WEEK #9, 2 – 8 March 2015

 

This Issue:

News

Announcements

  • Dr. John D. and Mrs. Darlene Nelson on February 26, 2015 made a personal donation of US$ 16,260.91 to the AIT Library Modernization Campaign
  • AIT Alumni Couple in USA donates 1 Million Baht for AIT Library Modernization

Campus Notes

  • Regional Forum on Climate Change (RFCC)
  • Vacant Shops Available for Lease at Arcade

Events

  • Planning Workshop for Developing a Framework for Cooperation between IGAC Activities in Asia
  • Yunus Center AIT’s 5th YY Cocktail
  • Workshops on ScienceDirect and Scopus

Visitors

Faculty and Staff Travel

Classifieds (Jobs)

 

 

News

 

Announcements

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Campus Notes

 

Regional Forum on Climate Change (RFCC)

“Regional Forum on Climate Change (RFCC) - Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Societies: Bridging Science, Practice, and Policy”, will be held from 1 – 3 July, 2015 at AIT.  The event is jointly organized by AIT; French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development; ASEAN secretariat, and the European Union.

 

The main objective of the RFCC is two-fold. First, it aims to create a platform for engaging a variety of stakeholders from the ASEAN region in discussions on climate change related agenda in order to ease the translation of science into practice and policy. Second, it aspires to assist negotiators, policy makers and high-level advisers from ASEAN to benefit from the results of contemporary scientific research to carve climate change related policies in the long term, as well as to offer ASEAN negotiators a venue to build positions of increased ambition prior to the COP 21. 

Please visit the conference website www.rfcc2015.ait.asia for a more comprehensive description of the event.

The RFCC will discuss a wide range of topics related to climate change, and thus welcomes participation from all sectors and streams. Interested persons please visit the “Call For Extended Abstracts” at http://www.rfcc2015.ait.asia/Abstracts for themes and sub-themes and other details for submission of extended abstracts.

 

The RFCC will feature keynote speeches from renowned dignitaries like José Ramos-Horta (1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate). To add versatility to the proceedings, apart from regular presentations made by the participants on the identified themes of the RFCC, the Forum will also include a number of other special activities such as ‘round table discussions among ASEAN policy makers and scientific advisers’; ‘ASEAN Scholars Program (ASP); ‘COP 21 media training’; ‘side events and exhibition booths hosted by leading national and international organizations’; among others. A key feature of the Forum is the SCIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE – CALL FOR PROPOSALS, which will be announced during the Forum to fund scientific projects led by multinational teams.

Vacant Shops Available for Lease at Arcade

The Purchasing Office invites interested parties to submit their offer to the Purchasing Office until 16 March 2015. For further information you may contact:

•        Purchasing Office (for bidding details): Tel. 02-524 5029.  Email:  purchasing@ait.ac.th  

•        Auxiliary Office (for TOR & shop requirements): Tel. 02-524 5026, 02-524 6323. Email:  bethc@ait.ac.th  

 

Events

 

Planning Workshop for Developing a Framework for Cooperation between IGAC Activities in Asia

2-3 March 2015

http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2015/events/planning-workshop-for-developing-a-framework-for-cooperation-between-igac-activities-in-asia-1/#.VPJ0ZnbNpNI

 

Yunus Center AIT’s 5th YY Cocktail

 

AIT Extension cordially invites the AIT community to join Yunus Center AIT's 5th YY Cocktail, to be held on 11 March 2015, from 18:00 - 21:00 hrs. at Glowfish Co-Working Space (5-min walk from Petchaburi Station on the MRT)

If anyone is interested in social business, enterprise-led development, public health, pro-poor technology, and/or entrepreneurship, this event will be particularly interesting to meet like-minded individuals and learn about new projects. At the event, three following speakers from Thailand, Bangladesh, and Pakistan will showcase their business models with a brief demonstration of their tools and services: Dr. Poonchai Chitanuntavitaya with Social Health Enterprise (Thailand);

Dr. Rafiqul Islam Maruf with Portable Health Clinic (Bangladesh); Dr. Faiz Shah with SehatMobile (Pakistan). Two FREE vans will be provided from AIT to the venue and back. The vans leave at 16:30 sharp from AIT Center. Please reserve your seat when you register. Space is limited to 40 persons. Entrance Fee: THB 300 per person with 50% discount for students.  Payment can be made at the door.

 

Register here http://goo.gl/X2ufRG  

 

Workshops on ScienceDirect and Scopus

 

The AIT Library in collaboration with Elsevier is organizing two workshops on ScienceDirect and Scopus on 20 March 2015 from 10:00-12:30 hours at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium.

 

The workshop on “Empower your research with ScienceDirect” will be held from 10:00-11:00 hours followed by the workshop on “Using Scopus as a Research and Publishing Tool” from 11:00-12:30 hours.

 

Further details are available at: http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2015/events/1aiteventlibraryfeb15.pdf  

 

Visitors

  • Mr. Charoen Jaturasil, President, Posten Engineering Co., Ltd. / 2 Mar. 2015 / to handover a donation cheque to the AIT Library Modernization Campaign.
  • A delegation from Kyoto University, led by Dr. Shigeo Fujii, Dean and Prof. Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University / 2 Mar. 2015 / Formal courtesy call on the AIT President and VPRD.

 

Faculty and Staff Travel

 

Dr. Naveed Anwar / Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar / 16 – 17 Feb. 2015*

Mr. Gyanendra Sthapit / Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar / 16 – 17 Feb. 2015*

Mr. Thaung Htut Aung / Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar / 16 – 17 Feb. 2015*

Dr. Lal Samarakoon / Colombo, Sri Lanka / 19 Feb. – 3 Mar. 2015

Dr. B.H.W. Hadikusumo / Myanmar / 22 – 25 Feb. 2015*

Mr. Keerati Tunthasuwatana / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 23 – 25 Feb. 2015*

Dr. Naveed Anwar / San Francisco, USA / 22 Feb. – 3 Mar. 2015

Dr. Firman Hadi Darodji / Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar / 25 Feb. – 3 Mar. 2015

Prof. Ajit P. Annachhatre / Hanoi, Vietnam / 27 Feb. – 2 Mar. 2015

Prof. Ajit P. Annachhatre / Hanoi, Vietnam / 27 Feb. – 2 Mar. 2015

Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut / Fukuoka, Japan / 27 Feb. – 3 Mar. 2015

Dr. Abha Mishra / Hanoi, Vietnam / 28 Feb. – 4 Mar. 2015

Ms. Sweet Mae Monteclaro / Fukuoka, Japan / 28 Feb. – 5 Mar. 2015

Dr. Rajendra P. Shrestha / Ho Chi Minh and Can Tho City, Vietnam / 1 – 4 Mar.

2015

Prof. Haruo Sawada / Kathmandu, Nepal / 2 – 5 Mar. 2015

Dr. Manzul K. Hazarika / Semarang, Indonesia / 2 – 5 Mar. 2015

Mr. Syams Nashrrullah / Kathmandu, Nepal / 2 – 5 Mar. 2015

Dr. Barbara Igel / Hanoi, Vietnam / 2 – 10 Mar. 2015

Dr. Faiz Shah / Isalamabad & Lahore, Pakistan / 2 – 10 Mar. 2015

Dr.  Rajendra P. Shrestha / Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand / 4 – 7 Mar. 2015

Dr. Firman Hadi Darodji / Bandung and Denpasar, Indonesia / 4 – 11 Mar. 2015

Mr. Faisal Alih / Lahore, Pakistan / 5 – 10 Mar. 2015

Dr. Thammarat Koottatep / Hanoi, Vietnam / 6 – 8 Mar. 2015

Dr. Jonathan Shaw / Yangon, Myanmar / 6 – 8 Mar. 2015

Dr. BHW Hadikusumo and Ms. Woranuch Chumchart / Vietnam / 6 – 9 Mar. 2015

Dr. Zakir Hossain / Yangon, Myanmar / 6 – 10 Mar. 2015

Dr. Djoen San Santoso / Myanmar / 6 – 10 Mar. 2015

Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh / Tokyo, Japan / 8 – 12 Mar. 2015

Dr. Supat Wangwongwatana / Tokyo, Japan / 8 – 12 Mar. 2015

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Dash / Kuala Lumpur and Malacca, Malaysia & Singapore / 8 – 15 Mar. 2015

 

*(Staff or faculty member travelled and returned to AIT prior to documentation received for publication)

 

Classifieds (Jobs)

 

Faculty Position in the Environmental Engineering and Management (School of Environment, Resources & Development)

Ref. No. Fac 10/14

Deadline: 31 Mar. 2015

http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/280    

 

Faculty Position Faculty Position in Agri-Business Management [ABM] (School of Environment, Resources & Development)

Ref. No. Fac 12/14

Deadline: 31 Mar. 2015

http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/303    

 

Faculty Position in Regional and Rural Development Planning (School of Environment, Resources & Development)

Ref No: Fac 1/15

Deadline: 30 April 2015

http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/296     

 

Faculty Position in Water Engineering and Management -Hydraulics (School of Engineering & Technology)

Ref. No: Fac 2/15

Deadline: 1 May 2015

http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/213    

 

Assistant/Associate Professor level (GTE) (School of Engineering & Technology)

Ref. No: Fac 3/15

Deadline: 31 May 2015

http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/301    

 

Laboratory Supervisor (ISE) (School of Engineering & Technology)

Ref. No. 4/14

Deadline: 31 May 2015

http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/202