Beginning April 2011, Skydoor Pte, a company dealing with open source digital imaging knowledge,will establish its office at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Signing the lease agreement with Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), AIT; Skydoor Managing Director and Chairman, Mr. Kenneth S. Brown stated that this shall be the second office of Skydoor in Bangkok.
AIT Career Fair will be held on 23 March 2011 from 9.00 – 17.00 hours at the AIT Conference Center. Nineteen companies have confirmed to join the AIT Career Fair, out of which four are coming from the German-Thai Chamber of Commerce; three from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and one from the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand.
Career Talk Day will be organized by the AIT Career Center on 22 March 2011 from 9.15 – 16.00 hours at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium. 10 companies are participating in the Career Talk Day.TimeSpeaker09.15-09.30Prof. Joydeep Dutta, Vice President - Academic Affairs09.30-10.00CUEL Ltd.
Seismologist and AIT’s Coordinator of Structural Engineering Field of Study, Dr. Pennung Warnitchai, has cautioned against the possibility of an earthquake along the Srisawat faultline in Kanchanaburi province in Thailand. Quoted in an article in the English daily ‘Bangkok Post’ on 21 March 2011, Dr. Pennung said there is a “slight chance†that a massive earthquake along the Srisawat faultline would cause severe damage in Kanchanaburi itself, as well as in nearby provinces
Sweden’s famous University of Professions, University of Borås, has a new address – Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand. The first batch of 16 students from Sweden is already at AIT paving the way for a much larger cohort next year.
Five of the 12 participating clusters from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have received a top ranking of ‘5’ in the research output rating of the Thailand Research Fund (TRF). AIT participated in 12 clusters, out of which five clusters received a top rating of‘5’, six clusters received a rating of ‘4’, while one received a rating of ‘3’.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Busitema University (BU), Uganda, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable cooperation between the two institutes. The MoU was signed by Prof. Mary Jossy Nakandha Okwakwol, Vice Chancellor, BU, and Prof. Said Irandoust, President, AIT, on 17 March 2011.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Hokkaido University (HU) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) launching a double degree program. The Double Degree program will be initiated between the Transportation Engineering field of study at AIT and the Research Group of Policy for Engineering and Environment of Engineering at HU.
A play, “The trial of Wantong” will be enacted by the Maradokmai Theatre group on 17 March 2011 from 18.30-21.00 hours at the Conference Center of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The event is being organized by the AIT Student Union Culture and Gender Committee to commemorate International Women’s Day celebrations which begin at AIT from 8 March 2011.More details regarding the Maradokmai Theatre group can be found at this link.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is playing a critical role in helping recovery efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. The Cabinet Office of Japan has activated the International Charter and the Charter has appointed AIT’s Dr. Masahiko Nagai as project manager of this disaster for the International Charter on ‘Space and Major disasters’. International space organizations are working along with Dr. Nagai to provide maps and satellite images for rescue and relief operations.