“All of you have made great personal sacrifices to ensure that AIT
returns back to normalcy once again,” Prof. Waheed told key
administrative staff at the camp office at Silapakorn University in
Cha-am. He described the entire exercise of arranging for dormitories,
accommodation, food and transport for AIT students at its temporary
locations as a huge logistic exercise, and complimented the Institute
for relaunching academic classes and administrative operations.
Prof. Waheed, who
graduated from AIT with a Master’s degree in 1975, is a Professor in
the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Mississipi, apart
from being a Director, Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology
(CAIT).
He visited the AIT office in Bangkok, besides participating in an
Alumni meet on 14 December 2011. He also visited the temporary offices
at Hua Hin and Cha-am, and participated in the cleaning operations at
the AIT’s mother campus at Pathumthani. On 21 December 2011 Prof.
Waheed shall be delivering a talk on "Airborne LIDAR Remote Sensing and
Geospatial Technologies for Flood Disaster Prevention and
Infrastructure Planning” at a symposium titled ‘Lessons Learned from
Thailand Flood Disaster and Future Directions for Flood Prevention and
Mitigation’ being organised by AIT and ASEAN Affairs.
Based on his experience, Prof. Waheed has written an article in
Infrastructure Global titled "Bangkok Floods: Post-Flood Recovery and
Restoration of Inundated AIT Campus." The article can be read at this
link.
Prof. Waheed Uddin at the Faculty Forum
organized on 15 December 2011.