Seminars @ AIT
AIT-NAM S&T; Centre Training Program on Developments in Microelectronics
AIT and the Centre for Science & Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T; Center) are jointly organizing a eTraining Program in Microelectronics and VLSI Technology from 21-24 Aug at Room ISE-106.
The training program will provide the participants with the latest knowledge in Microelectronics and VLSI Technology field. The broad and general areas to be covered are as follows:
Day 1: Fundamentals of Microelectronics (covers introduction, design and packaging concepts)
Day 2: Digital and Analog Electronic Design with laboratory session (covers circuit design)
Day 3: Device Fabrication in Microelectronics (covers process technology)
Day 4: VLSI system Design with laboratory session (covers design, simulation and integration)
The participants are all experienced practitioners from Asian countries who are working in universities and few coming from our Advanced Technology Forum (ATF) members.
STS99 Flight and Mission Overview
Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, STAR Program Coordinator, SAT/AIT is organizing a special lecture and video presentation on
STS99 Flight and Mission Overview to be held on Monday, 4 Sept. at 1:30 p.m. at the AIT Center Auditorium. Dr. Mamoru Mouri,
the Japanese astronaut who carried out radar topographic survey mission from a space shuttle, will deliver the lecture.
For further information call tel. 524-6406. Fax. 524-6147. E-mail: honda@ait.ac.th
Website: http://www.sat.ait.ac.th/ej-sat/
GPS: Fundamentals and Data Collection
To be held on Tuesday, 5-6 Sept., the training will be conducted at the Institute Wide RS/GIS laboratory of
STAR Program. The key persons of this training program includes, Mr. Dampegama, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Sri Lanka.
Course Fee: Free for AIT community
Closing date for Registration: 2 Sept. 2000
For complete course details and registration, Please visit: http://www.acrors.ait.ac.th/gac
Presentation on The Greater Mekong Subregion and Human Resource Development: A
Business Perspective
by Dr. Peter Brimble, President of Policy Research and Dr. David Oldfield, Vice President of the Public
Policy Department - the Brooker Group Public Co., Ltd. to be held on Thursday, 7 Sept. at 2:00 p.m. in Room
TC-203, Telecom Bldg. Interested persons are welcome.
Performance of GRS Bridge Supporting Structures: FHWA Pier and Black Hawk, Abutments
The Geotechnical Engineering Program, School of Civil Engineering, will conduct a special lecture on:
'Performance of GRS Bridge Supporting Structures: FHWA Pier and Black Hawk, Abutments', to be held on Friday, 8 Sept. from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the SCE Building. The lecture will be conducted by by Dr. Kanop Ketchart, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Walailak University.
Abstract
Two recent projects on load test of geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) bridge abutments and pier will be presented. The two projects are:
1) A full-scale bridge pier load test conducted by Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration in Virginia in 1996 (referred to as the FHWA pier)
2) A production bridge abutment load test constructed by Yenter Companies in Black Hawk, Colorado in 1997 (referred to as the Black Hawk abutments)
The FHWA pier is a 5.4-m high. A series of load tests were conducted to examine the load carrying capacity of the GRS bridge pier and to investigate the effects of various loading schemes, including preloading, on the pier performance. The Black Hawk abutments were a production structure. Two abutments were constructed to support a 36-m span steel arch bridge. The abutments were situated along a hill slope over a dry creek. Since the thickness of the reinforced soil abutment is quite different beneath the four footings directly supporting the weight of the bridge, the GRS abutments were preloaded to reduce post-construction settlement, especially the differential settlement between adjacent footings. The presentation will describe each project and present the measured test results and discussion of the results.