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Keynote speaker Prof. Ian
Warrington,
Vice President of Massey University, New Zealand

Advances in food processing technology and engineering are vital to
providing the general public with safe, palatable and nutritious foods
that available year-round, scientists said this week at a conference
hosted by AIT.

The 4th International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing
Technology and Engineering (ICFPTE ’08) on 19-20 January showcased new
and innovative research that is currently shaping the food industry.

 
A five-member team of AIT researchers has been awarded a research
grant of Bt. 150,000 from Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare
Foundation (MSIWF) for its project “Evaluation of Drivers' Attitudes on
Speed Management Strategies”.
 
AIT’s winning research proposal was one of three entries granted
funding this year from MSIWF. The three teams were honored on January
14 at a ceremony that marked the foundation’s entry into Thailand
in its search for ground-breaking research.

The Asian Institute of Technology has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Vietnam’s University of Transport and
Communications (UTC) to enable a broad range of cooperation in
educational, research and outreach programs.

The five-year agreement was signed on January 19 by Associate
Prof.

 
On the second Saturday of January, Thailand celebrates Children's
Day. Traditionally, local authorities organize free special events for
children. This year, AIT, together with the National Science and
Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and Thammasat University (TU),
organized an event entitled “Amazing Children’s Day at Science City.

The Asian Institute of Technology yesterday (12 January) signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Balochistan University of
Engineering & Technology  (BUETK)  that
will provide higher education and research opportunities for
faculty members of the university located in Khuzdar, Pakistan.

AIT President Said Irandoust
welcomes
the incoming students during the Orientation.
To watch part of his message, click
here.

AIT yesterday (12 January) welcomed students arriving for the
January 2009 Semester with an orientation ceremony at the Milton Bender
Auditorium.

Prof. Mohan
Munasinghe

The Asian Institute of Technology in partnership with the American
Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental & Water Resources
Institute (ASCE-EWRI) recently hosted ASCE-EWRI’s second developing
nations’ conference titled “An International Perspective on
Environmental and Water Resources.

To watch a video presentation on
the event, please click here.
To view H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag's opening remarks, please click here.
The video presentation will be streamed on your computer's preferred
media player.

With the help of a star-studded field of inaugural round golfers, the
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on January 7 opened its
newly-refurbished 9-hole public golf course.

From left, Prof.
Kumar, Dr. Pritam, Dr. Babel, Dr. Josef Most,
Prof. Rakshit and Mr. Karim. 

On 30 December 2008, Dr. Josef Most, Manager, Engineering Capacity
Building Program (ECBP)/ German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Technical
and Vocational Education and Training Network (TVET) Reform Programme,
Ethiopia, visited AIT to explore possible collaboration between AIT,
the Ethiopian Ministry of Education and German Technical Cooperation
(GTZ).

Read press report in the Ethiopian media: http://www.

ADRC Executive Director Mr. Koji
Suzuki (left) and AIT President
Prof. Said Irandoust.

With a population in excess of half a billion people who are
regularly impacted by more tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods,
landslides, earthquakes, and typhoons than just about any other people
on earth, Southeast Asia is one of the most disaster-prone
areas on the planet.