By Kanda Yaemboonruang and Thiwari Werayasobprasong

The stakes for recycling just got higher as Lucky Trash, Indorama Ventures and AIT launched the first university recycling program ‘Recycle and Win Gold’ to incentivize waste management – with chances of winning real gold!

With studies indicating that each year Thai people spend up to 8.3 billion US Dollars on lottery (!), CEO and co-founder of Trash Lucky, a start-up with a mission to clean up waste from the environment, Mr. Nattapak Atichartakarn, thought it would be more effective to gamify recycling efforts.

By Thiwari Werayasobprasong

The true value of water is the topic for exchange of views on the World Water Day, held every year on March 22nd since 1993. This year, it was jointly organized by AIT, UNESCO and Chulalongkorn University to raise awareness on the importance of freshwater and it’s sustainable management with the launch of several initiatives and products to further Sustainable Development Goal 6: Water and Sanitation for All by 2030.

With 2.2 billion people still lacking access to safe water today, it is estimated that if no action is taken now to ensure water security and access for all, by 2030, 40% of the water demand will not be met.

March 31, 2021

Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world.  The situation in Thailand was very stable for several months in Summer and Fall, but a new outbreak started in late December, 2020.  It is now being managed satisfactorily.

By Kanda Yeamboonruang and Thiwari Werayasobprasong

It is estimated that our global consumption of coffee produces roughly 18 million tons of used coffee grounds annually – the weight of 4,500 Asian elephants! Instead of allowing health hazard chemicals of Spent Ground Coffee (SGC) to pollute our environment, AIT student has molded it into ‘Novel Media’ -- clay pebbles that reduce waste, treat wastewater, and grow plants – a 3-in-1 innovation.

Between kitchen and the road, knitting kit and computer, or gardening and environmental engineering – which word of the pairs conjures up an image of women’s role in your mind? Joining AIT Gender and Development Studies program’s #ChooseToChallenge campaign on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2021, we hear from three AIT women engineers of how their chosen field of endeavor is challenging the society’s typical gender role.

To provide a robust framework for further cooperation in joint laboratory work, technical research, education and training, on March 3, 2021, AIT and the delegation from China State Construction Engineering (Thailand) Co., Ltd (CSCECTH) successfully signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a visit to AIT.

AIT President Dr. Eden Woon and Mr. Yinfei Wang, Managing Director of CSCECTH, signed the MoU. Dr. Wenchao Xue, Director of the AIT Belt & Road Research Center and Mr. Chongming Liu, Deputy Managing Director of CSCECTH, signed as witnesses.

February 28, 2021

Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world.  The situation in Thailand was very stable for several months in Summer and Fall, but a new outbreak started in late December, 2020.  It is now being managed satisfactorily.

The first meeting between China State Construction Engineering Team (CSCE Thailand) and AIT Belt & Road Research Center, hosted by its Director Dr. Wenchao Xue, was successfully held under the framework of Belt and Road Initiative on February 5, 2021 at AIT Entrepreneurship Center.

By Thiwari Werayasobprasong

Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul, AIT’s distinguished alumnus, was appointed as the new Chairman of the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) Board of Governors with effect from February 5, 2021.

“I feel honored to be, once again, part of the development of the Thai Capital Market, and of the facilitation of the country’s savings and investments,” said Dr. Prasarn.

Mr. Anan Sittitanasut, Managing Director of Nippon Kikai Engineering Co., Ltd (NKE), and AIT alumnus in Mechatronics program (1999), has agreed to support one named 12-credit Tuition PhD scholarship which is valued at THB 200,000 for a student of any nationality enrolled in the Department of Information & Communications Technologies (ICT), School of Engineering & Technology (SET) in January 2021 intake.