Call for research grants proposals
Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit, vice president for research, announced the calling for research grants proposals from foundations/institutions as seen below which had been forwarded to him by Ms. Mary Rosary Caspillo, his project staff at Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology field of study.

Reports on donors/brainstorming meetings available online

On 7 and 8 June, AIT hosted two meetings with key partners and donors to discuss the draft of the institute-wide five-year strategic development plan. Two overriding conclusions AIT can draw from both meetings are that the institute must ensure its financial stability and it must do a better job marketing itself to the public if it is to achieve the goals in the plan, which overall were deemed excellent by meeting attendees.

April energy bill drops by 9 percent

The total campus-wide energy bill decreased by 9 percent, from 3.98 million baht in March to 3.62 million baht in April.

The energy bill of the 10 biggest consuming schools or units within AIT dropped by 21 percent in April.

Job vacancies
College of Innovative Education, Thammasat University, looks for two faculty members for its Master's program in Technology Management Field of Study as follows:

Technology Management Program

Qualification:

Be a Thai national
Have a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering, Management of Technology or related fields with administration and management of technology
Can teach or can be advisor for research, dissertation in management of technology for the students and can administer and improve the program of technology administration
Have experience in administration and can assist in administration and management of the college

Computer Management Program

Qualification:

Be a Thai national
Have a doctoral degree in engineering, science, or other related areas concerning administration and management of information systems.

Issue 2 of Research and Training Update on Web

The second issue of the Research and Training Update (April to May 2006) is now accessible from the Research Web pages of the AIT Web site (internal):
https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/Interimpage/ait_user/research/index.

Call for research grants proposals
Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit, vice president for research, announced the calling for research grants proposals from foundations/institutions as seen below which had been forwarded to him by Ms. Mary Rosary Caspillo, his project staff at Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology field of study.

Reports on donors/brainstorming meetings available online

On 7 and 8 June, AIT hosted two meetings with key partners and donors to discuss the draft of the institute-wide five-year strategic development plan. Two overriding conclusions AIT can draw from both meetings are that the institute must ensure its financial stability and it must do a better job marketing itself to the public if it is to achieve the goals in the plan, which overall were deemed excellent by meeting attendees.

April energy bill drops by 9 percent

The total campus-wide energy bill decreased by 9 percent, from 3.98 million baht in March to 3.62 million baht in April.

The energy bill of the 10 biggest consuming schools or units within AIT dropped by 21 percent in April.

Job vacancies
College of Innovative Education, Thammasat University, looks for two faculty members for its Master's program in Technology Management Field of Study as follows:

Technology Management Program

Qualification:

Be a Thai national
Have a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering, Management of Technology or related fields with administration and management of technology
Can teach or can be advisor for research, dissertation in management of technology for the students and can administer and improve the program of technology administration
Have experience in administration and can assist in administration and management of the college

Computer Management Program

Qualification:

Be a Thai national
Have a doctoral degree in engineering, science, or other related areas concerning administration and management of information systems.

Newspaper features Mechatronics project

The Monday, 19 June 2006, Nation newspaper featured a flying robot conceived and built at AIT.

Developed by a team led by Dr. Manukid Parnichkun, an associate professor at the School of Engineering and Technology, the autonomous flying robot can help farmers fertilize crops and conduct aerial surveillance.