The aim of the event is to raise funds for the provision of 2nd breath assembly spacers to those in need. Two activities planned for the event are:Thai Kids Spacer Assembling at the Auditorium, AIT Conference Center (100 volunteers needed)Cycling around AIT campus – total distance of 10 km, 2 rounds of the campus (Participants are limited to 400)Details about the breath spacer can available at this link
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Back to the basics, says water conservation expert
Eminent water conservationist and Stockholm Water Prize winner Rajendra Singh sought a return to the basics and made an impassioned plea for inculcating a love towards nature. While delivering the keynote address at the Water Security and Climate Change Conference organized at the Asian Institute of Technology from 28 November-1 December 2016, Rajendra Singh pointed towards an immense chasm that had emerged between scientists and the grassroots community.
Young author award for AIT researcher
A researcher working at AIT’s GeoInformatics Center (GIC) has bagged the young author award at the Eighth International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Kaleidoscope Academic Conference held at Bangkok between 14-16 November 2016. While Biplov Bhandari, Research Associate, GIC , won the young author award, the paper also won the best paper award at the Conference.
Structural solutions for tall buildings: AIT shows the way
When buildings become taller, the challenges for engineers and architects skyrocket. Higher buildings bring more challenges for all experts involved in this profession. These were the issues deliberated at the tall building seminar organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) from 7-9 November 2016.
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Urban planning is key to achieving the two-degree target and urban infrastructure can reduce emissions by half, says study in Nature Climate Change by AIT author
The design of today’s transportation systems, buildings and other infrastructures will largely determine tomorrow’s CO2 emissions. Climate smart urban infrastructure and buildings could cut future emissions in half or about 10 Gt CO2 per year from 2040 onwards. These core findings have emerged from a new study that has been jointly published by Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the prestigious journal “Nature Climate Change.†The study is led by Felix Creutzig from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) and other international colleagues.
Lecture on “Challenges in qualitative interview: Interviewee-interviewer relationshipâ€
Lecture by Dr. Lotta O. Kokkonen, University Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Abstract:
Ethical issues in research are not only a chapter or a paragraph towards the end of one’s research report, but something one should be thinking throughout research process.
Lecture on Social networks and networking as a part of academic professionalism
Lecture by Dr. Lotta O. Kokkonen, University Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Abstract:Modern work life calls for competencies that enable people to be creative, innovative and effective. Studies looking at contemporary enterprises and organizations, such as business organizations and schools, have showed that many of the qualifications that graduate students would need are being associated with communication competencies, and with social networks.
Book on Structural Engineering by AIT authors
A book on “Structural Cross-sections: Analysis and Design†authored by Dr. Naveed Anwar and Fawad A. Najam of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), has been published by Elsevier. Released on 11 November 2016, the book focuses on basic tools and computation methods for structural design and analysis of beam and column cross-sections.
7th AIT Distinguished Adjunct Faculty (DAF) Seminar” by Prof Janos J Bogárdi
About Prof. Bogárdi:Prof. Bogárdi is Professor at the University of Bonn, Germany. He is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Development Research, and had served as a faculty member at AIT in the 1980s. He served for 14 years in the UN system, first at the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme, finishing his UN service as Director of the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security; and then as Vice Rector in Europe.