News

Promotion

I am pleased to announce, effective from 1 May 2005, the promotion in academic rank of Dr Kyoko Kusakabe (right), SERD/Gender & Development Studies Field of Study from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor.

Dr Kusakabe has been a faculty member since 1999. Her major areas of specialization and research interests are in women in market economies; gender issues in trade; women and enterprise management/micro-vendors/informal sector; borderland studies, gender issues in organizations, social networks, gender and development policy and planning; and gender issues in aquaculture and fisheries.

H.E. Mr. Pieter J. Th Marres (left), Ambassador of Netherlands to Thailand speaks with Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Acting President and Provost

Visiting AIT

On 4 April 2005, H.E. Mr. Pieter J. Th Marres, Ambassador of Netherlands to Thailand visited AIT. During the visit he met with Prof.

AIT Conference Center Functions
11 - 24 April 2005

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 11 Apr..
19:30-22:30
Auditorium

SU Film Show
c/o Ms. Fanny, SU, Tel. 5979

Mon. 18 Apr..
08:30-10:00
B108
Join Opening for AIT Extension Course
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
11 April 2005: Asian Highway Network and Expanding Highway Linkages with Neighboring Countries lecture will be held by The Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management, SCE. Guest lecturer will be Dr. Prapatpaow Awakul, Bureau of Planning
Department of Highways.

AIT, ADPC signs MoU

The Asian Institute of Technology and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and establish a dynamic long-term partnership of ongoing collaboration and cooperation to support the sustainable development of countries in the Asian region.

'The Tsunami Disaster and its Prevention' Distance Lecture

On 15 March 2005, experts in Japan and at AIT made presentations, exchanged their views and perspectives on tsunami and the masses response to it at a distance lecture session called 'The Tsunami Disaster and its Prevention.

Former SU President Soni receives Reddy Award

Mr. Peeyush Soni (right), AIT Student Union (SU) Jan 2004 President was recently notified to receive the Reddy Award from the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE).

Mr. Soni will receive the prestigious award for his thesis titled, 'Effect of different mesh-sized cladding materials on a naturally ventilated greenhouse microclimate' at the 40th ISAE Convention to be held in New Delhi in February 2006.

AIT Conference Center Functions
4 - 10 April 2005

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 28 Mar.
8:30-17:00
B108

PGPIM Field Trip to Thailand-IMI
c/o K. Jatuphol, SOM, Tel. 8321

8:30-17:00
B202
CD4CDM Fourth Regional Workshop (CD4CDM)
c/o Ms. Annie, EP, Tel.

AIT, ADPC signs MoU

The Asian Institute of Technology and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and establish a dynamic long-term partnership of ongoing collaboration and cooperation to support the sustainable development of countries in the Asian region.

'The Tsunami Disaster and its Prevention' Distance Lecture

On 15 March 2005, experts in Japan and at AIT made presentations, exchanged their views and perspectives on tsunami and the masses response to it at a distance lecture session called 'The Tsunami Disaster and its Prevention.