Asian Institute of Technology
AIT
To improve innovative toilet technologies through cooperation with commercialization partners by developing products adapted to different sanitation market segments with a focus on affordable products that can serve the poorest people.
The overall project consists of two phases, namely:
Phase I: Technology/process improvements - delivering reliable and repeatable processes to consistently meeting ISO/PC305 standard after which the advanced AIT’s Reinvented Toilet (RT) technologies shall be ready to transfer to industrial/commercial partners
Phase II: Product development/ commercialization – providing technical supports, aiming to deliver manufactural product design(s) with reliability and costs to meet market needs.
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Thammarat Koottatep
thamarat@ait.ac.th
Market developmentProduct design and engineeringGlobalToilets or urinals (user interface)Fundamental research and engineeringBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPractitionersUniversity, education or research institution
ChinaThailand
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