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SET gets new field coordinators
Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, has named new field coordinators.

The fields and their coordinators are:

Computer Science and Information Management: Dr. Sumanta Guha (replacing Dr Vatcharaporn Esichaikul)
Industrial Engineering and Management/Design and Manufacturing Engineering: Dr Voratas Kachitvchyanukul (reappointment)
Mechatronics/Microelectronics: Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar (reappointment)
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: Dr. Xiaoyong Chen (reappointment)
Telecommunications: Dr. R.M.A. Premanandana Rajatheva (reappointment)
Information and Communications Technologies: Dr. Guha, Dr. Rajatheva and Dr. Chen
Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management: Dr Bonaventura H.W. Hadikusumo (replacing Prof.

K-water visit speaks of further collaboration

On 20 June 2006, Dr. Kyul-Ho Kwak, former Korean minister of Environment and currently president of Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) delivered a speech on the direction of environmental policies in the Republic of Korea as part of an ongoing lecture series, in the Milton Bender Auditorium.

Philippines delegation explores partnership

On 29 June 2006, nine members of the city council from the Science City of Munoz, Nieva Ecija, Philippines, visited AIT to explore the collaboration. The delegation was led by the Hon. Mr. Jose A. Ruiz, Jr., who is a 1979 graduate of AIT's Agricultural and Food Engineering program.

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

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.

Video lectures deal with wastewater management
Prof. Chongrak Polprasert of the Environmental Engineering and Management field of study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, will present two video lectures to graduates students of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands.

Swedish journal publishes AIT president’s vision for universities of professions

AIT President Said Irandoust recently had an article published in the Swedish journal, “Universitetslararen” (“Journal for University Teachers”).

The article, written in Swedish, responds to one of the debate themes on the criteria to be used in evaluating university colleges in transferring to full-fledged university status.

Video lectures deal with wastewater management

Prof. Chongrak Polprasert of the Environmental Engineering and Management field of study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, will present two video lectures to graduates students of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands.

Video lectures deal with wastewater management

Prof. Chongrak Polprasert of the Environmental Engineering and Management field of study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, will present two video lectures to graduates students of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands.

AIT Center Indonesia made official in Jakarta signing ceremony

The Asian Institute of Technology signed an agreement with the government of Indonesia to open a center in Bandung, Indonesia on 28 June 2006. The Asian Institute of Technology Center in Indonesia will collaborate with the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works providing human resource development that will facilitate research and development, consultancy, professional trainings and higher education.