Hydropower Engineering AoS lures August 2005 enrollees
The Hydropower Engineering area of specialization (AoS) to be launched at AIT's School of Civil Engineering will lure its first batch of enrollees in the August 2005 semester. Fourteen staff of the Electricity Vietnam (EVN) are expected to comprise in part of this new master's program.
From left: Prof. Chongrak Polprasert, Dean SERD & Acting Dean SCE; Mr. Dasho Sangay Thinley, Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Acting President and Provost
Visiting AIT
On 25 March 2005, Mr. Dasho Sangay Thinley, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan; Mr. Dasho Dawa Tshering, Director General, Department of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan and Mr. Dechen Dorji, Director of Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Bumthang, Bhutan, met with Prof.
President of AITAA-Korea Chapter visits AIT
On 24 March 2005, Dr. Young Nam Lee (GTE'78) (above left), Executive Vice President of Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology and President of the AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) Korea Chapter met with Prof.
AIT Conference Center Functions
28 March - 3 April 2005
Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer
Mon. 28 Mar.
8:30-17:00
B202
Human Resource Management (HRM)
c/o Mr. Anil, AITE, Tel, 5273
8:30-17:00
B206
Project Planning and Management Techniques (PPMT/AITE)
c/o Mr. Pradeep, AITE, Tel.
AIT Conference Center Functions
21 - 27 March 2005
Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer
Mon. 21 Mar.
8:30-17:00
B202
Human Resource Management (HRM)
c/o Mr. Anil, AITE, Tel, 5273
8:30-17:00
B204
Brainstroming Workshop
c/o K. Sorn, SCE, Tel.
AIT Conference Center Functions
21 - 27 March 2005
Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer
Mon. 21 Mar.
8:30-17:00
B202
Human Resource Management (HRM)
c/o Mr. Anil, AITE, Tel, 5273
8:30-17:00
B204
Brainstroming Workshop
c/o K. Sorn, SCE, Tel.
From left: Ms. Nguyen Thu Le Hang, Head of the Education Management Section (EDS), AITCV; Prof. Tran Van Nhung, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET); Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, AIT Acting President and Ms. Do Thuc Uyen, Assistant Accountant, AITCV
AIT Renews Cooperation with Vietnam
Aimed to enhancing the capacity of scientific and technical staff needed for the industrialization and modernization of Vietnam, AIT and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have recently agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement for a collaborative education program.
Nobel laureate Blumberg lectures at AIT
Nobel laureate Baruch S. Blumberg (left) will be the lecturer-ender in March 2005 on the 2nd and final 'Bridges' event series to be held at the AIT Conference Center, AIT. He will lecture on Monday, 21 March 2005, 2:00 p.m. on the topic 'Science and its relevance to international cooperation and a peaceful society'.
Prof.
Forging A Stronger AIT Presence In a Large Market-Indonesia
Indonesia has over 200 million people. In 1998 alone, almost 3 million Indonesian students were registered in programs of higher education. Of this, an estimated 1.4% studied overseas. It was also estimated that a total of US$2.2 billion was spent by students and their families on tertiary education, of which US$766 million or 34.8% went to foreign institutions.
Senior alumni and the President of AITAA-Taiwan Chapter visits AIT
On 16 March 2005, AIT Acting President and Provost Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon received the President of the AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) Taiwan Chapter Chung-Yih Lin (WRE'75) who was accompanied by other 10 senior AIT alumni from Taiwan and their spouses.