H.E. Mr. Pote Sarasin, founding father of the SEATO Graduate School of
Engineering, precursor of AIT, dies at 95
The AIT Community mourns the passing away on 28 September 2000 of H.E. Mr.
Pote Sarasin, at the age of 95. Mr. Pote, former Prime Minister of Thailand,
was the founding father of the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, precursor
of the Asian Institute of Technology.
AWARDS FOR SCE FACULTY AND STUDENT
DR. PANNAPA HERABAT, honored by the American Society of Engineering Education
Dr. Pannapa Herabat, a faculty member of the School of Civil Engineering,
and co-authors Adjo Amekudzi, Kristen Sanford Bernhardt and Sue McNeil
were selected for the Best PIC I (Professional Interest Councils) Paper
Award by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The announcement
was made at the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
Main Events @ AITCV
AIT and AITCV organized the 14th Council of Advisors Meeting at AITCV on 18 September 2000. The opening ceremony to welcome the first student intake of the International Executive MBA was held at AITCV in the evening of the same day.
MEETING THE PROVOST
On Wednesday, 25 Sept., Dr. Heike Veike (left), Program Director for Agriculture
Science of the German National Research Council, visited AIT and made a
courtesy call on Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost. She also had meeting
with Prof.
POSITION AVAILABLE AT AIT
Wanted: Computer Programmer
Asst. Prof. Dongjoo Park, a faculty member of the Transportation and
Infrastructure Program, School of Civil Engineering, is in need of a Computer
Programmer to assist in the project, 'Development of Dynamic Route Guidance
System for Intelligent Transportation Systems'.
He/she will be responsible for the development of a Windows program
applying algorithms for vehicle route guidance systems using programming
language (e.g. Java, Visual Basic). Employment will initially be for six
months, from 16 October 2000 to 15 April 2001. (The contract maybe extended
for another six months).
Interested persons must have a good knowledge of/experience in window
programming.
Seminars & Workshop @ AIT
ENVIRONMENTt... ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Prof. George Fleming, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
London will conduct a lecture on Friday, 6 Oct., at 11:00 a.m. on
'Environment... Engineering and Technological Developments' at the AIT
Center Auditorium.
INCREASE IN DOMESTIC REGISTER MAIL FEE
Please be informed effective Sunday, 01 Oct. that the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT)
increases its domestic register mail fee to Bt8 from Bt4.
Seminars & Workshop @ AIT
RCC User Training Series
In order to familiarize users with RCC facilities and services, a series of user training courses has been organized. For this week the course training is as follows:
25-26 Sept. - HTML and Web Publishing
The venue is the RCC Auditorium.
Samak pushes for extension of BTS routes and construction of low-cost, medium-rise flats
Revealing his plans for Bangkok's infrastructure development, Mr. Samak Sundaravej, Governor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), said that priority is being given to expanding the routes of the Bangkok Transport System (BTS) and constructing low-cost medium-rise flats.
Vietnam EMBA Launched
Nineteen managers and business professionals from Vietnamese companies have joined the International Executive MBA (EMBA) program which opened at the AIT Center in Vietnam (AITCV) on 18 September. AIT's International EMBA is being offered in Vientam for the first time.