• Instructional Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ploy Charoenphol

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — 2012
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — 2008
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University — 2006

Research Interests

    • Engineering Education
    • Targeted drug delivery
    • Hemodynamics

Awards & Honors

  • ASME, Texas A&M Student Chapter - Best Teacher Award - 2021
  • AHA Scientist Development Award - 2017

Selected Publications

  • P. Charoenphol and A. Bandyopadhyay, “A Comparative Study on the Role of Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Assignments and project-based Learning on Student Performance in an Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Course” 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon
  • P. Charoenphol, and H. Kim, “Impact of In-Class Demonstration on Student Performance in an Introductory Thermodynamics Course” 2022 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • J. Palma-Chavez, K. Fuentes, B.E. Applegate, J.A. Jo, and P. Charoenphol, “Development and Characterization of PLGA-Based Multistage Delivery System for Enhanced Payload Delivery to Targeted Vascular Endothelium” Macromolecular Bioscience (2021), 21 (3), 2000377.
  • J. Palma-Chavez, W. Kim, M. Serafino, J.A. Jo, P. Charoenphol, and B.E. Applegate, “Methylene blue filled biodegradable polymer particles as a contrast agent for optical coherence tomography” Biomedical Optics Express (2020), 11, 4255-4274. (Editor’s Pick)
  • P. Charoenphol, R.B. Huang, and O. Eniola-Adefeso, “Potential role of size and hemodynamics in the efficacy of vascular-targeted spherical drug carriers” Biomaterials (2010), 31(6), 1392-1402