Dr. Robert Nygård, Research
Advisor, Division of Natural Sciences for Sustainable Development Sida
/ SAREC, Sweden informed AIT of the approval of grants for the two
proposals submitted by AIT totaling 12.2 MSEK, namely for the “Energy
for Sustainable Development and Climate Change ESDCC” and
“Environmental Technology Program” respectively.

AIT’s Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS) located at School of Engineering and Technology (SET), in association with Asian Concrete Construction Institute (ACCI), and Thai Concrete Association (TCA), will organize a seminar on “Recycling for Sustainable Construction”  from 05-06 June 2008 at AIT. For more details, please visit: http://www.

On 27 May,  Professor Nay Htun delivered a most
inspiring extramural lecture on the topic Environmental
Sustainability and Human Security: the Overarching Role of Climate
Change to a full house at the Milton Bender E. Jr. Auditorium.
Professor Nay Htun is a former AIT faculty member and currently
Professor of Environmental Sustainability, StonyBrookUniversity,
Southampton Campus, State University of New York.

As part of AIT''s Response to the Myanmar
Cyclone Disaster, the Internet Education and Research
Laboratory (intERLab) has been working to assist post-disaster recovery
by applying ICT to facilitate management and effective coordination
amongst field workers of local government agencies and NGOs. The
intERLab has been coordinating with Myanmar Egress (ME) and Myanmar
Computer Professional Association (MCPA) for the Post-disaster Recovery
Management and Coordination Program, which is useful in handling of
relief, recovery and resettlement activities in the aftermath of
Cyclone Nargis.