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Asian Institute of Technology

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AIT'S 132nd GRADUATION CEREMONY

For someone who joined the first batch of is not just my story but the story of 24,000 alumni students of AIT’s precursor, the SEATO

spread across 100 countries,” he said. AIT is a very Graduate School of Engineering in 1959, the special place, and its internationality is unique, Dr.

life journey of H.E. Dr. Subin Pinkayan, Chair of Subin added.

the AIT Board of Trustees,

has been intertwined with

Offering lessons to graduat-

that of the Institute itself.

ing students, Dr. Subin

Delivering the graduation

asked them to dream big

address to students on

because “if you have no

December 13, 2019 as part

dreams, big things never

of what President Eden

happen. But dreams are

Y. Woon described as the

useless unless they are

“final punctuation mark

accompanied by action.”

in the 60th-anniversary

Do not hesitate to be a

celebrations,” Dr. Subin

pioneer, do your best, never

narrated the story of his 85

blame yourself, and learn

years as he gets ready to

from the past while looking

step down from AIT’s Board

towards the future. Do not

Chair in January next year.

work alone but seek help

Dr Woon added that there is

from friends, and do not

no more fitting person than

seek all glory for yourself,

Dr Subin to be the distinguished speaker at this last but use the win-win approach – were the mantras he graduation exercise of the 60th Anniversary.

offered the students.

“I am indebted to AIT, and I have always tried The Board Chair concluded by stating that he is to give back to the Institute,” Dr. Subin said, as proud that as the Institute charts its future course he recounted how AIT had provided him with a of “Transforming AIT” under President Woon, scholarship to complete his Master’s, opened the it remains committed to the development of Asia.

vistas of international education, helped him to President Woon has taken over AIT’s presidency at travel to France and then the United States to pursue his PhD, and also gave him a teaching career. “This Continue to page 2

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Dr. Eden Y Woon

Mr. Hong Bo Chen

this important juncture, and he has embarked on Hong Bo Chen, COO, Tus-Holdings Co. Ltd., and key strategies designed to take AIT to its next Deputy Director, Tsinghua University Science level. I am proud that AIT is transforming itself Park (TusPark). Mr. Chen, who graduated from under its new motto of “Social Impact with AIT in 1992, spoke about his experience of Innovation,” Dr. Subin said.

managing the world’s largest innovation park, stressing the importance and role of science parks President Woon stated that the graduation and incubators in supporting hi-tech companies.

exercise effectively ends AIT’s 60th-anniversary Speaking of the role AIT played in his career, Mr.

celebrations. During this year, AIT has hosted Chen said: “Every time I attend a conference, many distinguished speakers and organized I will make a special mention of the fact that I many seminars, lectures, and conferences. It graduated from AIT, because it was AIT that has seen a new leadership take over and signed provided me with an opportunity to understand numerous agreements with prestigious universities different international cultures, and it gave me and companies. AIT has a new roadmap for self-confidence.” Stating that a key reason why transforming itself. It has established the AIT AI China has managed to increase its per capita GDP

Center and the AIT Entrepreneurship Center and from 300 USD in 1991 to 10,000 USD today, is opened the Belt & Road Research Center. With the role played by hi-tech companies. No fewer 2020 upon us, the Academic Senate has approved than 15,000 new companies are being established numerous measures providing our students with daily in China, which implies that 10 companies more opportunities for innovative and experiential are set up every minute. However, the success learning. “You have had a front-row seat in a very rate of hi-tech companies is only five percent, he important year in AIT’s history – both from a added. He complimented AIT for establishing the legacy standpoint and from a future transformation Entrepreneurship Center, calling it a “far-seeing standpoint,” Dr. Woon remarked.

decision,” and adding that he is in talks with people in the AIT Entrepreneurship Center to commence President Woon cautioned students that they were cooperation very soon.

entering an uncertain world where humanity faces numerous challenges emerging from technology, an AIT’s 132nd graduation ceremony saw the award environmental train-wreck, geopolitical conflicts of PhD degrees to 26 students, Master’s to 183, and confrontations, disruption of harmonious Diplomas to five, and Bachelor’s to five graduates.

societies by social media, and rapid changes in the Graduating students came from 20 countries new knowledge needed simply to keep up. “Just from four continents – Asia, Europe, Oceania, as we transform AIT, your transformation must be and South America. Ms. Kwanhatai Thongpalad continuous and forward-looking,” he stressed.

of the School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) also delivered a speech on Delivering the prominent alumni speech was Mr.

behalf of graduating students.

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President's New Year 2020 Message pitch in! AIT cannot be more innovative, more global, more entrepreneurial, more relevant, and more caring without every one of the AIT Family dedicating themselves, from students to faculty to staff to this goal. This year is an important one for AIT because its the first full year that the new leadership team is on board, and this is the first full year that the new Roadmap implementing our I2E2S2 strategy is in effect. How successful we are in Transforming AIT

depends to a large extent on what we do over the next twelve months!

Welcome back after the New Year Holidays! I hope you had a good rest during the break, and that you are ready for an exciting Again, I hope you had a Happy New 2020 I also welcome the almost 100 new regular and exchange Year, and I wish to extend early greetings students joining AIT for the January Semester 2020. We wish for the Lunar New Year coming See you them luck in the pursuit of their studies at AIT!

around campus!

Our 60th Anniversary Year may be over, but our work in

Dr. Eden Woon

Transforming AIT continues. To do that, we need everyone to

President

President Woon addresses Kathmandu University’s 25th Convocation Ceremony

AIT President Dr. Eden Woon on 20 December 2019 addressed a crowd of more than six thousand as the special speaker at Kathmandu University’s 25th Convocation Ceremony held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The ceremony included fifteen hundred graduates.

During his Convocation Speech, Dr. Woon emphasized that the world has now become much more challenging, and that such challenges will impact the younger generations, including the graduates at the ceremony. He laid out technology, environment, The Convocation Ceremony was chaired social issues, and geopolitics as four areas that will create more by Nepal’s Minister of Education, Science and more challenges.

and Technology Mr. Giriraj Mani Pokhrel.

After the Convocation Ceremony, Dr.

His speech then focused on giving some advice to the Woon had a courtesy meeting with the Rt.

graduates on the useful traits necessary for success in this Honorable Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr.

challenging world. Dr. Woon also took the opportunity to K.P. Sharma Oli at the Prime Minister’s highlight AIT’s motto of Social Impact with Innovation.

residence. Foreign Minister Mr. Pradeep He emphasized that AIT is focusing more than ever on Gyawali, Information and Communi-injecting innovation and entrepreneurial experience for the cation Minister and Spokesperson of benefit of it students, as such experience is vital for education Government of Nepal Mr. Gokul Banskota of the future.

were also present.

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AIT-Japan Cooperation

50th Anniversary Celebration

AIT and Japan share a “relationship MoU with Tokyo University of Science

from the heart” – President Woon

Celebrating 50 years of cooperation between the As a part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Japan, President Woon and Dr. Chiaki Mukai, Vice President President Eden Y. Woon described the association of the Tokyo University of Science, also signed a between the two as a “relationship from the heart.”

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the Recounting contributions from Japan, President presence of H.E. the Ambassador of Japan and H.E.

Woon recalled how Japan provided AIT with Dr. Subin Pinkayan, Chair of the AIT Board of Trustees.

support from its early days, and how almost 1,000

alumni from all around the world have benefitted Dr. Mukai, who has the honor of being the first from Japanese support.

female astronaut in Asia, delivered a talk on “21st Century Education: Pursuing Diversity.” Having Celebrating the occasion on December 9, 2019, flown in space twice (aboard NASA’s Space the AIT President thanked Japan for its “selfless Shuttle Columbia in 1994 and Discovery in 1998), assistance to AIT.” He reminded the audience that she mentioned how the international microgravity apart from research collaboration, Japan had also laboratory in space was a symbol of diversity — of seconded faculty members and researchers to AIT.

nationalities, professions, and gender. “It was diver-Several AIT former vice presidents also came sity that made the team so strong,” she remarked as from Japan. Recently, on the occasion of AIT's she recounted her experience as a medical doctor 60th-anniversary celebrations, three university researching in space along with engineers, aviators, presidents from Japan participated in the Presidents and even a senior politician. She also interacted Forum.

with a group of AIT students, who asked her about her experience and motivation.

Ambassador of Japan to Thailand H.E. Mr. Shiro Sadoshima stated that Japan had envisioned that Mr. Masahiro Imbe delivered a congratulatory AIT would play a critical role in Asian development, message on behalf of the AIT Alumni Association and this led to Japan offering support to AIT

(Japan Chapter). Mr. Nishimura Sohsuke, General from the very start. Beside scholarships, the Manager, Kurita Water Industries Ltd., Kurita Government of Japan donated the AIT Conference Water and Environment Foundation, spoke Center in 1977 and the AIT Library in 1981. Japan about “Kurita Scholarships: Contribution to the has also seconded 163 faculty members to AIT.

Development of New Technologies of Water The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Conservation and Environmental Protection.”

continues to offer both technical and financial support to AIT in the fields of remote sensing and geographical information studies. Further, Japanese universities and the private sector helped AIT emerge out of the catastrophic 2011 flood by offering mobile water pumps as well as financial support, Ambassador Sadoshima said.

Dr. Chiaki Mukai interacting with AIT students.

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AIT congratulates alumna Ms. May Sabe Phyu ‒ Winner of the 2019 N-Peace Awards

and engages multi-sectoral stakeholders as partners in achieving gender equality. She uses various platforms to build on the gains of women in Myanmar, and continuously identifies and works to address laws, policies, as well as cultural and social norms that work against the achievement of full gender equality.

May’s work is centered around advocacy which considers gender, ethnicity, the rights of the disabled, and access to health care. She is the Co-Founder Ms. May is an alumna of the Gender and Development of the Kachin Peace Network, and the Kachin Studies program, Department of Development and Women’s Peace Network, organizations that call Sustainability (DDS), School of Environment, for inter-ethnic dialogues social cohesion.

Resources and Development.

In 2015, she was the recipient of the International May Sabe Phyu has had a dynamic career advocating Women of Courage Award. In 2017, she was for women’s full realization of their human rights.

honoured for her role in advancing the Women, Currently serving as Director of the Gender Equality Peace and Security agenda in Myanmar through Network, her work utilizes intersectional approaches the Global Trailblazer Award.

AITAA ROC Chapter donates 1 Mil. THB for the Student Exchange Scholarship program – 200K THB towards Robert B.

Banks Auditorium renovations

About 70 alumni from the AIT

Alumni Association ROC Chapter attended the 60th Anniversary

celebration in October 2019 and donated 1 Million Thai Baht towards the AIT Student Exchange Scholarship program. Student granted funds from this Exchange Program will be called “AITAA ROC Chapter

Exchange Scholars.”

part in exchanges with any university in Taiwan.

The Student Exchange Scholarship program is for AIT master’s students In addition, the Chapter also donated 200,000 Thai Baht towards the of any nationality taking part in renovation of the Robert B. Banks auditorium.

academic exchanges to Chung Yuan

Christian University. It is also open In recognition of this generosity, 40 chairs in the RBB auditorium to master's students from Taiwan to will be named for the AITAA ROC Chapter. AIT President, Dr. Eden exchange with any university in the Y. Woon expressed his appreciation to the Chapter for its continued world with which AIT has an

support to the Institute.

agreement, as well as master's students of any nationality taking Source: Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs

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Alum Mr. Rathawit Na Lamphun (SOM’15) donates 500,000 THB

for upgrade of Student Village 1

Mr. Rathawit Na Lamphun, AIT School of Management alumnus (SOM’15) and Assistant Chief Executive Officer of Index International Group Company Limited, presented a donation of 500,000 Thai Baht on 13 December 2019

to AIT President Dr. Eden Y. Woon as support for the recent 60th Anniversary and towards the upgrade of Student Village 1 (SV3). In recognition of this generous donation, the building will be named after the Na Lamphun family.

Mr. Na Lamphun was accompanied by his father, Dr. Chainarong Na Lamphun, a prominent alumnus (WRD’80) and tion to Mr. Na Lamphun and the Na Lamphun family for their the Chief Executive Officer of Index continued support to the Institute.

International Group Company Limited.

President Woon expressed his apprecia-Source: Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs AITAA Thailand Chapter Student Exchange Scholarship Program

Ms. Pawitra Yooto, a master’s student from Thailand in the School of Management, is the first recipient of the AITAA Thailand Chapter Student Exchange Scholarship Program. The bursary covers half of her expenses to be an exchange student at the EADA Business School in Barcelona, Spain from January to April 2020.

The AIT Alumni Thailand Chapter donated 1

Million Thai Baht for a period of 5 years for master’s students from Thailand exchanging to AIT

partner universities worldwide. The scholarship is to subsidize 50 percent of the student’s exchange expenses. Students from all three AIT schools are Ms. Pawitra Yooto with Dr. Eden Y Woon eligible. A student granted for this scholarship will be called an “AITAA Thailand Chapter Exchange one-semester academic exchange to globally Scholar.”

recognized universities with whom AIT has This exchange scholarship program will enable partnership agreement.

AIT master’s students to have the opportunity to broaden their international exposure through a Source: Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs

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Q & A with Prof Dieter Trau, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, and Director, AIT Entrepreneurship Center It has been five months since you left the National changes they'd like to see. I've been at AIT now for University of Singapore (NUS) and joined AIT

exactly one semester, and I introduced the semester-as the Dean of the School of Engineering and start and semester-end "Tea with the Dean and Technology (SET). How has the AIT experience Faculty” for our students to learn more about their been so far?

studies and living experience on the AIT campus.

Yes, that’s correct. I was at NUS for 15 years as faculty in the Biomedical Engineering Department, What is your vision for SET?

and I gave up my position there to come to AIT. My One of the main visions for the School of AIT experience for the past five months has been a Engineering is contribution to society through high great learning exercise about what AIT does and how quality human resources, research and education.

it ticks. As a postgraduate-only school with about In short, to attract the best faculty and therefore 1,600 students and three Schools (Engineering, students – and vice versa – to SET! I also wish to Environmental Resources,

engage our alumni more

and Management), AIT

and entice them to come

is obviously very different

back to the campus. With

in its organization from

the best people, the job is

NUS. It’s nice to see

already half-done because

many people from different

it’s all about people. In

countries coming and

terms of research, I want

working together in one

to extend SET’s existing

holistic environment. With

research in the health &

reference to AIT’s new

wellness area. Health &

slogan “Transforming AIT,”

wellness is an important

I made it a point to meet

area for the region, and it

with a majority – if not

has great potential for so-

all – of SET faculty and

cial impact. Strategically,

invited students to "Tea

Thailand has a huge health

with the Dean" to elicit

& wellness industry where

feedback and recommen-

we can apply our research

dations on changes they

and where our students can

would like to see at AIT.

get good jobs. Moreover,

AIT is a quite special

in less than 5 years, several

institution in Thailand and the world, and I am still countries including Thailand will become aging in the learning phase. I need more time to work out societies where health and wellness are one of the the best way forward for SET and to set new goals most crucial demands. My long-term vision is that with my faculty and define our action plan. That’s all AIT or SET should have a unit fully dedicated to going on as a speak.

health & wellness, which could be a Department or a School or a Research Center. I'm confident SET

How do you see your role as Dean and the can make a strong contribution to the development responsibility your role has towards the school of engineering solutions to pressing health & well-and the students?

ness problems within the region and even globally As Dean, I feel it's important to react to the changing and impact the lives of many people for the better.

world of education and research to keep the School competitive and lead it towards a sustainable future.

How would you describe an ideal SET student?

To do that, I need to keep an eye out for new and There is no one "ideal student.” Students can be all exciting opportunities as well as listen to what the ideal in their specific way, using their specific talents SET faculty and students have to say. As I mentioned and social interactions. SET wants to attract motivated previously, I made it a point to meet with a majority of and creative students, out-of-the-box thinkers but SET Faculty to elicit their feedback and learn about with a sense of what the future world and in particular

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the needs of the engineering profession will be like.

opportunities for students, such as internships and AIT is probably the most international university in exchange scholarships, founding a startup via our Thailand and top in the region. We want it to stay Entrepreneurship Center, joining student exchange that way and to welcome students from all over the programs with well-known universities worldwide, globe to join in and add to our multinational and participating internships with local and overseas multicultural environment. The school’s vision is to enterprises, and volunteering in service learning help students achieve their full potential and to be programs with social responsibility organizations in successful in their studies at AIT and in their future Thailand.

careers and lives.

The AIT campus offers very beautiful, green How do you plan to make SET more attractive surroundings. But having this alone does not globally to young engineers?

make a good campus; there must be several other First of all, SET must have attractive and "cool"

factors. What do you think makes a good campus?

offerings in terms of research and educational What makes an educational campus good is to programs. SET’s work on drones, artificial intel-allow everyone in it – students, staff, and faculty ligence, robotics, and smart cities is already pretty

– to be united and to feel that everyone can work

"cool." However, that’s not enough; we must also well together. This can be achieved if everyone communicate this development through all types contributes to nurturing the atmosphere we have on of media. I want SET to be visible in all media campus by focusing on communicating effectively platforms for us to build our brand and identity and with others, being adaptable to a rapidly-changing make it known to the world. By reaching students society and world, and uniting and connecting in all social platforms, SET aims to establish and students with each other and with others around maintain a personal connection with them. Conse-them, including faculty and staff. After all, we are quently, when people hear about AIT’s School of all one big AIT Family.

Engineering and Technology, they'll know right away who we are. Word of mouth is also a very powerful The United Nations' Sustainable Development tool. People these days really listen to and value the Goals (or SDGs) are becoming a focus in many recommendations of others, especially those close universities for their research. Is your school also to them in terms of age. Ideally, every SET student active in this area?

and graduate becomes our Global Ambassador. We AIT has long been known for its excellent research, will also offer a "Minor in Entrepreneurship" from including areas related to the Sustainable Develop-August 2020 onwards.

ment Goals. In fact, AIT was already working on sustainable development goals even before they were How important is it for students to be encour-defined by the United Nations. Historically, AIT has aged? How would you encourage SET students?

been very strong in water, environmental, energy, It's very important for students to not only be encour-and safe and affordable housing. AIT was founded aged but also feel encouraged. It's difficult enough for capacity development in those areas, which were for students, especially our international students, as important at AITs foundation 60 years ago as they who make up about 70% of the total, to be living in a are today. Here are a few examples of recent research new place all alone. That's why I think students need contributing to SDG 3 – Ensuring Healthy Lives and to be and feel encouraged. AIT does have its Career Promoting Well-being for All at All Ages: Center, but I believe students should also be getting encouragement from their respective faculty, and Dr. Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn’s research especially myself, the Dean.

on Medical, Health Care, and Sport Information and Communication Technologies, which aims to There are several ways in which SET students can prevent serious injuries in sports and to increase be encouraged. One of them is to talk to them and individual independence, mobility, safety, and social to get to know them. That's what we do in the contact through better communication, inclusion, newly-introduced “Tea with the Dean and Faculty”

and participation using available technologies.

sessions by believing in students' ability to carry out great research projects, motivating them throughout, Prof. Manukid Parnichkun’s research projects aim and finally rewarding them for their achievements.

to help the mobility of disabled and elderly people.

We also introduce new and highly attractive These include the Development of a Leg-Exoskeleton

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Robot for a Walking Rehabilitation Project and the that’s what SET and AIT do.

Development of an Autonomous Mobile Robotic Chair with Ability for Staircase Climbing for You are the founding director of the new AIT

Disabled and Elderly People.

Entrepreneurship Center. How do you visualize the role of entrepreneurship within the AIT

Prof. Matthew Dailey and Dr. Mongkol Ekpan-ecosystem?

yapong’s Smart Campus project contributes to SDG

As you know, AIT celebrated its 60th Anniversary 11 – Making Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, just two months ago, and our 60th Anniversary Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable. The Smart Campus motto is "Transforming AIT." Part of this transfor-project prototypes the city-scale, AI-based tracking mation consists of injecting greater innovation and of vehicles to facilitate various applications such as entrepreneurship into AIT. This is precisely what the locating someone in case of an emergency, logistics, new AIT Entrepreneurship Center does. It will be a location-based services, traffic analysis, and more.

cornerstone for our students and faculty as they seek The project is now at the testing stage.

to translate their ideas and projects into tangible outcomes such as prototypes, business plans, and Those are just some examples on how my School startups. My vision for the AIT Entrepreneurship contributes to the SDGs. Together with our Center is to create social impact with innovation, colleagues from the other Schools, we at AIT also just as in our slogan. The Entrepreneurship Center contribute to SDGs related to food sustainability, has only been in existence for about two months, so climate change, and poverty reduction. AIT's slogan perhaps I should report on its activities and impact is “Social Impact with Innovation.” For me, this is sometime in the future after its activities have been a short form for contributing to the 17 sustainable ramped up.

development goals by achieving Social Impact, and GLOBAL ENGAGEMENTS

Meeting with a delegation from the College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University,

China on 17 December 2019.

The delegation was led by Dean Prof. Hongguag Cheng.

Meeting on 23

December 2019

Dr. Jörgen

at the University

Sjöberg, Director

of Waterloo,

of International

Canada, with Dr.

Affairs from the

Ian Rowlands (left),

Chalmers University

Vice President,

of Technology,

International, UoW

Sweden, visited

and Ms. Suping

AIT on 4 December

Zhao, International

2019 for partnership

Manager, UoW

discussions

(right).

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Workshop on "Biofloc, Biomimicry, and Biological Farming for Innovative Aquaculture Entrepreneurship"

from 2 - 7 December 2019

AIT Roadshow in downtown Bangkok on The Thai Red Cross Society worked with volunteer 1 December 2019

students and staff to collect units of blood from the AIT community on 3 December 2019

A seminar on “Integrated Environmental

"WINTER CAMP 2019- Essential Skills Project Monitoring and Modelling Framework for Management Training for all engineers and Cumulative Effect Assessment” was delivered by architects who work in construction projects, Dr. Anil Gupta at AIT on 4 December 2019

conducted on 12 -14 December 2019

A talk on Blockchain Application by Iwan AIT-BNU Joint Seminar on Belt & Road Water and Spillebeen, CEO, BlockchainLabs.ai on Eco-Environmental Development was hosted by the 12 December 2019

AIT Belt & Road Research Center on 18 December 2019

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132nd Graduation

WELCOME & FAREWELL

WELCOME NEW EMPLOYEES

Name

Position

Unit

Mr. Santipong Grailert

Research Associate

EEM/SERD

Mr. Chaichan Poonperm

Research Associate

AI Center

Mr. Phawaphol Udompitayatorn

Research Associate

AI Center

Ms. Angsana Chaksan

Research Associate

GIC

Mr. Brighton Nhau

Research Fellow

DDS/SERD

Mr. Jeffrey C. Hamilton

General Manager

EEC

Dr. Chaklam Silpasuwanchai

Assistant Professor

ICT/SET

Mr. Ranadheer Mandadi

Research Assistant

RSGIS/SET

Mrs. Shadhini Krisna

Assistant Teacher

AITIS

FAREWELL: 31 DECEMBER 2019

Name

Position

Unit

Retirement

Mr. Ekkankun Krong-atek

Senior Technician

EEM/SERD

Mr. Gyanendra Ratna Sthapit

Director

Habitech Center

Miss Natnipha Vimuktanon

Media Officer (Public Relations)

OPA

Mrs. Adelaida Bonquin

Program Specialist

RRC AP

End of Employment

Mr. Bajinder Pal Singh

Director

OPA

Ms. Thitima Olarikabutr

Campus Architect

OFAM

Ms. Maneerasht Kampipop

Construction Project Manager

OFAM

Mr. Panuwat Chaiwut

Asst. Accommodation Officer

OFAM

Mr. Permpun Plumsud

Receptionist

OFAM

Mr. Rodolfo L. Cesar Jr.

Technician

UG/SET

Mr. Chatchai Pruetong

Laboratory Supervisor

ISE/SET

Ms. Sarojani Sthapit

Assistant Teacher

AITIS

Mr. Xinjian Qi

China Relations Officer

OIA

Dr Fredric W. Swierczek.

Director of Vietnam

AITCV

Source: Office of Human Resources Services

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