Welcome to New Faculty
Dr. Bernadette P. Resurreccion has been recently appointed Assistant Professor in the field of study, Gender and Development Studies, under the Rural Development, Gender and Resources Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development.
Academic Cooperation signed with Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Lulea University of Technology (LTU) in Sweden has joined AIT's roster of partner universities, following the signing of an MoU on 19 January by Prof. Mikael Jonsson (right), Vice-Dean, LTU Faculty of Engineering, and Prof.
Announcements from the President's Executive Council (PEC) Meeting, 18 January 2000
APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR THANH AS ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT
The President in consultation with and endorsement by PEC members has appointed Professor NGUYEN CONG THANH as Advisor to the President, effective immediately.
Final Examination
The Final Examination of Mr. Ng Chuen How (BPD959662), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Bioprocess Technology, SERD, will be held on Thursday, 27 January 2000, 2:00-4:00 p.m., BPT Room No. 201 (Bioprocess Technology Building). The title of the report is 'Effect of deacetylation conditions on the physico-chemical properties of cuttlefish chitin and chitosan'. All interested faculty are invited to attend.
SAT Program Coordinators
I am pleased to announce the following program coordinatorships in the School of Advanced Technologies.
Computer Science and Information Management (CSIM)
Dr. Phan Minh Dung (newly elected - 4 January 2000), Ext. 5709, Email: dung@cs.
New EPSM Field of Study Coordinator
Dr. Surapong Chirarattananon, Coordinator of Energy Program, was appointed by Prof Chongrak Polprasert, Dean of SERD, as the new Coordinator of Energy Power Systems Management (EPSM) Field of Study, effective from January 11, 2000, for a period of one year.
Mr. Goel to address Education For All Conference
Mr. Ahmit Kumar Goel, General Secretary of the AIT Student Union and a Master's student in Aquaculture will address the Asia-Pacific Conference on EFA (Education For All) 2000 on 18 January at 2:30 p.m. at the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok.
Welcome to New Faculty
The Urban Environmental Engineering and Management Program of the School of Environment, Resources and Development welcomes Prof. Poul Harremoes from the Technical University of Denmark. Prof. Harremoes is a visiting faculty under the AIT-DTU Twinning for the January 2000 term.
PROMOTIONS
I am pleased to announce that the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, at its meeting on 13 January 2000, has approved the promotions of Dr. Phan Minh Dung, SAT/Computer Science & Information Management Program, Dr. Surapong Chirarattananon, SERD/ Energy Program, Dr. Thierry Lefevre, SERD/ Energy Program, and Mrs.
PTS Reminder
The deadline for submission of PTS application forms of Asian-AIT students for the May Term 2000 (i.e. leaving for Europe by end of April/ early May 2000) will be on 31 January 2000. Please forward your PTS application forms (with requested documents) to the PTS Co-ordination Office or contact Ms. Gemma at # 6318, Rm. E126, SERD Building.