WEEK #17: 23 – 29 April 2018

 

 In this issue:

 

A. Announcements

B. Events

C. Visitors

D. Campus Updates

E. Faculty and Staff Travel

F. Classifieds (Jobs)

 

A. Announcements

 

(i)   Visit of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to AIT, Friday, 27 April 2018 - Opening of the Modernized AIT Library - AIT Campus Renaissance

Email from President (28 Mar. 2018)

 

Dear Members of the AIT Community,

As you may already know, Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has graciously accepted our invitation to officially inaugurate our Modernized Library on 27 April 2018.

The AIT Library Modernization Campaign received a Royal Blessing on 27 January 2015, when AIT was informed that HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has accepted the invitation to serve as the Honorary Chair of the International Advisory Committee. In addition, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn graciously granted her personal donation of 1 million Baht to support the fundraising campaign.

Since then, the AIT campus has undergone extensive renovations, some of which are still ongoing – AIT Campus Renaissance.

In this regard, and as part of the AIT Campus Renaissance, the Chairman of the AIT Board of Trustees and AIT President cordially invite you to take part in the visit of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to the AIT campus on Friday, 27 April 2018, for the opening of the Modernized AIT Library.

 

Thank you.
Sincerely,

Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai
President
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

 

 

 

(ii)    Extended library hours to one o'clock in the morning from 17th April 2018 - 2nd May 2018

Email from AIT Library (17 Apr. 2018)

 

AIT Library's hours has been extended to one o'clock in the morning during the final exams of January 2018 semester from 17 April to 2 May 2018. During this period, the working hours are:
Monday to Sunday 08.00 a.m. 01.00 a.m.

 

 

 

 

(iii) The AIT-Tiger Leong International Innovation and Leadership Camp: Call for Application

Call for Application: Open until 15 May 2018. 

 

AIT will organize the AIT-Tiger Leong International Innovation and Leadership Camp from 16 – 26 July 2018. The camp was launched in 2017 by AIT in collaboration with its alumnus Ir. Tiger Leong, President, Ellipse Enterprise Malaysia.

The camp brought together bright and talented undergraduate students from top universities in the Asia who were selected based on their leadership potential and excellent academic performance. The camp seeks to emerge as a premier leadership camp for promising students.

Interested persons can visit the website to apply below.
http://innov-camp.solutions.ait.asia/

 

 

 

(iv) Access to area in front of Library and Language center closed (21-28 April 2018)

Email from OFAM (20 Apr. 2018)

 

Please be informed that access to area in front of Library and Language Center has been closed from 21 - 28 April 2018, to prepare the venue for the Princess visit on 27 April 2018.
We request all the members of the community as follows:

- kindly use an alternative way
- remove all the bicycles parked in front of the Library.
- kindly park all your bicycles at the parking area provided opposite to Library photocopy shop.

 

If bicycles are still parked in front of the Library from 21 April 2018, they will be moved by the security to the parking area.

We request your kind cooperation and apologize for the inconvenience that may be caused.

 

 

 

 

 

(v)  Vacant Seats Available for Staff Vans

Email from Office of Human Resources Services (9 Jan. 2018)

 

Kindly be informed that the available seats for AIT Staff Vans are indicated as follows:

Route 1: Latplakaow - Ramintra - Sapanmai - Phaholyothin km. 27 - AIT, still has 3 seats available (from 4 seats left 1 seat for relaxing space)

Route 2: Sathorn - BTS Morchit - Vibhavadi - AIT , still has 2 seats available (from 3 seats left 1 seat for relaxing space )

Route 3 : Nonthaburi - BTS Ministry of Public Health - Pongpetch - Laksi - Vibhavadi - AIT, still has 3 seats available (from 4 seats left 1 seat for relaxing space)

Route 4: Thonburi- The Mall Tha-pra - Pinklao Intersection- Rama VII Bridge -Vibhavadi - AIT, still has 4 seats available (from 5 seats left 1 seat for relaxing space)

For further communication and reservation, please contract Khun Jirada at ext.5018 or jirada@ait.asia.

 

 

 

 

(v)  Grand Trip

Email from SU Leisure Committee (20 Apr. 2018)

 

Dear AITians,

I am pretty sure that with the exams and defences you all must be pretty stressed. Above all, the warmest summer here has made us long for the beaches. Once again the SU Leisure is back with an exciting and fun-filled Grand Trip for this semester. So this time we have come with the welcome trip after the end of the academic calendar for this semester so that every one of us is free from their academic obligations and can freely enjoy. Every time during Grand Trips, most of the time have been spent on buses and only one night at the hotel bringing discomfort to us all. So this time we have come up with a plan in which you will have 2 night stays at the hotel and abundant time to relax together with heaps of activities to enjoy. We have tried our best to manage this in approximately the same budget that has been spent every semester by students for the grand trip bringing you the incomparable value for money. This time we are taking you all to Koh Chang. Yet another island to beat the heat of this scorching summer.

The details are:

Itinerary

May 6

Leave AIT

Art in Paradise Pattaya

Lunch in Pattaya

Transfer from Pattaya to Koh Chang

Transfer from Koh Chang to Hotel

Lavish Thai Buffet Dinner with BBQ near the Hotel

Overnight in Koh Chang,

 

May 7

Breakfast at Hotel

Island Tour with snorkeling 2 times, fishing 1 time, lunch

Dinner at the beach with live music

Overnight in Koh Chang

 

May 8

Breakfast at Hotel

Transfer from Koh Chang to Pattaya

Lunch in Pattaya

Cultural Show

Dinner at Pattaya

Transfer back to AIT

 

Cost:

Students -THB 4200

Staff and Family member: THB 4900

Children below 5 years old: Free

Registration Time:

Monday : 5 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday : 12 to 3 p.m.

Venue : SU Office

There will be no extension for registration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Events

(i)    EVENTS

(a)   AIT’s 129th Graduation

AIT’s 129th Graduation will be held on 18 May 2018 at the Robert B Banks Auditorium, AIT Conference Center. 

 

 

(ii)    LECTURES / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES

(a)   Seminar-Workshop to Empower Structural Engineers: 31 May – 2 June 2018

AIT Solutions will organize Seminar-Workshop to Empower Structural Engineers from31 May – 2 June 2018 for Visionary Event and Technical at Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok.

A Dinner Talk with Ashraf Habibullah will also be held on 31 May as part of the event.

Interested persons please contact: Khun Rakdao Pakdisi, Event Coordinator
rakdao@ait.ac.th, solutions@ait.ac.th

For more details, please visit: www.solutions.ait.ac.th

 

 

 

 

(b)   IASC Meeting on Redefining Diversity and Dynamism of Natural Resource Management in Asia: 13 – 16 Jul. 2018

The Asia Region Biennial International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC) meeting on "Redefining Diversity and Dynamism of Natural Resource Management in Asia" will be organized at AIT from 13-16 July 2018.

The event is jointly organized by AIT, Chiang Mai University (CMU), Thailand, Ostrom Center for the Advanced Study in Natural Resource Governance (OCeAN), and the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC).

More details are available at this link: http://ocean.ait.ac.th/ocean-2018/

 

 

 

 

(c)   ICUE 2018 on Green Energy for Sustainable Development: 24 – 26 Oct. 2018

AIT will organize ICUE 2018 on Green Energy for Sustainable Development from 24 – 26 October 2018 at Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon, Phuket, Thailand.

The organizer has received almost 300 abstracts so far from over 40 different countries.

Still many requests for extension are coming and so the deadline is further moved to 15 May 2018. New submissions can either be abstracts or full papers.

Notification of acceptance for the new submissions will be by 31 May 2018.

For further information, please contact visit our website:
www.icue2018.ait.ac.th and www.icue.ait.ac.th/2018

or contact:
Conference Secretariat at email: icue2018@ait.ac.th
More details: http://eecc.ait.ac.th/events/icue-conference-2018/

 

 

 

(d)   7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Seismic Resilience for Safer Cities and Infrastructures: 22-25 Nov 2018

Urbanization is one of the major global challenges of this era. To address the issues related to safety of cities and infrastructure, the 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (7ACEE 2018) is being jointly organized by AIT and Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) in collaboration with the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines Inc. (ASEP), from 22 - 25 November 2018 in Bangkok.

Engineers, architects, professionals, students, institutes, universities, and organizations are invited to submit abstracts and share their experience under the theme Seismic Resilience for Safer Cities. Download Abstract Template

All who are submitting Abstracts or papers are also requested to provide a short biography (no more than 100 words) and recent photo that will be published in both the conference program and the conference proceedings.

Open for Abstract Submission - Mar 1, 2018
Deadline for Abstract Submission - Apr 15, 2018
Registration Deadline - Aug 31, 2018

More details: http://acee2018.org/

 

 

 

(iii)    COURSES, TRAININGS

(a)   Thai Reading and Writing Course for Beginners: May-June 2018

The Language Center will organize a course, “Reading and Writing Thai for Beginners”.
Reading and Writing Thai for Beginners (8 May – 26 June 2018)

• Tuesday and Thursday from 17:00 – 18:30, 2 times/week, Total 20 hours
• Course Fee: 2,000 baht
• Class Size: 15 persons

Register now at the Language Center, Room 216

 

 

 

 

(b)   Chinese Course for Beginners: May-July 2018

The Language Center will organize Chinese Course for Beginners as follows:

Chinese Course for Beginners (15 May – 3 July 2018)
Tuesday and Thursday from 17:00 – 18:30, 2 times/week, Total 20 hours

The course fee is 1,000THB due to the kind support of the Chinese Government through the Confucius Institute. (Refunds are not available.)
Class Size: 15 persons
Register now at the Language Center, Room 216

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Visitors / MoU

• Delegation from Beijing Institute of Technology, led by Prof. Xu Jin, Associate Director, Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs / 24 Apr. 2018 / to discuss future plan for cooperation between AIT and BIT and students exchange program. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Campus Updates

 

(i) New AITCC Annex & renovation of car park near Arcade

A new AITCC Annex building will be constructed opposite to AIT swimming Pool/AIT Solutions. The construction work will start from 1 October 2017 and expected to be completed by April 2018. To prepare the area for construction, the car park area opposite to swimming pool/AIT Solutions will be demolished partially and a new sewage line will be laid from Arcade area.

During the process of this work, the area will be barricaded and there might be some disturbance as well as noise.

Please be also informed that currently partial section of car park area opposite to Arcade is being renovated. It may take a week to complete the work and the area will be closed.

 

 

 

 

(ii)    Korea House Renovation

Email from OFAM (22 Mar. 2018)

Please be informed that renovation of the Korea House has started from Monday, 26 March 2018 and is expected to be ready by mid of May 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. Faculty and Staff Travel 

  • Dr. Syed Faizul Hassain Shah / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / 8 – 10 March 2018*
  • Dr. Syed Faizul Hassain Shah / Kaohsiung, Taiwan / 23 – 26 March 2018*
  • Dr. B.H.W. Hadikusumo / Vietnam / 5 – 9 April 2018*
  • Ms. Aakanchya Budhathoki / Kathmandu, Nepal / 7 April – 1 May 2018
  • Mr. Fazle Karim / Singapore and Denpasar Bali, Jember, Indonesia / 8 – 16 April 2018*
  • Dr. Chotchai Charoenngam / Vietnam / 12 – 13 April 2018*
  • Dr. B.H.W. Hadikusumo / Vietnam / 13 – 18 April 2018*
  • Dr. Kunnawee Kanitpong / Vienna, Austria and Gyor, Hungary / 16 – 22 April 2018*
  • Mr. Cullum MacKenzie / Istanbul, Turkey; Milan, Italy; Manchester, U.K. / 20 – 25 April 2018
  • Prof. Lawrence Stephen Abeln / Yangon, Myanmar / 19 – 24 April 2018
  • Ms. Kluaymai Thongkham / Hong Kong / 21 – 27 April 2018
  • Dr. K. R. Salin / Taipei, Taiwan / 22 – 27 April 2018
  • Dr. Kavinda Gunasekara / Uttarakhand, India / 22 April – 4 May 2018
  • Mr. Md. Omar Farouk / Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia / 24 – 27 April 2018
  • Dr. Masahiko Nagai / Japan / 24 – 28 April 2018
  • Dr. Pham Huy Giao and Dr. Kuo-Chieh Chao / Nakhon Pathom and Suphanburi, Thailand / 25 April 2018
  • Ms. Worawan Sumroetrum / Chachoengsao and Chonburi, Thailand / 27 – 28 April 2018
  • Ms. Chatchata Prasongsuk / Chachoengsao and Chonburi, Thailand / 27 – 28 April 2018
  • Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe / Manipal, India / 27 – 30 April 2018
  • Qing Xia / Bonn, Germany / 27 April – 12 May 2018
  • Alla Metellitsa / Bonn, Germanay / 27 April – 12 May 2018
  • Mr. Lyan B. Villacorta / Bonn, Germany / 27 April – 12 May 2018 
  • Mr. Sanjeev Pradeep Jayasinghe / Colombo, Sri Lanka / 28 April – 5 May 2018
  • Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe / Lobburi, Thailand / 29 March – 1 April 2018*

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

 

 

 

 

 

E. Classifieds (Jobs)

Position: Director/PRINCIPAL for AIT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (AIT International School)

Ref. No. 50/2017
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/483

 

Position: Licensing Counsel Officer
Ref. No. 06/17
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/498

 

Position: Structural Engineer (AIT Solutions)
Ref. No. 07/18
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/497

 

Position: Client Partner (AIT Solutions)
Ref. No. 18/18
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/514

 

Administrative Staff (Program Officer) (AIT Solutions)
Ref. No. 19/18
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/515

 

Position: Administrative Staff (Program Officer) (AIT Solutions)
Ref. No. 20/18
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/516

 

Position: Administrative Staff (Accommodation Manager) (Office of Facilities and Assets Management )
Ref. No. 53/17
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/487

 

Position: Administrative Staff (Accommodation Clerk/Assistant Accommodation Officer) (Office of Facilities and Assets Management )
Ref. No. 54/17
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/488

 

Position: Administrative Staff (Cafeteria Supervisor) (Office of Facilities and Assets Management )
Ref. No. 55/17
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/489

 

Position: Receptionist / Operator (Office of Facilities and Assets Management )
Ref. No. 56/17
Deadline: 30 April 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/490

 

 

Faculty Position (Assistant Professor or Associate Professor) (School of Engineering & Technology)
Ref. No. Fac 02/18
Deadline: 30 June 2018
http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/517