Two alumni of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Hoang Nam and Dr. Vu The Dung have been appointed Vice Rectors of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMTU), Vietnam.

Ms. Veronique Morin, a doctoral student of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been recognized among “Canadian Women of Innovation” – an initiative of Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (CSTMC) and Engineers Canada.

Prof. Indra Mohan Pandey, Vice President, Academic Affairs (VPAA) has been made Acting President of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) effective 4 March 2013.

Prof. Indra Mohan Pandey, Vice President, Academic Affairs (VPAA) has been made Acting President of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) effective 4 March 2013.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) established between Thailand’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) and AIT will facilitate broad-based cooperation for the next five years, particularly in the field of decentralized wastewater management.

An article titled “The evolution of sales operations planning,” written by Dr. Vatcharapol Sukhotu of the School of Management at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been published in the Bangkok Post on 27 February 2013.

AIT’s Gender and Development Studies (GDS) field of study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, has been awarded a research grant of AUS$ 767,000 (US$ 800,000) from the Government of Australia for a 3-year gender-focused study covering four countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region.

Colorado State University (CSU) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to enable cooperation in the field of bioprocess engineering and bioprocessing.
The agreement was signed on 22 February 2013 by Dr. Steven Abt, Interim Dean, College of Engineering, CSU and by Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul, Dean, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), AIT.

The Pollution Control Department (PCD), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand, and the Asian Institute Technology have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that will see local government officers enroll this year in AIT’s new Work-Based Executive Master’s Degree (WB-EM) Program in Urban Management and Development.

A new Japanese university consortium linking The University of Tokyo, Keio University and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology has invited AIT to join its multidisciplinary program for innovation of space applications called G-SPASE.