TU’S Engineering School Develops “CovidNont”, an Application to Fight

Thammasat Engineering School (TES), Thammasat University has developed “CovidNont”, an easy-to-use QR code, tracking application to help prevent the spreading of COVID-19 in Nonthaburi. The app can be downloaded on both iOS and Android.

Asst. Prof. Thira Jearsiripongkul, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Cholatee Yangtrong, Deputy Governor of Nonthaburi, Mrs. Nisakorn Witsakorn, Deputy Governor of Nonthaburi, Panus Soponpong, M.D., Chief Nonthaburi Provincial Public Health Officer, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nonthaburi Provincial Public Health Office and Faculty of Engineering Thammasat University in a digital development project to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The application is a co-project between Faculty of Engineering, led by Dr. Choompol Boonmee, Lecturer at the Electrical Engineering Department, and Nonthaburi Provincial Public Health Office.

“The idea for application CovidNont, developed by the faculty of Engineering and Nonthaburi Provincial Public Health Office,  started from the fact that there are a lot of people infected with computer science and engineering and by lifting the lockdown policy, it becomes important to be able to track the activity in each place, because if someone is infected, we should be able to check where had the patient been to, and who also has a risk of being infected. After that, the idea was discussed with Dr. Choompol and then starts developing the application with Nonthaburi Provincial Public Health Office,” says Asst Prof Thira.