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Dr. Thammarat Koottatep of AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) has been promoted to the rank of Professor.

His elevation was confirmed at the meeting of the AIT Board of Trustees held on 30 August 2018. Prior to his elevation, Dr. Thammarat was serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change in SERD.

Dr. Thammarat completed his Bachelor’s in Engineering in Environmental Engineering from Chiang Mai University, Thailand, in 1991, and his Master’s and Doctorate from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in 1993 and 1999 respectively.

Dr. Matthew N. Dailey has been promoted to the rank of Professor. Prior to his elevation, Dr. Dailey, who is also Head, Department of Information and Communication Technologies at AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology (SET) was serving as Associate Professor in AIT.

His promotion was approved at the meeting of the AIT Board of Trustees held on 30 August 2018.

Dr. Dailey joined AITas an Assistant Professor in April 2006, and he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in March 2012.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (Magna cum Laude) and Master of Science (M.S.) , in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, U.S.A. in 1992 and 1995 respectively.

Handing Over the Baton — from Prof Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai to Dr Eden Y Woon

Dr. Eden Y Woon is the new president of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). He assumed office on 1 September 2018.

A formal handing over of the baton of presidency was organized on 30 August 2018 at the Robert B Banks Auditorium in the presence of the members of the AIT Board of Trustees.

For a person who was in the first batch that literally set foot on the Pathum Thani campus of the Asian Institute of Technology, it has been a long journey. Reminiscing the past, speaking about the present, and looking ahead at the future was Prof.

Recipients of the Kurita Scholarship 2018 Award were honored at an award ceremony organized at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 24 August 2018. Mr. Toshiyuki Nakai, President of the Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF) handed over award certificates to Divakar Thapaliya of Nepal, and Withanage Buddhima Sharmane Siriweera of Sri Lanka.

Financial Times (Sri Lanka) and the Colombo Telegraph have a full-page article based on an interview with AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai. The article written by W A Wijewardena, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, delves on Prof.

Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) of Thailand will depute 24 students to AIT to pursue higher education in the fields of energy and information and communication technologies. This will include five master’s and one doctoral student every year during the next four years.

Prof. Joyashree Roy has joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as the Bangabandhu Chair Professor.

The Bangabandhu Chair on Sustainable Energy was formally inaugurated on 15 March 2018 following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh.

Computers and Structures Inc (CSI), world’s leading structural and earthquake engineering software developer, has proposed the establishment of a CSI Chair at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai. Mr. Ashraf Habibullah, CSI President and CEO, committed an annual fund of $30,000 for an initial period of two years, but perpetually renewable to support his future professional activities and research.

The Geoinformatics Center of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has prepared change detection maps to help disaster rescue and relief operations following the Lombok earthquake in Indonesia. A Disaster Charter was activated on 6 August 2018 after the second earthquake of 6.9 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok.