Election of the New Board Chairman
It is with pride and pleasure that I wish to inform the AIT community that the Board of Trustees
of the Asian Institute of Technology has elected among its members H.E. Mr. Anand
Panyarachun to be its next Chairman, in replacement of the late M L Birabhongse Kasemsri,
former Principal Private Secretary to His Majesty the King of Thailand.
Newly-elected BMA Governor Mr. Samak Sundaravej to lecture at AIT
Mr. Samak Sundaravej, newly elected Governor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), will address infrastructure issues pertaining to the sustainable development of Bangkok as a major metropolis with over 6 million people, at a lecture to be held on Wednesday, 20 Sept.
PROFESSORIAL APPOINTMENT
With the endorsement of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, I am pleased to announce the promotion in academic rank of Dr Yordphol Tanaboriboon, SCE/Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Program, from Associate Professor to full Professor effective 1 July 2000.
Prof.
Time Series Analysis of NOAA AVHRR 10-Day NDVI Composites
As part of the seminar series being organized by the Space Technology Applications and Research Program in the School of Advanced Technologies, a seminar entitled, 'Time Series Analysis of NOAA AVHRR 10-Day NDVI Composites' will be held on 28 Sept.
August @ AITCV
AITCV launches an International Executive MBA Program
The AITCV opened its International EMBA Program following an orientation session held on 25 August in collaboration with the School of Management (SOM). The orientation featured a presentation by SOM faculty member Dr. Fredric William Swierczek.
A special message of thanks from Dr. Honda
Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, Coordinator of the Space Applications and Research
Program (STAR), would like to thank his STAR colleagues together with Dr. Kanchana Kanchanasut, Director of the Distributed Education (DEC);
Dr. Charoon Chirapaisarnkul, Director of the Regional Computer Center (RCC); Dr. Agus Harianto, Computer Specialist of RCC;
Mr. Olivier Nicole, Research Specialist of the Computer Science and Information Management Program, School of Advanced Technologies, for their support in holding the Earth Observation Workshop, held on 11 and 12 August at the AIT auditorium
and organized by CEOS (the Comittee on Earth Observation Satellites). Some
172 participants attended (109 from Thailand, 27 from North America, 25
from the USA, 15 from Europe and 21 from Asia (with 11 coming from Japan).
Earth Observation Activity Applications and Network Data and Information
Exchange Systems were demonstrated.
Wanted: Desk Officer for UMP-AIT Core Group
The UNCHS/Urban Management Programme (UMP)-AIT Core Group is urgently seeking
a Desk Officer who will assist in various outreach activities such as city
consultations and action programs in the region. The Desk Officer will
coordinate the activities engaged in by the concerned FoS (Urban Environmental
Management and Gender and Development Studies) within UMP-AIT, as well
as act as the day-to-day contact person for such activities and other related
concerns.
Welcome to SERD faculty
The School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) welcomes Dr. Michael Albert Zoebisch and Prof. Dr. Shinichi Okamoto who joined the SERD faculty on 1 September 2000.
Dr. Zoebisch, who is seconded by Danida, joined the Agricultural and Aquatic Systems and Engineering (AASE) Program as an Associate Professor in the Agricultural Systems field of study.
Workshop on earth observation using satellite technology
More than 150 scientists, researchers, engineers and policymakers from all over the world attended the international workshop on Earth Observation Satellite Application for Natural Resource Monitoring, held at AIT on 11-12 September.
AIT to collaborate with the Open University of Sri Lanka
A Memorandum of Understanding signed with AIT will enable selected faculty from the Open University of Sri Lanka to attend the Institute's Master's or 'split' Ph.D. programs. Funding will be provided by the Asian Development Bank through its Science and Technology Personnel Development Project for Sri Lankan Universities/Research Institutions.