Two new AIT graduates win paper competition
Papers written by two AIT newly graduates (May 2007) Mr. Didin Agustian Permadi (left) and Mr. Kok Sothea (right) from Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM), School of Environment, Resources and Development ( SERD) were among the winners at the graduate level of a competition organized by the West Coast Section – Air & Waste Management Association of U.S.A. Mr. Permadi's paper is entitled "Photochemical smog pollution in Jakarta and management strategy development using CAMx-MM5 modeling system". Mr. Sothea's paper on "Emission inventory for modeling air quality for Phnom Penh, Cambodia" received the special comment of one of the reviewers as the most sophisticated work representing an attempt to gain insight into the air quality issues of a major metropolitan city (Phnom Penh City, Cambodia) based on relatively limited data concerning the emission sources.

AIT's intERLab will organize the following trainings in collaboration with Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC):

 

5 June 2007: Internet Resource Management – Essentials
6-7 June 2007: IPv6 Workshop
8 June 2007: Anti-Spam Tutorial

 

Course information:

 

IRM-E: http://www.

Role of 3R KH Highlighted in ADB President Speech

ADB President Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, in his address delivered at ADB's 40th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors on 6 May 2007, in Kyoto Japan, noted that the knowledge networks, supported by hubs of excellence, will help build capacity across developing Asia and the Pacific to tackle future challenges, and in this context referred to the 3R's-reduce, reuse, recycle knowledge hub established by ADB at AIT in partnership with UNEP and UNESCAP.

The speech can be read at: http://www.

Dean Worsak elected Speaker for 2008 World Congress on Computational Mechanics

Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, for having been elected by the largest number of votes to serve as semi-plenary speaker at the World Congress on Computational Mechanics scheduled to take place in Venice, Italy in 2008. This is the first time that the International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM) has called on its worldwide council members to vote for three plenary and six semi-plenary speakers.

SERD faculty awarded a 9.5 million baht Reuse/Recycling Project

Dr. Thammarat Koottatep of Environmental Engineering and Management Field of Study, SERD, and colleagues whose project proposal on 'Wastewater Reuse and Recycling for Industrial, Domestic and Agricultural Sectors in Thailand' has recently been approved by the Pollution Control Department (PCD) with a budget of about 9.5 million Baht.

SET faculty receive Osaka City University (OCU) Fellowship for Foreign Researchers
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi of Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems, SET, was awarded the Osaka City University (OCU) Fellowship for Foreign Researchers by the President of OCU. The Fellowship was established in 1992 to promote international cooperation and mutual understanding in the field of scientific research.

SOM Dean named as Advisor to SCOPUS Content Selection and Advisory Board
Prof. Indra M. Pandey, Dean of SOM, was named as advisor to Scopus Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB). Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database for research literature and quality web sources.

AIT-SPSSE Undergraduate Collaboration Task Force

AIT President Said Irandoust recently met with Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, Dr. Joydeep Dutta, and Dr. Nitin Tripathi, members of the AIT-India Task Force, who helped further develop a detailed proposal on the invitation by Sir Padampat Singhania School of Engineering (SPSSE) to partner them in their undergraduate program.

Updates on Institute Task Forces

Updates on some of the Institute task forces are as follows:

Renovation of Faculty and Staff Housing Units: Chaired by Professor Lalit M Johri, the task force will review the proposal of the successful proponent, further negotiate with the proponent, and subsequently finalize a contract.

AIT Community School participates in celebrating World Environment Day

The AIT Community School (AITCS) is participating in Institute activities to celebrate World Environment Day and AIT's Environment Month. Among AITCS planned activities are: placing waste segregation bins at AITCS; celebration of its annual day at the AIT Conference Center Auditorium on 5 June 2007 to launch the Institute's celebrations, which would include an English play 'Caring for our Earth and Its Environment'; planting of shady trees at the AITCS grounds; reintroduction of environmental studies in its curriculum; and reintroduction and revival of its Environmental Club from the next school year.