Plans for Indonesian center progress
On 17 and 18 April 2006, representatives (above) from Indonesia's Ministry of Public Works visited AIT to follow up the establishment of an AIT center in Indonesia. N
The delegation included: Dr. Sugmin Pranoto, advisor to the minister of Public Works, and Dr. Nana Rukmana, director of the Center for Professional and Technical Construction Development.
New master's program soon formalized
AIT, the Department of Mineral Fuels, Ministry of Energy, Petroleum Institute of Thailand and numerous oil and gas companies are launching the first interdisciplinary Professional Master's of Engineering in Offshore Technology and Management program to be offered by School of Engineering and Technology (SET).
The partners include: PTT Exploration and Production Public Co., Ltd, Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd.
Norway to contribute US$3.1 million
The government of Norway has announced its support of AIT's proposal on 'Education for Sustainable Development' from 2006 to 2009. Total approved support from Norway is NOK 20,000,000 (approximately US$3.1 million). The signing ceremony will be held at AIT on Thursday, 27 April 2006.
The contribution will be used to fund scholarships, Gender and Development Studies and academic networking between Norwegian and regional institutions.
Training program focuses on public health in emergencies
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, through its Public Health in Emergencies Team, will conduct the international training program on Public Health in Complex Emergencies in Asia, to be held from 8 to 20 May 2006 in Bangkok.
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� The visit will strengthen the long-standing
relationship and cooperation between UNESCO and
AIT. The delegates will have several meetings
with the AIT administration and will discuss the
establishment of centers of excellence for education,
capacity building and research in water resources
management and nanotechnology at AIT, and collaboration
among AIT, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education,
and UNESCO, under the framework of the IHP, Water
Sciences and Natural Sciences of UNESCO.In addition, the following three activities
are being organized at AIT during that period:
� UNESCO IHP 'PCCP South and Southeast
Asia Brainstorming Meeting' on 21 April
2006 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the AIT Conference
Center.
Climate change adaptation proposals sought
Outline proposals are invited for climate change adaptation projects to participate in the Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation project.
The project seeks to bring together stakeholders and scientific communities in the developing world to enable and support effective adaptation decisions that would reduce vulnerability to climate and environmental change while also promoting sustainable development.
AIT alumnus receives doctorate from Australian university
Dr. Eric Ruiz, an AIT alumnus (WRE '92) and former Information Scientist of IFIC, graduated in March 2006 with a PhD in Civil Engineering from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia.
Enter the master's theses competition
Prof. Sudip Rakshit, vice president for research, announced a competition of the best research theses among the AIT graduating students in May 2006.
The competition will promote an atmosphere of research in the institute, acknowledge and showcase outstanding research conducted by students.
Symposium focuses on geotechnical aspects of new airport
This year Suvarnabhumi Airport will open. The successful construction of the Suvarnabhumi Airport is a triumph of new technologies and creative engineering. To celebrate this success, the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, in cooperation with the Engineering Institute of Thailand, is organizing the International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of the Second Bangkok International (Suvarnabhumi) Airport, to be held from 15 to 16 May 2006, Venus Room, Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.