CANCELLED : The Seminar has now been cancelled.Prof. Martin Beniston of University of Geneva, Switzerland, will deliver a special talk on " Water Resources by the end of the Century in Mountains with Declining Snow and Ice" at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 5 February 2016. Prof.
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AIT faculty member co-authors FAO publication
Dr. Peeyush Soni, an Associate Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has coauthored a publication titled “A regional strategy for sustainable agricultural mechanization.â€
Impacts of Electricity Access in Developing World
Further details are available at this link.Registration: http://goo.gl/forms/nP0FyVPk4x
Please register your participation before Friday, 8 February 2016.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur signs agreement with AIT
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur, India, has signed agreements with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for facilitating student exchange, faculty exchange, and undertaking joint research projects. Prof. Gautam Sinha, Director, IIM (Kashipur), and Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, AIT President, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on 19 January 2016.
Exploring the mysteries of the invisible layers of the earth
While star-gazing and new techniques enable scientists to explore objects billions of kilometers away, the fact remains that we cannot see what is happening a few centimetres below the ground. Unless one is a geophysicist, the mysterious of what happens “under the ground†always remain an enigma.
Smart Shrimp Aquaculture Workshop for the Asia Pacific Region
Further details are available at this link: http://goo.gl/PBQ7le Registration: https://goo.gl/pT4dO1
Thailand’s tallest Buddha statue has an AIT connection
When the tallest statue of Lord Buddha was being created in Thailand, the Crown Property Bureau thought of one organization to fall back upon for checking and verifying the stability of the structure — the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).
International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia “Converting Aspirations to Actionsâ€
For registration please visit this link: http://www.rrcap.ait.asia/ifsfa/Documents/registration-ifsfa.pdf
DAF Seminar: Technological Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Climate Resilience Smart Cities
Live broadcast link : http://www.livebroadcast.ait.ac.th/daf2016/
About the Speaker:An AIT alumnus, Dr. Lohani is a member of the AIT Board of Trustees. He has also served as Chairman and Associate Professor of the Divison of Environmental Engineering at AIT.
Dr. Bindu Lohani is currently the Head of Global Climate Change Practice, Centennial Group, USA; Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan; and Chief Advisor, K water and Founding Member, Asian Water Council, Korea.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to Geophysics
Abstract: We live in the 21st Century. The satellites cruising around the earth help our daily communication. The spacecrafts travel interplanetary space to collect information. Radio telescopes watch birth and death of stars. We try to understand what happened in the galaxies millions of light years away.