Medical check-ups due
Staff members of Office of President, Office of Vice President, Finance, and Purchasing are requested to have their yearly medical check up at the AIT Medical Clinic during the month of August 2006.
Call AIT Medical Clinic at Ext.
Job vacancy
Bright Management Consulting Co., Ltd. (BMC), formerly known as EEC-Energetics Co., Ltd, based in Bangkok, and has performed energy efficiency audits in more than 300 buildings and factories in Thailand, is looking for a staff who have a background in Energy/Environmental engineering with high proficient writing/speaking in English.
AIT alumnus develops renewable green fuel
An AIT alumnus has determined a way to apply pure castor oil as an alternative to bio-diesel fuel, reports The Jakarta Post.
Dr. Robert Manurung is a visiting professor at the Biotechnology Research Center at Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia.
Energy alumnus to receive Outstanding Scientist Award
Dr. Somchai Wongwises, a professor at King Mongkut University of Technology in Thonburi has been awarded the 2006 Outstanding Scientist Award. The Foundation for Science and Technology Promotion under the Patronage of His Majesty the King gives awards to outstanding scientists in an effort to support and encourage Thai researchers.
Discussion centers on Gates Foundation, U.K. council funding
The office of vice president for research invites interested faculty and researchers to join a discussion at 10 a.m. 8 August 2006at the AFE building to discuss the Gates Foundation's research funding and the research call from Biological Sciences Research Council/Department for International Development, U.K.
The Gates Foundation's new Global Development program will fund qualified organizations interested in increasing the incomes and productivity of smallholder farmers throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Alumni Association hosts get-together 18 August
The AIT Alumni Association is organizing a Get-Together Party for the purpose of meeting old classmates, successful senior alumni and acquaintances as well as making new friends within the AIT family. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, 18 August 2006 at the Royal Turf Club, Pradiphatphubarn Room.
Applied science conference takes place in Lao in November
The faculty of science at National University of Laos and at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, Thailand, invite participants to join the first International Conference on Applied Science 5-7 November 2006 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Submission of papers are also welcomed.
GMSARN announces December conference
The Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network is hosting an international conference on Sustainable Development Issues and Prospects for the Greater Mekong Subregion from 6 to 7 December 2006 at AIT.
The conference is intended to initiate and stimulate international discussion on sustainable development issues in the Greater Mekong Subregion in the areas of energy, environment and natural resource management.
Bio-innovation subject of November workshop
AIT with support from the International Development Research Centre, is organizing a workshop on 'Integrated Policies for Bio-innovations in Agriculture and Health in Asia' 6 - 8 November 2006. Additional support for the workshop has been provided by the Rockefeller Foundation (Southeast Asia Regional Office) and the Asian Development Bank.
Prime minister speaks of the importance of engineers, construction
Prime Minister Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra rings a gong to ceremonially open the 10th East Asia Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra opened the 10th East Asia Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-10) at the InterContinental Hotel on 3 August 2006. In his speech to the 649 participants from 41 countries and the dignitaries present for the opening, the prime minister underscored the importance of construction in the everyday lives of people in the region.