AIT, KIST team up for joint symposium
AIT faculty, staff, and students attended the Sixth AIT-KIST Joint International Symposium, co-organized by AIT and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), held 18 January 2007 at the Milton E. Bender Auditorium and the AIT Conference Center.
Workshop seeks to build capacity in coastal mitigation
A training workshop on 'Capacity Building of Coastal Communities on Coastal Mitigation' was conducted at AIT on 16-19 January 2007 for participants from Ranong Province, Thailand.
Funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the U.S. Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Program, the training workshop's goal was to make coastal communities, local government units and non-governmental organizations be proactive in coastal mitigation.
SERD welcomes new faculty members
The School of Environment, Resources and Development welcomes new visiting faculty who joined AIT in January 2007:
Prof. Krishna Pramanik, professor, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, India, has joined SERD as a visiting professor from 8 January to 31 May 2007. Prof.
EU wind energy technology project wraps up with workshop
After a year of successful implementation of the project 'Transfer of EU Knowledge and Technology for Development of Wind Energy Technology in Thailand,' the project team consisting of faculty from Energy Field of Study, organized the final dissemination workshop on 5 January 2007 at AIT Conference Center.
Two task-force coordinators nominated
Two more task forces on the thematic knowledge research areas as part of the AIT Strategy Development Plan have met recently, and the coordinators were nominated:
The Urban and Rural Sustainability task force:
Prof.
New head of Finance named
The Finance Office welcomes Ms. Patcharee Wangsakan (above), as a new head-Finance, starting 15 January 2007. Khun Patcharee brings with her extensive experience in financial accounting and management.
Mr. Avinash Patel, who had an opportunity to come back to AIT during its difficult time, will continue his work until 15 February 2007, on a full-time basis and then on a part-time basis as an advisor to president, head-Finance and faculty.
EcoSummit 2007 invites abstracts and proposals
Abstracts describing research in all areas of ecology are invited for oral and poster presentations at EcoSummit 2007 to be held on May 22-27, 2007 in Beijing, China.
The world is experiencing rapid urbanization, industrialization and globalization.
Fellowships and research funding opportunities available
There are several opportunities for fellowships and research funding as follows:
2007 Generation Fellowships – Deadline for applications: 31 January, 2007 – The Generation Fellowship awards were established to facilitate innovative research related to the central theme of the Generation Challenge Programme.
Thai visa extension notice
The Thai Immigration Bureau has recently informed that any foreigner (students, students' families and employees' servants) who fails to submit a 90-day report to the bureau will have to pay a 2,000 baht fine before getting the Thai visa extension or 5,000 baht on departure day.
New fixed assets policy announced
According to President's Advisory Council resolution on 12 September 2006, the definition of the fixed assets will be changed to refer to purchased items costing a minimum of 15,000 baht and with two-year lifetime.
With effective from 1 January 2007, for any purchase of item costing less than 15,000 baht, a dean or office head can approve the purchase directly and charge to materials and supplies budget.