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Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
May 22, 2003: Seminar on Advanced 5-Axis CNC for Industry & Research will be held at the Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, 4th Floor, Room 413. The seminar will be conducted in English and participants are limited to approximately 50 only.

AITCC Conference Center Functions
April 14 - April 18, 2003

AIT Pres. Jean Louis Armand (right) presents a token of appreciation to H.E. Minister Prommin Lertsuridej

AIT proposed the Energy Ministry a project to support human resources development in Energy field

AIT recently discussed with Thailand's Ministry of Energy initiative project to support human resources development in the area of Energy through degree programs for staff of the Ministry and related agencies as well as educational institutions.

Fun & Food Fair

Students and parents of the AIT Community School had a lot of fun and got full when playing a variety of games and tasting international food at the Fun & Food Fair held on April 3 at the AIT Community School Ground.

The event was opened by AIT President's wife, Mrs.

News from GMSARN

From left: Dr. Chumnarn Pongsri, Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Ms. Thelma Kay,
Dr. Ruben Umaly, Prof. Hisashi Kurokura and Prof. Chongrak Polprasert.

Environmental Workshop on GMS Capacity Building for Sustainable Development

The Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network (GMSARN) and the ASEAN Foundation (Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund) held the Environmental Workshop on GMS Capacity Building for Sustainable Development on April 3-4, 2003 at AIT. The workshop marked GMSARN's third activity this year.

New Appointment

Professor Neelakantan Ramachandran (right) has assumed the post of Chief Internal Auditor on a full-time basis, beginning April 1, 2003. The position was established with the endorsement of the Executive Committee to strengthen the internal audit function of the Institute.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
May 22, 2003: Seminar on Advanced 5-Axis CNC for Industry & Research will be held at the Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, 4th Floor, Room 413. The seminar will be conducted in English and participants are limited to approximately 50 only.

On Monday, March 31, 2003 a delegation of faculty, staff and students from the School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan visited AIT. The group was composed of Prof. Kunio Sawaya, Chairman of International Exchange Committee; Dr. Mikiko Nakajima, Assistant Professor; Dr. Hirokazu Moriya, Assistant Professor; Mr. Tustomu Ujiie, Academic Affairs Section; Ms. Yukiko Hayasaka, Librarian and 9 students.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
April 8, 2003: The School of Civil Engineering is holding a seminar
entitled The Design and Construction of the Bridges across Storebelt (Great Belt) and Øresund in room E - 220< SCE Building. The seminar will be conducted by Niels J. Gimsing, Professor, Advisor on Bridge Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark.

RE-Source Award for Sustainable Watershed Management

The AIT community is pleased to learn that the project proposal jointly developed by Dr. Gopal B. Thapa and Dr. Michael Albert Zoebisch, with the assistance of Mr. Bishnu Hari Pandit, a doctoral student in the School of Environment, Resources and Development, has been declared as one of the three winners of the 2002 RE-Source Award for Sustainable Watershed Management, out of 105 project proposals submitted from all over the world.