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Welcome STE Visiting Faculty

Dr. Ching-Jong Wang
The Structural Engineering (STE), School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome a new faculty, Dr. Ching-Jong Wang, as Visiting Faculty.  He is seconded by Yuntech (Taiwan) for one year.

Dr. Ching-Jong Wang received his doctorate from Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona. He has been serving as an Associate Professor at Construction Engineering Department, National Kaohsiung 1st University of Science & Technology (Taiwan).  His curriculum vitae along with recent journal publications can be found by logging onto the NKFUST website.

During his stay at STE/SET, Dr. Wang will teach a course entitled ‘CE72.52 Advanced Concrete Structures’.  He can be contacted at Academic building room no. N 234 extension no. 5532, email : wang-cj@ait.ac.th.

 

 

Scholarships opportunity for students from Indonesia and Philippines for 2011 intake >>

 

(updated: August 30, 2010)

 

Welcome TC Visiting Faculty

Dr. Alagan Anpalagan
The School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome a Visiting Faculty who has joined in Telecommunications FoS on his sabbatical leave for one semester to teach course AT77.05 Teletraffic Engineering this August 2010.

Dr. Alagan Anpalagan is an Associate Professor and ELCE Graduate Program Director, Principal Investigator of WINCORE Laboratory at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.  He received B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1995, 1997 and 2001 respectively.

He can be contact at room no. TC-214, telephone ext. #5739 and email address is alagan@ait.ac.th.

 

 

Welcome New CSIM Visiting Faculty

Dr. Raphael Duboz
CSIM welcomes Dr. Raphael Duboz as a Visiting Assistant Professor for 3 years from 1 July 2010, seconded by CIRAD (Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Rechercher agronomique pour le Development) where he served as a researcher in modeling and simulation.  He has 10 years experience in computer modeling and simulation, with applications in the environmental sciences and 4 years teaching experience in computer science in France.

Dr. Duboz obtained his Master in Environmental Sciences from University of Paris VI and Ph.D in Computer Science from University of Littoral Cote d’Opale, France.

He can be contacted at CSIM building, room 101, extension no. 5705 and through email at raphael@ait.ac.th or raphael@cs.ait.ac.th

 

 

Welcomes ISE visiting faculty

The Industrial Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome visiting faculty and 4 short-term Indian visiting professors who joined us in August 2010 semester.  Details are as follows:

1. Prof. Yannick Aoustin, a Visiting Professor, currently Assistant Professor at University of Nantes. He obtained his Ph.D. (1987) at The ecole Centrale de Nantes, University of Nantes. His areas of research interest include Control of Robots, especially control of robotmanipulators and Humanoid robots. Prof. Aoustin is seconded by European Master Program in Advanced Robotics (EMARO).
   During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Aoustin will do the research activities. He can be contacted at room no. 221 (Chalerm Prakiat Building) His period stay is July 12 –August 10, 2010
2. Prof. Renato Zaccaria, a Visiting Professor, currently professor in Computer Science ar the department of Communication, Computer and System Science (DIST), Unioversity of Genova, Italy. His area interest include Advanced Robotics. Prof. Zaccaria is seconded by European Master Program in Advanced Robotics (EMARO).
   During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Zaccaria will do the research activities. He can be contacted at room no. 234 (Chalerm Prakiat Building) email address zaccaria.renato@gmail.com
3. Prof. Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, Visiting Professor, currently Professor a part of the joint Robotics Engineering/ European Master on Advanced Robotics (EMARO) degree, Faculty of Engineering, UIniversity of Genova, Italy. His area interest include Formalization and representation of knowledge, tasks and actions using simboli and sub symbolic techniques. Prof. Mastrogiovanni is seconded by European Master Program in Advanced Robotics (EMARO).
   During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Mastrogiovanni will do the research activities. He can be contacted at room no. 208 (Chalerm Prakiat Building) email address fulvio.mastrogiovanni@unige.it
4. Prof. Masashi Shimizu, a Visiting Professor, currently professor department of Bio-Engineering, Maebasgi Institute of Technology, Japan. He obtained his Ph.D. (1965) in Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tohoku University. Prof. Shimizu is seconded by the Government of Japan.
   During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Shimizu will co teach AT74.01 Kinematics and Dynamics of Machanisms and Robots course. He can be contacted at room no. 221 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 5682, and at email: shimizu@maebashi-it.ac.jp
5. Dr. Adriano Jose da Conceicao Tevares, Adjunct Faculty, currently Assistant Professor at Department of Industrial Electronics-University of Minho. He obtained his Ph.D. (2000) in Industrial Electronics, University of Minho, Portugal.
   During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Tevares will co teach AT81.16 Real Time Systems course. He can be contacted at room no. 232 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 8345, and at email: Tavares@ait.ac.th
6. Dr. Joao L. Monteiro, Adjunct Faculty, currently Professor at Department of Industrial Electronics-University of Minho. He obtained his Ph.D. (2000) in Informatics Computer Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. During his stay at ISE/SET, Dr. Monteiro will co teach AT81.16 Real Time Systems course.  He can be contacted at room no. 233 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 8346, and at email: monteiro@ait.ac.aht
   
7. Dr. Vijay Janyani, Visiting Professor, currently Reader, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, Rajasthan.
   Dr. Janyani is seconded by the Government of India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Dr. Janyani will teach AT75.02 – Digital Integrated Circuit Design course.  He can be contacted at room no. 207 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no 5679, and at email vijayjanyani@gmail.com
   
8. Dr. Kondeputi Lal Kishore, Visiting Professor, currently Professor in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Director, School of Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hederabad, India.
   Dr. Kishore is seconded by the Government of India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Dr. Kishorewill teach AT75.05 – Analog Integrated Circuit Design course.  He can be contacted at room no. 205 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 6606 and at email lalkishorek@yahoo.com
   
9. Dr. Ravipudi Venkata Rao, Visiting Professor, currently Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat Ichchanath, Surat Gujarat State, India.
   Dr. Rao is seconded by the Government of India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Dr. Rao teach AT72.02 – Deterministic Optimization Models course.  He can be contacted at room no. 206 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no 5613, and at email ravipudirao@gmail.com
   
10. Dr. Parikh Parimal Amaratlal, Visiting Professor, currently Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India
    Dr. Amaratlal is seconded by the Government of India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Dr. Amaratlal teach AT79.06 Catalysis (including photocatalysis) course.  He can be contacted at room no. 103 (Outreach Building), extension no. 6205, and at email pap@ched.svnit.ac.in
    
11. Prof. Franscisco Miguel Portela da Gama, Visiting Faculty, currently Associate Professor Universidade do Minho. He obtained his Ph.D. (1996) in Biological Engineering, Universitdade do Minho, Potugual. His area interest include  Enzymatic technology, Controlled Drug Delivery.Biomaterials, Nanobiotechnology, Tissue Engineering.
    Prof. Francisco is seconded by EM Euro Asia. During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Francisco will teach selected topic “Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications”.  He can be contacted at room no. 104 (Outreach Building), extension no. 6206 email address fmgama@deb.uninho.pt
    
12. Prof. Gabor L. Hornyak, Visiting Faculty, currently Instructor (Introduction to Nanoscience) and Research Professor, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. He obtained his Ph.D. (1997) at Colorado State University. His research anddevelopment interests span carbon nanotube synthesis &thermodynamics, nano metal composite materials fabrication and opticalproperties, template synthesis of gold-55 quantum dot clustersynthesis & optical characterization. He is the founding member of the Colorado Nanotech Initiative (CNTI) that later became the state sanctioned organizing body for Colorado nanotechnology. In 2005, he formed NanoThread, Inc. with two colleagues, a company dedicated to creating long strands of carbon nanotubes with equivalent length and high order. Prof. Hornyak has been entrusted by Taylor & Francis Group (CRC Press) to edit a series of books in nanoscience and nanotechnology to be distributed globally titled the Perspectives in Nanotechnology Series. Prof. Hornyak has coauthored 3 textbooks in nanoscience and nanotechnology and has published over 40 articles, written four patents (2 have been granted) in the last two decades that he is involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology.  
    During his stay at ISE/ SET, Prof. Hornyak will teach AT79.02 Impactof Nanotechnology on the society and AT79.07 Nanothermodynamics and co-teaching two courses AT79.09 Colloids and Nanoparticles course. He can be contacted at the Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology (Outreach Building), extension no. 5617, and email: hornyak@ait.ac.th.
    

 

 

TRE welcomes short term visiting faculty

The Transportation Engineering (TRE), School of Engineering and Technology, is pleased to welcome 4 short term visiting faculty members joining in August 2010 semester. Details are as follows

Dr. Hironori Kato
Dr. Hironori Kato, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan - is joining as a Visiting Associate Professor from 15 to 26 August 2010.  He completed his doctoral studies in Civil Engineering form the University of Tokyo in 1999 and obtained his master and bachelor degrees in Civil Engineering from the same University.  His areas of research interest include transportation planning and transportation policy.

Dr. Kato is seconded by the Government of Japan. During his stay at TRE/SET, Dr. Kato will co-teach  the course CE73.14 Transportation Economics & Project Evaluation with Dr. Piyapong  Jiwattanakulpaisaorn, Adjunct Faculty from Department of Highways.  He can be contracted at room no. N256,ext. 5511 and at E-mail: kato@civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp, Web: http://www.trip.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kato

Dr. Kazushi Sano
Dr. Kazushi Sano, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan – is joining as a Visiting Associate Professor from 29 August 2010 to 4 September 2010.  He completed his doctoral studies in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1994 and obtained his Master and Bachelor degrees in Civil Engineering from the Same University.  His areas of research interest include transportation planning, traffic engineering, and logistics.

Dr. Sano is seconded by the Government of Japan.  During his stay at TRE/SET, Dr. Sano will co-teach the course CE73.12: Urban/Regional analysis and Planning Methods with Dr. Hanaoka and Prof.  Nakatsuji.  He can be contracted at room no. N256, ext. 5511 and at E-mail: sano@nagaokaut.ac.jp, Web: http://infra.nagaokaut.ac.jp/members/sano/sano1.html

Dr. Shinya Hanaoka
Dr. Shinya Hanaoka, Associate Professor, Department of International Development Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan - is joining as a Visiting Associate Professor from 8 to 15 September 2010.  He received a PhD, Master and Bachelor Degree from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. He was an Assistant Professor of TRE/SET in AIT from 2003 to 2007. He worked as a researcher in Institute for Transport Policy Studies at Tokyo (1999-2003), a visiting researcher in Institute for Transport Studies, The University of Leeds, UK (2002).  His areas of  research interest include transport logistics, air transport and transport project management.

Dr. Hanaoka is seconded by the Government of Japan.  During his stay at TRE/SET, Dr. Hanaoka will co-teach the course CE73.12: Urban/Regional Transportation Analysis and Planning Methods with Dr. Sano and Prof. Nakatsuji.  He can be contracted at room no. N260C, ext. 5681 ant at E-mail: hanaoka@ide.titech.ac.jp, Web: http://www.ide.titech.ac.jp/~hanaoka/

Prof. Takashi Nakatsuji
Prof. Takashi Nakatsuji, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan – is joining as a Visiting Professor from 22 to 26 October 2010 and 10 to 13 November 2010.  He completed his doctoral studies in Civil Engineering  from Hokkaido in 1992 and obtained his master and bachelor degree in civil engineering  from the same university.  His areas of research interest include traffic engineering, traffic flow simulation, winter road maintenance, and traffic accident reconstruction.
Prof. Nakatsuji is seconded by the Government of Japan.  During his stay at TRE/SET, Prof. Nakatsuji will co-teach the course CE73.12: Urban/Regional Transportation analysis and Planning Methods with Dr. Sano and Dr. Hanaoka. He can be contracted at room no. N256, ext. 5511 and at E-mail: naka@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

 

(updated: August 23, 2010)

Welcome New SET Faculty

Dr. Damien JOURDAIN
Dr Damien Jourdain joined AIT in August 2010 as a Visiting Faculty to both the Water Engineering and Management Field, School of Engineering and Technology, and the Natural Resource Management Field, School of Environment, Resources and Development. Dr. Jourdain will stay at AIT for four years.

Dr. Jourdain is an Agricultural and Resource economist working with CIRAD G-EAU (Management of Water, Actors and Usages Research Unit). Since 1988, he has been working on several multidisciplinary projects that focused on the development and evaluation of alternative cropping systems in irrigated areas, the analysis of water institutions and the constraints they imply for the development of irrigated agriculture, and the potential of a number of technical and institutional solutions aimed at increasing agricultural productivity. Recently, his research has focused on the potential of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) as incentive mechanisms for adopting farming practices less problematic for the environment (terraces, crops under mulch cover, etc.) in the mountainous areas of the Greater Mekong Sub-region. During his stay at WEM/SET and NRM/SERD, he will be teaching and take part on research and development activities of WEM and NRM.

He can be contacted at Room W245 (extension 5585) or via email : djourdain@ait.ac.th or damien.jourdain@cirad.fr.

Dr. Jourdain has a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Montpellier University, France. In the last four years, he was seconded to Social Science Division of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) as an Agricultural Economist. Previous assignments also included secondments to the International Center of Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT), in Mexico, and to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) in Thailand.

 

(updated: August 16, 2010)

 

 

VP Prof. Worsak: How AIT responds to software technology
(For Quality Magazine, July 2010 Vol 17 No.153)>>

AIT alumnus to be new Governor of Bank of Thailand>>

 

(updated: July 16, 2010)

 

Congratulations to Dr. Naveed Anwar and Dr. Sun Sayamipuk

Dr. Naveed Anwar
Dr. Naveed Anwar has been appointed the first CEO / Director of AIT Consulting. Dr. Naveed is currently serving as Director of the Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS) in the School of Engineering & Technology.

Dr. Sun Sayamipuk
Dr. Sun Sayamipuk is the new Head of Contract Management Office (CMO) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). An AIT alumnus (M.Sc. in 1995 and Ph.D. in 2000), Dr. Sun has worked at AIT since May 1996 in various capacities.

 

SET ranks top in four engineering areas on research in Thailand, study says

A recent study by Thai Research Fund (TRF) on the research output of Thai universities confirms that Thailand- based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) scored the highest rating in four engineering subject areas. This is the first time AIT participated in Thailand’s nation- wide evaluation, based on the research output in 2007- 2008.

In the recent official report received from TRF, AIT was rated the highest among all Thai universities in these four engineering subject areas: Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Information and Communications Technology, Environmental Engineering and Management, and Industrial Systems Engineering.

The TRF Rating is based on the weighted average varied from ‘five’ to ‘one’ of the following four factors: Equivalent international journal papers per faculty member (weightage of 30 per cent); Journal impact factor per faculty member (weightage of 20 per cent); Total equivalent international journal papers for the entire subject cluster (weightage of 30 per cent); and Total journal impact factors for the entire subject cluster (weightage of 20 per cent).

Based on the above TRF criteria, AIT’s engineering fields of study still received the highest overall rating in comparison with those programs in Thai universities. This is despite the disadvantage of AIT’s limited faculty size as a postgraduate institution.

The details reveal that in all cases AIT stands out in the two “per-head” factors, implying the highest order of research productivity and quality of its individual faculty members.

(updated: July 15, 2010)

 

Prospective students welcomed on Visit AIT Day, 12 July 2010 >>

 

(updated: July 13, 2010)

 

SET alumnus to be new Governor of Bank of Thailand >>

Welcome New TC Coordinators

Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert
Dr. Poompat Saengudomlert has been renewal as coordinator of the Telecommunications (TC) from 1 July 2010.

 

(updated: July 9, 2010)

 

Congratulations to Dr. sangam

Congratulations to Dr. Sangam Shrestha, Assistant Professor, Water Engineering and Management (WEM), School of Engineering and Technology (SET), whose co-authored chapter on 'Promoting wise use of water: Application of economic instruments' was published in the IGES White Paper III: “Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Asia-Pacific Region: Effective Responses in a Resource Constrained World”. This IGES White Paper III will be launched at the ISAP 2010 in Yokohama, Japan.

The chapter can be downloaded at: http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/topic/wp3_main.html

(updated: July 6, 2010)

 

New MoA between AIT and University of Boras (UB), sweden for student (Undergraduate and Master's level) and faculty exchange >>

International Symposium on Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Engineering focusing on climate change on 7 to 8 December 2010 >>

International Symposium Hanoi Geoengineering 2010 >>

VPI and AIT to offer Professional Master's in Geoexploration and Petroleum Engineering >>

Hong Duc University and AIT to collaborate in International higher education >>

Prof Joydeep Dutta is AIT's Vice President for Academic Affairs >>

(updated: June 30, 2010)

SET Promotion to Nepal: Faculty colleague

Dr. Sangam Shrestha and Ms. Tripti Rajbhandari, Promotion and Recruitment Officer from the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) conducted open seminars in Kathmandu and Pokhara on 1st and 2nd June 2010. A total of 230 students participated in the seminar, where more than half the students were interested in Post Graduate programs at AIT and rest interested in Undergraduate programs. The seminars were interactive, where perspective students had many questions.

They also had a meeting with Prof. Dr. Geeta Pradhan (Dean- Faculty of Management Studies) who presented Pokhara University and with representatives from Apex College and Ace Institute (Affiliated to Pokhara University). Discussion on prospective activities between Pokhara University and AIT initially with short term programs (Certificate Diploma Programs). They visited the Department of Irrigation and met Mr. Naveen M. Joshi (Project director) for discussions on double degree programs offered by the Water Engineering Management field of study, SET. Mr.. Joshi was very positive in encouraging the professional from Department of Irrigation to pursue their further studies at AIT with Double Degree Program. During their meeting with UN-Habitat, Dr. Roshan Raj Shrestha, discussed possibilities of promotion through involvements in projects in Nepal. In addition, they also visited the Little Angels School / College and had a brief meeting with Dr. Madan Manandhar, the faculties and the founders. SET discussed on possibilities of an agreement to have a flow of students from LA (+ 2 and A’ Levels) to AIT for Undergraduate Program.

(updated: June 22, 2010)

 

Visit of AIT delegation to Myanmar

During 17-19 June 2010, an AIT delegation headed by Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology (SET) accompanied by Dr. Bonaventura H.W. Hadikusumo, Associate Dean for Promotions, CEIM/SET Field Coordinator; Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong, TRE/SET Field Coordinator; and Mr. Kyaw Soe Hlaing, Program Coordinator, External Relations and Communications Office visited Yangon, Myanmar. Prof. H.K Abhyankar and Dr. Siddharth Jabade of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune-India (VIT has academic collaboration with AIT) also joined the AIT delegation participating in some of the meetings in Yangon.

A visit to the ILBC International School in Yangon was organized with the help of the MCC Group, Myanmar during which the AIT delegation met with the Superintendent of Schools and senior officials, and conducted a campus tour of ILBC International School. They also attended the MCC Group-ILBC International School MoU signing ceremony at Park royal Hotel, Yangon. According to this MoU, MCC Group and ILBC will enter an agreement under which ILBC shall provide the foundation year program (‘A’ level) at MCC Training Institute (Yatanarpon) for AIT Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.). Students successful who pass the foundation year program will join AIT’s 4 year Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) programs. According to the our MoA they have been assigned to implement the 2+2 Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) programs in Telecommunications, Electronics, Mechatronics, ICT, Computer Science etc., at the MCC Training Institute (Yatanarporn), which is located at Yatanarpron Cyber City, about 44 km east of Mandalay. The Minister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs has provided full support, both legal and financial to the initiatives of the MCC Training Institute (Yatanarporn). Discussions also took place with the MCC Group to conduct a comprehensive marketing campaign for AIT-MCC Training Institute (Yatanarporn) programs in Myanmar. MCC Group and AIT will jointly develop a strategic marketing plan for 2010 onwards.

Dr. Hadikusumo visited the Myanmar Engineering Society (MES) and met with Vice President and senior officials for possible use of MES venue to run some AIT professional master’s degree program in Myanmar. He also made a follow-up visit to Minglardon Garden City and met with the Chairman of Zaykabar Co., Ltd., who is also Chairman of Myanmar Construction Entrepreneur’s Association, during which discussions about possible collaborative activities in construction management took place. The Chairman has proposed MES as an appropriate venue to run professional master’s programs in engineering, and provided assurances that the Myanmar Construction Entrepreneur’s Association and its members would help the AIT program by sending students.

Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong visited the Shwe Taung Development Co., Ltd. and met with the Chairman, Managing director and senior officials and discussed about capacity building programs mainly for engineers of the company. Dr. Hadikusumo and Dr. Kunnawee also met had discussions with the General Manager and senior officials of Shwe Than Lwin and Principal of the Myanmar International School of Shwe Than Lwin Co., Ltd., and also visited the Eden Group Co., Ltd. and met with Chief Consultant and senior officials. Possible collaborative opportunities in capacity building programs starting from seminars, short-course trainings to professional degree programs were discussed.

As part of their visit the AIT delegation also conducted seminars for ‘SET/AIT undergraduate programs’ and ‘SET/AIT Postgraduate programs’. During and after the “AIT day seminars”, the AIT delegation had several discussions with potential student recruitment agents for AIT as well as future collaborators for capacity building programs in Myanmar.

(updated: June 22, 2010)

 

School of Engineering and Technology (SET) Board Meeting

On 15 June 2010, The School of Engineering and Technology (SET) convened SET Board Meeting. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Brent Lee Bragmann, Former Vice President of Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd., who was newly elected as Vice Chair, since Dr. Tongchat Hongladarom the Chair of the Board was unable to attend. Other members who participated included Mr. Jonny Axelsson, Vice President-Asia Pacific, Phelps Dodge International (Thailand) Ltd., Prof. Hemant Keshav Abhyankar, Principal and Director, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Mr. Jeffery D. Nygaard, Vice President and Country Manager, Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd., Dr. Phan Ngoc Trung, General Director, Vietnam Petroleum. Participation of internal AIT members were Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Vice President for Resource Development, Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, Dean of SET, Dr. Barbara Igel, Dean of SOM, Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul, Dean of SERD, Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Director of AIT Extension and Dr. Amrit N. Bart, Director of AITCV.

AIT President, Said Irandoust presented to the SET Board the alternative financing models for AIT and received valuable comments on the challenges and benefits of the proposed new funding model (satellite concept) which was recommended by the AIT Executive Committee and also recently endorsed for further examination by the AIT Board of Trustees. Dean Nitin presented to the members the performance report of SET covering financial performance in 2006-2009 including the projected budget of 2010, projects attracted in 2006-2010 number of applicants and intake by field of study in 2009 and annual intake by nationality over the past few years. He also briefed the members on the strategic plans of the School, the current and coming international collaborations with various non profit and private organizations for attracting potential students as well as maintaining the quality of teaching and international accreditation of the programs as a top priority. He also highlighted the results of the Thai Research Fund assessment on SET research productivity where the different fields in SET clustered into three groupings namely Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Group, Industrial Systems Engineering Group and Information and Communication Group, mainly the whole of SET received the top rank with excellent rating of 5.

The next SET board meeting has been proposed to be scheduled on or before December 2010.

(updated: June 10, 2010)

 

Dean SET and Director Fundraising Finalize 10 ADB Masters Scholarships to AIT from Sri Lanka

On 29th May, Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, Dean School of Engineering and Technology (SET) met with Mr. Hector Hemachandra, Project Director, Technical Education Development Project (TEDP), Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training of Sri Lanka They discussed the 10 staff of the University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC), who will enroll for Masters programs in August 2010 intake at AIT, with 6 going to SET, 2 to SOM and 2 to SERD. The funding for these 10 candidates will come from ADB funds given to TEDP. Very soon an MOA will be signed between AIT and UNIVOTEC on the modus operandi of this program. The delegation also met with Vice Chancellor UNIVOTEC, Prof Kapila Goonasekere. I was informed by Dean Nitin that thanks to the support of Mr. Hector and Prof Kapila we were able to convince ADB to consider AIT as the training venue for this program.

In the afternoon, the AIT delegation met with the Mr. Ole Frahm-Reindell, Team Leader GOPA, consultants to TEDP, as well as with Ms Joanne Melinska-Dordevic, Training Program Manager, and Mr. P.M.P. Perera, Project Manager. Further clarifications on candidates progress reports, financial matters, etc were requested by Mr. Ole, which the AIT delegation were able to answer to his satisfaction with the necessary documents, thus they were also satisfied of recommending to ADB, AIT as the training venues for the 10 Masters programs.

Dean Nitin and Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Director Fundraising also visited the campus of University of Vocational Technology in the outskirts of Colombo, met with the Director General, and Deans of the respective departments. Also Dean Nitin interviewed each of the 10 candidates and answered their questions regarding AIT academic and campus life.

Mr. Hector informed the AIT delegation that based on the outcome of the Masters program, that TEDP having about to successfully complete Phase I will be granted a Phase II early next year which will have a large sum of money allocated for HRD capacity building, and he will certainly keep AIT in mind for the post graduate as well as short term training. I have assigned Mr. Jayasinghe to follow up with Mr. Hector on this matter.

The AIT delegation also met with Prof K.K.Y.W. Perera, Chairman Arthur C Clark Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT), and also with Eng. Sanath Panawennage, Director/CEO, of ACCIMT. They discussed the proposed AIT/ACCIMT joint center to offer AIT Masters degree in ICT to the telecom industry, under the support of the Ministry of Science and Research. A feasibility study on this project has been requested by the Hon Prof Tissa Witharana, Minister of Science and Research, and from AIT side I have requested Dr. Nandana Rajatheva to help ACCIMT in the preparation of this report. Overall coordination of this project will be handled by Mr. Jayasinghe.

On 1st June, Mr. Jayasinghe met with Dr. Neville Frenando, Chairman South Asian Institute of Technology Management (SAITM), as well as with Dean Engineering, and Dean IT to discuss the ongoing AIT undergraduate program. The program is progressing well with 25 students enrolled. In August AIT will offer a second program in Civil Engineering which would have over 35 students enrolled and presently over 30 students have indicated their interest to join this program.

(updated: June 10, 2010)

 

Welcome New SET Coordinators

Dr. Manukid Parnichkun
Dr. Manukid Parnichkun has been renewal as coordinator of the Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) thematic group, including Mechatronics (MEC), Microelectronics and Embedded Systems (MES), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and Nanotechnology (NT) from 1 March 2010.

Dr. Matthew N. Dailey
Dr. Matthew N. Dailey has been appointed as coordinator of Computer Science and Information Management from 1 May 2010.

 

 

Dr. Pham Huy Giao
Dr. Pham Huy Giao has been appointed as coordinator of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (GTE) from 1 May 2010.

 

 

(updated: June 3, 2010)

 

SET’s 113th Graduation Ceremony

Five hundred and thirty-four students received their degrees at AIT’s 113th Graduation Ceremony which took place on 26 May. Thirty-one students received doctoral degrees while the others received Master’s degrees. H.E. Prof. J.B. Disanayaka, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand and AIT Board of Trustee, delivered the morning’s address while distinguished AIT alumnus Dr. Prasert Patramai, Chairman, TEAM group of companies addressed the afternoon’s graduates. Dr. Pornsak Suppataratarn, Executive Secretary of AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) Mother Chapter, delivered a message on behalf of Mr. Chaovalit Ekabut, President of the AITAA Mother. Ms. Merina Lohani Sitoula and Ms. J Elaine J. Layug delivered the most outstanding student messages at the morning and afternoon sessions respectively.

The morning session was graced by H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and during my address to the graduands, I also took the occasion thank the AIT Board of Trustees under the able leadership of H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag, Chairman of the Board, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thailand, for the instrumental role they have played in the processing of the new AIT Charter. H.E. Dr. Tej has sacrificed so much of his personal time and effort and it is due to the unwavering belief of so many of our partner countries in AIT’s mission that has helped us arrive at this successful conclusion.

A more detailed account on the graduation ceremony is available at the below link:

http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2010/news/ait-graduates-will-always-be-our-first-choice-dr-prasert/view

http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2010/news/534-students-graduate-from-ait/view

http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2010/news/handle-knowledge-with-care-advises-ambassador/view

(updated: June 1, 2010)

 

MIC student won the best paper award at ECTI 2010

Congratulations to Mr. Muhammad Waseem Ashraf who is a Higher Education Commission, scholar from Pakistan and PhD advisee of Dr Nitin Afzulpurkar, Dean, SET in the Microelectronics program, on having won the best paper award at the International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI) 2010 conference (http://www.ecticon2010.org/index.php) which was held in Chiang Mai during May 19-21, 2010.

The title and authors of the paper are as follows: "Design, Analysis and Fabrication of MEMS-based Silicon Microneedles for Bio-Medical Applications", M. W. Ashraf, S. Tayyaba, N. Afzulpurkar, T. Lomas, A. Tuantranont, A. Nisar, and E. L. J. Bohez. A total of 272 papers from all around the world were accepted for presentation at the ECTI CON 2010 conference and this paper won the best paper award under the track "Circuits and Systems".

(updated: May 25, 2010)

 

Welcome New SET Faculty

Dr. Akiyuki KAWASAKI
Dr. Akiyuki KAWASAKI joined AIT in May 2010 as a Visiting Faculty at the Water Engineering and Management (WEM) field, School of Engineering & Technology, and as a coordinator of the Regional Network Office for Urban Safety (RNUS). Dr. Kawasaki will stay at AIT for two years.

Dr. Kawasaki has over 14 years experience utilizing geospatial technologies for multidisciplinary water and environmental research, which involves developing systematic approaches for integrating a wide range of data models, data formats, and research methodologies into common GIS computing environments for water resources management. During his stay at WEM/SET, Kawasaki will teach CE74.71 - EIA and GIS Applications in Water Resources and take part in research and development activities of WEM and RNUS.

He can be contacted at Room WR214 (extension 5794) or via email: kawasaki@ait.asia or akiyuki@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp. His personal website is: http://www.gis.ynu.ac.jp/kawasaki/en/index.html.

Dr. Kawasaki has a PhD from Yokohama National University, Japan. Before joining AIT, he was a Research Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Center for Geographic Analysis. He is affiliating the Institute of Sustainability and Peace, United Nations University as a Visiting Research Fellow.

Dr. Masahiko NAGAI
The School of Engineering & Technology, AIT welcomes Dr. Masahiko NAGAI as a Visiting Researcher of Geoinformatics Center, his position is seconded from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Japan.

The appointment period started from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013. With this appointment, Dr. NAGAI was designated as the Associate Director of The Geoinfomatics Center.

His areas of specializations are Spatial Information Engineering: Remote Sensing, GIS, Image Processing, GPS and Mobile Mapping and Environmental Information Science: Data Interoperability, Ontology, Standardization and Database Management
He finished his Bachelor of Science in Professional Chemistry Option, College of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, St. Cloud State University, USA. Then he continued master degree at AIT, Master of Science, School of Advance Technologies. He got the Doctor of Engineering from School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.

 
Dr. NAGAI can be contacted at room no. 107, Geoinformatics Center, at ext. number 5599 or e-maIl: NAGAIm@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

 

(updated: May 21, 2010)

WEM special course: Planning and Design of Pumping Works

The Water Engineering and Management (WEM) field of study in the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) is offering of a 5-day course on "Planning and Design of Pumping Works" from 17-21 May 2010.

The main resource person for the course is Dr. Kyoji Kawaguchi, Ex-CEO of EBARA Hatakeyama Memorial Fund. The course was formally open by Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, Dean SET on 17 May 2010 at 09:30 am. There are 30 students joining this course from different fields in AIT namely WEM (12 participants), EEM (7), ASE (7), FEBT (1), TR (1), RSGIS (1) and GDS (1). Dr. Mukand S. Babel has coordinated the course.

(updated: May 19, 2010)

 

Dr. Park's papers list in top 10 cited papers

Congratulations to Dr.Kyung-Ho Park, our assistant professor of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, whose recent papers have been listed in top 10 cited papers in the journals of 'Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology' and 'International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences'.

(updated: May 7, 2010)

 

SET Participation in Edufest 2010, India

SET participated in North East India's biggest education exhibition, Edufest 2010 which was held in Guwahati and Shillong in India during April 21-24. More than 150 students registered as potential applicants at the AIT booth. A large number of students were interested in AIT UG program.

In addition the SET team also gave seminars in Assam Engineering College and North Eastern Hill University which were attended by more than 100 final year engineering students. Most of the students were keen to apply for AIT Master degree programs. Courtesy meeting were held with the Assam Engineering college Dean and the Vice Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University. The SET team consisted of Dean Dr Nitin Afzulpurkar, Dr Nitin Tripathi and SET promotion officer Tripti Rajbhandari. The visit was facilitated by Dr Jayant Pathak from Assam Engineering College and Mr Kaushik Barua from Globalreach.

(updated: April 27, 2010)

 

Congratulations to Dr. Nitin and Prof. Bergado

Congratulations to Dr. Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, faculty member in the ISE field of study, and Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology (SET), on having been appointed to serve as an External Examiner for the University of Mauritius’s BEng (Hons) Mechatronics Programme by the Senate of the University of Mauritius.

Prof Dennes T Bergado will serve as the new Director for Unified Programs at AIT with effect as of 15 April 2010. Professor Bergado shall coordinate and oversee existing unified programs at AIT, serve as the contact person and in-charge of related coordination both within AIT and with partner universities, as well as support the development of new unified programs in collaboration with our field of study coordinators.

(updated: April 21, 2010)

 

Welcomes Professional Master in Project Management Students from Vietnam

54 students from Professional Master in Project Management from Vietnam visiting AIT main campus during 28 February to 7 March 2010. During the 1 week visit MPM students take an Applied Project Management Course.

(updated: March 9, 2010)

 

Congratulations to Prof. Kazi M Ahmed

Congratulations Professor Kazi M Ahmed on being elected as the new Chair of the Academic Senate Chair. As Chair of the Academic Senate, he will be participating in the President’s Advisory Council that meets every fortnight, and would be able to contribute in decision taking on various academic issues on behalf of the Academic Senate. He would also be participating as invitee in the Board of Trustees meetings.

(updated: March 3, 2010)

 

Welcome New ISE Faculty

Prof. Pradeep Kumar
Prof. Pradeep Kumar, a Visiting Professor, Currently Dean, Finance & Planning and Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, I. I. T Roorkee, India. His research interests include Supply Chain Management (SCM), Advanced Manufacturing Processes; Quality Engineering: Robust Design Methodologies, Reliability Engineering; and Production & Operations Management. He has 24 years of teaching experience. He has supervised 17 Ph. D these and published / Presented 325 research papers in International and National Journals (158); and in Proceedings of International and National Conferences (167).

Prof. Pradeep Kumar is seconded by the Government of India. During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Pradeep Kumar will teach AT72.09 - Inventory and Logistics Management Course. He can be contacted at Room No. 232 (Chalerm Prakiat Building) Extension No. 8345 and at email pradeepkumar@ait.ac.th.

(updated: Jan 28, 2010)

 

Dr. Jamuna Kanta Sing
Dr. Jamuna Kanta Sing, a visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering & Technology, currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has receiced M.Tech. in Computer & Information Technology from I.I.T. Kharagpur, India and his bachelor degree from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has done his post doctoral work in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City and Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA during March-November 2006 as a BOYSCAST Fellow of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.

His main research interests include human face detection, recognition and tracking and medical image analysis. He has published many research articles in leading international journals, conference proceedings. He has completed and continuing many research projects.

Dr Sing is seconded by the Government of India. During his stay at ISE/SET, Dr. Sing will teach AT74.08: Microprocessor Systems Course. He can be contacted at Room No. 221 (Chalerm Prakiat Building) Extension No. 5682 and email at: jamuna@ait.ac.th.

(updated: Jan 26, 2010)

 

Welcome New OTM Faculty

Prof.T.Senthilvelan
The Offshore Technology and Management, School of Engineering and Technology, is pleased to welcome a new faculty, Prof.T.Senthilvelan.

Prof.T.Senthilvelan obtained his M.E in 1988 and Ph.D in 2003 in the field of MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING from Annamalai University, India.

Professor T.Senthilvelan has been in the profession of teaching for about 22 years and currently at Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, India as Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering. His areas of interest include Advanced Materials, Metal joining, Metal Forming and Surface Engineering.

Professor T.Senthilvelan has published more than 45 technical papers in various proceedings and renowned journals. He is a reviewer of Journal of Manufacturing Engineers, International Journal of International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation (IJMatEI)?. He has already guided 02 Ph.D scholars and as many as 09 Masters Students and has been currently supervising several research scholars.

Professor T.Senthilvelan has completed a Govt.of.India sponsored project. He has organized several refresher-cum-short term courses as well as quite number of seminars/workshops etc. He had visited several countries Hongkong (City Polytechnic, 2000), Pohang, South Korea (POSTECH, 2000) and Dublin, Ireland( DCU,2003) in connection with paper presentation in the International Conferences.

During his stay at OTM/SET, Professor T.Senthilvelan will teach CE 81.9006 ADVANCED STEEL MATERIALS AND DESIGN FOR OFFSHORE PLATFORMS course. He can be contacted at his office at Room E 234, SET building, at extension no.5518, or at senthil@ait.ac.th.

(updated: Jan 22, 2010)

 

Welcome New WEM Faculty

Prof. Gautam Banerjee
The Water Engineering and Management, School of Engineering and Technology, is pleased to welcome a new faculty, Prof. Gautam Banerjee.

Professor Gautam Banerjee obtained his M. Tech. in 1984 and self-guided Ph.D in 1994 in the field of Environmental Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (India). Professor Gautam has been in the profession of teaching for about 25 years at various institutes such as IIT, Kharapur; NIT, Durgapur (India); AIIH & PH (India), and currently at Institute of Technology as Professor & Head of Environmental Engineering Division. His areas of expertise & interest include water & wastewater treatment, water supply & sewerage system, industrial waste treatment, groundwater development & management, and environmental impact assessment & auditing

Professor Gautam has published more than 55 technical papers in various proceedings and many renowned journals including ASCE (USA), Water Research (UK), Bioprocess Engg. (Germany) Cleaner Technology & Env. Policies (USA). He is a reviewer of such Journals as ASCE, Water Research, Hazardous Materials (USA). He has already guided 04 Ph.D scholars & as many as 34 Masters students , and has been currently supervising several research scholars.

Professor Gautam has so far completed 12 number of R & D projects sponsored by such agencies as WHO, UNICEF, IDRC, World Bank, Indian Ministries, and has rendered his expert consultative services to many organizations. He has organized several refresher-cum-short term courses as well as quite a good number of seminars /workshops, etc.

During his stay at WEM/SET, Professor Gautam will teach CE74.52 Groundwater Development and Management course. He can be contacted at his office at Room WR214, WEM Building, at extension no. 5794, or at goutamb@ait.ac.th.

(updated: Jan 18, 2010)

 

Welcome New WEM Faculty

Dr. Sangam Shrestha
The Water Engineering and Management, School of Engineering and Technology, is pleased to welcome a new faculty, Dr. Sangam Shrestha, as Assistant Professor, who joined us in November 2009. Dr. Shrestha obtained his MSc (2004) from AIT and Ph.D. (2007) from University of Yamanashi, Japan.

Prior to joining AIT, Dr. Shrestha was working as a policy researcher at Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan. Currently he is also a Research Fellow at IGES and a visiting faculty in University of Yamanashi, Japan.

His research and development areas include but not limited to climate change and adaptation in water, integrated water resources management and groundwater development and management. Dr. Shrestha will start his teaching in January 2010 semester onwards. He can be contacted at his office at WR 109, WEM Building, at extension no. 6055, or at sangam@ait.ac.th.

(updated: December 7, 2009)

 

New Associate Deans of SET

AIT President, Said Irandoust has appointed the following as SET Associate Deans for a one-year period from 1 December 2009: Dr Noppadol Phien-wej as SET Associate Dean for Infrastructure and Academic Quality Assurance; Dr. R.M.A.P. Rajatheva as SET Associate Dean for Undergraduate Program and Dr. Bonaventura H.W. Hadikusumo as SET Associate Dean for Promotion

The Associate Deans will assist the School Deans in specific tasks outlined below as well as other administrative and management responsibilities identified by the School Dean 

The SET Associate Dean for Infrastructure & Academic Quality Assurance will have the overall responsibility of coordinating curricular development; reviewing program and accreditation processes; coordinating peer-teaching review; coordinating with Senate and VPAA on academic matters; and in-charge of housekeeping of SET’s infrastructure and utilities including the common computer facilities

The SET Associate Dean for Undergraduate Program will have the overall responsibility of coordinating the curricular development and course offering for Undergraduate Programs; coordinating student activities and infrastructure & its computer facilities; coordinate faculty recruitment and promotional plan; and coordinate MOU/MoA with Partners and new developments for Undergraduate Programs 

The SET Associate Dean for Promotion will have the overall responsibility of preparing and implementing SET’s promotional plan, coordinating SET’s activities in Centers outside Thailand and all new developments in these Centers; coordinating MOU and MoA with Partners and with AIT External Relations Office; and in coordinating Professional Masters Degree Program.

 

(updated: December 3, 2009)

 

Congratulations to Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho

Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho from RS&GIS FoS received Thailand ICT Award 2009 for Research and Development on that day and also he will be a country representative to have competition by this December in Melbourne, Australia (Asia Pacific Region).

Photos can be seen from http://www.rsgis.ait.ac.th/news/ICT-Award-2009/index.html.

(updated: November 30, 2009)

 

Welcome New RS&GIS Faculty

Dr. Yoshikazu KAMIYA
RS&GIS FoS would like to expresses its sincere and warm welcome to Dr. Yoshikazu KAMIYA, seconded by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as a Visiting Faculty for the period from October 2009 – September 2012.

Dr. Kamiya completed his B.Eng. degree of  Electronics Engineering from Yokohama National University, the M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees of Information Engineering from University of Tokyo.

For temporally, he can be contacted at room W213, Academic Building, Tel. ext. 5592, E-mail: kamiya@ait.ac.th.

(updated: Nov 6, 2009)

 

SET Workshop on Strategic Review and Planning 2010

School of Engineering and Technology (SET) Workshop on Strategic Review and Planning 2010 was held during 22-24 October 2009 at The Holiday Inn, Pattaya. The workshop was attended by 30 SET faculty and 6 senior staff members. Dr Jonathan Shaw moderated the workshop proceedings and Mrs Izel Dante served as the rapporteur.

On Friday, 23 October, AIT president, Said Irandoust delivered the opening address on the topic "New trends in Engineering Education" which was followed by a panel discussion on the proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) concept. Mr. President along with Dean SET Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar and SET faculty Dr. Gregory Chiu served as the panelists. Each panelist made a presentation on the PPP which was followed by a lively discussion and Q & A session. A detailed summary of the session will be included in the workshop report. The afternoon session mainly focused on the School vision, strategy and areas for growth and planned promotion activities.

On Saturday, 24 October, the SET forum Chair and Secretary selection process was conducted. Professor Kazi Ahmed and Dr. Matthew Dailey were unanimously selected for the respective positions. This was followed by breakout sessions where each thematic group discussed the curriculum review. In the afternoon session, the group representatives presented the revised curriculum structure which was endorsed by the SET forum.

The structure along with the revised curriculum will be sent to Academic Senate for approval. In the concluding session the Dean Dr. Afzulpurkar presented the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) review process for quality assessment of the research output. It was agreed by the forum that SET will submit the research output grouped under thematic areas rather than by field of study. Dr. Shaw presented the summary of the workshop.

 

(updated: October 27, 2009)

 

Welcome4 Short-Term Visiting Professors

The Industrial Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome 4 short-term visiting professors who joined us in August 2009 semester.  Details are as follows:

Prof. Siba Sankar Mahapatra
Prof. Siba Sankar Mahapatra, a Visiting Professor, is absent from a Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India.   He obtained his Ph.D. (1999) at Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, India.  His areas of research interest include Application of soft computing techniques in operations management; optimization techniques in engineering design.
Prof. Mahapatra is seconded by the Government of India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Mahapatra will teach AT72.02 – Production and Operations Management course.  He can be contacted at room no. 233 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 8346, and at email sankar@ait.ac.th.

Prof. Perumal Dananjayan
Prof. Perumal Dananjayan, a Visiting Professor, currently professor and Head/ECE dept. Pondicherry Engineering college, Pondicherry, India. He obtained his Ph.D. (1998) at Anna University, India. His area interest include –Wireless Communication System – Mobile - MC-CDMA, Sensor Network.

Prof. Dananjayan is seconded by the Government of India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Dananjayan will teach AT75.05 Analog Integrated Circuit Design course.  He can be contacted at room no. 232 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 8345, and at email: perumal@ait.ac.th

Prof. Pran Hari Talukda
Prof. Pran Hari Talukda, a Visiting Professor, currently professor and Professor, Dept.Instrumentation & USIC, Gauhai University. He obtained his Ph.D. (1982) at Gauhai University, India. His area interest include Computer Networking and Signal Processing .

Prof. Talukda is seconded by the Government of India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Prof. Talukda will teach AT75.02 Digital Integrated Circuit Design course.  He can be contacted at room no. 207 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 5679, and at email: talukdar@ait.ac.th

Prof. Gabor Louis Hornyak
Prof. Gabor Louis Hornyak, Visiting Faculty, currently Instructor (Introduction to Nanoscience) and Research Professor, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. He obtained his Ph.D. (1997) at Colorado State University. His research anddevelopment interests span carbon nanotube synthesis &thermodynamics, nano metal composite materials fabrication and opticalproperties, template synthesis of gold-55 quantum dot clustersynthesis & optical characterization. He is the founding member of the Colorado Nanotech Initiative (CNTI) that later became the state sanctioned organizing body for Colorado nanotechnology. In 2005, he formed NanoThread, Inc. with two colleagues, a company dedicated to creating long strands of carbon nanotubes with equivalent length and high order. Prof. Hornyak has been entrusted by Taylor & Francis Group (CRC Press) to edit a series of books in nanoscience and nanotechnology to be distributed globally titled the Perspectives in Nanotechnology Series. Prof. Hornyak has coauthored 3 textbooks in nanoscience and nanotechnology and has published over 40 articles, written four patents (2 have been granted) in the last two decades that he is involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology.
http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/people/content/hornyak-g-louis

During his stay at ISE/ SET, Prof. Hornyak will teach AT79.02 Impactof Nanotechnology on the society and AT79.07 Nanothermodynamics andco-teaching two courses AT79.06 Catalysis (including photocatalysis) AT79.09 Colloids and Nanoparticles course. He can be contacted at the Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology (Outreach Building), extension no. 5617, and email: hornyak@ait.ac.th.

 

(updated: Sep. 3, 2009)

 

Congratulations to Prof. Dutta

congratulation to Professor Joydeep Dutta , Associate Dean, SET and Director of the Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology, who has been invited to join the Advisory Board of Texas State University System’s Nano-Safety Program.

(updated: August 18, 2009)

 

Congratulations to Dr. Babel

congratulation to Dr. Mukand S. Babel, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Water Engineering and Management (WEM), SET, who has been invited by the Chairman of the World City Water Forum 2009, to join the World City Water Forum International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB).

Dr. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul promoted to Full Professor

The Executive Committee approved the promotion of Dr. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul, faculty in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Field of Study, in the School of Engineering and Technology (SET), to the rank of Full Professor on 3rd August 2009.

Dr. Voratas has been a faculty member at AIT since 1982. His area of specialization is in modeling and simulation of large scale industrial systems and his research encompasses the areas of development of evolutionary solution methods for large-scale mathematical models of industrial systems, decision support system for manufacturing enterprises, and high performance computing.

Dr. Voratas’ promotion case was considered taking into account his overall academic accomplishments reflected in the CV, the Faculty Evaluation Panel (FEP) assessment and in light of the recommendation of the Promotions Committee of SET and the five (5) external evaluation letters received from external experts in his field.

Relevant documents on Dr. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul’s promotion can be accessed through the link provided below:

http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/promotion/DrVoratas.pdf

• Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul (as of 21 April 2009)
• Faculty Evaluation Panel (FEP) Recommendation
• Recommendation from the School of Engineering & Technology (SET) Promotions Committee
• Institute Criteria for Promotion (P&P on the Procedure for Evaluation of Faculty for Promotion (PA-1-2-2)

Welcome New ISE Faculty

Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong
The Industrial Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome a new faculty, Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong, as Assistant Professor, who joined us in July 2009. Dr. Mongkol obtained his B.Eng. (1997) from Chulalongkorn University; M.Eng. (2000), from AIT; M.Sc. (2003); and Ph.D. (2006) from Georgia Institute of Tech, Atlanta, USA. His interest areas included Physical VLSI Design, Computer Architecture, VLSI Design, and Compiler. Dr. Mongkol will start his teaching in August 2009 semester onwards. He can be contacted at his office no. 223, Chalerm Prakiat Building, at extension no. 5689, or at mongkol@ait.ac.th.

(updated: July 30, 2009)

 

The first 4 schools project in Myanmar using Interlocking Bricks of Habitech Center completed

On 22nd April 2009, following four schools in Daedaye Township of Ayeyarwaddy Division completed successfully and handed over to the Ministry of Education.

1. Myin Ka Kone
2. Nauk Pyan Toe
3. Gwa Gyi
4. Kan Seik

One more school (Ye Kyaw Nay Yaung Kar) is still under construction. All those schools were constructed by Sitagu Buddhist Missionary Association and funded by Oxfam-Novib using Interlocking Soil Brick- a technology developed by Habitech Center (AIT). Schools were very beautiful and very neat. Everybody is very happy with those schools. It is really appropriate technology for that area. It has many advantages such as - cost effectiveness, energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, save many trees, less transport, easier to manage, less resource requirements, less construction steps, faster to build, etc.

Now Unicef is building 10 schools with this Interlocking Bricks and Habitech Center (AIT) is supplying machines and giving technical transfer training. Now, Mr. Sthapit and Khun Preecha are here to conduct brick production training in both Yangon and delta area.

 

(updated: May 18, 2009)

TC Graduate Won the Best Paper Award at ECTI-CON 2009

Congratulations to Mr Sucha Supittayapornpong, research associate of Dr Poompat Saengudomlert, Telecommunications field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, received the Best Paper Award in the Communication area at the 2009 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications, and Information Technology (or in short ECTI-CON 2009) in Pattaya on Thusday 8 May 2009.

The details of the paper are as follows.

Title: Joint flow control, routing and medium access control in random access multi-hop wireless networks with time varying link capacities
Authors: Sucha Supittayapornpong and Poompat Saengudomlert

Abstract: This paper extends an existing static framework for joint flow control, routing and medium access control (MAC) in random access multi-hop wireless networks in to a dynamic framework where link capacities vary over time. The overall problem is formulated as a network utility maximization (NUM) problem. A dynamic NUM problem that accounts for link capacity variation is formulated instead of the existing static NUM problem. This dynamic formulation is more realistic and is one step closer to practical networks. Under the stationary and ergodic assumptions on the link capacity variation, the problem is decomposed to form a distributed algorithm. The algorithm samples current link capacities while operating in two time scales. At the smaller time scale, the algorithm uses the sampled link capacities and local flow information to adjust flow rates. At the larger time scale, the algorithm uses the sampled link capacities and local link transmission probability information to adjust link transmission probabilities. Simulation results demonstrate the ability of the algorithm to sustain the optimal average data rates despite the link capacity variation.

 

(updated: May 11, 2009)

 

 

Asian Institute of Technology graduate and current Oregon State University Professor Named Fellow of Institute of Industrial Engineers

Prof. R. Logen Logendran
Norcross, Ga. – Apr. 28. –  R. Logen Logendran, Ph.D., has been named a fellow with the prestigious Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) professional association. Logendran will be honored at the IIE Annual Conference and Expo May 31 in Miami. The award recognizes outstanding leaders of the industrial engineering profession who have made significant contributions to the industrial engineering field.

Logendran is a professor and graduate program chair of the school of mechanical, industrial and manufacturing engineering at Oregon State. He received his bachelor of science degree with honors in mechanical engineering from the University of Sri Lanka, master of engineering degree in industrial engineering and management from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and doctoral degree in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University.

For nearly 20 years Logendran has been well-known for his significant research contributions in two specific areas within manufacturing systems ­ design of cellular manufacturing and group scheduling.

He has been quite active in IIE. In 1996, he received the Most Favorite Teacher of the Year award by the IIE student chapter at Oregon State University. Prior to that, the IIE student chapter at Southern Illinois University gave him the Outstanding Industrial Engineering Faculty Member Award in appreciation of excellence in teaching for 1987-88. Besides teaching, he has held research fellowship positions with various organizations including Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), The Boeing Co., and NASA - Johnson Space Center and has made significant contributions aimed at solving industry-relevant problems. Logendran was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Science, Malaysia in 2000. Currently, he serves on the editorial boards of IIE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing and the International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Logendran is a senior member of  IIE and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and faculty adviser for the Alpha Pi Mu industrial engineering honor society at Oregon State University.

Logendran has co-edited a book titled Group Technology & Cellular Manufacturing: Methodologies and Applications, and has authored or co-authored more than 90 publications in archival journals, book chapters and refereed conference proceedings. His areas of research include cellular manufacturing, group scheduling, routing and scheduling, facilities layout design, manufacturing simulation and integration of design and manufacturing. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Oregon Metals Initiative, TransNow, Oregon Department of Transportation, Port of Portland, Oregon Economic Development Agency, and industry.

About IIE

IIE is the world’s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research and development of industrial engineering. With approximately 15,000 members and 280 chapters worldwide, IIE’s primary mission is to meet the ever-changing needs of industrial engineers, which includes undergraduate and graduate students, engineering practitioners and consultants in all industries, engineering managers and engineers in education, research and government.

(updated: April 29, 2009)

 

Welcomes MPM Students from Vietnam

48 MPM students from Hanoi, Vung Tau, Hochiminh visiting AIT main campus from 1-8 March 2009 during the 1 week visit MPM students study Applied Project Management in Commercial Projects, Applied Project Management in oil/Gas Pipeline Projects, Applied Project Management in Housing and Real Estate Projects and Applied Project Management in Petrochemical projects and project site visit.

Prof. Dutta's paper download 500 times in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Congratulations to Professor Joydeep Dutta, our associated dean and Microelectronics (MIC) faculty, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, whose recent paper has been has been downloaded 500 times in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Vol 10, pp013001 (2009), the title of this article is "Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanostructures". T his was achieved in 54 days from the date of publication.
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Prof. Dutta in top 10% of heaviest downloaded papers in the Institute of Physics

Congratulations to Professor Joydeep Dutta, our associated dean and Microelectronics (MIC) faculty, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, whose recent paper has been in the top 10% of heaviest downloaded papers in the Institute of Physics in the last 26 days. The title of this article is "Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanostructures", appeared in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Vol 10, pp. 013001 (2009). The number of downloads so far is 250.

Welcome New OTM Coordinator

Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu
Dr. Gregory L. F. Chiu, a US citizen, has joins the SET as coordinator of the OTM Program. Dr. Chiu brings extensive industrial experience to the program, having spent the last several years as Managing Director of a private Hong Kong company involved in assessing structural integrity so as to assess and manage structural risks due to man-made and natural disasters, such as explosions, fires, typhoons and earthquakes. Dr. Chiu's primary interest lies in developing and implementing risk assessment and management processes to quantify structural repair and maintenance costs so that facility owners and operators can maximize their return on investment. In addition to risk management, Dr. Chiu has also been involved in co-ordination among his company's clients and various Hong Kong government departments on land-use issues, initial development of a Children's Specialist Hospital in Hong Kong, and project management of repairs and maintenance work for high rise residential structures. Dr. Chiu obtained his Ph.D. Civil Engineering from Stanford University, USA in September 1994. He can be contacted at room no. N-232 (Academic North Building), extension no. 5542, and at email: chiu@ait.ac.th.

(updated: February 5, 2009)

 

SET Delegates were invited to Innovative Summit in Mumbai, India

On 23 and 24 January, Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology (SET) and Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, Associate Dean SET, were invited by Ms. Tarita Mehendale, Chairperson of Pune-based Indira Group of Institutes (IGI) to attend the 2nd Indira International Innovation Summit on at the Taj Lands End Hotel in the city of Mumbai, India. The 2 days summit was attended by about 500 people both from universities and the industry and was a showcase for the Indira College of Engineering and Management. The summit brought innovation experts from worldwide and India to share and discuss about various aspects of innovation. Dr Nitin made a presentation about AIT's efforts to support faculty and staff on patenting our intellectual properties. In the summit, IGI has taken steps to reward many young Indians for their achievement in designs, invention and innovations. The summit also recognized creative CEO’s and this has given a big boost to other CEOs in the industry to meet the demand for change. Professor Worsak had discussions with Professor Chetan Shankar Wakalkar, the IGI Group Director on the possibility to jointly organize similar summit in Bangkok which will certainly be of interest to the business and the industrial sector in Southeast Asia. This could be another event to celebrate AIT’s 50th year anniversary.

(updated: February 4, 2009)

 

Welcomes SET Faculty

Dr. K.N. Lokesh
School of Engineering and Technology ,Water Engineering and Management FoS, is pleased to welcome Dr. K.N. Lokesh as a Visiting Professor who has joined us in January 2009 semester. 

Dr,K.N.Lokesh, a seconded faculty by the Indian governament,is currently a Professor in the department of civil engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka,Mangalore,India.He obtained his post graduate degree from Bangalore University,Bangalore  in 1979. He obtained his Ph.D. from Gulbarga University,Karnataka,India in 1988.He has been teaching at NITK for over 22 years and is actively involved in research in the area of hydrogeology.He has published over 32 research papers.He has guided one Ph.D. student sucessfully and is guiding three Ph.D.students.He has handled several centrally sponsored research projects.He is also the Dean(student affairs) at NITK.During his atay at AIT,Dr.Lokesh will teach a course on Groundwater Development and Management.He can be contacted at his office ,Room No.214 (WEM building),extension No.5794 and through e mail at knl.lokesh@gmail.com, lokeshkannur@yahoo.com

 

Dr. Gunneswara Rao Tippabhotla D.
The Structural Engineering (STE), School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome a Visiting Assistant Professor who has joined us in January 2009 semester. 

Dr. Gunneswara Rao Tippabhotla D. is a seconded faculty by the Government of India, is currently teaching under graduate and graduate students at National Institute of Technology (Regional Engineering College) Warangal-506-004, India. He obtained his Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology, India in 2003 and is actively involved in research in the interest area of sustainable cementing materials and technologies.  During his stay at STE/SET, Dr. Gunneswara Rao will teach a course on CE72.52 Advanced Concrete Structures.  He can be contacted at his office, room no. N 234 Academic Building, extension no. 5532, and via email gunneswara@ait.ac.th.

 

Dr. Mohammed Sharif
Dr. Mohammed Sharif is a seconded faculty by the Government of India. Presently, he is Reader with the department of Civil Engineering at Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi. He obtained his postgraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 1994. He obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 1999. He has been teaching at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi for over 14 years and is actively involved in research in the area of hydroclimatology. During his stay at AIT, Dr. Sharif will teach a course on Flood Modeling and Management. He can be contacted at his office, Room no. 108 (WEM Building), Extension no. 5558, and through email at msharif@ait.ac.th

Prof. Ake Faldt
School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome Prof. Ake Faldt currently a Professor of Chalmers University of Technology and as a Visiting Professor of Microelectronics, in the School of Engineering and Technology for a period of one (1) semester from January 2009 to February 2009.

During his appointment, Prof. Faldt will be teaching Solid State Physics course. Prof. Faldt acquired his Ph.D. degree in Physics at Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg in 1980. Since 1982 he had the course responsibility and been lecturer in about 75 courses. A majority of these courses are general physics courses, covering mechanics, thermodynamics, electric and magnetic fields, wave physics, quantum physics and introductory solid state physics.

Prof. Faldt can be reached at room IE232, Chalerm Prakiat Building, telephone extension: 8345 email: ake@ait.ac.th

Dr. Denis Sweatman
School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome Dr. Denis Sweatman a Faculty in Griffith University as a Visiting Professor of Microelectronics in the School of Engineering and Technology for a period of one (1) semester from January 2009 to April 2009.

During his appointment, Dr. Denis will join research activities in the Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology from January till April 2009.
Dr. Denis acquired his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry at University of Queensland in 1982.

Since 1982 he has been a Research Associate at University of Queensland and a lecturer in Griffith University. A majority of his courses are Optical Communication Systems, Practical Electronics, Integrated Electronics, Network Theory and Analysis and Introduction to MEMS Design.

Dr. Denis can be reached at room IE206, Chalerm Prakiat Building, telephone extension: 5613 email: denis@ait.ac.th

Dr. Amarit Lal Ghosh
The Industrial Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome a Visiting Assistant Professor who has joined us in January 2009 semester. 

Dr. Amarit Lal Ghosh, a seconded faculty by the Indian Government, is currently a Reader, and Head of Business Administration Department, Assam University, Silchar, India.   He obtained his Ph.D. (1999) at Gaukati University, India.  During his stay at ISE/SET, Dr. Ghosh will teach a course AT72.09 – Inventory and Logistics Management.  He can be contacted at his office, room no. 233 (Chalerm Prakiat Building), extension no. 8346, and at email amarit@ait.ac.th.

(updated: January 30, 2009)

 

Welcomes faculty of Andalas University from Padang, Indonesia

On January 16, a group of faculty from Andalas University from Padang, Indonesia, is leaded by Dr Uyung Gatot (Dean of Eng) & Dr Syafruddin Karimi (Dean of Economics) visit to SET.  The Dean of SET, Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai warmly welcomes the group and Dr. Roberto S. Clements of WEM, Dr. Voratas Kachivichyanukul ISE, and Dr. Pennung Warnitchai (STE) are also present.  The purpose of visit are to introduce and know each other, collaboration in education with the GOI support, joint research with the GOI support and other sources, and opportunity for staffs to get master and doctor degrees with the GOI scholarship. Collaborations are expected on Unified bachelor and master program, Master student exchange, PhD program in AIT for staff, and Lecturer exchange (visiting teacher). The interest on joint research topics are Renewable energy (hydro, wind, wave, solar, biodiesel, etc.), Metal and material Fluid control and measurement, Energy saving (management and technology) in cement factory, Production technology and SME development, Climate change: green house effect and smog of annual forest fire, Water and air pollutions, waste problems, Agricultural processing technology, and Disaster preparedness and mitigation (to earthquake, tsunami, mud flow, flood, land-slide).

IME doctoral student in top 25 articles on Science Direct

Congratulations to Mr Asim Nisar, doctoral student of Dr Nitin Afzulpurkar, design and manufacturing engineering field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, whose recent paper has been ranked No. 2 in the list of the top 25 on Science Direct in Sensors and Actuators journal for 2008. His PhD research deals with design and fabrication of MEMS based microfluidic device for biomedical applications. Here is the link:

http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/chemistry/6/journal/sensors-and-actuators-b-chemical/09254005/archive/18

Welcome New Assistant to the SET Dean

Former Assistant to the Dean of SET, Dr Djoen San Santoro, has left AIT to pursue his faculty career at Saitama University in Japan after assisting SET Dean for the last 2 years.

Mr. Sonny Saw, an AIT alumnus (graduated in Industrial Engineering and Management in December 1990), has extensive experience as Managing Director in manufacturing industry and as Consultant in local and overseas firms for manufacturing software package.

He was highly accomplished visionary executive with domestic and international experience in operations, manufacturing, production planning and control, multi-channel product distribution, strategic positioning, technology development, and strategic planning with both start up and growth organizations. Results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success on new market identification, strategic thinking, and problem solving. Proven track record of increasing sales, global market share, and profitability. Tendency to thrive in dynamic and fluid environments while remaining pragmatic and focused.
He can be contacted at room no. N-215 (Academic North Building), extension no. 6423, and at email: sns@ait.ac.th.

Dr. Huynh Trung Luong promoted to Associate Professor

Dr. Luong, a faculty member in the Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) field of study in our School of Engineering and Technology(SET), joined AIT in 2002. Dr. Luong’s specialization and research interests encompasses the areas of emergency inventory policies and inventory policies for perishable products; supply chain design; measures of bullwhip effect in supply chains; availability-based and reliability-based maintenance; fuzzy quality control charts; statistical design of experiments and network flow related problems. Dr. Luong graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (recipient of the gold medal for the best academic performance), obtained his M.Eng., Industrial Systems Engineering (awardee: The James A. Linen III Prize for the most outstanding academic performance) and his PhD at AIT.

Congratulation to Dr. Huynh Trung Luong on this promotion in recognition of their significant contributions to his respective fields.

Dr. Joydeep Dutta promoted to Full Professor

On 5 November 2008 the AIT Executive Committee approved the promotion of Dr. Joydeep Dutta (faculty in the Microelectronics Field of Study in the School of Engineering and Technology) to the rank of full Professor.

All the documents provided to the Executive Committee, except the 5 external evaluation letters, are provided below for your reference and information.

Relevant documents on Dr. Joydeep Dutta’s Promotion Case to the Rank of Full Professor

• Accomplishments of Dr Joydeep Dutta (2005 – July 2008; as of Nov. 2008)
  http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/DrJDUTTA-CV1-achievements2005-Jul2008-AsOf04Nov2008.pdf
• Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Joydeep Dutta (as of Feb. 2008; received by FEP)
  http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/DrJDUTTA-CV2AsOfFeb2008-receivedByFEP.pdf
• President’s Endorsement
  http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/PresidentEndorsement-DrDutta.pdf
• Faculty Evaluation Panel (FEP) Recommendation
  http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/FacultyEvaluationPanel-recommendation.pdf
• Recommendation from the School of Engineering & Technology (SET) Promotions Committee
  http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/SET-PromotionsCommittee-recommendation.pdf
• Institute Criteria for Promotion (P&P on the Procedure for Evaluation of Faculty for Promotion (PA-1-2-2)
  http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/InstituteCriteriaForPromotion-PA-1-2-5.pdf
• Procedure for Evaluation of Faculty for Promotion (PA-1 2)
  http://www.vpaa.ait.ac.th/PA-1-2 2_ProcedureForEvaluationOfFacultyForPromotion.pdf

Dean Worsak bestowed with the First Nishino Medal

Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology (SET), who has been adjudged to receive the first Nishino Medal for his international recognized contributions in the area of structural engineering and construction. The medal will be presented at the opening ceremony of the Eleventh East Asia Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-11) on November 19 in Taipei, followed by his technical presentation of the Nishino Lecture in honor of the late Professor Fumio Nishino. The announcement was made on 10 November by the Nishino Medal and Prize Award Committee on behalf of the EASEC International Steering Committee.

Professor Fumio Nishino served twice at AIT, once as an Associate Professor (from 1971-72) and as a Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs (from 1984-86). He founded the series of EASEC conferences in 1986 while he served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs, to which Professor Worsak served as the Conference Secretary.

Over the past ten years following his retirement, Professor Nishino was extensively involved in assisting the development of engineering education in the region. He was instrumental in putting up the APEC Engineering Framework for Mutual Recognition of Professional Engineers. He passed away on Sunday 6 May 2007 at the age of 71.

congratulation to Prof. Dennes T. Bergado

congratulation to Professor Dennes T. Bergado, faculty member in the School of Engineering and Technology, on having successfully won the election as one of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Council Members for the period 2008 to 2012 representing the Asian Region. Other members of the council represent North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Australasia. The election is conduced internationally with all members of the IGS directly voting for each council member. The Council members will assist the IGS President in shaping the policies and rules of IGS. This good news was conveyed to Professor Bergado through a message from the IGS President Professor Fumio Tatsuoka. Further details on the IGS is available at: www.geosyntheticssociety.org.

Dr Kunnawee received a grant from the Department of Highways

Dr Kunnawee Kanitpong, Assistant Professor in SET-TRE, received a grant of THB-7,756,000 from the Department of Highways, Thailand over a one-year period from June 2008 to conduct research related to the development and dissemination of road safety knowledge.

Text Book Launch by Dr. Dutta

Dr. Joydeep Dutta, Associate Dean in SET and faculty member in the Microelectronics Field of Study launch his book entitled “Introduction to Nanoscience” (CRC Press) 2008, which was co-authored with Dr. Gabor L. Hornyak, Dr. Harry F. Tibbals and Dr. Anil K. Rao.

Tomorrows nanoscientist will have a truly interdisciplinary and nano-centric education, rather than, for example, a degree in chemistry with a specialization in nanoscience. For this to happen, the field needs a truly focused and dedicated textbook. This full-color masterwork is such a textbook. It introduces the nanoscale along with the societal impacts of nanoscience, then presents an overview of characterization and fabrication methods. The authors systematically discuss the chemistry, physics, and biology aspects of nanoscience, providing a complete picture of the challenges, opportunities, and inspirations posed by each facet before giving a brief glimpse at nanoscience in action: nanotechnology.

Collaboration with Hokkaido University

On 8 May, AIT President, Said Irandoust met with Professor Takashi Nakatsuji, who is a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University (HU), Japan. He has visited AIT on several occasions and was a JICA seconded faculty member to AIT during 1997-1999 and also served as a short-term visiting faculty in 2007 supported by the Japanese Human Resource Development Fund.

Professor Nakatsuji informed us that HU is interested in collaborating with AIT, and at the initial stage, proposed that a generalized agreement (MoU) could be signed. This MoU would cover the collaboration for an exchange of students and faculty for course work or research at HU. Subsequently a more in-depth agreement could then be jointly prepared. The offering of dual degree program were also proposed, initially targeting the Transportation Engineering and Gender & Development Studies fields of study. Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong, Field of Study Coordinator, Transportation Engineering; Dr. Kyoko Kusabe, Dr. Pritam K. Shrestha, Head ERCO and Ms. Tiamkare, Program Office, ERCO also joined the meeting.

Promotional Trip to Myanmar

An AIT delegation comprised of Prof. Sivannapan Kumar, Dean of the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD); Dr. Barbara Igel, Acting Dean of the School of Management (SOM); Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, Dr. Joko Harsono Widjaja, Dr. Pisut Koomsap, Dr. Djoen San Santoso from the School of Engineering and Technology (SET); and Mr. Kyaw Soe Hlaing from the External Relations and Communications Office (ERCO) visited Myanmar to promote AIT to prospective students.

On 29 March, the AIT Day Seminar (above) was conducted at Traders Hotel, Yangon, which attracted many inquiries from enthusiastic and interested students. Prof. Dr. Aung Tun Thet, former Principal Officer, UN System Staff College, Turin, Italy, and a former professor of economics at Yangon Institute, welcomed the AIT delegation and gave a welcome address. The AIT delegates conducted presentations on the Institute and the various schools. The AIT representatives conducted the AIT English Test for applicants and student interviews were also conducted in the same afternoon. 

During their visit to Yangon, the AIT delegation visited and held meetings with several organizations including the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI), Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF), Myanmar Women Entrepreneur Association (MWEA), Myanmar Engineering Society (MES), UNDP, Alliance Française, AITAA-Myanmar Chapter. Included in all discussions were ways potential collaborative activities.

Prof. Sivannapan Kumar, Dr. Joko Harsono Widjaja, Dr. Djoen San Santoso and Mr. Kyaw Soe Hlaing, accompanied by Mr. Aung Myo Thaik, Managing Director of United Network Co., Ltd., visited Naypyitaw from 30-31 March 2008. The AIT delegation held several meetings with Director General and senior officials of Energy Planning Department of the Ministry of Energy; Director General and senior officials of the Department of Agricultural Planning; the Rector and officials of Yezen Agricultural University of Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation; the Rector and officials of Yezen Forestry University; and the Director of the Forest Research Institute of Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar.

Officials said the AIT mission was a success due to the kind support the AITAA Myanmar Chapter and its alumni in Yangon and Naypyitaw. High level meetings with departments and organizations were arranged and coordinated by Mr. Aung Myo Thaik, NRP’95: former President of AITAA-Myanmar Chapter, Managing Director of United Network Co., Ltd. (UNCL), which has an agreement with AIT for student recruitment activities in Myanmar. Also thanks goes to Dr. Myint Lwin, ASE’06 for his kind support and coordination during AIT Mission to Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

Telecommunications faculty member elevated to highest professional grade

Dr. Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn of Telecommunications FoS has been elevated to the grade of Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Senior Member is the highest professional grade of the IEEE for which an application may be made and requires experience reflecting professional accomplishment and maturity. Approximately only 8.1% of the IEEE’s 376,000 members have achieved this grade.

Civil Lounge now opens

Civil Engineering Lounge, which is located on the ground floor in the North Academic building just below the entrance to the Dean Office, was re-opened for service, starting 24 March 2008. New concessionaire had been selected from the invitation to operate the lounge.

The new operator of the lounge offers quality coffee, refreshment and snacks at reasonable prices following the concept set forth the Dean.  You can find freshly brew brand coffee and others alike there.  The lounge has a new interior look that should be good for your relaxing moment during short breaks from work.  It will be a good place to entertain your visitors for casual chats.  Please visit the lounge and try out the new service that the School of Engineering and Technology has provided for you.  We have made an agreement with the vendor that you do not need to order any refreshments or snacks to spend time in the lounge. 

The lounge will be open from Monday to Friday, from 08.00-17.00 hrs.

Dean SET to serve as a member of the Honorable Board of the Mekong Organization for Mankind (MOM)

Congratulations to Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean SET, who has been invited to serve as a member of the Honorable Board of the Mekong Organization for Mankind (MOM) http://momthai.org/ . The MOM was formed in 2003, by the philanthropic group of prominent academic, former high ranking officers, prominent business people in this region, diplomats and people in other related sectors, to carry out the landmine action in remote areas. It also works toward implementing long-term, sustainable and appropriate development projects in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Dr. Tej Bunnag, AIT Board Chairman, serves as the Honorary Chair of the Advisory Board of MOM.

SOM students are runners-up in a Business Plan Competition

A team of students from AIT’s School of Management (SOM) were judged as runners-up in the recently-concluded Global Social Venture Competition: South East Asia (GSVC-SEA), which is a Business Plan Competition on ventures with social importance. Moreover, the team has been nominated with two other teams to represent South-East Asia in the Asian Regional Finals to be held at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India from the 7th to the 9th of March 2008. The winning business plan was based on a new type of solar technology (Dyesensitized Solar Cell) developed in Center of Excellence Nanotechnology led by Dr. Joydeep Dutta and his team. This is an effort to formulate the commercialization plan of a technology developed through the researches conducted at AIT. Dr. Barbara Igel served as their faculty advisor.

Altogether, nine teams were selected for the final presentations after a preliminary screening of applications from 16 teams in 6 countries including Australia and New Zealand. The South-East Asian Round was hosted by Thammasat Business School from 24th to 26th January 2008.

GSVC is a global MBA student business plan competition began in 1999 at the Haas School of Business of the University of California at Berkeley, USA. GSVC was the first competition to promote entrepreneurial start-ups which not only offered financial returns, but also provided measurable social or environmental benefits. In order to expand, Haas joined with several of the world's top business schools, including the Columbia Business School, London Business School, Indian School of Business and the Yale School of Management as partners of GSVC.

New Students Welcome Party

On 14 January 2008, AIT President Said Irandoust took part in the new students welcome party which was organized by the Student Union (SU). This was one of the important and inaugural activities organized by the new SU President, Mr. Md. Mustafa Saroar, which provided an opportunity for students to get to know each other in an informal setting.

CS doctoral student accepted to serve on the Student Editorial Board of international journal

Professor Peter Haddawy's doctoral student in Computer Science Field of Study, Mr. Hameedullah Kazi, has been accepted to serve on the Student Editorial Board of the international journal Methods of Information in Medicine. This is an innovative program in which a few students from around the world are selected to serve on the editorial board in order to gain experience in the editorial process. Methods in Info in Medicine is a highly regarded journal, so this is a nice recognition of the strength of his research and it's relevance to the field of Medical Informatics.

Inaugural Meeting of the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) Board

On 1 November 2007, AIT president Said Irandoust took part in the inaugural meeting of the  SET Board, under the chairmanship of distinguished AIT alumnus, Dr. Tongchat Hongladarom, who is also a member of the AIT Board of Trustees and serves as Chairman of the University Council, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. The other participants included Dr. Srisook Chandrangsu (Vice Chair), Former Chairman, Board of Directors, Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited; Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul, President, Kasikorn Bank Public Company Limited; Mr. Sathiht Sathirakul (representing the President, The Siam Cement Public Company Limited); Mr. Brent Bargmann, Former Vice President of Thailand Operations, Seagate Technology (Thailand) Limited; Mr. Jonny Axelsson, General Manager, Phelps Dodge Thailand Limited; Mr. Tetsuji Banno, President, Marubeni Thailand Company Limited; Mr. Sigve Brekke, Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication Public Company Limited; and Mr. Nak-kil Sung, Managing Director LG Electronics (Thailand) Company Limited.

The emphasis of the meeting were on important issues such as performance of SET in 2007, financial  situation, new ventures as strategic positioning of SET and future directions were considered. As you are aware, we now have in place School and AIT Extension Boards, which have decision making responsibility for strategic and policy related issues within the overall framework provided by the AIT Executive Committee and Board of Trustees.

Proposal by SET Associate Dean for Promotion to conduct training program approved

The proposal submitted by Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, Associate Dean for Promotion, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), and colleagues from the Mechatronics and Microelectronics field of study, to conduct a customized training program on "IC packaging, assembly and test", was approved by the Manpower Department, Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia, and is being conducted at AIT from 22 October until 21 December 2007.

Dr. Nitin was also invited to serve as Chief Judge at the "Third World Robo Masters Cup" which will take place in Singapore on 16 November 2007.

SET Associate Dean for New Development cited in Scienceline

Dr. Joydeep Dutta, faculty in the Mechatronics and Microelectronics field of study, and Associate Dean for New Development, was recently cited in the online publication Scienceline. The article makes reference to his work on forensic fingerprint enhancement, and is based on the IEEE article which Dr. Dutta et.al. wrote entitled "Forensic Fingerprint Enhancement Using Bioadhesive Chitosan and Gold Nanoparticles". To read the full article visit:

http://scienceline.org/2007/10/12/technology-cooper-fingerprintsdrugs/

Recognition of Faculty and Alumnus

Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn, an alumna of AIT's Computer Science and Information Management program, SET, who received the IFIA Lady Prize for the Best Women-Invention on September 27-30, 2007 at the 2007 International Invention Show and Technomart, held in Taiwan. The award is for her work on COMET: An intelligent tutoring system for medical problem-based learning. The work successfully passed the Asian, Africa and Australia semifinal round of the World Cup of Computer Implemented inventions (CIIs) and has been chosen to compete in the final round of the World Cup of CIIs in 2008. The system was developed by Dr. Siriwan during her doctoral study at AIT under the supervision of Professor Peter Haddawy. Further details available at :

http://intraweb.ait.ac.th/interimpage/ait_visitor/pssu/headline.asp?HLID=265

Professor Dennes T. Bergado, whose two papers have been cited (no. 10 and no. 15) in the top 25 most downloaded articles in the Geotextiles and Geomembranes Journal. Further details available at:

http://top25.sciencedirect.com

Partnership with Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

Dr. Manukid Parnichkun, faculty member from the Mechatronics field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, travelled to Sweden, and visited FOI during 13-14 September 2007, to explore areas in which there could be collaboration. During his visit he also made a presentation to FOI officials on advanced robotics and mechatronics research work being conducted at AIT.

A concept paper has been developed on the offering of an “Underwater Technology Program” at the masters and doctoral levels jointly by AIT and FOI. The target students would be from Asian countries working as government officers at environmental, meteorological, metrological, naval departments or working as private company employees at petroleum, ship making, fishery, tourism companies etc. The research topics would be in the field of applications oriented underwater technology; underwater robot / vehicle; underwater communications; environmental / meteorological sensors on underwater platforms etc.

AIT will be approaching the Swedish Embassy in Thailand and also discussing with FOI in exploring how AIT could mobilize support for this program. AIT was also able to discuss the proposal with Ambassador Jan Axel Nordlander, when he visited on 25 September, and have sought his advice and support as well. FOI is very keen and interested in working with AIT wherein AITcould serve as a platform for technological knowledge transfer for FOI in the region.

SET Retreat, key learning

AIT President Said Irandoust was invited by Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), to take part in the School of Engineering Retreat, which took place at Pinehurst on 28 September 2007. The emphasis of the workshop was on "Academic Quality and Resources Planning" and aimed at examining this year's performance, towards identifying conditions that would help ensure the sustainability of the present positive trends of the School.

In his opening remarks made at the retreat, the AIT President highlighted the changes and challenges occurring in higher education, and the importance of taking on a more learning-based approach in our teaching. This requires one to re-examine and place special emphasis on the major dimensions of education such as curriculum, pedagogy, and evaluation processes, and to appreciate and acknowledge that teaching is a highly complex and sophisticated set of processes that requires continuous and never-ended improvement. He also presented some of the essential attributes that are necessary for one to excel as a teacher and researcher. For those who are interested, the link to his presentation is available at:

http://www.ait.ac.th/president/presentations/Teaching%20to%20Learning%20for%20SET%20Retreat%2028%20Sept.%2007.pptx

The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin, Assistant to the President for Research Affairs, Chulalongkorn University, who spoke on the topic "A Paradigm Shift from Teaching to Learning", and highlighted the different characteristics of teaching and learning, as well as the importance and advantages of shifting from a teaching to a learning institution. This was followed by a presentation by Professor Tawatchai Tingsanchali on the draft procedures and schedule for peer teaching review of the school. There was plenty of discussion on this topic and general understanding that peer review should not be viewed as an evaluation of a particular program, but rather considered as a continuous improvement and learning process. A pedagogical center will be established at AIT next year to support the improvement and learning processes.

Professor Worsak presented a report on the School of Engineering and Technology's performance and goals for the coming years. The August 2007 intake was almost 60 percent higher than that of August 2006, and he commended the faculty and staff members of the School on this significant achievement. Compared to the last five years (2003-2007), the August 2007 intake had the highest pay-factor, highest FFE and annual revenue. Moreover, the average GPA of the Thai students was also the highest in the last five years. The School is expecting a net operating surplus of more than Baht 24 million by the end of the year. The strategic plan of the School for 2008 covers improvement and initiation of four aspects, namely: quality of student supports, quality of capacity, income generation, and new ventures. For those who are interested in the details of SET's performance, Professor Worsak's presentation is available at:

http://www.ait.ac.th/AIT/news-and-events/presentations/SET%20Dean%20Presentation%20in%20Retreat%202007.pdf

Each Field of Study / Program and Center also made individual presentations, outlining their activities and programs as well as their expected surpluses at the end of the year. The presentations outlined plans for the year 2008 and included proposed improvements of academic quality and resources. Promotional plans for 2008, intended to achieve the planned targets, were also elaborated in the presentations.

Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Director AIT Extension, assisted in moderating the retreat discussions.

Partnership with the Southeast Asia Foundation Company (SEAFCO)

On 19 July Prof.Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai and Dr. Noppadol Phienwej took part in the signing ceremony between AIT and the Southeast Asia Foundation Company (SEAFCO) towards research collaboration and provision of Supot Thasnanipan Scholarship for Overseas Students. Mr. Tachapong Pravesvararat, and Mr. Narong Thasnanipan, President and Chairman of SEAFCO, Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Dr. Noppadol Phienwej, Coordinator in the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (GTE) Field of Study, SET along with senior members of the Thai alumni also attended the event. SEAFCO has had a long association with AIT over the years and sponsored various workshops, symposia and conferences, and also supported GTE’s teaching and research program by allowing students to make use of data on practical foundation engineering problems of the company as part of their thesis research, in addition to making available resource persons for special lectures conducted at AIT. Many AIT’s graduates are currently working at SEAFCO.

With the rapid growth of SEAFCO in the domestic market and the expansion overseas in 2007, SEAFCO has generously offered to extend the GTE scholarship program to not only Thai but also overseas students. Under this agreement one scholarship will be made available for the August 2007 semester intake.

New Academic Programs in the School of Engineering and Technology

Two new programs of School of Engineering and Technology (SET) were approved by the Academic Senate at its meeting held on 30 May 2007. The first program, "Supply Chain and Logistics Management" will be offered by SET’s Industrial Engineering and Management Field of Study. The degrees offered under this program will be Master’s, Certificate and Professional Master’s. The second program is Dual Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering which will be jointly conducted by the Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Indonesia and AIT.

Dean Worsak elected Speaker for 2008 World Congress on Computational Mechanics

Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, for having been elected by the largest number of votes to serve as semi-plenary speaker at the World Congress on Computational Mechanics scheduled to take place in Venice, Italy in 2008. This is the first time that the International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM) has called on its worldwide council members to vote for three plenary and six semi-plenary speakers. Over 4,000 participants are expected to attend the World Congress and this is a great recognition of Professor Worsak's contribution to the field and at the same time also brings much publicity to AIT.

Vice President Haddawy on Innovation and Higher Education

Prof. Peter Haddawy, Vice President for Academic Affairs, presented the paper "Fostering Innovation in Higher Education" co-authored with Dr. Barbara Igel on May 10 at the 2007 Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, held in Hong Kong.

The paper discusses how to incorporate measures of innovativeness into systems of accreditation and illustrates the ideas using case studies, with particular emphasis on innovations at AIT. The paper was enthusiastically received by the audience which was largely composed of Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Deans from various universities in the region.

SET faculty receive Osaka City University (OCU) Fellowship for Foreign Researchers

Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi of Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems, SET, was awarded the Osaka City University (OCU) Fellowship for Foreign Researchers by the President of OCU. The Fellowship was established in 1992 to promote international cooperation and mutual understanding in the field of scientific research. Under this program, OCU invites distinguished scientists from abroad to cooperate through research, seminars, lectures etc.

AIT Masters thesis competition winners announced

The first and second winners of the AIT Masters thesis competition for the students graduating this May 2007 term held on 21 May 2007 are as follows:

ICT Category:

First
Mr. Ramesh Marikhu

Thesis Title: Road Extraction using Satellite Imagery Using Quadratic Snakes

Second

Miss Shuprabha Shakya

Thesis Title: Development on Automated Real-Time Performance Measurement and Visualization Framework for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Civil Engineering Category

First (tie)

Rojee Pradhananga
Thesis Title: Optimization Model for Hazardous Material Transport Routing

Mr. Martin Suthasit

Thesis Title:Nonlinear modeling of Gravity Load Designed Reinforced Concrete Buildings for Seismic Performance Evaluation

Industrial Systems and Engineering Category

First
Mr. Sunandan Baruah

Thesis Title:Innovative Filtration Media for Particulate and VOC Reductio in Hard Disk Drives

Second
Mr. Ly Tan Huy

Thesis Title: Development of a parallel robot

Resources Category

First
Mr. Phurba Lhendup

Thesis title: Black-necked Cranes in Bhutan: Migration routes, threats and conservation prospects

Second

Prom Visal

Thesis Title: COLOR PREFERENCE OF INSECT PESTS OF CHINESE KALE (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

Development Category
First

Nguyen Thanh Thi Ha

Thesis Title: THE IMPLICATIONS OF VIETNAM¹S JOINT-LAND TITLE POLICY ON WOMEN AND THEIR EMPOWERMENT

Second
Ms. Lada Phadungkiati

Thesis title : Comparision of the effects of community-based rural enterprises on rural people in the central plain of Thailand : A case study of Chai Nat province

Energy and Environment
First
Mr. Hennadige Ramesh Pandula Soysa
Thesis Title: Study of Air Distribution Systems in a Circulating Fluidized Bed

Second
Ms. Harshani A. Basnakaya
Thesis Title: Chromium Removal from Wastewater using Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland with Low-Cost Bed Media

Management Category
First
MOT-2 Rahul Shah
Thesis Title: Business Incubation in Nepal: A survey on supply and demand of incubation services

Second
IPM-2 Nguyen The Hoang
Thesis Title: Politically connected firms and the allocation of government expenditure: An empirical study.

The winners received a cash prize of US$-200 which were handed during the 107th Graduation ceremony. This competition is sponsored by Y. K. Singhania Group from India and coordinated by the office of the SCPO and Head of Research and Education. It was conducted in seven categories with a total of 59 students participating. There were a total of 24 judges from industry, developmental agencies, universities, etc.

Welcome Dr. Djoen San Santoso as the Assistant to SET Dean

The School of Engineering and Technology is pleased to welcome Dr. Djoen San Santoso as the Assistant to the Dean in SET Dean's Office.

Dr. Santoso completed his doctoral study in Civil Engineering with specialization in Transportation Planning from Saitama University, Japan in 2005. His master's degree in Construction Management was from AIT (1999). He was with the School of Civil Engineering as Planning Officer from 2000 - 2002.

He can be contacted at room N215, Academic Building, telp. ext. 6423, email: djoensan@ait.ac.th.

GTE Alumni and Friends Advisory Meeting

Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering (GTE) field of study organized an alumni and friends advisory meeting on Thursday, 22 February at AIT, part of which Said Irandoust, President of AIT also attended. Around 30 senior GTE alumni from industry, academe, government etc. participated in the brainstorming meeting and have come up with some innovative ideas and suggestions to support the field. The GTE field of study has prepared a future plan of development with many planned initiatives and activities.

MoU signing ceremony between Total Exploration and Production Thailand (TEPT), Total Professors Associations (TPA) and AIT

MoU signing ceremony between Total Exploration and Production Thailand (TEPT), Total Professors Associations (TPA) and AIT which took place at AIT Tuesday, 20 February and was held in conjunction with the OTM Open House Day. Mr. Christian La Marre, President and General Manager of TEPT, Professor Alphonse Grynko from TPA together with many other high-ranking officials, faculty, staff and OTM student representative participated in the event. Under the partnership students would be able to benefit from lectures by industry professionals, conferences and short courses by TPA, site visits to TOTAL facilities and participate in international meetings, conference and symposia etc. I would like to congratulate and commend Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology; Dr. Joko Widjaja and the rest of the OTM team on this excellent initiative.

Farewell to Dr. Susaki

School of Engineering and Technology say farewell to Dr. Junichi Susaki, Japanese faculty representative and visiting assistant professor. We thank Dr. Susaki for all his good work, support and contributions made to AIT and wish him well in future endeavors. Dr. Kyoko Kusakabe has succeeded Dr. Susaki as the new Japanese faculty representative with effect from 24 January 2007.

Nokia Training Center offers hands-on training

Forum Nokia has established Symbian OS - Mobile Applications Development Training Centre at Telecommunications and ICT (www.ict.ait.ac.th), AIT. Nokia certified trainers will give on hands-on training to industry professionals and other interested persons in developing mobile applications on Symbian technology.

For details about the center, visit:
http://forum.nokia.com/main/technical_services/training/training_centers.html

For the training schedule, visit:
http://forum.nokia.com/main/technical_services/training/class_schedule.html

or contact Rajesh Kumar Dehury (rajeshk@ait.ac.th) for more information.

Here are the upcoming trainings sessions:
4300: Symbian Basics, 5-6 February 2007 - Audience: This course is intended for C++ developers with an interest in developing applications for the S60 or Series 80 developer platforms. Topic areas include: Nokia developer platforms, memory and resource management, descriptors, application structure overview, resource and localization files, UI controls, client/server framework, active object framework. Prerequisites: Attendees should have C++ programming experience; a firm grasp of object-oriented programming principles, an understanding of C++ coding constructs common in C, and have taken 5200B or have familiarity with the UI and usability principles of the developer platforms.

6300: S60 3rd Edition Update, 7 February 2007 - Audience: This course is intended for experienced developers with an interest in upgrading applications to the 3rd Edition of the S60 developer platform. Topic areas include: application structure changes, platform security changes, compatibility issues, API changes, updated Symbian signed, new CodeWarrior 3.0.2 IDE. Prerequisites: Attendees should have taken 5300 or have advanced programming experience with S60 C++.

AIT Receives the IRTE & Prince Michael International Road Safety Award 2006

It is an immense pleasure to inform the AIT community that Asian Institute of Technology has been awarded the IRTE & Prince Michael International Road Safety Award 2006 for the extraordinary contribution towards road safety in Thailand. The IRTE National Road Safety Awards were instituted in the year 2000, to acknowledge extraordinary contributions by individuals and organizations, towards development of a positive road culture in traffic management and road safety in India. The Prince Michael International Road Safety Award (U.K.) recognizes achievements and innovations for improvement in Road Safety. Instituted in 1987, the awards have given public recognition to those who have made outstanding achievements and innovations worldwide (Source: Official website of IRTE available at: http://www.irte.com/).

The award appreciates the outstanding academic leadership of Late Professor Yordphol Tanaboriboon, Transportation Engineering field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, AIT, in developing the basis of accident investigation and catalyzing road safety in Thailand. The panel of international judges has recommended that the Award should be presented to the Asian Institute of Technology in his memory. The award distribution ceremony was held on Friday 12 January, 2007 at the India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi, India. Mr. Sattrawut Ponboon, a research associate in Thailand Accident Research Center (TARC) and a former student of Late Professor Yordphol Tanaboriboon, received the award on behalf of AIT and TARC.

Welcomes Visiting 45 top engineering students in Thailand

On January 9, AIT has an opportunity to host the visit of 45 top engineering students in Thailand, who are selected by the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) to receive the "Best Engineering Student Achievement Medal" from the Crown Prince. The selection was made by a committee chaired by Dean Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, who also serves as the Vice President of EIT. These senior students rank first in their respective fields of study from all universities in Thailand, all with a cumulative GPA of 3.60 or higher. Since these distinguished students qualify for full-fee RTG fellowship, they are invited to see AIT first hand before the award ceremony organized in the Royal Palace. The students were briefed about AIT, the programs available in 3 schools as well as the student life in AIT. Then students were divided into groups to visit the laboratories of their interest. After the visit, with the offer of full-fee fellowship on the spot, 14 top students have committed to enroll in this August intake, 3 in SERD, 3 in SOM and 8 in SET. More importantly, with this visit, all students were very impressed by AIT academic atmosphere and the close attention of AIT faculty towards our individual students. All of them have agreed to serve as our ambassadors to inform their classmates about our best kept secret institution right inside Thailand.

SET faculty members in top 25 articles of journals

Congratulations to Prof. Phan Minh Dung of Computer Science and Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology, whose recent paper has been ranked No. 11 in the list of the 25 most downloaded papers of the Artificial Intelligence Journal for two consecutive quarters of 2006 (Jan-Mar and Apr-June). This is the premier journal of the AI field with an impact factor: 2.638. Here is the link:

http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?cat_id=7

Another congratulation goes to Dr. Kiyoshi Honda of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, whose paper has been ranked No. 1 in the list of the 25 most read papers of the Agricultural Water Management Journal for April-June quarters of 2006. Here is the link:

http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?cat_id=8

According to Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, dean SET, these are major achievements for any serious researchers and also testimonies of the quality of SET's research work. Prof. Dung and Dr. Honda have set themselves role models for other faculty members to follow.

AIT first experience in capitalizing the intellectual property by Dr. Nitin

On 4 September 2006, AIT President Said Irandoust signed a patent agreement concerning the commercial development of research done at AIT.

Under this agreement, the company acquired the licenses for specific invention disclosures based on the research conducted by Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, associate professor, Mechatronics and Microelectronics. This is the institute's first experience in capitalizing the intellectual property (IP) in its research as asset with the help of an IP agent, Axis Associates International.

Contributions from many people have helped in making this agreement. Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit, vice president for research, and Mrs. Izel Ann M. Dante, head, Research and Education Support, along with the institute's IP Committee, played important roles in the process. Dr. Roland Amoussou Guenou, visiting lecturer at the School of Management, has contributed toward the development of the IP initiatives of the institute and has played an important role in raising the awareness of the capital value of IP for AIT and worked on the legal aspects of the licensing contract negotiation. The agreement will open further developments in the field of converting research into intellectual property that can be protected by patents. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to discuss and submit their researches to the vice president for research, who presently chairs the institute IP Committee.

Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai received IACM Fellows Award

Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai received IACM Fellows Award of the International Association of Computational Mechanics on 18 July 2006 for his distinguished record of research accomplishment in the area of computational mechanics.

Prof. Yordphol Tanaboriboon passes away on Sweden trip

Prof. Yordphol Tanaboriboon, 55, coordinator of Transportation Engineering field of study at the School of Engineering and Technology, passed away peacefully during his sleep on Sunday morning, 4 June 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Initially, he was diagnosed to have a stroke.
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SET welcomes visiting professor

Computer Science and Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology welcomes visiting faculty member Finn Arve Aagesen, who joined the school in January.
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Joint master's program accredited

AIT's French partner, Institut National des Telecommunications (INT) has been officially notified that the institutes' joint master of science program entitled "ComNets - Communication Networks and Services" has been accredited by the French Conference des Grandes Ecoles. This is one of the first times, if not the first, that an AIT offering in the engineering field is thus accredited.
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'King Kong' animators present seminar 22 Feb.

Academy Award winning animator Stephen Regelous and Artaya Boonsong of Massive Software are presenting a seminar at AIT on Wednesday, 22 February 2006.
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Seminar on sustainable transport

The transportation engineering field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, will organize a seminar called "Sustainable Transport" by Dr. Thirayoot Limanond, Asia Project Coordinator, GTZ (Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit - the Germany Agency for Technical Cooperation) Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP), United Nations Economics and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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Internet courses offered to prospective water professionals

The Regional United Nations Water Virtual Learning Centre at AIT invites prospective water professionals to apply for its Internet-based curriculum in integrated water resources management, which begins in August.
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