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AIT and Prospect Burma to help Myanmar students to obtain advanced education

AIT and Prospect Burma will strengthen the mutual collaboration in helping Myanmar students to obtain advanced education at AIT. The discussion of ways to achieve this took place during the visit of Ms. Patricia Herbert, Vice Chair of Prospect Burma, U.K. to AIT on 25 January 2007.Ms. Herbert stressed the importance of assisting students who would eventually return to Myanmar to assist in the country’s development process which is the ultimate goal of Prospect Burma.

PRC Government provides 10 full scholarships to Chinese doctoral students
The People’s Republic of China, through the Chinese Scholarship Council of the Ministry of Education confirmed its renewal of cooperation with AIT. AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust, on 29 January 2007, disclosed that the cooperation with AIT will take effect in August 2007. According to the agreement, the council will provide 10 full scholarships to Chinese doctoral students for a period of three years in all fields of study offered in AIT’s three Schools.

ScienceDirect.com lists UEM article in top 25

An article written by an AIT alumni and co-authored by an AIT professor that was published in Environmental Impact Assessment Review is among the top 25 most downloaded articles on ScienceDirect.com. 'Environmental Assessment in Slum Improvement Programs: Some Evidence from a Study on Infrastructure Projects in Two Dhaka Slums' was written by Farhat Jahan Chowdhury and was co-authored by his adviser, Prof.

Nokia Training Center offers hands-on training

Forum Nokia has established Symbian OS - Mobile Applications Development Training Centre at Telecommunications and ICT (http://www.ict.ait.ac.th), AIT. Nokia certified trainers will give on hands-on training to industry professionals and other interested persons in developing mobile applications on Symbian technology.

Asia-Europe Meeting calls for speakers and proposals

A conference and workshop related to the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) are looking for speakers and proposals as follows:

TBLI Asia 2007 - Brooklyn Bridge is currently accepting proposals for presenters at the 2007 Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) Conference, to be held from 24 to 25 May at the Landmark Hotel in Bangkok.

Doctoral comprehensive examinations scheduled
Mr. Vu Duc Hien (ETC978476), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) will have his comprehensive examination on Friday, 9 February 2007, 13:30 p.m. in ET seminar room, Energy Building

His dissertation's title is Daylighting through Light Pipe for Deep Interior Space of Buildings with Consideration of Heat Gain

AIT and Sri Lankan university enters cooperation
AIT and Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (SUSL) signed an agreement on 26 January 2007 to provide opportunities for professional education for teaching staff, promote institutional links and explore other avenues of collaboration.

AIT, KIST team up for joint symposium

AIT faculty, staff, and students attended the Sixth AIT-KIST Joint International Symposium, co-organized by AIT and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), held 18 January 2007 at the Milton E. Bender Auditorium and the AIT Conference Center.

Workshop seeks to build capacity in coastal mitigation

A training workshop on 'Capacity Building of Coastal Communities on Coastal Mitigation' was conducted at AIT on 16-19 January 2007 for participants from Ranong Province, Thailand.

Funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the U.S. Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Program, the training workshop's goal was to make coastal communities, local government units and non-governmental organizations be proactive in coastal mitigation.

SERD welcomes new faculty members

The School of Environment, Resources and Development welcomes new visiting faculty who joined AIT in January 2007:

Prof. Krishna Pramanik, professor, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, India, has joined SERD as a visiting professor from 8 January to 31 May 2007. Prof.