K-water visit speaks of further collaboration
On 20 June 2006, Dr. Kyul-Ho Kwak, former Korean minister of Environment and currently president of Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) delivered a speech on the direction of environmental policies in the Republic of Korea as part of an ongoing lecture series, in the Milton Bender Auditorium.
Philippines delegation explores partnership
On 29 June 2006, nine members of the city council from the Science City of Munoz, Nieva Ecija, Philippines, visited AIT to explore the collaboration. The delegation was led by the Hon. Mr. Jose A. Ruiz, Jr., who is a 1979 graduate of AIT's Agricultural and Food Engineering program.
Swedish journal publishes AIT president’s vision for universities of professions
AIT President Said Irandoust recently had an article published in the Swedish journal, “Universitetslararen” (“Journal for University Teachers”).
The article, written in Swedish, responds to one of the debate themes on the criteria to be used in evaluating university colleges in transferring to full-fledged university status.
Video lectures deal with wastewater management
Prof. Chongrak Polprasert of the Environmental Engineering and Management field of study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, will present two video lectures to graduates students of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands.
Video lectures deal with wastewater management
Prof. Chongrak Polprasert of the Environmental Engineering and Management field of study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, will present two video lectures to graduates students of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands.
AIT Center Indonesia made official in Jakarta signing ceremony
The Asian Institute of Technology signed an agreement with the government of Indonesia to open a center in Bandung, Indonesia on 28 June 2006. The Asian Institute of Technology Center in Indonesia will collaborate with the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works providing human resource development that will facilitate research and development, consultancy, professional trainings and higher education.
AIT Center Indonesia made official in Jakarta signing ceremony
The Asian Institute of Technology signed an agreement with the government of Indonesia to open a center in Bandung, Indonesia on 28 June 2006. The Asian Institute of Technology Center in Indonesia will collaborate with the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works providing human resource development that will facilitate research and development, consultancy, professional trainings and higher education.
Call for research grants proposals
Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit, vice president for research, announced the calling for research grants proposals from foundations/institutions as seen below which had been forwarded to him by Ms. Mary Rosary Caspillo, his project staff at Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology field of study.
Reports on donors/brainstorming meetings available online
On 7 and 8 June, AIT hosted two meetings with key partners and donors to discuss the draft of the institute-wide five-year strategic development plan. Two overriding conclusions AIT can draw from both meetings are that the institute must ensure its financial stability and it must do a better job marketing itself to the public if it is to achieve the goals in the plan, which overall were deemed excellent by meeting attendees.
April energy bill drops by 9 percent
The total campus-wide energy bill decreased by 9 percent, from 3.98 million baht in March to 3.62 million baht in April.
The energy bill of the 10 biggest consuming schools or units within AIT dropped by 21 percent in April.