CONGO Board Meeting & Launch of Asia Regional Commitee Venue: Asian Institute of Technology Date: February 23 - 25, 2009 For more information, visit: http://www.ngocongo.org For directions, visit: http://www.ait.asia/about/visiting-ait  

H.E. Dr. Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich, Minister of Science and Technology, Thailand, will preside over the opening ceremony of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2008, on 23 February 2009, from 8:30 – 9:00 a.m., Rainbow Room, 5th Floor, Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

A special seminar will be held on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in room IE-115, Chalerm Prakiat Building. Prof Kwang-Jae Kim will give the presentation titled Enhancing the Usefulness of Quality Function Deployment.AbstractQuality Function Deployment (QFD) is a concept and mechanism for translating the "voice of the customer" through the various stages of product planning, engineering, and manufacturing into a final product.

Keynote speaker Prof. Ian
Warrington,
Vice President of Massey University, New Zealand

Advances in food processing technology and engineering are vital to
providing the general public with safe, palatable and nutritious foods
that available year-round, scientists said this week at a conference
hosted by AIT.

The 4th International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing
Technology and Engineering (ICFPTE ’08) on 19-20 January showcased new
and innovative research that is currently shaping the food industry.

 
A five-member team of AIT researchers has been awarded a research
grant of Bt. 150,000 from Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare
Foundation (MSIWF) for its project “Evaluation of Drivers' Attitudes on
Speed Management Strategies”.
 
AIT’s winning research proposal was one of three entries granted
funding this year from MSIWF. The three teams were honored on January
14 at a ceremony that marked the foundation’s entry into Thailand
in its search for ground-breaking research.

The Asian Institute of Technology has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Vietnam’s University of Transport and
Communications (UTC) to enable a broad range of cooperation in
educational, research and outreach programs.

The five-year agreement was signed on January 19 by Associate
Prof.

 
On the second Saturday of January, Thailand celebrates Children's
Day. Traditionally, local authorities organize free special events for
children. This year, AIT, together with the National Science and
Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and Thammasat University (TU),
organized an event entitled “Amazing Children’s Day at Science City.

The Asian Institute of Technology yesterday (12 January) signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Balochistan University of
Engineering & Technology  (BUETK)  that
will provide higher education and research opportunities for
faculty members of the university located in Khuzdar, Pakistan.

AIT President Said Irandoust
welcomes
the incoming students during the Orientation.
To watch part of his message, click
here.

AIT yesterday (12 January) welcomed students arriving for the
January 2009 Semester with an orientation ceremony at the Milton Bender
Auditorium.

Prof. Mohan
Munasinghe

The Asian Institute of Technology in partnership with the American
Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental & Water Resources
Institute (ASCE-EWRI) recently hosted ASCE-EWRI’s second developing
nations’ conference titled “An International Perspective on
Environmental and Water Resources.