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.
Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
7 April 2005: ISE, SAT seminar on Nanomachining Bridges Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology will be conducted by Professor Ioan Marinescu, University of Toledo, USA. The event will be held at 1:30 p.m. in room 106, Chalerm Prakiat (ISE) Building.
ITB appoints AIT alumnus as Rector
Dr. Djoko Santoso (right), a GTE SCE alumnus was recently appointed to head the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB). Prior to the position he was also elected to chair the ITB's Academic Senate in 2001.
Dr. Santoso received his first degree in Geology/Geophysics from ITB - Indonesia, the Post Graduate Diploma in Seismology from International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Tokyo, Japan (1979). He received his Master of Science degree in Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering from AIT in 1982. He completed his Doctor of Engineering degree from ITB in 1990.
During his professional career he served as lecturer and part time consultant for some Indonesia and International Companies mainly in petroleum Exploration and engineering.
Tsunami expert Shuto to lecture at AIT
Professor Nobuo Shuto (right), a world renowned expert on tsunami will lecture 'Tsunamis: Their Coastal Effects and Defense Works' at the AIT Conference Center on Monday, 9 May 2005. In his lecture, Prof. Shuto will describe tsunamis and related disasters, share a tsunami numerical simulation and expound on tsunami defense works.
Hydropower Engineering AoS lures August 2005 enrollees
The Hydropower Engineering area of specialization (AoS) to be launched at AIT's School of Civil Engineering will lure its first batch of enrollees in the August 2005 semester. Fourteen staff of the Electricity Vietnam (EVN) are expected to comprise in part of this new master's program.
From left: Prof. Chongrak Polprasert, Dean SERD & Acting Dean SCE; Mr. Dasho Sangay Thinley, Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Acting President and Provost
Visiting AIT
On 25 March 2005, Mr. Dasho Sangay Thinley, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan; Mr. Dasho Dawa Tshering, Director General, Department of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan and Mr. Dechen Dorji, Director of Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Bumthang, Bhutan, met with Prof.
President of AITAA-Korea Chapter visits AIT
On 24 March 2005, Dr. Young Nam Lee (GTE'78) (above left), Executive Vice President of Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology and President of the AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) Korea Chapter met with Prof.
AIT Conference Center Functions
28 March - 3 April 2005
Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer
Mon. 28 Mar.
8:30-17:00
B202
Human Resource Management (HRM)
c/o Mr. Anil, AITE, Tel, 5273
8:30-17:00
B206
Project Planning and Management Techniques (PPMT/AITE)
c/o Mr. Pradeep, AITE, Tel.
ITB appoints AIT alumnus as Rector
Dr. Djoko Santoso (right), a GTE SCE alumnus was recently appointed to head the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB). Prior to the position he was also elected to chair the ITB's Academic Senate in 2001.
Dr. Santoso received his first degree in Geology/Geophysics from ITB - Indonesia, the Post Graduate Diploma in Seismology from International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Tokyo, Japan (1979). He received his Master of Science degree in Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering from AIT in 1982. He completed his Doctor of Engineering degree from ITB in 1990.
During his professional career he served as lecturer and part time consultant for some Indonesia and International Companies mainly in petroleum Exploration and engineering.