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Thanapol Kidprasert

Co-Founder | Technology Management

Born and raised in the coastal province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thanapol has been drawn to maritime activities since childhood — sailing, boatbuilding, fishing, and engines. A lifelong connection to the sea led him to pursue maritime technology. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Kasetsart University, followed by several years of engineering and software development work. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in the Marine AI Program at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, with research comparing deep learning architectures for diagnosing propeller faults in unmanned surface vessels using hydroacoustic signals. As Co-Founder of NavaLab-TH, he helped establish the research group and leads its technology management.

Thanapol Kidprasert

Expertise

  • Marine Technology
  • Deep Learning
  • Software Development

Experience

  • Master's / PhD Candidate

    Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

    Oct 2024 – Present
  • Solutions Developer

    Self-Employed / Freelance

    Oct 2022 – Oct 2024
  • Application Engineer

    Toyota Tsusho Systems (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

    Jul 2020 – Oct 2022
  • CAD/CAM Engineer

    MMC Tools (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

    Oct 2018 – Jun 2020

Current research

  • Comparative Study of Deep Learning Architectures for Unmanned Surface Vessel Propeller Fault Diagnosis

    Compares five convolutional neural network architectures (AlexNet, VGG, ResNet-50, DenseNet-121, EfficientNetV2) for diagnosing propeller faults in unmanned surface vessels from hydroacoustic signals, analyzing the accuracy–efficiency trade-off for on-vehicle deployment.

Education

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

    Kasetsart University

    2018
  • Master of Engineering (In Progress), Marine Science / Merchant Marine Officer

    Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology