A book co-edited by AIT’s Prof. Bonaventura H. W. Hadikusumo titled Construction Health and Safety in Developing Countries recently won the 2019 Outstanding Taylor & Francis Book and Digital Product Award in the Monograph Category for Engineering.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE

By Megha Bajaj

I have mixed feelings while writing about my exchange experience at the University of Granada in Spain. Going to Granada as an exchange student was a great learning opportunity for me.

The Asian Institute of Technology paid its final respects to former AIT President Prof. Alastair M. North O.B.E. as a large community on the evening of 10 July 2020, when it hosted a religious rites ceremony to pay tribute to his beloved memory. Prof.

Message to AIT Community: Sent on behalf of AIT President Dr. Eden Woon

Dear AIT Family,

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing away of former AIT President Professor Alastair Macarthur North.

AIT’s Artificial Intelligence Center is now a key part of the “Rama 4 Model” project, the latest effort to tackle traffic congestion in Bangkok. Scientists are applying Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to analyze and alleviate the traffic problem on a 12-kilometer section of Rama IV Road, one of the busiest routes in Bangkok, stretching across the capital’s business districts from Hua Lamphong to Phra Khanong districts.

To get ready for the launch of the AIT Master’s in Marine Plastics Abatement (MPA) program this Fall Semester, researchers and partners from the project on June 29 conducted a seaside field survey in Rayong province, Thailand.

The Asian Institute of Technology has joined with Siam Commercial Bank and the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) of Thailand to launch a “Data Analytics for Upskilling” program with the objective of developing personnel skills related to data analytics in the labor market in the face of ‘new normal’ challenges.

AIT President Dr. Eden Woon has announced the appointment of Prof. Shobhakar Dhakal as the new Dean of the AIT School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) starting from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2022.

A Nepal national, Professor Dhakal has been a faculty member of the School of Environment, Resources and Development since 2012. He earned his PhD from The University of Tokyo, Japan in 2000 and was a Special Graduate Student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States in 1999. Prior to this, he earned his M.Engg from the Asian Institute of Technology in 1996 and B.Engg from the National Institute of Technology, Surat in India in 1993.

As the Dean, he will lead the School and all its activities and is accountable to the President for the delivery of all education, research, consultancy and outreach activities of the School, as well as marketing and promotional activities, and for the internal management of the School.