On January 14, 2025, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Witaya Wannasuphoprasit (Dean of Faculty of Engineering), Assoc. Prof. Sawekchai Tangaramvong (Associate Dean of Academics Affairs), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Natt Leelawat (Assistant Dean for International Affairs), Prof. Dr. David Banjerdpongchai, Deputy Director of Innovation for Education and Research from Chula Engineering welcomed representatives from Essex University, Vanessa Potter, Vice President, Sam Look, Regional Director, Southeast Asia, Amorndech Cholpilaiponk, Recruitment and Development Manager, Southeast Asia at Suan Ruam Jai Meeting Room 1, Engineering Building 3, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. In addition to the introduction of each organization, there was a discussion on collaboration topics in the future between Essex University and Chula Engineering.

On December 20, 2024, Assoc. Prof. Natt Leelawat, D.Eng., Assistant Dean for International Affairs, Head of the Disaster and Risk Management Information Systems Research Unit, and Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at Chulalongkorn University, visited the Disaster Prevention Library in Tokyo, Japan. He presented two copies of his Thai book, “Insight knowledges about Japan Tsunami evacuation warning system (in Thai language),” to Ms. HOTTA Yayoi, Librarian and Curator of the Disaster Prevention Library. . The book, authored by Assoc. Prof. Natt Leelawat, D.Eng. (Chulalongkorn University), Jing Tang, D.Eng. (Chulalongkorn University), Wanit Treeranurat (Chulalongkorn University), Ampan Laosunthara (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan), Korakoch Mongkornsuk (Chulalongkorn University), and Asst. Prof. Panon Latcharote, D.Eng. (Mahidol University), was published in 2024. It is available online at https://www.eng.chula.ac.th/th/45387 . The Disaster Prevention Library, operated by the National Municipality Property Disaster Mutual Aid Association, is a specialized library dedicated to disaster prevention. It houses a vast collection of disaster-related books mainly from Japan and also some from other countries.