Eight doctoral students from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) presented their research at the “Smart Grid and Renewable Energy” conference organized by AIT and the Energy Planning and Policy Office (EPPO), Ministry of Energy on 19 September 2013.

Bank of Thailand Governor Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul made an impassioned plea for innovation as a key to progress in Thailand. Delivering a talk on the “Global Financial System and Challenges in Thailand” at the AIT Dinner Talk jointly organized by AIT and the AIT Alumni Association, Dr. Prasarn identified innovation, a more conducive environment for conducting business, and better quality education as the three fundamentals that could catapult Thailand on a path of greater progress.

The “AIT Dinner Talk” by alumnus Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul on 25 September 2013 drew dignitaries from the government, corporate sector, academia and the media who packed a downtown Bangkok ballroom to listen to the Governor of Bank of Thailand (BOT) speak on the “Global Financial System and Challenges to Thailand.”

Ten persons from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), including nine students and one staff, are among those who have been selected for the Erasmus Mundus PANACEA program.

An advanced electronic monitoring device developed by Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong of the AIT School of Engineering and Technology (SET) was one of five technologies presented by Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) at its Investors’ Day 2013.

A student of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has bagged the “Best Student Paper” award at the 3M Nano conference held at Suzhou, China. The conference on “Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nano Scale” saw Mr. Om Prakash Gujela, a Master’s student of the Mechatronics Field of Study in AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology (SET) receive the best paper award from Prof. Zuobin Wang of Changchun University of Science and Technology, China.

By Pattanun Rueangtrakarn