Blood Donation
Urban planning is key to achieving the two-degree target and urban infrastructure can reduce emissions by half, says study in Nature Climate Change by AIT author
The design of today’s transportation systems, buildings and other infrastructures will largely determine tomorrow’s CO2 emissions. Climate smart urban infrastructure and buildings could cut future emissions in half or about 10 Gt CO2 per year from 2040 onwards. These core findings have emerged from a new study that has been jointly published by Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the prestigious journal “Nature Climate Change.†The study is led by Felix Creutzig from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) and other international colleagues.
Lecture on “Challenges in qualitative interview: Interviewee-interviewer relationshipâ€
Lecture by Dr. Lotta O. Kokkonen, University Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Abstract:
Ethical issues in research are not only a chapter or a paragraph towards the end of one’s research report, but something one should be thinking throughout research process.
Lecture on Social networks and networking as a part of academic professionalism
Lecture by Dr. Lotta O. Kokkonen, University Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Abstract:Modern work life calls for competencies that enable people to be creative, innovative and effective. Studies looking at contemporary enterprises and organizations, such as business organizations and schools, have showed that many of the qualifications that graduate students would need are being associated with communication competencies, and with social networks.
Book on Structural Engineering by AIT authors
A book on “Structural Cross-sections: Analysis and Design†authored by Dr. Naveed Anwar and Fawad A. Najam of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), has been published by Elsevier. Released on 11 November 2016, the book focuses on basic tools and computation methods for structural design and analysis of beam and column cross-sections.
7th AIT Distinguished Adjunct Faculty (DAF) Seminar” by Prof Janos J Bogárdi
About Prof. Bogárdi:Prof. Bogárdi is Professor at the University of Bonn, Germany. He is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Development Research, and had served as a faculty member at AIT in the 1980s. He served for 14 years in the UN system, first at the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme, finishing his UN service as Director of the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security; and then as Vice Rector in Europe.
Prof Kanchana honored with prestigious Jonathan B Postel Service Award
AIT’s Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut has been honored with the prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award for pioneering the spread of internet across Southeast Asia. Prof. Kanchana received the award at Seoul, South Korea, on 16 November 2016 on the occasion of the 97th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Meeting.
Poster and Speech competition on Zero Food Waste
Program Schedule Time Event 15:30 hours Registration 16:00 hours 18:30 hours Three-minute poster and Speech Competition Prize distributionAudience evaluation will provide for 30 per cent of the total points in selecting the final winner. Contact:Dr. Anil Kumar, PhDCoordinator; Food, Agriculture and Bio Systems ClusterAssociate Professor; Food Engineering and Bioprocess TechnologyAsian Institute of TechnologyPO Box 4; Klong Luang 12120, ThailandEmail: anilkumar@ait.
Asia adopting WEMS is a positive development for wildlife conservation: LATF Director
Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS) in Africa and Asia. Signing the MoU on 16 November 2016, Bonaventure Ebayi, Director, Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) stated that the adoption of WEMS in Asia is a positive development for wildlife conservation.
Institute Forum
ScheduleAgenda1345 - 1400 Arrival and registration1400 - 1415 Welcome and Introduction by the AIT President, Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai1415 - 1500 Students’ Presentation on “Pushing the Global Citizen Agenda – Students’ Perspective”1500 - 1545 Open ForumA detailed poster can be downloaded from this link