Visiting AIT in November
On November 1, Dr. Heinrich Geiger, Head of Asia Department, KAAD (German Catholic Academic Support Service for Foreign Students), visited AIT and met with AIT President, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, and Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost.
NEW SERD PROJECT
The Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) Research Council has approved support to the 'Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology (ARRPET)' for three years from 01 January 2001 to 31 December 2003. Total support amounts to SEK 24 million.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR VIETNAMESE NATIONALS
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam, is offering Doctoral degree scholarships with priority given to Vietnamese university lecturers and Vietnamese government civil servants. Interested applicants should apply in the following priority fields: Informatics, Biotechnology, Electronics; Social Sciences, Humanities; Natural Sciences; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing; Economics, Management; Medicine, Pharmacheutical; and Art (Fine Arts). The GPA requirement is 3.5.
Interested Vietnamese Master's students, who are qualified and interested to pursue their Doctoral studies at AIT, may apply directly to their respective school Deans.
Who's Seating for Final Exams
Ms. Wilai Chiemchaisri (EVD978406), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical
Science in the field of Environmental Technology and Management, Urban Environmental Engineering and Management
Program on Tuesday, 28 November from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in room W117 (UEEM Seminar Room). Her dissertation is entitled Experimental Investigation of Nutrient Requirements, EPS Production and VOC Inhibition on Methane Oxidation in Tropical Landfill Cover Soils.
Year End Time Sheets
The Director of Finance would like to inform all staff that staff salary for December 2000 will be paid on 20 December. Time sheets, as usual, should reach the Payroll Section no later than 12 December.
Employees who work overtime or take leave during 12-22 December are required to submit an extra time sheet to be attached to the January 2001 time sheet.
Celebration of International Education Week and Fulbright 50th Anniversary
A symposium on 'Roles of Environmental Education in the Third Millennium'
was held on 15 November at AIT in observance of International Education Week and
the 50th anniversary of Fulbright.
AIT Job Announcement
Reference Number: 030 (repeat advertisement)
Position: Research Associate
Deadline for application: 30 November
More details at: https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/AIT/hro/ads/StaffPost.htm
Send inquiries or e-mail resume to maybel@ait.
Royal Audience for the Recipients of Their Majesties the King and Queen Scholarships (1999/2000)
On November 27 Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
will represent Their Majesties the King and Queen at a Royal Audience for
recipients of Their Majesties Scholarships at the Chitralada Palace, Bangkok.
RTG-HRD Phase II Scholarships Presentation Ceremony
On November 27 Dr. Rung Kaewdang, Secretary-General of the Office of
the National Education Commission (ONEC), will present scholarship
certificates to the Royal Thai Government-Human Resources Development
Phase II Scholars (1999 batch) at ONEC.
UNESCO Support to Inaugural GMSARN Meeting
An activity-financing contract agreement was signed on 8 November between
AIT and the UNESCO Regional Offices for Science and Technology for South-East
Asia, Jakarta Office, enabling the UNESCO Jakarta Office to provide financial
support for the organization of the inaugural meeting of the Greater
Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network (GMSARN). The GMSARN
meeting will be held at AIT on 26 January 2000.
At the Agreement Signing Ceremony, photo shows Dr. Yasuyuki Aoshima, Senior Programme Specialist
of the Science, Technology and Informatics, UNESCO Jakarta Office, with AIT President, Prof.