News

 Papers can be accepted for oral presentation and proceedings only if at least one of the authors has registered by October 30, 2008

AIT graduate Dr. Areeyata Sripetch received the
second-level award from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF)
for her doctoral thesis “Design of DWDM Networks for Power
Utilities”. The awards are intended for Thai nationals who
graduate with doctoral degrees.

From classroom to the field: A
PRAM participant (right)
puts theories to practice by sharing his new found knowledge
on goat raising with a local farmer.

Together with partner Wetlands Alliance Programme (WAP), AIT is
spearheading the region's first vocational and professional bachelor
program to tackle poverty in Lao PDR through the Poverty Reduction and
Agricultural Management (PRAM) initiative.

Mrs. Fumio Nishino  (Akiyo)
presented the Nishino Medal to Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai,
recipient of the first Nishino Medal at the Opening Ceremony of
EASEC-11 Conference
in Taipei, November 19, 2008

AIT’s Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology (SET),
Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, recently was awarded the first
Nishino Medal for his internationally recognized contributions in the
fields of structural engineering and construction.

HRH Princess Sirindhorn and
the AIT team at the CRMA
Education Exhibition 2008. 

To watch HRH Princess Sirindhorn with the AIT team on video,
please click here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUhgEINElbU

AIT was one of nineteen educational institutions from around Thailand
invited to join the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA)
Education Exhibition 2008 on 12 November in Nakhon Nayok,
Thailand.

On 4 November 2008, AIT signed a Memorandum of Understanding as
well as Memorandum of Agreement with Hokkaido University (HU),
Japan, to promote educational and academic exchange and
cooperation. The MoA outlines the exchange program between the two
institutions.

Former Thai Foreign Minister H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag was
unanimously approved as the next Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) at a meeting of the
AIT Board of Trustees held on 20 November 2008.

Dr. Tej becomes the seventh chairman in the forty-nine
year history of AIT. Preceding him were Professor Puey Ungpakorn,
Professor Oscar Mapua, Dr. Thanat Khoman (Chairman Emeritus), M. L.
Birabhongse Kasemsri, H.E. Mr. Anand Panyarachun and H.E Dr. Tej
himself from 31 October 2006 to 8 July 2008.

The President of the Asian Institute of Technology, Prof.

AIT recently provided the venue for a two-day meeting to decide the
winners of the first Annual ASAIHL-Scopus Young Scientist Award. The
meeting on November 10-11, 2008 at the AIT Center brought
together twelve of Asia’s most eminent scholars under the leadership of
Prof.

Check out our November 2008 Career Fair on
YouTube!
Visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyZWtqXWtic

By Natnipha Vimuktanon

Close to eight hundred job seekers last week attended AIT’s
largest ever single day on-campus Career Fair. All attendees hoped to
catch the eye of recruiters representing some of the Asian region’s
most prestigious employers.

In the increasingly competitive global marketplace for education, the
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is determined to ensure its long
term sustainability by reducing its headcount and overhead to below
current levels. Key to this will be implementing a cost and salary
structure that reflects market rates in Thailand, senior administration
officials say.