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The Dean of the School of Engineering (SET), Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, recently unveiled a report on some of the School’s performance indicators and goals for the coming years. The report indicated that SET’s August 2007 student intake was up almost 60% over the previous year.

The Dean of the School of Engineering (SET), Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, recently unveiled a report on some of the School’s performance indicators and goals for the coming years. The report indicated that SET's August 2007 student intake was up almost 60% over that of the previous year.

Congratulations to Dr. Ram C. Bhujel, Affiliated Faculty, in the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) Field whose proposal submitted under the EU-FP7 Programme has been selected for funding. The 36-month project entitled "Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa - (SARNISSA)" will start in January 2008, and be coordinated by the University of Stirling, UK, with AARM-AIT, as one of the key partners in the project.

The AIT-Golden Jubilee Fundraising Campaign (GJFC) and the AIT Community School are organizing a gala concert "Children of the World" based on the theme of the U.N. day to  be held on the 19th of October, 2007 at the AIT Centre Auditorium at 9:30 a.m.

Tickets  for the show are being sold by Ms. Lucena D. Talaid, who can be contacted at (02)524-6316 ,  and at the AIT Community School (AITCS), Ms. Nerja - 02 524-5899;  Ms. Nwe Nwe - 02  524-6171 or at AITCS office - 02 524-5984. The proceeds from the tickets will be given by  GJFC to the AIT Community School.

As businesses and other institutions increase their online presence and dependency on information assets, the number of computer incidents also rises. Consequently, businesses and organizations are finally increasing their security postures. Waiting until the incident occurs is too late to begin planning how to address the situation.

Complete information is available at: http://www.interlab.ait.ac.th/training/2007/inetCrime.html .

The final version of the AIT Charter, which was earlier approved by the AIT Board of Trustees, has been officially submitted by Dr. Tej Bunnag, Chairman of the Board, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand. AIT President Said Irandoust, on behalf of AIT, expresses appreciation and gratitude to all AIT partners for their continued and strong support to the Institute, and to AIT Board Chairman, for the instrumental role he has played in the entire process.

The AIT Alumni Association (AITAA), Thailand Chapter, has expressed interest in providing some financial contribution for the renovation of the AIT Library. Through this contribution the Thai Chapter wishes to express its gratitude to the Institute, and the AIT Library in particular, which served as an important resource during their students days at AIT. Professor Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Chair of the AIT Library Committee, has been in contact with Dr. Anusorn Sangnimnuan (EV'80), President of the AITAA Thailand Chapter President, who is also the President of the Bangchak Petroleum Public Co. Ltd.

At the request of the AIT President, Dr. Manukid Parnichkun, a faculty member from the Mechatronics field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, recently travelled to Sweden and visited Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) on 13-14 September 2007, to explore areas in which there could be collaboration.

On 24 September 2007, President Said Irandoust met with Mr. Ajai Randhawa, who is associated with the Mountbatten Internship Programme (http://www.mountbatten.org). The organization is in the process of starting an MBA program, which will run concurrently with its 1-year internship in UK/UK, followed by 4 months in Thailand.