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AIT Symposium
Monday, October 16

JAPANESE CLASSES for September 2000 Term
Basic I class will start on 16 Oct and will end on 17 Nov. Classes will be held at 12 :00 noon every Monday, Wedenesday and Friday in room 231 Presentation Room, CLET. The instructors are Mrs. Takewaka, Mrs. Miura and Mrs.

Prof. Chongrak Heads Mission to Sri Lanka

On behalf of AIT President Prof. Jean-Louis Armand and the Institute, Prof. Chongrak Polprasert, Dean of the School of Environment, Resources and Development, presented a signed MOU to Prof. J.W. Wickremasinghe, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Religious rites for Prof. Surapong's mother

In memory of the mother of Prof. Surapong Chirarattananon,
Energy Program Coordinator, religious rites will be held nightly starting today (9 October) at Wat Hualampong Sala 4 until
Wednesday, 11 October.

AIT Donors' Meeting

As a follow-up to the Stakeholders' Forum held in September 1999 on the
occasion of AIT's 40th anniversary, the Institute will hold a Donors'
Meeting on 16 and 17 October. The Donors Meeting will help AIT formulate its new five-year strategic plan.

H.E. Mr. Pote Sarasin, founding father of the SEATO Graduate School of
Engineering, precursor of AIT, dies at 95

The AIT Community mourns the passing away on 28 September 2000 of H.E. Mr.
Pote Sarasin, at the age of 95. Mr. Pote, former Prime Minister of Thailand,
was the founding father of the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, precursor
of the Asian Institute of Technology.

AWARDS FOR SCE FACULTY AND STUDENT
DR. PANNAPA HERABAT, honored by the American Society of Engineering Education

Dr. Pannapa Herabat, a faculty member of the School of Civil Engineering,
and co-authors Adjo Amekudzi, Kristen Sanford Bernhardt and Sue McNeil
were selected for the Best PIC I (Professional Interest Councils) Paper
Award by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The announcement
was made at the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.

Main Events @ AITCV

AIT and AITCV organized the 14th Council of Advisors Meeting at AITCV on 18 September 2000. The opening ceremony to welcome the first student intake of the International Executive MBA was held at AITCV in the evening of the same day.

MEETING THE PROVOST

On Wednesday, 25 Sept., Dr. Heike Veike (left), Program Director for Agriculture
Science of the German National Research Council, visited AIT and made a
courtesy call on Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost. She also had meeting
with Prof.

POSITION AVAILABLE AT AIT
Wanted: Computer Programmer

Asst. Prof. Dongjoo Park, a faculty member of the Transportation and
Infrastructure Program, School of Civil Engineering, is in need of a Computer
Programmer to assist in the project, 'Development of Dynamic Route Guidance
System for Intelligent Transportation Systems'.

He/she will be responsible for the development of a Windows program
applying algorithms for vehicle route guidance systems using programming
language (e.g. Java, Visual Basic). Employment will initially be for six
months, from 16 October 2000 to 15 April 2001. (The contract maybe extended
for another six months).

Interested persons must have a good knowledge of/experience in window
programming.