By Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs
Dr. John D. Nelson, former Vice Chairman of the AIT Board of Trustees and Principal Engineer of Engineering Analytics, Inc., USA has donated USD 50,000 towards upgrading the Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory at the Geotechnical & Earth Resources Engineering (GTE), School of Engineering & Technology.
By Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs
Mr. Sumate Thanthuwanit, AIT alumnus CRD '72 and President of Regional Container Lines Public Company Limited (RCL) has agreed to support three full Master’s scholarships for students with any nationality to be enrolled in the three schools at AIT: School of Engineering & Technology (SET), School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), and School of Management (SOM). Mr. Twinchok Tanthuwanit, Chief of Regions, Operations, Business, RCL and Dr. Eden Y. Woon, President of AIT signed the agreement on 25thNovember 2021.
RCL started as a Common Feeder Operator, operating its first feeder container ships in 1979 between Bangkok and Singapore.
By Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Osotspa Public Company Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the capacity building of Osotspa staff through Flexible Master’s and One Year Professional Master’s Programs as well as provision of scholarships with job offers for AIT Master’s students.
By Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs
Mitani Trading (Thailand) Company Limited has agreed to support a minimum of five and up to ten full Master’s scholarships for Thai students to be enrolled in the Department of Industrial System Engineering (ISE), School of Engineering & Technology (SET) starting from the January 2022 intakes to August 2026 intakes.
Office of Public Affairs
December 14, 2021 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) co-hosted the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Campus Live Asia, where our President delivered welcome remarks, followed by the institute participating in several discussions at the widely-attended global forum on the most pressing issues affecting higher education.
By Mae Thiwari
December 7, 2021 -- The Geoinformatics Center (GIC) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has contributed to the disaster response and relief efforts following the volcanic eruption of Mount Semaru in the East Java province of Indonesia that killed at least 14 and displaced hundreds of people.
By Mae Thiwari
November 23, 2021 -- The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) joined an international forum discussing integrated solutions to air pollution and climate change with gender perspective. Among experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and various international non-governmental organizations working for clean air, AIT Prof.
By Siwat Kongwarakom, Dr. Chitrini Mozumder, and Dr. Salvatore G.P. Virdis
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), in partnership with Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), successfully organized the “Remote Sensing of Water” training event within the frame of the research project “Climate Change Risk Assessment for Southeast Asian Lakes (CCRASEAL)”.
Virtually held on 23 – 25 November 2021 and coordinated by Dr. Salvatore G. P. Virdis, Assistant Professor at RSGIS/ICT/SET and CCRASEAL Project Leader, the course was co-designed and taught along with Dr. Chitrini Mozumder, RSGIS Research Specialist, and Mr. Siwat Kongwarakom, CCRASEAL Project Manager and RSGIS Research Assistant.
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The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on November 12, 2021 with the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research Center of Feng Chia University (FCU) in Taiwan to enable development of joint master and doctoral degree programs as well as to extend collaborations on academic and technical exchanges.
November 20th - 21st, 2021 — Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association (AITAA) and AITAA Vietnam Chapter, in partnership with AIT Extension, hosted the “50th Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association Governing Board Meeting (AITAA-GBM)” where AIT alumni from around the world reunited virtually.