရန် အရေးကြီးသည့် ဘက်စုံပညာရပ်တစ်ရပ် ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

ဤပညာရပ်သည် Civil, Mechanical, Chemical နှင့် Software Engineering တို့ကို ဇီဝဗေဒပညာနှင့် ပေါင်းစပ်ကာ စိုက်ပျိုးရေးထိရောက်မှု မြှင့်တင်ခြင်း၊ တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသော စက်ကိရိယာများ ဖန်တီးခြင်းနှင့် မြေ၊ ရေစသည့် သဘာဝအရင်းအမြစ်များကို စနစ်တကျ စီမံခန့်ခွဲနိုင်ရန် အထောက်အကူပြုပါသည်။

ဤနယ်ပယ်၏ အဓိကအာရုံစိုက်ရမည့် ကဏ္ဍများမှာ၊
(၁) စက်ယန္တရားနှင့် ကိရိယာများ (Machinery & Equipment)

စက်မှုလယ်ယာသုံးထွန်စက်များ၊
(Tractors)၊ ရိတ်သိမ်းစက်များနှင့် တိကျသော စိုက်ပျိုးရေးကိရိယာများကို ဒီဇိုင်းဆွဲခြင်းနှင့် အလိုအလျောက်လုပ်ဆောင်နိုင်သည့် automating Tractors များ အသုံးပြုခြင်းအားဖြင့်၊ စိုက်ပျိုးရေးကဏ္ဏထုတ်လုပ်မှုကို တိုးမြှင့် နိုင်ကာ၊လုပ်အားနှင့် လောင်စာအသုံးစရိတ်ကို လျှော့ချနိုင်မည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

(၂) မြေနှင့် ရေစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု (Soil & Water Management)
ဆည်မြောင်းစနစ်များ၊ ရေစီးဆင်းမှုထိန်းချုပ်စနစ်များနှင့် ရေအဝန်းဒေသ စီမံချက်များကို ဖန်တီးကာ မြေဆီလွှာပျက်စီးမှုကို ကာကွယ်ပြီး ရေအရင်းအမြစ်များကို ထိရောက်စွာ အသုံးပြုနိုင်စေပါသည်။

(၃) ရိတ်သိမ်းပြီးနောက် လုပ်ငန်းစဉ်များနှင့် သိမ်းဆည်းမှု၊ သိုလှောင်ဂိုဒေါင်များ၊ (Post-Harvest & Storage )
အပူချိန်ထိန်းညှိစနစ်များနှင့် အစားအစာထုတ်လုပ်ရေးစက်ရုံများကို အင်ဂျင်နီယာနည်းဖြင့် ဖန်တီးခြင်းအားဖြင့် အစားအစာဆုံးရှုံးမှုကို လျှော့ချနိုင်ပါသည်။ (food processing facilities to minimize post-harvest food waste)

(၄) ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းချုပ်မှု (Environmental Control)
စွန့်ပစ်ပစ္စည်းစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု၊ ဇီဝစွမ်းအင်အသုံးချမှုနှင့် မွေးမြူရေးအဆောက်အအုံများကို တည်တံ့သောနည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် တည်ဆောက်ကာ ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်အပေါ် သက်ရောက်မှုကို လျှော့ချနိုင်ပါသည်။

ထို့ပြင် ဤနယ်ပယ်၏ အနာဂတ်တိုးတက်မှုများနှင့် သုတေသနရလဒ်များကို လေ့လာလိုပါက “Journal of Agricultural Engineering” ကဲ့သို့သော ပညာရပ်ဆိုင်ရာ မဂ္ဂဇင်းများကို ကိုးကားနိုင်ပါသည်။

ဆွေးနွေးပွဲတွင် အောက်ပါ အချက်နှစ်ချက်ကို အဓိကထား ဆွေးနွေးနိုင်မည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

(၁) စိုက်ပျိုးရေးအင်ဂျင်နီယာပညာကို လေ့လာခြင်း(Agricultural Engineering)
*ဥပမာ— ဘွဲ့ ဒီဂရီပညာရပ်အစီအစဉ်များ၊ အလုပ်အကိုင်အခွင့်အလမ်းများ၊
(၂) စိုက်ပျိုးရေးဆိုင်ရာ ပြဿနာတစ်ရပ်ကို လက်တွေ့ ဖြေရှင်းခြင်း(Solve a specific farming challenge )
*ဥပမာ— ဆည်မြောင်းဒီဇိုင်း၊ စက်ယန္တရားရွေးချယ်မှု၊ စွန့်ပစ်ပစ္စည်းစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု၊

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Overview of the Agricultural Engineering Seminar

Prepared by Prof. Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein for the first seminar of Season II (2026-2027) seminar series by the TWLP Consortium

Agricultural engineering is the multidisciplinary field that applies engineering design and science principles to farming and food production. By integrating civil, mechanical, chemical, and software engineering with biological sciences, professionals in this discipline improve farm efficiency, develop sustainable machinery, and manage natural resources like soil and water.

The field spans several key areas of focus:

Machinery & Equipment: Designing and automating tractors, harvesters, and precision agriculture equipment to increase yield while reducing labor and fuel consumption.

Soil & Water Management: Developing efficient irrigation networks, drainage systems, and watershed management plans to prevent soil erosion and conserve water.

Post-Harvest & Storage: Engineering reliable grain silos, climate-controlled storage, and food processing facilities to minimize post-harvest food waste.

Environmental Control: Creating sustainable waste management systems, bio-energy solutions, and livestock housing that minimize the ecological footprint of agribusinesses.

To explore the theoretical and applied research shaping the future of this industry, refer to the Journal of Agricultural Engineering.

We can focus on two aspects at the seminar.

These are:

Study Agricultural Engineering (e.g., degree programs, career outlook)

Solve a specific farming challenge (e.g., irrigation design, machinery selection, waste management)

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“Water Stewardship for Climate Change Resilience”

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August 2018 – April 2018	Staff
	Myanmar National Committee on Large Dams (MNCOLD) Worked Dams and Canal Projects for maintenance plans Draw the design of Water Projects with AutoCAD.
April 2018 – Present	Lecturer
	STI Myanmar University
January 2013 – Present	Freelance Teacher
	Teaching Engineering subjects for civil engineering students. Teaching and guiding engineering subjects for students at international university

Apr 1998 to Dec 2016	Managing Director National Engineering & Planning Services, Yangon, Myanmar
	Planning and Management of NEPS Co., Ltd. Works Responsible for the development of company both for its resources and their work capacity; coordination of the works of all units; quality assurance of NEPS’s works. Tamanthi Dam Hydropower and Multipurpose Project ( Homalin Township) ( Client : Colenco Power Engineering Ltd. ) As a local counterpart engineer to Colenco Power Engineering, participated in the associate studies which is part of the feasibility study of the project. It involves Social Impact Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Navigation and Irrigation works for the Project. 200 ton/day Pulp Mill Project ( Thabaung ) ( Client : Myanma Paper and Chemical Industries ) Monitored the progress and quality of the construction works by NEPS to be completed according to its schedule and specification. Kun Hydropower Project, Bago Division ( Client : Myanma Electric Power Enterprise ) As a project manager organized and coordinated the investigations and design works of the project. The project involves a rock fill dam of height 76 m having an installed capacity of 60 MW. The Kokang Rural Development Project, Shan State ( Client : Katahira & Engineers International, Japan ) Prepared report for the works and gave necessary guide lines for the successful completion of the above project which involves material investigation and topographic survey works covering an area of small hydropower scheme and 70 km long road. Water Supply for Sugar mills, Central Myanmar ( Client : Water Resources Department ) Site investigation and formulation for the water supply works for eight sugar mills. Tabak Hydropower Project, Kachin State ( Client : Kachin Independent Organization ) Responsible as a Project Manager for the investigation and final design of the project. Prepared preliminary report of the project which has an installed power of 24 MW. Heap Leach Pad Construction, Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Ltd., Monywa ( Client : Soo-Pin Co., Ltd.) Provide consultancy services in preparation of contract bidding. After winning the contract award, responsible as a consulting engineer for Soo-Pin Co. in construction of 8 no. of 700 m x 80 m cells which involve laying of impervious soil layer, HDPE Liner, cushion layer and drainage layer.
Jan 1997 – Apr 1998	Senior Engineer Borneo Pulp & Paper Sdn. Bhd., Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
	Planning, development and implementation of facilities such as roads, bridges, drainages, river port and sea port etc. necessary for transportation operations in support of company’s forestry, pulp and paper making activities. The project is planned for production of 1 million tons of pulp and paper per annum. As a civil engineer of the project, supervised in the construction of temporary jetty, access road etc. in accordance with the EIA requirement. Counterpart engineer to Delft Hydraulics in carrying out morphological study of the river at the mill site reach.
Oct 1994 – Jan 1997	Free Lance Engineer
	Prepared training materials and conducted courses as a resource person in the workshops on ” Irrigated Farming and Water Management ” sponsored by UNDP for community level held at four different divisions. Consultant to a team of engineers of Irrigation Department in preparing design criteria for embankment dam in cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) experts. Also worked as an external member of Technical Board Committee of Irrigation Department in design criteria preparation works.
Apr 1993 – Sep 1994	Assistant Director Irrigation Department, Design Branch,Yangon, Myanmar
	Taung Pinle Dam Project, Myingyan Township Organized collection of design data required for the project. Worked out project formulation and preliminary design alternatives. Responsible for the final design of the project which involves 72 ft. high earth dam and irrigation system for 4000 ac. Myauk Pinle Dam Project, Myingyan Township Formulate the Project that would operate in tandem with the previously completed Taung Pinle Project. Organized required data and supervised the final design of the project which involves 75 feet high earth dam for irrigation of 3,000 ac. land and rural water supply. Mon Project, Takkone Township Lead a design group in the final design of a diversion dam both on hydraulic and structural works. The project is to irrigate 10,000 ac. of land area.
Sep 1991 – Apr 1993	Assistant Director Irrigation Department, Irrigation Technology Centre ( ITC ), Bago, Myanmar
	Management of Technical Works of ITC Responsible for the technical works of ITC which involves computer and teaching facilities, laboratories for soil testing, water quality, material testing and hydraulic laboratory. ITC Project is granted by JICA and the technical development works were carried out in cooperation with JICA Experts. Training of Engineering Staffs of the Department In cooperation with the head office, organized and prepared curriculum for the training courses conducted at ITC for different levels of engineering and technical staffs of the Department. Conducted lectures in some training courses. Quality Control Works Incharge of the quality control works for both earth works and concrete works of Ngamoeyeik dam and Waba dam of height 70.5 ft and 75 ft respectively. The team was also responsible for exploration of suitable construction material for the project.
May 1989 – Sep 1991	Senior Engineer Irrigation Department, Irrigation Technology Centre, Bago
	As an Engineer in charge of the hydraulic laboratory, set up a hydraulic scale model and studied the performance of Yin Dam spillway which is an ogee crested weir with a flip bucket type energy dissipater.
Feb 1984 – May 1989	Senior Engineer Irrigation Department, Design Branch, Yangon, Myanmar
	Second Tank Irrigation Project, Taungdwingyi Township Participated in the ranking study of a series of potential irrigation projects with the consultancy service from Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation ( SMEC) of Australia. Yin Project, Taungdwingyi Township It is an irrigation project covering an irrigable area of 36,000 ac. by impounding water by an earth dam of height 110 ft. Completed final design of intake works of the project which includes a control tower, a cut and cover conduit and an energy dissipater. Sadon Project, Taungdwingyi Township As a leader of a design team, completed the detail design of the intake facilities of Sadon Dam of height 125 ft. which is for irrigation of 11,000 ac. land area. Pyinbongyi Dam Project, Daik-U Township Responsible for the final design works of Pyinbongyi Dam of height 66 ft. Shwedaung Dam Project Responsible for the final design of Shwedaung Dam which is an earth dam of height 65 ft including outlet, spillway and its appurtenances.
Nov 1970 – Jan 1984	Construction Engineer Irrigation Department, North Nawin Irrigation Project, Pyay
	North Nawin Irrigation Project, Pyay As a Construction Engineer responsible for earth works of a section of the embankment of height 115 ft in cooperation with Consultant Engineers of Energo Project of Yugoslavia. The dam impounds 290,000 ac.ft of water to irrigate a land area of about 96,000 ac. Also responsible for irrigation and drainage system of the project covering about 20,000 ac. After completion of the project, responsible for the operation and maintenance of canal system covering about an area of 25,000 ac. Repair of Nawin Town Bund, Pyay As an engineer incharge of a flood protection team carried out both temporary and permanent repair of flood protection embankment for an urban area which was breached during an abnormal flood in 1974.

2005-2007	Master of Business Administration (Executive) Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chularlongkorn University. Thailand.
2000-2000	Post graduate Diploma in Integrated Environment and Water Management, DHI Water & Environment, Horsholm, Denmark.
1980-1980	Post graduate Diploma in Food Technologies, Rangoon Institute of Technology, Myanmar.
1975-1979	Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry, Rangoon Arts and Science University, Myanmar.
PROFESSIONAL REGISTER:	Indoor Air Quality Association, Inc. Member. 12339, Carroll Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852 USA.
TRAINING & CERTIFICATE:	CDM lead validator/verifier training course RINA India private limited. 2010 Essentials of NGO Management NGO Management School Switzerland 2012
	Disaster Preparedness University of Pittsburgh Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Change Conversations The University of British Columbia Climate Change The University of Melbourne Financing for Development The World Bank Group Energy, the Environment, and Our Future The Pennsylvania State University Fundamentals of Global Energy Business University of Colorado System From Climate Science to Action: Turn Down the Heat Series The World Bank Group Financial Markets Yale University Unethical Decision Making in Organizations University of Lausanne, Switzerland Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia Lund University Public Economics HSE University, Russia Global Environmental Management Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Indoor Air Quality management and Duct cleaning training Australia- Melbourne, 2000
ACHIVEMENT:	National Championship in Judo 1976 and 1977.
EMPLOYMENT
2011 Jan – update	Freelance Business Consultant Europe Business consultants serve as professional advisor to help companies achieve their goals or operations in a particular area of the business, such as develop business plan, sales, marketing, improve customer service and customer satisfaction and operations. Also to assess and review the environmental practices of an organisation and ensure they comply with current regulations and laws.
2004 June – 2010 May	Jardine Engineering Company Limited. Thailand. 22nd floor, Times Square Bldg, 246, Sukhumvit Road, BKK 10110, Thailand.
Position:	Manager, Air Quality Management
Responsibilities	Performed indoor environmental investigations, concerning complete range of indoor air problems, including ventilation, indoor contamination (microbial, particulate, and chemical), and moisture control in residential, commercial, university, industrial and governmental buildings. Consult for material and furnishing selection of environmentally preferable products and sourcing trader capable of meeting client requirements and needs. Marketed and managed industrial hygiene, indoor air quality, related training to hotel, hospital and industrial clients ( Private and Public sector) throughout Thailand. Manage Heating, Ventilation & Air-conditions to thoroughly internally clean and disinfect the specified systems. Manage each project general OSHA and EPA regulation compliance issues for health safety. Send a detailed post -clean inspection and provision of a concise report complete with photographs, testing results and one copy of DVD recording of post clean conditions.
2000 Aug – 2004 May	IAQ Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 206, Soi Anamai, Sri Nakarin Road. Bangkok 10250. Thailand.
Position:	Office Manager & Quality Assurance Manager
Responsibilities:	Communicate with Head office in Australia for working quality, activities and training. Implementation of office polices and ensures cost effective use of the space and facility. Organization set ups, issuance of standing orders, office automation and office supplies, Supervision of administration staff dealing with recruitment of personnel, the preparation of related personal actions and preparation of travel plans, analysis of staff productivity and performance, monthly man power records, employee’s probationary records, general information bulletin and leave balance. Take charge of human resource management and financial management. Performed indoor environmental investigations concerning complete range of indoor air problems, including ventilation, indoor contamination (microbial, particulate, and chemical), and moisture control in residential, commercial, university, industrial and governmental buildings. Conduct knowledge and technical know- how transfer for indoor air quality management to staff.
1998 Jan – 1999 December	Water ,Research and Training Center, Thailand 796/1-5 Soi Rongnamkhang, Rm 307. BKK 10120. Thailand.
Position:	Research Associate. Volunteer.
Responsibilities:	Maintaining all necessary research records, documentation and timely data entry. Organized, facilitated and participated in training, meetings, workshops, seminars, forums and conferences for volunteers at WRTC in the field of water, rural, environment and personnel development.
1995 Jan-1997 Dec	Apacon Company, Thailand 32, Surasak road, BKK 10500 Thailand.
Position:	Office Manager.
Responsibilities:	Take responsibility for all correspondence and filling of administrative documentation. Perform various administration works. Keep track of the agenda of the Chairman and the Board of Directors for their meetings/travel plans and organizing their Ticketing and Hotel accommodation. Participate in the company training sessions and coordinated the training department for effective training for employees which helped in continuous learning and there by growth of the organization. Developed individual training and development plans for all staff.
1993Nov- 1995Dec	Ky-Tha Trading ,Singapore 187 (B) Gold Hill Center Thomson Road, Singapore
Position:	Sourcing officer (Pharmaceutical, Food and chemical)
Responsibilities:	Tracked markets to anticipate customer needs, changes to those needs, and the impact to existing contracts or development of future contracts. Negotiated and build supplier relationships, providing alternative solutions as needed. Evaluate supplier performance through review of reports and customer feedback. Resolve issues and implements solutions to address negative supplier performance. Facilitate the resolution of disputes with suppliers to ensure optimal customer satisfaction. Managed contract administration and activities related to the procurement of goods and services, including the management of supplier relationships.
1986 Mar- 1993Oct	MicroSys Computer consultants Bldg 95/96, first floor, Yangon-Insein road, Yangon, Myanmar.
Position:	Computer instructor Introducing general users with IBM PC, XT;AT, PS/2, 386& 486 and Macintosh systems, training users in industrial standard applications such as Word processing , spread sheets, Data Base Management, Presentation graphics, Utilities, etc. During period from November 1987 through August 1988, organized computer courses at the Diplomatic school and instruct foreign students of Grade six to eleven in using computers and programming in BASIC. Planed course instruction based upon approved syllabus provided, to assure course content and objectives are met. Also managed the accounting and auditing responsibilities of the company.
1981 Mar- 1985Dec	Live Stock Breeding Corporation, Milk Plant (Myanmar) 9 miles , Mayangone township Yangon, Myanmar.
Position:	Chemist
Responsibilities:	Monitoring milk reception at the raw milk reception dock. Organize the efficient processing of dairy products from raw materials. Through to the finished product ready for dispatch. Products handled include –Butter, Ghee. Coordinate and liaise with all service departments to ensure that all relevant information is communicated. Monitor and control all efficiencies associated with production Control and minimize wastage of raw materials throughout production process.

Education	Qualification: Doctor of Engineering
	(Dissertation: Study on pluvial flood processes with sensing and modelling of old urban drainage systems in the cities of developed and developing countries)
	Major : Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University : Nagoya University, Japan
	Year : 2018 – 2021
	Qualification: Master of Engineering
	(Thesis Title: Inundation Management in Urban Drainage Area with Combined Sewer System: A case study in Downtown Area of Tsushima City, Japan)
	Major : Civil and Environmental Engineering
	University : Nagoya University, Japan
	Year : 2013 – 2015
	Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering
	Major : Civil Engineering
	University : Yangon Technological University (Hmawbi), Myanmar
	Year : 2001 – 2006

1. Position	Assistant Director
Employer	Water and Sanitation Division, Building Department, Ministry of Construction, Myanmar
Duration	November 2015 – August 2022
2. Position	Assistant Engineer
Employer	Water and Sanitation Division, Public Works, Ministry of Construction, Myanmar
Duration	March 2010 – October 2015
3. Position	Quantity Surveyor (Especially relating to Aluminium)
Employer	Royal Material Co., Ltd (Myanmar)
Duration	November 2007 – October 2009

TW – LP Consortium

“Water Stewardship for Climate Change Resilience”

အမြန်ဝင်ရောက်ပါ