A training program on “Design of Irrigation and Drainage Structures” for officials of the Ministry of Energy and Power, Government of Afghanistan shall be held from 1-14 September 2015 at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).Details of the program are available at this link

A LinkedIn student engagement program will be held at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 8 September 2015 from 1600-1700 hours at Room B108, AIT Conference Center. The event is being organized by the AIT Career Center and the External Relations and Communications Office (ERCO).To Register: Please follow this linkhttps://docs.

Disaster Preparedness Mitigation and Management (DPMM) program shall be conducting a seminar series from August-December 2015 as a part of the Asia Pacific Initiative for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. The seminars will be delivered from JICA Room, Second Floor, School of Engineering and Technology (SET).To reserve a seat, kindly contact Email: dpmm@ait.

About the speaker:Shubhagato Dasgupta is a senior fellow at CPR and director of the Scaling City Institutions for India (Sci-Fi) Sanitation initiative. His current research focuses on drinking water and sanitation in India and the world, with particular reference to flagship government programs and service delivery challenges in smaller cities.

Abstract: The talk begins with a general introduction to Big Data and Data Mining. Various applications of artificial neural networks will be discussed with some examples drawn from text mining, pattern recognition, and digital archives for music files.

A blood donation camp will be organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) along with the Thai Red Cross Society on 15 September 2015 from 0900-1130 hours in the parking lot in front of the AIT Conference Center.The Thai Red Cross Society has been working with volunteer students and AIT staff to collect units of blood from the AIT community.

Abstract:Ballasted rail tracks have become an essential part of transportation infrastructure worldwide. Modernization of railways should cater for higher train speeds, greater traffic densities and increased axle loads for sustainable productivity. However, this in turn has posed serious geotechnical problems.

Mr. Apinan Juntarungsri, Director General of the Government Public Relations Department, Mr. Prasart Pasiri, Advisor of the Royal Development Projects Board, and Mrs. Usanee Sritanyarat, Executive Director of the Foreign Office, the Government Public Relations Department will be participating in the event.

Abstract:The field of nanotechnology, evolved over the last few decades, has resulted in the ability of engineering novel tools, materials, and components at the molecular and atomic scale, and it is expected to lead to the development of nanoscale machines, or nanomachines.