The Asian Institute of Technology is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Christopher Garnier as the new Executive Director of AIT Extension.
Dr. Garnier earned his Ed.D. in Global Education and M.A. in Teaching from the University of Southern California.
By Danielle Duan
Inaugurated last year to foster an entrepreneurship spirit and galvanize the innovation activities of AIT’s students and faculty, the AIT Entrepreneurship Center (AITEC) marked its first year with a master class international lecture on 28 September 2020.
Professor Li Zexiang of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Chairman of DJI, the renowned drone maker, headlined AITEC’s third Distinguished Entrepreneur Talk Series event by addressing a virtual audience on the topic of “From Labs to Startups: Reinventing Engineering Education.
For past 2 years AIT has jointly worked with Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) on a project titled “Policy Dialogue and Network Building of Multi-stakeholders on integrated Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Management in ASEAN Countries”. As part of our commitment AIT team has worked on the Policy Brief - to elaborate on the barriers and provide policy recommendation towards appropriate wastewater and feacal sludge management in Thailand.
Two months after signing a general Memorandum of Understanding, AIT and Vietnam’s Van Lang University (VLU) on 30 September 2020 signed two specific cooperation agreements for VLU to send faculty to earn Doctoral degrees at AIT, and to join the International Bachelor’s-Master’s Unified Program.
The Asian Institute of Technology on 29 September 2020 signed an official Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at a ceremony in Bangkok.
During the MoU signing ceremony, Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi, Director of the UNESCO Regional Education Bureau in Asia Pacific in Bangkok, expressed his happiness to sign the partnership instrument with AIT for future collaboration and mentioned some of the areas where UNESCO and AIT could collaborate.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
To mark “International Coastal Cleanup Day 2020” a large group from AIT’s Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM) and Marine Plastics Abatement (MPA) programs recently combed the beaches of the Gulf of Thailand in search of plastic litter to remove and study.
Chitralada Chaiya
PhD (Candidate), School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), AIT
Assistant Professor, College of Politics and Governance
Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Set a vision and make it come true
The decision to study for a doctorate is one of the most important decisions in life.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
Education can change one’s life for the better. This is precisely the story of Ir Tan Chin Nyan, a very successful Malaysian structural engineer who was once a young boy in a poor family but now holds the position of Managing Director of Bridgex Bina Sdn Bhd (now known as BBSB Holdings Sdn Bhd), one of Malaysia’s leading civil engineering firms.
Thailand’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) will support a total of twenty-four qualified employees to pursue their Master’s and Doctoral degrees at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) over the next 4 years.
Associate Professor Dr. Yuosre Badir, Director of Doctoral Programs (PhD and DBA) in AIT School of Management, teamed up with experts and contributed to the book named Maisons tropicales - concevoir une maison bioclimatique, sure, confortable, economique et respectueuse de l'environnement (English Translation: Tropical houses - design a bioclimatic, safe, comfortable, economical and environmentally friendly house). The book was published in France in March 2020.
The book was produced for ETIK2A (http://etik2a.org/), a French non-profit organization that focuses on ethical issues in developing a green and sustainable environment.