News

OTM celebrates a successful start

The Offshore Technology and Management Program at the School of Engineering and Technology is organizing Geoexploration & Offshore Technology and Management Day.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 31 August 2006. It begins with the meeting of the nominated members of the OTM Industrial Advisory Board and representatives of the collaborator companies and Partner Universities at room N238, followed by a luncheon hosted by AIT President Said Irandoust at the AIT Conference Center and a G&OTM; Appreciation Session at the Civil Lounge.

Workshop looks at sustainable development in Thailand

A special one-day workshop on 'Sustainable Development in Thailand and Relationship with other Asian Countries' will be conducted by Dr. Kan-ichiro Matsumura.

The workshop will be held from 9 am to 5 pm, Thursday, 20 September 2006, at room B-144 in AIT Conference Center.

AITAA president may be named supreme commander of Thai military
A story in the 24 August 2006 Bangkok Post on a reshuffle in the top echelons of Thailand's military suggests that Gen. Dr. Boonsrang Niumpradit may be named the next supreme commander of the armed forces.

Suvarnabhumi: Getting to and from AIT

When the Suvarnabhumi International Airport opens on 28 September 2006, members of the AIT community will have to make some adjustments when planning their air travel. The trip to the new airport takes at least an hour, and the cost of transportation is substantially higher.

SET welcomes visiting senior lecturer

School of Engineering and Technology welcomes Dr. Udupi Sripati (right), currently a senior lecturer of Electronics and Communication, Communication Department, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India, as a visiting senior lecturer in Microelectronics for one semester from August 2006 to December 2006. He is seconded to AIT by the government of India.

Visiting faculty joins Water Engineering and Management

The Water Engineering and Management field of study at the School of Engineering and Technology announces the assignment of Dr. Hirokazu Ikeda (right) as a visiting associate professor from Utsunomiya University, Japan, for the August 2006 semester.

Malaysian university offers graduate assistantship, research officer schemes

The University Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia, offers postgraduate studies to interested AIT students with graduate assistanceship and research officer schemes.

A presentation on the University Teknologi Petronas and interview of the interested students will take place on 8 September 2006 at 9 a.m. at AIT Conference Center.

AIT Research Update Issue 3 is now available

Issue 3 of the AIT Research Update (June to July 2006) is now available online. Please browse through the publications page of the Sponsored and Contracted Projects Unit Web site: https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/scpu/Publication.

Language Center organizes English courses for August semester

For those among the August 2006 intake, English courses will be held from 28 August to 24 November 2006. To check your English test score and to find out which class to attend, see http://www.

ITServ conducts maintenance

ITServ will conduct a needed software upgrade on one of its main network pieces of equipment from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, 28 August 2006. This upgrade will address problems encountered with multicast video streams at AIT. During that period, no network access at all will be provided to all academic buildings.