The Dean of the School of Engineering (SET), Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, recently unveiled a report on some of the School’s performance indicators and goals for the coming years. The report indicated that SET's August 2007 student intake was up almost 60% over that of the previous year.

Congratulations to Dr. Ram C. Bhujel, Affiliated Faculty, in the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) Field whose proposal submitted under the EU-FP7 Programme has been selected for funding. The 36-month project entitled "Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa - (SARNISSA)" will start in January 2008, and be coordinated by the University of Stirling, UK, with AARM-AIT, as one of the key partners in the project.

The final version of the AIT Charter, which was earlier approved by the AIT Board of Trustees, has been officially submitted by Dr. Tej Bunnag, Chairman of the Board, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand. AIT President Said Irandoust, on behalf of AIT, expresses appreciation and gratitude to all AIT partners for their continued and strong support to the Institute, and to AIT Board Chairman, for the instrumental role he has played in the entire process.

The AIT Alumni Association (AITAA), Thailand Chapter, has expressed interest in providing some financial contribution for the renovation of the AIT Library. Through this contribution the Thai Chapter wishes to express its gratitude to the Institute, and the AIT Library in particular, which served as an important resource during their students days at AIT. Professor Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Chair of the AIT Library Committee, has been in contact with Dr. Anusorn Sangnimnuan (EV'80), President of the AITAA Thailand Chapter President, who is also the President of the Bangchak Petroleum Public Co. Ltd.

At the request of the AIT President, Dr. Manukid Parnichkun, a faculty member from the Mechatronics field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, recently travelled to Sweden and visited Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) on 13-14 September 2007, to explore areas in which there could be collaboration.

On 24 September 2007, President Said Irandoust met with Mr. Ajai Randhawa, who is associated with the Mountbatten Internship Programme (http://www.mountbatten.org). The organization is in the process of starting an MBA program, which will run concurrently with its 1-year internship in UK/UK, followed by 4 months in Thailand.

On 28 September 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust met with Professor Jetze Huen, Director of the Partnership for Water Education and Research (POWER), who was visiting AIT at the invitation of Vice President for Development & Resources Khin Ni Ni Thein.

On 1 October 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust participated in the opening ceremony of a training program entitled "Capacity Building in Poverty Mapping in the ASEAN Member Countries", which was organized and conducted by the Geoinformatics Center.

AIT will be formally transferring the administration and management of the ".th" domain name to the Thai Network Information Center Foundation. The .th domain was first registered in 1988 by AIT faculty member Professor Kanchana Kanchanasut, who is also the Director of intERLab.

Recently, AIT President Said Irandoust took part in receptions celebrating the 47th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria, National Foundation Day of Korea, and the German Unity Day on 1, 2 and 3 October 2007, respectively. According to the President, such occasions are always important, since it not only provides an excellent opportunity to meet and interact with many of the Institute's partners, but also to brief them on some of our ongoing activities and initiatives