Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
7 April 2005: ISE, SAT seminar on Nanomachining Bridges Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology will be conducted by Professor Ioan Marinescu, University of Toledo, USA. The event will be held at 1:30 p.m. in room 106, Chalerm Prakiat (ISE) Building.
Abstract
The need to establish nanoprecision mechanical fabrication processes to produce 'micro/ nanofunctional structures' that have nanostructures on their surfaces and/or inside and which are capable of performing various functions are inarguably growing increasingly stronger. In industries today, holographic optical elements (OHE), silicon-on-insulator (DOI) substrates and semiconductor devices wafers for ultra large-scale integrate circuits (ULSI), micro/nanolens and micro/ nanocomponents are good examples of micro/nanofunctional structures in the field of optoelectronics and mechatronics. For all these application, the definition of precision Engineering was changed by a few orders of magnitude. Some example of nano-precision engineering processes will be presented, which include nano ELID technology, nano-polishing of magnetic heads, micro-spherical lens fabrication. A new technique, Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation of indentation and scratching for SiC crystals will emphasis the novelty of this field. Finally some limitations of micro/nano processes will be pointed out.
About the speaker
Dr. Ioan D. Marinescu is a Professor and Director of the Precision Micro-Machining Center at the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. He obtained his PhD from University of Galatzi, Romania, did his Post. Doc at MIT, Cambridge, USA and got a Doctor Honoris Causa Degree from University of Iashi, one of the oldest universities in Europe.
Dr. Marinescu got several awards including Fulbright Fellow, Eminent Scientist of Riken, Japan, STA Fellow. He wrote more than 300 journal and conference papers and more than 15 books, the last one 'Tribology of Abrasive Machining Processes' in
2004. He is a Senior member of SME, ASPE, ASME, CIRP, JSPE, IDA and other organizations in the field of manufacturing, tribology and precision engineering. He gave lectures in more than 40 countries in the last 15 years and held Visiting Professor
positions in Japan, Thailand, Singapore, and Germany. In 1998 Dr. Marinescu founded Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Co. LLC which has branches in Japan, Singapore, and Europe. He is the President and CEO of AMS Co.
For more information you can visit www.eng.utoledo.edu/pmmc and www.interams.com
16 - 18 May 2005 & 3 - 5 August 2005: Workshop on on-line course delivery by VClass will be offered by the Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) to all AIT faculty and staff. The course will cover well-designed sets of exercises, hands-on case studies, and experiments on the use of VClass to support teaching and on-line course offering. Following the workshop, a clinic will be set up by intERLab/DEC to support faculty for their course development. For workshop details and reservation, please contact Ms Ann Pattama at tel. ext. 5718, pattama@ait.ac.th
6 - 10 June 2005: International Conference on 'Modeling Tools for Environment and Resources Management (MTERM)'. The conference will be coordinated by the Water Engineering and Management (WEM) FoS staff in cooperation with the faculty members of the Modeling Tools for Environment and Resources Management (MTERM) and will be held at the AIT Conference Center.
Interested persons are invited to submit their research/technical papers related but not limited to the broader themes listed as follows:
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Modeling of Water Resources
- Water Quality Management and Modeling
- Air Pollution Modeling
A two-day pre-conference training workshop on 'Governance of Transboundary Waters' will also be conducted in collaboration with 'The Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters' (http://waterpartners.geo.orst.edu)
For further information and details, please visit http://www.mterm.ait.ac.th. For other enquiries, please e-mail: mterm@ait.ac.th
28 June - 9 July 2005: UT-AIT Intensive Program on Sustainability - Food and Energy will be conducted for students from the University of Tokyo, AIT and Alliance Partner for Global Sustainability (AGS).
Interested persons are advised to email the following persons to obtain and send their completed application no later than 20 April 2005: fukushi@esc.u-tokyo.ac.jp, athapol@ait.ac.th or phfpe@ait.ac.th
. AGS students are advised to contact the AGS office at their own institute or Dr. Ken Fukushi directly.
Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail.