Dr. Theeraphat Serirangsan (left), Prime Minister's Office presents
Inventor’s award to AIT alumnus Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn
(right).
Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn , an
alumnus of AIT's Computer Science and Information Management program,
School of Engineering and Technology, received the Thai Inventor’s
Award on February 2, 2007 at the BITEC Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Bangkok.
Royal Irrigation Department (RID) of Thailand directly assigned AIT and Thammasat University to conduct a study of Tha Chin river basin management as part of the Royally Initiated Projects under His Majesty the King of Thailand.
In an article on “A Brief History of ICT in Thailand”, written by Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool which was published in the Bangkok Post’s Database Section on 7 February 2007, recognized Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), as the “mother of the Internet” in Thailand.
'Innovation' of the Bangkok Post Database Section (page D2), on 14 February 2007, published a news based on the interview of Prof. Peter Haddawy, Vice President for Academic Affairs. The news, “Education not serving Thai software” was written by Don Sambandaraksa.
Fourteen participants from Iran attended a short training course on "Remote Sensing and GIS for Development" conducted by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and Visiting Associate Professor Dr. Saied Pirasteh from Remote Sensing & GIS field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, from 5-12 February 2007. The participants were mid-career professionals from academic institutions, organizations of engineering associations and the mayor's offices from different cities in Iran.
The project team comprising of ADB, UNEP, UNESCAP, and AIT recently held a logo competition for the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Knowledge Hub (3RKH) project. The top 3 short-listed logos (from 50 entries) as shown above were selected for the AIT community’s comments.
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran, has expressed its interest to collaborate with AIT in the area of disaster mitigation and management, through its Kerman Disaster Management Center of the University. The center is the only one of its kind in Iran.
AIT’s Multimedia Production Unit Manager, Information Technology Services Unit (ITSU), Dr. Aekavute Sujarae, reports that the new PLONE-based AIT website will be soft launched on 17 September. ITSU expects this soft launch will last for a period of one week.
Following the heavy floods which have been affecting the regions of Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia for several weeks, the situation in Mozambique has deteriorated significantly over the recent days.
Laurent Simon, an AIT student in the dual degree program in Telecommunications FoS, School of Engineering and Technology, with French Institut National des Télécommunications (INT), is currently involved as a volunteer in an emergency operation with Telecom sans Fronti?res (TSF) in Mozambique.
A Memoradum of Understanding between AIT and Speck Systems Ltd. (SSL), Hyderabad, India., was signed during a one-day visit to India by Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President, on 19 February 2007. The MoU covers the agreement that SSL will sponsor two employees for studies/research per year (starting from the August 2007 intake), leading to a master’s degree in Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems (RS&GIS) at AIT. The students under this agreement will spend two semesters at AIT and two semesters thesis work at Speck.