The unique essence of AIT was fully explored in a recent interview of President Prof. Said Irandoust conducted by the leading Thai lifestyle website ThaiAsiaToday.com (http://thaiasiatoday.com). In an exclusive question and answer feature article, the president shares his thoughts on some of the things that make the Asian Institute of Technology so special.
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AIT graduate wins at Thailand Energy Awards 2008
At the recently held Thailand Energy Awards 2008 held on July
30, in Bangkok, AIT alumnus Dr. Juntakan
Taweekun (above), who graduated from the Energy Field of Study
at the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD),
won a prestigious award under the Special Submission Category:
Low Energy House, from the Ministry of Energy, the Royal Thai
Government.
AIT Team demonstrates web portal for GMS Energy and Environment Network in Lao PDR
The Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network (GMSARN)
recently conducted its 4th workshop on the formation of a GMS Energy
and Environment Network (GMSEENet). The objective of the workshop was
to train participants on how to effectively share expertise and
resources in the energy and environment domains using the Knowledge
Management Toolkit (KMTk) developed at the Asian Institute of
Technology, which includes a collection of community tools such as
weblogs, wikis, and digital libraries.
AIT welcomes new students
As part of an official orientation, on August 14th AIT
welcomed almost 500 of the 626 confirmed incoming students for the
August 2008 semester. The School of Engineering and Technology (SET)
will be home to 261 new students while the School of Environment,
Resources and Development (SERD) welcomed 221 new faces.
Q and A: Professor Imre Pazsit of Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology
On 4 August 2008 Professor Imre Pazsit, Chair, Department of
Nuclear Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, visited
AIT to explore possible collaboration with AIT’s School of Engineering
and Technology (SET) in the fields of Nuclear Engineering and Energy.
11-15 August 2008: 10th Asia Pacific Next Generation camp
AIT's Internet Education and Research Laboratory will host the 10th Asia Pacific Next Generation camp of Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) scheduled to be held on August 11-15 at the Asian Intitute of Technology. The theme is "APNG - ICT Vision from, by and for Next Generation".
Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) (http://www.
6-8 August 2008: Energy Security and Climate Change: Issues, Strategies and Options Conference
Be part of the solution, be a positive part of the Global Change!
The Energy Field of Study, Asian Institute of Technology in cooperation with the Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC) will be organizing an International Conference on “Energy Security and Climate Change: Issues, Strategies, and Options (ESCC 2008)” to take place from 6 to 8 August 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
5-7 August 2008: Structural Evaluation and Retrofitting of RC Building for Earthquake Resistance Workshop
Visit of Deputy Director Syarif, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
On 24 July 2008, Mr. Sulaiman Syarif, Deputy Director for
Trade, Economic Services, Finance & Investment and Environment
Treaties Affairs, Directorate & Legal and Treaties, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia, accompanied by Mrs. Tanti
Widyastuti, Minister Counselor (Social & Culture) and Mr.
Dionnisius Elvan Swasono, Third Secretary (Information) from the
Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok paid a courtesy visit to the
institute.
Ambassador of South Africa to Thailand visits AIT
From left: Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Director, AIT Extension; Dr.
Roland Amoussou-Guenou, Lecturer at AIT and Project
Manager of the AIT Asia Africa Initiative; Prof
Sudip Rakshit, Vice - President, Research; H.E. Mr.
Douglas Harvey Monro Gibson, Ambassador of South Africa to
Thailand and Prof.