FACULTY WELCOME
FACULTY WELCOME
Prof. Young-Shik Chung, a Korean national, was appointed as Visiting Faculty in the Structural Engineering and Construction Program on 5 January 2000, for a period of four months. He will support SCE faculty in teaching and in the supervision of student research in the structural engineering and construction areas.
Urban Road Safety Training Course
The Asian Center for Transportation Studies (ACTS), in collaboration with CUC UEM, is organizing a training course, 'Urban Road Safety', to be held on 15-17 February, Room B202 at theAIT Center. The three-day training course focuses on urban road safety and management problems.
Opening of Institute-wide GIS/RS laboratory
The Institute-wide GIS/RS laboratory was officially opened on 3 February by Prof. Mario Tabucanon, Provost. Joining Prof. Tabucanon in addressing the ceremony were Prof. Phien, SAT Dean; Dr. Koji Takewaka, Japanese Faculty Representative; and Dr. Honda Kiyoshi, STAR Program Coordinator.
OMIS Media Unit receives 1999 Sony/ICD Prize
Khun Somchai Desawasdi Media Technician and Khun Somsak Umsuriya, Media Supervisor of the Office of the Media and Services Unit (OMIS), recently received an award certificate and prize for the Media Unit's video entry to the Sony/ICD Video Contest.
Elected Academic Senate Members
Professors:
1. Prof A T M Nurul Amin, SERD/UEEM
2. Prof Dennis T Bergado, SCE/GTE
3. Prof Surapong Chirrarattananon, SERD/E
4. Prof Ashim Das Gupta, SCE/WEM
5. Prof C Kwei Lin, SERD/AASE
6. Prof Vilas Salokhe, SERD/AASE
7. Prof A B Sharma, SAT/TC
8. Prof Gajendra Singh, SERD/AASE
9. Prof Tawatchai Tingsanchali, SCE/WEM
10. Prof Vilas Wowongse, SAT/CSIM
Associate Professors
1. Dr Kazi M Ahmed, SAT/TC
2. Ir Erik J Bohez, SAT/ISE
3. Mr Terry Clayton, CLET
4. Dr Norihiro Izumi, SCE/WEM
5. Dr Do Ba Khang, SOM
6. Dr Stephen Ogunlana, SCE/SEC
7. Dr Preeda Parkpian, SERD/UEEM
8. Mr Jonathan Shaw, CLET
9. Dr Tsunemi Watanabe, SCE/SEC
Dr Amararatne Yakupitiyage, SERD/AASE
Assistant Professors
1. Dr Nicholas Dimmitt, CLET
2. Dr Kensuke Fukushi, SERD/UEEM
3. Dr Kimmo Makelainen, SAT/TC
4. Dr Mohan Rak Manavazhi, SCE/SEC
The President will install the Academic Senate on February 23 at 1 p.m. in the Board Room, Administration Building.
AIT IN SRI LANKA
Collaborations with Sri Lanka were further strengthened by a mission led by Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President, who travelled to Colombo on 23-26 January 2000 and held high level meetings with concerned authorities.
Working with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education
Preceding the mission was a visit to AIT on 16 January by H. E. Mr. Richard Pathirana, the Sri Lankan Minister of Education and Higher Education, accompanied by H.E. Mr. Karunatilaka Amunugama, the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand and an AIT Trustee.
What's new in next generation mobile communications?
Answers were discussed at 'The 1st Asia & Pacific Seminar on Next Generation Mobile Communications', which was jointly organized by the Telecommunications Program, SAT, and Yokosuka Research Park (YRP) of Japan, on 28 January.
FACULTY WELCOME
The Agriculture, Aquatic Systems and Engineering Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development, welcomes Dr. S. Ranamukhaarachchi from Sri Lanka , as a Visiting Faculty in the Agricultural Systems field of study. He joined AIT from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya.
VISITORS
Last Week:
26 Jan. - Faculty members of the Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Ulsan, Korea, as guests of SCE and Prof. Y. S. Chung, a Visiting SCE Faculty. The group included Prof. Tuk-Ki Min; Assoc. Prof. Byoung-Ho Lee; Asst. Prof.
Events
URBAN ROAD SAFETY Training Course
The Asian Center for Transportation Studies (ACTS), in collaboration with CUC UEM, is organizing a training course, 'Urban Road Safety' on 15-17 February 2000, Room B202 at AIT Center. The three-day training course focuses on urban road safety and management problems.