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4 SET faculty members have top 25 articles

4 SET faculty members have top 25 articles

Congratulations go to School of Engineering and Technology faculty members Kazi Ahmed, Nitin Tripathi, Joydeep Dutta and Dennes Bergado for having top 25 most downloaded and most read articles in two journals, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials and Geotextiles and Geomembranes.

Ashden Awards call for entries

Ashden Awards call for entries

The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy are seeking entries from inspirational and innovative local sustainable energy projects from Asia, Africa and Latin America to compete for a share of £200,000 of prize money.

The 2007 International Awards will be offering five first prizes of £30,000 each and second prizes of £10,000 each for projects that are using renewable energy to address one or more of the following areas: Food Security; Health and Welfare; Light; Education and Enterprise.

Ford Foundation offers international fellowships in Thailand

Ford Foundation offers international fellowships in Thailand

The Asian Scholarship Foundation announces the opening of the 2007 competition for the International Fellowships Program in Thailand.

With the funding from the Ford Foundation, the International Fellowships Program provides opportunities for exceptional individuals who wish to undertake advanced studies and who will use this education to make outstanding contributions in their respective fields, furthering development in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide.

Online research strategies presented

Online research strategies presented

Book Promotion & Service Co., Ltd., will provide a presentation on Research Strategies with E-Journals & Databases and Trends of E-Books on Wednesday, 25 October 2006, at Milton E. Bender Auditorium, from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m.

The presentation on Research Strategies with e-Journals & Databases will provide a logical strategy for doing research.

4 SET faculty members have top 25 articles

4 SET faculty members have top 25 articles

Congratulations go to School of Engineering and Technology faculty members Kazi Ahmed, Nitin Tripathi, Joydeep Dutta and Dennes Bergado for having top 25 most downloaded and most read articles in two journals, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials and Geotextiles and Geomembranes.

Ashden Awards call for entries

Ashden Awards call for entries

The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy are seeking entries from inspirational and innovative local sustainable energy projects from Asia, Africa and Latin America to compete for a share of £200,000 of prize money.

The 2007 International Awards will be offering five first prizes of £30,000 each and second prizes of £10,000 each for projects that are using renewable energy to address one or more of the following areas: Food Security; Health and Welfare; Light; Education and Enterprise.

Ford Foundation offers international fellowships in Thailand

Ford Foundation offers international fellowships in Thailand

The Asian Scholarship Foundation announces the opening of the 2007 competition for the International Fellowships Program in Thailand.

With the funding from the Ford Foundation, the International Fellowships Program provides opportunities for exceptional individuals who wish to undertake advanced studies and who will use this education to make outstanding contributions in their respective fields, furthering development in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide.

Conference calls for papers

Conference calls for papers

The University Support to Environmental Planning and Management project (USEPAM – http://www.usepam.ait.ac.th)
at Regional and Rural Development Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development will organize a regional conference on 'Environmental Planning and Management in Southeast Asian Countries' in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 6-8 March 2007.

The specific objectives of the conference are: 1) to facilitate the exchange of experiences gained in and lessons learned from regionally coordinated capacity building projects implemented for strengthening multidisciplinary curricula, outreach activities and applied research capacity in the area of environmental planning and management amongst academicians, policymakers, planners and international development agencies in the region who are carrying out same or similar projects; 2) to provide a forum to researchers as well as planners and policymakers for presenting results of and methodological experiences in research projects; for sharing lessons learned through implementation of environmental management policies; for discussing the policy implications of the findings of the research projects; and for seeking policy oriented research issues.