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AIT, Indonesian institute agree to future collaboration

AIT, Indonesian institute agree to future collaboration

AIT and the Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) in Indonesia entered into an agreement on 1 July for establish collaborative relations.

AIT President Said Irandoust and ITS Rector Ir. Mohammad Nuh Dea signed the memorandum of understanding that promotes exchange of information, joint research, international seminars, exchanges of staff faculty and students and other cooperation seen as mutually beneficial.

AIT, Indonesian institute agree to future collaboration

AIT, Indonesian institute agree to future collaboration

AIT and the Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) in Indonesia entered into an agreement on 1 July for establish collaborative relations.

AIT President Said Irandoust and ITS Rector Ir. Mohammad Nuh Dea signed the memorandum of understanding that promotes exchange of information, joint research, international seminars, exchanges of staff faculty and students and other cooperation seen as mutually beneficial.

Food, bio process technology conference planned for December 2006

Food, bio process technology conference planned for December 2006

The Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology field of study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, is organizing an International Conference on Innovations in Food and Bio Process Technology from 12 to 14 December 2006.

With the growing economy, domestic and international demands for high quantity and quality foods in the Asia-Pacific region are increasing, leading to a rapid growth in food processing industries.

Lecture focuses on grid computing

Lecture focuses on grid computing

Thai National Grid Center and AIT are presenting the 3rd Distinguished Lecture on Grid Computing Technology on 'Parallelization of Branch and Bound Algorithm with the Hierarchical Master-Worker Paradigm on the Grid.' The lecture will be conducted by Dr. Kento Aida, Department of Information Processing, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 18 July 2006 at the AIT Conference Center.

SSSU and Clinic hold lifeguard drill

SSSU and Clinic hold lifeguard drill

The Safety, Security and Sports Unit (SSSU), in collaboration with the AIT Clinic, will hold a lifeguard drill on 12 July at 1–2 p.m. The objective of this drill is to review and practice the techniques for immediate and coordinated response between the lifeguard and the AIT Clinic when accidents occur in the swimming pool.

Faculty secondment and cooperation program expected from Taiwan

Faculty secondment and cooperation program expected from Taiwan
Dr. Der-Guey Lin, a former faculty in the former Geotechnical Engineering and Transportation Division, AIT, and currently an Associate Professor, Department of Soil and Water Conservation, National Chung-Hsing University, recently informed AIT that the Bureau of International Cultural and Education Relation is likely to second one faculty member for the coming September 2006 (or January 2007), based on AIT's Proposals to Ministry of Education, Government of Taiwan.

AIT to help support NUOL’s development of administrative capacity and management skills

AIT to help support NUOL's development of administrative capacity and management skills

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) council on 14 June 2006 approved the allocation of 8.5 million Swedish Krona (SEK) for the extension of the current agreement on bilateral research collaboration between Sida and the National University of Laos (NUOL). The agreement which ended 30 June 2006 will be extended to 31 March 2007.

The support for research cooperation was initiated in 2003 with a focus on training of lecturers.