NEWS & ACTIVITIESAIT’s Innovation Education Camp resumes with United Group of Institutions(UGI) Indiahttps://ait.ac.th/2022/09/aits-innovation-education-camp-resumes-with-united-group-of-institutions-ugi-india/Details of activities can be viewed here: https://www.instagram.com/aitunified/AIT extends MOU and renews MOA with Siam University Thailandhttps://ait.ac.th/2022/08/ait-extends-mou-and-renews-moa-with-siam-university-thailand/May 3rd, 2022: AIT welcomed delegates from the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati - IIT Tirupati, India, Prof. Sasidhar Gumma, Dean of International and Alumni Affairs, and Dr. Venkataraman Pandurangan, Advisor of International Relations, accompanied by Mr. Vipul Pawar, Education Attache (SEC) of India in Thailand (Embassy of India, Bangkok)Discussions were concluded on possible collaborations such as dual degree master’s and doctoral degree programs, student and faculty exchange programs, internship opportunities for the students, and the development of joint proposals for Indian government scholarships. Both institutes also discussed formalizing the discussed activities in a Memorandum of Understanding. From AIT, Prof. Dieter Trau, Dean of School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon, Dean of School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Prof. Nitin K. Tripathi, Academic Chair, Director of Office of Special Degree Programs (OSDP) and Professor of RS-GIS /SET, Dr. Jai G. Singh, Department Head of Energy, Environment and Climate Change and Associate Professor of SE/ SERD, Dr. Sumana Shrestha, Coordinator of Office of International Affairs, Mr. Arthur Lance Gonzales and Mr. Ranadheer Mandadi, Program Officers from OSDP attended the meeting.AIT and IIT Kanpur, India launch Dual Doctoral Degree Program with glimpses of more collaborationsBangkok, March 17, 2022 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) jointly launched the Dual Doctoral Degree Program via a virtual ceremony. Following a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed just last year, four students have already enrolled into the program and joined the launch. With remarks by the leaders of the two institutions and a special lecture, the beginning of AIT – IIT Dual Degree Program offers a preview of the two institutions’ academic strengths and many more possible collaborations.Education Innovation Camp1-14 November 2021The 4th Online Education Innovation Camp held from 1st to 14th November 2021 has succesfully concluded with students participants who are from AIT’s partner universities in the Philippines, Thailand and Bangladesh namely – the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP), Thammasat University (TU), King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) Thailand and Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), Bangladesh, respectively. They came from diverse backgrounds such as Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Communication Enginering, Robotics and AI, Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics.Aside from the main output presentation of their mini projects, students were also given some challenging exercises and assignments such as “Create Your Own Video Resume” and “Noise Pollution Mapping in their Communities” through crowdsourcing Geo-App, they were tasked to create their own resume for job application. Students were ignited by brainstorming sessions to think of innovation technologies for their mini project activity. The students showed great enthusiasm in accomplishing all the given tasks. The presentation of a mini-project on innovative ideas by the participants to come up with new innovative ideas coming from the students which is inspiring to the organizing committee seeing their enthusiasm to learn new knowledge, innovate solutions to challenges, and inspire others of what can be gained when joining the Education Camp at the Asian Institute of Technology.Before awarding of certificates and announcing of winners of different exercises and activities, students were also given the opportunity to share their experiences and take aways during the 14-days online event, from the new learning experiences, to the new skills they gained and to new friends and network they obtained. 5-MINUTE RESEARCH PITCHING29-30 October 2021A huge turnout showed up for the 2-day "5-Minute Research Pitching" Workshop and Competition organized on 29-30 October 2021 by the office of the Special Degree Programs. The event has given an opportunity for the emerging young researchers from 10+ countries to present their research ideas and innovations. A total of 130 applications from 18 universities were received and 80 applicants were able to make it to the final pitching competition event.This 5-minute Research Pitch idea was adopted from the format of the globally recognized research presentation format called 3-minute Thesis (3MT) which originated in Australia in 2008 and recently became a popular format for research presentation.The first day (29th Oct) was a workshop for the participants explaining the structuring of content and slides and briefing on the basic rules and guidelines of the 5MRP. while the second day (30th Oct) was the pitching competition where participants were divided according to their subject of study. The pitching competition categories were in engineering and technology, health and environment, social business, agriculture and food technology and information and communication and technology. Mentors who are experts from their respective fields were invited to provide guidance and sound advice on how to pitch their ideas in 5 minutes using only 5 slides which were evaluated by respected juries.An invited panel of jury members coming from different fields of expertise evaluated the students’ presentations. After the competition, 4 students from Mariano Marcos State University (Philippines), 1 student from University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (Philippines) and 1 student from Visayas State University (Philippines) emerged as winners in this 1st Research Pitching Competition by AIT. related post: https://www.facebook.com/179787218750300/posts/4619268221468822/Video Resume Workshop23 October2021Anoverwhelmingnumberofparticipants(394 students)fromVănLangUniversity,Vietnam attendedthe1stsessionofthe"VideoResume" WorkshoporganizedbytheSDPofficein coordinationwithAsianInstituteofTechnology, Center in Vietnam.Theworkshopgaveabasicintroductionand understandingontheimportanceofvideoresume. Amongotherthings,composingthescript,creating theanimationsandshootingthevideothatignitedtheinterestofthestudents. StudentswereveryinteractiveintheQ&Asessionandcreatedalively exchangeof ideas and among the teachers and students.A2ndsessionoftheworkshopwillbeheldon2Novembertogiveopportunitytothe studentstopresenttheirownvideoresume.Afterwards,asharingofstudents' reflectionsonwhattheyhavelearned,andthe difficultiesencounteredduringtheirvideoresume making will be tackled.ThelecturewasconductedbyMs.ArleneLu-Gonzales, PhDScholarandFacultyofMarianoMarcosState University,Philippineswithexcellentfacilitationand coordinationbyMr.RanadheerReddyandArthurLance Gonzales with teachers Ms. Pham Thuy and Dao Manh Tuan of AIT Vietnam.Online Education Innovation CampThistwo-weekOnlineEducationCampandStudyTour heldfrom24Septemberto7October2021,isthe3rd batchfortheyear.TheeventwasorganizedbytheOffice ofSpecialDegreeProgramsforthestudentswhoare fromAIT’spartneruniversitiesinthePhilippinesand Indonesia–theMarianoMarcosStateUniversity,Visayas StateUniversityandPetraChristianUniversity, respectively.Studentparticipantswerefromdiverse backgroundssuchasCivilEngineering,MechanicalEngineering,Agricultural BiosystemsEngineering,InformationTechnology,GeodeticEngineering,Meteorology andElectronicsEngineering.The1stOnline EducationCampwaswithSiamUniversityheldin May2021thenfollowedbystudentsfromKing Mongkut’sInstituteofTechnologyLadkrabang (KMITL) for the 2nd camp in July 2021.Thecampthemewasto“Ignite,Innovate,and Inspire”wherelecturesandhands-onexercisesona widerangeoffieldsofstudywereconductedsuchas GIS,RemoteSensing,AITrends,Brain-Computer Interface,EnvironmentalEngineering,FinancialTechnologiesandSolutions,Structural Engineering,WaterResourceManagement,GeotechnicalEngineeringandwere seamlesslycomplementedwiththedevelopmentoftheiressentialskillslike Crowdsourcing,VideoResumeMaking,CommunicationandPresentationSkills.The excitingandinformativelecturesweredeliveredbyselectedprominentAITfaculty along with other invited experts.Wearegiving aplatformtostudentstocome learnandsharetheirviews.Themainhighlightof everyeducationcampisthepresentationofa mini-projectoninnovativeideasbythe participantswhichisanoutputoftheir participation.Itisalwaysexcitingtoknowthe newideascomingfromthestudentsand inspiringtotheorganizingcommitteeseeing theirenthusiasmtolearnnewknowledge, innovatesolutionstochallenges,andinspire othersofwhatcanbegainedwhenjoiningtheEducationCampattheAsianInstitute of Technology.
NEWS & ACTIVITIESAIT’s Innovation Education Camp resumes with United Group of Institutions(UGI) Indiahttps://ait.ac.th/2022/09/aits-innovation-education-camp-resumes-with-united-group-of-institutions-ugi-india/Details of activities can be viewed here: https://www.instagram.com/aitunified/AIT extends MOU and renews MOA with Siam University Thailandhttps://ait.ac.th/2022/08/ait-extends-mou-and-renews-moa-with-siam-university-thailand/May 3rd, 2022: AIT welcomed delegates from the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati - IIT Tirupati, India, Prof. Sasidhar Gumma, Dean of International and Alumni Affairs, and Dr. Venkataraman Pandurangan, Advisor of International Relations, accompanied by Mr. Vipul Pawar, Education Attache (SEC) of India in Thailand (Embassy of India, Bangkok)Discussions were concluded on possible collaborations such as dual degree master’s and doctoral degree programs, student and faculty exchange programs, internship opportunities for the students, and the development of joint proposals for Indian government scholarships. Both institutes also discussed formalizing the discussed activities in a Memorandum of Understanding. From AIT, Prof. Dieter Trau, Dean of School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon, Dean of School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Prof. Nitin K. Tripathi, Academic Chair, Director of Office of Special Degree Programs (OSDP) and Professor of RS-GIS /SET, Dr. Jai G. Singh, Department Head of Energy, Environment and Climate Change and Associate Professor of SE/ SERD, Dr. Sumana Shrestha, Coordinator of Office of International Affairs, Mr. Arthur Lance Gonzales and Mr. Ranadheer Mandadi, Program Officers from OSDP attended the meeting.AIT and IIT Kanpur, India launch Dual Doctoral Degree Program with glimpses of more collaborationsBangkok, March 17, 2022 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) jointly launched the Dual Doctoral Degree Program via a virtual ceremony. Following a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed just last year, four students have already enrolled into the program and joined the launch. With remarks by the leaders of the two institutions and a special lecture, the beginning of AIT – IIT Dual Degree Program offers a preview of the two institutions’ academic strengths and many more possible collaborations.Education Innovation Camp1-14 November 2021The 4th Online Education Innovation Camp held from 1st to 14th November 2021 has succesfully concluded with students participants who are from AIT’s partner universities in the Philippines, Thailand and Bangladesh namely – the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP), Thammasat University (TU), King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) Thailand and Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), Bangladesh, respectively. They came from diverse backgrounds such as Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Communication Enginering, Robotics and AI, Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics.Aside from the main output presentation of their mini projects, students were also given some challenging exercises such as “Create Your Own Video Resume” and “Noise Pollution Mapping in their Communities” through crowdsourcing Geo-App, they were tasked to create their own resume for job application. Students were ignited by brainstorming sessions to think of innovation technologies for their mini project activity. The students showed great enthusiasm in accomplishing all the given tasks. The presentation of a mini-project on innovative ideas by the participants to come up with new innovative ideas coming from the students which is inspiring to the organizing committee seeing their enthusiasm to learn new knowledge, innovate solutions to challenges, and inspire others of what can be gained when joining the Education Camp at the Asian Institute of Technology.Before awarding of certificates and announcing of winners of different exercises and activities, students were also given the opportunity to share their experiences and take aways during the 14-days online event, from the new learning experiences, to the new skills they gained and to new friends and network they obtained. 5-MINUTE RESEARCH PITCHING29-30 October 2021A huge turnout showed up for the 2-day "5-Minute Research Pitching" Workshop and Competition organized on 29-30 October 2021 by the office of the Special Degree Programs. The event has given an opportunity for the emerging young researchers from 10+ countries to present their research ideas and innovations. A total of 130 applications from 18 universities were received and 80 applicants were able to make it to the final pitching competition event.This 5-minute Research Pitch idea was adopted from the format of the globally recognized research presentation format called 3-minute Thesis (3MT) which originated in Australia in 2008 and recently became a popular format for research presentation.The first day (29th Oct) was a workshop for the participants explaining the structuring of content and slides and briefing on the basic rules and guidelines of the 5MRP. while the second day (30th Oct) was the pitching competition where participants were divided according to their subject of study. The pitching competition categories were in engineering and technology, health and environment, social business, agriculture and food technology and information and communication and technology. Mentors who are experts from their respective fields were invited to provide guidance and sound advice on how to pitch their ideas in 5 minutes using only 5 slides which were evaluated by respected juries.An invited panel of jury members coming from different fields of expertise evaluated the students’ presentations. After the competition, 4 students from Mariano Marcos State University (Philippines), 1 student from University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (Philippines) and 1 student from Visayas State University (Philippines) emerged as winners in this 1st Research Pitching Competition by AIT. related post: https://www.facebook.com/179787218750300/posts/4619268221468822/Video Resume Workshop23 October2021Anoverwhelming numberof participants(394 students)fromVăn LangUniversity, Vietnamattendedthe 1stsessionofthe"VideoResume"Workshop organizedbytheSDPofficeincoordination withAsianInstituteofTechnology,Centerin Vietnam.Theworkshopgaveabasicintroduction andunderstandingontheimportanceof videoresume.Amongotherthings, composingthescript,creatingthe animationsand shootingthevideo thatignitedthe interestofthe students.Students werevery interactiveinthe Q&Asessionandcreatedalively exchange ofideasandamongtheteachersand students.A2ndsessionoftheworkshopwillbeheld on2Novembertogiveopportunitytothe studentstopresenttheirownvideo resume.Afterwards,asharingofstudents' reflectionsonwhattheyhavelearned,and thedifficultiesencounteredduringtheir video resume making will be tackled.ThelecturewasconductedbyMs.Arlene Lu-Gonzales,PhDScholarandFacultyof MarianoMarcosStateUniversity, Philippineswithexcellentfacilitationand coordinationbyMr.RanadheerReddyand ArthurLanceGonzaleswithteachersMs. PhamThuyandDaoManhTuanofAIT Vietnam.Online Education Innovation CampThistwo-week OnlineEducationCampand StudyTour heldfrom24 Septemberto 7October2021,isthe3rdbatchfortheyear. TheeventwasorganizedbytheOfficeof SpecialDegreeProgramsforthestudents whoarefromAIT’s partneruniversities inthePhilippines andIndonesia–the MarianoMarcos StateUniversity, VisayasState UniversityandPetraChristianUniversity, respectively.Studentparticipantswere fromdiversebackgroundssuchasCivil Engineering,MechanicalEngineering, AgriculturalBiosystemsEngineering, InformationTechnology,Geodetic Engineering,MeteorologyandElectronics Engineering.The1stOnlineEducation CampwaswithSiamUniversityheldinMay 2021thenfollowedbystudentsfromKing Mongkut’sInstituteofTechnology Ladkrabang(KMITL)forthe2ndcampin July 2021.Thecamptheme wasto“Ignite, Innovate,and Inspire”where lecturesand hands-onexercisesona widerangeof fieldsofstudywereconductedsuchasGIS, RemoteSensing,AITrends,Brain-ComputerInterface,Environmental Engineering,FinancialTechnologiesand Solutions,StructuralEngineering,Water ResourceManagement,Geotechnical Engineeringandwereseamlessly complementedwiththedevelopmentof theiressentialskillslikeCrowdsourcing, VideoResumeMaking,Communication andPresentationSkills.Theexcitingand informativelecturesweredeliveredby selectedprominentAITfacultyalongwith other invited experts.Wearegiving aplatformtostudentsto comelearnandsharetheirviews.Themain highlightofeveryeducationcampisthe presentationofamini-projectoninnovative ideasbytheparticipantswhichisanoutput oftheirparticipation.Itisalwaysexcitingto knowthenewideascomingfromthe studentsandinspiringtotheorganizing committeeseeingtheirenthusiasmto learnnewknowledge,innovatesolutionsto challenges,andinspireothersofwhatcan begainedwhenjoiningtheEducation Camp at the Asian Institute of Technology.