Urban water and sanitation conference held in Lao

The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project of the Urban Environmental Management field of study Asian Institute of Technology jointly organized the a regional conference on Urban Water and Sanitation in Southeast Asian Cities in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Partners were the project's local facilitating partner in Laos, the Urban Research Institute, Ministry of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction, Lao PDR, the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program – East Asia and the Pacific Office and Souphanouvong University of Luang Prabang.

AIT demonstrates Thailand’s first unmanned intelligent vehicle

Thailand's first unmanned intelligent vehicle was successfully demonstrated at AIT campus on Wednesday 29 November 2006 after a press conference on Thailand Intelligent Vehicle Challenge (TIVC), jointly organized by AIT, Thai Robotics Society (TRS), and Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd.

Urban water and sanitation conference held in Lao

The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project of the Urban Environmental Management field of study Asian Institute of Technology jointly organized the a regional conference on Urban Water and Sanitation in Southeast Asian Cities in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Partners were the project's local facilitating partner in Laos, the Urban Research Institute, Ministry of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction, Lao PDR, the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program – East Asia and the Pacific Office and Souphanouvong University of Luang Prabang.

AIT demonstrates Thailand’s first unmanned intelligent vehicle

Thailand's first unmanned intelligent vehicle was successfully demonstrated at AIT campus on Wednesday 29 November 2006 after a press conference on Thailand Intelligent Vehicle Challenge (TIVC), jointly organized by AIT, Thai Robotics Society (TRS), and Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd.

DUMBO demonstration simulates real disaster
The demonstration presented a simulated disaster scenario which caused significant damages and disrupted traditional telecommunication services like fixed/mobile phone networks and local Internet access. Emergency workers quickly installed satellite Internet access and established mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) in the affected areas to enable broadband multimedia communications.

DUMBO demonstration simulates real disaster
The demonstration presented a simulated disaster scenario which caused significant damages and disrupted traditional telecommunication services like fixed/mobile phone networks and local Internet access. Emergency workers quickly installed satellite Internet access and established mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) in the affected areas to enable broadband multimedia communications.

Alumnus wins international award
Mr. Shahram Navaee-Ardeh, a recent master's graduate from the School of Environment, Resources and Development's Pulp and Paper Technology field of study has received word that he has won the C. Howard Smith Award from the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC). He will receive the award at the PAPTAC conference in February 2007.

The C. Howard Smith Award was founded in 1939 by the late Mr. Harold Crabtree, a past president of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (CPPA). It commemorates the late C. Howard Smith, who was a past-president of CPPA. The awards is presented to a Canadian student member or member under age 33, employed in the Canadian pulp and paper industry, who submits the paper judged best in the annual competition.

RS&GIS; has new homepage, e-mail

The Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS&GIS;) field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, recently learned that many AITians are still using its old contact e-mail address and are still browsing the old RS&GIS; homepage.

Library conducts users survey

The AIT Library is conducting its users survey for the year 2006. All users please log into the survey by using their e-mail accounts at: http://www.librarysurvey.ait.ac.th/.

Alumnus wins international award
Mr. Shahram Navaee-Ardeh, a recent master's graduate from the School of Environment, Resources and Development's Pulp and Paper Technology field of study has received word that he has won the C. Howard Smith Award from the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC). He will receive the award at the PAPTAC conference in February 2007.

The C. Howard Smith Award was founded in 1939 by the late Mr. Harold Crabtree, a past president of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (CPPA). It commemorates the late C. Howard Smith, who was a past-president of CPPA. The awards is presented to a Canadian student member or member under age 33, employed in the Canadian pulp and paper industry, who submits the paper judged best in the annual competition.