Asst Prof Jitravadee Roongin Kunkar, head of Real Estate and Facilities Management Section, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, is another participant at the academy. She says she plans to educate her students and encourage them to use universal design ideas in their projects. She is also interested in using materials to reduce the cost of universal design.

               "Designers must understand the equipment and expensive equipment does not necessarily mean great quality. It should be fun to figure out how to use the equipment for a universal design that is still under budget," said Jitravadee.