WEEK # 20, 15 - 21 May, 2023

In this issue:

A. Announcements 

B. Workshops/ Conferences

C. Visitors/ MoU/ Agreement Signing 

D. Faculty & Staff Travel

E. Classified (Job)

 

A. Announcement

1) Broadcast of the 139th graduation ceremony

The 139th graduation ceremony will be live broadcasted on 19 May 2023 at 09:30 and 14:00 hrs. from the following URLs:

https://apps.ait.ac.th/graduation/live/
https://www.youtube.com/live/Ovknr7cGgmU?feature=share

Happy viewing

Helpdesk
ITServ Building, Room 203
Tel. 6082
Email: helpdesk@ait.ac.th
URL: https://helpdesk.ait.ac.th

 

2) Structural Engineering Forum, under the title “Seismic Performance of Building Model”

About Competition Model: 

  • One Building Model for both graduate and undergraduate students
  • Balsa wood of a Maximum of 12×12 mm lateral dimension should be used
  • The height of the structure should be 75.80 cm (Ground Floor + 4 Floors)
  • Flat lightweight material can be used as a floor slab

Guidelines:

  • Graduate contestants are required to bring 1 building model showcasing anyone distinct vibration control strategy.
  • Undergraduate contestants must bring only one building model demonstrating a vibration control strategy.
  • Balsa Wood ( Max.12mm x 12mm cross section).
  • Connections: Bolting, superglue, string, epoxy, or screw(plan accordingly).
  • Baseplate: Should be made of Plywood/cardboard & should be exactly 30cm*30cm. To fix your model to the shaking table, the minimum cover on all four sides of the base plate should be at least 1.25 cm.

 Rules:

  • Member Limit: 5-7 individuals
  • Both graduate & undergraduate participants are required to bring 1 building model showcasing any one distinct vibration control strategy.
  • Balsa wood should be used as material.

The decision of the judges is final, and no discussion will be entered in relation to their decision.

Registration is free and should be carried out by filling out a google form.

Note: Please provide the names of their team captain along with other members and their advisor (Professor/Faculty Members)

Prizes

Graduate Students winner will receive 50,000 baht
Undergraduate students winner will receive 30,000 baht
Venue: Asian Institute of Technology

For more information please contact Binay.Karna@ait.asia

 

 

3) The international event, Structural Engineering: Preserving Past, Protecting Present, Building Future

The international event, Structural Engineering: Preserving Past, Protecting Present, Building Future,  scheduled to take place on 22-23 May 2023 at the Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, Thailand holds immense significance for Thailand and the region as it aims to emphasize the critical role of structural engineering in preserving historical structures, ensuring the safety of modern constructions, and shaping the future of the built environment. By bringing together experts, researchers, and industry professionals from around the world, the event seeks to foster a vibrant environment of knowledge exchange, innovation, and collaboration that will contribute to the sustainable development and growth of Thailand's infrastructure sector.

The distinguished guest of honor will be the Governor of Bangkok, Mr. Chadchart Sittipunt, furthur highlighting the occasion's prestige.

If you register now, you can also join the most exciting party of the year, CSi Celebration Party on 22 May 2023, 6:30 PM at Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, hosted by Ashraf Habibullah, to celebrate the grandeur of Structural Engineering and its invaluable contributions to humanity. This is a rare opportunity to mingle and form new connections that could lead to exciting opportunities down the road. It is definitely a night to remember, an evening of celebration, networking, and fun, with live entertainment, sumptuous food, and free-flowing beverages!

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4) Reminder: Invitation to attend Google Appsheet online workshop
Email from Helpdesk 15 May 2023

Dear all users,

Google has recently added "Appsheet" in the available Google Apps for us. Appsheet is a no-code platform to help develop applications that can work on Mobile and Web Browser without having to write a program.

Loxley Orbit Public Company Limited, our Google reseller, is pleased to invite all users to attend AppSheet Introduction & Workshop via Google Meet on May 22, 2023 9am - 12pm. Complete all the information in the registration form here >> Click this link

Objective: AppSheet features for participants to understand the benefits and principles of working with AppSheet. You can use the AppSheet tool to create applications with basic functions.

Who should attend?
Any user who would like to develop or build their own applications but does not have a background in coding.
Any user who has data on Spreadsheet and wants to manage access to data from multiple users or different devices.

Agenda:

  • AppSheet introduction (30 mins): Product introduction, UI walkthrough
  • AppSheet live demonstration (1 hrs)
  • AppSheet hands-on lab (1.30 hrs), Use case: Approval Application

 5) Join the AIT 100K Competition and showcase your innovative solutions that align with sustainable development goals for a chance to win 100,000 THB.

The AIT Outreach and Entrepreneurship Committee and AIT Student Union (SU) cordially invite you to participate in the AIT 100k Competition which seeks innovative business plans aligned with SDGs to promote sustainable development. Proposals should address at least one of five SDGs: No Poverty (SDG 1), Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7), Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (SDG 9), Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11), and Climate Action (SDG 13).

Registration is FREE.

Registration link and for more information: https://bit.ly/3NFJEMo

Calling all innovators! Join the AIT 100k competition and change the world.

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 6) Blood Donation Announcement

Email from the Medical Clinic on 8 May 2023

Dear AIT Community, 

The Thai Red Cross Society has been working with volunteer students and staff to collect units of blood from the AIT community. The bloodmobile visits AIT every three months, four times a year, hoping to collect enough units to supply the constant demand for blood.

We again would like to ask for your help. The next visit for blood donation is scheduled on Friday, 2nd June 2023, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. at the parking lot in front of the AIT Conference Center.

Give blood! You'll experience a fulfilling sense of contribution. And the donation process isn't time-consuming. It only takes about half an hour. For more information about blood donation please see the attached.

On behalf of needy patients whose lives you may save, we would like to thank you very much for your time and support. 

For further information, please contact; The Thai Red Cross Society 

Tel.  0-2263-9600-99, 0-2256-4300,0-2256-4306

Email:     blood@redcross.or.th

Website: www.blooddonationthai.com

7) Youth in ICT 2023 Event, organized by the Asia-Pacifit Telecommunity (APT) and AIT

This event will equip young people with the necessary skills to succeed in the ICT industry. Learn from experts in academia, government officials, private companies, and UN agencies through career development talks and experience-sharing sessions.

Register now to secure your place and stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the industry.
Register here: https://bit.ly/3M47ZuC
Date and time: Thursday, 22 June 2023 / 9.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Venue: AIT Conference Center (physical)
Email: aptyict@apt.int
Website: https://www.apt.int/2023-APTYICT

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8) Measures to prevent COVID-19

Email from the Medical Clinic on 8 May 2023

1. DISTANCING - Distance 1-2 meters, avoid being in crowded places.

2. MASK WEARING - Wear a hygienic mask when entering a risky place.

3. HAND WASHING - Wash your hands often with water or alcohol hand rub

4. TESTING - Check the ATK test when there is a respiratory disease.

How is the annual COVID-19 vaccine injected (Highly recommended)

  •  1 injection per year, starting from 2023 onwards
  •  Injected since April before entering the rainy season
  •  Inject away from the last needle, or the last infection for at least 3 months
  •  Can be injected with flu vaccine by injecting each side of the upper arm

 

 

B. Workshops/ Conferences  

 

 1) Professional Development Course on "Connecting Learning with Monitoring and Evaluation: A Strategy for MEL Operationalization and Result-Based M&E"

Date: 15 – 18 May 2023

Venue: Online

Learn from practitioners on how to develop M & E pathways that foster measurement of results and respond to current changes of M&E contexts. Broadening perspectives

for innovative ways to develop tools and reporting mechanisms that help to make decisions for project implementation.

Learning Modules and Contents Module-3: Project Impact Analysis and Evaluation

Module-1: Project Cycle Management and M&E

  • Project cycle management and monitoring and evaluation
  • Key concepts of result-based management
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning – A new M&E framework
  • Financial and risk management in M&E

Module-2: Key Concepts of Result-based Management and MEL

  • Theory of change
  • Result-mapping
  • Develop result framework/log frame
  • Work plan/action and intervention plan
  • M&E approaches for donor projects
  • Tools for result-based MEL
  • Gender perspective in M&E

Module-3: Project Impact Analysis and Evaluation

  • Baseline benchmarking
  • Most significant changes
  • Impact after actions review
  • Research design for M&E and approach for data collection
  • M&E tools and techniques for robust impact analysis
  • Data management and dashboard for M&E
  • DEMER Model: Data, Evidence, Measurement, Unpack Errors and Reporting

Module-4: M&E Communication and Reporting

  • M&E reporting/quarterly / biannual/ annual
  • Packaging M&E data for internal and external communication/ audience
  • M&E reflection and learning platform/innovation platform
  • Stakeholder engagement-based on the pyramid approach
  • Stories from the field
  • Donor reporting

For more information and registration pls. visit https://extension.ait.ac.th/course/online-connecting-learning-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy-mel-operationalization-and

 

2) Professional Development Course on "Connecting Learning with Monitoring and Evaluation: A Strategy for MEL Operationalization and Result-Based M&E"

Date: 10 – 21 July 2023

Venue: AIT Conference Center, AIT Campus

Learn from practitioners on how to develop M & E pathways that foster measurement of results and respond to current changes of M&E contexts. Broadening

perspectives for innovative ways to develop tools and reporting mechanisms that help to make decisions for project implementation.

Learning Modules and Contents Module-3: Project Impact Analysis and Evaluation

Module-1: Project Cycle Management and M&E

  • Project cycle management and monitoring and evaluation
  • Key concepts of result-based management
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning – A new M&E framework
  • Financial and risk management in M&E

Module-2: Key Concepts of Result-based Management and MEL

  • Theory of change
  • Result-mapping
  • Develop result framework/log frame
  • Work plan/action and intervention plan
  • M&E approaches for donor projects
  • Tools for result-based MEL
  • Gender perspective in M&E

Module-3: Project Impact Analysis and Evaluation

  • Baseline benchmarking
  • Most significant changes
  • Impact after actions review
  • Research design for M&E and approach for data collection
  • M&E tools and techniques for robust impact analysis
  • Data management and dashboard for M&E
  • DEMER Model: Data, Evidence, Measurement, Unpack Errors and Reporting

Module-4: M&E Communication and Reporting

  • M&E reporting/quarterly / biannual/ annual
  • Packaging M&E data for internal and external communication/ audience
  • M&E reflection and learning platform/innovation platform
  • Stakeholder engagement-based on the pyramid approach
  • Stories from the field
  • Donor reporting

For more information and registration pls. visit https://extension.ait.ac.th/course/connecting-learning-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy-mel-operationalization-and-result

 

 

 3) The 2nd International Joint Student Seminar on “One Health, One World”

We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2nd International Joint Student Seminar on “One Health, One World” jointly organized by Regional Network Office for Urban Safety (RNUS) from School of Engineering and Technology (SET), AIT and The University of Tokyo (OHOW-IIS).

The seminar will be held during 28-29 June 2023, 9:00 AM-16:00 PM at Asian Institute of Technology, RBB Auditorium (AIT Conference Center), Thailand

Date : 28 June 2023 ( Full day seminar)
          29 June 2023 ( Full day technical tour)

Symposium Themes
This seminar will include poster presentations by students from each country in different fields, such as disaster prevention, transportation and human mobility, structural, geotechnical engineering for human safety, water, ecology and environment impact of human public health, climate change and green recovery, remote sensing and GIS.

Objective
Sharing research information and friendships to improve presentation skills and among major Asian universities.

Registration
If you are interested, please visit OHOW H.P. https://ohow.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

or register through the given link below;

Registration: Deadline for abstract submission May 31, 2023 (google.com)

Please be informed that the certificate will be provided to those presenters and participants who registered to join this event on the full day of the seminar.

 

C. Visitors/ MoU/ Agreement 

 

  The MoU Signing Ceremony between AIT and Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 16 May 2023.

 

 

 

D. Faculty & Staff Travel

 

  • Dr. Naveed Anwar, VPKT /Manila, Philippine/ 16 - 18 May 2023
  • Dr. Loc Thai Nguyen / Hanoi, Vietnam/ 12 May - 5 June 2023
  • Ms. Mae Jordaine B. Diopenes, RRC.AP / 21 - 25 May 2023
  • Mr. Huno Solomon Kofi Mensah, RRC.AP/ 21 May - 10 June 2023
  • Mr. Arturo G. Roa, SET/ Lao PDR/ 15 - 16 May 2023
  • Dr. K.R. Salin/ Darwin, Australia/ 25 May - 2 June 2023
  • Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, OAAA /Malaysia/ 23 - 29 June 2023
  • Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, OAAA/ Sri Lanka & Australia/ 1 - 16 July 2023
  • Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, OAAA /Taipei, Taiwan/ 27 - 30 July 2023
  • Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, OAAA /Hongkong/ 20 - 22 August 2023
  • Ms. Sirikate Owasit, OAAA/ Taipei, Taiwan/ 27 - 30 July 2023
  • Ms. Lucena Talaid, OAAA/ Hong Kong/ 20 - 22 August 2023
  • Dr. Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn, Faculty, SET/ London, UK, Oulu, Finland/ 2 May - 30 June 2023
  • Ms. Sirikate Owasit, OAAA/ Colombo, Srilanka/ 1 - 5 July 2023
  • Ms. Slanee Meeto, AITX / Pattaya, Chonburi/ 27-28 May 2023
  • Mr. Kona Venkata Anantha Kiran, AITX/ Pattaya, Chonburi/ 27 - 28 May 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EClassifieds (jobs) 

Faculty Position:

 

Faculty Position in Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology [FEBT]
Department of Food, Agriculture and Bioresources (FAB)
School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD)

 

Staff Position:

  1. Technician, SERD/ FAB/ ASE
  2. Machine Learning Developer, AI Center
  3. Lab Supervisor, Irrigation Engineering and Management (SET- WEM)
  4. Structural Engineer, AITS
  5. Business Development Officer, AITS
  6. Assistant Internal Auditor, Internal Audit Office
  7. IT Officer, AI Center
  8. Business Analyst, AI Center