Professor Sangam Shrestha of the Water Engineering and Management program in the AIT School of Engineering and Technology collaborated with Dr. Linda Anne Stevenson of the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), Prof.

Professor Manukid Parnichkun of the AIT School of Engineering and Technology, and Chair of the Academic Committee of the MCOT-ABU ROBOCON, explains the new normal and a major robot competition to be held this year which is open to students from AIT and other universities in Thailand.

AIT and Thailand’s National Housing Authority (NHA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 20 August 2020 to address the country’s need for affordable housing. The agreement represents a commitment on the part of both organizations to collaborate on capacity building and innovation to develop low-cost, energy-efficient, eco-friendly housing solutions, emphasizing efficiency, quality and conformance to global standards.

The Asian Institute of Technology conducted a Hybrid Fall Semester 2020 Orientation Ceremony on August 3 to welcome its intake of new students, comprising of those who are already on campus and those who are unable to be in Thailand yet because of Covid-19 restrictions.

On July 29, an online audience of more than 250 students from many countries in Asia and Africa tuned into the Fall Semester Overseas Students Forum focused on addressing the concerns of AIT’s new and continuing overseas students about the entry process into Thailand for the Fall Semester.

Dr. Anat Arbhabhirama (WRE’62), AIT alumnus, from Water Resources Engineering, signed an agreement with Dr. Eden Woon, AIT President on 30 July 2020, at Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited, granting a scholarship in an amount of 464,000 Thai Baht towards a 24 credits tuition and the registration fees for a master’s student of any nationality enrolled in Water Engineering and Management (WEM), School of Engineering & Technology for August 2020 intake.

After five years of development and multiple student theses aimed at improving the ecological health of the on campus West Lake, the AIT Student Union, supported by partner Thai Pipe Industry Co., this month launched a unique Freshwater Mangrove Museum on the lake’s edges.

The College of Industrial Technology (CIT) of Thailand’s King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB) joined the AIT International Unified Bachelor’s-Master’s Degree Program on 20 July 2020, signing a specific Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the AIT School of Engineering and Technology.

Dr. Aphichat Sramoon (SE’96), AIT Alumnus, and Chief Executive Officer, TEAM Consulting Engineering & Management PCL signed an agreement with AIT President Dr. Eden Woon on 14 July 2020 to donate 1,000,000 Thai Baht towards the renovation of Student Village 1 (Building #5 & #10). In recognition of this generosity, the two buildings are now named after AIT Alumni at TEAM Group.

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (I-EA-T) will support ten scholarships for their employees to pursue Master’s degree program at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed by Dr. Somchint Pilouk (EEM’17 & ETM’03), AIT Alumnus, and Governor of I-EA-T; and Dr. Eden Y Woon, President of AIT, on 22 July 2020 at AIT campus.