As an ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellow, Dr. Phommachanh provided recommendations to his host ministry to encourage more investment in small-scale hydropower projects by local stakeholders and simplifying common procedures for their approval at the provincial level. After the Fellowship he will continue collaborative research with other 2016-17 alumni Fellows in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar on policies for sustainable hydropower development in the Lower Mekong.
Dr. Phommachanh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Laos (2007) and both a Master’s Degree (2009) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia.