Prof. Jean-Louis Armand (left), AIT President and Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost jointly present the certificate of appreciation to Prof. Gajendra Singh, Dean, AIT Extension and ASE faculty for 29 years of service.

SERD held Appreciation Day

The traditional SERD Appreciation Day event was held at the AIT Conference Center on June 25. The event is part of the School's tradition of acknowledging and recognizing outstanding performances among its faculty, staff and students The event - mostly attended by SERD faculty, staff and students - was presided over by Prof.

The team behind Chalawan (from left): Dr. Manukid Parnichkun, Theerayuth Chatchanayuenyong, and Paradin Juntakhet.

AIT Develops Chalawan
Chalawan, a first generation autonomous underwater robot is being developed at AIT by Theerayuth Chatchanayuenyong, doctoral student in SAT's Mechatronics field of study, and Paradin Juntakhet, a Research Assistant in SAT. The project is under the supervision of Dr. Manukid Parnichkun.

SOM Student Wins Award for Doctoral Dissertation

SOM doctoral student Ravipa Larpsiri (right) has won the prize for first runner-up in the American Marketing Association, Sales Special Interest Group (AMA SALESSIG) national Ph.D. dissertation competition.

Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe (second from left), AIT Director of Promotion Activities and Prof. Athapol Noomhorm (left), FEBT Coordinator, SERD discusses with Mr. Yang Yano (second from right) and Mrs. Kan Neary (right), Director and Deputy Director respectively of Cultural Relations & Scholarships Department, Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports, Cambodia

AIT Delegation Visits Cambodia

AIT recently made a mission visit to Cambodia.

Prof. Jean-Louis Armand (left), AIT President and Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost jointly present the certificate of appreciation to Prof. Gajendra Singh, Dean, AIT Extension and ASE faculty for 29 years of service.

SERD held Appreciation Day

The traditional SERD Appreciation Day event was held at the AIT Conference Center on June 25. The event is part of the School's tradition of acknowledging and recognizing outstanding performances among its faculty, staff and students The event - mostly attended by SERD faculty, staff and students - was presided over by Prof.

Doctoral Theses Presentations

Mr. Panuwat Supprung (PHD978481), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology FoS, School of Environment, Resources and Development will have his final examination on Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 2:00 p.m. in Room 216, AFE Building

His dissertation is entitled 'Modification of low amlose rice flour and starch by extrusion cooking and drum drying'.

Ms. Than Khin (EVC999896), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Water and Wastewater Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Management Field of Study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, will have her final examination on Thursday, 15 July 2004, 8:00 a.m. in room W117 (EEM Seminar Room).

Her dissertation is entitled 'Wastewater Nitrogen Removal using Mixed Microbial Culture under Oxygen Limited Conditions'.

Mr. Naveed Anwar (SCC988586), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Structural Engineering, School of Civil Engineering will have his final examination on Thursday, 15 July 2004, 10:30 a.m. in Room N-227 (STE Meeting Room)

His dissertation is entitled 'Component-Based Information-Oriented framework for Integrated Structural Applications'.

Mr. Binod K. Rajbhandari (WWC019870), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Water and Wastewater Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Management Field of Study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, will have his final examination on Thursday, 15 July 2004, 1:00 p.m. in room W117 (EEM Seminar Room).

His dissertation is entitled 'Modeling Anaerobic Treatment of Wastewater in Ponds'.

Mr. Hoang Nam (SCC997182), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Structural Engineering, School of Civil Engineering will have his final examination on Thursday, 15 July 2004, 1:00 p.m. in Room N-227 (STE Meeting Room).

His dissertation is entitled 'Optimal Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers for Structures with Closely-Spaced Natural Frequencies'

Ms. Siriwan Tungsangprateep (PHD007050), a candidate for the degree of Doctoral Technical Science in Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology, School of Environment, Resources and Development will have her final examination on 20 July 2004, 3:00 p.m. in Room
A116 (AFE Building).

Her dissertation is entitled 'Shelf-life prediction of fried cassava-shrimp chips during storage in flexible packages.

AIT Conference Center Functions
July 12- July 18, 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon.12 July
08:30-17:00
B144
Education Management and Trainer Training (SESIP-3)
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel. 5279

08:30-17:00
B225
Construction Management (CM)
c/o K. Worawan, AITE, Tel.

AIT Conference Center Functions
July 12- July 18, 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon.12 July
08:30-17:00
B144
Education Management and Trainer Training (SESIP-3)
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel. 5279

08:30-17:00
B225
Construction Management (CM)
c/o K. Worawan, AITE, Tel.

Achievers all: (from left) Dr. Sun Sayamipuk, Senior Lab. Supervisor, Structural Engineering FoS, SCE; Dr. Pichai Nimityongskul, Principal Investigator and Mr. Surak Piyarakskul, Project Researcher.

AIT receives patent for new adhesive

AIT recently received Patent No. 16125: Component of Binder for Vetiver Grass Fabrication and Its Utilization from the Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Commerce, Royal Thai Government for its latest breakthrough on research in vetiver grass adhesive.

AIT Extension, SciDevNet, UNESCO Workshop for journalists and communicators

Coinciding the XV International Aids Conference to be held in Bangkok from 11-16 July 2004, AIT in cooperation with Science Development Network (SciDevNet), England and UNESCO Paris, France will hold a workshop for journalists and other communicators from Southeast Asia.