News

AITCC Conference Center Functions
September 22 - September 28, 2003

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 22 Sept.
08:30-16:30
B115
Strategic Management & Its Applications in Decentralized
Secondary Education (SESIP-2)
c/o K Voravate, AIT Extension, Tel: 5279

08:30-16:30
B227/Game Rm.
Educational Policy Research Methodologies & Education
Planning (SESIP / EPRMEP)
c/o K. Kanlaya, AIT Extension, Tel: 5840

08:30-16:30
B204
Planning & Administering Good Governance (PAGG)
c/o Mr. Pradeep, MED-AITE, Tel: 5274

Tue.

AIT seals goodwill, cooperation pacts with recent visitors

On September 19, a Swedish delegation comprising of H.E. Mr. Jan Axel
Nordlander (above right), Swedish Ambassador to Thailand; Mr. Jerker Thunberg, Head of the Department for Natural Resources and the Environment, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Stockholm; and Dr. Bo Gohl, First Secretary of the Swedish Environmental Secretariat in Asia (SENSA), visited AIT and met with the Institute's administrators.

MOET Vietnam, AIT to sign training accord

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam and AIT is to sign on
September 26, a new agreement for MOET to provide scholarships for the 2003-2006
intakes at AIT.

The agreement aims to provide more opportunities in the Master and Doctoral
levels for lecturers and management staff of universities, research
institutes, high tech parks, government administrative organizations,
politico-social organizations, and other Vietnamese enterprises provided
they are eligible for government funding.

AIT Exhibition at Thailand Science-Tech 2003
Sept. 24 - Oct. 5, Impact Muangthong Thani

AIT through PSSU (Promotional Support Services Unit) will participate in Thailand Science Tech 2003 from September 24 to October 5, 2003 at Impact, Muangthong Thani.

AIT Joins Siam Cement's Total Quality Days

Siam Cement Public Co. Ltd. will organize Total Quality Days from September
22-26, to promote knowledge and Best Practices in Quality Management System
and Safety & Environment Management System, and AIT has been invited to
participate.

Welcome

Three new faculty members have joined the School of Environment, Resources
and Development in September 2003.

Prof. Gopal Mugeraya, Visiting Professor in the Environmental Engineering
and Management (EEM), seconded by the Indian Government.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
September 26, 2003:: A seminar on 'Precision Agriculture - Can Asia benefit from it?' will be conducted by Naiqian Zhang, Ph.D., Professor and Coordinator, Graduate Programs, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA. The seminar will be held at 10:00 a.m. in Room 221, AFE Building.

Welcome

The School of Advanced Technologies welcomes Dr. Pisut Koomsap, Assistant Professor to the Design and Manufacturing Engineering Field of Study in the August 2003 term.

Dr. Pisut (left) obtained his B.Eng. (IE) from Thammasat University in 1994; M.Sc.
(IE) from University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA in 1996; and Ph.D. (IME)
from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA in 2001.

His area of research interests include Sensing and Control for Manufacturing
Processes and Systems; Laser Applications; Automation & Robotics;
Reliability; Continuous Improvement; Rapid Prototyping.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
January 14-16, 2004:: International Conference on 'Electric Supply Industry in Transition: Issues and Prospect for Asia' will be held at the AIT Conference Center.

The conference are co-organized by Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC, more than a dozen leading universities in the USA, including Berkeley), University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and Asian Institute of Technology.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
September 14-21, 2003:
LEAD International Workshop on Sustainable Development: Cross Border Resource Flow & Management in Greater Mekong Subregion and Megacities & Rural Community Development.

Objective:

Leadership for Environment and development (LEAD) is a global network of people and organizations committed to sustainable development.