Fifteen PhD students from across the Asia-Pacific region arrived at AIT on 10 September 2013 for one day of lectures as part of a 12-day summer academic exposure program called the Young Researchers’ School held under the Promotion for Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research (ProSPER.Net) program.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) cricket team has reached the finals of the ‘A’ division of the Thailand Cricket League. The finals will be played on 13 October 2013 at the Harrow International School, where the AIT team will face the winner of the match between the Bangkok 11 Cricket Club and the Krishna Cricket Club.

A delegation from the Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) led by Dr. Hideshi Kozawa, Executive Advisor to the JAXA President, visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and explored various aspects of international cooperation and business. Meeting AIT’s Interim President Prof. Worsak Kanok Nukulchai on 9 September 2013, Dr. Kozawa outlined JAXA’s mid-term plan, which has been activated from 1 April 2013.

A delegation of The University of Tokyo expressed admiration at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), with its Executive Vice President, Prof. Fumio Isoda stating that he was “very impressed by the long active story of AIT.”

The Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS), in collaboration with AIT Consulting, on 27-28 August 2013 organized a seminar and workshop on Performance-Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings which attracted large international participation.

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NITT), Tamil Nadu and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for promoting collaborative academic and research activities.

Five students from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) shared their experience about learning from disasters following their exchange program in Japan. The students highlighted the impacts of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, along with their experience on coastal disaster management in a series of presentation delivered on 30 August 2013 at AIT’s Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium.

One hundred and fifty-five students hailing from six countries attended the Orientation Program for undergraduate classes at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 2 September 2013.