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1JUNE 2014
Asian Institute of Technology JUNE 2014
F our-hundred and twenty-nine students from
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of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The graduating students came from Asia, Europe, Af-rica, North and South America.
Vietnam produced the most graduates (93) closely followed by Thailand with 81. Sri Lanka with 70 graduates, Myanmar with 42, and Nepal with 25 URXQGHG�RXW�WKH�WRS�¿YH�QDWLRQDOLWLHV�
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429 students from 36 countries graduate from AIT
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2JUNE 2014
RECENT NEWS / HAPPENINGS AT AIT
Thai shipping magnate, Mr. Sumate Tanthuwanit, Chief ([HFXWLYH�2I¿FHU�RI�1JRZ�+RFN�&RPSDQ\��DVNHG�VWX-dents to think of the world around them as an intercon-nected system where they can use the knowledge gained at AIT and relate it to their work.
'HOLYHULQJ�WKH�6SHFLDO�$OXPQL�6SHDNHU�$GGUHVV�RQ�WKH�occasion of AIT’s 121st Graduation, Mr. Sumate stat-ed that the future can be predicted if we integrate our NQRZOHGJH�ZLWK�RQJRLQJ�GHYHORSPHQWV��³:KHQ�,�JUDG-XDWHG�IURP�$,7��WKH�UHJLRQ�ZDV�PRYLQJ�IURP�DJULFXOWXUH�to industry, which led to a need for water management, energy and just-in-time logistics,” he said. Today, the emerging ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) of-
Prof. Shunji Murai
Alumni narrates his personal story of entrepreneurial success
(DUWKTXDNH�SUHGLFWLRQ�KDV�DOZD\V�EHHQ�D�GLI¿FXOW�VFL-ence, and computational models and simulations are tools which help the scientist in this task. Elaborating RQ�QHZ�GHYHORSPHQWV�ZDV�3URI���6KXQML�0XUDL��3URIHV-VRU�(PHULWXV��8QLYHUVLW\�RI�7RN\R��-DSDQ�DW�D�OHFWXUH�RQ����0D\������WLWOHG�³3UHGLFWLRQ�RI�(DUWKTXDNHV��$�Reality Now.”
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Predicting earthquakes before they happen
AIT to broaden partnership with RIMES
RIMES Council meeting at AIT.
$IWHU�IRXU�\HDUV�RI�RI¿FLDO�VFLHQWL¿F�FROODERUDWLRQ��$,7�is set to strenghten its partnership with the Regional ,QWHJUDWHG� 0XOWL�+D]DUG� (DUO\� :DUQLQJ� 6\VWHP� IRU�Asia and Africa (RIMES).
Addressing the opening session of the 6th Council Meeting of RIMES on 29 May 2014, AIT Interim 3UHVLGHQW� 3URI��:RUVDN�.DQRN�1XNXOFKDL� UHPDUNHG�that the partnership will be deepened with collabo-ration on water-related hazards research, and by expanding the RIMES-AIT Graduate Fellowship. Mr. Ali Shareed, Deputy Director General, RIMES and RIMES Council Chairman Dr. Shailesh Nayak �ZKR�MRLQHG�YLD�WHOHFRQIHUHQFLQJ�IURP�'HOKL��,QGLD��thanked AIT for its support.
Mr. Sumate Tanthuwanit
fers huge opportunities for graduates, AIT’s illustrious alumnus added.
3JUNE 2014
RECENT NEWS / HAPPENINGS AT AIT
Experts from AIT, Thammasat DQG� 0DKLGRO� XQLYHUVLWLHV� KDYH�completed a one-year research SURMHFW� IRU� WKH� 'LVDVWHU� 3UHYHQ-tion and Mitigation Department of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). Teams RI� H[SHUWV� OHG� E\� 'U�� 3HQQXQJ�:DWQLWFKDL�RI�$,7�KDYH�SURGXFHG�D�VWDWLVWLFDO�PRGHO� WKDW� LGHQWL¿HV�the impact to Bangkok’s sky-scrapers, including 1,434 build-
Prof. Fumihiko Nakamura (left) with Prof.
Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai.
AIT’s earthquake expert leads study for BMA
<RNRKDPD�1DWLRQDO�8QLYHUVLW\� �<18�� DQG�$,7� KDYH� ¿QDOL]HG�a partnership agreement aimed at student and faculty exchange.
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EU delegation meets AIT Erasmus students
From left: Dr. Sahas Bunditkul. Mr. Attila
Nyitrai, Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai and Dr.
Louis Hornyak.
A delegation from the European Union held an informal interaction with students,
Dr. Pennung Warnitchai
ings taller than 12 storeys and ����DERYH����ÀRRUV�
After crunching the data, scien-tists concluded that some four to 17 buildings of between 12 and 88 storeys - or 1 per cent of the buildings in Bangkok - are ex-pected to collapse during a distant large quake.
The study was featured in an ar-WLFOH�ZULWWHQ�E\�0U��6KDZQ�.HOO\��and published in The Nation news-SDSHU��5HDG��KWWS���JRR�JO�O+V;-N
staff and AIT faculty associated with EU’s Erasmus Mundus SURJUDPV��6HQLRU�(8�RI¿FLDOV�EDVHG�LQ�%DQJNRN�VRXJKW�IHHGEDFN�RQ�WKHLU�ÀDJVKLS�HGXFDWLRQDO�SURJUDP�LQ�WKH�LQWHUDFWLRQ�KHOG�RQ�23 May 2014.
0U��$WWLOD�1\LWUDL��'HSXW\�+HDG�RI�'HOHJDWLRQ�RI�(8�LQ�7KDLODQG��stated that EU was committed to creating a new generation of OHDGHUV� E\� LQYHVWLQJ� LQ� HGXFDWLRQ� SURJUDPV�� 0U�� 1\LWUDL� ZDV�DFFRPSDQLHG�E\�0U��0DGV�.RP��$WWDFKp��&RRSHUDWLRQ���'HOHJDWLRQ�of the European Union to Thailand. Dr. Sahas Bunditkul, former 'HSXW\�3ULPH�0LQLVWHU�RI�7KDLODQG�DQG�PHPEHU��$,7�([HFXWLYH�&RPPLWWHH��DQG�3URI��:RUVDN�.DQRN�1XNXOFKDL��,QWHULP�3UHVLGHQW��AIT thanked the EU delegation for their support to the institute and honored them with a token of appreciation.
Shawn Kelly’s other AIT-related article titled “Two degrees of unease for feverish Mother Earth” was also published in The Na-
tion. It was based on the IPCC 5th Assessment on Mitigation where AIT faculty Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal was the coordinating lead
author of the chapter on “Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Special Planning”. Read: http://goo.gl/jFVskm
4JUNE 2014
PEOPLE
Indian alumnus is COO of India’s top IT companyAIT alumnus Mr. C h a n d r a s h e k h a r .DNDO�� KDV�EHHQ� DS-pointed as Chief 2SHUDWLQJ� 2I¿FHU��&22�� RI� /DUVHQ�and Toubro (L&T) Infotech. L&T Info-tech is a subsidiary of L&T Limited, a USD 14 billion con-
Sri Lankan alumnus to be new Chairman of Colombo Stock Exchange0U�� 9DMLUD� .XODWL-laka, an AIT alumnus has been appointed the new Chairman of the Colombo Stock ([FKDQJH��&6(���+H�ZLOO� WDNH� RYHU� IURP�his predecessor Mr. .ULVKDQ�%DOHQGUD�RQ���-XQH������
:LWK�QHDUO\�WKUHH�GH-FDGHV�RI�H[SHULHQFH�LQ�WKH�¿QDQFLDO�VHFWRU�DQG�FDSLWDO�PDU-kets in Sri Lanka, he has been a Board member of CSE VLQFH�2FWREHU� ������0U��.XODWLODND� LV� WKH�&(2� RI�1'%�&DSLWDO� +ROGLQJV�� +H� REWDLQHG� KLV� %DFKHORU¶V� GHJUHH� LQ�&LYLO�(QJLQHHULQJ� IURP� WKH�8QLYHUVLW\�RI�0RUDWXZD�� DQG�his Master’s in Industrial Engineering and Management from AIT in 1987.
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AIT student wins best student paper award
Continuing with the tradition of bagging honors, AIT student Dong Nguyen has been awarded the Best Student 3DSHU�DZDUG�E\�WKH�:HVW�&RDVW�6HFWLRQ�RI� WKH� $LU� DQG� :DWHU� 0DQDJHPHQW�$VVRFLDWLRQ� �$:0$�� IRU� LWV� DQQXDO�$:0$������&RQIHUHQFH��$,7�VWXGHQWV�KDYH� FRQVLVWHQWO\� ZRQ� WKLV� DZDUG�� DQG�Dong is eighth in line of his worthy predecessors.
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5JUNE 2014
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