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New undergraduates are AIT pioneers

 

History was made today when twelve students from five
countries attended their first day of classes as undergraduates at AIT
on November 2.
 
Fifty years after eighteen graduate students from three countries
enrolled at the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, which would later
become the Asian Institute of Technology, a similarly small group of
students from India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand ushered in a
new era for undergraduate education at AIT.
 
Welcomed along with their families by administration officials on
undergraduate Orientation Day on October 29 the newcomers, ranging
from sixteen to twenty years of age, quickly learned the significance
of their decision to attend AIT. “You are all making history as the
first ever batch of undergraduates at AIT,” the Head of the AIT Student
Office Ann Lopez-Fontanilla said.

University of Nottingham (Malaysia campus) evinces interest in AIT

University of
Nottingham (Malaysia campus) has evinced keen interest in
collaborating with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Prof. Sayed
Azam-Ali, Vice President for Research and Mr. Govindan Nair, Director,
International Office of the University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus)
visited AIT and explored issues like capacity building, sustainable
development and joint research funding from various international
organizations.

AIT’s proposed tie up with JNTUK gets wide publicity in India

The move of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to tie up with the
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTUK) in India has been
widely reported in the Indian media. This follows a meeting of Dr.
Pinnamaneni Udaya Bhaskar, Director, Foreign Universities and Alumni
Relations, JNTUK with AIT President Said Irandoust during his recent
visit to Thailand during the month of October.

AIT features in USDA’s Agriculture Research Service

Research work by Prof. Vilas M. Salokhe of the School of Environment,
Resources and Development (SERD) at the Asian Institute of Technology
(AIT) has been featured by the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) of
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

An article written by Ann Perry titled “Computer Modeling Can
Contribute to Thai Soybean Production” states that ARS scientists along
with their partners at AIT have been able to “pinpoint the best
agronomic practices for maximizing soybean production in
Thailand”.

The article says that ARS scientists are testing the soybean model
GLYCIM to improve its performance under a range of conditions around
the world.

University of Borås seeks partnership with AIT

University of Borås has
sought a partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for
dissemination of knowledge on waste treatment, resource recovery as
well as energy generation from waste materials. A delegation comprising
of Prof. Mohammad Taherzadeh, Professor in Biotechnology at School of
Engineering, University of Borås, and Mr. Olle Engstrom, Chairman of
the Board of Boras Lokatrafik AB, Sweden, stated this while delivering
a presentation on the “Knowledge and technology transfer on waste
refinery between Sweden and Thailand".

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Presentation on study and research opportunities at Polytech’Nice-Sophia by Prof. Philippe Gourbesville

Prof. Philippe Gourbesville, Director of Polytech'Nice-Sophia, France will deliver a presentation on study and research opportunities at Polytech'Nice-Sophia, France. The presentation will take place on 29 October, 2009 in Room E220, SERD Building, from 2:00-3:00 p.m.University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis is the second largest multi-disciplinary university in France with 25,000 students.

Laureate Chairman to deliver extra mural lecture on “Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Context of Higher Learning: A Future Model for Collaboration”

Mr. Douglas Becker, Chairman and CEO of Laureate Education Inc. will deliver an extra mural lecture on the topic “Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Context of Higher Learning: A Future Model for Collaboration”. The talk will take place at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium at AIT, on 28 October 2009 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.About Douglas L. Becker : As chairman and chief executive officer, Douglas Becker led the transformation of Laureate Education (formerly Sylvan Learning Systems) from a domestic tutoring provider into the world’s leading international higher education company with operations in over 18 countries.