E-NEWSLETTERDepartment of Energy, Environment and Climate ChangeSchool of Environment, Resources and DevelopmentAsian Institute of Technology

128th Graduation Ceremony of the Asian Institute of Technology14th December 2017, AIT Conference Center, Pathum Thani

AIT Fun and Sports Day 201711th December 2017, AIT, Pathum Thani

The 128th Graduation Ceremony of the Asian Institute of Technology was held on 14th December 2017 at the AIT Conference Center, Pathum Thani, Thailand.

22 students from 9 countries graduated from the Department of Energy. Environment and Climate Change. Of which 3 were doctoral students and 19 masters degree students.

The Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand. H.E. Mrs. Saida Muna Tasneem was the chief guest at the ceremony.

The AIT Fun and Sports Day 2017 was held on Monday 11th December, 2017 with the theme “Unity in Diversity”.

All schools, research centers and service centers participated in the event. The eventful day saw participation from hundreds of staff in colorful dresses. The

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Other guest of honor who attended the AIT graduation includes; the Ambassador of Nepal, H.E. Mr Khaga Nath Adhikari, the Ambassador of Panama, H.E. Mrs. Maria del Carmen Martinez Arosemena, the Ambassador of Canada, H.E. Ms. Donica Pottie, and the Ambassador of Pakistan H.E. Mr. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, H.E. Dr. Subin Pinkayan, Chairman, AIT Board of Trustees.

Other dignitaries present were representatives of embassies and diplomatic missions of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Germany,

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Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Peru, Sri Lanka and Vietnam; representatives of Thai organizations, ministries, federations, institutes, universities and international organizations; alumni, donors, and the private sector.

A total of 206 students from 22 countries graduated from Asian Institute of Technology during the 128th graduation ceremony. The graduation ceremony was broadcasted live and watched by thousands across the world.

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Remarks by AIT President Prof. Worsak

department of EECC, SERD’s Tent and participants were adorned in the Green blending with the Christmas tree, snowman, and balloons.

Morning events kicked off with a zumba dance followed by a series of games including, boiled egg relay race, two legged race, tug of war and

bowling at the small football field behind the administration building.

Lunch and afternoon session of musical performances, raffle draw and trivia quizzes were staged beside the administration building.

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Professor Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul was the moderator of “Reliability Evaluation of Smart Grid including the impact of Cyber-physical Interactions”, a seminar presented by IEEE Fellow, Prof. Dr. Chanan Singh, Texas A&M University.

The Governor of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) and Chairman of IEEE Power & Energy Society – Thailand, Mr. Sermsakul Klaikaew, on Thursday, 14 December, presided over the session.

“Reorienting For Excellence”

SERD Retreat 2017

A Seminar on Reliability Evaluation of Smart Grid including the impact of Cyber-physical Interactions

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AIT signs MoU with Bhutan Power Corporation Limited

The seminar was a cooperative venture between various organisations and institutes, including IEEE PES – Thailand, IEEE Thailand Section, Thailand National Committee of CIGRE, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, and Metropolitan Electricity Authority.Mr. Sermsakul later presented awards to teams of PEA staff who performed well in invention exhibitions in Taiwan and South Korea.

The faculty of the School of Environment, Resources and Development convened for the SERD Retreat 2017 at the Imperial Hotel in Pattaya from 8th - 10th December 2017.

The retreat themed “Reorienting For Excellence” was organised with an objective

To discuss the need of revision and/or development of academic programs/curriculumPlan strategies for students enrollment and fundingSuggest ways to improve coordination at different levels (program, department, school, and institute)

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The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPC) on 11th December 2017 at the Asian Institute of Technology by BPC Managing Director Mr. Gem Tshering and AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai.

The MoU is to support the employees of the BPC to earn a Master’s Degree from AIT. As per the MoU, BPC pledged to send 5 students to AIT every year for the period of next 5 years.

The first batch of students from BPC will be joining AIT

in January Semester 2018 for Energy Academic Program, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change (EECC), School of Environmental, Resources and Development (SERD).

The Managing Director of BPC, Mr. Gem Tshering is an alumnus of AIT, with Master’s in Engineering from the Department of EECC, SERD.

Recently, he was also awarded the AIT Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award in the category of Rural and Community Development category at the 46th Governing Board Meeting held between 3rd -7th November in Taipei, Taiwan. Read more...

Professor Weerakorn Ongsakul lecture at the Department

of Energy, Environment and Climate Change, School of

Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of

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Left: Mr. Nim Dorji, Mr. Gem Tshering, Prof. Worsak and Prof. S. Kumar

Disinfection by products of EDCs chlorination in water distribution systems1500 - 1600 hrs. 7th December 2017, Room No. S101 (SERD’s Meeting Room), AIT

Development of Panel Heater-Triangular Solar Still to produce pure water from saline water1300 - 1400 hrs. 6th December 2017, Room No. S101 (SERD’s Meeting Room), AIT

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Chloramine as one kind of disinfectant and the decay and formation of chloramine was investigated in water distribution systems. The greatest difference of the values in water distribution systems is the formation of NHCl2.

The formation of various forms

Dr. Li Cong is an Associate Professor, Zhejiang University, PR China. She received master degree (Water and Wastewater Engineering) from Tongji University, PR China and

Dr. Samir Kumar Khanal is an Associate Professor of Biological Engineering at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Dr. Khanal’s research focuses on anaerobic digestion, waste-to-resources, aquaponics, sulfur-mediated biological process for waste(water) remediation and bioenergy.

Dr. Khanal, to date, has published over 80 refereed papers in high quality international journals. He also delivered over 90 keynote/invited presentation internationally.

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Special Lectures Research Interfacing Energy and Environment: Linking Fundamentals to Applications1030 - 1130 hrs. 6th December 2017, Room No. S101 (SERD’s Meeting Room), AIT

of chloramines in three pipes follows: stainless steel pipe> PE pipe > ductile iron pipe. The degradation of E2, as one kind of natural estrogen, by chlorine was investigated.

The results showed that with pH values increasing, degradation of E2 by chlorine was more efficient.

Abstract:

We are faced with concerns of climate change, growing environmental issues (both local and regional), increasing consumption of fossil-based energy resources, and continuous exploitation of limited natural resources. Our research efforts require more holistic approach to address these challenges.

Dr. Khanal’s research efforts are in the interface of energy and environment focusing on bioenergy production, global environmental issues, and resources recovery. His research activities emphasize on linking the fundamentals to applications. Dr. Khanal will share his research work on

Abstract:

This study presents the design of a panel heater triangular solar still (PHTSS) for producing potable water from saline water. The PHTSS is fabricated with cheap, lightweight and available durable materials for easy maintenance. The diurnal variations of temperatures and solar heat are monitored along with the hourly water production.

The relationships between the solar heat and yield, between the temperature difference (cover-water) and yield, and between the ambient air temperature and yield are also obtained.

how periodic dosing of small amount of oxygen into an anaerobic digester prevented the catastrophic failure of AD system at high organic loading rate.

He will also provide highlights of some of his other on-going research works on:

High-rate anaerobic wastewater treatmentFungal process for resource recovery from waste (water)Nitrogen transformations in aquaponics and climate changeAD biorefineryEnvironmental applications of biocharDigestate utilizationBiogas upgrading via biomethanation

The relation between the daily water production and the solar radiation presents a positive linear relation.

A linear proportional relationship is also obtained between the daily production and the temperature difference between water and cover. An inverse relationship is also observed between the yield and the water depth. A few simulation models developed earlier cannot precisely predict the production flux of PHTSS; however, the proposed model can reproduce well the hourly production flux.

PhD (Environmental Engineering) from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

Her main research interests focus on the preparation and application of potassium ferrate; the removal methods of micropollutants water; and different disinfection byproducts formation and removal in water distribution systems.

Dr. Amimul Ahsan is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

He received a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Fukui, Japan. He has more than 11 years of research, teaching and industrial experiences. He is involved with a number of collaborative research projects in different countries.

He specializes in Water and Environmental Engineering, e.g. water and wastewater treatments, groundwater, solar desalination, landfill leachate, rainwater and solid waste management.

He has published extensively in Water and Environmental Engineering including 7 books, 10 book chapters and over 121 journal articles (mostly ISI/Scopus). Sultan Selangor (Chancellor, UPM) has conferred him “Vice Chancellor Fellowship Award” (Science and Technology) in 2015. He has been serving in the editorial board of a number of refereed journals for a long time as an Editor-in-Chief (4), Editor/Associate Editor (6) & Editorial Board Member (11), e.g. SpringerPlus (ISI), Membrane Water Treatment (ISI) & Cogent Engineering (Scopus).

His index in Scopus is 18.

In addition, he also wrote and published a book entitled “Anaerobic Biotechnology for Bioenergy Production: Principles and Applications” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008).

Recently he also published a bioenergy textbook entitled Bioenergy: Principles and Applications (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016).

Dr. Khanal is also an editorial board member of Bioresource Technology and Korean Journal of Environmental Engineering.

He is also a recipient of CTAHR Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (2016), University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The Impact of Renewable Energy Pricing Incetive Policies in Thailand0900 - 1000 hrs. 13th December 2017, Room No. S101 (SERD’s Meeting Room, AIT

Scholarship Deadline for August Semester 201831st March 2018

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Mr. Passapong Gamonwet, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Energy Academic Program, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change, School of Environment, Resources and Development delivered a talk on “The Impact of Renewable Energy Pricing Incentive Policies in Thailand” on 13th December 2017.

We are accepting application for the August Semester 2018.

We offer numerous generous scholarships for students who can contribute to the learning experience and make a positive impact on society.

www.eecc.ait.ac.th

Mr. Passapong is also an economist at Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), Thailand. At AIT, he studies Energy Economics, Planning and Policy.

His research interest include electricity tariff, distributed generation, renewable energy, and pricing incentive policy.

We urge those interested in applying to make the necessary preparations and apply early to improve your chances of a scholarship.

The scholarship deadline for August Semester 2018 is 31st

March 2018.

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He is working under the supervision of Associate Professor Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal at Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change.

The seminar was attended by Vice President of Academic Affairs, Prof. S. Kumar, Asso. Prof. Dr. S. Dhakal, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ekbordin and students.

Complete the application today and/or bring it to the notice of the other aspirants to apply latest by 31st March 2018 to join us for the upcoming August Semester.For more information on the scholarships, Read here...

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