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Copyright © 2012 Asian Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.

ADDRESS:P.O. Box 4, Klong LuangPathumthani 12120Thailandwww.ait.asia

This Prospectus/Course Catalogue 2012-2013 was compiled and produced by the Media and Communications Unit (MCU), External Relations and Communications Office (ERCO), with the involvement of all AIT employees.

AIT wishes to thank the many people who rendered assistance in preparing this report.

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This Prospectus/Course Catalogue 2012-2013 is for people interested in applying for study at AIT. It contains general introductions to our three Schools, the academic pro-grams and the degrees we offer, life at AIT, student and academic support services, fees and financial support information, and tells how to apply for admission.

AIT makes every effort to ensure that the programs and courses are offered as de-scribed here. However, owing to certain circumstances, AIT reserves the right to with-draw a particular program or course.

AIT strongly recommends that you visit the AIT website www.ait.asia for the most up to date information on our academic programs and courses.

About the Prospectus/course catalogue 2012-2013

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www.ait.asia

School of Engineering & Technology 24

School of Environment, Resources and Development 100

School of Management 208

Undergraduate Programs 260

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Home to many of the region’s top experts in a wide variety of knowledge areas, the Asian Institute of Technology is one of Asia’s leading institutions of higher learning. AIT carries out its mission by supporting technological change and sustainable development through a wide array of educational, research, capacity building and outreach programs.

More than a university, AIT is a unique international intergovernmental organization that is regionally focused, global in outlook and cosmopolitan in character. Our main campus just north of Bangkok, Thailand, is a tremendous mosaic of cultures, and socioeconomic backgrounds which leads to levels of cross-cultural engagement not found at other uni-versity campuses. In addition to the main campus, AIT has established centers in Viet-nam and Indonesia.

AIT is also a dynamic, diverse, and extremely well-connected network institute dedicated to producing global citizens. Many notable leaders have studied at AIT. Our students benefit from challenging academic programs and cutting edge research, and our interna-tionally-savvy graduates are highly sought after by employers, commanding impressive earning potential throughout their careers. Indeed, opportunities abound for profession-als possessing in-depth knowledge of Asia – one the world’s most dynamic and growing regions.

The Asian Institute of Technology is a place for talented students who are intellectually curious, serious about their studies, and dedicated to advancing their lives through an exceptional higher learning experience. If you seek the kind of challenges and profes-sional opportunities that we offer, AIT would like to welcome you to its beautiful, clean and green campus!

Prof. Said IrandoustPresident

A message from the President

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Introducing the Asian Institute of technologyThe Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is a leading higher learning institute of engineering and technol-ogy, environmental resources and development, and management. AIT operates as a self-contained international community at its main campus located in Pathumthani, some 40 kilometers north of central Bangkok, Thailand. It also delivers some of its programs at its centers in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Founded in 1959, AIT fosters an exceptional learning experience in a multicultural environment that reaches beyond boundaries. AIT is an International Intergovernmental Organization of higher learning. It carries out its mission “to develop highly qualified and committed professionals who play a leading role in the region’s sustainable development and its integration into the global economy” by supporting technological change and sustainable development through higher learning, research, capacity building and outreach.

From 1959 until ... Today

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AIt is “Partnering Asia’s Future”In addition to offering degree courses (bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral), AIT offers short courses / training programs through its AIT Extension, and consultancy services through its AIT Consulting.

AIT also houses a number of research and outreach centers, such as the Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology; ASEAN Regional Center of Excellence on the Millen-nium Development Goals (ARCMDG); Yunus Center at AIT, established in partnership with Professor Muhammad Yunus, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize; CSR Asia Center at AIT; the Center of Excellence on Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change (SDCC); and AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (AIT-UNEP RRC.AP). The institute is also home to the Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa (RIMES) and Telecoms sans Frontières (TSF).

Students: 2,300 from 50+ countriesFaculty: 120+ from 20+ countriesAlumni: 19,000+ from 89 countriesPartners: 330

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Schools: 3Research and Outreach Centers: 15Research & Outreach Projects: 400Fields of Study: 75+

AIt Facts and FiguresCourses: 1,000+Research Staff: 100+Support Staff: 500+

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Ramon Magsaysay Awards

In 1989, AIT received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and Internation-al Understanding “... for shaping a new generation of engineers and manag-ers committed to Asia, in an atmosphere of academic excellence and regional camaraderie.”

In 2009, an alumnus of AIT, Yu Xiao Gang was also awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. The citation credited AIT and it said “Yu fell in love with nature early on, having been raised in Yunnan, a province of amazing beauty and home to three of the largest rivers in the world: Nu, Yangtze, and Mekong. His interest in the environment was cultivated during a stint in the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, and was further deepened when he attended the Asian Institute of Technology, where he earned a Master’s degree in Wa-tershed Management.”

International Accolades

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The Asian Institute of Technology offers the opportunity to study at an advanced in-ternational level at an Asian institution with a worldwide academic reputation. Many progressive developments in thinking about the application of science, technology and management to sustainable development have originated at AIT.

Few institutions of higher learning are as truly international as AIT. The Institute part-ners with public and private sector partners throughout the region and with some of the top universities and international organizations in the world.

Our main campus offers fast and easy access to Bangkok, a city at the crossroads of East, South-East and South Asia. It is one of the world’s great destinations and a center of commerce, culture and ca-reers. Students will head there for class assignments, field trips, research and internships – and entertainment. The rest of fast-growing Asia is also an easy jump off from Thailand’s cosmopolitan capital. In addition to the main campus, AIT has established centers in Vietnam and Indonesia.

• TU - Tsinghua University, China• ESCP Europe• HUT - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland• TMSP - Telecom & Management Sud Paris, France• IIMs - Indian Institutes of Management, India• UGM - Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia• University of Tokyo, Japan• Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea• UNESCO-IHE, Netherlands• UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain• Stockholm University, Sweden• National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan

Why AIT?

Student exchange and dual degree programs with top international universities and research institutions around the world.

International Opportunities

Student Exchange & Dual Degree ProgramsSome of the possible options for AIT students

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AIT’s degree programs are provided by its School of Engineering and Technology (SET); School of Environment, Re-sources and Development (SERD); and School of Management (SOM). Our students benefit from challenging academic programs and exciting faculty-student research projects. AIT is also involved in various Erasmus Mundus academic cooperation mobility programs offered by the European Union.

Degree Options AIT offers Doctoral, Master’s and Undergraduate Degree Programs, apart from conducting training programs.

World-class Learning Opportunities

Postgraduate Degrees

MBA PhD EMBAMSc DTechSc Professional Master’s MEng DEng DBA

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.)Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Undergraduate Degrees

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The School of Engineering and Technology at AIT develops leaders for a sustainable and technologically driven future. AIT values creative research and solid understanding of the fundamentals in many cutting edge fields of study in engineering and technology.

“AIT ranks top in four engineering areas in research in Thailand.”- Thai Research Fund (TRF) study 2010

The School of Environment, Resources and Development is one of the top destinations in Asia for the study of sustainable development, and resources and environment. Its key strength is that it responds to regional needs by mobilizing and enhancing capabilities for socially, economically and environmentally sound develop-ment.

http://www.set.ait.asia

School of Environment,Resources and Development http://www.serd.ait.asia

School of Engineering and Technology

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AIT’s School of Management has been consistently ranked as one of Asia’s top schools for management higher learning and research and its MBA programs.

“The School of Management MBA program ranked 1st in Thailand and 8th in Asia.”- Best MBA(http://www.bestmba.org/bestonlinemba_asia.htm)

AIT Extension provides regular and customized non-degree continuing professional education, short course training and consultancy services. AIT has produced 28,000 trainee graduates from all over the world.

http://www.extension.ait.asiaAIT Extension

AIT now offers four-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) and four-year Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree programs at its main campus in Thailand, and at its partner institutions in Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

http://www.ug.ait.asiaUndergraduate Program

http://www.som.ait.asiaSchool of Management

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Fields of Study & Academic Programs

School of Engineering and TechnologyMaster’s and Doctoral Degree Programs

Civil & Infrastructure Engineering Group

• Construction, Engineering & Infrastructure Management

• Geotechnical and Earth Resources Engineering• Structural Engineering• Transportation Engineering• Water Engineering & Management

Industrial Systems Engineering Group

• Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering• Mechatronics• Microelectronics and Embedded Systems• Nanotechnology

Information & Communications Group

• Computer Science• Information Management• Remote Sensing & Geographic Information

Systems• Telecommunications

Interdisciplinary Programs• Offshore Technology & Management• Information & Communications Technologies• Geo-Exploration & Petroleum Geoengineering

• Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (SET AND SERD)

• Urban Water Engineering and Management (SET, SERD)

Professional Master’s Degree Programs• Geo-System Exploration & Petroleum• Geo-Technical Engineering & Management• Hard Disk Drive Engineering Technology

(Western Digital-Thailand)• Industrial & Supply Chain Management• Project Management in Construction• Telecommunication Technology & Management

Undergraduate Degree Programs• Chemical Engineering• Civil and Infrastructure Engineering• Computer Science• Information Technology• Electronics• Industrial Engineering• Information and Communication Technology• Mechatronics• Telecommunications

School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration (MBA)

• Entrepreneurship• Technology Management• Sustainable Business• Finance• Human Resource• Marketing• Strategy• Public Management

Professional Master’s Degree Programs• Banking and Finance• Corporate Social Responsibility• Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management• Technology Management• MBA in Energy Business (SOM,SERD)

Executive MBA (EMBA)• International Business-Management of

Technology

Doctoral of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Inter-School Academic Programs• MBA in Energy Business (SERD, SOM)

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School of Environment, Resources and DevelopmentMaster’s & Doctoral Degree Programs

• Agri-business management

• Agricultural systems and engineering

• Aquaculture and aquatic resources management

• Climate change and sustainable development

• Energy

• Energy and environment

• Environmental engineering and management

• Food engineering and bioprocess technology

• Gender and development studies

• Natural resources management

• Pulp and paper technology

• Regional and rural development planning

• Urban environmental management

Inter-School Academic Programs• Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and

Management (SERD,SET)• MBA in Energy Business (SERD,SOM)

Unified Bachelor’s & Master’s Programs• Agri-business Management• Energy• Environmental Engineering and Management

Double Degree (1+1 Years)• Urban Water Engineering and Management

(SERD, SET)

Professional Master’s Programs• Environmental Engineering and Management• Urban Management• Water Technology Management• Public Policy• Aqua-Business Management• Energy Business management

Two Stage Master’s Programs (1+1 years)• MBA in Energy Business• Energy and Environment• Certificate Programs• Integrated Coastal Management• Greater Mekong Sub region Development Studies

Undergraduate Programs:• Bio-Systems Engineering• Environmental Engineering• Chemical Engineering

Please visit: www.ait.ac.th/AIT/education/academic-programs and www.ait.ac.th/education/fields-of-study

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Activities: Student-driven events on and off campus – cultural, ath-letic, and social interactions.

Student Organizations: Student Union and student national associa-tions and clubs connect students and give voice to their academic and social concerns.

Recreation and Wellness: Ample recreation facilities, and services catering to students’ social, physical, emotional, intellectual and spiri-tual health.

Athletics: Stay fit, have fun and make friends playing golf, football, basketball, cricket, and many more.

Campus Housing: AIT provides on campus housing to its students. Staff members are on hand, dedicated to creating a safe, dynamic learning and living environment.

Campus Life: A home away from home

AIT’s idyllic 330-acre campus contains all the necessary facilities and elements for students from many different cultures to live, study, learn, work, and thrive together.

• Library• Language Center• State-of-the-art laboratories• AIT Conference Center• Sports and recreation facilities, including a golf course• Computing services• Campus housing with internet connection• Medical clinic• AIT International School (Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 6)

Why consider AIT? Just a few more reasons…

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At AIT, I was able to reinvent myself. A year into my MBA, I already feel that I am one step closer to working in the finance industry. In fact, I have already secured a job at one of the larg-est banks in Thailand.

Jeeranan PrompesThailandMBA Candidate

One of the happiest moments of my life was when I got a schol-arship from HEC Pakistan to study at AIT. Back then I could not have imagined that I could earn a double master’s degree from AIT and UPC in Spain, or win a grant from Google to work on an open source project as part of Google’s Summer of Code Program. At AIT, I learned that nothing is impossible.

Waheed IqbalPakistanPh.D. Candidate, Computer Science

I had lived in the United States for six years when I had a chance to come to Thailand with the East-West Center Leadership pro-gram from Hawaii. During a field trip I experienced the tsunami hit region. It ignited in me this need to understand development issues in Asia better. AIT is very well reputed in Nepal and when I found out that they have a gender and development studies program – I had to apply. I have not only learned about the is-sues and the region, AIT also gave me a different perspective in life and changed my career path.

Nisha OntaNepalPh.D. Candidate, Gender andDevelopment Studies

I learned something very new from excellent instructors. I feel at home at AIT. I will recommend AIT short courses to my friends back home, and I myself plan to return to AIT to pursue my master’s.

Ms. Flavia Da Costa HenriquesTimor-LesteFinance Officer and Administrator,AIT Extension trainee

AIT really provides you a great environment for learning and many different opportunities to new things. It’s definitely a stage to a brighter future.

Chen Yu TingTaiwanFreshman, B.Eng. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Some students speak out

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Applying to AIT for Graduate Education

Applying to graduate study at AIT is a simple process. Application for admission takes only four (4) steps.

Go to http://www.ait.asia/apply

STEP 1: Review Requirements and Procedures Read the Requirements and Procedures page to find out the admissions requirements including tests,

transcripts, letters of recommendation, and application fees.

STEP 2: Download Application Forms

STEP 3: Study Guidelines for Applicants

STEP 4: Explore Financial Aid If you are interested in applying for financial aid, please see the financial aid information page.

AIT offers scholarships on a competitive basis to highly qualified graduate students with dem-onstrated financial need. Of the students ad-mitted to AIT, about 20% get full scholarships, 30% get full tuition financial aid, and 40% receive financial aid that partly covers tuition costs. The full scholarships cover tuition fees, a monthly allowance and a standard accom-modation on campus.

Study Costs Doctoral Program Master’s Program Diploma Certificate (In fixed* Thai baht) Six Semesters Four Semesters Two Semesters One Semester (36 months) (22 months) (12 months) (5 months) THB (US$) THB (US$) THB (US$) THB (US$) Registration fee 120,000 (3,750) 80,000 (2,500) 40,000 (1,250) 20,000 (625) @Baht 20,000/semester Tuition fee 1,176,000 (36,750) 672,000 (21,000) 336,000 (10,500) 168,000 (5,250) @Baht 14,000/credit

Subtotal 1,296,000 (40,500) 752,000 (23,500) 376,000 (11,750) 188,000 (5,875) Living/accommodation/other 414,000 (12,938) 253,000 (7,907) 138,000 (4,313) 57,500 (1,797)@Baht 11,500/month**

Total 1,710,000 (53,438) 1,005,000 (31,407) 514,000 (16,063) 245,500 (7,672)

Postgraduate Postgraduate

Intake

* To ensure maximum consideration for financial assistance.** To ensure sufficient time for visa processing and other formalities. For applicants who

require an early offer of admission or those with visa or passport restrictions, applica-tions must be received by AIT at least three months prior to these deadlines.

August Semester 1 May 15 June

January Semester 15 October 15 November

Others **For applicants requesting AIT

scholarships / fellowships *

Normal Application Deadlines

Notes:* Tuition and other fees are charged per semester in Thai baht. For con-venience, students may also pay in U.S. dollars at a rate that is quoted one month in advance before the start of each semester and valid for the duration of that semester. The indicative US dollar figures are based on the exchange rate of 1 US $ = 32 Thai baht. Updates on applicable tuition fees in both cur-rencies can be viewed at www.ait.asia/fees.

** Minimum estimate inclusive of other fees. With the rising inflation over the year, this is recomended to be Thai baht 15,000/month. Doctoral students should top up this estimate by about Thai baht. 1,000 per month for additional re-search and book expenses.

Students in full-time attendance pay a registration fee of Baht 20,000 per semester and a tuition fee of Baht 14,000 per credit. The tuition fees are based on the following minimum credit requirements and number of semesters: Doctoral (84 credits /6 semesters), Master’s (48 credits / 4 semesters), Diploma (24 credits / 2 semesters), and Certificate (9 - 12 credits / 1 semester). All students are encouraged to reside on or near the Institute’s campus to benefit from the international environment for intellectual development and cross-cultural experience. The estimated living expense is Baht 15,000 per month.

*** For the Undergraduate Program costs, please visit www.ug.ait.asia

www.ait.asia/apply

Costs and Expenses

Financial Assistance

A non-refundable application processing fee has to be paid - fixed at US$ 20 / Baht 800 for the forms downloaded from the web or fixed at US$ 25 / Baht 1,000 for the forms requested by post.

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An official test score is valid only for 2 years. All appli-cants must submit a test score for admissions unless they are native English speakers or graduates of univer-sity degree programs conducted in an English-speaking country, in which case the following documents should be submitted

• CERTIFICATE OF UNIVERSITY MEDIUM OF IN-STRUCTION. This document certifies that you at-tained your previous degree from a university where the sole medium of instruction is English. The docu-ment should be attested and signed by the Univer-sity Registrar. Note : Because some schools that use English as a medium of instruction do not meet AIT’s standards for English proficiency, the AIT Admissions Unit may not accept certain certificates and may re-quire the applicant to submit a standardized test score instead.

• AIT ENGLISH ENTRY TEST SCORE (AIT-EET). AIT-EET is administered by AIT Language Unit. For details, kindly visit the Language Center website at http://www.ait.ac.th/education/LanguageCenter/Eng-lish/prospective-students Interested test-takers can call at 662-524-6623 or send an email to [email protected]

• EXEMPTION. Applicants who are citizens of and have been educated in an English-speaking county, are exempted from this requirement. Proof of citizen-ship should be provided.

Detailed Eligibility Requirements for each Program

Doctoral Degree Program

To be eligible for admission to the regular Doctoral degree program, an applicant must:

• Have strong academic records (both undergraduate and graduate) and normally hold a four-year bache-lor’s degree, and a Master’s degree, preferably with a combination of course and thesis work, from an insti-tution of good standing, acceptable to AIT. The mini-mum GPA requirement for admission to the doctoral program is 3.50 or equivalent at the master’s degree level.

Eligibility Requirements Please visit: http://www.ait.asia/admissions/rp

An applicant must apply to only one of the academic pro-grams leading to the degree of Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master in Agribusiness Man-agement, Executive Master and Professional Master; Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Business Administration, Doctor in Agribusiness Management and Professional Doctorate. No applicant is admitted to more than one academic program at a time.

AIT is an international institute with English as the sole language of instruction. AIT requires applicants to dem-onstrate basic proficiency in writing English before entry. The standard is a score of 4.5 on Academic Writing por-tion of the IELTS Test for entry to the master’s program, a score of 5.0 for entry to the Certification of Advanced Studies (CAS) program and 5.5 for entry to the doctoral program. The Language Center offers an in-house test of English proficiency which is called the AIT English Entry Test or AIT-EET. It is conducted daily on campus in Thai-land and by appointment at the AIT Center in Vietnam. AIT also has agents in Yangon, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Kabul and Bandung, who can arrange to conduct the test. AIT faculty and staff traveling throughout the region also conduct the test. It is scored on a scale similar to IELTS.

For more information on the AIT-EET kindly visit the AIT Language Center website at: http://www.ait.ac.th/education/LanguageCenter/English/prospective-stu-dents Interested test-takers can call at 662-524-6623 or send an email to [email protected]

AIT recognizes several English tests for admissions as listed in the table below. If you submit a score, then you are expected to score at least: (See Table Below).

English Exam Master CAS Doctor

IELTS/ AIT-EET (AIT Test) 4.5 5.0 5.5

TOEFL Paper-based 500 525 537 Computer-based 173 196 200 Internet-based 61 72 76

GRE (Analytical Writing Test) 4.2 4.5 5

CET 4 (China) 510 530 540

ARC (Lao PDR) 5.0 5.5 6.0

ICE TEFOW 120 140 160

CU-TEP (Thailand) 62 68 70

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• Submit a brief outline of dissertation research propos-al including the required research facilities, if neces-sary.

• Receive a written confirmation that a faculty member at AIT is available and willing to supervise.

• For the professional Doctoral degree program, in ad-dition to the above-mentioned eligibility requirements, an applicant must:

• Have at least 5 years of work experience in areas re-lated to the field of study/program at AIT and

• Be at a level of senior professional/manager/adminis-trator in organization/companies.

Certificate of Advanced Studies Program

The Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Program offered by AIT has the alternative objectives of qualify-ing for admission to the doctoral program for applicants with minimum CGPA at the master’s degree level of less than 3.50 or equivalent; or undertaking advanced studies combined with research. Other admission requirements are similar to those for the Doctoral Degree Program. Full-time CAS students completing the minimum course credit requirement and attaining a CGPA of at least 3.50 at the end of the second semester are eligible for transfer to the doctoral degree program. Students who are not eligible for transfer to the doctoral degree program are awarded with the Certificate of Advanced Studies. For applicants to the professional Doctoral degree program, initially admitted to the CAS Program, the same eligibility requirements for admission as mentioned in the Doctoral degree program apply.

Master’s Degree Program

To be eligible for admission to the regular master’s pro-gram, an applicant must:

• Hold a Bachelor degree (normally from a four-year program), or its equivalent, in an appropriate field of study from an institution of good standing acceptable to AIT.

• Have undergraduate grades significantly above av-erage; the minimum GPA requirement for admission to the master’s program is 2.75 or equivalent at the Bachelor degree level.

• Be in satisfactory physical and mental health, and have a record of good conduct.

For the Professional Master’s Degree program, in ad-dition to the above-mentioned eligibility requirements, an applicant must:

• Have at least 3 years of work experience in areas re-lated to the field of study/program at AIT, and

• Be executives in organizations/companies.

Post Graduate Diploma Program

The eligibility requirements for the Diploma program are the same as those entering the master’s degree program. Candidates with only average undergraduate grades may be admitted to the Diploma Program if they have at least two years of professional experience after completing their Bachelor’s degree.

Post Graduate Certificate Program

Certificate students need to satisfy the eligibility require-ments similar to those entering the master’s degree program and have the appropriate background to take selected courses. In exceptional cases, candidates who lack formal academic qualifications but who have exten-sive and appropriate professional experience may be considered for admission; the discretion in such cases rests with the School Deans.

Special Program

Candidates coming to AIT for programs or courses of at least one semester are considered as Special students. Candidates under non-degree academic exchange agreements between AIT and their home universities are also enrolled at AIT as Special students.

Fellows of AIT

Individuals whose qualifications are considered accept-able and who have requested to be attached to the Insti-tute to do research are considered for an appointment as `Fellows of AIT’. A Fellow of AIT has the privilege to use Institute research facilities, the library and recreational facilities and may audit courses with the permission of the instructor. To apply, candidates must submit to the rel-evant School an AIT Application (Form 1), a copy of CV and a research study plan. Fellows of AIT are endorsed by the relevant School Deans and are formally invited to the Institute by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

• A candidate, who has completed a doctoral degree from an institution recognized by AIT, is offered ad-mission as a Post-Doctoral Fellow.

• A candidate whose qualifications are equivalent to an AIT master’s degree student is considered for admis-sion as a Research Fellow.

Bridging Program

The Pre-Master’s Bridging Program provides an opportu-nity for AIT candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds to orient and prepare themselves in English and in key subject areas essential for their graduate study at AIT.

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The Bridging Program enables students to:

(a) Strengthen their academic abilities for an AIT de-gree program;

(b) Develop their potential to plan and carry out aca-demic work on the bases of their own defined inter-ests and meanings;

(c) Develop their confidence and skills to undertake self-directed learning; and

(d) Become more effective communicators in English.

The intensive Bridging Program normally offers 16 weeks of collaboration and interaction in English around pieces of investigative research by students. The con-tent of each program is shaped by the interests and needs of individual students, and their particular fields of study at AIT. Regular individual and small group tuto-rial sessions are arranged for students to improve their

Applicants may apply online or download the appli-cation forms from the AIT website.

1. To apply for admission, applicants must complete and submit the following documents:

• Acknowledgment cards A & B• Admission Action Form• A completed AIT Application for Admission (Form 1)• Two letters of recommendation from named referees

(Form 2)• Application for AIT Financial Aid (Form 3) only if ap-

plying for AIT financial aid• Official attested Transcript(s) (Form 4)• Copy of degree Certificate(s) in English• Evidence of Proficiency in English• Research Proposal (for doctoral program applicants

only)• Application Processing Fee - US$20 or Baht 800 (Application Forms download-

ed from the web) OR - US$25 or Baht 1,000 (Application Forms received

by post from AIT)

2. Application Processing Fee

A nonrefundable application processing fee of US$20 (or Baht 800) for forms downloaded from the web or of

US$25 (or Baht 1,000) for forms received by post, is required to process an application. The application fee may be paid by bank draft, valid credit card or cash and should be made payable to the “Asian Institute of Tech-nology”. Please fill in the Application Processing Fee Payment Notification Form to prove payment. Payment by credit card should be done by showing the payer’s full name, credit card name and number, and card’s expiry date. Payment by cash should be made through a third party based in Thailand .

3. Applications for admission must be received by the normal closing date. If study seats are still available, late applications may be considered. 4. Applicants are requested to apply to the School of their choice and indicate, in order of preference, two fields of study. Each application will be processed according to the first field of study chosen. AIT, subject to its resources and the applicant’s qualifications, will endeavor to pro-vide a program of study appropriate with the applicant’s needs and qualifications. 5. The Admissions and Scholarships Unit acknowledges all complete application by email. If an email address is not provided, applicants are acknowledged by mail through post.

abilities in key subject areas of computer skills, econom-ics, mathematics and statistics.

The Language Center coordinates the conduct of Bridg-ing Programs. Resource persons with expertise in various key subject areas work with students in a tutorial mode. Faculty members also contribute significantly to the stu-dents’ work. Degree, Diploma and Certificate program stu-dents may enroll in the Bridging program in the semester preceding entry to the master’s or doctoral program.

Duration of Study

Master Degree students normally study for 22 months - this includes four semesters, two short breaks and one long break between semesters. Doctoral students normal-ly study for six semesters or three years. The diploma pro-grams are at least two semesters-long and the certificate program is one semester-long

Application Requirements and Procedures www.ait.asia/apply

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The administration of admission is handled by the Admis-sions and Scholarships Unit. Warnings received regarding spurious records being submitted by candidates seeking admission have led to the practice by AIT of requesting confirmation from the academic institution(s) where the applicant received his/her degree(s) and/or when cop-ies of transcripts/degree certificates have neither been attested nor mailed directly by the institution to AIT. After the closing date, complete applications, which must in-clude an official attested academic transcript, are sent to the Schools for assessment. Once submitted, application materials are not released and cannot be returned to the applicant.

While most students are admitted in August, certain fields of study admit students in January (see the Admissions Calendar). Doctoral students may enter either in January or August.

1. Deadlines

Applicants are responsible for ensuring that all required documents are submitted by the appropriate deadlines. Incomplete application may cause delays in processing. Deadlines that fall on a weekend or a holiday will default to the next working day. Applications for AIT financial as-sistance received after the admission deadline will be processed for the next intake. 2. Notification of Application Receipt and Status

Applicants are notified of the receipt of their application and status by email. The email address must be provided in #2 of the application form (Form 1). If an email address is not provided, the applicant is notified by mail through post. 3. Interviews

• Applicants for admission from Cambodia, Laos, Thai-land and Vietnam are normally interviewed by AIT Faculty members. Whenever possible, interviews for applicants from other countries are also arranged by the respective School(s).

• Candidates who were pre-selected for possible ad-mission are interviewed on a date and venue agreed upon by the School(s) concerned.

• The interview includes a written test prepared by the School as well as English language test (or using In-stitutional TOEFL).

• The applications of candidates from countries where no interviews are scheduled are forwarded to the

Administration of Admission

Schools within two weeks of the closing date of re-ceiving applications.

4. Selection and Decision on Admission

• Normally, at least 16 weeks before enrollment, all ap-plications, including those of interviewed candidates, are forwarded to the Schools for final selection. The selection results are reported to the Admissions and Scholarships Unit about 14 weeks before entry, via the AIT Admission Action Form. The decisions on and approval of offers of admission are made by the Schools.

• Applicants who require early offer of admission as a basis for seeking financial sponsorship from external non-AIT sources must indicate this when applying. In exceptional cases, an offer of admission without AIT financial assistance may be made immediately, but many decisions are deferred until interview results are available.

• Applicants who do not meet the minimum qualifica-tions for admission are rejected. However, those ap-plicants who need further English training and/or ad-ditional experiences are advised to reapply as soon as they gain additional merits.

• For applicants who applied for AIT Financial Assis-tance, the offers of admission with AIT scholarship are issued based on a competitive ranking of quali-fied candidates selected by the Schools on the basis of academic qualification, professional background, scholarships availability and conditions set by AIT’s donor-partners.

• The Vice President for Academic Affairs may also ap-prove offers of admission for applicants with special qualifications upon the recommendation of School Deans.

5. Admissions Committee

The Admissions Committee (AC) meets on a regular basis to deliberate on admission requirements & proce-dures, academic fees & pricing policies, student selec-tion and the availability of scholarships, fellowships and assistantships. The committee is comprised of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (Chair), School Deans, Head of Student Office, Head of Finance, Director of Language Center, ITServ Coordinator, Student Union President and Admissions & Scholarships Unit Coordina-tor. The schedule of the AC meeting is in the academic calendar of AIT but special meetings are called to discuss vital admissions and application issues.

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6. Notification and Confirmation of Admission

For qualified applicants:

• Notification of the offer of admission is done by email, normally not later than two months before the pro-posed date of enrollment, provided the application was received at the proper time and provided that e-mail address is given by the applicant. If no e-mail address is provided, notification is sent through post. The FINAL CONFIRMATION OF ADMISSION IS SENT BY POST MAIL ONLY.

• The offer of admission may be unconditional or it may specify conditions which must be satisfied before the offer can be confirmed. In such cases, it is the candi-date’s responsibility to provide promptly the evidence required to show that the conditions of the offer have been fulfilled.

• An offer of admission is valid only if the recipient can begin his/her academic program on the enroll-ment date stated in the offer. Enrollment after the first day of semester and up to the final day for adding and dropping courses (last working day of the sec-ond week of semester) is permitted only in special circumstances. Upon receipt of an offer of admission, candidates from outside Thailand must immediately apply for the necessary clearances and travel autho-rization.

• No candidate is permitted to enroll without the confir-mation of admission, which consists of a Certificate of Admission and ED Visa Letter (for non-Thai na-tionals). These documents will only be issued after a candidate has written to accept the offer of admission and has satisfied all conditions attached to the offer. The ED visa letter is required to be presented to the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Embassy or Consulate for approval stamp in passport for travel and study in Thailand. Incoming students from Afghanistan, Ban-gladesh, Cambodia, Mongolia, Pakistan, PR China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and some African countries have visa restrictions and in place of the ED visa letter, AIT requests the RTG Ministry of Foreign Affairs for ap-proval which takes about 3 weeks; authorization is directly conveyed from the RTG Foreign Ministry to the RTG Embassy or Consulate via diplomatic chan-nel.

7. Medical Certificate

A successful applicant must submit a duly completed Certificate of Physical and Mental Fitness from a quali-fied physician written in English. The medical certificate must include a chest x-ray examination. Any medical handicap as well as all previous serious illnesses or op-erations must be indicated in the Medical Certificate. It is particularly important that the Institute is informed if such handicap could affect the study at AIT. Those who have made false statements or who have concealed medical information of any kind are liable for payment of related medical expenses. 8. False Statements

Anyone who, knowingly or otherwise, makes false state-ments or presents false evidence of any kind at the time of application, at registration, or at any other time after enrollment are dismissed from the Institute. 9. Arrival on Campus

• Candidates who have been issued a Certificate of Ad-missions receive letters of welcome and details of the orientation seminar and registration schedule.

• All new candidates are required to arrive at AIT on the Orientation Day. Exceptionally, late arrival may be permitted by the School Dean if a candidate provides a good reason in writing but arrival must be on or be-fore the last day of adding /dropping; that is by the last working day of the second week of the semester.

10. Re-application

• Applicants seeking re-application must inform the Admissions and Scholarships Unit of their continuing interest, by e-mail or by returning the Confirmation on Reapplication Form. Those who wish to reapply with-in two years after the first application was received do not need to submit a new set of Application Forms. After two years a new set of Application Forms & sup-porting documents are required.

• For each re-application an applicant is required to pay the application processing fee of US$ 20 or Baht 800.

• Students who have previously been dismissed from the Institute shall normally not be admitted to a de-gree program at the same level.

www.ait.asia/apply

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Admission Requirements

RequirementsApplicants to the undergraduate program must have successfully graduated from high school after completing 12 years of education or equivalent, or expect to do so before the start of the first semester. Continuation of study is conditional upon proof of high school graduation prior to the end of the first semester of study. Subjects taken in the final year of high school should include calculus, physics, and chemistry.

EligibilityAdmission to the undergraduate program is competitive and limited by the number of seats available and AIT’s com-mitment to maintain a diversity of nationalities amongst the student population. Eligibility is based on the student’s performance in high school, the student’s performance on standardized exams, and the student’s English language skill. Students should submit the following:

1. High school transcripts. An official transcript including all grades from at least the last two years of high school must be submitted.

2. Standardized examination results. An official copy of the results of a standardized college preparatory examination must be submitted. The following are acceptable:

1. National college entrance examination for the applicant’s home country. The examination must be conducted in English.

2. Results of a centralized national high-school exit examination. The examination must be conducted in English.3. ACT, IB, GCSE “A” Level, 6th form or 7th form, NCEA.4. SAT I and II. SAT II scores for three subjects: Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.5. AIT Entrance Examination.

3. Evidence of English language proficiency. Students should achieve an IELTS score of 5.5, a paper-based TOEFL score of 537, a computer-based TOEFL score of 200, an Internet-based TOEFL score of 76, a CET 4 score of 540, an ICE TEFOW score of 160, or a CU-TEP score of 70. Applicants able to visit AIT can visit the AIT Language Center and take the AIT English Entrance Test (AIT-EET) in lieu of a standardized test.

At the discretion of the admissions committee, applicants may be asked to appear for a personal interview in a major city in their home country, and they may be asked to take the AIT Entrance Exam prior to admissions.

Transfer from another accredited university is possible. Applicants should submit all transcripts from previous universi-ties along with their application.

See http://www.ug.ait.asia or write [email protected] for further information or clarification of eligibility require-ments for applicants from specific countries.

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Semester AIT

Semester I September–December

Semester II January–May

Summer June–August

Visit http://www.ug.ait.asia or contact

Associate Dean, Undergraduate ProgramsSchool of Engineering and TechnologyAsian Institute of TechnologyP.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, THAILANDPhone: +66 2 524 5210, 5333Fax: +66 2 524 5333email: [email protected]

Tuition Fees 216,000 / year 7,000 / year

Registration Fees 7,200 / semester 240 / semester

Living Expenses 130,000 / year 4,300 / year

* Payments are billed in Thai baht; US dollar costs are estimates subject to fluctuation due to exchange rates.

Cost Cost (Thai baht) (US dollars)*

For more information

Financial Assistance: AIT Undergraduate Fellowships Based on the academic performance of students during the course of study, partial fellowships will be awarded to a select number of students. At the end of the each year of study, the recipients are selected for fellowships for the next year.

Expense Type

Fees and ExpensesAll students are encouraged to reside on the AIT campus to benefit from the international environment for intellectual development and personal growth. Beyond tuition and registration fees, the total estimated cost of living at AIT is 130,000 Thai baht per year.

Academic Calendar

Admission ProceduresApplications for admission are accepted on an ongoing basis. AIT seeks applicants who show demonstrated commit-ment to and enthusiasm for intellectual growth. Application materials are available at http://www.ug.ait.asia and on the enclosed CD.

Visa Arrangements for ThailandVisa arrangements are facilitated by the Government Relations Unit (GRU) for all non-Thai students. Applica-tions for educational visas must be submitted to the Thai embassy in the students’ home countries (in most cases, applicants visiting Thailand on a tourist visa must return to their home countries to change visa status). On admission, GRU will send supporting documentation to the Thai embassy in students’ home countries.

Medical InsuranceAIT arranges a standard insurance plan that covers the majority of costs for hospitalization, outpatient treatment, dental care, and personal accident. The estimated cost is 2,599 Thai baht or approximately 75 USD per year. On-campus medical services are provided by health professionals and medical staff on a 24-hour basis.

School of Engineering & Technology

Construction, Engineering & Infrastructure Management

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Geotechnical and Earth Resources Engineering

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Structural Engineering

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Transportation Engineering

44

Water Engineering and Management

46

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

52

Microelectronics and Embedded Systems

57

Computer Science

66

Information Management

71

Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

73

Telecommunications

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Civil & Infrastructure Engineering Group

Industrial Systems Engineering Group

Information & Communications Group

Mechatronics

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Offshore Technology & Management

Information & Communications Technologies

Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation & Management

Geosystem Exploration & Petroleum Geoengineering

Nanotechnology

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Interdisciplinary Programs 80

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Typical Study PlanA master’s degree is completed in less than two years while a doctoral degree is, on the average, completed in three years.

Master’s Student

During the first two semesters, master’s students are expected to complete the coursework requirement. They need to enroll for required courses during the first semester. Students who need preparation in English and computer skills may enroll in the bridging program dur-ing the May/June inter-semester period, prior to the August (first) semester.

In summary, a master’s student follows the following:

Duration 4 semesters and 1 Inter-Semester Period (21.4 months)

Entry Semester August (typically) or May/June (for Bridging Student)

Total Credits Required 48 credits (720 contact hours)

Thesis Option 26 coursework credits + 22 thesis credits

Research Study Option 38 coursework credits + 10 research credits

Doctoral student

Doctoral students are required to take a minimum of 84 credits that comprise 24 credits of coursework including a maximum of 6 credits of special study and 60 credits of dissertation. The composition of courses taken by a doctoral student requires the consent of his/her dis-sertation advisor.

In summary, a doctoral candidate follows:

Duration 6 semesters and 3 Inter-Semester Periods

Entry Semester January or August

Total Credits Required 84 credits = 24 coursework credits + 60 research credits

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CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING GROUP

Since the founding of AIT, its civil engineering fields have promoted modern methodolo-gies, emerging technologies and innovative materials for the design and construction of safe and economical infrastructure in the region

Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CEIM)The Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CEIM) field of study prepares students to become effective managers and decision-makers familiar with the modern techniques of construction management, engineering management and infra-structure management. It trains professionals to play a leading role in the international construction industry. It molds students to become active leaders in the infrastructure development and management.

Areas of Specialization

Students may choose to either specialize in Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) or Infrastructure Management (IM).

Construction Engineering and Management covers advanced project management approaches to finance, plan, design, construct, monitor and control construction proj-ects. This master’s degree program emphasizes in-depth construction project manage-ment approaches such as project organization management, construction planning and control, project procurement, contract management, productivity analysis and improve-ment, quality and safety improvement, IT in project management, sustainable construc-tion, project financing, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) for infrastructure manage-ment, international construction joint ventures and construction business strategy.

Infrastructure Management focuses on the processes necessary for the planning and development of new infrastructure, and on maintaining and operating mature infrastruc-ture for sustainability. A wide variety of management topics are covered, such as in-frastructure planning, infrastructure economics, infrastructure management systems, optimal maintenance management, reliability of infrastructure systems, asset valuation and utilization, and infrastructure planning under risk and uncertainty.

Professional Master’s in Project Management (with specialization in Construction Project)

The aim of this MPM program is to provide applied and advanced project management knowledge to professionals working in large-scale construction projects. The program is designed for a one-year study period. Selected students are construction industry professionals with at least 3 years experience.

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Preferred Background

Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering are preferred. Degrees in other fields of engineering, urban and regional planning, architecture, and quantity surveying are also considered.

Doctoral Program:

Master degree in Construction Engineering and Management, Infrastructure Manage-ment or in any other field of civil engineering. Candidates with significant research or professional experience are highly preferred.

Geotechnical and Earth Resources Engineering (GTE)Being one of the oldest fields of study of AIT the GTE field of study has always adaptedwith the new demands of civil and energy infrastructure development markets, while preserving its well-known identity. Beside the classic areas of foundation engineering, earth structures, underground excavations, land subsidence, and landslide mitigations,analytical and numerical methods in geotechnical engineering, geotechnical engineers and researchers are increasingly involved in new and dynamic areas of ground improve-ment, geosynthetic engineering, land reclamation, lightweight and green geo-materials, forensic engineering, geohazards investigation and mitigation, geoenvironmental engi-neering and georisk management.

To meet the new demands in exploration of new energy and natural resources the GTE field has developed new courses for the upstream sector of oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) such as exploration geophysics, petrophysics, well logging interpre-taytion, drilling and well completion technology, petroleum reservoir engineering, pro-duction technology, geochemistry, and numerical modeling/analysis.

Geotechnical and Earth Resources Engineering field offers three (3) areas of specialization: • Soil Engineering; • Engineering and Applied Geology; • Geoenvironmental Engineering;.

Other than these specializations, the field also provides an interdisciplinary area of study on Geosystem Exploration and Petroleum Geoengineering (GEPG) and the fol-lowing professional master programs in Vietnam:

• Professional master in Geotechnical Engineering & Management (PME-GEM) • Professional master in Geoexploration & Petroleum Geoengineering (PME-

GEPG)

http://www.set.ait.asia/gte/

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Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering, Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Min-ing, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering; other disciplines areconsidered on a case-to-case basis.

Doctoral Program:

Master degree in Engineering Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Geoenvironmental Engineering, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering, and Mining.

Structural Engineering (SE)Structural engineering has always been seen as one of the few professions where one can combine real technical skills with artistic flair. Structural engineers are known to be people who enjoy innovation, opportunities, responsibility and excitement, whilst work-ing within a creative profession. Structural engineers plan and design various structures such as buildings, bridges, dams, sport stadiums, towers, and underground structures.

As they create the built environment, they have an enormous impact on our everyday lives. In order to design and construct safe and economic structures, they need to keep abreast with the latest methods of structural analysis, modeling concepts for computa-tion, advanced design, material technology, and improved knowledge in structural load-ings.

The field educates professionals who will be at the forefront of advanced research in Structural Engineering. They are trained to respond creatively to the industrial require-ments of infrastructure development.


Structural Engineering field of study offers two major areas of specialization, (a) Ad-vance Structural Analysis, Computational Mechanics, and (b) Structural Design, Struc-tural Engineering Materials.

Subjected to variety of complex loading scenarios, the safe and economic buildings must be designed by structural engineers who have thorough knowledge in both areas of specialization. Thanks to the advance and affordability of computer technology along with comprehensive knowledge in structural and material behavior, structural engineers in the present can model, analyze, and design complex structures with more accuracy, safer for residents, and less expensive. Referring to the area of structural analysis and computational mechanics, the focus is on the analysis of complex structures, nonlineari-ties, finite element analysis, engineering mechanics, structural dynamic and vibration, wind and earthquake engineering.

In the area of structural design and engineering materials, the major aim is on the un-derstanding of material behaviors, leading to safe and economic design of structural member. The exploration for new structural engineering materials under the awareness of production cost, friendliness to ecosystem, and sustainable development. Research-es in this area include low – cost construction materials, concrete technology, reinforced

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and prestressed concrete structures, steel structures, earthquake and wind – resistance design, building and bridge engineering, and fire protection technology.


Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering; mechanical engineering and architectural engineering will be considered on a case-to-case basis.

Doctoral Program:

Master’s degree in Structural Engineering.

Transportation Engineering (TRE)The Transportation Engineering field exposes students to the process of alleviating transportation problems. The coursework and research in the area provide advanced knowledge in transportation planning and economics, traffic engineering, and the design of highways/pavements and other transportation facilities. Transportation Engineering students acquire advanced skills concerning the planning, design, operations, mainte-nance, rehabilitation, performance, and evaluation of transportation systems, including their economic and public policy aspects.

The field imbibes in each student the development of analytic, problem-solving, design, and management skills suitable for public and private sector professional work.


Transportation Engineering offers two areas of specialization, (a) Planning and Engi-neering and (b) Highways and Pavements.

Depending upon individual choice and interests, students may freely select courses such that they receive training either in Planning & Engineering or Highways & Pave-ments. Under Planning & Engineering, students are trained on planning and logistics as well as traffic and safety. Among other topics, they are immersed to issues relating to transportation systems, urban/regional transportation analysis and planning methods, airport planning & design, and traffic engineering.

Students gearing for a specialization in Highways & Pavements take courses in design and operation as well as in management systems and maintenance. They are skilled in geometric design and highway safety, design/performance of highways and airport pavement as well as pavement management systems.


Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering; other engineering fields (e.g. urban and regional planning and systems engineering) are also considered.

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Doctoral Program:

Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering and other related engineering fields.

Water Engineering and Management (WEM)The Water Engineering and Management field imparts education and training toward an understanding of the complexity of water use and water resources management problems. It offers a balanced curriculum, which covers both the engineering and management aspects of water resource development. Students are trained to acquire knowledge and hands-on practice in tools and techniques to come up with viable and sustainable solutions within the framework of the integrated water resources manage-ment at the river basin scale.

Water Engineering and Management covers five major areas: Agricultural Water; Coast-al Water; Urban Water; Water Resources; and Extreme Events and Risk Management. The courses are designed in such a way that students can specialize according to their interests. Courses on watershed hydrology, hydrodynamics, water resources systems, and concepts in water modeling provide the solid foundation to the advanced courses. The field emphasizes on tools and techniques in resource planning and management in addition to laboratory and field practices.


Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degree in Civil or Agricultural Engineering; other relevant engineering fields and applied sciences are considered on case-to-case basis.

Doctoral Program:

Master’s degree in fields related to Water Engineering and Management.

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Field of Study — Construction, Engineering & Infrastructure Management

ProGram (CEIM)

Code Course Description Semester Offered Prerequisite

CE70.11

CE70.12

CE70.13

CE70.14

CE70.21

Project Cost and Financial Management

Organizational Management in

Construction

Research Methodology in the Built

Environment

Quality Management in Construction

Integrated Project Planning and Control

August

August

August

January

August

None

None

None

None

None

Cost is a very important factor in project man-agement. This course impacts the skills need-ed to estimate, plan and control project costs on large infrastructure projects. The course is designed in three self-contained modules cor-responding to different requirements in the in-frastructure cost management process. Upon completion of this course, students are able to develop project feasibility study, to estimate project cost and to manage the financial and cost issues of construction projects.

This course explores the organizational man-agement concepts applied in managing a con-struction firm and project. The course is divided into three modules: (i) Strategic Planning in Construction Firms, (ii) Organizational Manage-ment in construction Projects and (iii) Team and Leadership Development. Upon completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to analyze and solve problems related with orga-nizational management issues in construction firms and projects.

This course will provide state-of-the-art knowl-edge about advanced research in construction engineering and management. It will also pro-vide needed knowledge and skills for construc-tion students to conduct their master or/and doctoral thesis.

This course explores the effective knowledge and practice in managing construction project quality. The course is divided into three mod-ules: (i) Quality Management System, (ii) Total Quality Management in Construction Industry and (iii) Project Quality Material Management. The first module explains the concept and ap-plication of quality management system in con-struction industry. The second module covers material management which contributes 60- 80% of the total project cost. Success in man-aging quality of materials is significant for the overall quality of the project. The third module covers the model of implementing Total Quality Management developed by the Construction In-dustry Institute, USA. Upon completion of three modules, students will be able to manage quality performance in construction projects.

Project planning management is considered as a critical project success factor. Organizations introducing new strategic initiatives require effective project planning management. This course explains theories and practices of the planning and scheduling techniques applicable to the construction industry and introduces advanced planning tools.

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ProGram (CEIM)


CE70.22

CE70.23

CE70.33

CE70.41

CE70.42

CE70.43

Legal and Contractual Risk Management

Project Performance Management

Occupational Safety and Health

Management in Construction Projects

Infrastructure System Analysis and Management

Reliability of Infrastructure Systems

Project Financing

This course provides a general foundation in con-struction law, risk and contracts that construction practitioners need to protect themselves, their em-ployers and the works. To facilitate smooth running of construction projects, construction professionals need to be aware of their rights, obligations and li-abilities when they enter into contractual relations either as individuals or on behalf of their employ-ers. Upon completion of this course, the students will have the knowledge to develop a sound and effective contract as well as manage the contract.

The efficient use of construction resources is es-sential to effective project management. This course provides knowledge of the modern tech-niques used for assessing the level of productiv-ity, forecasting optimum levels of productivity and deciding how to reach productivity goals through strategic management actions.

Large construction projects, such as oil and gas construction project and power-plant project, in-volved expensive equipments and international stakeholders. For this kinds of projects, safety and health in the project site are of paramount important since failure in work safely may cause unexpected high cost of accidents. This course explores advanced management approach and techniques in managing occupational safety and health in large construction projects. The course is divided into three modules: (i) Safety and Health in Construction, (ii) OSH Management System and (iii) Total Project Safety Culture. Upon completion of the course, students will have the knowledge to manage construction site safety and health, and developing total project safety culture.

This course focuses on the essential elements of infrastructure maintenance planning and manage-ment

To enhance the capability of managers and pol-icy-makers, this course explores concepts and methods of structural reliability and formulates procedures for ensuring adequate safety and per-formance of infrastructure components and sys-tems.

Financing project is vital for development of any organizations. This course provides advanced knowledge and experience in the formulation of project financing. The focuses are on structuring of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to raise funds to finance capital investment project and to design the interactions of project participants for effec-tive financial operations. Upon completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to de-velop effective methods for project financing and managing the risks associated.

January

January

August

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

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ProGram


CE70.44

CE70.9004

CE70.9005

CE70.9006

CE70.9007

CE70.9008

Communication and Negotiation Skills for

Project Managers

Applied Project Management in

Housing and Real Estate Projects


Power-Plant Projects


Oil Refinery Construction Projects


Industrial Complex Projects

Applied Project Management in Oil/Gas

Pipeline Projects

August

August

InterSem

InterSem

InterSem

InterSem

None

Organizational management in construction, integrated project planning and scheduling and with consents from the instructors.

Organizational management in construction, integrated project planning and scheduling and with consentsfrom the instructors.


Organizational management in construction, integrated project planning and scheduling and with consents fromthe instructors.


Project manager must have the skills to commu-nicate effectively and negotiate with the project team, project client, supplier and subcontrac-tors. This course will train the students to be able to understand how to effectively communi-cate with others, and how to make an effective presentation to present important messages, such as project proposal and progress, to the customers. In addition, important concepts of negotiation, such as value exchange, zone of possible agreement, Best Alternative to No-Agreement (BATNA), and their applications to construction industry are discussed.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project man-agement in housing projects. Case analysis and discussion will be presented in terms of how the concepts of project management are applied in housing project development.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project manage-ment in power-plant projects. Case analysis and discussion will be presented in terms of how the concepts of project management are applied in power-plant project development.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project man-agement in industrial complex construction projects. Case analysis and discussion will be presented in terms of how the concepts of proj-ect management are applied in oil refinery con-struction project development.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project man-agement in industrial complex construction proj-ects. Case analysis and discussion will be pre-sented in terms of how the concepts of project management are applied in industrial complex project development.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project man-agement in oil/gas pipeline construction proj-ects.

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CE70.9009

CE70.9010

CE70.9011

CE70.9012

CE70.9013

CE70.9014

Applied Project Management in High Rise Building Projects

Construction Business and Project Simulation


Commercial Projects


Petrochemical Projects


Highway

Applied Project Management in Public

Infrastructure

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project man-agement in high rise building construction proj-ects. Case analysis and discussion will be pre-sented in terms of how the concepts of project management are applied in high rise building construction project development.

The purpose of this module is to develop students skills in managing construction proj-ect management and construction business. Students will use a construction business and project simulation software to apply the manage-ment and project management knowledge that has been learned in the previous courses.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project management in commercial construction proj-ects such as hotel, apartment and office build-ing. Case analysis and discussion will be pre-sented in terms of how the concepts of project management are applied in commercial project development.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project management in petrochemical construction project. Case analysis and discussion will be presented in terms of how the concepts of project management are applied in petrochemi-cal project development.

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project man-agement in highway. Case analysis and dis-cussion will be presented in terms of how the concepts of project management are applied in Highway project development

The purpose of this module is to provide a real case study on the application of project man-agement in Public Infrastructure project. Case analysis and discussion will be presented in terms of how the concepts of project manage-ment are applied in public infrastructure project development

InterSem

InterSem

January

January

InterSem

InterSem

Organizational management in construction, integrated project planning and schedul-ing and with consents from the instructors.

With Consent from the instructor



None

None

(CEIM) ProGram

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Field of Study — Geotechnical and Earth Resources Engineering (GTE)

ProGram


CE71.12

CE71.13

CE71.24

CE71.31

CE71.41

Rock Mechanics

Advanced Soil Mechanics and

Testings

Geo environmental Engineering

Engineering Geology

Analytical Methods in Geotechnical

Engineering

Rock mechanics is a principal subject in geological and geotechnical engineering. It plays a vital role in the exploration and produc-tion of oil and other natural resources; mining, construction of civil infrastructures, transpor-tation routes, and water resource facilities, hydropower projects; and in the prevention and mitigation of natural hazards particularly land-slides. Knowledge on rock mechanics is essen-tial for infrastructure development projects of all countries where there are existence of moun-tainous terrains.

The soil-engineering field of study involves three categories. The first one deals with the fundamental and advanced principles of the mechanics of soil behavior both under labo-ratory and field conditions. The second, deals with applied topics such as foundations and earth structures, excavations and soil improve-ment.This course deals with the fundamental and advanced principles of soil behavior as a prerequisite for applied courses related to the design of foundations, earth structures, exca-vations and soil improvement. This course also provides fundamentals and advanced labora-tory and field testing of soils.

Geotechnical engineers are increasingly challenged to solve environmental problems related to the reduction of construction waste, waste disposal facilities and cleanup of contaminated sites. This effort has given rise to a new discipline of specialists in the field of geo environmental engineering. To be effective, geo environmental engineers must be armed not only with the traditional knowledge of geo-technical engineering, but also with the knowl-edge of principles of environmental engineer-ing. This course provides basic principles and phenomena in geo environmental engineering, and some application of landfill design.

To provide a balanced and comprehensive understanding of the methods and approaches that is useful in dealing with the great variety of geologic conditions encountered in engineering works.

Geotechnical engineers are increasingly challenged to solve geotechnical problems using analytical solutions, numerical methods, and experimental methods. This course pro-vides sound fundamental knowledge of solid mechanics and geo mechanics, and introduces effective analytical solutions for practical pro-blems.

August

August

August

August

August

None

None

None

None

None

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ProGram


CE71.42

CE71.51

CE71.53

CE71.55

CE71.56

Numerical Methods in Geotechnical

Engineering

Foundation Engineering and

Design

Underground Excavation and

Tunneling

Geosynthetic Engineering and

Design

Ground Improvement Techniques

January

January

January

January

January

CE71.41

CE71.11 Advanced Soil Mechanics and Testing

CE71.12

CE71.11 (Advanced Soil Mechanics and Testing) or Consent of Instructor.

CE71.11 Advanced

Soil Mechanics and Testing

Numerical methods have been widely used for analysis and design in Geotechnical Engineering. This lecture provides the theoreti-cal framework of finite element method through computation, derivation, computer program-ming of basic problems, and the application of the method to practical geotechnical engineer-ing problems.

Foundation Engineering is an important com-ponent of education and training of Civil Engi-neers. All superstructures are to be supported on well-designed foundations for their safety and subsequent performance. The course im-parts the principles of foundation analysis and design. It also includes judgement in foundation engineering practice and forensic geotechnical engineering.

Rapid urbanization and the development of infrastructures in the Asian region, coupled with the increase in people’s environmental awareness have given a great impetus to the demand for underground space utilization and tunneling ac-tivities in the region, in line with the global trend in sustainable development of infrastructures.

The term geosynthetics come from geo which refers to earth and synthetic which means man-made products. The materials used in the manufacture of geosynthetics are almost en-tirely from polymers, although fiberglass, rubber and natural materials are also used. Currently, geosynthetic materials have emerged as widely used engineered materials in civil engineering community. These products are cost-effective, widely available and actively marketed. It is, therefore, imperative to study its fundamental properties and their measurements in laborato-ry tests as well as their design and applications in civil engineering infrastructures.

As more engineering structures are built, it becomes increasingly difficult to find a site with suitable soil properties. The properties at many sites must be improved by the use of some form of soil improvement methods, such as: static or dynamic compaction, reinforcement, drainage or by the use of admixtures. Thus, it is important for the soil engineers to know the different soil improvement methods; the degree to which soil properties may be improved; and the costs and benefits involved. In this way, the soil engineer can gain knowledge in order to design ground improvement projects as well as to advise the client regarding value engineering to save cost and obtain maximum benefits for the specific project.


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ProGram


CE71.57

CE71.61

CE71.63

CE71.65

CE71.66

Risk and Reliability Analysis

of Geotechnical Infrastructures

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake

Engineering

Workflow in Oil and Gas Operations

Exploration Geophysics

Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

Risk analysis and reliability-based design in geotechnical infrastructure plays a vital role in the safe and economical construction of in-frastructural facilities. This course synthesizes the background knowledge on probabilistic techniques, risk analysis and reliability as well as emphasizes application to actual design of slopes, embankments, dams, foundations, tun-nels and excavations considering uncertainty in design parameters and models. Risk-based decision making and life cycle cost analysis are also included as important components of this course. Field and laboratory test data are interpreted considering the associated risks to help the selection of design parameters, which strongly influence geotechnical design. In this course, the students solve real world problems in geotechnical infrastructure projects.

Geotechnical engineers are increasingly challenged to solve the geotechnical problems under dynamic and seismic loading conditions. This course provides fundamental knowledge of soil dynamics, and practical application of soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering.

This course aims to give a better understanding of the practical side of the oil and gas explo-ration and production (E&P) operations to the students. The course will be a combination of lectures, seminars and field visits to oil and gas companies in the SE Asian countries in order to witness the actual operations. The lectures will consist of different sessions, each of which will take between 2 to 4 weeks, covering petroleum geology and geophysics (G&G), petro physics, drilling, reservoir management and production technology. The teaching of the course is large-ly carried out by the invited industrial experts from major companies.

To provide a comprehensive and advanced knowledge on geophysical exploration tech-niques, their applications and limitations in solving various geological, hydro geological, geotechnical, and environmental problems, with an emphasis on mineral and hydrocarbon exploration.

This course provides fundamental knowledge of properties and behaviors of petroleum reser-voir and hydrocarbons in the reservoir.

August

January

January

January

August

None

None

None

None

None


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ProGram


CE71.68

CE71.69

CE71.70

CE71.71

CE71.72

Well Logging Interpretation

Fundamentals of Geo system Exploration

Petrophysics

Drilling & Well Completion Operation

Petroleum Production Engineering

InterSem

August

January

August

January

CE71.70 or as allowed by the instructor.

None

None

None

None

The course provides both basic and advanced knowledge on well logging and formation evalu-ation, including Quick look Log, Full and Ad-vanced Interpretation and softcomputing anal-ysis. The course also deals with new types of logging such as FMI and NMR as well as the special types of formation such fractured base-ment. The course is designed in such a way that the staffs from oil and gas company, who need to update the knowledge on well logging and formation evaluation techniques to work in a subsurface team, can attend it as training course in relatively short period.

To provide a fundamental understanding on geological and geophysical techniques to ex-plore a geo system or a part of its that need to be sustainably exploited or developed for economic and industrial growth of society, es-pecially those are potential of mineral, ground-water and petroleum resources. The course is particularly useful for engineers who would like to further specialize in hydrocarbon exploration and production.

Petrophysics is one of the key courses for in-tegrated and advanced studies in geophysical and reservoir engineering. The course is de-signed for geoscientists and reservoir engineers in demand throughout the petroleum industry, especially for those who work in an integrated asset teams. The aim of the course is to provide with the tools and techniques to fully character-ize a geosystem in term of physical properties, in particular for a petroleum reservoir.

With the increasing demand and consumption for both oil and natural gas, most of all oil & gas companies accelerate their exploration and production activities in an effort to maintain the production output. Drilling has been one of the forefront core operations. The main objective of this course is to outline the core subjects in drilling and well completion operations to help understand better the well design, risk assess-ment, cost involved and environmental impact. Some local case studies and experiences with advanced drilling technology will be presented. An important part of the course is on petroleum-related rock mechanics to provide the students with a needed background regarding drilling stability and conduction of acoustic logging.

This course provides knowledge of petroleum production system with the main focus on sub-surface production (from the reservoir up to the wellhead).


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ProGram


CE71.9001

CE71.9004

CE71.9005

CE71.9007

Selected Topic: Decision Analysis and Risk Management for

O&G Industry

Selected Topic: Petroleum

Geochemistry

Selected Topic: Practical Soil Engineering

Selected Topic: Instrumentation and

Advanced Soil Testing

This is a customized course for the PME-GEPG program in HCM City. The international oil and gas industry is one of the most important, highly capital-intensive and risky industries at global, regional, and local levels. Therefore, it is very crucial to carry out prudent economic evalua-tions of any capital investment’s commitment before resources are committed. This requires a through understanding of the techniques avail-able and their application by all those involved in decision-making. Furthermore, Joint venture is now becoming the primary form of business organization in the oil and gas industry. Profes-sionals need to know the risks involved in such business organizations, how to properly manage the risks.

Petroleum geochemistry evolved rapidly in the period 1970-2000 and is now a mature dis-ci-pline widely used in many aspects of petroleum exploration. If one thinks of the petroleum sys-tem, petroleum geochemistry plays a role in characterizing the source rocks, evaluating ther-mal history of the source rocks and whether they have matured enough to generate oil or gas, monitoring migration pathways and playing a significant role in reservoir characterization.

The soil-engineering field of study involves three categories. The first category deals with the principles and mechanics of soil behavior both under laboratory and field conditions. The sec-ond deals with applied topics such as founda-tions and earth structures, while the third cat-egory is more advanced in nature and research oriented. This course on “Mechanics of Soils”, which belongs to the first category, deals with the fundamental principles of soil behavior as a prerequisite for courses related to the design of foundations and earth structures.

The objective of this course is to acquaint students with geotechnical instrumentation and advanced geotechnical testing equipment and test procedures. Current geotechnical inves-tigation practice in Asia has primarily focused on conventional soil testing which may not be adequate and appropriate for designing sophis-ticated geotechnical structures. State-of-the-art geotechnical testing equipment, in both field and laboratory, are available in the market, but adap-tation of these equipment by the practitioners is rather slow, probably due to the lack of aware-ness, unfamiliarity with the new equipment. These new testing equipment are designed to improve sampling quality and to determine other essential soil properties which are required in designing special geotechnical structures.

August

January

August

August

None

None

None

None


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ProGram


CE71.9012

CE71.9013

Selected Topic: Geotechnical

Investigation and Exploration

Selected Topic: Risk Management for Infrastructure Development and

Planning

January

January

None

None

In planning, designing, construction, and main-tenance/management stages, characteristics of the ground condition is one of the most im-portant geotechnical issues. There are many techniques to investigate/explore the soil stra-tigraphy and depth profile of soil parameters to meet the required quality and quantity in engi-neering sense. This course provides the stu-dents and practical engineers with the updated and advanced techniques of in-situ geotechni-cal investigation of soft clay ground. In addition, shallow exploration geophysics as a powerful tool to add the soil investigation will be taught to equip the student with the latest development in geo exploration technology.

The concepts of the risk and uncertainly are familiar to geotechnical engineers. Since pre-dictions are not perfect there is always the pos-sibility of failure or unsatisfactory performance. The first part of the course introduces the bases of the risk and the risk assessment using R lan-guage. The other part of the course, Infrastruc-ture asset management, provides a framework for handling both short and long - range plan-ning by combining engineering principles with sound business practices and economic theory. Therefore, it is inevitable for engineers who are involved in infrastructure asset management to obtain knowledge associated with socio-eco-nomic theory.


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ProGram


CE72.11

CE72.21

CE72.21

CE72.31

Computer Methods of Structural Analysis

Structural Dynamics

Structural Dynamics

Continuum Mechanics

August

August

August

August

None

None

None

None

This course offers fundamental principles of modern structural analysis as a common plat-form for all applications in structural engineer-ing. The course aims to equip structural engi-neers with methodologies in line with the fast development of computing technology.

As modern structures are becoming more slen-der and light, they are also becoming more sus-ceptible to dynamic loadings. Examples of real-life dynamic problems that frequently confront civil engineers include: aerodynamic stability of long-span bridges, earthquake response of multi-story buildings, impact of moving vehicles on highway structures, etc. The traditional en-gineering solutions to these problems, based on “static force” and “static response”, are no longer valid in most cases. Many of these prob-lems have to be tackled by applying knowledge of structural dynamics. Thus, a basic under-standing of the dynamic behavior of structures as well as the underlying principles is essential for structural engineers.

As modern structures are becoming more slender and light, they are also becoming more susceptible to dynamic loadings. Examples of real-life dynamic problems that frequently confront civil engineers include: aerodynamic stability of long-span bridges, earthquake re-sponse of multi-story buildings, impact of mov-ing vehicles on highway structures, etc. The tra-ditional engineering solutions to these problems, based on “static force” and “static response”, are no longer valid in most cases. Many of these problems have to be tackled by apply-ing knowledge of structural dynamics. Thus, a basic understanding of the dynamic behavior of structures as well as the underlying principles is essential for structural engineers.

This course advances students from the one-dimensional and linear problems convention-ally treated in Strength of Materials courses into more general, three-dimensional problems. Indicial notation is introduced and used to de-scribe the motion of a continuous body; various stress measures, and the fundamental concepts of constitutive modeling, linear elastic fracture mechanics, and one-dimensional, nonlinear constitutive models.

Field of Study — Structural Engineering (STE)

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ProGram


CE72.41

CE72.12

CE72.22

CE72.32

CE72.42

Advanced Concrete Technology

Finite Element Methods in Engineering

Wind and Earthquake Engineering

Tall Buildings

Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering

To provide students with advanced and prac-tical knowledge of concrete technology which covers properties of fresh concrete, hardened concrete, and the concept of designs of mix proportion. Durability of concrete structures will be discussed in details. New concrete-making materials and recent advancements in concrete technology, namely high performance concrete, fiber-reinforced concrete, self-compacting con-crete, and concrete for structural repairing will also be included as well as special topics on premixed dry mortars and special mortars.

This course provides an introduction to the finite element method, from engineering rather than a purely mathematical point of view. However, the mathematical foundations of the method are presented along with their physical inter-pretations. The basic theory and several ap-plications of the finite element method, as well as the standard procedures taken in developing stand-alone finite element computer codes or applying larger public domain or commercial finite element software packages to analyze particular problems, are presented.

Wind and earthquake excitations are two major dynamic loadings for many modern civil engi-neering structures, hence the need for civil en-gineers to learn more about these loadings and their complex nature. An improved understand-ing of these loadings will enable design engi-neers to ensure the safety and serviceability of structures.

New achievements in material science, com-puter-aided design, and construction technolo-gy have opened the path towards more sophis-ticated and elegant structural systems for tall buildings. This course aims to equip graduate students with advanced knowledge of multi-dis-ciplinary aspects on modeling, analysis, design and construction of tall buildings.

The aim of this course is to provide students with the basic knowledge required in perform-ing experiments in structural engineering. The course is intended to be taken by students who expect to carry out research work that are based on experiments.

August

January

January

January

January

None

CE72.11

CE72.21

None

None

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ProGram


CE72.51

CE72.52

CE72.62

CE72.90

Advanced Steel Structures

Advanced Concrete Structures

Forensic Engineering: Structural Evaluation

and Retrofitting of Structures

Advanced Topics in Bridge Engineering

January

January

January

January

None

None

CE72.41

None

The structural potential of steel for long-span structures has become apparent. There is great scope for the development of the struc-tural potential of steel, taking advantage of its high strength and stiffness, automated design and fabrication, speed of erection and improved means of protection against corrosion and fire, to produce elegant, economic and durable structures. This course will focus on the general introduction of steel structures, stability theory and design of steel structures.

To provide students with advanced knowledge of behaviour and design of reinforced concrete structures, review of specifications, limit states, creep and shrinkage, shear and torsion, ser-viceability, and design with high-strength and fiber-reinforced concrete.

To provide students with basic principles of failure mechanisms in cementitious materials, timbers, and metals in order to diagnose the causes of defects in any constructed facilities. The various testing methods including non-de-structive and destructive tests for concrete and steel will be covered. Structural evaluation and strengthening techniques will also be included. Many case studies will be introduced and dis-cussed.

This course is aimed at providing students with advanced knowledge of some selected topics in bridge engineering. These topics are consid-ered interesting and useful for those who want to pursue their future careers as professional bridge engineers.

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CE73.11

CE73.14

CE73.15

CE73.17

CE73.22

CE73.24

CE73.32

CE73.33

Transportation Systems

Transportation Economics and Project

Evaluation

Public Transportation Systems

Airport Planning and Design

Planning for Traffic Safety and Injury

Prevention

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Design and Performance of

Highway and Airport Pavement

Pavement Management Systems

August

August

August

January

January

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

This course is aimed at providing background knowledge of transportation engineering with detailed and thorough understanding of the framework of transportation system and its basic characteristics to transportation students.

This course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to undertake transport project evaluation. These tolls comprises of microeco-nomics background, transport demand fore-casting, impact analysis and comprehensive judgment.

This course aims to present the various modes of public transportation from their historical development to their current operational situa-tions. Emphasis is placed on what to expect in the future from public transportation.

This course will provide students with the ex-perience and understanding of the procedures involved in airport planning and designs.

This course is designed to help students under-stand the patterns of traffic crashes, recognize sites and situations where traffic crashes are over-represented, learn safety treatments for such sites, as well as the causes of different accidents through reconstruction techniques.

This course provides an overview of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), which include a wide range of information technology applica-tions to surface transportation. The different categories of ITS to be covered include traf-fic management systems, traveler information systems, fleet control systems, commercial ve-hicle regulation systems, transit systems, rural systems, and vehicle control systems.

This course aims to help students understand the theory and concept of pavement design for highway airport infrastructure to endure the in-creasing volumes and loads of traffic. Construc-tion techniques for pavements are essential to the quality and performance of pavements in the long run, and highway engineers need to be equipped with basic knowledge of pavement construction techniques.

This course presents the different elements of pavement management systems, which encom-passes a wide spectrum of activities including planning, programming of investments, design, construction, maintenance, and periodic evalu-ation of performance. A number of case studies will be presented in this course.

ProGram

Field of Study — Transportation Engineering (TRE)

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Field of Study — Transportation Engineering (TRE)

ProGram


CE73.35

CE73.36

CE73.37

CE73.38

CE73.39

CE73.40

E73.9005

Sustainable Transportation

Transportation Planning Methods and

Analysis

Transportation Demand Modeling and Forecasting

Transportation Logistics

Traffic System Analysis and Control

Advanced Geometric Design and Highway

Safety

Selected Topic: Logistics Systems

August

August

January

January

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

Description: With the progress of motoriza-tion, the environmental aspect of transporta-tion facilities has become very important even in developing countries and the focus of trans-portation is expanding to social and economic areas. On the ground, sustainability is now a top priority topic in the various fields. In this class, sustainability-related transportation issues will be discussed.

There are various mathematical analysis methods, which are utilized in transportation studies. Transportation engineers must under-stand these methods, especially statistics and probability concepts in engineering.

This aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the role of transporta-tion in urban development and planning, meth-ods of analysis and forecasting transportation demand, transportation systems management and transportation sustainability.

This course will provide students with an under-standing of the theoretical and practical aspects of several contemporary and advanced topics on actual logistics planning based on the funda-mental knowledge mathematical programming and transport systems.

Traffic Engineering is one of the core subjects in transportation engineering. The course provides basic knowledge derived from various traffic en-gineering subjects. It will equip students with the knowledge of traffic characteristics, traffic operations, analysis, procedures, and design considerations for traffic engineering problems.

The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the basic principles and techniques of highway design. In addition, the course will teach the theory and criteria of geo-metric design of rural urban and rural roads, and the safety aspects.

This course will provide students with an under-standing of the theoretical and practical aspects of several contemporary and advanced topics on actual logistics planning based on the funda-mental knowledge mathematical programming and transport systems.

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Field of Study — Water Engineering and Management (WEM)

ProGram


CE74.11

CE74.12

CE74.13

CE74.14

CE74.21

CE74.22

CE74.31

Watershed Hydrology

Hydrodynamics

Water Resources Systems

Concepts in Water Modeling

Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Irrigation and Drainage Systems Management

Coastal and Estuarine Processes

August

August

August

August

August

January

August

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

This course provides an understanding of the circulation of water and its constituents through the hydrologic cycle, hydrologic data collection, analysis, forecasting and hydrologic design.

This course provides a review of fluid proper-ties, fluid pressure, and fluid forces; advanced knowledge in fluid flow hydrodynamics based macroscopic and microscopic analyses includ-ing hydrodynamic similitudes, flow boundary layers; applications on flow in pipes, open chan-nels, hydraulics structures and hydraulic ma-chinery.

This course aims to develop systems thinking as it relates to water resources planning and management and to provide deterministic sys-tems approach for analysis through case stud-ies.

This course provides basic knowledge and un-derstanding of mathematical modelling includ-ing numerical methods in modelling of water resources engineering problems and computer hand-on experience.

The course is aimed at providing students some fundamental knowledge of soil physics and soil-water-plant relationships, which are essential in irrigation and drainage engineering. Advanced and innovative concepts on irrigation and drain-age planning and design are discussed; and theories are supported by fieldworks and labo-ratory exercises on soil characterization, soil water movement, crop-irrigation water require-ments modeling, and design/evaluation of irri-gation drainage systems.

The course aims to provide students with some innovative tools and modern approaches for ir-rigation and drainage systems operation and management and performance evaluation.

This course provides fundamental knowledge on waves and their actions on bed sediment as well as tide and tidal current and their actions on pollutants, siltation and salinity intrusion.

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ProGram


CE74.32

CE74.41

CE74.42

CE74.51

CE74.52

CE74.53

CE74.54

CE74.55

Coastal Zone Management

Water Supply and Sanitation

Urban Drainage Management

River Engineering and Modeling

Groundwater Development and

Management

Land and Water Conservation and

Management

Integrated Water Resources

Management

Modeling of Water Resources Systems

January

August

January

August

January

January

January

January

None

None

None

CE05.12

None

None

None

CE74.11(WatershedHydrology)

This course provide students with the knowledge of coastal processes, planning and management strategies for the development of coastal zone ar-eas, including action plans with examples on dif-ferent approaches for coastal zone management.

This course aims to provide fundamental knowl-edge on the design and management of water supply system and sanitation facilities.

This course is aimed at providing fundamen-tal and advanced knowledge of the design and management of urban drainage.

This course is designed to provide knowledge on river flow hydrology, sediment transport, and in the mixing process of water quality; alluvial chan-nel roughness, river engineering works, river morphology; sedimentation in reservoirs; field measurement and case studies.

This course provides the fundamental know-how on groundwater flow and transport processes, sources of pollution, techniques for groundwater resources assessment, environmental issues of overcharging and overexploitation of groundwater development, management of groundwater re-sources development and groundwater pollution.

This course aims to provide a holistic understand-ing of soil and water conservation for watershed management. Emphasis is placed on technical, agronomic and biological approaches to soil and water conservation, conservation methods and the design of appropriate measures. The course will also highlight conservation strategies and conservation planning at the watershed level.

This course provides knowledge and under-standing of the multi-dimensional factors leading to effective water resources management; and to stress the interaction of factors within the frame-work of the institutional and the management system through case studies.

The course provides knowledge on modelling for the solution of complex environmental and water resources problems and an overview of several well-recognized and popular computer models for water resources development, planning, and management to the students. Hands-on practice of some relevant computer programs is empha-sized in the course.

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ProGram


CE74.61

CE74.71

CE74.9001

CE74.9002

IN84.12

Flooding Modeling and Management

EIA GIS Applications in Water Resources

Research Design and Experimental Methods

Climate Change and Water Resources

Floods and Droughts

January

January

January

January

CE74.12

None

None

The objective of this course is to provide ad-vanced knowledge in flood hydrology, flood modelling; flood forecasting models, artificial neural network; flood control and management, flood risk analysis and mapping; flood plain development, flood damages and feasibility of flood control projects.

The course will provide students with the knowl-edge and understanding of approaches needed for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of water resource projects. The principles of Geo-graphic Information System (GIS) and its appli-cation procedures for EIA and for decisions in water resources planning and management will also be covered.

The course aims to train students in planning, designing and conducting a field research and how to write research proposals and reports especially for water resource development projects. The course is also envisioned to en-hance the students writing, communication and presentation skills. In addition, the course will provide the students hands-on experience on laboratory and in-situ measurements of hydrau-lic and soil hydrologic properties and processes as well as on sampling soil and water in the field and its analysis in the laboratory.

This course aims to provide the knowledge and understandings of climate change and its impact on water availability, use and demand; environmental and socio-economic implica-tions; modeling tools and methods for climate change projections and impact assessment in water sectors; vulnerability assessment and cli-mate change adaptation strategies in managing water at regional, national and local level. Also current status of policies, laws and international climate change debates and negotiations, in particular to water resources management will be discussed.

Floods and droughts are one of the most de-structive natural phenomena in Asia and around the world. They can cause serious damage to life, properties, public utilities and infrastruc-tures. They hamper social and economic growth of developing countries. Knowledge on hydrol-ogy of floods and droughts; understanding on their causes, frequencies and magnitudes are required to achieve effective management and mitigation measures of floods and droughts.

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INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GROUP

For several decades, AIT has served in the development of the region by equipping young engineers with the high-tech knowledge required to work in complex industrial environments. Since its inception, the Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) thematic group at AIT has contributed to this mission by focusing on industrial competitiveness and innovation for sustainable growth in the region.

For more info: http://www.ise.ait.asia

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME)Since its inception in the early 1970’s, the Industrial Engineering program at AIT has committed to prepare qualified engineers with high-tech knowledge for supporting sus-tainable industrial development of the region. Starting as Systems Engineering in the early days and becoming Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering today, its focus has always been on responding to current needs and future trends for industry to be com-petitive.

The credit requirements of the regular and non-thesis professional master’s programs are 49 credits and 33 credits, respectively. The credit requirement of the doctoral degree is 84 credits of which 66 credits are for research dissertation. IME also offers diploma and certificate programs toward master’s degrees.


For Master’s Program:

Strong quantitative background; undergraduate degree in mechanical, production, in-dustrial, electrical, electronics, or chemical engineering; other engineering fields; other applied sciences.

For Doctoral Program:

One should have a good master’s degree in one of the above disciplines.

For more info: http://ime.ait.asia/

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Mechatronics (MEC)At present, most academic institutions and industries in the Asian region are only sys-tem integrators. Components are procured from more developed countries (e.g. com-puter numerically controlled machines, robots, and automated guided vehicles) and are integrated as a system (e.g. flexible manufacturing system). To support the growth of the region’s economy, expertise not only as system integrators but also as builders of components of advanced technologies must be developed. The growing number of electronic devices and the strong interactions between mechanical and electronic parts no longer permit separate investigations of these components. Mechatronics provides new insights through an integrated consideration of mechanics, electronics and infor-mation technology. The curriculum is designed to provide multidisciplinary knowledge and to develop the ability to design mechatronics systems.



Undergraduate degree in electronics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering or science; other engineering disciplines.



Microelectronics and Embedded Systems The Master’s Program in Microelectronics and Embedded Systems, introduced in May 2000, responds to the needs of countries in Southeast Asia, many of which are in tran-sition from labor-intensive to high-tech industries. The curriculum focuses on design and IC packaging aspects for specific applications. Fabrication, including prototyping of chips, is included in the curriculum and is featured in partnership with microelectronics industries and collaborating universities overseas. Preferred Background For Master’s Program: Undergraduate degree in electronics, electrical engineering, physics, computer engi-neering and other closely related engineering disciplines. For Doctoral Program: Master’s degree in any of the above disciplines.

For more info: http://set.ait.asia/mt/

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NanotechnologyPostgraduate nanotechnology masters courses are a well-recognized means of gain-ing experience in state-of-the-art techniques and applications of nanotechnology. AIT’s nanotechnology program is addressed to the needs of engineers and science back-ground students for entering into this burgeoning technology area. Nanotechnology at AIT focuses on nanomaterials engineering at an international level.



The programme is open to graduates with a bachelor’s in engineering (electrical, chemi-cal, mechanical, industrial, telecommunications, computer engineering, electronics, and instrumentation) as well as Bachelor’s of Science (physics and chemistry).



For more info: http://nano.ait.asia

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Field of Study — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME)

ProGram


AT72.01

AT72.02

AT72.03

AT72.04

AT72.05

AT72.06

Deterministic Optimization Models

Production andOperations

Management

Statistical Models and Design of Experiments

Engineering Economy

Quality Control and Management

Industrial Project Management

August

August

August

August

August

August

None

None

None

None

Consent of Instructor


To introduce the student to deterministic models which can facilitate decision making. Modeling concepts and applications of linear, integer, nonlinear, and dynamic programming as well as network models are addressed. Solution metho-dologies for each type of optimization models are discussed. The student will also learn how to use modeling and optimization software.

To provide the student with a broad based foun-dation of subjects concerning the management of production and operation systems. The vari-ous aspects of production planning, scheduling, control and other related management issues are addressed, enabling students to acquire sufficient background required for the subse-quent specialized courses.

Data analysis and deducing the inferences for decision making are commonly encountered problems in experimental work both in the real field as well as simulation on computers. The objective of this course is to impart to the students working knowledge of frequently re-quired statistical methods with a special empha-sis on design of experiments.

All engineering and management decisions have economic consequences, such as profit-ability and risk. This course is aimed at provid-ing the necessary background and techniques for economic evaluation of decision alternatives. Topics such as time value of money, deprecia-tion and taxation, cost estimation and cost con-trol, risk and uncertainty in decision-making, and replacement analysis are included.

Quality has been being considered as one of the key competitive advantages in many enter-prises. It is really a powerful strategic business weapon in a highly competitive market nowa-days. This course is developed to help impart to the student knowledge on basic concepts of quality management and quality management system as well as the need of using statistical analysis in quality control and improvement. Advanced quality control techniques for six-sigma improvement process and various sam-pling techniques for quality inspection are also covered.

This course views the whole project cycle, ad-dressing the managerial, the technical, econom-ic and financial considerations. After completing the course, one is expected to possess the knowledge required to effectively and efficiently undertake the task of planning and implement-ing a project.

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ProGram


AT72.07

AT72.08

AT72.09

AT72.10

AT72.11

AT72.12

Multicriterion Decision Models

Stochastic Decision Models

Inventory and Logistics Management

Scheduling and Sequencing

Modeling and Simulation of Discrete

Event Systems

Reliability Theory and Maintenance

Traditional decision models are mono criterion and are handicapped in real-life applications. This course is designed to extend these impor-tant decision models from mono criterion to a more realistic multi criterion framework. Gen-eral approaches and specific techniques which are practical are presented.

To introduce the student into basic and more advanced topics of mathematical modeling process of decision problems in complex sto-chastic industrial environments. This course covers stochastic operations research models, algorithms, and applications. Markov chains and queuing models are discussed. Renewal theory, reliability theory, and stochastic models for manufacturing systems are also taken into consideration. This course also covers the ana-lytical models which are the complements to a discrete event simulation approach. Students will acquire in this course the basis for the study of other probabilistic topics in their curriculum.

This course is aimed at providing the back-ground and skills necessary for effective inventory management at a single and mul-tiple stocking points. Special emphasis is laid on the inventory control models. Introduction to logistic concepts in planning and operations including purchasing and order processing, dis-tribution network planning, and transportation is discussed.

To present a unified systems approach to scheduling and sequencing problems in rela-tion to technological planning. Fundamentals of scheduling methodology and modeling for job shop and flow shop type production systems are presented and their applications discussed in relation to real operating environments.

To impart knowledge and practical experience in simulation modeling of discrete event sys-tems. The principles of modeling, simulation techniques and simulation experiment plan-ning are presented and then applied in project work.

To provide the basic concepts of reliability, maintainability and availability. This course covers the analysis of failure time distribution, the determination of system reliability and the allocation of reliability in the design phase.

August

January

January

August

January

January


None




AT72.08 Stochastic Decision Models

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ProGram


AT73.02

AT73.03

AT73.06

AT73.14

AT73.18

AT72/73/74/75.9001

Advanced Manufacturing

Processes

Engineering Metrology

Product Design and Development

Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing

Biomechanics

ISE Seminar

August

August

January

August

January, August

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

During a manufacturing process, we add, sub-tract, or form materials in order to give a desired shape/property to the workpiece. The quality of the workpiece is influenced by several factors, in-cluding material properties, process parameters, tool geometry, and environmental factors. This course instructs techniques for modeling and an-alyzing the mechanics of both conventional and unconventional manufacturing processes.

Knowledge of measurement and instrumen-tation is of increasing importance in industry. Advances in automated manufacturing and re-quirement to conform to various standards have resulted in a proliferation of computerized and automated inspection techniques along with the classical metrology methods.

Strategies for responding to a market, product idea, existing products, customer needs, product speci-fications, functional requirements of the product(s), technical solutions for meeting the functional re-quirements, decomposition of products into mod-ules for various product-life-cycle reasons, docu-mentation and so on are the important elements of product development. How to consider these ele-ments in a systematic manner, while developing a product, is the focus of this course.

This course will provide fundamental knowledge on rapid prototyping, reverse engineering and their applications in manufacturing. Rapid proto-typing and reverse engineering are technologies, enhancing product design and development process by allowing prototypes to be developed quickly. The students will learn about basic con-cept of RP, RP technologies, slicing techniques, reverse engineering and rapid tooling.

The human musculoskeletal system must be well understood to design and manufacture human implants and devices directly operated by human force. Biomechanics of Human Movement must also be well understood. This course focuses on the human skeleton, actuation and control. Re-lated kinematics and dynamics of human motion is investigated with the purpose of designing bio-mechanical devices focused on Implants.

ISE program is an interdisciplinary program with various fields of study and areas of specializations. These fields of study and areas of specializations are interconnected to some extent. Hence, it will be good for a student who enrolls in a specific field of study or area of specializations to know also the basic knowledge and research directions in the others. The purpose of this seminar course is, therefore, to give a comprehensive overview on the background knowledge of all fields of study and areas of specializations offered in ISE program

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Field of Study — Mechatronics (MEC)

ProGram


AT74.01

AT74.02

AT74.03

AT74.04

AT74.05

AT74.06

AT74.07

AT74.08

Kinematics and Dynamics of

Mechanisms and Robots

Control Theory

Sensing and Actuation

Digital and Analog Circuit Design

AI and Neuro-Fuzzy Theory

Pattern Recognition and Image Processing

Automation Technology

Microprocessor Systems

To impart students the knowledge for analy-sis of the kinematics and dynamics of planar and spatial systems which are basis for broad classes of mechanisms and machines including Robots. To familiarize the students with the fun-damentals of robot design and programming. The students will learn in detail about various robot subsystems, robot kinematics, trajectory planning, dynamics, control techniques, and ro-bot programming methods.

The Description behind this course is to provide an understanding of classical control theory, digital control theory, state-space control theo-ry, optimal control theory, and also to make the student familiar with the computer aided analy-sis tool, MATLAB, for control system analysis.

The Description behind this course is to provide an understanding of the principle and design of sensors and actuators which are the building boxes for Mechatronics systems.

To provide students with an understanding of important electronics building blocks, to impart practical skills for the design, construction, and characterization of such circuits, and to lay the foundation for the understanding of more complicated systems.

To introduce the students to computer control for Mechatronics system, which is one of the three necessary basic skills required for Me-chatronics. The students will be provided with some of the machine intelligence technologies, e.g. Neural Networks, Fuzzy, Genetic Algorithm, Simulated Annealing, Particle Swarm Optimiza-tion, and Artificial Intelligence.

The field of image processing has grown considerably with increased applications in di-verse areas as manufacturing, biology, space and medical. Continuous improvements in speed of digital computers, algorithmic devel-opment and requirement of a high tech envi-ronment makes this field a very active area for academic and industrial research.

To impart knowledge and practical experience in advanced control and programming of au-tomation systems. The principles of advanced automation technology are presented and then applied in lab sessions.

The objective of the course is to give the stu-dents an insight into architecture, programming and interfacing of microprocessors. System integration concepts through support chips are studied.

August

August

August

August

January

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

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Field of Study — Mechatronics (MEC)

ProGram


AT74.09

AT74.9001

AT74.9003

AT74.9007

AT74.9008

AT74.9009

AT74.9010

Robust and Adaptive Control

Selected Topic: E-Business for

Technology

Selected Topic: Fundamental of Disk

Drive Technology

Selected Topic: Servo Control

Selected Topic: Thesis Research and

Academic Writing

Selected Topic: Applied Nonlinear

Control

Selected Topic: Sensor Fusion

and Measurement System-Automated

Mapping Technology

January

January

August

January

January

August

AT74.02Control Theory

Consent of the Instructor

None


This course is aimed at giving the students an overview on some advanced topics in the auto-matic control field providing them with the basic knowledge required for dealing with more com-plex control problems.

Overview of the principles of electronic busi-ness. Differences and similarities between E-business and traditional business. Evolution and trends in conducting e-business on the In-ternet/Web. Key organizational, technological, marketing, supply-chain, legal, and tax chal-lenges and potential solutions. International as-pects. Case studies.

This course introduces the students to techno-logy in hard disc drive industry. It covers both current recording technology and future tech-nology with practical process in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) manufacturing.

System Modeling and Identification Linear Sys-tems and Control Classical Nonlinear Control Composite Nonlinear Feedback Control Track Fol-lowing of a Single-Stage Actuator, Track Seeking of a Single-Stage Actuator, Dual-Stage Actuated Servo Systems, Modeling and Design of a Micro-drive System, Design of a Piezoelectric Actuator System, Advanced Topics in Servo Controller, Servo Track Writer, Spindle Motor Control

The graduates are expected to have the abil-ity to evaluate problems effectively and propose practical solutions. Practitioners must be able to conceptualize programs to acquire quantita-tive information, to analyze, interpret data and draw conclusions and to view the practices of research and writing as inseparable dimensions of one process. This course provides students with various research planning approaches and proposal development tools as well as provid-ing necessary writing and presentation skills for their thesis research.

First part of this course covers analytical tool for studying a nonlinear system; such as, phase plane analysis, Lyapunov function and describ-ing function. Second part of this course covers major nonlinear controller design techniques; such as, feedback linearization, sliding control and adaptive control.

Sensor fusion is integration of information from difference type of sensor. Sensor fusion is applied to create one good sensor from at least two sensors in terms of high performance, high accuracy, inexpensiveness, etc.

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Field of Study — Microelectronics and Embedded Systems (MES)

ProGram


AT81.01

AT81.02

AT81.03

AT81.04

AT81.05

AT81.06

AT81.07

Microelectronics Fabrication Technology

Digital Integrated Circuit Design

Advanced Semiconductor Device

Theory

Recording Head Technology

Analog Integrated Circuit Design

VLSI Design

Micro-electro Mechanical Systems

August

August

August

August

August

August

August

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

This course serves as an introduction to basic processes used in fabricating semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. The objective is to develop the background knowledge neces-sary to understand the state-of-the-art semicon-ductor technology related to device fabrication processes.

To provide fundamental concepts in digital sys-tems design. To provide a basic understanding of some computer-aided techniques used in the design verification, synthesis, optimization, and implementation of digital systems.

The purpose of this course is to explore in detail the behavior of CMOS and bipolar transistors with emphasis on those parameters and perfor-mance factors that are particularly important for VLSI devices of deep-submicron dimensions.

This course introduces the students to record-ing head technology in hard disc drive industry. It covers both current recording technology and future technology with practical process in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) manufacturing.

This course is concerned with theory, analy-sis and design of analog integrated circuits in both Bipolar and MOS technologies. Basic de-sign concepts, issues and tradeoffs involved in analog IC design will be explored. Intuitive understanding and real-life applications will be emphasized throughout the course.

This course focuses on the design and synthe-sis of Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) chips using CMOS technology focusing towards the development of an Application Specific Integrat-ed Circuit (ASIC) for complex digital systems using integrated circuit cells as building blocks and employing top-down design methods. ASIC design issues at layout, schematic, logic and RTL levels will be studied. Commercial design software will be used for laboratory exercises. An overview of hardware description languages (HDL) and VLSI computer-aided design (CAD) tools and theoretical concepts in VLSI archi-tectures and algorithms will also be discussed. This is a project-oriented course in which the students will be designing and evaluating digital circuits. Weekly assignments will be in the form of design of the cells for the project.

Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are integration of mechanical elements and elec-tronics on a common silicon wafer using micro-fabrication techniques.

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ProGram


AT81.08

AT81.09

AT81.10

AT81.11

AT81.12

AT81.13

Advanced VLSI System Design

Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

Fundamentals of IC Packaging, Assembly

and Test

Mixed Signal IC Design

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Failure Analysis of Devices

This project-oriented course will consist of the specification, design, implementation, fabrica-tion and testing of a large VLSI chip. Advanced CMOS design topics are covered including HW/SW co-design, high speed CMOS and low power design techniques. System level design entities such as data paths (e.g, ALUs, Register Files, Functional Units), memory, controllers, and clock and power distribution schemes. The high-level description language and high-level synthesis tools are also covered as well as Design-For-Testability design issues. Students work in groups of 2 persons to design, imple-ment and test a CMOS implementation of a system level design entity such as a microcon-troller, microprocessor, DSP.

Recent advances in photonic devices and fiber optic communication systems have created the need for microelectronics students to have con-siderable exposure to optoelectronic devices. This course will address the basic principles of common optoelectronic devices including semi-conductor lasers, detectors, imaging tubes and optical fibres to lead the students to understand the operation principles and applications of semiconductor lasers, various photonic detec-tors, imaging devices, fibre optic systems and some modern optoelectronic devices and ap-preciate the rapidly expanding optoelectronics technology.

This course provides an overview and a comparison of electronic systems packaging technologies. It includes design; manufactur-ing; test; IC package assembly; thermal and reliability issues.

The course involves exploiting advanced circuit design concepts to develop models, circuit topologies, and design strategies for high performance CMOS technology mixed-signal integrated circuits.

The emerging field of nanoscience and nano-technology is leading to a disruptive techno-logical revolution. Nanotechnology promises potential to influence our future with diverse applications in consumer goods, electronics, computers, information and biotechnology, aerospace defense, energy, environment, and medicine. Practically all sectors of the economy is expected to be profoundly influenced by nanotechnology in the very near future.

With the rapid advancement of IC technology, Failure Analysis(FA) has become a critical el-ement during all the phases of the integrated circuit(IC) product cycle.

January

January

January

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

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ProGram


AT81.14

AT81.15

AT81.16

AT81.xx

AT 81.xx

AT81.xx:

Embedded Systems Integration

Embedded Systems Architecture

Real Time Systems

Introductory Solid State Physics

Selected topic:Head Manufacturing

Basics

Selected Topic:VLSI Design

Methodologies

January

January

January

None

None

None

Basic quantum

mechanics.

This project-oriented course will consist of the specification, design, implementation, integra-tion, and testing of an Embedded System. The topics are covered including Embedded Sys-tems HW, Embedded Systems SW, interfacing, communications, control, design technology, and validation. It should help to motivate stu-dents to put more emphasis on education in em-bedded systems by integrating knowledge from many different areas. Students work in groups of 2 persons to design, implement and test a small Embedded System.

This course focuses on complexities of embed-ded system design including multiprocessors, VLIW, and superscalar architectures, and power consumption. Fundamental challenges in em-bedded computing are described, together with design methodologies and models of computa-tion. It also provides an in-depth and advanced treatment of all the components of embedded systems with discussions of the current devel-opments in the field and numerous examples of real-world applications.

This course focuses on complexities of real-time systems including OS kernels, schedul-ing, semaphore, message queue, I/O systems, memory management, synchronization, and communication. Fundamental challenges in real-time embedded computing are described, together with design methodologies and models of computation. The objects and services that are a part of most Real-Time Operating System kernels are described and real-time system de-sign is explored in detail.

This course serves as an introduction to solid state physics with the emphasis on the elec-tronic structure of solid elements. The aim of the course is to give an understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. The course will also deal with the properties of different mag-netic materials and give some insight of the in-dustrial use of magnetic materials.

The course is designed to provide graduate student studying disc drive technology a deep knowledge and understanding of the core man-ufacturing technology in both theoretical and applications-oriented environments.

To provide the students with a thorough under-standing of VLSI design especially focusing on Systems on Silicon.

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ProGram


AT81.xx Selected Topic:Basic Hard Disk Drive

Technology

The course is designed to provide Masters student, as well as engineers, academics and government officials interested in the disc drive industry, a true understanding of this core technol-ogy in both theoretical and applications-oriented environments. The course outline is developed by Seagate expertises to give the fundamental un-derstanding of the hard disc drive and advanced engineering technology required for future gen-erations of storage systems. The course covers the current frontiers of magnetic recording, optical data storage, probe based systems, holographic, and factory of the future.

August None

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Field of Study — Nanotechnology

ProGram

Code Course Description Semester Semester Offered

AT79.01

AT79.02

AT79.03

AT79.04

AT79.05

AT79.06

AT79.07

AT79.08

Self-Assembly and Molecular Manufacturing

Impact of Nanotechno-logy on the society

Intellectual Property Rights for Technology

Development and Man-agement

Solid State Physics for Nanotechnology

Fundamentals of Chemistry

Catalysis and Photocatalysis

NanoThermodynamics

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

January

August

January

January

August

August

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

Self-assembly and molecular manufacturing is what is being consider as the new realms of cre-ating future devices and structures. This course describes some of the schemes that are being fol-lowed in molecular manufacturing.

With the onset of next generation of industrial rev-olution, students need to be sensibilised on the societal aspects of nanotechnology. This course attempts to discusses the impact that nanotech-nology may have on our society.

This course will expose the students to diverse aspects of the process of the technology develop-ment and its strategic management to maximize economic value from technology. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) occupies a centre stage in such a process. A module on IPR will be integrat-ed in this course to enable the students internal-ize IPR as an inseparable entity in their learning. The module will have lectures and practical train-ing through assignments and projects. Further, students will also be exposed to the aspects of proposal writing in this course.

This course serves as an introduction to solid state physics with the emphasis on the electronic structure of solid elements. The aim of the course is to give an understanding of intrinsic and extrin-sic semiconductors. The course will also deal with the properties of different magnetic materials and give some insight of the industrial use of magnetic materials.

The purposes of the course are in preparing en-gineers and scientists with little chemistry back-ground to enter into the world of chemistry to understand various aspects of chemical nanotech-nology and to carry out and apply in research.

This course is to introduce the enhancement of catalytic activities due to the higher surface to vol-ume ratio in the nano-domain.

This course is necessary to introduce students into the realms of the application of classical ther-modynamic rules to nanostructures. It is theoreti-cally a new area of thermodynamics– a thermo-dynamics that supposedly describes the behavior of nanomaterials better than does traditional ther-modynamics.

The emerging field of nanoscience and nano-technology is leading to a disruptive technological revolution. Nanotechnology promises potential to influence our future with diverse applications in consumer goods, electronics, computers, infor-mation and biotechnology, aerospace defense, energy, environment, and medicine.

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Field of Study — Nanotechnology

ProGram

Code Course Description

AT79.09

AT79.10

AT79.11

AT79.12

AT79.13

AT79.9001

AT79.9002

ED73.14

Colloids, Colloidal Principles for Applications

Microelectronics Fabrication Technology

Micro-electro Mechanical Systems

Characterization Tools in nanotechnology

Advanced Seminars in Nanotechnology

Selected Topic: Fundamentals of

Bionanotechnology

Selected Topic: Nanotechnology for Bio-

medical Applications

Enzyme and DNA Technology

Types of colloids and their fundamental proper-ties; general appearance and shape; formation of particles; colloidal stability as a sum of attractive and repulsive forces; surface reactions; measure-ment methods; agglomeration; rheology; associ-ation colloids; foams; surface physics; structural analysis. The colloidal principles are discussed on many examples with demonstration, experi-ments, and exercises.

This course serves as an introduction to basic processes used in fabricating semiconductor de-vices and integrated circuits. The objective is to develop the background knowledge necessary to understand the state-of-the-art semiconduc-tor technology related to device fabrication pro-cesses.

Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are integration of mechanical elements and electron-ics on a common silicon wafer using microfab-rication techniques. This course serves as an introduction to basic processes used in fabricat-ing MEMS devices and designing MEMS sensors and actuators.

The chemical and physical properties of materials are determined by the chemical composition i.e. the kind of atoms, molecules or ions (qualitative composition) and by the relative amount of them (quantitative composition) present in the mate-rial. In this course the qualitative and quantitative analysis of materials is discussed.

Advanced seminars in nanotechnology are de-signed to expand the student’s capabilities by coupling theoretical expectations with experience in the laboratory.

This module introduces basic concepts of cell and molecular biology, before looking at how biomeol-ecules can be used for designing nanostructures and the use of those nanostructures in biological and medical applications.

Nanotechnology is finding increasing applica-tions in medical sciences. Macromolecules and nanomaterials promise a host of new solutions that will be used in medical practice in the years to come.

In bioprocess technology, microbial cells and their components are utilized in technical processes. In order to understand and control these processes knowledge is required on enzyme and DNA Tech-nology. Section I of this course is focused on the enzymes that enable the cell to produce a large variety of compounds. Section II of this course deals with the molecular properties of the genetic material, DNA and RNA and their interaction with DNA-enzymes.

Semester Semester Offered

August

August

January

January

January

August

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Information and communications enable access, connections, and sharing, in which turn en-able knowledge creation and economic opportunity.

Computer Science (CS)This field of study focuses on world-class teaching and research into the foundations and ap-plications of computing systems. The curriculum covers a broad range of topics in computer systems, theory, software engineering, information science, and applications. The faculties are particularly active in artificial intelligence, security, computer graphics, machine learning and data mining, robotics, computer vision and image processing, software engineering, net-working, simulation, and information systems.

The courses and research topics span the range from theory to practice. Students are en-couraged to take courses and conduct research in areas related to computer science such as Information Management, Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technolo-gies, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Mechatronics, Microelectronics and Embedded Systems, Industrial Engineering, and other fields of study at the Institute.



Computer Science, Computer Enginnering, Electronics or Mathematics.


Master’s degree in any of the above disciplines.

For more info: http://www.cs.ait.asia

Information Management (IM)The Information Management field of study at AIT aims to fulfill the growing need for information management skills in government and private organization. It was the first program of its kind in Asia.

The field focuses on planning the effective use of information and communication technologies within organizations, developing corporate and government policies to maximize the benefits resulting from the wide-spread use of these technologies, improving the strategic management of information resources in business, government, and non-profit organizations, and increasing the productivity and creativity of managers and executives who work with information resources.

Software Engineering Area of StudyIn addition to the traditional Masters program in computer science, the Computer Science field of study also offers a Masters degree in computer science with specialization in software engineering. The Software Engineering Area of Specialization is specially designed to fill the Asia-Pacific region’s need for highly-trained specialists in software development and the man-agement of software development projects.

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For Master Program

Applicants for admission to the field of Information Management should have a strong quantita-tive background, preferably in computer science or computer engineering, information system or information science, telecommunications, electronic or electrical engineering, applied math-ematics or statistics. Applicants from other fields of information service can also be considered if they have already worked as information professionals. In those cases, additional technology related courses may be required.

For Doctoral Program


For more info: http://www.cs.ait.asia

Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (RS-GIS)Geoinformatics comprising Remote Sensing (RS), Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) provides extremely useful tools for environmental and natu-ral resources management. They are widely recognized as supporting tools for the planning, monitoring, and management of the appropriate utilization of resources at the country, regional and global levels.

While they represent multidisciplinary backgrounds, students in RS & GIS share a common interest, that is, to use remote sensing, GIS, GPS and other space technologies as tools in pursuing their academic work as well as in developing new technologies that are applicable to the region. RS&GIS welcomes students from three other AIT Schools who are interested in attending some subjects that demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of the applications of geo-informatics or space technologies. The basics of geoinformatics or the so-called institute-wide course, was especially designed for such need from other schools.

Because of the complexity of the technologies together with the heavy dependence on ad-vanced computer skills, application specialists need to have a sound knowledge of the theoreti-cal aspects and practical approaches to integrate many resources of information that address different applications. Furthermore, scientists, planners or engineers interested in these tech-nologies should be familiar with past, present and future satellite systems, their appropriate usage, data acquisition and handling and integration with other data sources.

The curriculum well covers the theoretical aspects and application of space technology, espe-cially in Remote Sensing and GIS. It provides students ample time to gain application know-how through laboratory sessions. Students are free to use satellite data received by the NOAA, AVHRR and MODIS Satellite Receiving Stations for their theses or research studies.

The demand for RS & GIS graduates is very high as there is lack of professionals in these disci-plines, particularly those with a vast knowledge of the practical utilization of these technologies. Employment opportunities are available in a wide range of areas, including agriculture, forestry, coastal development and management, urban planning and development, medical technology, mapping and planning, disaster mitigation and environmental management.

Employment opportunities are available in a wide range of areas, including agriculture, forestry, coastal development and management, urban planning and development, medical technology, mapping and planning, disaster mitigation and environmental management.

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Major areas covered in the coursework are fundamentals of remote sensing and GIS, earth-energy interaction, atmospheric correction, application potential in various disciplines, GIS data sources, map projection, geo-statistics, spatial modeling, automated mapping, digital terrain model, GPS data acquisition, and integration of GIS, remote sensing and GPS.



Undergraduate degree in information, computer, and space related field, civil and infrastruc-ture related fields (regional planning, mapping, cartography surveying, geodesy) earth sci-ence environment and natural resources (oceanography, agriculture, forestry, fishery) or so-cial science disciplines with adequate professional experience in a relevant field.


Master’s degree in a field relevant to the chosen program of study.

For more info: http://www.rsgis.ait.asia/

Telecommunications (TC)The Telecommunications program offers areas of specialization in transmission systems; switching systems; telematics; network planning, and in collaboration with the School of Man-agement, telecommunications management.

The courses offered emphasize modern telecommunications skills in systems planning and engineering, telecommunications software development, and administrative and financial as-pects of telecommunications management.

Research covers a wide variety of topics at the cutting edge of research and development. Specific issues addressed in the broad fields of transmission and switching systems are, for example, coherent optical communications, multiple-access strategies for cellular-mobile and cabled networks, as well as questions of congestion control and new services in ISDN and future B-ISDN networks.



Undergraduate study for candidates seeking admission to the field of Telecommunications are in communications, telecommunications, electrical engineering, electronics, and computer science or computer engineering. With the last two, a strong background in communications or telecommunications is expected.


A good master’s degree in Telecommunications or a closely related field is a pre-requisite.

For more info: http://www.tc.ait.asia/

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Field of Study — Computer Science (CS)

ProGram


AT70.02

AT70.03

AT70.05

AT70.07

AT70.08

AT70.09

Data Structures & Algorithms

Theory of Computing

Computer Networks

Programming Languages and

Compilers

Operating Systems

Computer Graphics and Animation

An algorithm describes how to carry out a prob-lem-solving task implementable by computer programs. The design of an algorithm is tightly coupled with how information to be manipulated by it is organized i.e. data structuring.

Theory of formal languages, automata, pro-grams Chomsky hierarchy and classification of programs with respect to associated memory, decidability and complexity theory especially P and NP problems.

Network types - wide area networks, local area networks, home networks; circuit switching, packet switching; datagram, virtual circuits; network architecture; error detection, collision avoidance and detection; reliable transmission; the Internet (TCP/IP, routing and addressing, application protocols); ATM networks; network security and quality of service.

Concepts that underlie programming languag-es like binding allocation types and abstrac-tion, illustrating those concepts with examples from various languages. Language design and implementation and the ways in which they in-teract are explored together. Special emphasis is put on compilation and linking, as well as how data types are implemented in memory.

This course is about the concepts, structures, and mechanisms of operating systems, taking into account their evolution and the rapid ad-vances in technology, resulting in a variety of systems. The variety is not just in the capacity and speed of machines, their interconnections and interactions, but with the newer applica-tions with demands on systems requirements. The intent of the course is to develop a con-ceptual framework from the point of view of the management of system resources and user interface, and relate them to contemporary de-sign issues and to current trends in technology.

This course introduces computer graphics as a practical discipline. The underlying theory of computer graphics, as well as implementation algorithms, will be presented in the context of a modern industry-standard graphics program-ming language and interface. Instruction shall be in a laboratory setting with continuous hands-on implementation of concepts and emphasis on creating animated and interactive scenes.

August

August

August

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

Basic knowl-edge of two and three dimensional co-ordinate geometry and trigonometry and C/C++.

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ProGram


AT70.10

AT70.12

AT70.13

AT70.15

AT70.16

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence

Web Application Engineering

Computer Security

Advanced Topics in Internet Technology

Computational Geometry and Applications

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the branch of com-puter science that is concerned with the au-tomation of intelligent behavior. This course provides a comprehensive exposure to the paradigms and techniques necessary for study and research in artificial intelligence. Emphasis is placed on the historical evolution and the emerging trends in technology.

AT 70.12 is a project-oriented course in which student teams will be paired with client orga-nizations needing online community collabora-tive learning and information sharing systems. Using a Web server, programming language, and relational database of their own choice, students will take the system from an initial con-cept through the stages of requirements speci-fication, design, implementation, and usability testing. Along the way, focused laboratory ses-sions will give students experience with spe-cific technologies and techniques useful across many applications, and lectures will introduce students to the most recent developments in enterprise application frameworks, middleware, and thick clients. Students successfully com-pleting AT 70.12 will be competent database-backed Web application developers capable of designing, deploying, and maintaining large-scale services such as amazon.com.

To modeling policy and security, the role and ap-plication of cryptography, the mechanisms used to implement policies, the methodologies and tech-nologies for assurance, vulnerability analysis and intrusion detection and building secure systems.

This course cover fundamental issues in network protocol design and implementation and prin-ciples underlying TCP/IP protocol design; histori-cal development of the Internet; Internet routing protocols (unicast, multicast and unidirectional); algorithmic issues related to the Internet; multi-media communication (Voice over IP, Real-time protocols); measurement and performance; next generation Internet (IPv6, QoS) and applications.

This course provides students with an introduc-tion to both the theory and applications of the discipline of computational geometry, which is concerned with the solving of computational problems arising from geometric questions. Essential theory and algorithms will be cov-ered and content will be motivated by practical problems. Implementations of geometric algo-rithms in a high-level language will be covered. Course will be seminar-style.

August

January

InterSem

January

InterSem

None

Experience programming in a high-level programming language, e.g. C or Java.

None

Computer Networks

Data Structures and Algorithms, or Instructor Consent.

68


ProGram


AT70.17

AT70.18

AT70.19

XML: Foundations, Techniques and

Applications

Software Architecture Design

Software Development and Quality

Improvement

Extensible Markup Language (XML), a W3C recommendation, has been recognized as a standard for self-describing data, knowledge in-terchange, and information integration. There-fore, it forms an important technology for next-generation information systems, particularly for those on the Internet. Since representation, interchange and integration of information are fundamental to all information systems, there will be various applications of XML. An applica-tion area that will need XML is e-business.

Designing, developing, and evolving complex software systems requires a mastery of analyti-cal and technical skills, as well as a knowledge of appropriate processes, architectures and design patterns. Software architects building complex systems must create the illusion of simplicity through decomposition, abstraction, and encapsulation of functionality. This course teaches the fundamentals of software architec-ture, drawn from research and best practice on large software projects. Students will learn techniques and tools for modeling, analyzing, evaluating, and controlling the development of complex software systems. Real-world case studies will be used throughout the course. A major component of the course will be the de-sign of a significant open-source software proj-ect. Students may make a specific contribution to an existing large open source project or start a new project of their own choice.

This course teaches the fundamental skills of software engineering, drawn from research and best-practice on large open source and com-mercial software projects. Students will learn and evaluating complex software systems. The emphasis will be on rapid implementation of complex systems through agile development processes, visual development tools, and soft-ware frameworks. The course will also improve students’ practical software engineering skills by having them plan and execute a significant open-source software development project. Students may make a specific contribution to an existing large open source project or start a new project of their own choice.

January

January

January

None

Experience programming in a high-level programming language, e.g. C or Java, or by permission of the instruc-tor.

AT 70.18 (Software

Architecture Design)

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ProGram


AT70.9002

AT70.20

AT70.9008

AT70.9010

Selected Topic: Advanced Topics in

Computer Graphics and Related Areas

Machine Vision for Robotics and HCI

Selected Topic: Security, Multiagent

Systems, Trust and Online Trading Mechanisms

Selected Topic: Network and Service

Management

The two main goals for this course are to study OpenGL ES (Embedded Systems), the emerg-ing standard for handheld devices, and the OpenGL Shading Language, the emerging new standard for OpenGL itself. OpenGL ES is a “lighter” version of OpenGL with additional features designed especially for small-screen graphics, particularly games programming. The OpenGL Shading Language is designed to take advantage of modern processor speeds to make more of the OpenGL pipeline, previously static, now programmable. In particular, every vertex and fragment is individually programmable. This will be a hands-on seminar style course where the participants will be asked to read and present material and, most importantly, share coding experience. We shall study the underly-ing principles of OpenGL ES and the Shading Language, as well as acquire practical experi-ence with both. Additional topics related to the two main ones will be discussed as they arise.

Machine vision is concerned with the image processing, geometry, and statistical inference tools necessary for extracting useful informa-tion about the world from two-dimensional im-ages. After decades of research, although the most advanced machine vision systems still pale in comparison to the visual systems of the simplest mammals, there have been some suc-cess stories. This course is an advanced survey of the state of the art in machine vision, focused primarily on robotics applications and human-computer interfaces. The course is a mixture of lectures on fundamentals, student presen-tations of research from the primary academic literature, and group projects involving applica-tion of machine vision technology to real-world problems. The course prepares students to do thesis research in the field.

The course discusses computer security mod-els, multiagent systems and the role of trust in secure multiagent systems. The design of trust-ed and secure trading mechanisms is studied as application. Insights on how to develop opti-maltrading mechanisms are also addressed.

The global networked service system is the most complex technical system ever created and is turning out to be a very important infra-structure for society. This course gives students a basic understanding of principles and archi-tectures for management of network resources and services and to learn concepts that makes it possible to: communicate, reason and cre-atively think about the operation and manage-ment of networks and networked services.

InterSem

January

InterSem

January

Programming experience and mathematical sophistication

None

Required previous knowledge: Course CS - AT70.05 Computer Networks or similar.

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AT70.9022

AT70.9023

AT70.9024

Selected Topic: Theory of Modeling

and Simulation:Application to Serious

Games

Selected Topic: Machine Learning

Selected Topics: The Semantic Web

August

August

January

Programming Experience, Mathematical Sophistication

Under graduate level in mathematics, object oriented programming methodology and language, basic knowledge in C/C++.

None

Intelligent systems, such as speech recogni-tion systems, document classification systems, and character recognition systems, are con-cerned with the transformation of input data (e.g. speech, documents, or bitmaps) into de-sired output data (words, document classes, or characters, respectively). To obtain an efficient system, this transformation function must be carefully constructed and its parameters must be properly adjusted. Machine learning is con-cerned with the automatic learning of these pa-rameters from training examples. It draws heav-ily on computer science, algorithms and data structures, probability, statistics, and optimiza-tion. This course covers fundamental concepts as well as state of the art algorithms in machine learning. The grading system relies on home-work, student presentations of research from the primary academic literature, and a project.

Modeling and Simulation (M&S) has become one of the widely used domains for complex systems analysis and/or design. M&S is used in the industry, business management, tools for decision making, education, research etc. With-in this diversity, theoretical and technical basis have to be known to be able to conduct M&S projects in a wide variety of situation.

If simulations are augmented with media and in-teractivity, then M&S enter the world of Serious Games, a fast increasing field of the software industry. The huge potential of serious games applications make them a very promising do-main for economical development.

The Semantic is a web of data. It provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enter-prise, and community boundaries. It is a collab-orative effort led by the World-Wide Web Con-sortium (W3C) with participation from a large number of researchers and industrial partners. It is based on the Resource Description Frame-work (RDF). Since sharing and reuse of data and information are fundamental to all informa-tion systems, there will be various applications of the Semantic Web. This course investigates good knowledge of the Semantic Web, its foun-dations, techniques and applications is, there-fore, required.


ProGram

71

Field of Study — Information Management (IM)

ProGram


AT71.01

AT71.07

AT71.03

AT71.04

Database Design

Information Retrieval and Data Mining

E-Business Development and

Technology

Decision Support Technologies

The availability of excellent database software enables easy creation of databases and da-tabase applications. However, creation with-out design usually leads to various database problems, disasters and complete failures. Therefore, good knowledge of database design in both theoretical and practical aspects is re-quired.

With the growth of massive digital data archives, which are not necessarily organized in any or-der, the twin and complementary processes of information retrieval and data mining have emerged together as a particular important discipline within the information sciences. The object of information retrieval is to automatically search a data archive in order to respond to a user’s query. The object of data mining, on the other hand, is to automatically process a data archive in order to find patterns that represent knowledge or, equivalently, information interest-ing to the user (not necessarily in response to a targeted query). Information retrieval and data mining invoke multidisciplinary techniques, including those from artificial intelligence, sta-tistics, machine learning, pattern analysis, and others.

To provide students with an overview of the key concepts, strategies, business models, and technologies behind E-business. The course will address the opportunities and challenges of doing business on the Internet, and the chal-lenges of introducing e-business techniques into existing organizations. Essential global is-sues related to E-Business will be covered.

To provide essential Decision Support Tech-nologies concepts and skills needed to build and implement applications to support decision making. The students will have hands-on ex-perience with decision support software tools. Decision Support Technologies cover Decision Support Systems (DSS), Executive Information Systems (EIS), Group Support Systems (GSS), Expert Systems (ES), Data Warehousing, and Data Mining.

August

August

August

January

None

None

None

None

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Field of Study — Information Management (IM)

ProGram


AT71.05

AT71.06

AT71.9001

AT71.9002

Information Systems Development and

Management

Human-Computer Interaction

ISelected Topic: Information

Visualization

Selected Topic: Seminar in Electronic

Government

August

August

August

InterSem

AT02.13 Database

Design

AT02.13 Database

Design

None

Information Systems constitute the primary appli-cation of computers and related techno-logy in enterprises and public organizations. Following a well-defined methodology helps to ensure the effective deployment of information technology in organizations. This includes determining and structuring requirements, project planning and execution, implementation, testing, and mainte-nance. Since information systems development is essentially a process, students will work in groups on real-life projects that conclude with the presentation of a prototype system.

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has become an area of great interest and concern. This course provides the concepts of HCI and user interfaces, focusing on user interface design and technologies. The students will gain princi-ples and skills for designing interactive systems and Web-based applications.

Information Visualization is a relatively new area of research that applies interactive graphi-cal interfaces to reveal relationships and enable exploration of large complex sets of information. The goal of the course is to give you an overview of the field and hands-on experience with using visualization tools to analyze common types of information, such as the multidimensional data in databases and the semi-structured informa-tion in document collections and hypertext. This course will cover the following: “overview of the state-of-the-art “ perceptual, cognitive, and interactive factors that influence effective visualiza-tions “ algorithms for extracting and analyzing relationships in data and text collections “ case studies using open-source software.

The course provides the students concepts and principles of e-governments. Insights of e-government developments and challenges are discussed. All technical, managerial, and social aspects of e-government are addressed. The course is a mixture of lectures on fundamentals, student presentations of research from the aca-demic journals, and a study report on selected e-government topics.

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Field of Study — Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

ProGram


AT76.01

AT76.02

AT76.03

AT76.04

AT76.06

AT76.07

Geographic Information Systems

Mapping Technology

Remote Sensing

Aerospace Technology

Advanced Technologies in GIS

Advanced Mapping Technology

January /August

August

August

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

AT76.01 (Geographic Information Systems)

AT76.02 (Mapping Technology) or Consent of Instructor.

This course introduces principles, concepts and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a decision support tool for planners and managers of spatial information. Database devel-opment, manipulation and spatial analysis tech-niques for information generation will be taught. Students will have the scope of using GIS for applications in their related fields such as natural resource management, environment, civil engi-neering, agriculture, information system, etc will be discussed through mini project and laboratory exercises.

The course aims at providing RS/GIS and Com-puter Mapping Technology (CMT) to students with an insight into both academic knowledge and practical skills at the entry level, and further aims at preparing students for more in-depth training in mapping technology and digital photo grammetry.

This course aims at providing students with prin-ciples of Remote Sensing (RS) technology, which is the tool to obtain information on the earth from deci-meter level to km level locally and globally. Basic image processing techniques and skill to analyze Remote Sensing image will be taught as well. Application examples of remote sensing technologies to various fields will be introduced to encourage students to use remote sensing in their research.

Aerospace technology is being developed so fast that the latest information as well as general ba-sic knowledge should be provided so as to apply them to the practical application of GIS, Remote Sensing, ICT, and Earth Science. Analysis and design methodology of aerospace systems will be given in this course, which is applicable to other modern engineering field.

This course will familiarize students with advanced topics of spatial database accuracy assessment, 2D and 3D spatial modeling, analysis of discrete and continuous entities in space. There will be special emphasis on statistical analysis of spatial data. Students will be trained to develop models based on regression analysis and logical analy-sis. The course emphasizes a new emerging ap-plication of GIS in Health. Students will also learn customization and automation in GIS and also learn techniques to put the GIS on to Internet.

This course introduces RS/GIS and Computer Mapping Technology (CMT) students to ad-vanced mapping technology about automated map recognition, map design, 3D map display and others.

(RS-GIS)

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ProGram


AT76.08

AT76.09

AT76.10

AT76.13

AT76.14

AT76.15

Digital Photogrammetry

Digital Image Process-ing in Remote Sensing

Advanced Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing Data Analysis

Digital Photogrammetry

Microwave Remote Sensing

The course aims at providing RS/GIS and Computer Mapping Technology (CMT) students with an insight into both academic knowledge and practical skills at the entry level, and further aims at preparing students for more in-depth training in digital photogrammetry.

This course will provide students with more techniques in digital image processing for re-mote sensing data analysis adding to AT76.03 Remote Sensing. This course emphasizes on implementation of algorithms as computer programs. The techniques taught in this course have application in several fields dealing with image data.

This course aims at providing students with ad-vanced Remote Sensing analytical techniques required in various applications; how to extract high-level information from RS data. The tech-niques taught covers coupling of model pa-rameters and remote sensing data for several applications including the most recent data as-similation techniques, atmospheric correction, Multi-temporal/Multi-Resolution data analysis, OGC Web Services such as Web Map Service, Web Feature Service, and Field Sensor Net-work. This lecture covers Synthetic Aperture Radar technique as well.

The course aims at providing RS/GIS image analysis tool through pre and post process-ing on satellite images. There will be special emphasis on images registration, extraction, classification and accuracy assessment. Stu-dents will be trained to develop a case study project at last.

The course aims at providing basic photogram-metry concept, procedure, processing task and its result through project work. Error analysis is also considered and explained with various methods. Students will be trained through the software given in the lab.

This course is designed to provide fundamental knowledge and theories of microwave remote sensing. After reviewing the fundamentals of electromagnetics, both real aperture and synthetic aperture radar systems are to be in-troduced including physical principles.

January

January

January

January

August

August

None

None

AT76.03 (Remote Sensing)

AT7609 (Digital Image Processing in Remote Sensing) or permission from instructor.

None

Fundamental knowledge of electro-magnetics at undergraduate level.

(RS-GIS)

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ProGram


AT76.16

AT76.17

AT76.18

AT76.9010

AT76.9011

Advanced Application Development in GIS

Spatial Analysis Methods in GIS

Advance Mapping Techniques

Selected Topic: Advanced Aerospace

Technology/Global Positioning and

Navigation

Selected Topic: Microwave Remote

Sensing

January

January

August

January

August



None

AT76.04 Aerospace Technology is strongly recommended.

Fundamental knowledge of electro-magnetics at undergraduate level.

This course will familiarize students with spa-tial database development, geocoding concept, linking databases from different sources, imple-menting spatial analysis methods and models in advance GIS software towards developing applications. The course emphasizes a new emerging application of GIS in Health. Students will also learn customization and automation in GIS and techniques to put the GIS on to Internet and mobile devices.

This course will familiarize students with ad-vanced topics of spatial database accuracy as-sessment, spatial modeling, analysis of discrete and continuous entities in space and Spatial De-cision Methods. There will be special emphasis on statistical analysis of spatial data. Students will be trained to develop models based on re-gression analysis and logical analysis.

The course aims at providing RS/GIS and Com-puter Mapping Technology (CMT) to students with an insight into both academic knowledge and practical skills at the entry level, and further aims at preparing students for more in-depth training in mapping technology and digital pho-togrammetry.

This course is organized as an extension of AT76.04 Aerospace Technology in the August Semester. After preparation of the mathematical background, the Earth Observation and Global Positioning Satellite are introduced from the view point of a total space system. Next focusing on the Global Positioning system, its basic prin-ciple and operational improvement are to be dis-cussed. This course is intended to enhance un-derstanding of Remote Sensing System/Global Positioning System utilization in various applica-tion fields, such as GIS, Mapping and RS.

This course is designed to provide fundamental knowledge and theories of microwave remote sensing. After reviewing the fundamentals of electromagnetics, both real aperture and syn-thetic aperture radar systems are to be intro-duced including physical principles.

(RS-GIS)

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ProGram


AT76.9012

AT76.9013

AT76.9014

AT76.9015

AT76.9016

AT76.9017

Selected Topic: Workshop on Critical

Discussion

Selected Topic: Spatial Analysis Methods in GIS

Selected Topic: Advance Application Development in GIS

Selected Topic: Workshop on Image

Analysis Study

Selected Topic: Digital Photogrammetry

Selected Topic: Terrestrial Photogram-metry and Topography from Remote Sensors

August

January

January

August

January

InterSem

At least one of these courses: AT76.01 Geographic Information Systems (GIS), AT76.03 Remote Sensing, AT76.10 Advanced Remote Sensing, AT76.09 Digital Image Process-ing in Remote Sensing



AT7609 (Digital Image Processing in Remote Sensing) or permission from instructor

None

Consent of Instructors

(RS-GIS)

This course is to expose students to critical sci-entific discussions aiming at fostering critical at-titude on ideas, observation and logics in order to produce strong and consistent scientific con-clusions. Each student will choose one scientific paper and present it, then they will discuss in detail with critical attitude. Each student is re-quested to raise at least one question during the discussion. The topic presented will be related to remote sensing or GIS. Instructor will guide presentations and discussions.

This course will familiarize students with ad-vanced topics of spatial database accuracy assessment, spatial modeling, analysis of discrete and continuous entities in space and Spatial Decision Methods. There will be special emphasis on statistical analysis of spatial data. Students will be trained to develop models based on regression analysis and logical analysis.

This course will familiarize students with spatial database development, geocoding concept, linking databases from different sources, imple-menting spatial analysis methods and models in advance GIS software towards developing applications. The course emphasizes a new emerging application of GIS in Health. Students will also learn customization and automation in GIS and techniques to put the GIS on to Internet and mobile devices.

The course aims at providing RS/GIS image analysis tool through pre and post processing on satellite images. There will be special em-phasis on images registration, extraction, clas-sification and accuracy assessment. Students will be trained to develop a case study project at last.

The course aims at providing basic photogram-metry concept, procedure, processing task and its result through project work. Error analysis is also considered and explained with various methods. Students will be trained through the software given in the lab.

The course aims at providing fundamental methods, including mathematical knowledge on terrestrial photogrammetry. Measurement concept, procedure, processing and its solution are in practice. Students will be trained through terrestrial photogrammetry equipment and soft-ware given in the lab. Student will be using the digital stereo data and extract topographic ele-ments.

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Issues related to climate variability, energy, car-bon sequestration, impacts on rain fall, agriculture and health will also be discussed as part of the course content. Land use computation of green house gases and field measurements of biomass for data base development will be discussed. Stu-dents will have the scope for understanding basic issues related to carbon trading and mainstream-ing of climate change into sustainable develop-ment.

The course aims at providing the way of Data Modeling for Geospatial Information to students with an insight into both academic knowledge and practical skills at the entry level, and further aims at preparing students for more in-depth training in understanding what model and modeling is, what object orientation and UML is, how to describe UML diagram, and what ISO and OGC standard is.

Aerospace technology is being developed so fast that the latest information as well as ge-neral ba-sic knowledge should be provided so as to apply them to the practical application of GIS, Remote Sensing, ICT, and Earth Science. Analysis and design methodology of aerospace systems will be given in this course, which is applicable to other modern engineering field.


AT76.9018

AT76.9019

AT76.9020

Selected Topic: Geoinformation

Technology in Climate Change Applications.

Selected Topic: Data Modeling for

Geospatial Information

Selected Topic: Aerospace Technology

August

January

January

None


None


ProGram (RS-GIS)

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Field of Study — Telecommunications (TC)

ProGram


AT77.01

AT77.02

AT77.04

AT77.05

AT77.06

AT77.07

AT77.09

Telecommunication Networks

Signals, Systems and Stochastic Processes

Data Communications

Teletraffic Engineering

Multimedia Communications and

Systems

Cellular Mobile System

Error Control Coding

To provide the student with an understanding of the evolution of telecommunication networks from traditional Public Switched Telephone Net-work (PSTN), through the emergence of data networks, local area networks, integrated ser-vices digital network (ISDN), broadband ISDN, development of fast packet switching, to the Internet. An overview on the role of telecom-munications in developing countries, telecom-munications organizations, telecommunication standardizations and services is also provided.

To lay the theoretical foundation for under-standing the behavior of deterministic and random signals in communication systems, and to complement the theory with extensive laboratory work.

To impart a unified systems view of the broad field of data and computer communications. The fundamental principles of data commu-nications are thoroughly presented and then applied in data communication networking.

To provide an overview of basic teletraffic theory for network dimensioning and perfor-mance characterization of circuit switched pub-lic telecommunications networks, broadband networks as well as the Internet.

Due to advances in digitization and coding, a number of information bearing services such as speech, data, text, audio, video graphics etc., can be processed, stored and retrieved in a unified manner. These information bear-ing services together loosely form multimedia. This course is intended to provide the funda-mentals of multimedia and its use, storage and retrieval.

To ensure that the student attains a good un-derstanding of both analog and digital cellular mobile systems deployed worldwide.

To provide the students with a comprehensive understanding of error control techniques used in digital communications.

August

August

August

August

January

January

January

None

None


None


None


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Field of Study — Telecommunications (TC)

ProGram


AT77.11

AT77.13

AT77.15

AT77.17

AT77.18

AT77.19

Digital Modulation Techniques

Digital Communications

Satellite Communications

Network QoS

Optical Network

Optimization for Communications and

Networks

August

January

August

January

January

August







To provide the students with theoretical and practical knowledge of digital modulation meth-ods for base-band and pass-band. The main emphasis is on digital transmission via carrier modulation as used for data modems and in wireless systems.

To provide students with thorough understand-ing of the fundamentals in digital communica-tions and information theory.

To provide a comprehensive understanding of satellite communications principles and related technologies involved. Starting from orbital me-chanics related to spacecraft deployment, the course evolves through satellite link design, signal processing and access techniques, type of networks and finally drawing conclusion with performance and reliability of the system.

Communication networks of all types are developing at such a rapid pace and with the widespread deployment of networks that can support very high data transmission rates and a wide range of services, the task of providing the guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) is becom-ing increasingly complex. The task is worthwhile because it provides the insight required to im-prove operating efficiency.

To provide students with practical knowledge and research background in optical networks. The emphasis will be on problems at the net-work layer that are unique to optical networks.

To provide students with the fundamentals of various optimization techniques and demon-strate how they can be applied to problems related to communications and networks.

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INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS

Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM)The aim of this academic program is to instill the necessary interdisciplinary capacities to manage and minimize the effects of disasters in people on the front lines of disaster re-sponse and preparedness. Upon completion of the program, graduates will have gained a profound scientific understanding of natural and human-made disasters. They will be able to assess risks properly, construct disaster management plans using appropriate tools and techniques, and apply suitable measures to mitigate risk. They will possess the skills necessary for handling complex emergency situations and to communicate with various stakeholders and policy makers on issues associated with disaster preparedness, mitiga-tion and management. Given these skills and expertise, program graduates will be ready to play a leading role in protecting lives from the forceful rising tide of disasters.

For more info: http://dpmm.ait.asia/

Professional Master’s Degree Program is a one-year academic program requiring 33 credits, spanning two semesters and a summer period of twelve weeks. August and Janu-ary semesters provide lecture courses with the summer period reserved for an internship at disaster-related institutions and working out a project report of mutual interest to the stu-dent and the internship provider. This program is aimed at those who are currently working at disaster-related institutions and who would like to expand their knowledge base as well as to acquire new skills and the ability to meet the present and future performance chal-lenges. Candidates for this program should have completed a bachelor’s degree and have gained at least 3 years of work experience in disaster-related areas. Interested students may shift to the regular master’s degree program if they meet its requirements. Master’s Degree Program is a 22-month academic program requiring 28 credits of coursework and 22 credits of master’s thesis study. The program is aimed at those who are looking for a career in disaster preparedness, mitigation and management, and at the fac-ulty and staff of universities and research institutions. Students are expected to do a thesis directly related to aspects of natural or human-made disasters in their home countries. After successfully completing this program, these students may pursue further studies in the Doctoral Degree Program on “Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management”. Doctoral Degree Program is designed for faculty and staff of universities and for senior staff of government and international agencies. The program requires 18 credits of course-work and 66 credits of dissertation research study. Students are expected to have gained a recognized Master’s degree in the subject areas relevant to, or related with disaster pre-paredness, mitigation and management. Doctoral dissertations are expected to produce new, regionally relevant findings, solutions, or technologies for disaster preparedness, mitigation and management problems. The faculty from AIT and collaborating institutions will jointly supervise doctoral students. Post-graduate Certificate Program is a one-semester program that spans 15 weeks with a course load of 12 credits (4 courses of three credits each). This program will be offered both in January and August semesters. The credits earned in this program can be trans-ferred to the AIT professional master’s or regular master’s degree program in “Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management”, as well as to programs in other appropriate fields of study.

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Geosystem Exploration and Petroleum GeoEngineering (GEPG)Exploration and production of Earth resources and oil and gas in particular is a progres-sive and highly technical business that offers a wide-range job opportunities to practicing engineers.

Exploration technologies for onshore and offshore geosystems are integrated in the cur-riculum. Students with orientation toward oil and gas industry will be trained specifically on Petroleum Geoengineering and will deal mostly with issues in the upstream sector (E &P), including fundamental of geoexploration, exploration geophysics, petrophysics, drilling and well completion, petroleum reservoir engineering and production technology.

GEPG also exposes students to emerging issues in geotechnical and earth resources en-gineering related to rock and soil mechanics, oil tank foundation, gas pipeline construction as well as other petroleum infrastructure works. More than just offering an international environment for higher education and a pool of teaching faculty who are experts from the academe and the industry, the field would allow students to take in courses in geographic information system (GIS) and computational technology as well as project and finance management, areas where modern geoengineers need to be better equipped with.


For Professional Master’s and Master’s Program:

A four-year bachelor’s degree, or its equivalent in Geological, Geophysical, Petroleum, Mining, Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

Doctoral Program:

Master degree in in Geological, Geophysical, Petroleum, Mining, Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

For more info: http://www.set.ait.asia/gepg/

Information and Communications TechnologiesInformation and Communications Technologies field is a newly established area of study in response to the needs for the offering of a curriculum selectively drawn from the curricula of Telecommunications (TC), Computer Science, and Information Manage-ment (CSIM). With strong emphasis on communications aspects - rather than on the aggregation of hardware, software, networks, equipment and related industries - ICT recognizes the important role of information services and applications in the creation of a complete ICT infrastructure.


For Master’s Program

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, communica-tions, telecommunications, electrical engineering, electronics, applied mathematics/statistics and information systems.

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For Doctoral Program

Master’s degree in a field relevant to the chosen program of study.

Curriculum

For the 1st and 2nd semesters, ICT students will take courses from CSIM and TC. A set of 2-4 new courses will be introduced to characterize the ICT features in the 2nd year.

For more info: http://www.ict.ait.asia/

Offshore Technology and Management (OTM)The program of this first kind of regional post-graduate study in Offshore Technology and Management is designed to combine the application-oriented course works, field studies and internships, by which graduates are expected to be equipped with high skills and knowledge-and-practice-readiness to mitigate the shortages of skilled man-power in the upstream sector of oil and gas industry (E&P). As an industrial application-oriented program, OTM with its unique characteristics offers flexible study structure which allows students to build their own area of specialization besides those recom-mended areas. With the available teaching expertise; library and laboratory facilities; multitude offered courses from schools; skilled and professional faculty members and staffs; strong collaborations with overseas partner universities in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America; and strongly supported by oil and gas industries, OTM post-graduate program has become one of the most suitable post-graduate study for engineers and young managers to pursue higher professional careers in oil and gas industry and government bodies as well.

Program Structure for OTM

Awarded Degrees

1. Professional Master of Engineering (PME)

Students have completed the study, if he or she has earned 33 accumulated credits with minimum Grade Percentage Average (GPA) not less than 2.75. The period of study will last, respectively, for 12 months and not later than 2 years for full-time and part-time or flexible students.

2. Master of Engineering or Master of Science (M.Eng or M.Sc)

Students, who enroll in the regular postgraduate program studying in Offshore Technol-ogy and Management, will complete his or her full-time study in 22 months. The degree will be awarded, if he or she has earned 48 credits with minimum accumulated GPA of 2.75 for the first 2 semesters.

Qualification of Applicants

Bachelor degree in Engineering or Science in related fields (Civil Engineering, Me-chanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Geology, Geo-physics).

At least 3 years of work experience in related areas of oil and gas industry. Proficiency in English.

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Enrollment Deadline for ApplicationAugust 15 June

January 15 November

Recommended Study Plan

1. Professional Master of Engineering (PME)

Semester Recommended Credits per courses Total credits coursesAugust 4 3 12

January 4 3 12

May Internship 9 9

Inter-semester 2 2*

Total accumulated credits for PME students 33/495 Contact Hours

2. Master of Engineering or Master of Science (M.Eng or Msc)

August Thesis 12 12*

January Thesis 10 10*

Total accumulated credits for ME students 48/ 540 Contact Hours

* Only for M.Eng students

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IN84.01

IN84.11

IN84.12

Managing Disasters

Mitigation of Earthquake Disasters

Floods and Droughts

Disasters are extraordinary events that require special knowledge and skills to tackle the dam-age, casualties and disruption they cause. The field of disaster management is relatively new and rapidly evolving and as the world popula-tion grows and urbanization spreads, more and more individuals and infrastructures are get-ting exposed to potentially damaging disaster events and the threat of large-scale losses.Disaster management began to grow beyond the ‘response and relief’ environment and its fo-cus is shifting to risk analysis, communications, risk prevention/mitigation, and social and eco-nomic recovery. This requires a new skill base for disaster managers and this course is aimed at providing students necessary knowledge and skills in disaster management by covering all the components of the disaster cycle (mitiga-tion/prevention, preparedness, response and recovery) and beyond. This course covers the principle and practices in disaster management which can be adapted to jurisdiction of various sizes, at various levels and various situations. The earthquake has wide range effects and can be devastating to people. To effectively minimize the earthquake disasters, its mitiga-tion concept is inevitably involved in many braches of sciences. The course provides the essential knowledge on the natures and evalu-ations of each earthquakes impact including ground shaking, earthquake-induced landslide, liquefaction and tsunami. Consequently, the course introduces the measures, emergency response and recovery plans, strategies for protection and loss estimation and risk and vul-nerability analysis against these disasters.

Floods and droughts are one of the most de-structive natural phenomena in Asia and around the world. They can cause serious dam-age to life, properties, public utilities and infra-structures. They hamper social and economic growth of developing countries. Knowledge on hydrology of floods and droughts; understand-ing on their causes, frequencies and magni-tudes are required to achieve effective man-agement and mitigation measures of floods and droughts.

August

January

August

None

None

None

Field of Study — Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management

ProGram (DPMM)

85


ProGram


IN84.13

IN84.14

IN84.15

IN84.16

Georisk Engineering

Tsunami Science and Preparedness

Energy Technologies for Disaster Warning

and Management

Climate Prediction and Early Warning Systems

Geotechnical Engineers are increasingly chal-lenged to solve problems arising from the im-pact of human activities on the geological en-vironment but also from natural geo hazards. The economic impact resulting from geological hazards, in particular in developing countries, is significant. The purpose of this course is to educate students so that they are able to un-derstand the principles and reasons of geologi-cal risks. They will be educated to identify and quantify the geo risk and, the engineering pre-cautions to avoid or prevent the hazards and mitigate impacts resulting from such risks.

The course will provide students with the fun-damental knowledge of tsunami science, un-derstanding of its consequence as catastrophic destruction to human and to reduce the damage by appropriate mitigation and preparedness.

Reliable energy supply is a prerequisite to ef-fectively manage both pre and post disaster situations. Effective warning systems in pre-disaster situation can greatly reduce the devas-tating losses and suffering to human, livestock and others. A reliable energy supply is there-fore absolutely essential for the warning and communication systems for evacuation. In a post-disaster situation, source of energy and appropriate technologies to deliver them will be important to save lives and to start rehabilita-tion.This course is particularly designed for man-agers and practitioners to give an overview of suitable energy technology options for di-saster warning systems and how to meet the energy needs in a post disaster situation. This course also provides basic knowledge on how to quickly set up temporary energy supply sys-tems. Demonstration of such systems will also be covered in laboratory and case studies.

Weather and climate, which is nothing but the state of the atmosphere at any given time, plays an important role in our present and future en-vironment. Early warning System consists of climate prediction and translation of this severe weather/climate information into potential haz-ards understood by the users. The course is designed in five simple modules covering basic understanding of earth’s atmospheric system, techniques of weather and climate forecasting and the generation of Early Warning System with application in various hydro-meteorologi-cal hazards.

January

None

None

None

None

(DPMM)

86


ProGram


IN84.21

IN84.22

IN84.31

IN84.32

IN84.33

Remote Sensing and GIS for Disaster

Mitigation

Geospatial Technologies for

Disaster Risk Management

Human Conflicts and Humanitarian

Emergency Management

Health and Ecological Risk Management in Disaster Situations

Coastal Resiliency and Natural Disaster

Preparedness

This course introduces the basic principles of Re-mote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) and the major applications for disas-ter monitoring and management.

Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) is a very effective tool for spatial in-formation acquisition and management. While re-mote sensing has become operational information extraction system with affordable data cost, GIS provides flexibility in integrating various information and studying spatial dependency in disaster relat-ed phenomena comprehensively and affectively. These two technologies are popular in developed countries and getting popularity in the region too. This course will equip students with tools that will assist them in assessing the existing situation of a disaster and vulnerability and identifying factors that need to be considered in planning, decision making in disaster risk reduction.

The main objective of the course is to focus on nature and causes of human conflicts. It aims at searching possible solutions to the problems aris-ing out of the conflicts: both short and long-term with particular emphasis on the roles of the devel-opment workers and policy makers.

The course deals with the risks natural and man-made disasters which pose danger to the society and ecosystems. Wide varieties of chemicals are discharged into the environment intentionally or accidentally and cause widespread pollution. They may gradually bio-accumulate in the environment or cause immediate and acute toxicity of humans. Natural or man-made, typhoons, Bhopal chemical disaster or the Avian flu pandemic, the disasters necessitate prevention of the spread of diseases and illnesses as the first priority of the governing authorities. The provision of water supply, basic sanitation services and waste management are essential elements of any disaster management/mitigation programs and special skills/technolo-gies are needed to handle and mitigate the ensu-ing problems.

This course is designed to present students with a background on the concepts and issues asso-ciated with Coastal Community Resilience. It will provide them with an understanding of the tools necessary to assess CCR within a community and then introduce techniques for designing and implementing an effective resiliency enhancement program. The curriculum will also analyze natu-ral and anthropogenic factors influencing Coastal Community Resilience. The focus is on the human dimension of coastal hazards rather than disaster science.

August

January

August

None

None

None

None

None

(DPMM)

87


ProGram


IN84.34

IN84.35

IN84.36

EIA Framework for Disaster Management

Planning and Implementation of

Disaster Emergency Management

Community-Based Disaster Risk Management

UN experts reviewing bitter lessons learned from the last tsunami disaster have noted that one of the major errors of our tackling the event was that the tool of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was not incorporated into the existing Disaster Management Plan. This course deals with the EIA framework providing a platform for all other disaster-related tools. The platform facilitates their application in a holistic way combining specific and strategic is-sues through, e.g., the Rapid and the Strategic Environmental Assessments (REA, SEA).

The course focuses on critical issues and as-sociated post disaster phenomena for analy-sis and planning in meeting emergencies and needs of the affected areas and communities. This will provide scope for working out pre-paredness measures for the future to deal and cope up with the disaster impacts efficiently and effectively. The discussions will confine to most common disasters with higher frequency of occurrence such as flood, drought and cy-clones, etc. The course participants will be trained for undertaking practical works relating to planning and implementation of emergency management using a practicum on identified natural disaster(s).

The CBDRM course provides an opportunity for participants to understand the concepts behind disaster risk reduction, studying past trends in disaster risk and occurrence; looking at current activities implemented by organizations, NGOs and practitioners and; appreciating the impor-tance of community participation in the disaster risk reduction and management process. The course covers aspects as diverse as stakehold-er analysis, vulnerability and resource assess-ment, participatory approaches in CBDRR, risk reduction implementation, advocacy and chal-lenges faced. In addition to the regular class lectures and discussions, a 2-day field visit is included for practical learning.

January

January

None

None

None

(DPMM)

88


ProGram


ED79.07

IN84.9002

Selected Topic: Disaster Management

in Urban Environmental Planning

Disaster Management and Humanitarian

Assistance

Developing countries are experiencing a rise of economic, social and environmental losses due to frequent disasters occurring in urban areas. The frequency and intensity of such disasters are increasing with rapid urbanization, indus-trialization and population growth. Most urban disasters are natural phenomenon intensified by man-made interventions in the environment. This raises the necessity of incorporating the concepts of disaster preparedness, manage-ment and mitigation in urban development and environmental planning. This course is de-signed to provide a broad understanding on the approaches to disaster management in urban areas and, particularly community-based disas-ter management methods.

API: DMHA or the Asia Pacific Initiative on Disaster Management and Humanitarian As-sistance is a hybrid online disaster training course via video conferencing and content on an ecourse management system. This course is offered through a multiple site video telecon-ference system that connects all participating educational institutions with students on their respective campuses. The video teleconfer-ence connections are established through Internet protocol and network bridging. More than ten institutions around the globe continue to collaborate and share resources in the plan-ning, organizing and delivering of the course.It has a website that has several sections starting with an introductory seminar cover-ing a broad range of topics related to Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (DMHA). Presentations originate from par-ticipating member institutions, and include contributions from academics, practitioners, government policy makers and international or-ganizations. Additional materials and resources are found in the website, and whenever pos-sible, include live links to source information. API: DMHA has been offered at AIT since the inception of DPMM Program in August 2008. Any member of the AIT Community can be a part of the course without extra tuition fee. Stu-dents get a special certificate after the comple-tion of the course.

August

None

None

(DPMM)

89

Area of Study — Geosystem Exploration & Petroleum Geoengineering

ProGram


CE71.63

CE71.65

CE71.66

CE71.68

This course aims to give a better understanding of the practical side of the oil and gas explo-ration and production (E&P) operations to the students. The course will be a combination of lectures, seminars and field visits to oil and gas companies in the SE Asian countries in order to witness the actual operations. The lectures will consist of different sessions, each of which will take between 2 to 4 weeks, covering petroleum geology and geophysics (G&G), petrophysics, drilling, reservoir management and production technology. The teaching of the course is large-ly carried out by the invited industrial experts from major companies. The course studies the following: practical works of petroleum geology and geophysics, seismic stratigraphy, petro-physics and well logging, petroleum reservoir management, petroleum drilling operation, pe-troleum production technology, project works.

To provide a comprehensive and advanced knowledge on geophysical exploration tech-niques, their applications and limitations in solv-ing various geological, hydrogeological, geo-technical, and environmental problems, with an emphasis on mineral and hydrocarbon explora-tion. The course studies the following: overview on geophysical exploration, applications and limitations; seismic: basic theory, seismic data processing and interpretation; refraction and reflection seismic; 3D seismic; electric: natural and artificial electric methods; electric imag-ing technique; geoelectric forward and inverse analysis; magnetic and gravity: fundamental relationship, field procedures, data reduction, processing and interpretation; well logging: ba-sic well logging types and interpretation; other geophysical exploration methods; exploration project planning and management; advanced geophysical topics.

This course provides fundamental knowledge of properties and behaviors of petroleum reser-voir and hydrocarbons in the reservoir through the following topics: Rock and fluid properties, volumetric calculation, reservoir types and drive mechanisms, material balance, decline curve analysis, fluid flow in porous media, well test-ing, immisicible displacement.

The course provides both basic and advanced knowledge on well logging and formation evaluation, including Quicklook Log, Full and Advanced Interpretation and softcomputing analyses, new types of logging such as FMI and NMR and the special types of formation, e.g., fractured basement reservoir.

Workflow in Oil and Gas Operations

Exploration Geophysics

Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

Well Logging Interpretation

January

January

August

Inter-Semester Period

None

None

None

CE71.70 or as allowed by the instructor.

(GEPG)

90


ProGram


CE71.69

CE71.70

Fundamentals of Geosystem Exploration

Petrophysics

The course is designed in such a way that the staffs from oil and gas company, who need to update the knowledge on well logging and formation evaluation techniques to work in a subsurface team, can attend it as traing course in relatively short period. The course studies the following: review on basics of well logging: logging types, terminology, logging contracts, preparation of a logging program; coring, well mud logging; quicklook log interpetation: basic quality control, identifying the reservoir, identi-fying the fluid and contact, calculating porosity and hydrocarnon saturation, permeability deter-mination; full intepretation: net sand definition, porosity calculation, Archie saturation, perm-ability; advanced interpretation techniques: saturtion/height analysis, shaly sand analysis, carbonate, fractured granite, multi-mineral/statistical models, FMI, NMR, thermal decay neutron interpretation, ANN and Fuzzy logic; production geology and reservoir engineering issues.

The course provides a fundamental under-standing on geological and geophysical tech-niques to explore a geosystem or a part of its that need to be sustainably exploited or devel-oped for economic and industrial growth of so-ciety, especially those are potential of mineral, groundwater and petroleum resources. The course is particularly useful for engineers who would like to further specialize in hydrocarbon exploration and production. The course studies the following: geosystem concept in global and local scale; fundamentals of rocks and miner-als; geological processes; geosystems as tar-gets of geological and geophysical exploration; mineral, groundwater and petroleum resources; elements of structural geology, petroleum geol-ogy and petroleum hydrogeology; geological and geophysical exploration techniques; min-eral exploration; and aspects of hydrocarbon exploration and production (E&P).

Petrophysics is one of the key courses for in-tegrated and advanced studies in geophysical and reservoir engineering. The course is de-signed for geoscientists and reservoir engineers in demand throughout the petroleum industry, especially for those who work in an integrated asset teams. The aim of the course is to provide with the tools and techniques to fully character-ize a geosystem in term of physical properties, in particular for a petroleum reservoir.

August

\

January

None

None

(GEPG)

91


ProGram


CE71.71

CE71.72

Drilling & WellCompletion

Petroleum Production Engineering

The course studies the following: introduction to geology and petrophysics; overview of the physical properties of rocks and different meth-ods to determine and analyze them; density, porosity, permeability, wettability, internal sur-face (fractal geometry), electrical (resistivity, conductivity, dielectric constant, induced polar-ization, magnetic, acoustic or elastic properties (velocities, modules, stress-strain relationship), thermal properties etc.; correlation between petrophysical parameters; well logging tech-niques; near-wellbore environment; invasion profiles and characteristics; darcy’s law; flow to vertical and horizontal wells; formation waters characteristics and resistivity; presentation of petrophysical data; practical work with well log, core and well pressure data; advanced/custom-ized topics in petrophysics.

With the increasing demand and consumption for both oil and natural gas, most of all oil & gas companies accelerate their exploration and production activities in an effort to maintain the production output. Drilling has been one of the forefront core operations. The main objective of this course is to outline the core subjects in drilling and well completion operations to help understand better the well design, risk assess-ment, cost involved and environmental impact. Some local case studies and experiences with advanced drilling technology will be presented. An important part of the course is on petroleum-related rock mechanics to provide the students with a needed background regarding drilling stability and conduction of acoustic logging.

The course studies the following: petroleum-re-lated rock mechanics, elasticity, failure mechan-ics, stresses around boreholes, micromechani-cal models, mechanical properties, stability during drilling, fracturing, reservoir compaction, basic drilling equipment, casing design and ce-mentation, drilling fluids, well completion, risk assessment and management, management of oil spill during operation, directional drilling and local case studies.

This course provides knowledge of petroleum production system with the main focus on sub-surface production (from the reservoir up to the wellhead). The course studies the following: analysis of production system performance, flows in pipes, nodal analysis, artificial lift meth-ods, and production enhancement.

August

January

None

None

(GEPG)

92


ProGram


CE71.12

CE71.13

CE70.23

Rock Mechanics

Advanced Soils Mechanics and

Testings

Project Performance Management

Rock mechanics is a principal subject in geo-logical and geotechnical engineering. It plays a vital role in the exploration and production of oil and other natural resources; mining, construction of civil infrastructures, transporta-tion routes, and water resource facilities, hy-dropower projects; and in the prevention and mitigation of natural hazards particularly land-slides. Knowledge on rock mechanics is es-sential for infrastructure development projects of all countries where there are existence of mountainous terrains. The course studies the following: properties of intact rock, rock mass and discontinuities, index properties and clas-sifications, strength and deformability proper-ties, moisture-sensitive and time-dependent properties of weak rocks and related prob-lems, deformability of rock mass and related problems, groundwater in rock mass, founda-tions on rocks, shear strength along disconti-nuities, rock slope engineering, permeability and rock mechanics for petroleum engineering application.

The soil-engineering field of study involves three categories. The first one deals with the fundamental and advanced principles of the mechanics of soil behavior both under labora-tory and field conditions. The second, deals with applied topics such as foundations and earth structures, excavations and soil im-provement, etc . This course deals with the fundamental and advanced principles of soil behavior as a prerequisite for applied cours-es related to the design of foundations, earth structures, excavations and soil improvement, etc. This course also provides fundamentals and advanced laboratory and field testing of soils. The course studies the following: soil formations and their relevance to engineering properties, mechanical analysis, index prop-erties and soil classifications, effective stress principle for saturated and partially saturated soils, permeability, seepage analysis, stress-history and compressibility of soils, stress distribution in soils, stress-strain behavior and strength characteristics, stress path method and stress-strain theories, laboratory and field testing.

The efficient use of construction resources is essential to effective project management. This course provides knowledge of the mod-ern techniques used for assessing the level of productivity, forecasting optimum levels of productivity and deciding how to reach pro-ductivity goals through strategic management

January

August

August

None

None

None

(GEPG)

93


ProGram


(GEPG)

CE81.81

AT76.01

CE71.9001

The Economics of Oil and Gas

Geographic Information Systems

Decision Analysis and Risk Management for

O&G Industry

actions. The course studies the following: strate-gic management, performance management and measurement, key performance indicators, budget allocation systems, productivity in construction, factors affecting construction productivity, produc-tivity measurement, productivity improvement dur-ing design and construction.

Oil and natural gas combined together contrib-ute more than 50% of the world energy demand. Both oil and natural gas would play a significant role in the global primary energy supply in com-ing decades. Oil and natural gas are particularly important in Asia and the Pacific region both in terms of production and consumption. The main objective of the course is to introduce students to the concepts of economics of oil and natural gas development, production and trading, particularly in the upstream oil and gas industries. The course studies the following: oil and gas market funda-mentals and pricing mechanism, oil and gas pro-duction and development economics, oil and gas exploration economics and decision analysis.

This course introduces principles, concepts and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a decision support tool for planners and managers of spatial information. Database devel-opment, manipulation and spatial analysis tech-niques for information generation will be taught. Students will have the scope of using GIS for ap-plications in their related fields such as natural resource management, environment, civil engi-neering, agriculture, information system, etc will be discussed through miniproject and laboratory exercises. The course studies the following: map-ping concept, data structure, data management techniques, data acquisition, global positioning system interface, data manipulation and analysis, map output generation.

This is a customized course for the PME-GEPG program in HCM City. The international oil and gas industry is one of the most important, highly capital-intensive and risky industries at global, re-gional, and local levels. Therefore, it is very crucial to carry out prudent economic evaluations of any capital investment’s commitment before resourc-es are committed. This requires a through under-standing of the techniques available and their ap-plication by all those involved in decision-making. Furthermore, Joint venture is now becoming the primary form of business organization in the oil and gas industry. Professionals need to know the risks involved in such business organizations, how to properly manage the risks.

August

August

August

None

None

None

94


ProGram


CE71.9004

CE81.9018

Petroleum Geochemistry

Advanced Drilling Project Management and Offshore Safety

Course

Petroleum geochemistry evolved rapidly in the period 1970-2000 and is now a mature dis-cipline widely used in many aspects of petro-leum exploration. If one thinks of the petroleum system, petroleum geochemistry plays a role in characterizing the source rocks, evaluating thermal history of the source rocks and whether they have matured enough to generate oil or gas, monitoring migration pathways and play-ing a significant role in reservoir characteriza-tion.

The main objective of this course is to guide OTM students to have a better understanding in the Oil & Gas Offshore Core Operations. The course will outline the up-to-date technology uti-lized in Today’s Drilling Operations, such as the use of MWD and LWD, The Application of Un-derbalanced Drilling. In addition, it is extremely important for the students to have a thorough understanding on the Safety Aspects, particu-larly related to offshore working environment. The course will also introduce the concept of Project Management so that the students will have a better understanding on working as a team as well as principle on how to manage the works/projects, which is imperative for their future work. The course studies the following: basic directional drilling techniques, the use of MWD/LWD, new drilling Technology, well cost and planning, the concept of project manage-ment and the fundamental of offshore safety with local and international case studies.

January

January

None

CE81.9015 Drilling and

Well Completion Operations

(GEPG)

95

Field of Study — Information & Communications Technologies (ICT)

ProGram

Code Description Rationale Semester Offered Prerequisite

AT80.01

AT80.02

Information and Communication

Technology Applications:

Users and Producers

Information and Communication

Technology Applications:

Project Design

The course aims to give a broad exposure to issues related to user-centered design and im-plementation of services and products related to various information and communication tech-nologies. The focus is in the application areas of education, healthcare, governance and rural development.

Most ICT applications are developed in proj-ects for which a number of innovative ideas have to be created and critical decisions need to take place. This course provides a practical approach to the project design process for ICT applications. The focus is on the use of creative idea generation and problem solving methods, and assessment of appropriate ICT design methods. These issues will be demonstrated through a relevant ICT-application design pro-ject implemented by the students, and resulting in a project design document.

August

January

None

Information and Communica-tion Technology Applications: Users and Producers

96

Field of Study — Offshore Technology and Management (OTM)

ProGram


CE72.11

CE72.21

CE81.71

Computer Methods of Structural Analysis

Structural Dynamics

Introduction to Offshore Structural Engineering

This course offers fundamental principles of mod-ern structural analysis as a common platform for all applications in structural engineering. The course aims to equip structural engineers with methodologies in line with the fast development of computing technology. This course investigates structural modeling concept; static and kinematic requirements for a structural system; deformation of one-dimensional structural members under bending, axial and shear actions, and due to tem-perature changes; discrete modeling of structural systems; matrix force and matrix displacement methods; direct stiffness method; introduction to numerical methods and solution techniques ap-propriate to discrete structural systems; conden-sation and substructuring techniques for large-scale structural systems.

As modern structures are becoming more slender and light, they are also becoming more suscep-tible to dynamic loadings. Examples of real-life dynamic problems that frequently confront civil engineers include: aerodynamic stability of long-span bridges, earthquake response of multi-story buildings, impact of moving vehicles on highway structures, etc. The traditional engineering solu-tions to these problems, based on “static force” and “static response”, are no longer valid in most cases. Many of these problems have to be tack-led by applying knowledge of structural dynam-ics. Thus, a basic understanding of the dynamic behavior of structures as well as the underlying principles is essential for structural engineers. This course investigates dynamics of simple structures (single-degree-of-freedom systems); multi-degree-of-freedom structures; continuous structures; earthquake response; random vibra-tions; control of dynamic response.

The objectives are to introduce subjects of off-shore structural engineering and to consider the factors, which influence the design of offshore structures. A broad approach is introduced initially to provide a background to field development, ge-ology and drilling technology. Later, more specific subject matter is introduced to explain the ocean environment and its influence upon structural re-sponse. The remaining part of the course deals with structural issues such as static and dynamic behaviour, materials, fatigue, and corrosion. The course investigates introduction and overview of field development; The geological background; The ocean environment; Fluid, current, wind, and earthquake loading; The response of various types of offshore structure; Structural mechanics; Static and dynamic analysis; Sea-bed geotechnics; Fatigue and corrosion; Materials of construction; Codes of Practice and design recommendations.

August

August

August

None

None

None

97


ProGram


CE81.74

CE81.9012

CE81.72

CE81.73

CE81.9006

Design of Fixed Off-shore Structures

Structural Safety and Reliability of Fixed

Offshore

Dynamics of Offshore Structures

Fabrication and Marine Operation Engineering

Advanced Steel Materials & Design for Offshore Steel

Platforms

The main objective is to provide an analysis and design procedure for a complex structure, which is easy to use. Also, the procedure will provide an insight into the behaviour of off-shore jackets so that the preliminary design of a jacket for a drilling platform, production sta-tion, etc, can be carried out conveniently. The course investigates introduction; Design criteria for environmental conditions; Platform shapes and weights; Wave forces; Member design; Joint design; Foundation piles; Load-out, trans-portation, installation; Conductors, risers and J-tubes; Corrosion and cathodic protection; The safety case; De-commissioning and abandon-ment.

The uncertainties on design parameters, en-vironmental loadings, material strength, soil properties, etc. provoke by climate changes that used for structural assessment have be-come the recent issues for verification of ‘fitness for purpose’ of fixed offshore platforms around the world. The course investigates probability theory and statistics, structural safety, reliability system, safety index, Limit State function, reli-ability methods, Goodness-of-fit tests, Monte-Carlo simulation, etc.

Offshore structures always undergo dynamic environment during their service life time. This course provides theoretical aspect of dynam-ics of offshore structures, focused more for steel jacket platforms. The course investigates frequency of platform, random environmental forces, pile-soil model, modal analysis

This course is focused on theoretical and practi-cal aspects of fabrication and marine installation of steel jacket platforms that required by fabri-cation engineers and offshore field engineers. The course investigates yard, lifting, load-out, sea-transportation and offshore installation

The above course will be available in August semester. The material to be presented will be slightly different as to be updated every se-mester to include the latest information. This course is focused on theoretical elastic design and practical aspects of steel jacket template platforms. The course investigates metallurgy, manufacture, fabrication, tubular, shapes and line pipes, welding, mechanical properties, steel section design, steel connections, plate girder.

August

August

January

January

January

None

None

CE81.71, CE81.74,

CE72.11 and CE72.21

CE81.71 and CE81.74

CE81.74

98


ProGram


CE81.9011

CE81.81

CE81.9008

Subsea Technology

The Economics of Oil and Gas Projects

Economic Risk and Decision Analysis for

the Oil and GasIndustry

January

August

January

None

None

None

This course will emphasize on design of subsea pipeline and associated structures according to international design codes such as DNV, ABS, API and NORSOK. In addition, students will be introduced to advanced subsea components design including stinger design, flexible riser design. The course investigates subsea pipe-line, subsea structures, pipelay analysis, risers, and umbilical.

Oil and natural gas combined together contrib-ute more than 50% of the world energy demand. Both oil and natural gas would play a significant role in the global primary energy supply in com-ing decades. Oil and natural gas are particularly important in Asia and the Pacific region both in terms of production and consumption. The main objective of the course is to introduce students to the concepts of economics of oil and natural gas development, production and trading, par-ticularly in the upstream oil and gas industries. The course investigates oil and gas market fun-damentals and pricing mechanism; oil and gas production and development economics.

The international oil and gas industry is one of the most important, highly capital-intensive and risky industries at global, regional, and lo-cal levels. Therefore, it is very crucial to carry out prudent economic evaluations of any capital investment’s commitment before resources are committed. This requires a through understand-ing of the techniques available and their appli-cation by all those involved in decision-making. The main objective of the course is to introduce students to the science of decision making and risk theory. Focus on the application of decision analysis, utility theory and real option valuations to the analysis of strategic decision problems characterized by risk, uncertainty and manage-ment flexibility. The course investigates oil and gas project evaluations under risk and uncer-tainty; decision analysis; real options valuation.

99


ProGram


CE81.9020

CE81.9021

CE81.9016

Project and Contract Management for Oil

and Gas Exploration & Production and

Construction

Special Topics in Offshore HSE and

Project Management

Asset Integrity Management for Oil

and Gas Industry

January

January

January

None

None

This course provides comprehensive framework for different types of Oil and Gas Exploration & Production and Construction projects and con-tracts. It is aimed to use academic know ledges, international practices and case studies as main tools to improve students and professionals’ ca-pability building in project and contract manage-ment for Oil and Gas Exploration & Production and Construction projects. This course covers project management and contract management aspects including contract interpretation, quality and HSE management, interface management, cost control and planning, document control, in-formation technology, commercial and finance, liability, and risks management for Oil and Gas Exploration & Production and Construction proj-ects.

The objectives of this course is to introduce the Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) As-pects, particularly related to offshore working environment, so that the students are aware with the involved hazardous and risk. The course also introduces the Concept in Project Management and Risk Management in order for the students to have a better understanding on working as a team as well as principle on how to manage the works/projects, which is imperative for their future work. The course investigates fundamental of heath safety and environmental concepts essential for offshore operations, the concept of project management, project cost analysis, control and planning, with local and international case studies.

This course provides a comprehensive frame-work of major aspects of asset management, system reliability, and risk management in off-shore oil and gas exploration and production assets. The course introduces the process to develop and implement management strate-gies for both singular and a portfolio of oil and gas facilities. Developing asset management strategies requires defining “asset” and deter-mining its condition and monetary value through quantitative integrity and condition assessment, from which decisions can be made on how to best allocate human and financial resources to preserve or increase an asset’s (or portfolio of assets’) value. Course content also includes the formulation of procedures for ensuring adequate safety and performance at the com-ponent and system levels, and introduction to international practice and case studies of asset management in oil and gas E&P facilities.

100

Agricultural Systems & Engineering

102

Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management

118

Energy

140

EnvironmentalEngineering andManagement

148

Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology

157

Gender and Development Studies

109

Natural Resource Management

130

School of Environment, Resources & Development

Pulp and Paper Technology

144

Regional and Rural Development Planning

154

Urban Environmental Management

160

Agri-Business Management

168

Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation & Management

178

Climate Change and Sustainable Development

170Greater Mekong Sub-region Development Studies

200

Interdisciplinary Programs 167

Energy and Environment

184

Energy Business Management

192

100

Water Technology and Management

206

101101

Agricultural Systems and Engineering (ASE)

Agricultural Systems

The Agricultural Systems specialization provides a holistic understanding of small hold-er agriculture, the type mostly found in Asia. It provides comprehensive understanding of physical and biological production factors from the perspective of the producers, including how economic and social forces affect farm enterprises. The key focus are on agricultural systems development; land and crop productivity management; soil and water management; crop eco-physiology; crop modeling; agricultural environments; promotion of technology transfer and farming systems. This specialization prepares the graduates for sustainable agricultural development and management.

Agricultural Engineering

Agricultural Engineering specialization places emphasis on the application of engineer-ing principles to agriculture to increase the efficiency fo food production through effec-tive use of inputs and management of natural resources. It provides a broad knowl-edge of farm machines; machinery & equipment design; selection and management; controlled environment agriculture; precision agriculture; terramechanics; soil & water engineering and instrumentation and measurement techniques. It prepares profession-als to develop, adopts and disseminate knowledge and technologies that focus on the engineering and management of biological and agricultural resources.


Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degree in agricultural sciences, agricultural technology, agricultural or mechanical engineering or related fields.

Doctoral Program:

Master’s degree in a relevant field and detailed dissertation research outline must be submitted with the application.

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Program

Field of Study — Agricultural Systems & Engineering (ASE)


ED70.01

ED70.03

ED70.05

ED70.06

Farm Production Engineering

Agricultural System Analysis

Design and Testing of Agricultural Equipment

Agricultural Systems

Agricultural machinery can contribute to reduc-tion of human drudgery, increase in productiv-ity and reduction in peak labor demands. This course provides broad knowledge of the vari-ous farm production activities carried out by dif-ferent agricultural machines and equipment.

Agricultural systems with biological compo-nents interacting with social and economic el-ements are extremely complex in nature. This course is designed to introduce concepts and techniques of systems analysis in an agricul-tural context and to illustrate the value of holis-tic approach through a number of quite different case studies. The manager or the administra-tor of such a system constantly looks forward to those techniques or methods, which him in planning, scheduling and controlling the activi-ties in the system. The course should help stu-dents in identifying rational ways to improve the efficiency of agricultural systems.

This course is essential for practicing design engineers, providing combined theoretical and practical techniques as well as using computer graphic design that can improve the design ef-ficiency and improvement in performance of agricultural equipment through standard testing and evaluation. Students will have their oppor-tunities to use engineering principle, innovation and computer aided design to develop selected machine and tool that appropriated to agricul-tural production in most of Asia.

The course is gives an overview for the Agri-cultural & Aquatic Systems and Engineering Program. It emphasizes holistic systems ap-proach as a pre-requisite for consideration of the contribution of agriculture to sustainable development. It reviews the wide range of farm-ing systems in Asia with an assessment of the constraints to, and the potential for, their expan-sion. It looks at key issues of sustainability and the impact of resource limitations on farmer de-cision making and productivity.

August

January

August

August

None

None

None

None

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Program



ED70.07

ED70.08

ED70.09

ED70.11

Agricultural Environments

Crop Productivity Management

Livestock Production Systems

Farm Management Economics

Increased food production depends on judicious use of the available agro-ecological resources. Therefore, maintenance of vegetation, man-agement of pests, conservation and efficient management of soil, water and nutrients, and plant-residue management are essential com-ponents of appropriate land utilization. The se-lection of suitable crops and cropping systems and their management require knowledge of the climatic, physical and biotic determinants of plant growth, both in terms of their magnitude and quality. This course provides information on short-term and long-term changes of the environment, how they could be modified by land-management practices, and their conse-quences for land productivity.

Crop productivity depends on eco-physiologi-cal conditions and crop management practices, and their interactions. Crops respond differently to soil and climatic conditions. The selection of suitable crops and crop-management prac-tices for given geographical locations is critical for the sustainability of crop productivity. Crop productivity management demands a systems approach. Hence, understanding soil and aerial environments and their variability, performance of crops under such changing conditions while maintaining soil parameters that govern soil productivity are important in the overall man-agement of crop productivity. This course pro-vides students with an understanding of soil productivity, the dynamics of soil processes and their relevance for biomass production of crops.

The course offers a broad knowledge on live-stock production systems which is a compo-nent of small hold farming systems. The course develops an appreciation of livestock produc-tion systems and appreciation of livestock production systems in tropical countries, their classification, purposes, key components and processes and opportunities for improvement.

To provide a framework for better understand-ing the operation and management of farming system by the subsistence and semi-subsis-tence farm household in the Asian region by (i) incorporation of the use of tools of farm man-agement analysis in solving local problems, (ii) demonstration of the relationship of farm man-agement research to policy formulation and its impact on farmers income; and, (iii) develop-ment of the students awareness of farm prob-lems in different countries.

August

August

August

August

None

None

None

None

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Program



ED70.12

ED70.13

ED70.14

ED70.15

ED70.16

Precision Agriculture

Agricultural SoilMechanics

Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques

Aquacutural Engineering

Controlled Environment Agriculture

Precision agriculture is a new concept in pro-duction. The course aims to educate students to deal with the comprehensive approach to crop production planning and implementation. It deals with three key elements: information and advanced agricultural technologies, and management.

Knowledge of soil-water interactions is neces-sary to understand the crop water response to inputs. Similarly, to design the mechanisms or systems and tools used in for off-road con-ditions and in soils knowledge of tillage and traction theories is essential. This course is de-signed to upgrade students with related theo-ries and practices.

There is no substitute for careful experimenta-tion as well as analyses techniques interpret-ing experimental data in many areas of basic research and applied product development. It is mandatory to use reliable instruments and to follow standard procedures to obtain accurate results in experimental research. This course is designed to give students a sufficient back-ground of analytical and experimental consid-erations of various instruments and how to use them for the measurement of various param-eters some of which they might come across in their thesis research and further professional activities.

Modern aquaculture is a multi-disciplinary ac-tivity. It requires a basic knowledge of not only relevant sciences but also of engineering prin-ciples associated with design, operation, and management of aquacultural systems. This course is intended for students with or without engineering background. Necessary engineer-ing principles and biological/chemical aspects of aquaculture are introduced at the beginning of the course followed by engineering design of aquacultural structures and equipment. The laboratory sessions involve the actual design activities giving students a hands-on experi-ence of the material learned in the course.

Intensive agricultural production in controlled environment is becoming popular to overcome limitations of agricultural land and vagaries of nature, especially for the production of high value crops. The objective of the course is to provide understanding of the factors involved in greenhouse and nursery production of high value crops and plants.

January

January

January

InterSem

August

None

None

None

None

None

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Program



ED70.17

ED70.18

ED70.19

ED70.21

Crop Eco-physiology and Modeling

Integrated Pest Management

Land Husbandry

Agricultural Sector and Policy Analysis

Crop responses to physical, biotic and man-agement parameters determine the magnitude and quality of yield. Physiological parameters determine the net assimilation in a crop system. Knowledge of physical, biotic and management parameters and their interactions will help en-sure optimal productivity of cropping systems. Computer simulation models of the soil/crop/at-mosphere system help understand the process-es determining crop responses to changes in system components, predict crop performance under different location-specific conditions, and guide management decisions.

Integrated pest management (IPM) has become the conceptual basis for small- and large-scale plant protection programs, throughout Asia. This course emphasizes the ecological basis of pest management, the techniques and experi-ences involved and place them in context with socio-economic aspects. Therefore, this course will be offered to provide guidance on how to approach pest management in its entirety and how to practically handle a case using a learn-ing cycle approach, experimentation based on science.

Appropriate land management and the conser-vation of land resources are of high priority in sustainability-focused agricultural development. Land husbandry expands on traditional con-cepts of soil conservation. Soil-quality, produc-tivity and conservation issues are addressed as integrated systems of land-resource manage-ment. Based on generic principles, characteris-tics of local agro-ecosystems and local technol-ogy, concepts for location-specific conservation systems are developed. For sustainable agri-cultural land use, it is essential that these con-cepts also encompass the socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of land management.

To develop an understanding of the role of agriculture sector on economic growth and its policy impact on food security, income distribu-tion and environmental improvement which are essential for sustainable development.

January

January

January

August

Undergraduate courses provid-ing a basic understanding of soil, crop, and atmospheric systems, biology, ecology, and ba-sic mathematic and computer skills.

None

None

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Program



ED70.22

ED70.23

Advanced Agricultural Experimentation

Human Factors Engineering

Agricultural environments are very diverse and heterogeneous. The design and analysis of agricultural experiments must be capable to capture and address these conditions in a sci-entifically appropriate way. The prior knowledge in selecting the right design, planning and con-duct of agricultural experiments and data han-dling and analysis are essential for successful agricultural research. This course provides students of agricultural systems and related disciplines with advanced theories, approach-es and methodologies for designing, conduct, data analysis and interpretations of agricultural experiments.

Human muscle energy is prerequisite for culti-vation task. In developing countries it is unlikely that muscle power will be displaced signifi-cantly by mechanical power sources within the foreseeable future. It is important to know how human factors affect the work performance. The application of ergonomics in the design of farm equipment and work practices will reduce wastage of valuable human energy. Ergonomic studies are necessary to make a rational use of human capabilities and an optimum adaptation of the work situation to these capabilities.

January

January

Instructor’s consent

None

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Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM)

The Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) is a field of study es-tablished in 1981 within AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD). It is committed to improving regional institutional capacity in aquaculture, aquatic resources management, and integrated coastal management, through innova-tive approaches that integrate education, research and outreach. AARM has graduated more than 500 masters and PhD students from 35 countries and these alumni are now occupying important and influential positions in their countries and in international orga-nizations. Currently, AARM has 8 faculty members from the US, UK, Sri Lanka, Philip-pines, India, Nepal, Germany and France. It has collaboration and linkages with many universities and organizations all over the world.


1. Aquaculture Technology (AT)2. Aquatic Resources Management (ARM)3. Integrated Coastal Management (ICM, an interdisciplinary program)

Certificate and Degree Programs• Postgraduate Certificate program (9-12 credits, 1 semester)• Postgraduate Diploma program (26 credits, 2 semesters)• International Master in Aquaculture Business Management (33 credits, 2 se-

mester and 1 intersem), at AIT Vietnam n collaboration with the School of Man-agement (SOM)

• Regular masters program (48 credits, 4 semesters)• Doctoral program (84 credits, 6 semesters)

The first two semesters in the regular masters and doctoral programs are devoted for coursework. Thesis and dissertation research are conducted after the first year.

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The minimum requirement for admission to the Master’s degree is a four-year Bache-lor’s degree in Aquaculture, Fisheries, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Biology, Environ-mental Science, Social Sciences or related fields. Candidates for the Doctoral program should hold a Master’s degree or its equivalent from an institution of good standing.

Internship

AARM has access to national government agencies, international non-government or-ganizations and private aquaculture farms in Thailand and other countries. Internship is arranged for AARM students as well as students from universities abroad who would like to gain real work experience in these organizations.

Research

AARM’s cross-cutting research themes include:

• Small-scale aquaculture• Seed production and genetics• Aquaculture nutrition and feed technology/ management• Participatory approaches to aquatic resources management for sustainable

livelihoods• Integrated coastal management• Regional education development

AARM encourages students to select research topics relevant to their own careers and conduct research in their own countries. They are taught to identify real world problems related to aquatic resources and to use participatory problem solving approaches to develop practical solutions that can be implemented at local level. Students undertaking their thesis research on campus use our extensive field facilities, well-equipped labora-tories and hatcheries.

Outreach

The Wetland Alliance, composed of AIT, WWF, WorldFish Center and Coastal Re-sources Institute (CORIN), works with 30 partner organizations in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam for poverty alleviation, wetlands management, and sustainable local development. Continuing the efforts of AARM’s Outreach Program, the Alliance offers faculty and students opportunities and encourages them to engage in research and educational activities that are of critical relevance for local Alliance partners. Since early 1990s, AARM has been actively working on capacity development of institutions mainly through training of their officials and upgrading their education system especially in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh. More recently, AARM has in-troduced innovative approaches to post-graduate education in aquaculture and aquatic resources management in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal and Vietnam.

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Program

Field of Study — Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management


ED71.01

ED71.04

ED71.06

Analytical Techniques in Aquaculture

Aquatic Seed Production

Principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management

This course is essential to aquaculture research-ers to learn laboratory methods for analyzing physical and chemical properties of soil and water, metrological and biological parameters. The course also covers field-sampling method-ologies for collecting quantitative data from the different aquaculture systems and familiarizes students with ways to interpreting them.

One of the primary impediments in aquacul-ture development and fisheries management through stock enhancement is the lack of qual-ity, quantity and year-round availability of seed. Over the last two decades, a great deal of new knowledge has been generated in reproduction of fishes. This new knowledge has been in the areas of physiology and molecular endocrinol-ogy. A clear understanding of reproductive bi-ology (morphology and physiology) is critical to controlling reproduction. Broodstock and hatchery management skills are also essen-tial to produce high quality seed on demand. Controlled reproduction of aquatic species has implications to both, aquaculture and fisher-ies management. Early part of this course at-tempts to explore and review the most current knowledge in fish reproduction biology through lecture and discussion. The latter part of the course endeavors to provide skills necessary for hatchery managers through practicum and discussion.

As the interface between land and the oceans, coastal zones play an increasingly important role in sustainable development. Human eco-nomic endeavors intensify the complex relation-ships between the earths marine and terrestrial environments and people. The importance and special nature of coastal areas require carefully designed management systems that ensure their responsible and sustainable develop-ment. This course emphasizes a combination of thorough planning and research, the need for reliable information and statistics, strong implementation mechanisms, clear and reliable channels of communication, and cooperation among planning institutions as the basis for good coastal governance and development.

January

August

August

Basic biology and chemistry

None

(AARM)

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Program



ED71.09

ED71.24

ED71.25

ED71.26

Coastal and Inland Fisheries Management

Tools for Integrated Coastal

Management

Aquaculture and Aquatic Resource

Systems

Coastal and Inland Aquaculture

January

January

August

August

None

ED71.06 Principles

of Integrated Coastal

Management

None

None

(AARM)

Fisheries resources have been threatened by an increasing number of fishers along with adoption of modern fishing technologies. This has resulted in depletion of fish stocks, habi-tat degradation, conflicts between small scale and industrial fishers and between local and non-local fishers. As most fisheries problems are complex and contain human as well as biological dimensions, an integrated manage-ment approach is of utmost importance for the sustainability of world fisheries resources. This course provides the students with an interdisci-plinary and integrated perspective on fisheries resources management.

Coastal managers should be familiar with different planning and management approach-es and tools. This course introduces effective planning and management tools and trains stu-dent to use those tools for coastal management using integrated problem-solving approaches. The course also guide students how to develop management framework for sustainable deve-lopment in the coastal areas.

The course is intended as an overview for Aquaculture & Aquatic Systems Management Field of Study. It emphasizes a holistic systems approach as a pre-requisite for consideration of the contribution of aquaculture and aquatic resource systems to sustainable development. It reviews the wide range of aquatic resource systems in Asia with an assessment of the con-straints to, and the potential for their expansion. It looks at key issues of sustainability and the impact of resource limitations on farmer deci-sion making and productivity.

This course presents an overview of the wide range of coastal and inland aquaculture farm-ing systems in Asia with an assessment of the constraints to, and the potential for their expan-sion. A grasp of the variety of these systems, and a holistic understanding of their technical characteristics and environmental effects is very important for any aquaculture specialist, whether they be teacher, researcher, develop-ment specialist or practitioner. The course em-phasizes why, as well as how to culture marine and freshwater organisms and avoid adverse environmental effects. Field trips to coastal and inland aquaculture farms will provide the stu-dents the opportunity to learn about the actual operation and management of different aqua-culture systems, in terms of technical, environ-mental, social and economic aspects.

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Program



ED71.27

ED71.28

ED71.29

ED71.30

Aquaculture Engineering and Water Quality Management

Aquaculture Planning and Management

Genetics and Biotechnology in

Aquaculture

Aquatic Ecosystem Assessment and

Management

Understanding basic knowledge of engineer-ing principles and water quality parameters is a fundamental requirement for design, operation and management of modern aquaculture sys-tems. This course contains materials relevant for students who are interested in pursuing aqua cultural engineering and water quality manage-ment with aquaculture technology as their study stream.

Aquaculture has brought significant benefits to national economies and employment oppor-tunities to many people throughout the world. However, planning of aquaculture development is not widely practiced. National aquaculture de-velopment plans, if any, are usually prepared by a government agency with little inputs from other stakeholders. Proper planning and management is necessary because aquaculture is vulnerable to pollution caused by other resource users and if poorly designed or managed, aquaculture may also cause pollution or the spread of disease, and conflicts with other resource users. Students need to think through the process of planning for sustainable aquaculture development, and be equipped with appropriate tools for planning and management.

Application of genetics in fish is still in its infancy and many cultured stocks are little different from or inferior to their wild caught relatives. Domes-tication and brood stock management impact on the genetic status of stocks and ignorance of genetic principles leads to negative impacts such as inbreeding and unintentional selection. Advances are now being make in the applica-tion of genetics including genetic improvement programs. There is also now a realization of the need to understand the value and structure of natural genetic diversity to effectively manage fishery stocks. This course provides a ground-ing in the basic principles of genetics as applied to the effective and sustainable management of cultured and wild fish stocks.

Understanding aquatic ecosystems is a funda-mental requirement for management of aquatic resources. Given the increasing demands on aquatic resources, impact assessment is nec-essary for sustainable use of aquatic and other natural resources. This course provides basic knowledge of ecological process of aquatic eco-systems and the tools necessary to assess the impacts on ecosystem health. A case study for each type of ecosystem will be undertaken.

January

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

(AARM)

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Program



ED71.31

ED71.32

ED71.33

Tools for Aquatic Resource and Environmental Assessment

Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation

Geoinformatics for Resources Planning

and Management

The increasing demand and stresses on aquatic resources and ecosystems that are caused by development, population growth and global cli-mate change increase the need for evidence-based decision making and formulation of de-velopment policies. Resource and environmental assessment are important tools for the promo-tion of sustainable development and ensuring the responsible use of aquatic and other natural resources. Sustainable development can only be achieved through bringing together techni-cal, economic, social, environmental, and local expertise and knowledge, and applying them comprehensively to the development process. Increasing complexities of development and growing public inquiry about the consequenc-es of resource use and env i ronmenta l change, pose new and demanding challenges on generating, analyzing and sharing scientific information about aquatic resources and ecosys-tems with a wider audience. This course provides some of the basic tools necessary to both assess aquatic resources and environment as well as translating scientific information into action for sustainable development.

The purpose of the course is to provide the stu-dents with an understanding of the importance of biological diversity, the causes of biodiversity loss and threats. More importantly, this course of-fers a set of tools to conserve species, population and biological communities, and approaches to sustainable development of aquatic resources.

Geoinformatics including Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) is widely use in evalu-ation of earth resources, use as a cost effective and timely information acquisition method and as a tool in planning and management of these resources for sustainable development. Geoin-formatics offers the best approach to collect in-formation, integrate, comprehensive analyze and recognize potential scenarios in studying complex situation arises due to high competition for limited resources due to increasing demand by global population. Remote sensing has become op-erational information extraction system providing timely and affordable data. GPS is a widely used tool to help with all variety of problems related to location. GIS provides a platform to integrate spatial and non-spatial data pertaining to land and flexibility in studying spatially dependent phenom-ena efficiently. This course offers students to ac-quire the fundamental knowledge in Geoinformat-ics and provide necessary practical knowledge to use them in resource planning & management through laboratory/field/discussion classes.

January

August

August

None

None

None

(AARM)

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Program



ED71.34

ED71.35

ED71.36

Statistical Applications in Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources

Management

Seminar on Recent Developments

in AARM

Aquaculture Nutrition and Feed Technology

January

August

August

None

None

None

Research issues in aquatic resources manage-ment are diverse and the research investigations range from conducting aquaculture experiments to studying complex socio- environmental interac-tions. The research designs, which take either (or both) scientific method and systems approach, should be capable to capture and elucidate these complex interactions. Thus, a thorough knowl-edge on both experimental and survey designs and methods of acquiring, analyzing and inter-preting both qualitative and quantitative data to find solutions to research problems is necessary. The students should have both knowledge and practical competence in the use of relevant ana-lytical tools for their specific fields. This course, thus, covers selected analytical techniques and demonstrates their applications in aquaculture and aquatic resources management. The course stresses on the relationships between research objectives and research design and the use of appropriate analytical tools and computational methods.

Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Manage-ment (AARM) is a broad Field of Study. Due to the rapid technological development it is very difficult to keep up with information on current advanc-es and burning issues in the field in the region as well as around the world. Within the Field of Study, we are often unaware of what efforts have been made or are under-way in contribution to the development of the field. Therefore, this seminar or case study course has been designed to fa-cilitate information sharing and regular dialogue among students, staff, faculty as well as visiting experts. The course provides a good opportunity especially to the students of becoming familiar with a wide range of recent research and devel-opments in the fields of aquaculture and fisheries in the region and the world.

Feed cost comprises over 50% of total operation cost of the most fish and shellfish farming enter-prises. Reducing the cost of feed provides more opportunity for diminishing production cost than any other expenses. Since a reduction in feed cost depend primarily on the efficient feeding practices, a thorough understanding of the nutri-ent requirements of fish/shrimp, nutrient sources and feed management practices is necessary for developing profitable on-farm production plans. This course, therefore, provides a thorough knowledge of the applied and fundamental as-pects of fish/shrimp nutrition and fish feed tech-nology.

(AARM)

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Program



ED71.37

ED71.38

ED71.39

ED71.40

Wetlands Ecosystem Management

Aquatic Animal Health Management

Seminar on Recent Developments in

Integrated Coastal Management

Workshop on Integrated Coastal

Management

The purpose of the course is to provide the stu-dent with an introduction to tropical wetlands and their sustainable management. Tropical wetlands, i.e. floodplains, marshes, swamps (mangroves), represent some of the most valu-able environmental assets available to devel-oping countries. The course is aimed at those who are interested in a general approach to, and guiding principles for, the sustainable man-agement of these particular ecosystems.

As aquaculture husbandry intensifies to in-crease productivity, the problems of disease of cultured organisms arise. The knowledge in preventive and remedial measures is essential to maintain healthy stocks. This course comple-ments other courses in aquaculture curriculum.

Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) is an interdisciplinary and dynamic field of study. Students in this field have to be updated with current developments. A series of seminars will be presented by ICM doctoral and masters students as well as our faculty and invited ex-perts in current issues related to coastal man-agement. This seminar course is designed to expose post-graduate students to a wide range of regional and global research/ development issues in coastal management.

The coastal management challenge of today is not to apply technical fixes to technical prob-lems but rather to create and sustain a dynamic process of governance. For the successful coastal manager, an understanding of the policy cycle and learning the skills (technical, social, management, organization, communi-cation) are necessary. The course provides stu-dents with practical skills to design, implement and learn from integrated coastal management (ICM) programs and experiences from around the world - with a focus on the Asian Region.

August

August

January

January

None

None

None

Principles of ICM

(AARM)

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Program



ED71.41

ED71.42

ED71.43

ED71.9010

Internship in AARM and ICM

Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Thesis Research Workshop

Selected Topic: Aquaculture Business Management: Issues

and Tools

Rapid technological advancement and increased job competition in Aquaculture, Aquatic Resourc-es Management and Integrated Management de-mand more practical and job-oriented education with hands-on experience. This internship course is designed to provide students an opportunity to be exposed to the real work environment of government agencies, non-government organi-zations, international organizations, universities, research institutions, private companies engaged in aquaculture, aquatic resources management, and integrated coastal management. The intern-ship also aims at providing opportunities for stu-dents to learn the latest developments in the sec-tor and develop associated specific skills, and to identify the real world problems which can be ad-dressed in further research in the selected area.

The purpose of the course is to provide the stu-dents with an introduction to major aspects of the environmental biology in a range of common tropical, coastal and marine ecosystems. The course serves as an important introduction to the ecological aspects of integrated coastal manage-ment (ICM).

The graduates holding Masters degree are ex-pected to have the ability to evaluate problems effectively and propose practical solutions. Prac-titioners must be able to conceptualize programs to acquire quantitative information, to analyze, in-terpret data and draw conclusions and to view the practices of research and writing as inseparable dimensions of one process. As formal courses of experimental and survey designs usually address theoretical concepts of statistics and data analy-ses, students are not well equipped for research project design, planning, management and result presentations. This course fills the gap by provid-ing students with various research planning ap-proaches and proposal development tools as well as providing necessary writing and presentation skills for their thesis research.

Aquatic product trade is one of the most glo-balized sectors among agricultural activities. In many places, competition is high not only on International markets but also on local markets where farmers often have to compete with cheap imported seafood. Moreover, regulatory require-ments are becoming stricter and always more complex. Introducing business management tools in aquaculture production has become a mandatory requirement for ensuring the sustain-ability of the activity, not only to compete on the market but also to add value to products.

InterSem

August

January

August

At least one semester course work completed.

None

None

Basic under-standing of aquaculture and its prac-

tices

(AARM)

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Program



ED71.9012

ED71.9013

Selected Topic: Coastal Project Management

and Evaluation

Selected Topic: Thesis Proposal Writing

Time-bound small projects contribute assist in developing different management options matching with coastal bio-physical conditions; conservation strategies; resilient building; empowerment of coastal communities; socio-economic status of stakeholders; institutional capacity to respond to natural and man-made pressures; and sustainable business develop-ment within Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) framework. Thus, coastal managers should be familiar with different project planning and management approaches. This course in-troduces various tools that assist in develop-ing efficient coastal management projects and guide students to prepare a project proposal. The project is to be implemented in the home country of the students.

Graduate students are expected to write the-sis or dissertation proposals before they can start conducting their research. It is therefore important to provide them with knowledge and skills in selecting a suitable thesis topic, for-mulating research questions, searching and reading scientific papers and other references, writing the introduction, literature review, mate-rials and methods, references, and preparing the research timetable and budget. For each topic, a lecture will be given and examples will be provided for better understanding, and stu-dents are then expected to write each section of the proposal for presentation to the class and for comments and corrections by the instructor. As thesis topics have to be based on proper literature review, students will also be required to collect, read, summarize and present key ref-erence papers.

August

Intersem

ED71.06 Principles of Integrated

Coastal Man-agement; ED 71.24 Tools

for Integrated Coastal Man-

agement

None

(AARM)

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Energy

Since 1979, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been engaged in training energy specialists in response to the regional needs for developing capability, and for efficient development and management of the energy sector. The objective of energy studies at AIT is to train professionals to serve in national and international institutions, research, planning and development departments of energy ministries, energy utilities, energy companies, industries, energy conservation agencies and consulting firms, and educa-tional and research institutions. The focus of energy studies at AIT is on the following areas: energy and the environment; renewable energy and energy efficiency; energy systems (supply and demand) management; energy economics and planning; electric power systems management; and restructuring of energy industries.

The Energy Field of Study at AIT is interdisciplinary in nature, encompassing technol-ogy, planning and management aspects to address the current and emerging needs of the energy sector. Students can specialize in three areas: Electric Power System Management (EPSM); Energy Economics and Planning (EEP); and Energy Technology (ET).


1. Electric Power System Management2. Energy Economics and Planning3. Energy Technology



The preferred fields of undergraduate study for candidates seeking admission to the Master’s and Diploma programs are: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, Physics, Economics and Management and Public Administration (with relevant Energy background).


Applicants to the Doctoral program should have a Master’s degree in energy-related field with a good academic performance.

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Program

Field of Study — Energy


ED72.01

ED72.02

ED72.03

ED72.04

ED72.05

Energy Resources and Technologies

Energy Audit and Thermal Energy

Conservation

Rational Use of Energy in Industry

Organization and Finance of a Power

Utility

Demand-Side Management

Considering that energy is a critical need of the society, it is important that energy graduates should have an understanding of: i) the reserve position of fossil energy resources in quantita-tive terms as well as in terms of its lifetime, ii) the importance of renewable energy and its availability, iii) the working principles of different renewable energy technologies, and (iv) appli-cations of energy technologies in the economic sectors.

Efficient use of energy is one of the most at-tractive means to address the growing demand for fossil fuel utilization and the associated en-vironmental problems. This course presents energy auditing methodology and techniques for thermal energy management in different en-ergy systems.

As an important input to the industrial growth, energy provides considerable scope for its management through both technical and non-technical means. This course presents an ap-proach that introduces economic energy utiliza-tion in industrial enterprises for producing the required goods and services efficiently while taking into consideration financial, environmen-tal, social and other constraints. At the same time, conflicts that may arise due to the differ-ences in macro and micro perspectives related to energy use are dealt with to find acceptable solutions.

Efficient organization and well-managed fi-nance are essential for a successful electric utility. This course is intended to give an over-view of the organization and management of power utilities. It is designed to introduce n e w concepts and technologies in utilities operation, particularly on management decision making.

An emerging trend in reducing cost and optimiz-ing resource use in an electric utility is to pro-mote efficiency of electricity use and to encourage customers to shift away from the system load peak while filling the system load valley. Concurrently there is a global develop-ment of the electric utility service towards de-regulation. This course is intended to introduce concepts and practices in management of cus-tomer demand, and evaluation methodology of program success. It examines the method-ologies for assessing the impact of energy ef-ficiency and load management technologies on the utility’s load shape. It would also examine the development of deregulation in the electric utility service and the emergence of integrated energy services in the industry.

August

August

August

August

August

None


None

None

None

119

Program



ED72.06

ED72.07

ED72.08

Design and Management of Energy

Systems

Power System Design and Operation

Power Distribution Systems

There is a trend of energy facilities being out-sourced by industry and building owners so that they can focus on their main areas of busi-nesses. Professionals required to handle these energy facilities should have adequate skills to provide reliable energy services at competitive costs. A good understanding of the fundamen-tal thermodynamic and engineering concepts, and techno-economic optimization techniques are essential for efficient designing and opera-tion of such facilities. This course is intended to bridge thermal technology with systems en-gineering, and is application oriented. A review of the fundamental concepts of energy and en-ergy analysis of thermal processes is first dem-onstrated and then the students are exposed to the mathematical tools for characterization of the performance of energy equipments and optimization tools. Energy recovery by pinch technology will be discussed. Management of energy systems is also an important aspect to provide trouble free service to the industry.

Power system networks are experiencing rapid growth in their size requiring increased interconnections between different utili-ties, especially in the developing countries. For coordinated operation of these systems, computer based dispatch centers are being set up which perform various energy man-agement system (EMS) functions. The op-eration of interconnected systems also require formulating proper design criteria for setting up of new generating plants, EHV transmis-sion networks and grid. Further, recent design practices must be adopted in selection of vari-ous associated equipments. This course is in-tended to expose the students to some of the design and operation practices being adopted in the modern power system networks.

Distribution System is an important portion of power systems due to its high investment and its direct effect on customer. This course is intended to give an overview of the charac-teristics of distribution systems, power quality requirements, and protection measures. The planning and design considerations are also introduced.

August

August

August

None

None

None


120

Program



ED72.09

ED72.10

ED72.11

ED72.12

DC and Flexible AC Transmission

Computer Aided Power System Analysis

Rural Electrification and Distributed

Generation

Energy Statistics and Energy Demand

Forecasting

Developing countries are often facing prob-lems in coping up with ever increasing load demands, because of lack of investments in building new generation and transmission facili-ties. This is where the flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) controllers come in to effect. FACTS controllers are products of FACTS tech-nology; a group of power electronics controllers expected to revolutionize the power transmis-sion and distribution system in many ways. FACTS controllers can increase the loadability or distance to voltage collapse of power sys-tem, so that additional loads can be added in the system without addition of new transmis-sion and generating facilities.

To pursue in-depth study leading to a career in electric utility or related organizations, it is essential to understand the tools for analysis and the phenomena in electric power systems. This course is intended to introduce students to advanced analytical tools for analysis of power systems under normal and disturbed condi-tions. The course aims at computer modeling power systems, mathematical techniques de-velopment and use of application software for system studies.

Rural electrification, which is requires huge investment, is an important concern in Asian electric power utilities. Distributed generation is one new option being promoted to solve rural electrification problems along with the some other problems of urban distribution systems. The issues such as system capacity investments, grid expansions, etc. also benefit through distributed generation. This course is intended to provide the knowledge on the im-portance and benefit of rural electrification, availability of resources, distributed generation technologies, technical and financial feasibility of applying distributed generation to rural and urban areas. Comprehensive knowledge of the overall en-ergy system, which covers both commercial and traditional energy sources, from primary production to transformation and end-uses is indispensable for energy planners/economists. Similarly, energy demand analysis and fore-casting constitute basic elements of energy planning and policy formulation. The course aims at providing training on energy accounting frameworks, equipping students with statistical data analysis skills and providing an in-depth understanding of the energy demand analysis and forecasting methodologies.

August

August

August

January

None

None

None

None

121

Program



ED72.13

ED72.14

ED72.15

ED72.16

ED72.17

ED72.18

Development and Evaluation of Energy

Projects

Restructuring of Energy Industries

Energy Price Theory and Applications

Efficient Lighting and Daylighting

Energy Management in Buildings

Advanced Technology for Energy

Management in Buildings

Understanding the project cycle is important be-cause of lumpy nature of most energy projects and their wide socio-economic and environ-mental impacts. Its importance has increased in the era of deregulated and privatized energy industries, and in view of global concern about sustainable development of energy projects. The main objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the concepts and methodologies for project identification, project preparation, project evaluation and proj-ect financing.

The traditional approach to industry structure and regulation that contributed to phenomenal growth of network industries has been effective-ly contested in some countries and has gained significant momentum worldwide. Competition, private participation and flexible regulation are the salient features of the new regime. The course would cover rationale behind restructur-ing, alternative mechanisms for restructuring, functioning of restructured entities in new en-vironment, and policy issues related to restruc-turing of energy industries.

Energy pricing is one of the most important poli-cy instruments in energy resource planning and demand management. This course is designed to expose the students to the foundations of price theory and their applications to energy pricing and policy analysis.

To introduce new concepts and technologies in lighting which offer substantial energy efficien-cy improvement over existing technology and practice. To examine concept and methods of daylighting, its applications and its impacts on aesthetics and energy use.

To enable essential but practical understand-ing of the energy processes in buildings. The course covers the external and internal energy processes in the control of the built environ-ment. It also examines emerging technologies for energy management.

To examine the advanced technologies current-ly being developed for low-energy buildings. The course covers methodological analyses of the energy processes embodied in technolo-gies for energy management in buildings, ap-plicable mainly in hot climate.

January

January

August

January

August

January

None

None

None

None

None

None


122

Program



ED72.19

ED72.20

ED72.21

ED72.22

ED72.23

Biomass Conversion

Workshop on Energy Issues and

Communication

Power System Dynamic and Stability

Power Sector Management Under

Deregulation

Optimization and AI Applications in Power

System

Biomass is one of the most important sources of energy in the developing countries, and pro-vides 14% of the world’s energy. This course deals with the technologies of converting bio-mass into upgraded fuels as well as direct com-bustion.

Students need to be trained in preparing re-ports and in developing presentation skills. This course aims to make students aware of diverse issues in the field of energy that cannot be cov-ered in conventional classroom lectures, and to improve their skill in preparing reports and mak-ing professional presentations.

Present day interconnected power system networks are characterized by their highly non linear dynamical behavior. Stability analysis is carried out at almost all stages of the power system design, operation and control to assess the dynamic response of the system to various types of disturbances and interaction of control-lers. This course is aimed at providing a basic understanding to different types of stability phe-nomena being observed in the power system networks including the analysis methods and the design of control measures required for the improvement of system stability

The organization of the electric sector in the world has been changing dramatically to allow for competition among generators and to create market condition in the sector, seen as neces-sary conditions for increasing the efficiency of electric energy production and distribution, of-fering a lower price, higher quality and secure product. This course is aimed at providing a basic understanding to different types of power system restructuring process of the world with special emphasis to the Asian countries.

Present day power systems have grown large with inter-connections to neighboring systems. The operation modern power systems is a com-plex task. For secure and optimum operation, various functions are carried out through mod-ern Energy Management Systems (EMS).

Decisions are required for various operating strategies such as Preventive Control, Emer-gency Control and Restorative Control. This course is intended to expose students to con-cepts and methodologies in optimization and AI techniques for power system operation. It aims to impart some hands-on-experience in the power system optimization through use of computer tools.

January

January

January

January

January


None


None

None

123

Program



ED72.24

ED72.25

ED72.26

ED72.27

ED72.28

Electricity Economics and Planning

Energy Economic Modeling and Policy

Analysis

Environmental Policy and Management of

Energy Systems

Oil and Natural Gas Economics

Solar Energy

This course is designed to develop an in-depth understanding of key economic and other con-cepts related to electric utility planning and to expose the students to modern approaches of electricity planning, electricity pricing and envi-ronmental implications of alternative power development plans.

Formulation of economically efficient strategies and development plans for energy system re-quires a sound understanding of energy sup-ply and demand options as well as the inter-relationships between the energy sector and the economy. Models of energy and economic systems facilitate such an understanding. The course is designed to expose the students to major energy-economic modeling approaches and their applications to energy technology assessments and energy and environmental policy analysis.

To develop an understanding of policy instru-ments and approaches for environmental man-agement of energy systems.

Oil and Natural gas combined together contrib-ute about 50% of the world energy demand. Both oil and natural gas would play a significant role in the global primary energy supply in com-ing decades. Oil and natural gas are particular-ly important in Asia and the Pacific region both in terms of production and consumption. The main objective of the course is to introduce stu-dents to the concepts of economics of oil and natural gas development, production, transport, distribution, and trading.

The market for solar systems is mature and ex-panding, both in thermal (for heating, cooling and power generation) and in photovoltaic ap-plications (for lighting, water pumping and rural electrification). Concerns regarding the envi-ronmental effects of large scale fossil energy use is expected to the further development of solar energy systems in the future. This course is aimed at providing the students with an un-derstanding of the basic processes in the es-tablished solar energy technology. Specifically, this course will deal with the solar radiation es-timation techniques, the principles of operation, performance analysis and application of solar thermal conversion devices and direct solar electricity converters. Current and future appli-cations of solar thermal and photovoltaics will also be discussed.

August

January

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

Module 1:None

Module 2:Module 1

Module 3:Module 1


124

Program



ED72.29

ED72.30

ED72.31

ED72.37

Solar Design Methods and Applications

Energy, Environment and Climate Change: Issues and Strategies

Electrical Energy Management

Integrated Approach to Energy Auditing

As the market for solar thermal and photovol-taic systems expands in Asia, engineers and scientists need to be able to apply modern techniques for designing efficient and cost ef-fective solar energy based systems. The aim of this course is to present the methods available for the design of solar thermal systems and pho-tovoltaics. The sizing aspects applied to water heating, air heating, drying, cooling and photo-voltaics will be discussed for specific end use applications in both urban and rural communi-ties, as well as for buildings and industry.

This course aims at exposing the students to the problem of climate change (currently a matter of significant global concern) as well as to tech-nological and policy options to mitigate green-house gases (GHG). It is also aimed at equip-ping the students with approaches to carry out assessments of GHG emission mitigation proj-ects and their economic analysis. Furthermore, the course covers the key features of interna-tional conventions on climate change including the clean development mechanism (CDM).

The objectives of the course are to provide a re-view of energy relations in electromagnetic field and electric network, to present the characteris-tics of electrical energy use in major equipment, to provide a foundation for an integrated view of efficiency in electricity use.

Managers of industrial and commercial facilities always seek ways to reduce costs and improve reliability of production or service provision. While materials utilization, manpower cost, pro-duction, quality, energy costs, and waste mini-mization are all subject to regular scrutiny, en-ergy efficiency is typically not considered. This course presents a novel method of integrated approach to energy auditing that seeks to op-timize the overall system employed to ensure production or provision of services using the least amount of energy that can be cost-effec-tively achieved.

January

August

January

August

ED72.21 Solar Energy

None

None

None. Students should possess a science or engineering degree.

125

Program



ED72.9006

ED72.9007

ED72.9009

Selected Topic: Productive Use of

Energy

Selected Topic:Clean Coal and Waste to Energy Technologies

Selected Topic:Wind Energy

Energy is a prerequisite for sustainable develop-ment and poverty alleviation. Productive use of energy is an important aspect in the design and im-plementation of energy projects, especially in rural areas. Focuses on productive use of energy more importantly for renewable energy projects is geared recently in the recognition of the fact that the provi-sion or access to energy is not the end-goal rather is an attempt to make the energy input work directly and economically for rural economic development. The course is designed to give students an under-standing on issues of how to maximize social and economic benefits, and improve economic sustain-ability of rural energy projects through Productive Use of Renewable Energy.

Energy conversion account for a large share of carbon emissions. A reliable, affordable energy re-source, fuel (coal, biomass, petcock etc) and waste will power economic growth, and help us achieve environmental goals at the same time. Therefore, engineers and scientists need to be able to apply modern techniques for designing efficient and cost effective solids fuel based systems. The aim of this course is to present the methods for the design of advance solids fuel conversion systems especially fluidized bed combustion system.

Rising fuel prices driven by growing demand, de-cline in the fossil fuel reserves, and incontrovertible evidences of global warming are all causing seri-ous concerns on energy and environment security around the globe. Unfortunately for a world that is so used to cheap fossil fuels, the reality is too dif-ficult to accept to initiate serious effort at finding alternatives. However the time is running out and experts have been urging for quick and paradigm shift in the way we generate and utilize energy. Un-der this scenario, Wind Energy holds great promise and needs to be harnessed in a far greater scale than it is now. Academic institutions have a very great role to play in this. This course is aimed at providing a basic as well as in depth understanding of Wind Energy. Overview and types of wind energy conversion systems, principles of their operation is included. Wind data analysis and Site matching of wind turbines are very important from the viewpoint of extraction of maximum energy from the wind is given more time. Demonstration & hands on train-ing: Software package on Optimum Site Matching of Wind Turbines.

January

August

August




126

Program



ED72.9010

ED72.9011

ED72.9012

ED72.9014

ED72.9015

Selected Topic: Hydrocabon Engineering

Selected Topic: Distributed Generation

Selected Topic: Electric Power Quality

Selected Topic: Solar Energy

(Module A and B)

Solar Energy (Module A and C)

Oil and natural gas combined together contribute about 50% of the world energy demand. Both oil and natural gas would play a significant role in the global primary energy supply in coming decades. Oil and natural gas are particularly important in Asia and the pacific region both in terms of production and consumption. The main objective of the course is to introduce students to the concepts of explora-tion, drilling, production and refining

Penetration of Distributed Generations (DGs) in power systems is increasing through out the world as economical and environment benefits of DGs are well-understood. Renewable resource based generations, in particular, are more attractive as they do not emit GHG emissions that contribute to global warming and climate change. However, allowing larger number of DGs in power systems could pose a numerous technical challenges. Moreover, if DG installation is planned properly, it could enhance technical performances of distribu-tion system. The course is intended to given an in-depth coverage of various issues that to be re-solved before allowing DGs in large numbers into power systems.

An electric power system is subject to several types of disturbances (imperfections) that may impair the performance and continuity of electrical energy supply of the system. This course aims at introducing power system irregularities often en-countered in an electrical energy system. Empha-sis will be placed on some important phenomena such as power factor enhancement, harmonics, voltage sags and three-phase voltage unbalance.

Sun earth relationships, solar radiation and its measurement, solar radiation climatology; ther-mal processes in solar and flat-plate collectors; concentrating collectors; applications of solar thermal energy; photoelectric effect in semicon-ductor p-n junctions, solar photovoltaic compo-nents and systems, applications of photovoltaic solar energy; storage systems for solar energy (thermal and photovoltaic); recent advances in solar energy applications.


January

InterSem

August

January

January

None

Students with electrical en-

gineering (EE) background are

preferred, adventurous

students without EE background

are also welcome.

Module A: NoneModule B: Module A

Module A: NoneModule C: Module A

127

Program



Selected Topic: Solar Energy (Module A)

Selected Topic: RETScreen for

Electricity Generation from

Renewable Energy

Selected Topic: Clean Coal

Technologies and Carbon Capture and

Sequestration

Selected Topic: Integration of

Renewable Energy Resources into Power System


It is widely accepted that renewable energy has an important role to play in the sustainable de-velopment by providing access to energy/elec-tricity and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Soft-ware is a unique decision support tool which can be used to evaluate the energy production and savings, costs, emission reductions, financial vi-ability and risk for various types of Renewable-Energy Technologies (RETs). The software also includes product, project, hydrology and climate databases. Use of this software can help a wide range of users to effectively implement renewable energy projects. This course provides the back-ground, methodology, and applications of electric-ity generation using renewable energy resources and technologies using ETScreen.

This course is designed to expose the students to the problem of climate change due to the use of coal for energy services as well as to techno-logical options for the mitigation of CO2 emis-sions from the coal sector. This course also equips the students with approaches to carry out assessments of Clean Coal Technologies (CCT) and Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). The major options to promote CCT and CCS will also be covered in the course.

The increasing number of renewable energy sources (RES) and distributed generators (DG) requires new strategies for the operation and management of the electricity grid in order to maintain or even to improve the power supply reliability and quality in future. One major objec-tive of this course is to develop an appropriate methodology to assess renewable energy sourc-es from a utility perspective and is compatible with the technical and economic assessment techniques employed by utility engineers and planners.

January

InterSem

InterSem

August

None


None

ED72.9016

ED72.9017

ED72.9018

ED72.9019


128

Program

ED72.9020

ED72.9021

ED72.9022

ED72.9023

ED72.9024

Selected Topic: Rational Use of Energy in

Buildings

Selected Topic: Energy Risk Management

Selected topic: Smart Grid for Sustainable

development

Energy Management System

Energy Management System

The building sector accounts for 30-40% of world’s primary energy consumption and is re-sponsible for about 33% of total global CO2 emission. Buildings also provide the highest economic GHG mitigation potential. This course is intended to introduce essential and practical understanding of energy processes and rational use of energy in buildings. The course covers the external and internal energy processes involved in the control of the built environment. It also examines emerging technologies, policies and measures, to lower the building sector’s depen-dence on fossil energies and enhance

This course is designed to develop an understand-ing of the production of an energy commodity, the route it takes to reach the ultimate end-user, the risks of dealing in physical energy commodities, and the financial commodity markets. Smart grid to enhance reliability, security, robust-ness and efficiency of transmission and distribu-tion systems. Integration of renewable energy sources and distributed generation. Advanced metering infrastructure, home-area networks, real-time energy pricing, plug-in hybrid vehicles, demand response, load curve shaping, and en-ergy storage systems. Enabling active participa-tion of consumer, cyber and physical security.

Energy management system; commitment to implement energy management system; identi-fication of energy and cost saving opportunities; planning and implementation of the energy man-agement action; monitoring and review of energy management activities

Energy management system; commitment to implement energy management system; identi-fication of energy and cost saving opportunities; planning and implementation of the energy man-agement action; monitoring and review of energy management activities

August

August

InterSem

InterSem

InterSem

None

A simple overview about contents of this course is given below by bold and blue texts.

Smart philosophy + Smart com-

ponents+ Smart management = Smart system and, hence,

Smart system + power system or grid = Smart

Grid.

None

None



129

Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM)

Environmental Engineering and Management at AIT began in 1964 with the need for sanitary engineering to address the problems of providing adequate water supplies and sanitation facilities. This pioneering environmental engineering program has grown into a range of fields needed to tackle the environmental issues facing Asia today.

Environmental Engineering and Management Field of Study is part of the School of En-vironment, Resources and Development. The overall program looks for solutions to en-vironmental problems, water supply and sanitation, wastewater treatment and disposal systems, air pollution, solid and hazardous wastes, waste minimization, and life cycle assessment, environmental impact assessment and management and environmental toxicology.


• Environmental Technology and Management • Environmental Toxicology, Technology and Management• Water and Wastewater Engineering

Two-Phase Master’s Program with AITCV

The Environmental Engineering and Management in collaboration with AIT Center in Vietnam (AITCV) offers a Two-Stage Master Program in Environmental Technology and Management for Vietnamese and interested candidates in the region. This program is designed professionals working in the field of environmental engineering and manage-ment, planning, design, operation and management of water supply, wastewater treat-ment and disposal systems. The first batch of the program was officially launched at the AITCV-Hanoi in July 2004 and is offered annually since then. The program offers 1 semester in Vietnam, which is taught by regular AIT faculty, and qualified students join to continue the study at AIT in Thailand starting from the second semester. The students are from industries, organization and universities in Vietnam. Scholarship providers are Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Pet-ro Vietnam and Industrial Zones like Sonadezi, Vietnam.


Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degrees in biochemical or chemical engineering, civil engineering, en-vironmental engineering or related applied sciences, or health science and biomedical science are preferred. Undergraduate degrees in civil and environmental engineering, architecture, economics, geography, law, natural science, public administration, sociol-ogy or urban and regional planning or related applied sciences are also considered.

Doctoral Program:


130

Program

Field of Study — Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM)


ED78.01

ED78.05

ED78.07

ED78.08

ED78.10

ED78.11

ED78.12

ED78.13

Environmental Chemistry & Laboratory

Waste Reduction and Recycling

Solid Waste Management

Environmental Quality Management

Environmental Health and Sanitation

Integrated Life Science

Principles of Toxicology

Health, Development and Environment

The purposes of the course are in preparing en-gineers and scientists to help those engaged in basic research, to carry out apply research, and to conduct pilot plant and plant scale studies.

With the enormous quantity of wastes being generated by human activities, the practice of waste treatment alone will not be effective in solving pollution problems. This course covers Description and strategy of waste reduction and recycling, technologies and management crite-ria, uses of the reclaimed products and health impacts.

This course is to provide knowledge of engi-neering principals and issues concerning solid waste management.

There is a need to enhance understanding and to introduce techniques and policy for manage-ment of highly interrelate and interdisciplinary environmental protection factors.

The problems of water supply, drinking water, sanitation and health in rural areas of develop-ing countries are still series. This course aims to create concern about the severity and fa-tality of water borne diseases. In this course, the role of hygienic education to prevent the transmission of water borne as well as fecal contaminant diseases is highly emphasized. Integrated approach to health and sanitation problem in developing countries has been made throughout the course including the sug-gestions and solutions for a proper behavioral and strategic plan on this respect.

There is a need to impart an understanding of the fundamentals of biology, life science and biochemistry for students who did not study these subjects at undergraduate level.

It is important to establish a clear understand-ing of the inter-related concepts involved in the study of toxicology. For this, a basic knowledge in chemistry and biology is required. Because of this students are asked to take the course “In-tegrated Life Science” as a pre-requisite which is offered as a modular type and completed in 4 weeks before starting this course.

It is important to establish an awareness of the interrelationships of health, environment and development with specific reference to impacts on health and environment by current, practices in industry, in transportation, and in agriculture and human settlement (urbanization and mega-cities).

August

January

August

January

January

August

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

Integrated Life Science or equivalent

course

None

131

Program



ED78.14

ED78.15

ED78.16

ED78.17

ED78.18

Membrane Technology in Water and

Wastewater Treatment

Design of Water Supply and

Wastewater System

Applied Microbiology and Laboratory

Advanced Processes for Wastewater

Treatment Reuse and Recycling

Toxic Organics and Trace Metals in

Ecosystem

The objective of this course is present princi-ples and applications of membrane processes in environmental and biotechnology applica-tions. The emphasis of this course will be more on the engineering aspects of the membrane technology.

This course is to provide fundamental knowl-edge on the design of water supply and waste-water systems for urban area.

Because most wastewaters can be treated bio-logically, it is necessary to understand the re-quirements of each biological process and to ensure that the proper environment is produced and effectively controlled.

To familiarize the environmental engineers with principles, design and operation of various ad-vanced processes for treatment, reuse and re-cycle of wastewater.

Illegal dumping of hazardous waste on land or mismanagement of landfill has been led to a serious problem of ground contamination with toxic substances. However both the soil and sediments may become polluted from other sources as well such as pesticides, soil condi-tioners and organic fertilizers including organic waste by-products. Therefore a deep under-standing on the pathways and effects of those toxic organics and heavy metals containing in the wastes, following soil application is needed for a better planning of land use and management. This will include mobility, bioavailability, toxicity and absorption characteristics. Likewise factors controlling these properties will be identified. Impacts of toxic substances on soil health need to be emphasized. Mechanisms of metal uptake by higher plants must be understood for ground cover establishment of contaminated lands. Chemical and biological treatments to detoxify the hazardous materials will be included. This course is designed to examine the relationships of soil-plant accumulation of toxic substances. Land degradation due to chemical constraints and assessment of contaminants and their po-tential mobility in soil will be covered.

August

InterSem

January

January

January

None


None

ED78.35: WastewaterTreatment

None

132

Program



ED78.19

ED78.20

ED78.21

ED78.22

ED78.23

ED78.24

Environmental Impact Assessment

Industrial Waste Abatement and Management

Water Quality Management

Air Pollution Modeling and Applications

Hazardous Waste Technology and

Management

Design of Air Pollution Control Systems

The objective of this course is to introduce EIA concept and elaborate EIA procedure and methodology, development and implementa-tion, emerging issues and gaps. It consolidates the understanding of EIA as a useful tool in de-cision-making process and in management of development projects. This course combines lectures with actual training in EIA using select-ed case studies with focus on priority sectors of development in the region. Knowledge of cumulative environmental impact assessment philosophy will also be introduced.

The objective of this course is to present for both environmental engineers and managers an overall view on industrial waste abatement and management strategies and techniques.

Industrialization and population increase have led to increased water consumption. On the other had, unchecked industrial and municipal discharges have severely deteriorated the wa-ter quality. The course emphasizes how water resource should be managed to maintain the quality.

This course provides fundamental aspects of mathematical modeling for air pollution and practical applications of models for planning and managing air quality in various meteoro-logical and topographical conditions.

Due to rapid industrialization hazardous waste disposal is becoming a serious threat to human health and the environment. This course aims to provide fundamental knowledge on hazard-ous substances and wastes, waste minimiza-tion and technologies for hazardous waste treatment, including remediation of hazardous waste contaminated sites. Hazardous waste management and regulatory aspects commonly used for hazardous waste control are covered.

This course aims at the combination of theoreti-cal knowledge with practical applications of air pollution control techniques. It provides basic principles enabling selection of optimum control device/control system for a particular applica-tion. Practical designing cases are introduced to equip students with important basic techni-cal requirements of actual air pollution control systems.

August

January

January

InterSem

August

August

None

None

None

ED78.37: Air Pollution Engineering

and Management

None

ED78.37: Air PollutionEngineering

and Management, or equivalent

133

Program



ED78.25

ED78.27

ED78.28

ED78.29

ED78.30

ED78.31

Principles of Cleaner Production

Environmental Toxicology

Health/Environment Risk and Impact

Assessment

Environmental Microbiology

Molecular Biology of Environmental Stress

Bioengineering and Environmental Health

Cleaner production (CP) which is a continuous application of an integrated preventive envi-ronmental strategy to processes, products and services improves eco efficiency and reduce risks to humans & environment. Application of CP helps to use resources efficiently, increase energy efficiency, reduce costs and wastes, and thus improve industry productivity. The purpose of this course is to introduce the con-cept of CP practice and technologies in the im-portant sectors of the economy, methodologies and tools to apply CP to use energy efficiently, reduce pollution and minimize wastes. Detailed examples and case studies to explain the con-cept will be presented.

A background knowledge is required of the ma-jor groups of toxic substances encountered by man and animals through food and the environ-ment, and also the toxic substances to which people are exposed in the workplace.

This course has been designed to focus and link between health risk assessment with the environmental impactassessment. This is be-cause by incorporating the effect or toxicity as-sessment into the EIA program, human as well as the environment will be better protected in sustainable manner.

This course will be essential for students who wish to take advanced courses in the field. It will provide basic knowledge on highly com-plex systems. In practice this course has been offered by sharing laboratory sessions and lectures with “Applied Microbiology and Labo-ratory”. After that students in the ETT&M field need to strengthening in the area as listed in the course content I, II, III and IV.

The course will cover advanced aspects of gene regulation, biomedical and physiologi-cal responses. This information is essential for those carrying out research in the field.

The course brings together experienced in problem solving approaches research scien-tists-people who use every tool available to tackle the most important health and environ-mental problems, and to develop novel technol-ogies. It will combine the strengths of traditional disciplines, such as engineering or chemistry, with the realization that solving complex real world problems requires an interdisciplinary ap-proach made possible by a broader educational approach and collaborative efforts between sci-entists of many disciplines.

January

January

January

January

January

January

None

ED78.11: Integrated

Life Science or equivalent

course

None

None

Basic courses in Microbiology or Biotechnology

None

134

Program



ED78.32

ED78.33

ED78.34

ED78.35

ED78.36

ED78.37

ED78.38

Seminar in Environmental Biotechnology

Seminar in Toxicology

Applied and Environmental Microbiology


Drinking Water Treatment

Air Pollution Engineer-ing and Management

Sampling Design for Environmental

Monitoring

There is a need for advanced students to learn and present state-of-the-art research in the area of biotechnology.

There is a need to link principles and their appli-cations in all aspects of environmental toxicol-ogy and environmental management.

Environmental engineers and managers should be aware of mostly biological nature of major-ity of environmental processes. It is impossible to control pollution without proper understand-ing of microbial phenomena in nature and man-made environments (wastewater treat-ment reactors, etc). Since most wastes can be treated biologically, it is necessary to know the microbiological requirements of each process and ensure that the proper conditions for micro-organisms are maintained and effectively con-trolled. Toxicological aspects of environment are often determined by microbial processes, and thereby environmental toxicity can be suc-cessfully monitored and controlled only through proper understanding of microbial world.

Water and wastewater treatment by biological process is one of the most important fields of environmental engineering. In this course, stu-dents will be given basic knowledge about bio-logical water and treatment methods.

To provide environmental engineers, principles, design criteria and conceptual design of various physico-chemical unit processes encountered in conventional and advanced water treatment.

Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation cre-ate increasing numbers of sources of harmful air pollutants leading to new dimensions in air quality management. This course equips engi-neers and scientists with fundamental theoreti-cal and practical knowledge to understand the complexity of the air pollution problem, multiple effects of air pollution, and principal tools for ef-fective air quality management.

This course is mandatory before research work is started; it is expected that the students will have basic knowledge of fundamental statis-tics.

January

August

January

August

August

August

August

Basic course in Life

Science or Microbiology

ED78.12: Principles of Toxicology

None


None

None

None

135

Program

Field of Study — Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM) Field of Study — Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM)


ED78.9001

ED78.9002

ED78.9003

ED78.9004

ED78.9005

ED78.9006

ED78.9007

Selected Topic: Environmental

Immunitoxicology and Reproductive

Toxicology

Selected Topic: Principles of

Environmental Health

Selected Topic: Chemicals in Aquatic Environment and their

Chemistry

Selected Topic: Environmental Economics for

Toxicology

Selected Topic: Biotechnology for

Toxics Assessment and Control

Selected Topic: Detection of

Environmental Pollution

Selected Topic: Ethical Issues in Environmental Management

Exposure to environmental and occupational chemicals would result in adverse health out-comes such as hypersensitivity, reproductive effect and immune suppression. Nowadays advanced research on immune toxicology es-pecially on mechanisms of action has provided us more understanding on the effects of those widely found chemicals such as PCBs, TCDD, phthalate etc. Because of this we designed the course to teach our ETT&M students to later to conduct research or manage risk assessment concerning with those chemicals.

The knowledge on aquatic chemistry is essen-tial for environmental engineers to analyze wa-ter quality and to understand the mechanisms of water treatment processes.This course pro-vides fundamental knowledge on acids and bases, precipitation and dissolution, redox re-action, and organic chemistry in aquatic envi-ronment.

Asian countries are increasingly faced with problems of managing their local and regional environments besides the issue of global cli-mate change. This course seeks to prepare the students for acquiring a command over the subjects of environmental economics so that they will be able to use its concepts and tool-kits for analysing environmental problems and to seek their solutions.

The knowledge on analytical chemistry with mi-croanalysis technique is essential for environ-mental engineers to understand water quality and as well as the mechanisms of water treat-ment processes. This course provides funda-mental knowledge on acids and bases, pre-cipitation and dissolution, redox reaction, and organic chemistry in aquatic toxicology.

January

January

August

January

InterSem

January

August

None

None

None

None

136

Program



ED78.9008

ED78.9009

ED78.9010

ED78.9011

ED78.9012

ED78.9013

Selected Topic: Advances in

Environmental Health Science

Selected Topic: Toxicology of

Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals: Occupational Health

and Safety

Selected Topic: Environmental

Economics

Selected Topic: Cost-Benefit Analysis

of WastewaterTreatment Systems

Selected Topic: State of the Art of

Hazardous Chemicals Management

Selected Topic: Advance Chemical

Analysis

Construction, operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities involves costs. In order to make wastewater treatment pro-cesses financially viable, detailed knowledge of cost elements involved is necessary.

The inadequate management of hazardous and industrial wastes, hazardous chemicals, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and ob-solete pesticides constitutes a threat for health and environment, locally, regionally and glob-ally (UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment). The recently ratified Stockholm Convention on POPs aim to protect human health and the en-vironment by requiring Parties to take measures to reduce or eliminate releases of hazardous chemicals from intentional production and use, from stockpiles and wastes and from uninten-tional release. This course aims to provide an updated and thorough overview of the state of the art of hazardous chemicals management in light of the obligations of several international hazardous chemicals conventions and exem-plify the theoretical content with practical real life experiences. The course will contribute in strengthening the capacity on sound hazardous chemicals management in general and for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs in particular.

Persistent organic pollutants are on the leg-islative table in all countries today. To be able to understand the relevance and behavior of these chemicals in treatment systems and in the nature it is favorable to know the analytical procedure. Several organizations are perform-ing investigations or monitoring of these com-pounds and the principal investigator must then understand the analytical scheme in order to optimize the investigation targets for economi-cal savings and maximizing reasons.

August

January

January

August

January

InterSem

None

137

Program



ED78.9014

ED78.9015

ED78.9016

ED78.9017

ED78.9018

ED78.9019

Selected Topic: Receptor Modeling for Air

Pollution Source Apportionment

Selected Topic: Cost Benefit Analysis of

EnvironmentalClean-up

Selected Topic: Applied Microbiological

Laboratory

Selected Topic: Applied and

Environmental Microbiology

Selected Topic: GHG Mitigation and

Energy Recovery from Waste

Selected Topic: Climate and Environment Co-Benefit

This course aims to provide fundamental prin-ciples and practical applications of receptor modeling for air pollution source apportionment. The course content emphasizes the data anal-ysis methods, the underlying theory of source apportionment, and how to distinguish the im-pacts from local and distant sources. Ambient air sampling and sample analytical methods to provide data suitable for receptor modeling will be covered. Practical applications of the recep-tor models will be done through the exercises and assignments.

Environmental pollution has led to severely polluted waterways as well as land sites. Envi-ronmental cleanup of polluted waterways and land sites involves costs. These costs include environmental, social as well as economic costs. Construction, operation and mainte-nance of clean-up facilities warrants detail technical knowledge as well as knowledge of these costs.

In recent years, anthropogenic activities have led to substantial increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into atmosphere which has led to climate change. Waste management sector is an important contributor of green-house gas emissions. Appropriate and effec-tive waste management practices are capable of providing mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Adoption of innovative policy mea-sures along with efficient technologies can lead to substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from waste sector.

Human-induced changes to the Earth climate become a topic of the intense interest. This course equips engineers and scientists with fundamental knowledge on the Earth climate system and how it changes, potential effects of the climate change, as well as the measures to deal with the changes with co-benefit con-siderations.

August

January

January

January

January

August

None

None

None

138

Program



ED78.9020

ED78.9021

Selected Topic: Corporate

Environmental Management

Selected Topic: Environmental Services in Emergency Situations

This course is designed to help companies meet the dual challenges of achieving the com-plex goal of environmental excellence together with business success, in other words an effec-tive management of eco-efficiency. The course provides an overview of the changing business environment related to environmental protec-tion. It presents concepts, methods and skills needed to integrate the concept of sustainable development and eco-efficiency into the deci-sion making process of domestic or interna-tional companies follow the ISO 14000 series of international environmental standards.

“DISASTER” in other terms it is also known as Natural calamities or hazards. Disaster can happen any time anywhere. There is no dis-crimination in terms of magnitude and impact, loss could be much higher in developed coun-tries and may be less in developing countries or vice-versa. What matters and important in such cases is the reliability and assurance of the Environmental Services in such Emergency Situations.

InterSem

January

139

Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology (FEBT)

Food Process Engineering (FPE) focuses on the application of engineering principles to the design of postharvest and food processing equipment; changes which may occur within products during handling, processing, and storage; measuring and controlling the quality of raw food materials; the handling and utilization of wastes generated during on-farm processing; and bioprocess technology for the conversion of raw agricultural products to useful food products.

Bioprocess Technology (BPT) focuses on new developments in biotechnology and its applications in agro/food, organic farming, biopolymers, cosmetics and pharmaceu-tics. In this technology, the biocatalytic properties of novel enzymes are used for the conversion of raw materials or wastes into valuable materials. Biomaterials with spe-cific growth promoting properties are developed for application in organic farming. To strengthen applicability of microorganisms for specific purposes, courses are given in genetic engineering of microorganisms. DNA with interesting properties is transferred to produce strains for industrial applications. Methods for the detection of genetically modified (GMO) plant material in agriculture commodities and food products are also being developed.


Master’s Program:

Undergraduate degree in agricultural or food engineering, chemical engineering, agro-industrial technology, food science, food technology, biochemistry, bio-polymer science, environmental engineering, microbiology, molecular biology, or related applied scienc-es.

Doctoral Program:


140

Program

Field of Study — Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology (FEBT)


ED73.01

ED73.02

ED73.03

ED73.04

ED73.05

ED73.06

Food Process Engineering

Postharvest Engineering

Bioprocess Technology

Bioreactor Design and Control

Industrial Microbiology

Food Engineering Operations

The growing demand on nutritious and high quality processed foods places greater empha-sis on the engineering aspects of the processes and equipment utilized in handling, process-ing, and distribution of food. Food process engineering will continue to play a vital role in strengthening of food processing capability and meeting future technological needs.

To minimize the postharvest losses and ensure the safety and quality of processed food, use of improved pre- and postharvest engineering practices are of prime importance. This course intends to prepare students to advance the sci-entific knowledge and application of engineering principles and problem-solving techniques to activities and technologies associated with and integral to the production, processing, handling, storage and distribution of biological resources to include cereal and horticulture crops.

The success of biotechnology depends on its impact on the market place and the health and environmental gains expected. These pragmat-ic goals can be achieved only by an interdisci-plinary applied approach leading to large scale processes. This course will provide the basic engineering for the quantitative analysis of bio-technology to both biologists and chemical en-gineers.

This course will overview those aspects for dif-ferent configurations of bioreactors which are required for novel bioprocess application. In-strumentation and fermentation process control will also be reviewed along with bioreactor sup-port system.

Microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, and fungi) have a broad spectrum of industrial synthetic capacities and play a major role in production and decay in agriculture. This course is focused on the industrial and agricultural application of microorganisms. The course presents the theo-retical background required to identify a micro-organism, to understand its biochemical func-tions, to apply it in controlled fermentation and to assay for microorganisms in food and in soil quality control.

Food engineering operations link the basic sci-entific knowledge of foods with the manufactur-ing of foods. The course emphasizes on the principles and design of the systems for food processing and preservation by various unit operations.

August

August

August

August

August

January

None

None

None

None


None

141

Program



ED73.07

ED73.08

ED73.09

ED73.10

ED73.11

ED73.12

Bioanalysis for Industry and Eco Farming

NumericalComputations in Food Process Engineering

Engineering Properties of Food Materials

Food Process Engineering Laboratory

BioseparationProcesses

Advanced Bioprocess Technology Applications

Analysis of biocomponents is the key to improve crop quality and to enhance industrial production of food and biomaterials. This course presents the theoretical basis of analytical methods in modern biochemistry including the use of immunochemical techniques. These methods concern quantitative analysis of essential metabolites, economical important side products, criteria for quality and appropriate storage, detection of microbial decay products, and diagnosis of plant disease. The interpreta-tion of the analytical data is discussed in terms of present regulation regarding bioproducts and ecofarming.

Unit operations in food process engineering often involve complex calculations. Many graphical procedures devel-oped in the past to aid solution of complex problems have become redundant with the advent of microcomputer-based instructions utilizing numerical methods. This ap-proach not only gives wider flexibility in solving a given problem, also helps a great deal in considering various alternatives in a systematic and efficient manner with a surprising ease of computation.

In handling, processing, storage, and distribution of foods at various stages, engineering properties play a key role in design of the equipment, processes, and monitoring of the quality. A knowledge of engineering properties may lead to greater efficiency in production and utilization of food materials, less waste, and foods of higher quality and lower cost to the consumer.

The growing demand of high quality processed and lon-ger self-life food products places greater emphasis on using improved technologies/techniques for handling, sorting, packaging, transporting and temporary storage of raw food commodities. The aim of this course is to pro-vide hands on knowledge of food processes to produce quality professionals in this field.

The separation and purification of biomolecules is fre-quently the most expensive operation of an overall bio-process. Separation costs often determine the final costs of most biotechnological products and hence its under-standing is of great importance in determining the feasi-bility of a process. This course provides the basic knowl-edge on analysis and design of process-scale recovery, isolation and purification of desired bio-products.

Recent developments of new and efficient biotechnologi-cal methods have led to a wide range of applications in food and agriculture, health care and environment man-agement. Some of these advances are expected to affect all facets of life in the years ahead as it will change the type of food we produce and eat, the medicines used for treatment and enhanced welfare, the sustainable sources of energy and the care of the environment around us. The new developments which are likely to make all this pos-sible and some of the present achievements will be cov-ered. The opportunities for generating new products and services processes through biotechnology research will be discussed in this course.

January

January

January

August

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

142

Program



ED73.13

ED73.14

ED73.9001

ED73.9002

Bioprocess Practica

Enzyme and DNA Technology

Selected Topic: Dairy and Meat Biotechnology

Selected Topic: Processing Effects on

Functional Components of Foods

Bioprocess technology combines fundamental knowl-edge in agro-industrial and environmental technology, Microbiology, genetic engineering and biochemistry, with practical experience and practical data on technical ap-plication of microorganism enzymes and cellular com-ponents. In the bioprocess practica training is focused on the setup of lab scale and pilot scale experiment that provide useful and reliable data on industrial and envi-ronmental useful microorganisms, bioconversions, fer-mentations and product down stream processing.

In bioprocess technology, microbial cells and their com-ponents are utilized in technical processes. In order to understand and control these processes knowledge is required on enzyme and DNA Technology. Section I of this course is focused on the enzymes that enable the cell to produce a large variety of compounds. Section II of this course deals with the molecular properties of the genetic material, DNA and RNA and their interac-tion with DNA-enzymes.

Biotechnology is becoming increasingly important to food. In some industries, it is part of a process that has deep roots in human society, whereas many other ap-plications of biotechnology are new to food production and processing system. It is now possible to generate animal with useful novel properties for dairy, meat or fiber production, for environment control of waste pro-duction, and for production of useful products for bio-medical purposes or other human consumption. Animal and agricultural scientists, food scientists, food tech-nologists, nutritionists, dietitians and the related profes-sionals must have a rich understanding of new and ad-vanced biotechnology, because biotechnology has the potential to be used as a tool within each of these dis-ciplines. A knowledge of dairy and meat biotechnology along with the advancement in farm animal technology may lead to greater efficiency in production and utiliza-tion of dairy and meat materials, less waste and foods of higher quality and lower cost to the consumer.

Understanding the molecular interactions of compo-nents and their effects in complex food systems is basic and very essential to all research and development in the field of food science and technology, nutrition and food biotechnology. This course aims to develop and advance understanding of the chemical and biochemi-cal components of food, their relationship to nutritional quality and their impact on human health. Biochemistry of food macromolecules, food micronutrients and food additives, storage and biotechnology processes in the value of food, plant, and animal products with emphasis on the postharvest and processing effects will be taught and explored.

January

January

January

August

None

ED73.05 Industrial

Microbiology

143


Gender and Development Studies (GDS)

Gender and Development Studies (GDS) is a center for graduate studies, research and outreach in the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand that aims to work as a regional center of excel-lence in the field of gender and development studies, and to integrate gender as a key intellectual perspective and ethical concern in AIT as well. Within the overall gender spe-cific framework, GDS highlights both the need for specialized academic degree awarding studies in gender and development, and the integration of gender analysis and a gender relations perspectives in AIT’s other fields of study.

GDS has spent substantial efforts over the years to streamline their teaching and research on a core of very essential gender issues. This core rests on the pillars of gender theories and methodologies, gender equity and equality issues, human rights, political and eco-nomic empowerment in the context of rapid globalization and climate change. GDS offers graduate level courses and provides substantial input to student’s Masters and PhD dis-sertation research. During the period of 1999 – 2012, over 240 Masters and PhD students graduated with a degree of Gender and Development Studies. These graduated are from diverse countries from Asia, Europe, America and Africa. Short courses and workshops are also offered on gender planning and gender analysis in various development fields. In short, a significant degree of gender mainstreaming by GDS had been achieved through its teaching, research publications and outreach programs.

Vision

The Vision of GDS is to be center of excellence in Gender and Development Studies in the Asian region that:

• trains specialists in gender and development; • increases gender awareness among technology, management and develop-

ment professionals;• generates knowledge through interdisciplinary research and publications in

technology, development, and gender relations in Asian societies;• assists other institutions in Asia to strengthen gender studies through training,

research and outreach; and• functions as an academic arm of community-based efforts for the advance-

ment of women and sustainable development.


For Master’s Program:Undergraduate degree or equivalent in sociology, anthropology, economics, public administration, geography, agriculture, philosophy, history, architecture, public health, education, psychology and other related disciplines; experience in development work or people’s movement, total commitment to gender equality.

For Doctoral Program:Applicants to the Doctoral program should have a Master’s degree in a field relevant to the chosen program of study and detailed dissertation research outline must be submit-ted with application.

144

Program

Field of Study — Gender and Development Studies (GDS)


ED75.01

ED75.03

ED75.04

ED75.06

ED75.07

Gender and Develop-ment : Principles and

Concepts

Gender, Enterprise and Organizations

Gender Rural Livelihoods and

Sustainable Development

Gender, Culture and Human Development

Gender Analysis and Gender Responsive

Development Planning

In the recent decades of economic develop-ment and continued environmental degrada-tion, gender and development studies have become important. This course provides an overview of gender and development as an academic field and how gender relations and advancement of women have become a major concern in development programs.

Women in many parts of Asia are managers of the household economy, as well as the major force behind what are being called micro-enter-prise and the informal sector. The role of wom-en in the management of large-scale industrial enterprises, whether in the government or cor-porate sectors, is also growing. The course is designed to analyze gender aspects in micro- and large enterprises/organizations, as well as women’s roles and positions in in value chain and cross-border trade under globalization.

This course is designed to acquaint students with the wider processes of economic, politi-cal and cultural change in agrarian and natural resource use contexts; to apply concepts for a gender analysis of the impact of rural restruc-turing and environmental degradation on liveli-hoods; to provide useful analytical frameworks integrating gender, rural development and nat-ural resource use and management for devel-opment policy and planning.

Anthropological and historical accounts note that there is inequality between men and wom-en in terms of their social position in societ-ies. In the wake of globalization and economic development, this inequality is based on the premise that notions about gender and gender relations are embedded in culture and ideology, and are often used to either maintain a particu-lar order or to accompany social transition. The objective of the course is to stimulate critical perspectives on cross-cultural comparison on notions of gender and gender relations and their relevance to cultural practices that rein-force women’s subordination.

The course equips students with knowledge and skills on gender analysis in development project/program/ policy. This is a practical course that is targeted to students who are in-terested in working as gender specialists. The course introduces and critically assesses ex-isting frameworks and approaches for gender analysis in the field level and gender planning and mainstreaming.

August

January

August

January

January

None

None




145

Program



ED75.08

ED75.10

ED75.11

New Technologies, Industrialization and

Gender

Gender, Urbanization and Urban

Management

Gender Politics, Civil Society and Human

Rights

Women’s entry into paid employment and par-ticipation in new industries has been phenom-enal in Asia, arguably the most economically globalised region today. At the same time, the past decade has also seen a decline in female labour force participation. New forms of em-ployment have emerged as industrial regimes restructure, adopting more complex and flexible production organizations and patterns of work. The objective of the course is to analyze wom-en’s position as well as the role of new tech-nologies in various industrialization contexts, in order to provide the analytical background for the formulation of policies to promote the equal and safe participation of women in the industri-alization process.

Increasing urbanization and processes of glo-balization have gender-specific effects as well as are influenced by gender factors. This course provides an understanding and analyses of the processes and contradictory outcomes of urban-ization for women and men in Asian cities. It will also help students to locate spaces and opportu-nities for transformation in situations of gender in-equality in the context of growing urbanization and within urban management policies and programs.

Gender would not exist without power. Gender inequalities, identities and resistance are con-stituted and reshaped by power struggles for and against political institutions, and the norms they create. This course offers an examination of gender through power, contested in State institutions and the public sphere and sought through various legal instruments. It attempts to contextualize our knowledge of gender in its political past, underlining the important role the Nation-State, as an institution owning the means of coercion, has had in engendering spaces and identities while committing, con-doning, or suppressing gender-based violence. In contrast, the course will examine the role of the women’s movement. Although politics re-mains highly influenced by the national inter-ests of the State and political elites traditionally made up of men, such civil society mobiliza-tion is reinventing gender discourse, realigning power struggles, and consequently the locus of political action.

InterSem

August

January



None

146

Program



ED75.9005

ED75.9006

ED75.9007

Selected Topic: Gender Migration and Human

Trafficking in Asia

Selected Topic: Gender and Health

Selected Topic: Gender and Develop-

ment Economics

The course will take a gender approach to study-ing various forms of migration, exploitative mi-gration and trafficking in persons in Asia, includ-ing forced labor migration, sex slavery and other form of involuntary servitude. While sub-national forms of migration movements and trafficking will be addressed, we will focus on cross-border mi-gration, exploitative migration and trafficking as such movement in persons has increased rap-idly while States remain uncoordinated in their response. Migration is both an outcome and a cause of vulnerabilities. Those who are forced into such trades are often victims of traffickers and State authorities who consider them illegal aliens. Women tend to be particularly vulnerable to involuntary servitude and trafficking and the gender division of labor resulting from migration results usually in more abuse and less protection by labor and immigration laws.

In Asia as in other parts of the world there is growing awareness that men and women differ in health status and health utilization and have different health needs. Still, health systems continue to fail to take these differences into consideration in designing services, allocating resources and setting strategic priorities. Too little is also done to address those power rela-tions in society that generate and keep in stand health inequities. The purpose of this course is to foster understanding of men’s and women’s health-illness processes and the social and biological determinants of gender inequities in health. A related objective is to stimulate think-ing on gender-inclusive health care systems and policies. Particular attention will be devoted to the specific socio-political contexts in which health systems are embedded, with a special focus on Southeast Asia.

This course exposes students to feminist cri-tique on economic development theories and approaches, questioning top-down, growth-oriented development which is over dependent on Western/modern technology. Students will learn how the gender-blind aspects of exist-ing development processes and technological invention and promotion has generated dis-equilibrium in society; hence, adversely effect women and the less advantaged, including chil-dren. This course will help students to develop a Gender Lens that enable them to understand the complexity of social and economic change which is essential to work for sustainable de-velopment.

January

January

August

None

None

None

147

Natural Resources Management (NRM)

Through teaching, research and outreach activities, the Natural Resources Manage-ment field of study at AIT seeks to develop professionals who can contribute to the conservation and sustainable management of terrestrial and coastal resources, through a curriculum and research program that exposes students to a wide range of contem-porary topics.

Because of the complex nature of NRM issues, the focus of teaching at the NRM field of study is to equip students and trainees with a wide range of skills and techniques for natural resources and environmental management. The student body is dynamic and highly diverse; we have awarded MSc and PhD degrees to students from most South and Southeast Asian countries, as well as from beyond these regions.

We provide education and research opportunities leading to MSc and PhD degrees in NRM. Over the course of the degree program, both MSc and PhD students will learn about a wide range of NRM issues and conservation and management strategies, in-cluding ecology, biodiversity conservation, integrated land management, forestry, natural resources economics, and remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In addition, the students will undertake independent research projects leading to a thesis. Both course work and a thesis are required for the MSc and PhD degrees.

Areas of Concern

Tropical ecosystems, forestation and agroforestry, land evaluation and resource man-agement, natural resource economics, land degradation and modeling, spatial informa-tion systems, protected area planning and management. Students learn about a wide range of NRM issues and conservation and management strategies, including ecology, biodiversity conservation, integrated land management, forestry, natural resources eco-nomics, and remote sensing and GIS.


Due to the interdisciplinary character of NRM, students with a wide variety of back-grounds including agriculture, biosciences, environmental sciences, geography, geol-ogy, forestry, soil sciences, but also social sciences such as anthropology, are encour-aged to seek admission to the MSc, PhD, diploma and certificate programs offered by the NRM field of study.

Graduates from the NRM field of study work in a variety of fields and sectors, including government service (such as in forestry and / or environmental departments), non-gov-ernment organizations, and in academia. Many of master’s students also choose to pursue a PhD degree either at AIT or at other institutes or universities.

148

Program

Field of Study — Natural Resource Management (NRM)


ED76.01

ED76.02

ED76.03

ED76.04

Ecological Principles for Natural Resources

Management

Natural Resources Management Issues

in Asia

Forestry

Biodiversity and Conservation

Managing and conserving natural resources re-quires a fundamental understanding of natural dynamics. This course will introduce students to the essential concepts of ecology and famil-iarise them with ecosystem patterns and pro-cesses at various spatial and temporal scales. A special focus lies on tropical and subtropical ecosystems of Asia, in particular forests and woodlands. The importance of ecology for sus-tainable natural resource management will be illustrated using selected case studies.

As an international institute, AIT receives stu-dents from many countries, each of which has its own natural resources management issues. It is very important for future natural resource managers to be exposed to the NRM-related issues across Asia, so that they can put their own country’s issues in a regional perspective. This course has been designed to promote a regional awareness of NRM related issues for incoming students through lecture and one field trip in Thailand. By the end of the course, it is expected that the students will be able to dis-cuss the broad issues of NRM at the regional level.

Asia has a long history of both traditional and industrial forestry. The forestry sector is an im-portant backbone of several economies, and it contributes to the livelihoods of millions of rural inhabitants. Forests represent not only a source of wood for building materials and biofuels, they are also important for biodiversity conservation, watershed protection and climate regulation. In this course forest related students of NRM are exposed to the principles of forestry in the con-text of Asia, and get in-depth experience with the tools and theory of the evolving field.

Biodiversity conservation in the Asia/Pacific Region involves dealing with diverse biophysi-cal, socioeconomic, cultural, political and legal issues to resolve conservation problems and natural resource use conflicts. The objective of the course is to provide participants with a sound knowledge of conservation biology, an overview of current approaches to biodiversity conservation, e.g. eco regional or community-based approaches, and with a solid introduc-tion to planning and management strategies for biodiversity conservation inside and outside of protected areas.

August

August

January

August

None

None

None, but the course ED76.01 (August

Semester) is recommend-ed as basis

None

149

Program

Field of Study — Natural Resource Management (NRM) Field of Study — Natural Resource Management (NRM)


ED76.05

ED76.09

ED76.11

Integrated Land Use Management Systems

Integrated Natural Resources Planning

and Policy

Natural Resource Economics

Integrated land use systems, which combine ele-ments of farming, forestry, pastoralism and aqua-culture are an important component of land use in tropical and subtropical Asia. These are traditional as well as modern types of integrated land use. The focus of the course will be on agroforestry systems (swidden cultivation, forest gardens, taungya) and on integrated agriculture-aquacul-ture systems. Integrated land use systems are capable of contributing significantly to sustainable land use, economic diversification, watershed protection and biodiversity conservation. The course will provide students with a knowledge of the various types of integrated land use systems, as well as with an understanding of their ecology and economics. The aim of the course is to en-able students to assess and enhance the sustain-ability of integrated land use systems.

Planning for natural resources management is mainly concerned with reconciling use of natural resources with conservation of natural resources and of the environment as a whole. The aim of the course is to provide master’s level students with an understanding of environmental, socio-economic and policy perspectives on resource relationships, with an insight into the paradigms of conservation and sustainable development, and with a policy background to an understanding of resource use and planning issues. Another im-portant aim is to familiarize students with modern planning tools for natural resources management and conservation, such as strategies for sustain-able development & environmental impact stud-ies.

(1) To understand the relationship between natu-ral resources and economics, as well as the role and importance of environmental issues in eco-nomic development. (2) To use and critically as-sess methods applicable for the measurement of environmental problems, cost benefit analysis, cost effectiveness analysis.

August

January

January

None

None

None

150

Program



ED76.13

ED76.14

ED76.15

ED76.16

Natural Resources Degradation and

Conservation

Society and Natural Resource Management

Research Design for Natural Resources

Management

Land Resources Management

Degradation of natural resources has undermined the supporting capacity of the ecosystem. This has direct link with the current issues of food security, poverty alleviation and environmental conserva-tion including the global environmental processes, e.g. climate change. Hence, understanding of the natural resources degradation is vital for formulating integrative and suitable conservation strategies to respond to the challenges of sustainable food pro-duction and reversing environmental problem. This course provides students with the concept, types, causes and impacts of various types of natural re-sources degradation. Students will learn about the tools, methodologies and indicators to assess and monitor degradation extent and severity and also basic concept of good practices for conserving the important natural resources.

Natural resource managers are faced with a wide range of issues and responsibilities they must effec-tively address. Most of such issues have a social component. It is therefore important for the natural resource planners and managers to have an under-standing of social dimensions of the complex natural resource issues so that they can take consideration of these factors in planning and implementation of projects related to natural resources management.

Students in Natural Resources Management will be undertaking field research in order to complete their M.Sc. or Ph.D. degrees. As such, an understand-ing of how to design and execute a research plan and present research findings based on scientific analysis is of utmost importance. This course will fill the need by providing lectures and hands-on experi-ence in research formulation that parallels students crafting of their own research questions for the re-search proposal and employing appropriate statisti-cal techniques during data analysis.

Addressing food security has remained a challeng-ing issue. Ever increasing food demand, persisting land degradation problem and increasing competi-tion for land for other purposes than food produc-tion has compounded to the complexity of the is-sue. Besides, there is increasing concern over the important role of land use with the other important global change issues, like climate change, land deg-radation and biodiversity loss. Hence, it is important to understand the critical yet complex roles of land for managing land resources judiciously, which re-quires a holistic and integrated approach. Hence, it is important to understand the critical complex roles of nland. The course will provide the students with the concept and issues of these interrelated links, techniques, and tools for conducting systematic land evaluation to help make appropriate decisions.

August

August

January

January

None

None

None

None

151

Program



ED76.17

ED76.9002

Geospatial Techniques in Natural Resources

Management

International Forestry Resources and

Institutions

Natural resources monitoring, planning and man-agement requires location specific geographic data. Scientific geospatial tools and techniques, such as but not limited to, Remote Sensing (RS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), are widely used to observe, quantify and analyze the issues related to natural resources resulting from vari-ous human-environment processes at multiple geographic scales. The course provides the stu-dents the concepts of geographic data/informa-tion, concepts and principle of remotes sensing, GIS, and GPS. The course puts special empha-sis to equip the students with knowledge and skill in applying these tools and techniques in the con-text of natural resources management, such as land, forest, biodiversity.

This is a two-month, intensive training course on Common Pool Resource theory and the multi-disciplinary, crosscutting research and analytical methods of IFRI to examine the institutional ar-rangements and local management of forests. The IFRI research program intends to address issues such as: determining how to change pro-cesses leading to deforestation in many countries of the world; assessing what types of institutions are associated with sustainable forest practices; and helping policymakers and forest users to de-sign more effective forest policies. IFRI provides a way for people to collect, store, and analyze data over time about forests and the communities that use forests. It can be used to conduct base-line studies; measure change over time in forest conditions and in local governance structures; and share information with pertinent and inter-ested colleagues. (http://www.umich.edu/~ifri/) This training course will be a combination of lec-tures, field work, and group-based learning.

August

InterSem

None

152

Program



ED76.9003

ED76.9004

ED76.9005

Dynamic Modeling of Environmental

Systems:

Soil and Water Conservation for

Agro-environmental Management

Land Use and Climate Change

January

January

August

None

None

None

The world consists of many environmental sys-tems, with biological, technological, economic and social dimensions. Besides their diver-sity, most of these systems are complex, which means that the vast number of interacting com-ponents, factors, flows and stocks they include make it very difficult to understand and predict their behavior under ever-changing conditions. Further, such evolving conditions (e.g. climate change, natural resources evolution, social and economic changes and decisions) demand pro-spective and multidisciplinary investigations to support environmental policies. With recent ad-vances in computer and software, powerful and user-friendly technological options are now avail-able for simulation-based investigations, making use of dynamic modeling tools. The course provides the students concepts and principles of dynamic modeling (DM). Examples illustrate the multidisciplinary nature of dynamic modeling of environmental systems, help the students to gradually acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in dynamic system thinking and modeling. Lab-based practicals, guided- and self-research on own project form the last part of the course, meant to provide the students with operating know-how on current most widely-used DM plat-forms in natural resources management.

Environment in an area/region is deeply related with the ways of manipulation and exploitation of soil and water, the two most significant natural resources especially in the agriculture-domi-nated Asian countries. An understanding of the issues involved in agriculture and environment from different standpoints (scientific, socio-eco-nomic, area-specific etc. is very important for the students who are interested in environmental and natural sciences.

Climate change impacts are inevitable although may vary in its magnitude from place to place. Land use being one of the major causes of cli-mate change and the fact that enormous land use change occurring in Asia driven by several reasons, particularly for the need of meeting the food demands. Given the crucial role of land, the issue is becoming more complex in the face of food insecurity, poverty alleviation and emerging issue of climate change impact. This course in-tends to introduce the students intrinsic linkage between land use and climate change to am-ply equip them with the knowledge of the land use change and climate change science, role of land use on mitigation and adaptation of climate change impacts.

153

Pulp and Paper Technology (PPT)

Pulp and Paper Technology focuses on sustainable solutions to the rapidly growing pulp and paper industries in the region, by meeting the demand of high quality engineers and managers. It provides students with comprehensive understanding of the pulp and paper industry, its unit processes, environmental aspects and the sustainability of the processes and products.



Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, environmental engineering, physics or chemistry.



154

Program

Field of Study — Pulp and Paper Technology (PPT)


ED74.01

ED74.02

ED74.09

ED74.10

ED74.11

ED74.16

ED74.17

ED74.9001

Pulp Manufacture

Fiber and Paper Fundamentals

Unit Operations in a Chemical Pulp Mil

Pulping and PapermakingLaboratory

Environmental Control in Pulp and Paper

Industry

Recycled Fiber Technology

Pigment Coating and Printing

Selected Topic: Fiber Structure and

Chemistry

The purpose of the course is to give students a broad knowledge in all pulping processes, and unit operations, from raw material handling to the end products including the environmental impact of pulping processes.

To provide students with an understanding of basic mechanisms in the preparation of pulp fibers for papermaking; characteristics of the paper web forming and strength development; the essential paper properties and their depen-dence on fiber properties; overview of paper mill operations.

The purpose of this course is to give the stu-dents a comprehensive understanding of unit operations and technology of chemical kraft pulp mills.

The objective is to familiarize the students how to utilize the laboratory experiments in solving problems in pulp and paper mills.

The purpose of the course is to give the stu-dents a comprehensive understanding of envi-ronmental aspects and emission control tech-nology in the pulp and paper industry.

Recycling has established itself as a reliable raw material for paper and board industry. The process and the quality of product for recycled fibers are different from origin. The course aims to cover some details on processing techniques and product developments.

Printing requires a smooth surface of uniform composition, achieved only by pigment coated paper. The course gives a comprehensive re-view of coating along with printing. The funda-mentals of coating and printing ink transfer are explained, and the essentials of each technique briefly introduced.

The purpose of this course is to give the stu-dents comprehensive knowledge of the struc-ture and chemistry of fiber raw materials. It is very important for the students to understand the organic and physical chemistry of the pulp and papermaking processes.

August

August

January

January

January

January

January

August

None

None

ED74.01 Pulp Manufacture

ED74.01 Pulp ManufactureED74.02 Fiber and Paper Fundamentals

None

None

ED74.02 Fiber and

Paper Fundamentals

Basic knowledge in

chemistry

155

Program

Field of Study — Pulp and Paper Technology (PPT)


ED74.9002

ED74.9003

Selected Topic: Process Technology of

Papermaking

Selected Topic: Advanced Course in

Papermaking

The objective is to give a systematic descrip-tion of the unit operations of the papermaking, from stock preparation to the reel. The analysis is aiming at giving the students tools for under-standing of the process and its dynamics, and the options for improving the quality and effi-ciency of the process and the product.

The course looks at specific paper proper-ties deeper than the course Fiber and Paper Fundamentals. This advanced course aims at studying in depth selected paper characteris-tics representing basic physical qualities of pa-per, process and quality problems.

August

January

ED74.02 Fiber and

Paper Fundamen-

tals

ED74.02 Fiber and Paper Funda-mentals andED74.9002 Process Technology of Papermaking.

156

Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)

Regional and Rural Development Planning focuses on rural poverty, improvement of the quality of life, and social and economic development of rural areas. Practice-ori-ented rural-regional planning is carried out regularly at district and sub-district levels following a participatory and integrated approach. Attention is paid to management of development institutions, and infrastructure and physical resources. Sectoral and spa-tial planning is equally emphasized along with the management of rural development programs and local development projects to strengthen rural communities for sustain-able development.

Selected areas of concern are: poverty analysis, concepts and processes of rural and regional development; community development planning; agricultural development and planning; planning and management of rural development projects; regional planning techniques; rural-urban relations; NGO management policy and development adminis-tration; sustainable development theories and practices; and decentralization and gov-ernance.



Undergraduate degree in geography, economics, sociology, anthropology, practical sci-ence, public administration, agricultural science, architecture, civil engineering, rural and regional planning, and other related disciplines. Professional experience in rural development related areas would be an added advantage.



157

Program

Field of Study — Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)


ED77.01

ED77.02

ED77.05

ED77.06

ED77.08

ED77.11

ED77.14

ED77.15

Rural and Regional Development

Social Research Methods in

Development Planning

Rural Urban Relations

Regional Planning Techniques

Agricultural Development and

Planning

Project Planning and Management

Community Development Planning

NGO Management, Policy and Develop-ment Administration

The main objective of the course is to focus on development concepts, poverty analysis, regional disparity, different approaches and theories of rural-regional development.

To give an orientation of scientific research methods and techniques that are widely used in development planning. Planners need to know, understand and be able to apply meth-ods, techniques and terminology of scientific research in social science research so that they can assess the value, quality and limitations of research inputs. The course focuses on the ap-plication of basic social research methods and techniques, analysis of the data collected and interpretation of the findings, presentations of findings and conclusions.

The purpose of this course is to provide the conceptual and theoretical foundations of rural-urban relations in the context of regional devel-opment with case studies from Asian countries. This course integrates between the rural and urban planners to identify appropriate policy measures in bringing balanced development.

The objective of this course is to strengthen the analytical base for spatial planning. This provides applications of techniques and serves as a methodological training of the regional and rural development planners.

An understanding of the issues involved in planning for agricultural development at vari-ous scales of analysis, the farm, the region and the nation.

Projects are the building blocks of develop-ment. To achieve sustainable economic and so-cial development, policies and plans have to be converted into action through projects. Given the scarcity of resources, projects have to be properly planned and implemented. This course aims at enabling students to develop project planning and management skills follow-ing the learning by doing approach.

This course emphasizes on community orga-nization and their dynamics, community par-ticipation and empowerment for development activities, local governance with a selected list of methods and techniques for community de-velopment planning.

The main objective of the course is to focus on managing NGOs/Civil Society and making them more effective in working for the poor and the disadvantaged.

August

August

January

August

August

January

January

January

None

None

None

None



None

None

158

Program

Field of Study — Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)


ED77.16

ED77.17

ED77.18

ED77.9007

ED77.9008

ED77.9009

Research Design and Methods

Rural RegionalPlanning Workshop

Sustainable Development Theories

and Practices

Decenralization and Governance

Rural Development Management

Workshop

Rural Project Planning and Management

The course is designed to assist students in their preparation of a thesis research proposal. The course will address four major components essential for the proposal consisting of research conceptualization, literature review and analy-sis and understanding basic design principles and methodological input and methods for the thesis research.

The course will provide conceptual framework, techniques and methodology in rural and re-gional planning to analyze problems and then formulate a development plan of the study area, involving the active participation of people at the grassroots level. The course participants will be encouraged to use their practical expertise and applications of theoretical knowledge in devel-opment planning acquired earlier in conducting the field study in the selected area.

Making students aware of the basic principles of sustainable development, and enabling them to analyze sustainable development policies through the analysis of policies adopted by their countries.

Providing concepts, principles and policy framework on decentralization and governance to enable students to apply and analyze them through policy implementation and practices in public reform and various regional and rural de-velopment programs adopted by their countries and other development organizations.

The course will provide conceptual framework, workshop methodology, techniques to be ap-plied in rural context for developing, analyzing and managing rural development projects at the local level. The students are encouraged to use their experiences and apply theoretical knowledge gained through other courses in conducting field study in Thailand

Projects are the building blocks of develop-ment. To achieve sustainable economic and social development, policies and plans have to be converted into actions leading to outcomes through appropriate projects. Given the scar-city of resources, projects have to be properly planned and effectively implemented. This course aims at enabling students to develop result/objective oriented project planning and management skills following the learning by do-ing method.

January

January

August

January

InterSem

InterSem

None

None

None

159

Urban Environmental Management (UEM)

The UEM field of study responds to the need to study Urban Planning and Urban Man-agement problems from environmental perspectives to promote sustainable urban de-velopment. Faced with deteriorating environmental conditions which threaten urban productivity, the quality of life of urban residents and the social cohesion of cities, the field develops and teaches the capabilities and skills to confront and reverse these negative trends.

UEM draws on and integrates theories and perspectives from the established disciplines of urban planning, urban and regional development, and public policy and management into a distinctive framework of problems, issues, and questions concerning the urban environment in a developing society context. This field of study deals with environmen-tal problems such as poor water supply and sanitation, inadequate solid waste and waste water management, land-use conflicts and deteriorating environmental quality in the home, neighborhood and city.



Undergraduate degree in architecture, civil and environmental engineering, economics, geography, law, natural science, public administration, sociology or urban and regional planning.


Master’s degree in a relevant field and detailed dissertation research outline must be submitted with the application

160

Program

Field of Study — Urban Environmental Management (UEM)


ED79.01

ED79.02

ED79.03

Urban Environmental Management Systems

Urban Environmental Management (UEM)

Research Methods and Techniques

Urban Planning and the Built-Environment

Students in the Urban Environmental Manage-ment field of study come with different educa-tional backgrounds and limited work experience on planning and management tasks. Therefore, an introductory course on urban environmental planning and management system is neces-sary to bring these students to a common plat-form. This course helps students to understand the existing management systems, methods and techniques that are used to address urban environmental problems. The course deals with both conventional environmental management systems as well as state of the art environ-mental management systems. The course is presented in a manner to create an overall framework within which the other specialized courses of the Urban Environmental Manage-ment are presented.

This course is particularly focused on data gath-ering and analysis in both basic and applied research relevant to the field of environmental management. It provides a generic set of tools and also utilizes social theory and methods and techniques in social science research in systematizing and analyzing empirical data. It is intended to provide the students with the necessary conceptual understanding and skills training in data gathering and analysis that will serve their needs in academic research in the UEM field of study as well as future investiga-tive tasks as urban environmental managers. Its objective is to provide the following: a) con-ceptual understanding of scientific research and policy-related research; b) basic compe-tence in investigative skills required of urban environmental managers; and c) familiarization with a set of generic analytical and data- gath-ering tools, both in quantitative and qualitative approaches in academic and applied research.

Students in the field of Urban Environmental Management come from diverse educational backgrounds, and sometimes with limited pro-fessional experience. Their exposure to plan-ning and management paradigms is even more limited. Since Urban Environmental Manage-ment is a new discipline emerging from the more established disciplines such as Urban Planning, Urban Architecture, and Urban Ecol-ogy, some command on these knowledge areas has been recognized as essential to perform UEM oriented tasks. This course is designed to cater that purpose.

August

August

August

None



161

Program



ED79.04

ED79.05

ED79.06

ED79.07

Environmental Science and Technology for Decision Makers

Urbanization and Environmental Policy

Environmental Auditing

Disaster Management in Urban Environmental

Planning

The interdisciplinary and complex nature of urban environmental problems requires basic understanding of science and technological as-pects affecting decision making of many profes-sionals including planners and managers. Such knowledge will permit decision makers to con-sider and evaluate environmental impacts as-sociated with any developments or projects in hand. This course will provide the students with basic technical knowledge on environmental problems, characteristics and sources of pollut-ants, and possible technical solutions particu-larly those relating to urban environment.

Management of the urbanization process and urban environment are two top priorities in the policy agenda for sustaining cities’ role in hu-man development. In rendering these manage-ment tasks, urban professionals need to ac-quire a comprehensive understanding of the urbanization process and a deeper apprecia-tion of urban environmental components. With this in view, the course seeks to impart policy expertise for (a) better management of the ur-banization process, (b) pursuing the goal of a decentralized urban system, (c) improving the working and living conditions of the urban poor and (d) developing sustainable urbanization and urban development strategies.

In urban environmental management, envi-ronmental auditing represents an important component of the environmental management process, as it is a key management tool for evaluating environmental performance. This course is designed to provide students with knowledge of the theory and practice of envi-ronmental auditing.

Developing countries are experiencing a rise of economic, social and environmental losses due to frequent disasters occurring in urban areas. Most urban disasters are natural phenomenon intensified by man-made interventions in the environment. This raises the necessity of incor-porating the concepts of disaster preparedness, management and mitigation in urban develop-ment and environmental planning. This course is designed to provide a broad understanding on the approaches to disaster management in urban areas and, particularly community-based disaster management methods.

August

August

January

January




None

162

Program



ED79.08

ED79.09

ED79.10

Environmental Legislation

Urban Environmental Design

Urban Environmental Planning and Management

Workshop

Beginning the 1970’s, the leading challenge in the courts has been environmental consider-ations, and the leading concern of developing countries’ federal and state legislatures in the present decade has been to turn out laws re-sponsive to the social drive for protection of the environment. It is through the legal process that the primary attack on the pollution problems of the ever-growing urban centers are being made and solved. This course is designed to impart an expertise in (a) understanding basic legal concepts in general and environmental law in particular for analyzing the legal context of ur-ban environmental management, and (b) gain-ing a systematic knowledge of environmental legislation and its enforcement at both national and international level.

Urban eco-system is distinguished from other eco-systems by the dominant presence of built components in the urban environment. These built components such as buildings in general and housing in particular and also infrastructure facilities, civic facilities, recreational spaces, town centers etc. should be properly designed and built in order create conducive environ-mental qualities for various human activities in the city. This course intends to make students understand scope of eco-sensitive design and planning of various urban spaces and design strategies for environmental quality manage-ment in such spaces.

Urban Environmental Management curricu-lum requires an opportunity for the students to practice theoretical concepts and management techniques in an interdisciplinary teamwork sit-uation, which in many ways resembles the chal-lenges they have to face in their future careers. The UEPM Workshop provides this opportunity for students to experiment with methods and techniques that they learn in other courses. Students are expected to synthesize the knowl-edge they have acquired on concepts of envi-ronmental management, methods of data col-lection, and techniques of urban environmental analysis, in studying a ‘real-world situation’ and then propose urban environmental planning and management strategies for the chosen study area. The whole workshop is simulated as if conducting a realistic project, and termi-nates short of implementing the proposals.

August

August

January

None

None


163

Program



ED79.11

ED79.12

ED79.13

ED79.14

UEM Research Design

Management of Urban Housing, Infrastructure

and Service

Strategic Environmen-tal Assessment for

Urban Development

Governance and Urban Management

This short course on UEM research design is intended to familiarize the students about the core elements of a UEM focused research and the choices that need to be made with regard to each. It also teaches the students about the connection between the core elements of a re-search proposal. Knowledge of the ‘logic of a research design’ and its core elements should enable students to ‘think about’ their own thesis project in a systematic way.

The built-environments of cities are largely mani-fested by housing and settlements of people, and infrastructure and service networks that support their living. The absence of adequate infrastructure and services make the living con-dition of people below acceptable environmental standards. Under served settlements are usually characterized by poor in-door and out-door living conditions, sanitary conditions and health condi-tions. Therefore, urban environmental managers require special knowledge and skills in making urban settlements habitable places to live in. This course is designed to offer such knowledge and skills.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the most widely practiced environmental manage-ment tool in the world. Required by legislation or policy in most countries and in international funding organizations, EIA is used to make de-velopment projects both more environmentally acceptable and more sustainable. The strategic environmental assessment (SEA) techniques encompass broader scope covering urban de-velopment as a sector of activities. It enables, environmental considerations into decision mak-ing at the policy, plan, program as well as proj-ect level. The course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills for such decision-making.

The challenge of urban governance today is un-derstanding and realizing a public management that goes beyond simple administration and overcoming the traditional separation between politics and administration. This course address-es the relevant issues in this field, focusing on the intersection between urban politics and pub-lic management, emphasizing among others the interactive relationship between citizens, elect-ed bodies, the administration, and organized groups or individual policy advocates (as repre-sentatives of organizations and business) at the city level. These public agencies and actors and their interactions are examined in the context of the social agenda of cities’ sustainable future.

January

August

January

January

ED 79.02 UEM Research Methods and Techniques

None



164

Program



ED79.15

ED79.16

ED79.17

Urban Economics and Finance

Environmental Conflict Resolution and

Mediation

Multivariate Analysis for Planning

In view of the importance of urban economics and finance for urban planning, management and environmental management, this course is designed to provide a graduate level under-standing of the operation of urban economics, local government finance and financing of urban infrastructure and sound services. Privatization of various forms of public-private partnerships, the potential of foreign direct investment (FDI) and cost recovery through user charges are assuming increasing significance in the urban service provisions. A good set of new literature has grown in recent years based on substan-tial innovations and good practices in financing urban services. Thus, both theory & practice in this subject area is well developed for its offer-ing at graduate level education. The conceptual and policy aspects of the course seek to enable the students to contribute to better manage-ment of the urban economy and environment.

Rapid growth and urbanization of develop-ing countries have conditioned the rise of in-cidence of conflicts in both natural and built environments. Environmental managers have to deal wisely and effectively with these often complex conflicts in order to minimize the vari-ous negative consequences and cost of unre-solved disputes and/or of resolving it through public adjudication or use of force. This course imparts foundational theoretical knowledge on social and environmental conflicts that provide social scientific perspectives and tools to for identifying and analyzing environmental conflict situations. It also provides the key principles and strategies in bargaining, negotiation and mediation in disputes. Furthermore, through simulation and case reviews, it imparts relevant skills in negotiation and mediation practices.

The aim of this course is to develop basic re-search sense and capability by teaching the methods for socio-economic data analysis and modeling, and by letting students apply them on their thesis research fields. The methods and techniques which will be provided, cov-ers applied descriptive statistics, multivariate analysis and quantitative modeling. The course also intends to develop their computer skill for statistical application.

January

January

January



Enough knowledge

of basic sta-tistics

165

Program



ED79.18

ED79.19

Systems Analysis and Methods for Urban

Environmental Management

Assessment and Implementation of

Development Projects

The aim of this course is to develop knowledge and skill related to systems approach and some systems analysis and statistical methods for planning, design, implementation and evalu-ation stages of the management process. The methods and techniques which will be provided, covers several systems analysis techniques in the management process, applied descriptive statistics, conceptual and analysis modeling. The course also intends to develop their com-puter skill for application.

This course investigates introduction to systems approach, analysis, and techniques for manage-ment process in preliminary, planning/evalua-tion, and implementation steps, conceptual and analysis modeling with applications focusing in environmental management and urban develop-ment; application of system analysis in decision making techniques, multi-objective analysis, asset flow analysis, material flow analysis, in-put-output analysis, life cycle assessment, and integrated assessment.

The need of managing intervention more effi-ciently and effectively and to maximize project results is always an issue of managing devel-opment projects. Most of the project managers, consultants and other professionals including NGOs face difficulties in accessing not only in the appraisal process but also in the implemen-tation of development projects especially with the limited resources. Based on lessons learnt and experience gained from past and on-go-ing projects, maintaining control during project implementation to stay on the line from the be-ginning to the end of project to ensure achieving reasonable results is not an easy task. There-fore this course aims to explore key strategic and major tools as well as practical issues con-cerning assessment and implementation of de-velopment projects. The course also intends to develop analytical skills for applications in urban development and environmental management projects through different interventions including community-based development, training pro-grams, networking, and applied research.

This course investigates concepts of develop-ment projects, project framework and environ-ment, results-based management, project man-agement stages and tools, analysis of projects from different aspects including gender equality, project implementation, project monitoring and evaluation, project communications, and cases of urban environmental management projects

January

January



Program

166

Program


ED79.20

ED79.9003

Urban Planning andEnvironmental Design

Selected Topic: Gender Analysis for

Urban Environmental Management

Urban eco-systems differ from natural eco-systems due to the dominant presence of built components and their spatial and functional re-lationships. Built components such as buildings, infrastructure facilities, civic amenities, residen-tial neighborhoods and town centers should be properly planned, designed and built in order to facilitate various urban functions. This course deals with the challenges faced by contempo-rary cities to make them environmentally con-ducive for various human activities. The course intends to make the students understand the scope of eco-sensitive urban planning and de-sign from macro level to micro level.

With increasing urbanization, how to manage urban environment is becoming more and more important in the Asian region. In order to achieve sustainability in maintaining livable urban envi-ronment, we need a combination of technical, economic, social and political approaches to the problem. Studies on the intersection of gen-der and UEM are still new. CIDA-AIT partner-ship project on Southeast Asia Urban Environ-mental Management Application (SEA-UEMA) project have provided a platform to deepen our understanding on this issue especially in the context of Southeast Asia. The content of the course is guided by the rich experience and in-sights gained from SEA-UEMA project.

August

August

None

None


167167

INTERDISCIPlINARy PROGRAMS

Agri-Business Management (ABM)

As the nature of rural economy of many developing countries of Asia-Pacific region shifts from subsistence farming to commercial food enterprises, a new breed of agri-business professionals is needed to manage this transformation. AIT’s Agri-Business Management (ABM) program caters to the unique needs of agribusiness professionals, which comprise of knowledge and skills in elements of agriculture sector policy issues, technology, marketing and finance. Agribusiness professionals are needed in several sectors, including in multinational companies involved in corporate farming, food pro-cessing, packaging and marketing, agricultural finance institutions, agricultural coop-eratives, animal feed industry, biotechnology industry, fertilizer and pesticide industry, irrigation and mechanical equipment manufacturing, medicinal plants/herbs, and gov-ernment-initiated rural/agricultural development schemes.

ABM builds on long standing strengths and experience in research, and internal and external postgraduate teaching in the fields of agricultural production, preservation, processing, agro- and food-industry management and marketing, and in agricultural development.

The program focuses on the potential for and contribution of the agribusiness industry in developing economies. It is aimed at enhancing small business entrepreneurship among primary producers of agri-food products, and traders and other market inter-mediaries in the value chain. The course is appropriate for entrepreneurs themselves and also for people working in the public sector and non-governmental organizations. Entrepreneurs and others will be enabled to take advantage of opportunities within the agri-food and related sectors, and increase the contribution of these sectors within pub-lic and national objectives.

168

Program

Field of Study — Agri-Business Management (ABM)


ED80.01

ED80.02

ED80.03

ED80.04

ED80.05

ED80.06

Analytical Techniques and Decision Tools for

Agribusiness

Agro-Industrial System Development

Agribusiness Management: Principles and

Practices

Safety and Standardization of Food

Products

Agri-Food Supply Chain Management

Trade Policies in Agribusiness

Sound understanding and working knowledge of new decision making techniques and tools are becoming important to all business applications, including agribusiness management systems. Most undergraduate curricula in Asia provide little prepa-ration for these. The course will combine up-to-date tools available from different disciplines such as economics, operations management, statistics, and mathematics, and demonstrate their applications in agricultural enterprises.

Development of agro-industries is being empha-sized in the economies of many countries in the Asian region. A “system approach” to study com-plex interactions of major components is necessary to formulate and implement agro-industrial projects effectively. A course highlighting the interaction and equilibrium between marketing, raw material supply and processing would provide necessary informa-tion for this need.

Agriculture in Asia has traditionally been viewed as a subsistence or cultural activity. This perspective is undergoing a rapid change due to globalization of food market. Agribusiness management, being a multi-disciplinary area of study, covers aspects of policy, finance, technology and entrepreneurship. The course will provide a broad overview of agri-business development in the Asia-Pacific region over the last three decades and cover above as-pects in terms of their influence on agribusiness development.

It is recognized that there is an increasing need for greater quality assurance, transparency and trace-ability in the food supply chain and food safety. It is a global issue of increasing concern for govern-ments, food producers, food processors and han-dlers, as well as consumers. The course ephasizes food quality control as the mechanism for the pre-vention of food-borne illness and food spoilage.

Efficient and effective material handling has been considered a vital requisite for any commodity-busi-ness including agribusiness. Bulk and perishable nature of material to be handled makes it rather complex. Understanding and mastering the con-cepts and techniques of supply-side in food-chain is therefore considered necessary. This course pro-vides broad knowledge of various management is-sues related to the agricultural supply chain and the need for a holistic approach to the whole chain. It also highlights numerous modern strategic issues, which are sophisticated in nature and application.

To develop understanding on principles of agribusi-ness along with business strategy and agribusiness strategic management; review economic principles, marketing plan and regulations; and international agricultural trade and quality standards; which will help in devising suitable agribusiness strategy in the context of dynamic global business environment.

January

January

August

August

January

August

None

None

None

None

None

None

169

Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CCSD)

Through teaching, research and outreach activities, CCSD program at AIT seeks to develop professionals who can contribute to protect the world, especially Asia, from the impact of climate change whilst promoting sustainable management of terrestrial and coastal resources, through a curriculum and research program that exposes students to a wide range of contemporary topics.

Due to the interdisciplinary character of CCSD, students with a wide variety of back-grounds including agriculture, biosciences, environmental sciences, energy, forestry, including social sciences such as e.g. anthropology, economics and sociology are en-couraged to seek admission to the Master’s Degree program offered by the CCSD course.

Graduates from the CCSD course enjoy successful careers in government (e.g. forestry and/or environmental departments etc.), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and in academia. Many MSc students also choose to pursue a PhD degree at AIT or other institutes and universities.


This program offers certificate, diploma, master’s and doctoral degree programs in “Cli-mate Change and Sustainable Development”. CCSD aims to provide middle and senior level managers and policy makers with an advanced knowledge and skills in climate change and sustainable development. It is designed to upgrade their skills while famil-iarizing them with know-how through unique continuing professional education, spe-cifically tailored to meet the needs of the region for rapid and sustainable growth and development. This program will prepare trained professionals in Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Scholarship and Fellowship Sources

Several governments, international agencies and foundations fully or partially sponsor the cost of studies, everyday expenses and travel for students of CCSD. These include United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB). AIT fellowships for Master’s and Doctoral programs covering part of the tuition fees are offered to qualified applicants on the basis of their previous academic performance and professional background.

170

Program

Field of Study — Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CCSD)


IN84.16

ED82.01

Climate Science and Climate Modeling

Emission Mitigation in the International

Context

Climate change, a burning topic concerned by people of all walks of life, is nothing but the de-viation from the mean state of the atmosphere over a period of time in a region. Applications of future climate change such as mitigation, ad-aptation etc. demands the knowledge of future climate. Future state of the atmosphere can be derived from the present state of the atmosphere and prediction models. This course provides a preliminary understanding of the earth’s climate system, its spatial and temporal changes, climate modeling fundamentals and also down scaling concepts. The course is designed in four simple modules covering basic understanding of earth atmospheric system, physics and dynamics of at-mospheric motion, weather and climate forecast-ing methods with their uncertainties and model output downscaling methods. Upon completion of this course, student will be acquiring fundamental knowledge on climate, weather and their changes in space and time. The student will also be aware of climate models and their prediction uncertain-ties. A basic knowledge on downscaling of coarse global model outputs (GCM’s) to a fine regional scale will also be acquired by the students at the end of the course. This course investigates at-mospheric composition, vertical and horizontal structure of the earth’s atmosphere, variations in wind, temperature, humidity along the vertical and horizontal directions, forces influencing atmo-spheric motion, closure of atmospheric variables, primitive equation climate prediction models, Ini-tial and boundary conditions, physical processes, Global and regional climate models, downscaling mechanisms of global climate information.

Addressing climate change requires the collabo-ration of all nations. The United Nations frame-work Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are the two major international platforms which brings scientists, policy makers, research-ers, NGOs to discuss, negotiate and provide inputs for future working on issues related to mitigation and adaptation. Students attending the program on Climate change and sustainable de-velopment should know the modalities, function-ing and issues discussed in these international forums. This course aims to address this need. This course also aims to make students aware of the various issues in the international context, and to improve their skill in preparing reports and making professional presentations. This course investigates UNFCCC, IPCC, Conference of Par-ties, CDM Executive Board, Kyoto Protocol, Bali road map and Copenhagen statements, National communications from member countries, commu-nication and presentation skills.

Bachelor’s degree

None

171

Program



ED72.01

ED72.30

ED72.20


Energy, Environment and Climate Change:Issues and Strategies

Solar Energy

Considering that energy is a critical need of the so-ciety, it is important that energy graduates should have an understanding of: i) the reserve position of fossil energy resources in quantitative terms as well as in terms of its lifetime, ii) the importance of renewable energy and its availability, iii) the working principles of different renewable energy technologies, and (iv) applications of energy tech-nologies in the economic sectors. This course in-vestigates reserves, production and consumption of oil, coal and gas, technologies for conversion; fundamental principles, applications and status of solar energy, biomass energy, wind energy, hydro-power, geothermal energy, wave energy, tidal en-ergy, and ocean thermal energy; outlook of fossil and renewable energy.

This course aims at exposing the students to the problem of climate change (currently a matter of significant global concern) as well as to technologi-cal and policy options to mitigate greenhouse gas-es (GHG). It is also aimed at equipping the students with approaches to carry out assessments of GHG emission mitigation projects and their economic analysis. Furthermore, the course covers the key features of international conventions on climate change including the clean development mecha-nism (CDM). This course investigates greenhouse gases and climate change; technology options for GHG emission mitigation; policy options for GHG emission mitigation; international climate change conventions, protocols and perspectives.

The market for solar systems is mature and ex-panding, both in thermal (for heating, cooling and power generation) and in photovoltaic ap-plications (for lighting, water pumping and rural electrification). Climate change concerns due to the large scale fossil energy use is expected to help promote solar energy systems in the future. This course is aimed at providing the students with an understanding of the basic processes in the established solar energy technology. Specifi-cally, this course will deal with the solar radiation estimation techniques, the principles of operation, performance analysis and application of solar ther-mal conversion devices and direct solar electricity converters. Current and future applications of solar thermal and photovoltaics will also be discussed. This course investigates sun earth relationships, solar radiation and its measurement, solar radia-tion climatology; thermal processes in solar and flat-plate collectors; concentrating collectors; ap-plications of solar thermal energy; photoelectric effect in semiconductor p-n junctions, solar pho-tovoltaic components and systems, applications of photovoltaic solar energy; storage systems for solar energy (thermal and photovoltaic); recent ad-vances in solar energy applications.

August

August

January

None

None

Module 1: None Module 2: Module 1 Module 3: Module 1

172

Program



ED72.9009

ED72.9017

Wind Energy

RETScreen for Electricity

Generation from Renewable Energy

August

InterSem Consent of Instructor

Rising fuel prices driven by growing demand, de-cline in the fossil fuel reserves, and incontrovert-ible evidences of global warming are all causing serious concerns on energy and environment security around the globe. Unfortunately for a world that is so used to cheap fossil fuels, the reality is too difficult to accept to initiate serious effort at finding alternatives. However the time is running out and experts have been urging for quick and paradigm shift in the way we gener-ate and utilize energy. Under this scenario, Wind Energy holds great promise and needs to be harnessed in a far greater scale than it is now. Academic institutions have a very great role to play in this. This course is aimed at providing a basic as well as in depth understanding of Wind Energy. Overview and types of wind energy con-version systems, principles of their operation is included. Wind data analysis and Site match-ing of wind turbines are very important from the viewpoint of extraction of maximum energy from the wind is given more time. Demonstra-tion & hands on training: Software package on Optimum Site Matching of Wind Turbines. The course investigates Basics of wind energy, Types of wind energy conversion system, wind turbine construction and operation, Wind Data Analysis & Site Matching, Stand alone and Grid connected WECS.

It is widely accepted that renewable energy has an important role to play in the sustainable de-velopment by providing access to energy/elec-tricity and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Soft-ware is a unique decision support tool which can be used to evaluate the energy production and savings, costs, emission reductions, financial vi-ability and risk for various types of Renewable-Energy Technologies (RETs). The software also includes product, project, hydrology and climate databases. Use of this software can help a wide range of users to effectively implement renew-able energy projects. This course provides the background, methodology, and applications of electricity generation using renewable energy resources and technologies using RETScreen.This course investigates principles of electricity generation from solar, biomass, wind and mi-cro-hydro; Application of RETScreen; Analysis of environmental and financial implications of electricity generation from renewable energy; and case studies.

173

Program



ED72.9018

ED82.9001

ED82.9002

Clean Coal Technologies and

Carbon Capture and Sequestration

GHG Mitigation and Energy Recovery from

Waste

Bioenergy for GHG Mitigation

This course is designed to expose the students to the problem of climate change due to the use of coal for energy services as well as to techno-logical options for the mitigation of CO2 emis-sions from the coal sector. This course also equips the students with approaches to carry out assessments of Clean Coal Technologies (CCT) and Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). The major options to promote CCT and CCS will also be covered in the course. This course investigates combustion of coal and carbon dioxide emissions; CCT and CCS for CO2 emission mitigation; measures to pro-mote CCT and CCS; Case studies on clean coal technology use and carbon capture and sequestration from Asian countries; and global market for CCTs.

In recent years, anthropogenic activities have led to substantial increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into atmosphere which has led to climate change. Waste management sec-tor is an important contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. Appropriate and effective waste management practices are capable of providing mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Adop-tion of innovative policy measures along with efficient technologies can lead to substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from waste sector. This course investigates natural carbon cycle, anthropogenic activities and its influence in natural carbon cycle, greenhouse gas emissions from waste sector, energy re-covery from waste, technologies for controlling greenhouse gas emissions from waste, policy measures for controlling greenhouse gas emis-sions from waste sector.

Biomass is one of the most important sources of energy in the developing countries, and pro-vides 14% of the world’s energy. This course deals with the technologies of converting bio-mass into upgraded fuels as well as direct com-bustion. This course investigates introduction to biomass conversion; thermochemical con-version of biomass: pyrolysis, gasification and combustion; biological conversion of biomass: biogas and biodiesel; densification of biomass; biofuels; environmental impacts.

InterSem

January

January

None

None


174

Program



ED82.9003

ED82.9004

CE74.9002

Clean Development Mechanism: Principles

and Practices

Science of Climate Change and

Environment Co-benefit

Climate Change and Water Resources

A legally binding set of obligations called “Kyoto Protocol (KP)” was established by the confer-ence of the parties of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to address the global climate change by reducing the Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). The Clean De-velopment Mechanism (CDM), one of the three cooperative mechanisms established under the Kyoto Protocol, is an important potential instru-ment to promote foreign investment in Green-house Gas (GHG) emission reduction options while simultaneously addressing the issue of sustainable development. As of March 2010, 4968 CDM projects have been registered. Out of this 3897 projects (i.e. 78.4%) are from the Asia & Pacific region. The course investigates climate change and clean development mecha-nism – an overview; CDM prospects in differ-ent sectors; CDM project cycle, modalities and related entities; CDM baseline methodologies; Development of CDM projects and CDM proj-ect design document (PDD); Monitoring meth-odologies for different CDM projects; Issues of CDM project financing.

Human-induced changes to the Earth climate become a topic of the intense interest. This course equips engineers and scientists with fundamental scientific knowledge on the Earth climate system and how it changes, potential effects of the climate change, as well as climate and environmental co-benefits of the emission control measures. This course investigates Climatology; Earth climate system; Modelling climate; Monitoring climate; Science of climate change: greenhouse effect, short-lived and long-lived climate forcers; Effects of climate change; Co-benefits of emission mitigation: energy and environment; Climate and environ-ment co-benefit: climate and air quality; Co-control approach and co-benefit quantification.

Climate change and hydrological cycle; ob-served and predicted impacts of climate change in water; climate change modeling; environmen-tal, social and economic implications of climate change in water; adaptation to climate change in water sector; policies, trans-boundary river systems, laws and international conventions on climate change and water.

August

January

January


None

175

Program



ED82.9005

ED82.9006

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food

Security

Sustainable Infrastructure

Development in the Context of Climate

Change

January None

None

More than 800 million people in tropical and sub-trop-ical countries are currently food insecure despite of increasing availability of food per capita. Their situa-tion is expected to worsen, and the number of food insecure people is likely to increase, as in changing extreme weather events the small-scale household of tropical and sub-tropical areas will be exposed further to increased climate risks and will make them more and more vulnerable to these risks. Link-ages between agriculture and food security, impact of climate change and adaptation and mitigation options and in particular the scaling issues linking information at the plot, farming systems, landscape regional and global scale would be able to address the concern of millions of small-scale household in general, and of sustainable agricultural production systems in particular. This course aims to integrate the approaches of natural and social sciences to minimize the knowledge gaps in translating re-search findings into actions and policies that are ef-fective in minimizing food insecurity, production vul-nerability and human and economic costs of climate change for small-scale farming households of Asia. This course investigates basics and updates on the discourse of food security, agricultural production and climate change with special emphasis on small-scale household of tropical and subtropical regions; finding the ‘missing link’ between agriculture, food security and climate change; various strategies and approaches designed/forwarded to meet the chal-lenges of food security and agricultural production under the climate change scenario, and the institu-tional arrangements for integrating and addressing the climate change and food security.

In view of the importance and roles of developing and managing infrastructure in the globe including Asia, this course is designed to provide a graduate level understanding of the policies, programs and projects of various types of infrastructure develop-ment with a focus on risk and adaptation strate-gies to climate change. The main objectives of this course are: to strengthen theoretical knowledge on concepts of sustainable infrastructure development; to improve capability and capacity of mastering the knowledge through closing connection with case studies with a focus on adaptation of infrastructure planning, design and other management dimensions including economic and financial aspects; and to improve students’ practical ability in developing and managing sustainable infrastructure. The conceptu-al, policy and practical aspects of the course seek to enable the students to contribute to improved plan-ning and management of the infrastructure develop-ment in the context of climate change.The course investigates concepts and overview of infrastructure development, Specific sectors and applications of sustainable infrastructure development, Risk as-

176

Program



ED76.9005

ED82.9008

ED82.9009

Land Use and Climate Change

Community and Climate Adaptation

Coastal Ecosystems and Climate Change: Issues and Strategies

August

InterSem

InterSem

August

None

None

None

None

sessment and management strategies for infra-structure risk reduction, Risk assessment and management strategies for infrastructure risk reduction, Adaptation of infrastructure devel-opment and management to climate change, Economic and environmental aspects of infra-structure development in the context of climate change, Policy tools and management aspects for sustainable infrastructure development, Ap-plications and cases for adaptation of infrastruc-ture development and management to climate change in Asia.

Climate change impacts are inevitable although may vary in its magnitude from place to place. Land use being one of the major causes of cli-mate change and the fact that enormous land use change occurring in Asia driven by several reasons, particularly for the need of meeting the food demands. Given the crucial role of land, the issue is becoming more complex in the face of food insecurity, poverty alleviation and emerging issue of climate change impact. This course in-tends to introduce the students intrinsic linkage between land use and climate change to amply equip them with the knowledge of the land use change and climate change science, role of land use on mitigation and adaptation of climate change impacts. This course investigates land use and land use change; Impacts of land use change; Climate change; Relation between land use and climate; Mitigation of and adaption to climate change impacts

The main objective of the course is to focus on development concepts, poverty and different approaches to community adaptation to climate change. The course deals with the concepts of development, poverty, community adaptation to climate change.

Coastal ecosystems provide good and services to millions of people but they are threatened by climate change. Coral reefs, sea grass beds and mangroves are severely affected by high temperatures, sea level rise, floods and other events. It is necessary that students learn how climate change affects coastal ecosystems and how to mitigate and adapt to climate change in order to maintain ecosystem goods and ser-vices for the people. The course investigates coastal ecosystems, goods and services, cli-mate change issues and effects on coastal eco-systems, mitigation and adaptation strategies.

177177

Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM)

The aim of this academic program is to instill the necessary interdisciplinary capacities to manage and minimize the effects of disasters in people on the front lines of disaster response and preparedness. Upon completion of the program, graduates will have gained a profound scientific understanding of natural and human-made disasters. They will be able to assess risks properly, construct disaster management plans using ap-propriate tools and techniques, and apply suitable measures to mitigate risk. They will possess the skills necessary for handling complex emergency situations and to commu-nicate with various stakeholders and policy makers on issues associated with disaster preparedness, mitigation and management. Given these skills and expertise, program graduates will be ready to play a leading role in protecting lives from the forceful rising tide of disasters.

For more info: http://dpmm.ait.asia/

Professional Master’s Degree Program is a one-year academic program requiring 33 credits, spanning two semesters and a summer period of twelve weeks. August and January semesters provide lecture courses with the summer period reserved for an internship at disaster-related institutions in addition is working out a project report of mu-tual interest to the student and the internship provider. This program is aimed at those who are currently working at disaster-related institutions and who would like to expand their knowledge base as well as to acquire new skills including the ability to meet the present and future performance challenges. Candidates for this program should have completed a bachelor’s degree and have gained at least 3 years of work experience in disaster related areas. Interested students may shift to the regular master’s degree program if they meet its requirements. Master’s Degree Program is 22 months academic program requiring 50 credits which include 28 credits of coursework and 22 credits of master’s thesis study. The program is aimed at those who are looking for a career in disaster preparedness, mitigation and management, and at the faculty and staff of universities and research institutions. Students are expected to do a thesis directly related to aspects of natural or human-made disasters in their home countries. After successfully completing this program, these students may pursue further studies in the Doctoral Degree Program on “Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management”. Doctoral Degree Program is designed for faculty and staff of universities and for senior staff of government and international agencies. The program requires 84 credits, i.e., 18 credits of coursework and 66 credits of dissertation research study. Students are ex-pected to have gained a recognized Master’s degree in the subject areas relevant to, or related with disaster preparedness, mitigation and management. Doctoral dissertations are expected to produce new, regionally relevant findings, solutions, or technologies for disaster preparedness, mitigation and management problems. The faculty from AIT and collaborating institutions jointly supervise doctoral students. Post-Graduate Certificate Program is a one-semester program that spans 15 weeks with a course load of 12-15 credits (4-5 courses of three credits each). This program is offered both in January and August semesters. The credits earned in this program can be transferred to the AIT professional master’s or regular master’s degree program in “Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management”, as well as to programs in other appropriate fields of study.

178

Program


(DPMM)


IN84.01

IN84.11

IN84.12

Managing Disasters

Mitigation of Earthquake Disasters

Floods and Droughts

Disasters are extraordinary events that require special knowledge and skills to tackle the dam-age, casualties and disruption they cause. The field of disaster management is relatively new and rapidly evolving and as the world popula-tion grows and urbanization spreads, more and more individuals and infrastructures are get-ting exposed to potentially damaging disaster events and the threat of large-scale losses.Disaster management began to grow beyond the ‘response and relief’ environment and its fo-cus is shifting to risk analysis, communications, risk prevention/mitigation, and social and eco-nomic recovery. This requires a new skill base for disaster managers and this course is aimed at providing students necessary knowledge and skills in disaster management by covering all the components of the disaster cycle (mitiga-tion/prevention, preparedness, response and recovery) and beyond. This course covers the principle and practices in disaster management which can be adapted to jurisdiction of various sizes, at various levels and various situations. The earthquake has wide range effects and can be devastating to people. To effectively minimize the earthquake disasters, its mitiga-tion concept is inevitably involved in many branches of sciences. The course provides the essential knowledge on the natures and evalu-ations of each earthquakes impact including ground shaking, earthquake-induced landslide, liquefaction and tsunami. Consequently, the course introduces the measures, emergency response and recovery plans, strategies for protection and loss estimation and risk and vul-nerability analysis against these disasters.

Floods and droughts are one of the most de-structive natural phenomena in Asia and around the world. They can cause serious dam-age to life, properties, public utilities and infra-structures. They hamper social and economic growth of developing countries. Knowledge on hydrology of floods and droughts; understand-ing on their causes, frequencies and magni-tudes are required to achieve effective man-agement and mitigation measures of floods and droughts.

August

January

August

None

None

None

179

Program


(DPMM)


IN84.13

IN84.14

IN84.15

IN84.16

Georisk Engineering

Tsunami Science and Preparedness

Energy Technologies for Disaster Warning

and Management

Climate Prediction and Early Warning Systems

Geotechnical Engineers are increasingly chal-lenged to solve problems arising from the im-pact of human activities on the geological en-vironment but also from natural geo hazards. The economic impact resulting from geological hazards, in particular in developing countries, is significant. The purpose of this course is to educate students so that they are able to un-derstand the principles and reasons of geologi-cal risks. They will be educated to identify and quantify the geo risk and the engineering pre-cautions to avoid or prevent the hazards and mitigate impacts resulting from such risks.

The course will provide students with the fun-damental knowledge of tsunami science, un-derstanding of its consequence as catastrophic destruction to human and to reduce the damage by appropriate mitigation and preparedness.

Reliable energy supply is a prerequisite to ef-fectively manage both pre and post disaster situations. Effective warning systems in pre-disaster situation can greatly reduce the devas-tating losses and suffering to human, livestock and others. A reliable energy supply is there-fore absolutely essential for the warning and communication systems for evacuation. In a post-disaster situation, source of energy and appropriate technologies to deliver them will be important to save lives and to start rehabilita-tion.This course is particularly designed for man-agers and practitioners to give an overview of suitable energy technology options for di-saster warning systems and how to meet the energy needs in a post disaster situation. This course also provides basic knowledge on how to quickly set up temporary energy supply sys-tems. Demonstration of such systems will also be covered in laboratory and case studies.

Weather and climate, which is nothing but the state of the atmosphere at any given time, plays an important role in our present and future en-vironment. Early warning System consists of climate prediction and translation of this severe weather/climate information into potential haz-ards understood by the users. The course is designed in five simple modules covering basic understanding of earth’s atmospheric system, techniques of weather and climate forecasting and the generation of Early Warning System with application in various hydro-meteorologi-cal hazards.

January

None

None

None

None

180

Program


(DPMM)


IN84.21

IN84.22

IN84.31

IN84.32

IN84.33

Remote Sensing and GIS for Disaster

Mitigation

Geospatial Technologies for

Disaster Risk Management

Human Conflicts and Humanitarian

Emergency Management

Health and Ecological Risk Management in Disaster Situations

Coastal Resiliency and Natural Disaster

Preparedness

This course introduces the basic principles of Re-mote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) and the major applications for disas-ter monitoring and management.

Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) is a very effective tool for spatial in-formation acquisition and management. While re-mote sensing has become operational information extraction system with affordable data cost, GIS provides flexibility in integrating various informa-tion and studying spatial dependency in disaster related phenomena comprehensively and affec-tively. These two technologies are popular in de-veloped countries and getting popularity in the re-gion too. This course will equip students with tools that will assist them in assessing the existing situ-ation of a disaster and vulnerability and identify-ing factors that need to be considered in planning, decision making in disaster risk reduction.

The main objective of the course is to focus on nature and causes of human conflicts. It aims at searching possible solutions to the problems aris-ing out of the conflicts: both short and long-term with particular emphasis on the roles of the devel-opment workers and policy makers.

The course deals with the risks natural and hu-man-made disasters which pose danger to the so-ciety and ecosystems. Wide varieties of chemicals are discharged into the environment intentionally or accidentally and cause widespread pollution. They may gradually bio-accumulate in the environ-ment or cause immediate and acute toxicity of hu-mans. Natural or human-made, typhoons, Bhopal chemical disaster or the Avian flu pandemic, the disasters necessitate prevention of the spread of diseases and illnesses as the first priority of the governing authorities. The provision of water sup-ply, basic sanitation services and waste manage-ment are essential elements of any disaster man-agement/mitigation programs and special skills/technologies are needed to handle and mitigate the ensuing problems.

This course is designed to present students with a background on the concepts and issues asso-ciated with Coastal Community Resilience. It will provide them with an understanding of the tools necessary to assess CCR within a community and then introduce techniques for designing and implementing an effective resiliency enhancement program. The curriculum will also analyze natu-ral and anthropogenic factors influencing Coastal Community Resilience. The focus is on the human dimension of coastal hazards rather than disaster science.

August

January

August

None

None

None

None

None

181

Program

Field of Study — Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management Field of Study — Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management

(DPMM)


IN84.34

IN84.35

IN84.36

EIA Framework for Disaster Management

Planning and Implementation of

Disaster Emergency Management

Community-Based Disaster Risk Management

UN experts reviewing bitter lessons learned from the last tsunami disaster have noted that one of the major errors of our tackling the event was that the tool of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was not incorporated into the existing Disaster Management Plan. This course deals with the EIA framework providing a platform for all other disaster-related tools. The platform facilitates their application in a holistic way combining specific and strategic is-sues through, e.g., the Rapid and the Strategic Environmental Assessments (REA, SEA).

The course focuses on critical issues and as-sociated post disaster phenomena for analy-sis and planning in meeting emergencies and needs of the affected areas and communities. This will provide scope for working out pre-paredness measures for the future to deal and cope up with the disaster impacts efficiently and effectively. The discussions will confine to most common disasters with higher frequency of occurrence such as flood, drought and cy-clones, etc. The course participants will be trained for undertaking practical works relating to planning and implementation of emergency management using a practicum on identified natural disaster(s).

The CBDRM course provides an opportunity for participants to understand the concepts behind disaster risk reduction, studying past trends in disaster risk and occurrence; looking at current activities implemented by organizations, NGOs and practitioners, and appreciating the impor-tance of community participation in the disaster risk reduction and management process. The course covers aspects as diverse as stakehold-er analysis, vulnerability and resource assess-ment, participatory approaches in CBDRR, risk reduction implementation, advocacy and chal-lenges faced. In addition to the regular class lectures and discussions, a 2-day field visit is included for practical learning.

January

January

None

None

None

182

Program


(DPMM)


IN84.9002 Disaster Management and Humanitarian

Assistance

API: DMHA or the Asia Pacific Initiative on Disaster Management and Humanitarian As-sistance is a hybrid online disaster training course via video conferencing and content on an ecourse management system. This course is offered through a multiple site video telecon-ference system that connects all participating educational institutions with students on their respective campuses. The video teleconfer-ence connections are established through Internet protocol and network bridging. More than ten institutions around the globe continue to collaborate and share resources in the plan-ning, organizing and delivering of the course.It has a website that has several sections starting with an introductory seminar cover-ing a broad range of topics related to Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (DMHA). Presentations originate from par-ticipating member institutions, and include contributions from academics, practitioners, government policy makers and international or-ganizations. Additional materials and resources are found in the website, and whenever pos-sible, include live links to source information.

August None

183


Energy and Environment (E-E)

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Sriwijaya University (UNSRI) have agreed through the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 24 October 2008 to en-able cooperate in the areas of academic offerings, research activities and dissemina-tion. Following this, the two institutions have agreed to jointly develop and offer a dual degree Masters degree program “Energy and Environment”. This program has been developed promote AIT – UNSRI cooperation, and will prepare trained professionals in the Energy and Environment field who will be conferred the master’s degree by the two institutions. The dual degree master’s program will be initially offered in the inter-disciplinary field of Energy, and Environmental Engineering and Management at AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development and at UNSRI’s graduate school, starting from 2009.

The students who fulfill the requirements for graduation will receive both the AIT Mas-ter’s degree and the UNSRI masters degree, Master Technique. No other certificate/de-gree will be provided.


Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engi-neering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Physics and Chemistry

184

Program

Field of Study — Energy and Environment (E-E)


ED72.01

ED72.02

ED72.03

ED72.04

ED72.05


Energy Audit and Thermal Energy

Conservation

Rational Use of Energy in Industry

Organization and Finance of a Power Utility

Demand-Side Management

Considering that energy is a critical need of the society, it is important that energy graduates should have an understanding of: i) the reserve position of fossil energy resources in quantita-tive terms as well as in terms of its lifetime, ii) the importance of renewable energy and its availability, iii) the working principles of different renewable energy technologies, and (iv) appli-cations of energy technologies in the economic sectors.

Efficient use of energy is one of the most at-tractive means to address the growing demand for fossil fuel utilization and the associated en-vironmental problems. This course presents energy auditing methodology and techniques for thermal energy management in different en-ergy systems.

As an important input to the industrial growth, energy provides considerable scope for its management through both technical and non-technical means. This course presents an ap-proach that introduces economic energy utiliza-tion in industrial enterprises for producing the required goods and services efficiently while taking into consideration financial, environmen-tal, social and other constraints. At the same time, conflicts that may arise due to the differ-ences in macro and micro perspectives related to energy use are dealt with to find acceptable solutions.

Efficient organization and well-managed fi-nance are essential for a successful electric utility. This course is intended to give an over-view of the organization and management of power utilities. It is designed to introduce new concepts and technologies in utilities operation, particularly on management decision making.

An emerging trend in reducing cost and optimiz-ing resource use in an electric utility is to pro-mote efficiency of electricity use and to encourage customers to shift away from the system load peak while filling the system load valley. Concurrently there is a global develop-ment of the electric utility service towards de-regulation. This course is intended to introduce concepts and practices in management of cus-tomer demand, and evaluation methodology of program success. It examines the method-ologies for assessing the impact of energy ef-ficiency and load management technologies on the utility’s load shape. It would also examine the development of deregulation in the electric utility service and the emergence of integrated energy services in the industry.

August

August

August

August

August

None


None

None

None

185

Program


ED72.06

ED72.08

ED72.11

ED72.12

Design and Management of Energy

Systems

Power Distribution Systems


Generation


Forecasting

There is a trend of energy facilities being out-sourced by industry and building owners so that they can focus on their main areas of busi-nesses. Professionals required to handle these energy facilities should have adequate skills to provide reliable energy services at competitive costs. A good understanding of the fundamental thermodynamic and engineering concepts, and techno-economic optimization techniques are essential for efficient designing and operation of such facilities. This course is intended to bridge thermal technology with systems engineering, and is application oriented. A review of the funda-mental concepts of energy and energy analysis of thermal processes is first demonstrated and then the students are exposed to the mathemati-cal tools for characterization of the performance of energy equipments and optimization too ls . Energy recovery by pinch technology will be dis-cussed. Management of energy systems is also an important aspect to provide trouble free ser-vice to the industry.

Distribution System is an important portion of power systems due to its high investment and its direct effect on customer. This course is intended to give an overview of the characteristics of distri-bution systems, power quality requirements, and protection measures. The planning and design considerations are also introduced.

Rural electrification, which is requires huge in-vestment, is an important concern in Asian elec-tric power utilities. Distributed generation is one new option being promoted to solve rural elec-trification problems along with the some other problems of urban distribution systems. The is-sues such as system capacity investments, grid expansions, etc. also benefit through distributed generation. This course is intended to provide the knowledge on the importance and benefit of rural electrification, availability of resources, dis-tributed generation technologies, technical and financial feasibility of applying distributed gen-eration to rural and urban areas.

Comprehensive knowledge of the overall energy system, which covers both commercial and tradi-tional energy sources, from primary production to transformation and end-uses is indispensable for energy planners/economists. Similarly, energy demand analysis and forecasting constitute basic elements of energy planning and policy formula-tion. The course aims at providing training on en-ergy accounting frameworks, equipping students with statistical data analysis skills and providing an in-depth understanding of the energy demand analysis and forecasting methodologies.

August

August

August

January

None

None

None

None


186

Program


Course Description Semester Offered Prerequisite

ED72.13

ED72.15

ED72.17

ED72.19

ED72.20

ED72.22


Projects

Energy Price Theory and Applications

Energy Management in Buildings

Biomass Conversion


Communication


Deregulation

January

August

August

January

January

January

None

None

None



None

Understanding the project cycle is important be-cause of lumpy nature of most energy projects and their wide socio-economic and environ-mental impacts. Its importance has increased in the era of deregulated and privatized energy industries, and in view of global concern about sustainable development of energy projects. The main objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the con-cepts and methodologies for project identifica-tion, project preparation, project evaluation and project financing.

Energy pricing is one of the most important policy instruments in energy resource planning and demand management. This course is de-signed to expose the students to the founda-tions of price theory and their applications to energy pricing and policy analysis.

To enable essential but practical understand-ing of the energy processes in buildings. The course covers the external and internal energy processes in the control of the built environ-ment. It also examines emerging technologies for energy management.

Biomass is one of the most important sources of energy in the developing countries, and pro-vides 14% of the world’s energy. This course deals with the technologies of converting bio-mass into upgraded fuels as well as direct com-bustion.

Students need to be trained in preparing re-ports and in developing presentation skills. This course aims to make students aware of diverse issues in the field of energy that cannot be covered in conventional classroom lectures, and to improve their skill in preparing reports and making professional presentations.

The organization of the electric sector in the world has been changing dramatically to allow for competition among generators and to cre-ate market condition in the sector, seen as nec-essary conditions for increasing the efficiency of electric energy production and distribution, offering a lower price, higher quality and secure product. This course is aimed at providing a basic understanding to different types of power system restructuring process of the world with special emphasis to the Asian countries.

187

Program


ED72.24

ED72.25

ED72.28

ED72.29


Energy Economic Modeling and Policy

Analysis

Solar Energy

Design of Solar Systems for thermal

and Electricity Generation Application

This course is designed to develop an in-depth understanding of key economic and other con-cepts related to electric utility planning and to expose the students to modern approaches of electricity planning, electricity pricing and envi-ronmental implications of alternative power development plans.

Formulation of economically efficient strategies and development plans for energy system re-quires a sound understanding of energy supply and demand options as well as the interrelation-ships between the energy sector and the econ-omy. Models of energy and economic systems facilitate such an understanding. The course is designed to expose the students to major en-ergy-economic modeling approaches and their applications to energy technology assessments and energy and environmental policy analysis.

The market for solar systems is mature and ex-panding, both in thermal (for heating, cooling and power generation) and in photovoltaic ap-plications (for lighting, water pumping and rural electrification). Concerns regarding the environ-mental effects of large scale fossil energy use is expected to the further development of solar en-ergy systems in the future. This course is aimed at providing the students with an understanding of the basic processes in the established solar energy technology. Specifically, this course will deal with the solar radiation estimation tech-niques, the principles of operation, performance analysis and application of solar thermal conver-sion devices and direct solar electricity convert-ers. Current and future applications of solar ther-mal and photovoltaics will also be discussed.

As the market for solar thermal and photovoltaic systems expands in Asia, engineers and scien-tists need to be able to apply modern techniques for designing efficient and cost effective solar energy based systems. The aim of this course is to present the methods available for the de-sign of solar thermal systems and photovoltaics. The sizing aspects applied to water heating, air heating, drying, cooling and photovoltaics will be discussed for specific end use applications in both urban and rural communities, as well as for buildings and industry.

August

January

January

January

None

None

None

ED72.28Solar Energy


188

Program


ED72.30

ED72.31

ED78.01

ED78.05

ED78.07

ED78.08

ED78.10


Electrical Energy Management

Environmental Chemistry & Laboratory

Waste Reduction and Recycling

Solid Waste Management


Environmental Health and Sanitation

August

January

August

January

August

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

This course aims at exposing the students to the problem of climate change (currently a matter of significant global concern) as well as to technological and policy options to mitigate greenhouse gases (GHG). It is also aimed at equipping the students with approaches to car-ry out assessments of GHG emission mitiga-tion projects and their economic analysis. Fur-thermore, the course covers the key features of international conventions on climate change including the clean development mechanism (CDM).

The objectives of the course are to provide a review of energy relations in electromagnetic field and electric network, to present the char-acteristics of electrical energy use in major equipment, to provide a foundation for an inte-grated view of efficiency in electricity use.

The purposes of the course are in preparing engineers and scientists to help those engaged in basic research, to carry out apply research, and to conduct pilot plant and plant scale stud-ies.

With the enormous quantity of wastes being generated by human activities, the practice of waste treatment alone will not be effective in solving pollution problems. This course covers rationale and strategy of waste reduction and recycling, technologies and management crite-ria, uses of the reclaimed products and health impacts.

This course is to provide knowledge of engi-neering principals and issues concerning solid waste management.

There is a need to enhance understanding and to introduce techniques and policy for manage-ment of highly interrelate and interdisciplinary environmental protection factors.

The problems of water supply, drinking water, sanitation and health in rural areas of develop-ing countries are still serious. This course aims to create concern about the severity and fatality of water borne diseases. In this course, the role of hygienic education to prevent the transmis-sion of water borne as well as fecal contami-nant diseases is highly emphasized. Integrated approach to health and sanitation problem in developing countries has been made through-out the course including the suggestions and solutions for a proper behavioral and strategic plan on this respect.

Code


189

Program


ED78.17

ED78.18

ED78.19

ED78.20

ED78.21

ED78.22

ED78.23

Advanced Processes for Wastewater

Treatment Reuse and Recycle

Toxic Organics and Trace Metals in

Ecosystem


Industrial Waste Abatement and Management


Air Pollution Modeling and Applications

Hazardous Waste Technology and

Management

To familiarize the environmental engineers with principles, design and operation of various ad-vanced processes for treatment, reuse and re-cycle of wastewater.

This course was designed to provide the stu-dents understand the pathways and effects of toxic organics (POPs focus) and heavy metals on the ecosystems. Environmental fate and ex-posure concentration of such toxics as well as how to reduce/stabilize to control their toxicity are included. Impacts of the toxics on soil/sedi-ment health need to be emphasized.

The objective of this course is to introduce EIA concept and elaborate EIA procedure and meth-odology, development and implementation, emerging issues and gaps. It consolidates the understanding of EIA as a useful tool in decision-making process and in management of develop-ment projects. This course combines lectures with actual training in EIA using selected case studies with focus on priority sectors of develop-ment in the region. Knowledge of cumulative en-vironmental impact assessment philosophy will also be introduced.

The objective of this course is to present for both environmental engineers and managers an over-all view on industrial waste abatement and man-agement strategies and techniques.

Industrialization and population increase have led to increased water consumption. On the other had, unchecked industrial and municipal discharges have severely deteriorated the wa-ter quality. The course emphasizes how water resource should be managed to maintain the quality.

This course provides fundamental aspects of mathematical modeling for air pollution and practical applications of models for planning and managing air quality in various meteorological and topographical conditions.

Due to rapid industrialization hazardous waste disposal is becoming a serious threat to human health and the environment. This course aims to provide fundamental knowledge on hazard-ous substances and wastes, waste minimization and technologies for hazardous waste treatment, including remediation of hazardous waste con-taminated sites. Hazardous waste management and regulatory aspects commonly used for haz-ardous waste control are covered.

January

January

August

January

January

InterSem

August

None

None

None

None

None

ED78.37: Air Pollution Engineering and Management, or equivalent.

None


190

Program



ED78.24

ED78.25

ED78.35

ED78.36

ED78.37

Design of Air Pollution Control Systems

Principles of Cleaner Production


Drinking Water Treatment

Air Pollution Engineer-ing and Management

August

January

August

August

August

ED78.37: Air Pollution Engineering and Management, or equivalent

None

Consent of instructor

None

None

This course aims at the combination of theo-retical knowledge with practical applications of air pollution control techniques. It provides basic principles enabling selection of optimum control device/control system for a particu-lar application. Practical designing cases are demonstrated to equip students with important basic technical requirements of actual air pol-lution control systems. Emission control of cli-mate forcing agents is also included

Cleaner production (CP) which is a continuous application of an integrated preventive envi-ronmental strategy to processes, products and services improves eco efficiency and reduce risks to humans & environment. Application of CP helps to use resources efficiently, increase energy efficiency, reduce costs and wastes, and thus improve industry productivity. The purpose of this course is to introduce the con-cept of CP practice and technologies in the im-portant sectors of the economy, methodologies and tools to apply CP to use energy efficiently, reduce pollution and minimize wastes. Detailed examples and case studies to explain the con-cept will be presented.

Water and wastewater treatment by biologi-cal process is one of the most important fields of environmental engineering. In this course, students will be given basic knowledge about biological water and wastewater treatment methods.

To provide environmental engineers, princi-ples, design criteria and conceptual design of various physico-chemical unit processes en-countered in conventional and advanced water treatment.

Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation cre-ate increasing numbers of sources of harmful air pollutants leading to new dimensions in air quality management. This course equips engi-neers and scientists with fundamental theoreti-cal and practical knowledge to understand the complexity of the air pollution problem, multiple effects of air pollution, and principal tools for effective air quality management.

Code

191

Energy Business Management (EBM)

There is a need for a new breed of highly trained specialized professionals who are ca-pable of efficiently managing the energy companies in the increasingly globalized busi-ness environment. The professional Master’s program in Energy Business Manage-ment is designed to produce such human capital. The main focus of the new academic program is to give students in depth exposure to modern management approaches and skills needed to face the challenge of managing the changing energy business para-digms and energy markets. As energy business is increasingly linked with international financial markets, it becomes necessary to tap both domestic and foreign sources of fi-nancing for major energy production to meet the fast growing energy needs. This further stresses the need to have professional with sound engineering and management. This program is tailor made to fulfill this importance human capital need. Preferred Background

Engineering, Science, Economics, Management, Business, Public Administration or equivalent

Professional Master’s Degree Program

The professional Master’s degree program is a one-year academic program requiring 30 credits (24 credits coursework and 6 credits project). The courses will be offered dur-ing Friday and weekends. Courses will be offered on a modular basis. 1 credit will be completed in 1 week.

The exams will be conducted after 4 weeks for the completed courses. ie. During a period of 15 weeks, 12 credits could be completed.

192

Program

Field of Study — Energy Business Management (EBM)


ED72.01

ED72.06

ED72.11

ED72.12


Design and Management of Energy Systems


Generation


Forecasting

Considering that energy is a critical need of the so-ciety, it is important that energy graduates should have an understanding of: i) the reserve position of fossil energy resources in quantitative terms as well as in terms of its lifetime, ii) the importance of renewable energy and its availability, iii) the work-ing principles of different renewable energy tech-nologies, and (iv) applications of energy technolo-gies in the economic sectors.

There is a trend of energy facilities being out-sourced by industry and building owners so that they can focus on their main areas of businesses. Professionals required to handle these energy fa-cilities should have adequate skills to provide reli-able energy services at competitive costs. A good understanding of the fundamental thermodynamic and engineering concepts, and techno-economic optimization techniques are essential for efficient designing and operation of such facilities. This course is intended to bridge thermal technology with systems engineering, and is application orient-ed. A review of the fundamental concepts of energy and energy analysis of thermal processes is first demonstrated and then the students are exposed to the mathematical tools for characterization of the performance of energy equipments and optimiza-tion tools. Energy recovery by pinch technology will be discussed. Management of energy systems is also an important aspect to provide trouble free service to the industry.

Rural electrification, which is requires huge invest-ment, is an important concern in Asian electric pow-er utilities. Distributed generation is one new option being promoted to solve rural electrification prob-lems along with the some other problems of urban distribution systems. The issues such as system capacity investments, grid expansions, etc. also benefit through distributed generation. This course is intended to provide the knowledge on the impor-tance and benefit of rural electrification, availability of resources, distributed generation technologies, technical and financial feasibility of applying distrib-uted generation to rural and urban areas.

Comprehensive knowledge of the overall energy system, which covers both commercial and tradi-tional energy sources, from primary production to transformation and end-uses is indispensable for energy planners/economists. Similarly, energy de-mand analysis and forecasting constitute basic ele-ments of energy planning and policy formulation. The course aims at providing training on energy accounting frameworks, equipping students with statistical data analysis skills and providing an in-depth understanding of the energy demand analy-sis and forecasting methodologies.

August

August

August

January

None

None

None

None

193

Program



ED72.13

ED72.19

ED72.20

ED72.22

ED72.24

ED72.29


Projects

Biomass Conversion


Communication


Deregulation


Design of solar systems for thermal

and electricity generation applications

Understanding the project cycle is important because of lumpy nature of most energy projects and their wide socio-economic and environmental impacts. Its importance has increased in the era of deregulated and privatized energy industries, and in view of global concern about sustainable development of energy projects. The main objective of this course is to pro-vide a comprehensive understanding of the concepts and methodologies for project identification, project preparation, project evaluation and project financing.

Biomass is one of the most important sources of en-ergy in the developing countries, and provides 14% of the world’s energy. This course deals with the tech-nologies of converting biomass into upgraded fuels as well as direct combustion.

Students need to be trained in preparing reports and in developing presentation skills. This course aims to make students aware of diverse issues in the field of energy that cannot be covered in conventional class-room lectures, and to improve their skill in preparing reports and making professional presentations.

The organization of the electric sector in the world has been changing dramatically to allow for competi-tion among generators and to create market condi-tion in the sector, seen as necessary conditions for increasing the efficiency of electric energy production and distribution, offering a lower price, higher quality and secure product. This course is aimed at provid-ing a basic understanding to different types of power system restructuring process of the world with special emphasis to the Asian countries.

This course is designed to develop an in-depth under-standing of key economic and other concepts related to electric utility planning and to expose the students to modern approaches of electricity planning, electric-ity pricing and environmental implications of alterna-tive power development plans.

As the market for solar thermal and photovoltaic sys-tems expands in Asia, engineers and scientists need to be able to apply modern techniques for designing efficient and cost effective solar energy based sys-tems. The aim of this course is to present the methods available for the design of solar thermal systems and photovoltaics. The sizing aspects applied to water heating, air heating, drying, cooling and photovoltaics will be discussed for specific end use applications in both urban and rural communities, as well as for build-ings and industry.

January

January

January

January

August

August

None



None

None

ED72.28Solar Energy

194

Program



ED72.30

ED72.9006

ED72.9020

ED72.9019


Productive Uses of Energy

Rational Use of Energy in Building

Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into Power

Grid

August

January

August

August

None

Consent by instructor

None

Consent by instructor

This course aims at exposing the students to the problem of climate change (currently a matter of significant global concern) as well as to techno-logical and policy options to mitigate greenhouse gases (GHG). It is also aimed at equipping the stu-dents with approaches to carry out assessments of GHG emission mitigation projects and their eco-nomic analysis. Furthermore, the course covers the key features of international conventions on climate change including the clean development mechanism (CDM).

Energy is a prerequisite for sustainable develop-ment and poverty alleviation. Productive use of energy is an important aspect in the design and implementation of energy projects, especially in rural areas. Focuses on productive use of energy more importantly for renewable energy projects is geared recently in the recognition of the fact that the provision or access to energy is not the end-goal rather is an attempt to make the energy input work directly and economically for rural economic development. The course is designed to give stu-dents an understanding on issues of how to maxi-mize social and economic benefits, and improve economic sustainability of rural energy projects through Productive Use of Renewable Energy

The building sector accounts for 30-40% of world’s primary energy consumption and is responsible for about 33% of total global CO2 emission. Buildings also provide the highest economic GHG mitiga-tion potential. This course is intended to introduce essential and practical understanding of energy processes and rational use of energy in buildings. The course covers the external and internal en-ergy processes involved in the control of the built environment. It also examines emerging technolo-gies, policies and measures, to lower the building sector’s dependence on fossil energies and en-hance the integration of renewable energy.

The increasing number of renewable energy sourc-es (RES) and distributed generators (DG) requires new strategies for the operation and management of the electricity grid in order to maintain or even to improve the power supply reliability and quality in future. One major objective of this course is to develop an appropriate methodology to assess re-newable energy sources from a utility perspective and is compatible with the technical and economic assessment techniques employed by utility engi-neers and planners

195

Program



SM60.33

SM60.34

SM60.43

SM60.63

Managerial Accounting

Corporate Finance

Human Resources Management

Managing Technology for Competitiveness

This course aims at developing skills to under-stand, evaluate and use financial information in business decision making. The course will in-troduce participants to the vocabulary of finan-cial and cost accounting. It will develop in the participants an understanding of the important tools and techniques used in analyzing finan-cial information. It will also develop in the partic-ipants the necessary skills to apply these tools and techniques in the context of business deci-sions through the use of context relevant case studies. Evaluation components will include a project which will sensitize the participants to the issues involved in collecting relevant finan-cial data and vetting them for quality before ap-plying the relevant analytical tools.

The purpose of this class is to give students a thorough introduction to financial management that blends relevant theory with practical appli-cations. This course explores the fundamental financial and operating decision undertaken by corporate management.

Formal organizations, private and public or-ganizations in the manufacturing and service sectors alike, are currently faced with rapid changes due to government deregulation and the globalization process. Business firms in particular need to develop its competitive ad-vantage, increase its competitiveness in this fierce competitive environment. One of the key competitive advantages for firm is its human resources.

This course is concerned with the effective management of human resources at work from a strategic perspective. It discusses the human resource management as a system and exam-ines ways human resource management can create values to the firm, how to improve hu-man resource productivity and job satisfaction which will ultimately add to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

Technology is a key resource of great impor-tance for corporate profitability and sustainable growth. Understanding the strategic potential of technology has become a crucial issue in today’s competitive business environment. The ability of the modern-day managers to analyze and make strategic decisions with respect to the technologies has an important bearing on the competitiveness of the firms. The objective of this course is to provide the participants with necessary knowledge and tools to understand, anticipate, acquire, and use technology for at-taining competitiveness at the market place.

August

January

August

January

196

Program



SM80.06

SM90.05

SM90.23

Innovation Marketing and New

Product Development

Project Management

Supply Chain Management

The course gives a wider perspective of technol-ogy management, and is intended for students who need to have an overall knowledge about the subject and for those who wish to go on to take more advanced courses in the management of technology.

New products and services are crucial to sustain-able growth and profits in many industries. Suc-cessful innovations are those that benefit users more than established offerings. This course helps students learn how to manage the devel-opment of new products and services that meet customer needs in consumer and B2B settings. The focus of this course is on identifying and pro-cessing information from customers and creating customer value. It covers more thoroughly the quantitative tools like conjoint measurement and more practical exercises with the tools.

This course aims at introduce the essential tech-niques and approaches in project management that include developing and planning new projects as well as effectively managing and controlling their implementation. Though group projects and case studies, the students will also be exposed to the real project experiences in both business and development sectors.

Supply Chain is a set of entities involved with the flow of products, services, fund, and related infor-mation between the point of origin and the point of consumption. In recent years, the competi-tive market has forced the business enterprises to invest and focus their attention on their supply chain. Additionally, the use of supply chain man-agement principles has been widely recognized to improve the competitive position. Effective supply chain management has helped firms such as Dell, HP, and Wal-Mart set themselves ahead of their competition.

Supply Chain Management views the supply chain in the integrated fashion in order to im-prove the performance of each entity (supply chain member) and the supply chain as a whole. Supply Chain Management is not about sacrifice for the greater good. But rather, it is how we can coordinate among supply chain members so that decisions made by them to maximize their own performance will also result in the maximized per-formance of the supply chain.

Students who take this course will learn about fundamental supply chain management concept. They will be able to develop supply chain strat-egy in line with the firm’s strategy and understand how to manage supply chain performance drivers

197

Program



SM90.26

SM91.71

SM91.72

Management of Innovation

Management of Information Systems

International Technology Transfer

January

January

such as inventory, sourcing, and transportation to support the supply chain strategy. In addi-tion, they will develop managerial skills in sup-ply chain coordination, and demand and supply planning.

The course will prepare students as managers in a competitive environment to think supply chain and be able to manage it to enhance their firm’s competitive position.

Success followed by failure and innovation followed by inertia is the pattern of a global problem faced by companies in any industry at any time. As short-term corporate success of-ten increases the chances of long-term failure, managers must learn to sustain incremental improvement while at the same time leading radical change. In this course managers learn how to integrate the different techno-economic and behavioral factors that condition a firm’s creativity and innovation and how to design a strategy system for product/service and pro-cess innovation that allows their firm to benefit from increasingly faster technology and market changes.

To provide a broad overview on the important technical and managerial issues of manage-ment information systems (MIS). This course is designed to provide students with a balanced view of management and technology. Students will learn how to apply information technologies (IT)/ information systems (IS) to solve critical business problems in the real business world.

Rapid globalization and the liberalization of national economies have made international transfer of technology (ITT) a very important component of international business. ITT is, today, widely used by firms in both develop-ing and industrialized countries as a means of gaining access to technologies to strengthen their competitiveness and growth. The main objective of this course is to provide the partici-pants with the necessary knowledge and tools to plan, negotiate and implement ITT both from the perspective of a transferee and transferor of technology. Case studies would be an inte-gral part of the course.

198

Greater Mekong Sub-region Development Studies(GMS-DS)

The recent linkages in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries has not only increased economic cooperation among the countries, but has also highlighted that issues such as water, biodiversity, environment and development needs a regional ap-proach rather than by individual countries. This means that decision makers and lead-ers both in the government, NGOs and industrial sector need to know about the region in this globalised world. The current education, training and research approaches in the context of human resource development, especially the mid-career professionals, are largely confined to country based studies. Thus, there is a need for a regional approach in dealing with development issues in GMS. Moreover, lack of human resources in many of the GMS countries do not allow many talented mid-career people, both in the government and NGOs, to obtain long-term education leave to upgrade their knowledge in order to respond to emerging challenges in the region. There is, therefore, an urgent need to provide flexible and contextualized program to this important group of future leaders. With ASEAN countries coming up as a more united body, it is more urgent than ever to develop capacity in GMS region.

Utilizing the extensive research, teaching and outreach experience it has in GMS, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has embarked on a Certificate leading to Master’s Degree in GMS Development Studies (GMS-DS) program. This is a series of modular courses that will allow maximum flexibility to mid-career officers and scholars to improve their knowledge and skills for problem solving in the GMS. This could also be useful to stu-dents in the leading institutions in the GMS. All courses are offered by faculty members at AIT who have long been engaged in research, teaching and outreach activities in the region.

199

Characteristics of GMS Development Studies

This program will have the following characteristics:

1. Modular approach

The whole program will consist of a series of one-credit modules in parallel and in se-quence. One module will consists of 8 days of teaching (2 hours each day) – total 15 hours of lecture (1 credit).

2. Development practice and solution orientation in GMS

The major difference that GMS Development Studies has from other existing courses is in its practice and solution focus and its geographical focus, especially issues entailing cross-border and regional approached.

3. Accumulation of credit to lead to Master’s degree

Each module will enable participants to gain credit from AIT. This can be accumulated so that the participants can utilize the credit earned through this program as a credit for Master’s degree at AIT, if they later decide to pursue a post graduate degree.

4. Geographical flexibility

AIT serves as the Secretariat for the Greater Mekong Subregion Academic Research Network (GMSARN), which is a network of thirteen academic institutions in GMS. The course concepts have been discussed in this network in several occasions, and in the future, the courses are planned to be offered jointly with these member institutions.

200

Program

Greater Mekong Sub-region Development Studies (GMS-DS)


IN88.9017 Energy resources, consumption and

management in the Greater Mekong

Sub-region (GMS)

Energy is crucial to the sustained growth of the GMS. This region continued to grow at an aver-age rate of over 6% since 1992 and its econo-my stood at $1.4 trillion in 2007. Poverty has also declined significantly: in 2003, there were 30 million less people living under $1 per day compared to 1990 - in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam. In Guangxi and Yun-nan provinces, poverty declined by 50% and 66% respectively in 2003-2004 compared to a decade earlier. Such rapid growth also brings with it rapid energy consumption that has risen at rates faster than the overall GDP.

The distribution of energy resources as well as the energy consumption in the GMS is uneven - countries that have large demand for energy, such as Thailand and Viet Nam, do not have sufficient energy resources, while countries such as Lao PDR and Myanmar, have large po-tential energy supplies, in terms of hydropower and gas resources, but low economic activity. Energy consumption in GMS increased at 8%, and electricity consumption has risen at 9.5%. The average per capita electricity consumption in GMS is 870 kWh, but it varies significantly across countries. Subregional cooperation in energy among the GMS countries could help reap economic benefits through increased sup-ply reliability, reduced reserve capacity require-ments, and reduced system losses. Efforts at strengthening energy institutions through coop-eration in data exchanges and training of ener-gy professionals, are critical for the success of national rural electrification, and its strong anti-poverty dimensions. This course aims to pres-ent the GMS energy issues to its stakeholders so that a regional approach in managing and utilizing energy resources would be beneficial to the citizens of GMS.

The course investigates energy resources in the GMS region, current energy consumption trends, accessibility of modern energy in the various sectors, rural electrification issues in the GMS, energy policies in the GMS countries, and sub regional cooperation possibilities to optimally use the energy resources.

InterSem

201

Program



IN88.9016 Water Governance in the Greater Mekong

Sub-region

Many waters, and not only the mighty Mekong Riv-er itself, are flowing through the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. Those waters affect in many ways the lives of the 300 million people living there, mostly through the provision of livelihoods, food and hydropower. This population and the countries of the GMS are facing many social, economic and environmental challenges in sharing, developing and managing water resources, and in delivering water services across the major river basins, as well as in the numerous sub-basins, watersheds, natural lakes, aquifers, wetlands, and human-built dams and reservoirs. In turn, urbanization and in-dustrialization across the GMS are unmistakably strong trends, profoundly altering land and water uses, quality and quantity.

This course first provides basic generic elements for the understanding and analysis of water gov-ernance systems, i.e. the range of political, social, economic, legal, organizational, institutional and administrative systems that are in place to de-velop and manage water resources, and the deliv-ery of water services, at different levels of society. The course also proposes an overview of water resources and water related activities and issues in the GMS. More specifically, it intends to provide insights onto water governance in the GMS. This course reviews the situation, practices, challeng-es and prospects of water governance at country level, and at transboundary / regional levels in the GMS. Specific sectors and issues are addressed and analyzed, namely irrigation, hydropower and dam construction, management of transbound-ary waters, water and environmental policies, the origin and management of conflicts, the role of information and the media in water governance, and challenges to improved governance. Overall, the course promotes a systemic perspective over water resources development and management, and the use of interactive participatory teaching approaches such as role-playing games, case studies, simulations and guided discussions.

The course investigates governance systems clas-sification and features; elements of institutional analysis; elements of water policy analysis; status and potential of water resources in the GMS; Na-tional legislations on water resources; transbound-ary waters and international governance systems; irrigation policy; hydropower generation develop-ment; dam construction; monitoring-evaluation and information systems for water governance; strategies and prospects towards improved gov-ernance in the GMS.

InterSem None

202

Program



IN88.9018

IN88.9022

Aquatic Resources Management and

Aquaculture Development in the

Greater Mekong Sub-region

People and their Development in the

Greater Mekong Sub-region

The food security of 70 million people living in the Mekong River Basin is based on rice and fish. The Mekong River stands third in the world as having the highest number of freshwater fish species and fourth in terms of tonnage caught. The freshwater capture fishery is one of the single most important economic activities in the basin. The average basin consumption of fresh-water fish is 56 kg/person/year showing the im-portance of aquatic resources for people’s live-lihood. However, these aquatic resources have been threatened by an array of human activities such as dam construction, expansion of navi-gation pathways, changes in hydraulic regimes and habitat destruction. This course reviews the status of aquatic resources in the GMS and its management approaches emphasizing holistic systems approach as a pre-requisite for the de-velopment of aquaculture and aquatic resource systems. It looks at key issues of sustainability of the aquatic resources in the GMS and both the positive and negative impact of human ac-tivities on the sustainable development aquatic resources in the region.

The course investigates aquaculture and aquat-ic resource systems classification; status and potential of aquaculture and aquatic resource systems in the GMS; systems approach and system modeling for understanding resource poor livelihood systems; aquatic resources as an entry point for poverty alleviation and sus-tainable development; institutions and support services; strategies for promoting the sustain-able development of aquaculture and aquatic resource systems in the GMS.

Despite relentless efforts by the state, business and the non-state actors in reducing poverty, still a large number of people in the GMS region are poor. This course aims at familiarizing the students on the current debate on poverty, ef-forts to reduce it and look for outlining changes in policies and practices. The course deals with the concepts of poverty analysis and poverty al-leviation in South-east Asia, Sectoral Approach to reducing poverty in the GMS, Experience of poverty alleviation programmes and policies in Asia, Regional Development in the GMS, The Non-state Actors in Development in the GMS.

InterSem

InterSem

None

None

203

Program


IN88.9020

IN88.9021

IN88.9023

Gender Issues in Regional Economic

Integration in the Greater Mekong

Sub-region

Sustainable Infrastructure

Development in GMS: Overview and

Specific Applications

Cross-border Migration in the Greater Mekong

Sub-region

In the past decades, GMS has move rapidly to-wards regional economic integration, through build-up of cross-border infrastructure as well as the facilitation of intra-regional trade. Such devel-opment has increased the movement of capital, goods and people across the border in the re-gion. With the diversity in ethnicity and gender norms as well as disparity across the region, the benefit from regional economic integration can be experienced differently across different gender, class, ethnicity and age. This course discusses the regional economic integration policies and the effect of the policies to the people and their development in GMS. The policies and its effects are debated from a strong gender and equality perspective.

The course investigates economic integration policies; cross-border trade and people’s mobil-ity; economic integration, border development and diversity of people.

In view of the importance of developing and man-aging infrastructure in the GMS, this course is designed to provide a graduate level understand-ing of the policies, programs and projects of vari-ous types of infrastructure in GMS countries. The main objectives of this course are: to strengthen theoretical knowledge on concepts of sustainable infrastructure development; to improve capability and capacity of mastering the knowledge through closing connection with case studies in GMS countries; and to improve students’ practical abil-ity in developing and managing sustainable in-frastructure in GMS. The conceptual, policy and practical aspects of the course seek to enable the students to contribute to improved planning and management of the infrastructure development in the GMS. The course investigates overview of infrastructure development in GMS, Specific sec-tors and applications of sustainable infrastructure development in GMS, Policy tools and manage-ment aspects for sustainable infrastructure de-velopment.

Populations of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) are increasingly mobile, and much of this mobility is internal to this subregion. With the rap-id integration of economic and transportation sys-tems, including the creation of various economic corridors, mobility is bound to grow even more rapidly in the coming decade. This raises both important development and policy issues. With increased migration people can experience both important socio-economic benefits and become vulnerable to greater insecurities and exploita-tion, including the exploitation of migrant workers and increased smuggling and human trafficking.

InterSem

InterSem

InterSem

None


None


204

Program



IN88.9024 Regional development policies and

regionalization processes in the New EU Member States

(Eastern Europe) and in Greater Mekong

Sub-region

InterSem None

The lack of a comprehensive policy framework, the prohibitive cost of registration and documen-tation as well as defective or nonexistent protec-tion mechanisms has encouraged flows of illegal migration, increasing the vulnerability of migrant populations. Female migrants in particular often face discriminatory treatment and potential sexual exploitation. As a majority of domestic workers, they are often denied protections by State agen-cies because labor laws do not apply or because law enforcement agencies are reluctant to inter-fere in the private sphere of one’s home. Institu-tional responses have been slow and their terms dominated by receiving countries. This course aims to examine mobility in the GMS, its impacts on migrants and receiving populations and the management responses and instruments this rap-idly increasing mobility calls for in the GMS.

When one compares the EU and the ASEAN, one immediately encounters many obstacles that have already been noted in several studies that stress the fundamental differences between both regions. These differences address values and identities as well as institutions, interests, and fi-nally geopolitical constraints. However good rea-sons to compare are numerous : forms of region-alization, necessity to attract FDI and reformed property rights make them closer to each other. Moreover considering recent challenges linked to the worldwide crisis since 2008 and to climate change, energy and migrations that all countries in the world confront, the issues that the EU and ASEAN face are the same. Finally both regional entities recently integrated much poorer states : New EU members states and CLMV have deeply modified both EU and ASEAN. By focusing on transforming processes and regional develop-ments in Eastern Europe and in GMS the course highlight various “bottom up” dynamics of devel-opment that legitimize the comparison between these both regions.

The first part is dedicated to the presentation of the geographical and historical dimensions of both regional areas (EU / ASEAN). The second part covers the period 1990 – 2010 and analyses the different economic and social transformations. The third part focuses on the regional policies, the institutions and the tools of development in East-ern Europe and in the GMS. The fourth part is the conclusion focused on the comparison between “europeanisation” and (an hypothetical) “aseani-sation”

The course investigates economic, social and ter-ritorial cohesion; regional development; regional policies; and cross border cooperation

205

Professional Master’s Degree in Water Technology and Management (PM-WTM)This Program is jointly developed by Environmental Engineering and Management FOS, and Metropolitan Water Authority (MWA), Bangkok, as a response to industry’s need for develop-ment of technical water production professionals who could work in the regional and interna-tional water business sector.

PM-WTM aims to provide middle and senior level managers and policy makers with an ad-vanced knowledge and skills in water technology and management. It is designed to upgrade their skills while familiarizing them with know-how through unique continuing professional edu-cation, specifically tailored to meet the needs of the region for the fast and environmentally sustainable growth and development. It will also provide them with pragmatic options to tackle the diverse dimensions of emerging water issues in the region. The medium of teaching is English.

The program is completed within12 months. In the first two semesters, students will take basic and advanced courses selected out of the regular courses offered at AIT in consultation with an academic/thesis advisor. During the third semester, students will be expected to carry out their project study. A specialty of this program is the hand-on experiences to be delivered by senior officers of Metropolitan Waterworks Authority of Thailand where its facilities of about 3.5 million m3/day could be produced for Bangkok people. Students will conduct an international field trip - study visit to large companies in neighboring countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, or South Korea. The students will also have numerous opportunities to apply the knowledge obtained in class-rooms to practical needs through various field trips to small and large industries. Concurrently, they, meeting the standards of AIT, will also conduct their own research projects according to their agency or company’s interest.

The target group of students for this program is professionals from the metropolitan and pro-vincial water-related authorities, who have interest to improve their technical knowledge in the field of water technology and management. As per a vision of MWA, we will have participants mostly from GMS region in the first couple years and other Southeast Asian countries in the following years. Hence, the Professional Master’s Degree in Water Technology and Management (PM-WTM) of the Asian Institute of Technology provides students with the first-hand experience in unique teaching and research methodologies as well as with the knowledge of scientific and techno-logical advanced issues. It also addresses pragmatic options to tackle various emerging water technology issues in Asia brought about by the changes in trends or activities.

206

Program


ED78.08

ED78.14

ED78.15

ED78.19

ED78.21

ED78.36

ED78.04


Membrane Technology in Water and

Wastewater treatment

Design of Water Supply and Wastewater

Systems



Drinking Water treatment

Aquatic Chemistry

Basic concepts of environmental management; environmental issues and priorities; environ-mental management approaches; environmental standards and criteria setting; environmental in-dicators and indices; environmental information systems; environmental organization; enforce-ment and economic aspects of environmental control; environmental monitoring.

Generation introduction to membrane technol-ogy; comparison of various membrane types and configurations; recent development in membrane technology, common membrane technologies; microfiltration, ultra filtration, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, membrane bioreactors, scale-up operation of membrane systems, anti fouling techniques; experimental demonstration; com-puter applications in design of industrial mem-brane systems; case studies.

Planning of urban water supply systems; Plan-ning of urban wastewater systems; Basics of Hydraulics; Design of Water Supply Network and Wastewater Collection Systems.

Concepts and organization of ecosystems; pre-dicting impact; procedures for environmental im-pact assessment; integration with development planning procedures; impact assessment of wa-ter resources, transportation, power production mining, and other relevant projects; urbaniza-tion, industrialization, and resource conservation considerations; design concepts and alternative strategies for impact reduction; monitoring.

Fresh water resources and ecosystems; sources of water pollution and types of wastes; assess-ment of water quality in rivers and lakes; lake eu-trophication, water quality monitoring and man-agement planning; case studies.

Physical principles and design criteria used in separating liquids and solids from liquid, particu-larly those having application in water and waste treatment systems: screening, filtration, size/vol-ume reduction, mixing, sedimentation, flotation, flocculation, dissolved air flotation, adsorption, absorption, evaporation, drying, centrifugation, ozonation and membrane filtration .

Diprotic acid-base system; ampholyte chemistry; buffer intensity; neutralization capacity; solubility equilibrium; activity of solid phase; coagulation of metals; oxidation-reduction potential; pE-pH dia-grams; chemistry in sediments; biological redox reactions; environmental chemistry; pollution and water quality; global chemical cycles.

August

August

January

January

January

August

August

None

None

Content of instructor

None

None

None

None

Professional Master’s Degree in Water Technology and Management

207

Program


CE74.54

ED78.9024

ED78.9025

ED78.9026

Integrated Water Resources

Management

Rural Water Treatment and Supply

Water Business Management

Water Distribution Systems and Network

Design

Concepts, principles and tools of integrated wa-ter resources management (IWRM); status and management of the water resources; applica-tions of mathematical models for IWRM; eco-nomics of water resources; water policies, goals and strategies for IWRM; institutional arrange-ments; participatory approach; data and informa-tion systems; and case studies.

Rural water supply, sustainable development, water resources, simple treatment technologies, financing and economics of rural water supply, sustainable rural water supply, pollutants in wa-ter, disinfection, cultural and gender issues in water supply, appropriate water supply technolo-gies, sector planning, O& M issues in rural water supply.

Energy issues in water treatment plants, Demand side management, drinking water treatment, wa-ter related business, small and medium scale business, water treatment technology optimiza-tion, O&M planning

Planning of water distribution systems in urban and rural areas; Basics of hydraulics of network design; Water network simulation; Optimization of water distribution network.

August and January

August

January

Inter-Semester

None

None

None

Content of instructor

Professional Master’s Degree in Water Technology and Management

School of Management

Business Administration

210

Executive MBA (Bangkok)

227

International Executive MBA (Vietnam)IEMBA-VN

243

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

255

208

Business Administration


International Executive MBA (Vietnam) IEMBA-VN


210

227

243

255

209209

Business Administration (MBA)

Overview:

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum is a comprehensive program designed to provide conceptual, analytical and personal skills to help prepare partici-pants to be effective managers in an international business environment. It is inter-disciplinary, combining elements from engineering, economics, social psychology and management fields.

The curriculum provides MBA participants to design their own study plans, an attractive feature for prospective employers of AIT MBA graduates. In addition to the strong foun-dation courses, the MBA program offers a wide range of electives which allow partici-pants a choice of either specializing in an area or selecting a wide range of courses.

Our MBA program encourages participative learning and uses a variety of interactive learning methodologies so that the students are able to learn latest management con-cepts, techniques and tools, and more importantly, to develop skills and attitude of lis-tening and understanding others, holistic thinking, collective decision making, commu-nicating and negotiating.

AOS: ● Technology Management ● Finance ● Marketing ● Human Resource Management ● International Management ● Public Management ● Entrepreneurship ● Strategy ● Sustainable Business


• Hold a bachelor degree (4 years) or its equivalent, in an appropriate field of study from an institution of recognized standing

• Have undergraduate grades well above average • Possess acceptable level of English proficiency • Have some work experience(not mandatory but considered a distinct advantage)

Study Plan

The MBA program is a 2 year full time 48 credit program including 26 credit of required courses and 22 credits of elective courses. The students have the option of research study 10 credits or project 6 credits or an all course work option. The MBA participants are eligible to apply for a dual degree and exchange program with partner institution in Europe and Asia. The participants leave for dual degree or exchange program in the 4th semester of the MBA program. Participants opting for the dual degree will be awarded 2 masters degree from AIT and the partner university. The duration of dual degree ar-rangement is 5 semesters ( 3 semesters in AIT and 2 semesters in partner institution).


210

Program

Required Courses — Business Administration (MBA)


SM60.03

SM60.04

SM60.12

SM60.22

Corporate Social Responsibility and

Ethics

Business Communications

Business Statistics

Managerial Economics

Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility should be integral components of a manage-ment school’s educational program. In addition to studying ethics for management and leader-ship decision-making, this subject is important for introducing MBA students to strategies of best conduct, comprised of standards and guidelines governing the behavior of members of the business profession. This course will in-vestigate current challenges and opportunities facing managers and companies in areas of corporate responsibility and ethical governance. Through case studies we will examine and criti-cally evaluate contemporary developments in ethical responsibility with respect to environ-mental protection, community development and employee welfare. Also, the integration of social values into corporate objectives and the balancing of those objectives with responsibility to shareholders and communicating a vision of corporate social responsibility. The main pur-pose of this course is to develop MBA students analytical skills in understanding and applying ethical concepts to real-life management prob-lems and practical situations.

Communication skills are of critical importance for MBA students and future managers in order to work effectively in the business world. Effec-tive communication is the bridge between man-agers and all others with whom they must inter-act to be successful in their professional lives. This course examines key business communi-cation concepts and fundamentals, considers techniques and strategies to develop commu-nication skills and provides practical opportuni-ties for students to improve these techniques and skills.

Statistical methods deal with proper use of quantitative data analysis in gaining insights and understanding of the complex business environment, and thus help making managerial decision in the face of uncertainty in all areas of business activity. This course aims at provid-ing students with the essential concepts, tech-niques and skills required to become informed and intelligent consumers of business statistics.

The purpose of this course is to provide a foun-dation in managerial economics to enable the students to better understand the economic is-sues related to the firm and industry. The ap-plication of economic techniques will also be emphasized in order to assist the students to apply them to solve managerial problems.

January

August

August

August

None

None

None

None

211

Program



SM60.33

SM60.34

SM60.42

SM60.43


Corporate Finance

Organizational Behavior and Structure

Human Resources Management

This course aims at developing skills to un-derstand, evaluate and use financial informa-tion in business decision making. The course will introduce participants to the vocabulary of financial and cost accounting. It will develop in the participants an understanding of the im-portant tools and techniques used in analyzing financial information. It will also develop in the participants the necessary skills to apply these tools and techniques in the context of business decisions through the use of context relevant case studies.

The purpose of this class is to give students a thorough introduction to financial management that blends relevant theory with practical appli-cations. This course explores the fundamental financial and operating decision undertaken by corporate management.

Organizations today are experiencing rapid changes due to the globalization process, eco-nomic growth, technological advancement, demographic changes and increased diversity of the workforce. To be able to manage the change processes and business performance well, we need to understand the behavior of individuals and groups within the organization. Supervisors and managers in particular need to understand the conceptual tools available and be able to apply them in the organizational processes such as leadership, power and influ-ence, decision-making, team, communication, negotiation and conflict management.

Formal organizations, private and public orga-nizations in the manufacturing and service sec-tors alike, are currently faced with rapid chang-es due to government deregulation and the globalization process. One of the key competi-tive advantages for a firm is its human resourc-es. This course is concerned with the effective management of human resources at work from a strategic perspective. It discusses the human resource management as a system and exam-ines ways human resource management can create values to the firm, how to improve hu-man resource productivity and job satisfaction which will ultimately add to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

August

January

August

January

None

SM60.33Managerial Accounting

None

None

212

Program



SM60.52

SM60.65

SM60.66

SM60.67

SM60.82

Marketing Management

Quantitative Methods for Management

Operations Management


Strategic Management of a Firm

Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitable. Marketing is foremost not a functional area but the philosophy of customer fo-cused Management that has to be realized in many functional areas throughout the company. Marketing management is fundamentally about understanding customer value, developing appropriate solutions in form or products and services for them and commu-nicating and delivering value efficiently and conve-niently. This course introduces the holistic concept of customer focused corporate strategy and the ba-sic tools that managers need to plan, organize and execute the customer value creation process of a firm.

This course aims at introducing the basic quantita-tive methods commonly used in analyzing the differ-ent decision and negotiation situations under both deterministic and probabilistic environment. Com-prehensive case studies are used to develop com-petencies to apply the techniques in modeling, ana-lyzing and solving real world problems in business.

To provide students with basic concepts and tech-niques in managing manufacturing or service opera-tions in an enterprise. The practical aspects will be emphasized through case studies / project works to relate the recent theoretical developments with real business environment.

Technology is a key resource of great importance for corporate profitability and sustainable growth. Understanding the strategic potential of technology has become a crucial issue in todays competitive business environment. The ability of the modern-day managers to analyze and make strategic deci-sions with respect to the technologies has an impor-tant bearing on the competitiveness of the firms. The objective of this course is to provide the participants with necessary knowledge and tools to understand, anticipate, acquire, and use technology for attaining competitiveness at the market place. The course gives a wider perspective of technology manage-ment, and is intended for students who need to have an overall knowledge about the subject and for those who wish to go on to take more advanced courses in the management of technology.

Organizations use the strategic management ap-proach to understand competitive forces and to develop competitive advantages. Companies are extending the scope of strategy formulation to suc-cessfully compete in the 21st centurys dynamic and challenging competitive landscape. Dynamic strate-gic management process is the full set of commit-ments, decisions and actions required for a firm to achieve strategic competitiveness and earn above-average-returns. The magnitude of this challenge is greater today as a result of technological revolution and increasing globalization.

August

August

January

January

January

None

None

None

None

None

213

Program

Electives — Business Administration (MBA)


SM80.01

SM80.02

SM80.03

SM80.04

SM80.05

Business-to-Business Marketing

Brand Management

Management Planning and Control Systems

Advanced Financial Statement Analysis and

Business Valuation

Financing of Technological Ventures

This course provides an understanding of the issues related to marketing industrial products as well as the approaches to business-to-busi-ness customer relationship management. The aim of this course is to give the students in-sights in the differences of industrial marketing to consumer marketing and the problems the companies face when selling industrial goods compared to consumer goods. The focus will be analyzing strategies of product develop-ment, market research, segmentation in indus-trial markets and managing the sales force.

Brand Management introduces the student to an understanding of the value of brands for customers. It is discussed in what circumstanc-es that brand value is more or less pronounced. Students learn about the theories of branding and the course should give an opportunity to discuss competing concepts of branding. In-stead of focusing on one common branding philosophy, a variety of theoretical Descriptions for brands is introduced. The assessment of brand management is discussed by inclusion of readings of critiques and case studies. Re-cent new directions of brand management are discussed.

The course focuses on the design and imple-mentation of the management planning and control systems for organizations. It aims to help students to understand the process of planning, evaluation, and control and strat-egy implementation. It is an integrative course drawing concepts from managerial accounting, organization behavior and strategic manage-ment.

This course is intended to expose the partici-pants to Financial Statement Analysis in a stra-tegic context and to enable participants to ex-tend the analysis to forecasting and projecting firm performance, culminating with a valuation of the firm. It also helps students to develop an ability to understand financial statements and to assess performance of firms.

This course is intended to give an understand-ing of the thinking of the financing community so that individuals and companies that have a promising new business idea are more suc-cessful in raise financing, especially venture capital financing. The objective of the course is to provide an overview of financial management of technological ventures. Special emphasis is given to ventures with high up-side potential, which are typically characterized by high risk and a highly volatile operating environment.

August

August

August

August

August

SM60.52 Marketing

Management

SM60.52 Marketing

Management or equivalent

SM60.34 Corporate Finance and SM60.82 Strategic Management of a Firm

SM60.33 Managerial Accounting SM60.34 Corporate Finance

None

214

Program



SM80.06

SM80.07

SM80.08

SM80.09

Innovation Marketing and New

Product Development

Integrating Technology and Business Strategy

International Marketing and Export

Management

International M&A, Alliances and Joint

Ventures

New products and services are crucial to sustain-able growth and profits in many industries. Suc-cessful innovations are those that benefit users more than established offerings. This course helps students learn how to manage the devel-opment of new products and services that meet customer needs in consumer and B2B settings. The focus of this course is on identifying and pro-cessing information from customers and creating customer value.

Understanding the strategic potential of technol-ogy has become a crucial issue in todays com-petitive business environment. Technology is what it takes to compete and win in the global market-place. The central importance of product and process innovations to competitive advan-tage in the international market highlights the close connection between technology and busi-ness strategies. Case studies show that most successful firms have an ingrained culture of in-novation. Furthermore, considering recent devel-opments, the course is based on the premise that more and more the value of a product or service is determined by the technology that goes into it. The objective of this course is to provide the participants with necessary knowledge and tools to integrate technology and business strategy for attaining growth and competitiveness. Case stud-ies and company project on strategy formulation would be an integral part of the course.

International Marketing is concerned with the management of marketing activities across coun-tries. Since the international penetration of mar-kets abroad are more and more imperative, the main goal of international marketing is the com-mercialization of a firms products and services outside its home market. This course tackles the main problems of international marketing, which is the unfamiliarity of a manager with foreign mar-kets and the international variety of national en-vironments which deters the straightforward use the domestic marketing strategy abroad. In this course students will discuss various strategies that help the international marketer to cope with the international varying market contexts. The course emphasizes exporting as a foreign market entry mode but non-export modes are also dis-cussed.

Industry consolidation and co-opetition are the new strategies to improve competitive strengths of firms. In many global industries the incidence of mergers and alliances is increasing at a very fast pace and the managers are required to learn techniques of acquisition, post merger integration and negotiating and managing alliances.

August

August

August

August

SM60.52 Marketing

Management

SM60.67 Managing Technology for Competi-tiveness or Instructors consent

SM60.52 Marketing

Management

None

215

Program



SM80.10

SM80.11

SM80.12

International Technology Transfer

and Negotiation

Knowledge Management

Leadership Communication

Rapid globalization and the liberalization of national economies have made international transfer of technology (ITT) a very important component of international business. ITT is, today, widely used by firms in both develop-ing and industrialized countries as a means of gaining access to technologies to strengthen their competitiveness and growth. The main objective of this course is to provide the partici-pants with the necessary knowledge and tools to plan, negotiate and implement ITT both from the perspective of a transferee and transferor of technology. Case studies would be an integral part of the course.

Business organizations have become increas-ingly aware of the importance of their intellectu-al capital, like any other asset, to improve their competitive advantage. The challenge they face is to determine within a vast sea of infor-mation what is “valuable” for their organization and share the right information with the right people who need it. Although technology can support corporate KM initiatives, it should not begin there. Successful Knowledge Manage-ment (KM) must be tied to the strategic objec-tives of the organization, directly linked to what people know, their competency, intuition, ideas, and motivations and focus on how their knowledge can support corporate and busi-ness objectives. To add value, KM must draw upon pooled expertise, relationships, and alli-ances that rely on two-way exchange of ideas by bringing in experts from the field to advise managers on recent trends and developments. Finally, the corporate knowledge base must be constantly tested, updated, revised, and some-times even “retired” when it is no longer practi-cable.

MBA students need to understand specialized methods of communication to be successful and effective leaders in their future business careers. Leadership communication consists of a variety of expanding interactional skills start-ing from core strategy development to using these skills in complex organizational situa-tions. Business leaders also need managerial skills that will allow them to communicate to a larger audience; to lead an organization and address the broader community. The main objective of this elective course is to develop MBA students communication skills so that they will become successful future leaders in their companies and careers.

August

January

January

SM60.67 Managing Technology for Competi-tiveness or consent of the instructor

None

None

216

Program



SM80.13

SM80.14

SM80.15

SM80.16

Marketing Research

International Finance

Customer Service Management

Project Management

In competitive markets where customers have choices, marketing decisions must be based upon current information about customers and environmental factors that determine the bene-fit of a companys offerings. Marketing research is concerned with all means of the collection of information about consumers, customers and the public that can help a company to create value. In this course students will get to know some of the most fundamental market research approaches in theory and practice. The course is organized in order to give students as much opportunities to experiences the advantages and shortcomings of modern approaches to market research.

The focus of this course is on international fi-nancial management and markets. International financial markets have developed rapidly over the past decades, due to increased internation-al trade and cross-border mergers and acquisi-tions. The global financial markets offer many opportunities for firms such as export growth, foreign direct investment and global sources of financing. On the other hand, the international financial markets can expose firms to additional risk as well, as illustrated during the Asian Cri-sis and the Argentine Crisis of 2002. The aim of this course is to deepen students knowledge about the international financial markets and international financial (risk) management. The main topics of the course are the global finan-cial environment, foreign exchange markets, management of foreign exchange risk, financ-ing the global firm and foreign investment deci-sions. Special attention will be paid to emerging markets and international financial crises of the past.

This course aims at providing an appreciation of the characteristics of service operations and their managerial implications. Various ap-proaches and techniques are introduced to al-low managers of service organizations in both private and public sectors to measure and im-prove their performance both in productivity and quality as well as the customer satisfaction.

This course aims at introduce the essential techniques and approaches in project manage-ment that include developing and planning new projects as well as effectively managing and controlling their implementation. Though group projects and case studies, the students will also be exposed to the real project experiences in both business and development sectors.

August

August

January

January

SM60.52 Marketing

Management

SM60.34 Corporate Finance

None

None

217

Program



SM80.17

SM80.18

SM80.19

SM80.20

SM80.21

Research and Development (R&D)

Management

Management of Information Systems

Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions

Managing and Implementing

Electronic and Mobile Commerce

Financial Futures, Options and Derivatives

The objective of the course is to provide an understanding of research and development (R&D) management in an individual business enterprise and in a public research institute. Basic concepts of research and development, useful frameworks and best practices for re-search and development management, as well as characteristics of technological innovation are discussed. Case studies are used to en-hance the analytical skills of the participants and to link the concepts introduced during the course with their implementation and with the general management of a business enterprise. The course will enhance the success of future managers regardless of whether their careers will be in research and development manage-ment or in general management.

To provide a broad overview on the important technical and managerial issues of manage-ment information systems (MIS). This course is designed to provide students with a balanced view of management and technology. Students will learn how to apply information technologies (IT)/ information systems (IS) to solve critical business problems in the real business world.

The objectives of this course are to deepen the understanding of different approaches of valua-tion of a firm and to comprehend the financial evaluation of mergers & acquisitions. This course will also help students to understand the strategic and managerial issues vis-à-vis merg-ers & acquisitions.

Every company wants to have a web presence and that trend will continue. Fortunately, creat-ing a website is easy; unfortunately implement-ing the electronic commerce system and selling products over the Internet is not. This course focuses on the challenges and opportunities of electronic and mobile commerce by explor-ing the technology (from a managerial point of view), economic, and regulatory issues related to the implementation phase of E-Commerce and M-Commerce.

The objective of this course is to introduce the properties of the most commonly used deriva-tive instruments and to provide a theoretical framework for understanding derivatives. Apart from theory, emphasis will be put on the appli-cation of options at firms and financial institu-tions for hedging purposes and financial engi-neering.

August

August

January

January

January

None

None

Financial Management and excellent knowledge of use of Excel.

None


218

Program



SM80.22

SM80.23

SM80.24

Sales Management for Services

Information Technology in Public Organizations

Country Risk Assessment

This course provides in-depth coverage of management of the sales function for services, primarily in B2B context. Sales is one of the most important functions in any company which markets its services. Services depend very much on the interaction between supplier and customer, and most of this interaction is with sales reps. Good sales management is critical and managers must know the key elements of how to manage the sales force.

The story of the 1990s was the story of infor-mation technology (IT) in business. Regardless of one’s career path, an essential component of any organizations is an understanding of the role of IT in business, organizations and society as a whole. The IT component is especially im-portant for those who work in the public sector as their work will involve and may impact the economy as a whole. People who work in the public sector should be aware of the IT tech-nologies and applications available to them and the implications of choosing and implementing such technologies. They should also be able to think critically about IT, and to be able to dis-cuss the roles of IT intelligently. The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to IT for students headed for work in public or nonprofit organizations. This course is therefore heavy on the hands-on technology but will also cover some substantive topics related to the manage-ment of IT. Students will gain an understanding of some important issues related to IT planning and management and some systems analysis skills. The class will rely in part on case stud-ies. The majority of the materials are on public sector IT.

Country risk is a broad concept that comprises an underlying combination of economics, fi-nance, geopolitics, sociology, and history is-sues. As the new global economy raises the level of uncertainty and complexity for the in-ternational firms cross-border strategy, country risk analysis has become today an essential component of strategy decisions regarding export, investment, partnership, mergers, as well as takeovers. The course aims at provid-ing students with a solid understanding of the concepts, historical perspectives, theoretical debates and methodologies surrounding coun-try risk assessment in the global economic system. Risk analysis and forecasting will be approached as management tools. The course is composed of lectures, case studies, briefings by group mates, and debates.

January

August

January

SM60.52 Marketing

Management

None

None

219

Program



SM80.25

SM80.26

SM80.27

SM80.28

Managing Human Resources in Multinational Corporations

Comparative Industrial Relations

Performance Management

Corporate Environmental Management

Globalization has led to a free-flow of invest-ment across borders. Multinational companies which operate in various different cultures need to balance the home and host countries’ hu-man resource management practices to gain competitive advantage and become a global company.

Work is the central concern for the most part of our lives. Workplace is where we spend most of our time to earn a living. Thus, what takes place in the workplace will also influence our terms and conditions of employment. Rules and regulations in many workplaces may be established unilaterally by employers, some bi-laterally by employer and employees together, some by technology, and some governed by laws administered by government agencies. In many cases, where workers are active in im-proving their terms and conditions of the work-place, they may organize to collectively bargain with the employers. In such social relationship restructuring process, each party will need to have good faith in bargaining. It is the objec-tive of this course to familiarize students with the industrial relations system models to be able to understand the social system at large and design the work relations system at the enterprise level.

Organizations experience today more rapid changes due to economic growth, technologi-cal advancement, demographic changes and increased diversity of the workforce. With the globalization process and the new information and communications technologies (ICTs), it is necessary that managers are able to man-age organization performance effectively. This course focuses on people performance man-agement.

This course is designed to help companies meet the dual challenges of achieving the com-plex goal of environmental excellence together with business success, in other words an effec-tive management of eco-efficiency. The course provides an overview of the changing business environment related to environmental protec-tion. It presents concepts, methods and skills needed to integrate the concept of sustainable development and eco-efficiency into the deci-sion making process of domestic or internation-al companies following the ISO 14000 series of international environmental standards.

August

August

January

January

SM60.43 Human

Resource Management

None

SM60.42 Organizational Behavior and

Structure

None

220

Program



SM80.29

SM80.30

SM80.31

SM80.32

SM80.33

International Economics

International Operating Environment

of Business


High Tech Entrepre-neurship and Business

Plan Development

Cross-cultural Management

The objective of this course is to provide con-ceptual and analytical skills to students interest-ed in international business and international economic relations. The course will deal with both international trade and international finan-cial theories and policies.

The course will provide better understanding to students as to the forces - external and inter-nal, economic and non-economic- that impact on business operations. Government policies, as they affect business, will also be covered in this course.

Success followed by failure and innovation followed by inertia is the pattern of a global problem faced by companies in any industry at any time. As short-term corporate success of-ten increases the chances of long-term failure, managers must learn to sustain incremental im-provement while at the same time leading radi-cal change. In this course managers learn how to integrate the different techno-economic and behavioral factors that condition a firms creativity and innovation and how to design a strategy system for product/service and pro-cess innovation that allows their firm to benefit from increasingly faster technology and market changes.

The objective of this course is to provide an understanding and appreciation of the interre-lationships between the management of mod-ern industrial technology and entrepreneurship, and the role of entrepreneurship in the manage-ment of technological innovation and technol-ogy-based economic development. In addition, this course will enable students to design and present to venture capitalists a business p l a n of a new technology start-up firm.

This course explores the variety of ways that culture influences organization and manage-ment, particularly, the interactions of managers and employees of different national and cultural backgrounds. A comparison of North American, European and Asian cultural perspectives are examined. Specifically the course will look at the implications of culture on technology, or-ganizational design, managerial approaches, organizational and individual performance and human resource dimensions. These provide the background in which people from different cultures interact.

January

August

August

August

January

SM60.22 Managerial Economics

SM60.22 Managerial Economics

SM60.67 Managing Technology for Competi-tiveness

SM60.67Managing

Technology for Competi-

tiveness

None

221

Program



SM80.34

SM80.35

SM80.36

SM80.37

Asian Business Environment

Project Finance and Risk Management

Game Theory and Competitive Strategy

Modern Approaches to Public Sector

Management

This course is a survey of the business envi-ronment of Asia including its economic dynamic and socio-cultural political and characteristics as they affect business. The three major re-gions within Asia (East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia) are considered. Special em-phasis on current and emerging trends and now business organizations can respond. A seminar/workshop approach will be used.

This course also investigates overview of the Asian business development; characteristics of Asian business organizations; regional analy-sis: East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia; Asian business strategies problems and pros-pects facing Asia.

The objectives of the course are: (a) to intro-duce to the participants the concepts, ap-proaches and framework of Project Financing, (b) to expose them to various aspects related to the project financing and evaluation and (c) to make them understand the risks in project financing and explain the risk mitigating mea-sures. Real case studies will be used to enable the participants to gain the required knowledge regarding the project financing and risk man-agement of infrastructure projects.

Description: Game theory is the scientific analy-sis of conflict and cooperation between multiple strategic agents. The tools of game theory have become standard in many disciplines including economics, strategic management, political sci-ence, and international relations. A basic under-standing of game theoretic concepts is a valu-able asset for today’s managers and leaders.

This course also investigates static games, dominant strategies, nash equilibrium, repeat-ed interactions, sequential games, cooperative games, players, added value, rules, tactics, and scope of games, social choice.

In the recent past, any country, any govern-ment is exposed to new challenges such as technological changes, urban life-styles and globalization, world-wide competition and lib-eralization. Governments react differently to these challenges, almost all countries have in-troduced reforms. One major reform concerns the shift from rigid, hierarchical public adminis-tration to more flexible forms of management, often ‘borrowed’ from the private sector. Thus, the principles of ‘strict hierarchy’, ‘being strictly rule driven’, ‘public service provision’, ‘strategy definition solely by the politicians’ and ‘the life-

August

August

August

None


None

None

222

Program



SM80.38

SM80.39

Project Finance

Decision and Negotiation Analysis

long profession of the bureaucrat’ have often been softened or even given up. Students are acquainted with some of the basic concepts, approaches ad techniques of public sector management, the key management issues that public agencies face nowadays. It will discuss the innovations that are occurring during a time here tax-payers, politicians and policymak-ers are demanding changes in the way public sector organizations operate. The course is structured around five major themes: after an introduction of some ‘basics’ (i), the traditional model of bureaucracy is discussed (ii). The present (modern) management includes strate-gic thinking and other means that enable agen-cies to operate effectively (iii). A short overview examines new public management and how agencies seek input and respond to ‘stakehold-ers’ (iv). Finally, the student will be familiarized latest development of public reforms

According to World Bank reports cited in Esty (2004) (see below), Asian countries would re-quire 2 trillion USD of infrastructure investment over the next 10 years. Over the same period Latin American countries would need 50 bil-lion USD of investments in infrastructure. This investment will be possible only with private sector involvements. Private sector has his-torically used project financing to finance large infrastructure projects. Knowledge of project fi-nance can help the MBA play an important role in this field of infrastructure development.

This course aims at introducing the basic frame-works and approaches to help analyzing the complex decision and negotiation situations. Basic and common decision models are then used to solve these problems, or to improve existing solutions, with assistance of simple spreadsheet-based tools. The students will also acquire some insights of actual decision making behavior and judgment biases, and thus learn to improve the quality of their decisions.

This course also investigates normative, de-scriptive and prescriptive decision making; op-timization approach of decision making; linear and nonlinear programming: modeling, spread-sheet-based solutions and simulations; multiple criterion decision making; decision analysis with risks and uncertainties; negotiation analysis; distributive and integrative negotiations; nego-tiation games; fairness and efficiency in nego-tiations; spreadsheet-based analysis in nego-tiations; behavioral decision analysis, common judgmental biases and prospect theory.

August

August None

223

Program

Electives — Business Administration (MBA) Electives — Business Administration (MBA)


SM80.40

SM80.41

SM80.42

Corporate Governance

Managing Public and Development Project

Knowledge Enabled Customer Relationship

Management

Business Organizations are under a cloud of criticism for poor Corporate Governance (CG). Poor CG has resulted in spectacular business failures, affecting not just shareholders but a variety of stakeholders. The problems of poor CG are endemic to not only emerging markets but also to developed economies. Managers, and particularly the top management, are often blamed for poor CG and its consequences. A more balanced view is to blame not only the managers but also the shareholders, the Board, the regulators and some other key stakehold-ers. Students of business need an understand-ing of the issues underlying CG, if they have to present themselves and also act as responsible corporate citizens. To achieve this end, most leading business management programmes include CG as an important course in their cur-riculum.

Development projects are more and more rec-ognized as building blocks in designing and executing development strategy. Effectively managing such projects requires leaders of the public organizations to develop adequate project management competencies and to cre-ate an enabling environment for success. They should be able to adapt the project manage-ment techniques developed in engineering and private sector, and at the same time should be able to apply the specific techniques and ap-proaches drawn from the development work.

In today’s digital economy, businesses increas-ingly realize that knowledge is their ultimate sustainable edge, customers are their key assets, and customer & channel relations their fountainhead of adaptability. Therefore they are turning towards integrating customer relation-ship management and knowledge manage-ment with high hopes of weathering the com-plexity, unexpected competitor innovations, shifting market and uncertainty that surround them. This course is about customer-centric knowledge management particularly in e-busi-ness environment. The main objective of this course is to provide the participants with nec-essary knowledge of the fundamental concepts and applications of knowledge management in customer relationship management.

January

August

January

SM60.33 Managerial Accounting; SM60.34 Corporate Finance.

None

None

224

Program



SM80.43

SM80.44

SM80.45

Business Solutions to Global Challenges

CSR Business Performance

Management Systems for Sustainability

This advanced course extends students’ under-standing knowledge related to corporate social responsibility with an emphasis on private sec-tor engagement on global challenges facing the world. It aims to provide students with practi-cal tools the enhance opportunities and reduce risks associated with issues such as climate change, the environment, poverty, health and human rights.

Many leading industrial sector companies are adopting CSR principles within their DNA, both in terms of strategic risk management for pro-tecting the value of the company, as well as exploring the opportunities CSR can bring to future market growth in terms of new and revit-alised products and services. Collectively, this has brought the issue of business performance in CSR to the forefront. This course will prepare students to be able to respond pro-actively to the challenges faced. They will be able to rec-ognise, understand and assess the organisa-tional criteria for implementing and exacting CSR business performance within your depart-ment and managerial function. They will also get to understand the issues and pitfalls when designing, developing or implementing a CSR business performance management system for your company

This course gives students a thorough over-view of concepts, issues, approaches and tools related to sustainable development from a busi-ness perspective. It aims to provide students with an understanding of how to approach sustainability strategically through the applica-tion of management systems. It will examine how businesses can devise and implement sustainable business strategies that take into consideration economic, governance, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable de-velopment.

January

August

August

None

CSR & Business Ethics, or consent of the course instructor

None

225

Program



SM80.46

SM80.9020

SM80.9029

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Business for Social Sustainability

Business Strategy: Influences of Climate Change and Social

Responsibilities

Students who take this course will learn about integrating sustainability into managing the supply chain. Students will be able to analyze an extended supply chain for its social and en-vironmental impacts and how these impacts are linked to the supply chain’s economic per-formance (profitability). They will have oppor-tunities to discuss with guest speakers from leading companies that have implemented sus-tainability initiatives in their supply chains.The course will prepare students as managers in today’s competitive environment to think be-yond conventional supply chain and recognize that managing their supply chains to maximize the long-term economic performance cannot be without the social and environmental perfor-mances.

The purpose of this class is to give students a thorough understanding of how business de-veloped and its impact on the social structures of the world. It examines social and business trends during the history of the human race and identifies successful paradigms of commerce. Once we understand what underpins success-ful business and commerce and how that can underpin a healthy society we then go about examining business concepts, paradigms and philosophies that actually

How can businesses respond to become pro-viders of solutions for humanity’s most critical hour? This course encourages students to use their talents to explore the roots of business and ecological decline and based on understanding the causes, generate sustainable solutions. If they want to be in the forefront of change and leadership this course will equip them with the material and understanding to challenge old paradigms and lead new ones.

January

August

Intersem/August

None

None

None

226


The Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) is a professional Master Degree program for mid-to-senior level managers/administrators. Participants can complete the program in a minimum of 12 months if they follow a fast track strategy, alternatively some participants will complete the coursework in 12 months and then take another 1-3 months to complete a company research project (regular track). The EMBA program follows a holistic approach by integrating knowledge and practice across various types of market contexts, business functions and strategies.

AOS

• Dual specialization in International Business and Management of Technology


• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized academic institution or corporate university• Minimum 5 years work experience as an executive or senior staff• Proof of proficiency in English

Study Plan

The program consists of16 courses at the AIT campus, 2 international courses (one week intensives) in another Asian country and one residential course (one week in-tensive) in Hua Hin or Phuket, Thailand. The program coursework is normally com-pleted within one year based on a requirement of 48 credits. All EMBA candidates are required to complete 19 courses (40 credits) and write a final company project (8 credits). Out of the 19 courses, 17 are 2 credit courses and 2 case research courses are 3 credits each, on Strategic and Functional Issues. Two courses will be organized as one week intensive courses in Korea, China, India or another Asian country. All Classes will be held at the AIT Campus on Fridays (18:00- 21:00 hrs) and Saturdays (09:00- 12:00 hrs and 13:00- 17:00 hrs).

226

227

Program


SM90.01

SM90.02

SM90.03

SM90.04

SM90.05

SM90.07

Business Communication

Project Management

EMBA Project

Business Communication

Project Management

Governance and Corporate Social

Responsibility

Communication skills are of critical importance for MBA students and future managers in or-der to work effectively in the business world.Effective communication is the bridge between managers and all others with whom they must interact in their professional lives. This course examines key business communication con-cepts and fundamentals, considers techniques and approaches to develop and improve com-munication skills and provides practical oppor-tunities for students to experiment and develop these techniques and skills.

This cause will provide an introduction of the essential techniques and issues in developing and planning new projects, effectively manag-ing and controlling their implementation with emphasis on large-scale projects.

The basic purpose of the research study in the EMBA program is to create an opportunity for the participants to identify, analyze, research and find possible solutions to a specific prob-lem that they face in the context of their present job or are likely to dace in the future.

Communication skills are of critical importance for executive MBA students in order to man-age effectively in the corporate world. Effective communication is the bridge between manag-ers and all others with whom they must interact to be successful in their professional lives. This course examines key business communication concepts and fundamentals, considers tech-niques and strategies to develop communica-tion skills and provides practical opportunities for students to improve these techniques and skills.

This course will investigate current challenges and opportunities facing companies in areas of corporate responsibility and good governance. Through case studies we will examine and criti-cally evaluate contemporary developments in corporate responsibility with respect to envi-ronmental protection, community development and employee welfare. Also, the integration of social values into corporate objectives and the balancing of those objectives with responsibility to shareholders and communicating a vision of corporate social responsibility. The purpose of the course is to enable participants to analyze, evaluate, and formulate business decisions in the light of ethical and societal considerations.

January

January

InterSem

January

August

None

None

None

None

Executive MBA Bangkok (EMBA-BKK)

228

Program


SM90.10

SM90.11

SM90.12

SM90.14

Business Communication and

Ethics

International Business - Managerial

Perspective

Strategic Analysis

Strategic Marketing for Products and Services

Communication skills and ethical issues are of critical importance for business leaders and executives in order to work effectively and suc-cessfully in the business world. Effective com-munication is the bridge between managers and all others with whom they must interact in their professional lives. This course examines key business communication concepts and fun-damentals and considers techniques to develop and improve communication skills. It will also investigate ethical principles of correct conduct comprised of standards governing the behavior of a person or members of the business pro-fession. Students will develop analytical skills in understanding, communicating and applying ethical concepts to real-life business problems and practical situations.

This course is designed to provide an overview of international business practices and pro-cesses. It seeks to help participants in develop-ing attitudes and skills of an effective interna-tional manager.

Organizations need to understand their exter-nal environment to determine the opportunities and threats that they face in global, regional and national contexts. To achieve expected levels of profitability and growth the companies need to analyze and build their strengths and weaknesses to exploit the opportunities and shield from threats. The process of external and internal analysis requires strategic manag-ers to be able to apply latest tools, techniques and frameworks.

In this course the long-term decision making process and the analysis and selection of the competitive position of firms in marketing is dis-cussed. Strategic marketing is the process of creating satisfied customers through the inte-gration of all business functions and through the continuous search for a sustainable competitive advantage. The objective of this course is to develop analytical skills in the formulation and implementation of market driven strategies for an organization. A major theme of this course is the Asian context. The strategies that are suc-cessfully pursued in Asia are often different to those in the United States. For example, the notion of relationships are more pronounced or in product policy more companies are success-ful the imitative strategies. This course offers a forum for the discussion of strategic decision making in this special situation in Asia.

January

InterSem

InterSem

August

None

None

None

None


229

Program



SM90.15

SM90.20

SM90.21

Strategic Brand Management

Management & Transfer of Technology

International Transfer of Technology

Branding is a centerpiece of marketing strate-gies in the consumer product sector and more and more in the B2B sector as well. Strategic Brand Management introduces the student to an understanding of the value of Brands. The focus is on the business process of building and maintaining brand equity. This is presented and reinforced through readings, case studies, and a course project for practical application and experiential learning. Students learn about the theories of branding and the course should give an opportunity to discuss competing con-cepts of branding. Instead of focusing on one common branding philosophy, a variety of theo-retical Descriptions for brands is introduced. Recent new directions of brand management are discussed.

Technology is a key resource of great impor-tance for corporate profitability and sustainable growth. Understanding the strategic potential of technology has become a crucial issue in to-days competitive business environment. More-over, rapid globalization and the liberalization of national economies have made international transfer of technology (ITT) a very important component of international business. ITT is, to-day, widely used by firms in both developing and industrialized countries as a means of gaining access to technologies to strengthen their com-petitiveness and growth. The ability of modern-day managers to analyze and make strategic decisions with respect to technologies has an important bearing on the competitiveness of the firms. The main objective of this course is to present the basic concepts and theories that will be needed to understand, anticipate, ac-quire and use of technology for attaining a com-petitive edge at the market place. The course gives a wider perspective of management of technology and provides the participants with the necessary knowledge and tools to plan and implement ITT both from the perspective of a buyer and seller of technology.

Rapid globalization and the liberalization of national economies have made international transfer of technology (ITT) a very important component of international business. ITT is, today, widely used by firms in both developing and industrialized countries as a means of gain-ing access to technologies to strengthen their competitiveness and growth. The main objec-tive of this course is to provide the participants with the necessary knowledge and tools to plan and implement ITT both from the perspec-tive of a buyer and seller of technology.

January

January

August

Marketing Management or equivalent

None

SM60.71 Managing Technology for Competi-tiveness

230

Program



SM90.22

SM90.23

SM90.25

Managing Technology in a Firm


High Tech Entrepreneurship

and Business Plan Development

In the face of rapid globalization and liberaliza-tion, understanding the strategic potential of technology has become a crucial issue in to-days competitive business environment. More-over, rapid globalization and the liberalization of national economies have made international transfer of technology (ITT) a very important component of international business. The abil-ity of the modern-day managers to analyze and make strategic decisions with respect to the technologies has an important bearing on the competitiveness of the firms.

The main objective of this course is to provide the participants with necessary knowledge and tools to appreciate, anticipate, acquire, and use technology for attaining a competitive edge at the market place. The emphasis would be to relate the practical experiences of the partici-pants with the theories, and frameworks devel-oped for deeper understanding.

Most manufacturing firms spend over three quarters of their turnover on raw materials, pur-chased parts and components, and inbound lo-gistics. Effective supply and logistics manage-ment provides a manufacturing firm the added competitive advantage by reducing costs, and improving quality and delivery performance. The objective of this course is to prepare man-agers to develop and implement strategies and actions necessary to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of supply and inbound logistics functions in manufacturing organizations.

The objective of this course is to provide new entrepreneurs with strategic tools of planning and designing the business concept for their company; to help them understand typical suc-cess and failure factors most frequently en-countered by new start-up firms in technology intensive industries. At the end of this course the students will• understand the relevant concepts in strategic management of a new high-tech start-up firm;• be aware of critical success and failure con-ditions commonly encountered in founding and running a new high-tech venture;• understand that a Business Plan is more than a piece of paper to get the money• know the important features and the structure of a sound Business Plan and how to use it and update it when internal conditions of the new company and its external operating environ-ment are changing;• have developed the skills of writing a convinc-ing Business Plan;• have trained to sell their individual Business Plans to VCs and other potential investors.

InterSem

August

August

None

SM60.61 Operations Management

Financial management and Marketing background and / or knowledge about a new technology with high potential for commer- cialization

231

Program



SM90.30

SM90.31

SM90.32

SM90.33

SM90.34

Financial and Management Accounting


Management Control Systems

International Capital Markets

International Finance

This course aim at developing reasonable skills to understand, evaluate and use financial infor-mation aimed at both managers and external stakeholders. Use of accounting information for planning and control is emphasized. This course will be founded on relevant international accounting standards rather than individual country practices.

This course aim at developing reasonable skills to understand, evaluate and use financial infor-mation aimed at both managers and external stakeholders. Use of accounting information for planning and control is emphasized. This course will be founded on relevant international accounting standards rather than individual country practices.

This course aims at developing skills for de-signing, implementing and operating an effec-tive control system for different organizational contexts. This course will draw upon knowledge and skill in the area of managerial accounting, organization behavior and strategic manage-ment.

The deregulation and the globalization of finan-cial markets has opened up new avenues for firms and the investor community. This course will introduce students with the opportunities and characteristics of capital markets. By com-pleting this course students will be able to study the role of international financial markets, its evolution in terms of markets and instruments for funding and hedging operations.

The focus of this course is on international fi-nancial management and markets. International financial markets have developed rapidly over the past decades, due to increased internation-al trade and cross-border mergers and acquisi-tions. The global financial markets offer many opportunities for firms such as export growth, foreign direct investment and global sources of financing. On the other hand, the international financial markets can expose firms to additional risk as well, as illustrated during the Asian Crisis and the Argentine Crisis of 2002. The aim of this course is to deepen students’ knowledge about the international financial markets and international financial (risk) management. The main topics of the course are the global financial environment, foreign exchange markets, man-agement of foreign exchange risk, financing the global firm and foreign investment decisions. Special attention will be paid to emerging markets and international financial crises of the past.

January

January

August

August

January

None

None

SM60.31 Managerial Accounting

SM60.41

Organizational Behavior and

Structure

SM60.32 Financial

Management


232

Program



SM90.35

SM90.36

SM90.37

SM90.38

SM90.41

SM90.42


Financial Strategy of Firms

Corporate Finance in the Global Context

Management Control System

Human Resource Management

Cross-cultural Management

This course aim at developing reasonable skills to understand, evaluate and use financial informa-tion aimed at both managers and external stakeholders. Use of accounting information for planning and control is emphasized. This course will be founded on relevant international account-ing standards rather than individual country prac-tices.

This is an advanced level finance course enabling students to integrate financial policy with corpo-rate strategy and other management functions. It focuses on the process of resource allocation and funding strategies, corporate restructuring (merg-ers and acquisitions, divestment and management buyouts), valuation and value-creating strategies.

The focus of this course is on corporate financial management in the national and international con-text. The main aim of the course is to deepen stu-dents’ knowledge about financial decision making with a particular emphasis on the global context. The topics of the course are the global financial environment, investment and financing decisions, value creation, foreign exchange risk manage-ment and the financial management issues in the emerging markets.

The course focuses on the design and implemen-tation of the management planning and control systems for profit and non-profit organizations. It aims to help students to understand the process of strategy implementation. It is an integrative course drawing concepts from managerial accounting, or-ganization behavior and strategic management.

Organizations improve through the more effective and efficient use of their resources, of which the contribution of people to the organization is es-sential. This course will enable future managers to effectively manage people at work. They will also be able to examine ways to improve people’s productivity and to increase people’s satisfaction, which will ultimately add to the overall efficiency of the organization.

This course explores the variety of ways that culture influences organization and manage-ment, particularly, the interactions of managers and employees of different national and cultural backgrounds. A comparison of North American, European and Asian cultural perspectives are ex-amined. Specifically the course will look at the im-plications of culture on technology, organizational design, managerial approaches organizational and individual performance and human resource dimensions.

InterSem

August

August

January

January

January

None

SM60.31 Managerial Accounting

SM60.32 Financial

Management

SM90. Financial & Management Accounting

Financial & Management Accounting, Strategic Management

None

None

233

Program



SM90.43

SM90.44

SM90.45

SM90.46

SM90.50

SM90.51

SM90.52

International Human Resource Management

Management of Change

Comparative Industrial Relations

Organizational Culture and Change

International Marketing

Marketing Management

Service Marketing and Management

Globalization has brought about changes in the business landscape throughout the world. Business firms, whether multinational compa-nies, joint ventures or indigenous firms need to develop and balance the discrepancies in their human resource management practices to maintain their competitiveness.

In order to cope with the new and complex op-erating conditions, managers have to develop a set of critical skills that allow them to trans-late change strategies into effective actions. This encompasses key initiatives to enhance organizational efficiency and competitiveness of the organization. This course is designed to provide future managers with understanding of core issues confronting organizations to-day and discusses about the change process, namely why change, change what, and how to change effectively.

Rules and regulations in many workplaces may be established unilaterally by employers, oth-ers by technology, and others governed by laws administered by government agencies. This course will familiarize students with the indus-trial relations system model to be able to under-stand the social system at large and design the work relations system at the enterprise level.

This course examines concepts and theories relating to the understanding of the marketing management field. Marketing encompasses a broad range of activities. This course is de-signed to give students the background needed for managing the marketing plan adapted to their own environment.


The course is designed to give to the students the concepts and tools used by service leaders to deliver more value to their customers, em-ployees and shareowners. The course is based on a new business logic -The Service Profit Chain -that can help managers to understand why some service organizations have superior performances. The main objective is to develop service leaders.

August

August

January

January

August

August

January

SM60.41 or consent of instructor

None

None

None

None

SM61.51 Marketing

Management

234

Program



SM90.53

SM90.54

SM90.55

SM90.56

SM90.57

SM90.58

Business to Business Marketing

International Marketing Research

Marketing High Tech Services

Sales Management for Services

Customer Relationship Management

Management of E-business

This course provides an understanding of the is-sues related to marketing of industrial products as well as the important business-to-business approach. The aim of this course is to give the students an understanding of the challenges and problems the companies face concerning the industrial marketing management. The fo-cus will be analyzing methods of product de-velopment, product introduction, segmentation and organizational buying and selling behavior as well as marketing strategies and tactics.

In competitive markets where customers have many choices, marketing decisions must be based upon current information about custom-ers and other external environment factors. Marketing research is the formal function which gathers marketing information for use in market-ing decisions. In highly competitive companies world-wide, marketing research is integrated into marketing strategy and tactical marketing implementation.

This course will provide students with the tools and specialized knowledge for developing and executing marketing strategy in the high tech market. Selected cases are analyzed to isolate the unique challenges that confront the market-ing strategist in high-technology markets. A set of conceptual and analytical skills is provided to advance the student’s decision-making capabili-ties in the business-to-business market environ-ment.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a comprehensive sales and marketing approach to building long-term customer relationships and improving business performance. This course is designed to provide in-depth coverage of man-agement of the sales function for services. Man-agers must thoroughly understand sales man-agement in order to remain competitive in the global, increasingly technological economy.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a comprehensive sales and marketing approach to building long-term customer relationships and improving business performance. This course integrates marketing strategies with necessary IT knowledge for effective customer manage-ment.

Electronically mediated technologies are trans-forming firms, markets, products and processes with remarkable speed. This provides managers with new challenges and valuable opportunities. Managers have to be capable of managing elec-tronic businesses.

January

August

August

January

January

January

None

SM60.51 Marketing

Management

SM60.51 Marketing

Management

SM60.51 Marketing Management or consent of the instructor.

SM70.92 Managing and Implementing Electronic and Mobile Commerce

None

235

Program



SM90.60

SM90.61

SM90.62

SM90.63

Innovation & Techno Entrepreneurship


Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction

and Value Measurement


Success followed by failure and innovation fol-lowed by inertia is the pattern of a global problem faced by companies in any industry at any time. As short-term corporate success often increas-es the chances of long-term failure, managers must learn to sustain incremental improvement while at the same time leading radical change. The objective of this course is to provide an understanding of the role of entrepreneurship in the management of technological innovation and technology-based industrial development. In this course managers learn how to integrate the different techno-economic and behavioral factors that condition a firms creativity and in-novation and how to design a strategy system for product/service and process innovation that allows their firm to benefit from increasingly faster technology and market changes. In addi-tion, this course will enable students to design and present to venture capitalists a business plan of a new technology start-up firm.

To provide students with basic concepts and techniques in managing the operations of a production unit and/or a service enterprise. The practical aspects will be emphasized through case studies / project works to relate the recent theoretical developments with real business environment.

The course will provide students firstly a theo-retical framework to understand the concept of service quality, customer satisfaction and customer value in service and secondly the tools to measure the different concepts. These concepts and tools are analyzed based on an understanding of customer behavior on service settings.

Success followed by failure and innovation followed by inertia is the pattern of a global problem faced by companies in any industry at any time. As short-term corporate success of-ten increases the chances of long-term failure, managers must learn to sustain incremental improvement while at the same time leading radical change. In this course managers learn how to integrate the different techno-economic and behavioral factors that condition a firm’s creativity and innovation and how to design a strategy system for product/service and pro-cess innovation that allows their firm to benefit from increasingly faster technology and market changes.

August

January

August

August

None

None

None

SM60.71 Managing Technology for Competi-tiveness or consent of course instructor

236

Program



SM90.64

SM90.65

SM90.66

SM90.67

SM90.70

R&D Management

High Tech Entrepreneurship and

Business Plan Development

Total Quality Management

Strategic Supply Chain Management

Enterprise Resource Planning

This course will provide a better understanding for management in R&D that will create or enhance the continuity of innovative capability and prog-ress in technological advancement of business enterprises and economy. This course will also help future managers to manage the process of project implementations, establishment of orga-nizations and development of human resources.

The objective of this course is to provide an understanding and appreciation of the interrela-tionships between the management of modern industrial technology and entrepreneurship, and the role of entrepreneurship in the management of technological innovation and technology-based economic development. In addition, this course will enable students to design and present to venture capitalists a business plan of a new technology start-up firm.

All companies, whether in manufacturing or ser-vice operation businesses, need to focus on un-derstanding and responding to customer needs. Total quality management, when adequately and successfully implemented, enables companies to serve their customers better and gain competi-tive advantage in the market place. The objective of this course is to prepare prospective manag-ers for playing a leading role in planning for and implementing total quality management in manu-facturing and service organizations.

Most manufacturing firms spend over three quar-ters of their turnover on raw materials, purchased parts and components, and inbound logistics. Effective supply and logistics management pro-vides a manufacturing firm the added competi-tive advantage by reducing costs, and improving quality and delivery performance. The objective of this course is to prepare managers to develop and implement strategies and actions necessary to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of supply and inbound logistics functions in manu-facturing organizations.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems provide comprehensive management of financial, manufacturing, sales, distribution and human re-sources across the enterprise. The ability of ERP systems to support data `drill down’ and to elimi-nate the need to reconcile across functions is de-signed to enable organizations to compete on the performances of the entire supply chain. To utilize these capabilities managers have to learn how to manage processes in the ERP environment. This course will help students to understand how integrated operational systems work.

January

August

August

January

August

SM60.71 Managing Technology for Competi-tiveness or consent of instructor.

SM60.71 Managing Technology for Competitive-ness

None

SM60.61 Operations

Management

SM60.61 Operations Management, SM71.92 Managing and Implementing Electronic and MobileCommerce

237

Program



SM90.71

SM90.80

SM90.81

SM90.82

SM90.83


Business Negotiations


International Joint Ventures and Alliances

Managerial Decision Making

The main objective of this subject is to pres-ent the basic concepts and theories that will be needed to understand, anticipate, acquire, and use technology for attaining a competitive edge at the market place. The subject will be of particular relevance to those who are likely to be involved in integrating technology strategy with business strategy at the firm level, and for those planning to pursue a career in operations management, engineering management, or in-ternational business.

Most successful managers have one thing in common - they have excellent negotiating skills. Understanding the complexity of negotiation processes and the psychology of negotiators on the either side of the table involves informa-tion gathering, analysis and judgment. The role of pre negotiation strategy is important in open-ing and closing negotiations successfully. The course seeks to develop skills in preparing for negotiations, participating in negotiations and finally follow up actions on negotiated settle-ment.

This course will enable students to use the strategic management process to understand competitive forces and to develop competitive advantages. They will be able to extending the scope of strategy formulation to success-fully compete in the 21st century’s dynamic and challenging competitive landscape.

Joint ventures and alliances are the main ve-hicles for global expansion of firms especially in the Asia Pacific region. The strategy devel-opment, partner selection, launch, expansion and withdrawal phases of joint ventures and alliances involve complex decision making pro-cesses involving more than one parent com-pany from diverse cultures. These processes demand unique leadership and cultural skills including rational approaches in managerial behavior. The state of practices and the body of knowledge in the field of joint ventures and alli-ances is changing fast and serves as the basis of training and educating managers.

The complexity of decision processes in an international firm requires highly advanced skills in decision making both at the level of an individual and team. This course simulates conditions and contexts for the participants to develop these skills.

January

August

January

August

January

None

None

SM61.72 International

Business

SM61.72 International

Business

None

238

Program



SM90.84

SM90.85

SM90.86

SM90.9001

Business Simulation

Decision and Negotiation Analysis

Strategic Brand Management for Goods

and Services

Selected Topic: International Business Dispute Management

in Asia

As the managers grow in their career, they are called upon to make holistic decisions encom-passing ubiquitous operations of their firms in global markets. The complexity of their assign-ments increases. Under the circumstances, managers can be trained through simulators to handle complex and uncertain situations. The purpose of this course is to model the industry dynamics and operations of competing firms, experiment with model and make informed de-cisions.

Making effective decisions requires the man-agers to rely not only on intuitions and experi-ences but also on good analysis of the complex decision situations. The challenge is further complicated when more than one parties par-ticipate and interact in negotiations with conflict-ing goals, resources and strategies. This course aims at introducing the basic frameworks and approaches to help managers analyzing the different decision and negotiation situations under both deterministic and probabilistic envi-ronment. Basic and common decision models are then used to solve these problems, or to improve existing solutions, with assistance of simple spreadsheet-based tools. Through real and comprehensive case studies and nego-tiation games, students develop competencies in analyzing, modeling and solving real world problems in business. The students will also acquire some insights of actual decision mak-ing behavior and judgment biases, and thus learn to improve the quality of their decisions.

This course is designed to help students to understand the importance of branding in an environment where services and products risk to become commodities. It also provides con-cept of branding, strategic process of building a strong brand in the service sector, and lessons learnt from branding champions in the consum-er goods.

Business executives need a specialized form and method of communication to be successful and effective leaders. Leadership communication consists of a variety of expanding interactional skills starting from core strategy development to using these skills in complex organizational situations. Business leaders also need manage-rial skills that will allow them to communicate to a larger audience; to lead an organization and address the broader community. The main ob-jective of this specialized elective course is to develop executive MBA’s communication skills so that they will become more successful lead-ers in their companies and professions.

August

January

August

August

SM71.81 Strategic Management of a Firm 2 (2-0)

Qualification

SM60.51 Marketing

Management

None

239

Program



SM90.9002

SM90.9003

SM90.9004

Selected Topic: Leadership

Communication

Selected Topic: Knowledge

Management

Selected Topic: Project Management

Dispute is probably the most feared legal threat in an international business transaction. It can affect the transaction itself and damage the partners relationships. Dispute involves energy and stress and is always time consuming. It has a high economic and social cost and may also result in the loss of business opportunities. In the Asian context, business disputes pose a series of problems and challenges. They are related to the internationalization and/or har-monization of the legal environment for busi-ness on the one hand and to the ongoing legal and judicial reforms in many Asian countries on the other hand. In addition, for cultural reasons, Asian prefer to settle disputes in a more con-sensual rather than confrontational way as their western pairs. In that context, Dispute Manage-ment is fundamentally different from Dispute Resolution. The first one consists in adopting a strategic approach in considering the prob-ability of the dispute as a risk to take into con-sideration by the managers, especially in inter-national business. The second one consists in going through specific proceedings to resolve a current dispute. The purpose of the present course is to enable the students - taking into consideration the Asian context - to have a managerial and pro-active approach to dispute involving international business transactions. The course will give the opportunity to students to: “ Develop a better understanding of the cul-ture difference between consensual and con-frontational ways of dispute resolution “ Identify potential disputes; mitigate risk of dispute by contract implementation management “ Draft effective dispute resolution clauses “ Discern and select the most appropriate dispute resolu-tion mechanism, amicable, non-adjudicative or adjudicative, according to the best interests of the parties “ Manage domestic, regional and international arbitration “ Conduct Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), such as negotia-tion, conciliation, mediation and ombudsman “ Be acquainted with Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) mechanisms.

August

August

August

Basic Legal knowledge

Review (see questionnaire).

240

Program



SM90.9005

SM90.9006

SM90.9007

SM90.9008

SM90.9009

SM90.9010

SM90.99

SM90.992

SM90.99B

Selected Topic: Case Research on Functional Issues

Selected Topic: China and

Globalization

Selected Topic: Case Research on

Strategic Issues

Selected Topic: International Operation

Strategy

Selected Topic: Management

Information Systems

Selected Topic: Advanced Marketing

Research

Case Research on Strategic Issues

Case Research on Strategic Issues

Case Research on Functional Issues

An in depth understanding of the past, present and future of a company improves the effec-tiveness of a manager. The awareness of the strategic issues faced by the company brings a new perspective to the manager and allows him to relate with the rest of the organization. The course will follow the case research methodol-ogy involving field work both inside and outside the company. The fieldwork will be conducted within the frameworks for strategic audit, SWOT and in-dustry analysis and will involve interviews, ana-lyzing company and industry reports.

January

January

InterSem

January

InterSem

InterSem

January

InterSem

August

None

241

International Executive MBA (Vietnam) IEMBA-VN

Introduction

The International Executive MBA program marks a deeper strengthening of the ties between AIT and Vietnam, emphasizing the commitment of AIT to human resource de-velopment in Vietnam. The main focus of the International EMBA program is the middle and senior managers in Private and Public companies, Joint-ventures and Representa-tives Offices in Vietnam to transfer state-of-the-art managerial knowledge and to offer a practical insight into current business practices. The program approaches in business and management are global, relevant to Asia Pacific context, and applicable in Viet-nam. This program is designed to fit the needs in Vietnam. Therefore, the International Executive MBA emphasizes three dimensions: the situation of companies operating in Vietnam; the operational environment for companies based in Asia and Pacific particu-larly in ASEAN; the global perspective US, Europe and Japan as they relate to Asia and Pacific trends, including Vietnam. The program has been launched in Hanoi (since 2000), in HCMC (since 2004), in Dong Nai (since 2007), and in Vung Tau (since 2008).

Along with the iEMBA Program in International Business and Management of Technol-ogy (IB&MOT), the iEMBA Program in Human Resource Management (HRM) and Pub-lic Policy Management (PPM) will also be conducted in Vietnam.

AOS• Dual Specialization in International Business and Management of

Technology • Public Policy and Management • Human Resource Management/Human Resource Development

Eligibility

To be eligible for admission to the International Executive MBA Program, the applicant should:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field of study from an institution of recognized standing;

• Have above average grades at the undergraduate level; and• Possess an acceptable level of English proficiency: TOEFL 500, IELTS 4.5, or

pass the Entry Test of AIT• In addition, the applicant should have a minimum of four to six years relevant

work experience with at least two years at the management or senior profes-sional level.

Study Plan

The program includes total 15 courses (8 Required Courses and 7 Elective Courses), 1 Case Research Practicum and Final Project for the IEMBA program spread over 3 semesters or 18 months.

241

242

IEMBA-Vietnam Degree program- Proportion of Credits and Courses

Courses/ Credits EMBA Research study

Required courses (8) 24 SM90.30 Financial & Management Accounting 3(3-0) SM71.42 Cross Cultural Management 3(3-0) SM60.62 Managing Technology for Competitiveness 3(3-0) SM70.02 Project Management 3(3-0) SM90.20 Management & Transfer of Technology 3(3-0) SM90.50 International Marketing 3(3-0) SM90.60 Innovation & Techno Entrepreneurship 3(3-0) SM71.81 Strategic Management of a Firm 3(3-0)

Case Research 4 SM91.89 Case Research Practicum 4(1-9) Practicum (1) Elective Courses (7) 14 Elective Courses EMBA Project 6 EMBA Project Total 48 Equivalent to 720 contact hours.

242

List of Elective CoursesSM91.01 Business Communication 2(2-0)SM91.31 Management Control Systems 2(2-0)SM91.41 Organization Behavior and Structure 2(2-0)SM91.43 Managing Human Resource in Multinational Corporations 2(2-0)SM91.44 Management of Change 2(2-0)SM91.53 International Marketing Research 2(2-0)SM91.54 Service Marketing and Management 2(2-0)SM91.61 Operation Management 2(2-0)SM91.63 International Business 2(2-0)SM91.65 Total Quality Management 2(2-0) SM91.66 Asian Business Environment 2(2-0)SM91.67 High-Tech Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Development 2(2-0)SM91.71 Management of Information Systems 2(2-0)SM91.73 Management of Innovation 2(2-0)SM91.87 Business Simulation 2(2-0)SM91.9001 Selected Topic: Leaderships 2(2-0)SM91.9002 Selected Topic: Decision and Negotiation Analysis 2(2-0)SM91.9003 Selected Topic: Investment 2(2-0)SM91.9004 Selected Topic: Supply Chain Management 2(2-0)SM91.9005 Selected Topic: Solving Complex Problems 2(2-0)SM91.9006 Selected Topic: Contract & Risk Law for Managers 1(1-0)SM91.9007 Selected Topic: Financing Energy Projects: Power Sector 2(2-0)SM91.9008 Selected Topic: Energy Value Chain 2(2-0)SM91.9009 Selected Topic: Transmission System Operator 3(3-0)SM91.9010 Selected Topic: Power Market Operations 3(3-0)SM91.9011 Selected Topic: Renewable and Alternative Energy Technologies 2(2-0)SM91.9012 Selected Topic: International Investment and Portfolio 2(2-0)SM91.9013 Selected Topic: Internet Marketing

243

Program


SM71.42

SM71.81

SM91.01

SM70.02

SM91.31

SM91.41

Cross-Cultural Management


BusinessCommunication

Project Management

Management Control Systems

Organization Behavior and Structure

This course explores the variety of ways that culture influences organization and manage-ment, particularly, the interactions of managers and employees of different national and cultural backgrounds. A comparison of North American, European and Asian cultural perspectives are examined. Specifically the course will look at the implications of culture on technology, or-ganizational design, managerial approaches, organizational and individual performance and human resource dimensions. These provide the background in which people from different cultures interact.

This course will enable students to use the strategic management process to understand competitive forces and to develop competitive advantages. They will be able to extending the scope of strategy formulation to success-fully compete in the 21st century’s dynamic and challenging competitive landscape.

Communication skills are of critical importance for MBA students and future managers in or-der to work effectively in the business world. Effective communication is the bridge between managers and all others with whom they must interact in their professional lives. This course examines key business communication con-cepts and fundamentals, considers techniques and approaches to develop and improve com-munication skills and provides practical oppor-tunities for students to experiment and develop these techniques and skills.

This cause will provide an introduction of the essential techniques and issues in developing and planning new projects, effectively manag-ing and controlling their implementation with emphasis on large-scale projects.

This course aims at developing skills for de-signing, implementing and operating an effec-tive control system for different organizational contexts. This course will draw upon knowledge and skill in the area of managerial accounting, organization behavior and strategic manage-ment.

This course provides a framework for under-standing organizational structure, behavior and change to adapt external environment and the need for better performance of an organization. It also helps develop a practical perspective on organizational development strategies and enhance the managers skills in designing and changing organization.

August

January

August

January

January

August

None

None

None

None

None

International Executive MBA (Vietnam) - IEMBA-VN

244

Program



SM91.43

SM91.44

SM91.51

SM91.53

SM91.54

Managing Human Resource in Multinational Corporations

Management of Change


Management

International Marketing Research

Service Marketing and Management

Multinational companies which operate in various different cultures tend to emphasize the human resource management approach consistent with their home country but in the meantime they also need to adapt to local HRM practices to be able to compete in their markets. This course, unlike the basic human resource management course, focuses on the increasing role of human resource manage-ment in enhancing the competitive advantage of international firms.

In order to cope with the new and complex op-erating conditions, managers have to develop a set of critical skills that allow them to trans-late change strategies into effective actions. This encompasses key initiatives to enhance organizational efficiency and competitiveness of the organization. This course is designed to provide future managers with understanding of core issues confronting organizations to-day and discusses about the change process, namely why change, change what, and how to change effectively.


In competitive markets where customers have many choices, marketing decisions must be based upon current information about custom-ers and other external environment factors. Marketing research is the formal function which gathers marketing information for use in market-ing decisions. In highly competitive companies world-wide, marketing research is integrated into marketing strategy and tactical marketing implementation.

The course is designed to give to the students the concepts and tools used by service leaders to deliver more value to their customers, em-ployees and shareowners. The course is based on a new business logic -The Service Profit Chain -that can help managers to understand why some service organizations have superior performances. The main objective is to develop service leaders.

August

InterSem

August

January

InterSem

None

None

None

None

None

245

Program



SM91.61

SM91.63

SM91.65

SM91.66

SM91.67

SM91.71

SM91.73


International Business

Total Quality Management

Asian Business

High-Tech Entrepreneurship and

Business Plan Development

Management Information Systems


To provide students with basic concepts and tech-niques in managing the operations of a produc-tion unit and/or a service enterprise. The practical aspects will be emphasized through case studies / project works to relate the recent theoretical de-velopments with real business environment.

This course is designed to provide an overview of international business practices and processes. It seeks to help participants in developing attitudes and skills of an effective international manager.

All companies, whether in manufacturing or ser-vice operation businesses, need to focus on un-derstanding and responding to customer needs. Total quality management, when adequately and successfully implemented, enables companies to serve their customers better and gain competi-tive advantage in the market place. The objective of this course is to prepare prospective manag-ers for playing a leading role in planning for and implementing total quality management in manu-facturing and service organizations.

This course is a survey of the business environ-ment of Asia including its economic dynamic and socio-cultural political and characteristics as they affect business. The three major regions within Asia (East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia) are considered. Special emphasis on current and emerging trends and now business organizations can respond. A seminar/workshop approach will be used.

The course will provide students firstly a theoreti-cal framework to understand the concept of ser-vice quality, customer satisfaction and customer value in service and secondly the tools to mea-sure the different concepts. These concepts and tools are analyzed based on an understanding of customer behavior on service settings.

This course intends to provide a broad overview on the important technical and managerial issues of management information systems (MIS). It will also provide students with a balanced view of management and technology. Students will learn how to apply information technologies (IT)/ information systems (IS) to solve critical business problems in the real business world.

Success followed by failure and innovation fol-lowed by inertia is the pattern of a global problem faced by companies in any industry at any time. As short-term corporate success often increases the chances of long-term failure, managers must learn to sustain incremental improvement while

August

August

January

InterSem

August

August

January

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

246

Program



SM91.87

SM91.89

SM91.9001

SM91.9002

SM91.9003

SM91.9004

Business Simulation

Case Research Practicum

Selected Topic: Leaderships

Selected Topic: Decision and

Negotiation Analysis

Selected Topic: Investment

Selected Topic: Supply Chain Management

at the same time leading radical change. In this course managers learn how to integrate the dif-ferent techno-economic and behavioral factors that condition a firms creativity and innovation and how to design a strategy system for prod-uct/service and process innovation that allows their firm to benefit from increasingly faster tech-nology and market changes.

As the managers grow in their career, they are called upon to make holistic decisions encom-passing ubiquitous operations of their firms in global markets. The complexity of their assign-ments increases. Under the circumstances, managers can be trained through simulators to handle complex and uncertain situations. The purpose of this course is to model the industry dynamics and operations of competing firms, experiment with model and make informed de-cisions.

Supply chain management is a set of approach-es for coordinating activities related to planning, implementation, and control of goods and in-formation flows from the front end to the back end of the supply chain in such a way that the total system wide cost is minimized while satis-fying the service level requirement. The objec-tive of this course is to impart to the students basic knowledge on supply chain management, which includes key issues on inventory control and management, supply contract, bullwhip ef-fect and the value of information sharing, distri-bution strategy, strategic alliance, procurement strategy, pricing strategy, etc.

August

January

August

August

InterSem

InterSem

None

247

Program



SM91.9005

SM91.9006

SM91.9007

SM91.9008

SM91.9009

Selected Topic: Solving Complex

Problems

Selected Topic: Contract & Risk Law for

Managers

Selected Topic: Financing Energy

Projects: Power Sector

Selected Topic: Energy Value Chain

Selected Topic: Transmission System

Operator

In todays rapidly changing environment, man-agement personnel, whether in companies, in non-profit organizations of within governmental departments, are constantly confronted with decision problems with far-reaching conse-quences. Survival and long-term success will often depend on finding the right solution. This course focuses precisely on such complex de-cision problems. The aim is to provide support to management for their successful resolution.

This course is designed to increase participants understanding of the process which leads to the creation of suitable financial structures for en-ergy projects. The course background is based on the international prerequisites of pre-feasibil-ity studies of energy projects in order to obtain sufficient funding under financial strain and with political and economical risks involved.

This course is designed to introduce execu-tive participants to the economics of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution. The course will discuss the value-chain of electric-ityand analyze the economic Description for the recent market reform exercise undertaken by regulators from various countries. The ex-periences of California and Ontario will be dis-cussed and problems encountered by these earlier liberalization attempts will be used to highlight important challenges and constraints for Vietnamese energy policy makers and man-agers, and the Vietnamese regulatory author-ity.

This course aims at developing reasonable skills to understand the role of the Transmission System Operator (TSO) in a Norwegian, Nordic and European perspective.

InterSem

August

August

August

August

None

None

248

Program



SM91.9010

SM91.9011

Selected Topic: Power Market

Operations

Selected Topic: Renewable and

Alternative Energy Technologies

This course gives a description of the most modern electricity market in the world – the Nordic Market at Nord Pool. The market is both a physical and financial market, and is a market common for the Nordic countries. The market was originally set up by the Nordic TSO`s.

The course gives an overview of the Nordic market, with focus on the development to-wards a free market system, the connection with the EU internal energy market, the suc-cess factors and the remaining challenges for future development.

The physical market, spot price based, is de-scribed and price calculation, price setting, price areas and experiences with the Elspot price are in focus.

The financial market is described and com-prises both questions on how to create liquid-ity in such a market, as well as describing the financial products and how to trade them. The financial products include forward and future contracts, option contracts as well as CfDs(Contracts for Differences).

Trading carbon is placed focus on, both the framework conditions and Nord Pool`s trading solutions.

The clearing of financial contracts is described, clearing routines, settlement and control, secu-rity requirements, secure participant interface (PI) and Clearing Report Application (CRA).

The purpose of this course is to take a strate-gic assessment of renewable technologies or non-fossil fuel alternatives such as nuclear or hydro.

As a strategic assessment the emphasis will be on the future and focuses on the potential implementation of these technologies in the context of Vietnam’s power requirements to 2025 and beyond.

Related to the macro-environment for renew-able and alternative technologies approaches such as PESTE (Political, Economic Socio-Cultural, Technological Ecological) or SWOT analysis will be used.

For specific technologies an assessment based on the social, economic and environmental im-pacts, costs and benefits will be used.

InterSem

August

None

None

249

Program

International Executive MBA (Vietnam) - IEMBA-VN International Executive MBA (Vietnam) - IEMBA-VN


SM91.9012

SM91.9013

SM70.02

SM90.30

Selected Topic: International

Investment and Portfolio

Selected Topic:Internet Marketing

Project Management

Financial & Management Accounting

This course aims to provide a strong under-standing of functioning of capital market and how securities of different types are traded and valued in the capital markets across the world. The course covers different valuation models and approaches in security analysis. It provides a framework for understanding, practicing fun-damental and technical analysis and the skills used in tracking market behaviour of securities’ prices. The course investigates securities mar-kets, nature and types of securities, bond mar-kets, bond valuation, bond yields, equity mar-kets, equity valuation, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, valuing alternative invest-ments, Option pricing, derivatives in portfolio management, option valuation, option trading strategies, futures market, valuation of forward contract, portfolio theory, asset allocation strat-egies, portfolio performance measures. With the advent of online advertisements, search engines and web2.0 initiatives, the in-ternet has become one of primary mediums for companies to reach out to targeted customer segments. Though online marketing has been looked at as a minor channel or an extension of conventional marketing, its importance and the use of more refined and rapidly changing technology has made the internet a domain which requires full attention of marketers. The purpose of this course is to introduce contem-porary marketing approaches in the internet to enable students to utilize the internet to its full advantage.

This course will provide an introduction of the essential techniques and issues in developing and planning new projects, effectively manag-ing and controlling their implementation with emphasis on large-scale projects. This course aim at developing reasonable skills to understand, evaluate and use financial infor-mation aimed at both managers and external stakeholders. Use of accounting information for planning and control is emphasized. This course will be founded on relevant international accounting standards rather than individual country practices. This course also investigates conceptual basis of accounting; understanding financial statements- balance sheet, income statement and funds flow statement; financial statement analysis; financial and management accounting; costs and their classification; cost behavior; cost volume profit analysis; cost ob-jects and cost determination; planning and con-trol; control through variance analysis; account-ing information for decision making.

January

InterSem

August

August

SM90.30 Financial &

Management Accounting

None

None

250

Program



SM60.62

SM90.20

SM90.50


Management & Transfer of Technology


The main objective of this subject is to pres-ent the basic concepts and theories that will be needed to understand, anticipate, acquire, and use technology for attaining a competitive edge at the market place. The subject will be of particular relevance to those who are likely to be involved in integrating technology strategy with business strategy at the firm level, and for those planning to pursue a career in operations management, engineering management, or in-ternational business.This course also investigates basic concepts and emerging issues in management of tech-nology, technological resources and capabili-ties, technology assessment and forecasting, developing technology strategy, acquiring tech-nology

Technology is a key resource of great impor-tance for corporate profitability and sustainable growth. Rapid globalization and the liberaliza-tion of national economies have made interna-tional transfer of technology (ITT) a very impor-tant component of international business. ITT is, today, widely used by firms in both develop-ing and industrialized countries as a means of gaining access to technologies to strengthen their competitiveness and growth. The course provides the participants with the necessary knowledge and tools to plan and implement ITT both from the perspective of a buyer and seller of technology. This course also investigates basic concepts and frameworks on manage-ment of technology, the components of process and product technology, technological capa-bilities and competencies of the firms, influence of technological change on different aspects of corporate strategy, the process and stage of technology transfer, factors influencing the success of technology transfer, mechanisms for buying and selling technology, technology transfer within the firm.

This course examines concepts and theories relating to the understanding of the marketing management field. Marketing encompasses a broad range of activities. This course is de-signed to give students the background needed for managing the marketing plan adapted to their own environment. This course also investi-gates the marketing concepts, marketing in the strategic decision making process, relationship with R&D and production, marketing analysis; marketing policies in a competitive environ-ment; marketing consumers and organizations; distribution mix; marketing of service products.

January

January

August

None

None

None

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Program



SM90.60 Innovation & Techno Entrepreneurship

Success followed by failure and innovation followed by inertia is the pattern of a global problem faced by companies in any industry at any time. As short-term corporate success of-ten increases the chances of long-term failure, managers must learn to sustain incremental improvement while at the same time leading radical change. The objective of this course is to provide an understanding of the role of entre-preneurship in the management of technologi-cal innovation and technology-based industrial development.

In this course managers learn how to integrate the different techno-economic and behavioral factors that condition a firm’s creativity and in-novation and how to design a strategy system for product/service and process innovation that allows their firm to benefit from increasingly faster technology and market changes. In ad-dition, this course will enable students to design and present to venture capitalists a business plan of a new technology start-up firm.

This course also investigates characteristics and success factors of new technology firms; strategies and business plan for entrepreneurial firms; types and characteristics of technological innovation, managerial models and strategies for innovation; organizing for learning and man-aging knowledge processes; strategic technol-ogy alliances; benchmarking innovation output and management.

August None

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The PhD program at the School of Management is committed to advanced studies and research by candidates who will devote themselves to academic and research activities in universities and research centers across Asia. The PhD program caters to the needs of the academic institutions in Asia and personalities who want to open up an academic career. It is thus ideally suited for the development of educators and education admin-istrators.

Besides acquiring a well-recognized, reputable research degree, during their academic venture at AIT PhD students tap into the School’s unique international resources. The School has a rich, diverse community from around the world; the PhD students can draw on a cross-cultural faculty from multiple disciplines. They study and work together in a class of international students and they learn to support each other. Teamwork and collaboration is fostered, and this companionship can be part of the academic network that is so vital for a research oriented academic. In addition AIT PhD students gain ac-cess to an extensive alumni network around the world.

With its PhD program AIT offers universities in Thailand and around Asia a unique op-portunity for faculty development. Universities and research institutions who send their faculty or staff members to AIT take advantage of the PhD program’s emphasis on ex-cellence in research, teaching and education management in Asia. Participation of uni-versities’ faculty in the PhD program encourages and supports the upgrading, extending and enriching of the home institute’s or future employing institute’s own undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as their research activities. AIT strives to accommodate specific needs of all universities with specific arrangements.

AOS:

• Technology Management• Finance • Marketing• Human Resource Management• International Business• Entrepreneurship • Strategy

Eligibility

• Strong academic record on the graduate level in management or economics (minimum GPA of 3.50 or equivalent)

• Submission of a brief dissertation research proposal including the required re-search facilities, if necessary

• Applicants with strong academic credentials in fields other than management are encouraged to apply. They are required to take additional coursework at AIT.

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Participants who do not meet the PhD admission requirements might enter in the Cer-tificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) program first which can qualify for entry in the PhD program

Study Plan

A PhD study is expected to take a minimum of three years. The first year of the program consists of intensive formal course work that prepares the student for his own research. Upon completion of the course work, an individual student research thesis program is assigned based on approved topics in the field of study and in-line with the priorities of the School. AS part of the program’s requirements, participants publish their research in an international refereed journal.

The 2008/2009 PhD program has been enriched considerably with a carefully selected PhD course program that is focused on improving research, teaching and education management proficiency. These courses prepare a student for the individual research project, the publication of the research and an academic career. In addition to the cours-es required for all PhD students, non-AIT graduates select two courses in his or her spe-cific field of study. The courses are at the same time are an added value to a research degree. The coursework requirement must be completed before the student advances to candidacy.

Participants in the PhD program work closely with the AIT’s faculty both in the classroom as well as during the individual research for the thesis. Within the first two semesters, a program committee consisting of three members including the adviser is appointed for the student. The student works closely under his or her adviser’s supervision. Partici-pants have also the option to be associated with the faculty as Teaching or Research Assistants during the course of their studies.

DBA Program

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a doctoral program for senior profes-sional managers/administrators. It combines coursework and research investigations. The mission of the DBA Program is to create the body of knowledge embedded in practice, and the ultimate vision is to develop and disseminate management theories, grounded in the Asian business practices and experiences, including case studies and industry analyses. The DBA curriculum is designed based on the needs and preferences of industry experts. It is interdisciplinary, integrative and adopts a holistic approach. The required course work is structured into three perspectives: Research Methodology, Knowledge Building and Research Specialization including Thesis writing component. The program will provide an opportunity to practising managers to investigate the ongo-ing practices of the Asian companies and develop new contextual theories, or theories that will complement those built around the practices of the Western companies. There are several companies in Asia which have excellent performance and have deviated from established practices in the West. Hence, they provide excellent opportunity for research and developing new management paradigms or theories entrenched in Asian practices.

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AOS

• Market Models• Strategy• Technology• Management Control• Marketing• Organization Behaviour• Finance

A participant can carry out research in any one area integrating it with strategic manage-ment and other managerial functions.


• Minimum 10 years’ work experience, of which at least 3 years’ experience in senior management/administrative position. Candidates with significant experi-ence in senior positions but less than 10 years of overall experience may be considered.

• MBA/EMBA from recognised academic institutions or corporate universities.• Other Master’s degree subject to the completion of MBA-level required courses

as specified by the DBA program faculty. However, for students with 15 years’ work experience, of which 7 years’ experience in senior management/ admin-istrative position, the additional completion of MBA-level required courses, may be exempted.

• Proof of proficiency in English language.• A letter from CEO/head of organizations supporting the candidate’s application

and research work.• A write-up on research motivation and proposed research theme.

Study Plan

The program consists of 84 credits which includes 24 credit of course work and 60 credit thesis. 3-5 years in duration

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Program

Field of Study — School Wide Course (SOM)

ProgrAM


SM62.06

SM62.03

SM62.04

SM62.05

Communication and Academic Writing for

Research(DBA)

Qualitative Research Methods in

Management(PhD and DBA)

Communication for Management

Research(DBA)

Communication for Business Research

and Teaching(PhD)

This course aims to develop and enhance students’ ability to communicate their research data and re-sults in both written and oral form. The commu-nication of scholarly research is somewhat differ-ent than managerially oriented writing. This course has the objective of helping new DBA students to improve their writing and presentation skills so that they become successful at publishing / presenting their research for conferences and to thoroughly understand how to write a literature review and structure a DBA dissertation. Formats and styles for writing proposals, theses and international refereed journal articles will be examined. Opportunities to develop these written and oral research communi-cation capabilities will be provided. By the end of the course, students should have an expanded abil-ity to communicate their research data and results with academic quality and rigor.

This course covers research methods with an em-phasis on qualitative research techniques. It in-cludes topics on observational field research, case histories, narratives, and case studies, interview-ing, principles of action research, evaluation and grounded theory. It examines the strengths of alter-native methods and the connection between quali-tative and quantitative research methods.

This course aims to develop and enhance partici-pants ability to communicate their research data and results in both written and oral form. Commu-nication of scholarly research is somewhat differ-ent than managerially oriented writing. This course has the objective of helping new DBA students to improve their writing and presentation skills so that they become successful at publishing and confer-ence presentations. Formats for both thesis writing and internationally refereed journal articles will be examined. By the end of the course, participants should have an expanded ability to communicate their research data and results with academic qual-ity and rigor.

The course aims to develop and enhance par-ticipants ability to communicate effectively as a researcher and a teacher. Students in the PhD. program who will be taking up academic careers in teaching and research need to have a thorough un-derstanding of current pedagogical techniques and research skills. The course provides participants a wide range of approaches to the dynamics of teach-ing, learning and research in the context of man-agement. The communication and presentation of doctoral research data and results particularly in oral form will also be a focus of this course. Strat-egies for effective communication and defense of research proposals and research data will be em-phasized.

InterSem

August

August

August

None

None

None

ProgrAM

Business Administration (DBA, PhD)

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Program



SM62.07

SM62.09

SM62.10

SM62.11

Qualitative Research Methods

(PhD)

Academic Writing for Business Research

(PhD)

Research Design and Data Collection

(DBA)

Data Analysis and Interpretation

(DBA)

This course covers research methods for a PhD thesis in the field of business administra-tion with an emphasis on qualitative research techniques. It includes topics on observational field research, case histories, narratives, and case studies, interviewing, principles of action research, evaluation and grounded theory. It examines the strengths of alternative methods and the connection between qualitative and quantitative research methods and shall enable PhD students to choose the most appropriate research methods for their theses.

Communication is a fundamental skill that a researcher needs in order to work effectively. Without good communication skills, good ideas can be useless, because research will not be published and therefore, no one will know about the ideas. This course aims to develop and enhance new PhD students skills in writ-ing up their research for international journal publication. Formats and styles of different aca-demic journals will be examined. The publica-tion process and the necessary information and skills to successfully develop and publish qual-ity research articles are discussed. The second part of the course is a paper writing workshop in which each participating student is asked to write an academic working paper.

The course examines the process of research in business and management and the collec-tion and representation of data. Students will learn a structured approach to the research process from defining the research question through the selection of methods to producing a final thesis. In the first part, research meth-odologies are discussed with the emphasis on relating theory to practice. In the second part of the course concepts of data collection are dis-cussed including survey techniques, interviews and experiments. The course is conducted as a workshop for a critical review of published re-search from a student-centered perspective.

The course aims at providing the doctoral stu-dents with statistical techniques and skills for analyzing quantitative data that may be required for their research. The emphasis is on practical uses of these tools in real databases in order to discover and prove new scientific facts and relationships. Some mistakes most commonly committed in the process are discussed.

January

January

August

August

None

SM 62.12 Foundation for Manage-ment Research I, SM 62.13 Qualitative Research Methods.

None

None

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Program



SM62.12

SM62.13

SM62.20

SM62.30

SM62.31

Foundation for Management Research

(PhD)

Quantitative Data Analysis(PhD)

Theories and Models of Markets

(DBA)

Advanced Corporate Finance(DBA)

Advanced Management Control

System(DBA)

The course examines the process of research in business and management of a PhD study. PhD students will learn a structured approach to the research process from defining the re-search question through the selection of meth-ods to producing a PhD thesis. In the first part, research methodologies are discussed with the emphasis on relating theory to practice. In the second part of the course concepts of data collection are discussed including survey tech-niques, interviews and experiments. The course is conducted as a workshop for a critical review of published research in order to enable the PhD student to develop his or her own concep-tual framework and data collection approach.

The course aims at providing PhD students with expertise about statistical techniques and skills for analyzing quantitative data that may be required for their research. The emphasis is on the appropriate choice and application of estimation techniques and tests of primary and secondary data in order to discover and prove new scientific facts and relationships. Some mistakes most commonly committed in the pro-cess are discussed.

The underlying objective of this course is to develop understanding of the evolution and functioning of markets using diverse theories of economics, behavioral science, sociology and political science. The behaviors of markets will be examined on the basis of a business simu-lation to demonstrate the impacts of different models.

The objectives of course are to explore the important elements and research issues in corporate finance decision making, to present strategic finance issues integrating with strat-egy and other functional areas and to develop in participants the competence to manage complex strategic decisions, through interplay of corporate finance and its linkage to competi-tive strategies.

This course intends to provide three different perspectives for the study of Management Con-trol Systems (MCS) including Structures; Pro-cedures; and Context. It will also develop skills for designing, implementing, and operating an effective control system for different organiza-tion contexts.

August

January

August

August

August

None

SM62.12 Foundation for Man-agement Research

SM60.21 Managerial Economics or equivalent SM60.32 Financial Management or equivalent SM71.81 Strategic Management of a Firm or equivalent

SM60.32 Financial Management or equivalent

None

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Program



SM62.40

SM62.50

SM62.70

SM62.80

Advanced Organization Behavior and Development

(DBA)

Advanced Marketing Management

(DBA)

Advanced Strategic Management of

Technology(DBA)

Advanced Strategic Management

(DBA)

This course aims at developing a deeper level of appreciation for the issues and trends in Or-ganizational Behavior. It is assumed that the participants have exposure to the basic issues through formal exposure as well as their expe-riences of practices. This overview of the field would enable them to find connections with practice and help them in developing an inte-grated perspective on management.

The class is designed to evaluate and practice case research in the field of marketing manage-ment. It shall provide students with the skills to identify and relate theoretical concepts to stra-tegic marketing practices of a company. Though an intensive case study course, the purpose is to analyze cases thoroughly from a conceptual viewpoint and to reflect on the issues of gener-alization, contingency and research methods. In particular, the impact of the Asian context on marketing management practices compared to those in the US and how to incorporate con-textual factors in marketing research is a major theme of the course. The course requires the student to integrate basic issues in marketing management such a product policy, pricing, and distribution decisions. It might be required for students to review these basic concepts be-fore registering to the class.

In the face of rapid globalization and liberaliza-tion, understanding the strategic potential of technology has become a crucial issue in to-days competitive business environment. The ability of the modern-day managers to analyze and make strategic decisions with respect to the technologies has an important bearing on the competitiveness of the firms. The main objective of this course is to provide the par-ticipants with necessary knowledge and tools to appreciate, anticipate, acquire, and use tech-nology for attaining a competitive edge at the market place. The emphasis would be to relate the practical experiences of the participants with the theories, and frameworks developed for deeper understanding.

The course is designed to develop understand-ing of context and practices of strategy and the nature of theoretical traditions in the field of strategic management. Through seminars and case studies the students will discover the external and internal challenges faced by stra-tegic leaders and entrepreneurs in strategiz-ing and implementing strategic change. The real life exercises will help the participants to acquire necessary skills and competences of strategists.

August

August

August

August

None

SM60.51 Marketing

Management or equivalent

None

SM71.81 Strategic Management of a Firm or equivalent

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Program

Business Administration (DBA, PhD) Business Administration (DBA, PhD)


SM62.81 Management of Education

(PhD)

This course offers a broad-based examination of the role of educational management, centering on the core work of teaching and learning, and exploring how that central work is supported by the administrative, political, and ethical systems of a school. That work is deepened as administra-tors support educators and students, as a learning community, and in the search for best practice in academia and adult education. Case studies will be used to investigate these themes. Students are asked to research real issues in their workplace or another educational setting, using the concepts and approaches developed in the course, and to propose improvements to those issues.

January None

260

International Undergraduate ProgramEngineering and Technology

262/303Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

279/299

Industrial Engineering

287/302

Mechatronics

267/311Computer Science

283/311

Information and Communication Technology

291/309

Telecommunications Engineering

Humanities, Social Science, Communication

295General Engineering

298297Math and Science

260

275/308

Electronics Engineering

271/311Information Technology

Projects

315

261

International Undergraduate Program Engineering and Technologywww.ug.ait.asia

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) Degree ProgramAIT takes pride in offering a new four-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) Program. The undergraduate program is ideal for those aspiring to an international ca-reer in engineering.

The BSE degree involves six fields of study: Information and Communication Technol-ogy (ICT), Telecommunications Engineering, Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. While maintaining a strong disciplinary identity within each of these core areas of expertise, undergraduate engineering at the Asian Institute of Technology opens up a number of study skills for students that integrate all five engineering fields.

AIT’s philosophy is to produce engineers with effective competency to work efficiently both in terms of theory and application. Our curriculum is designed for students to gain in-depth understanding of their chosen field of engineering, and for them to apply their knowledge towards real-life applications. Emphasis is always given to honing problem solving and decision-making skills based on scientific methodology.

Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree ProgramFor those students interested in acquiring deep knowledge and skills in science and technology, AIT also offers a new four-year Bachelor of Science (BSc) Program. The BSc program is just as academically rigorous as the BSE but places more emphasis on understanding of the scientific foundations and use of existing technology to solve real-world problems.

The BSc degree involves two fields of study: Computer Science and Information Tech-nology. Our science and technology graduates not only master today’s technology, but also acquire a deep life-long understanding of the universal foundations of their field. This foundation never becomes obsolete – it enables our graduates to keep up with and understand the real essence of new technology, even as the pace of technological change accelerates every year.

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Undergraduate Course Descriptions

Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringThe Civil and Infrastructure Engineering field study at AIT focuses on the design, construction, and management skills that professional civil engineers require, providing a solid foundation in the theory and practice of civil and infrastructure engineering. The undergraduate degree covers specializations such as structural engineering, construction, geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering, transportation engineering, and water engineering and management.

Careers

Civil and Infrastructure Engineering graduates find employment in local, state, national, regional, and international government organizations and engineering firms that require professionals specializing in land development, transportation, water resources, environment, construction, and related fields. The program also prepares students for continuing postgraduate studies.

Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Code Courses Credits

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

General Courses Humanities and Social Sciences 2 6 English & Foreign Languages 5 13 General Education 3 7 Sub-Total 10 26 Basic Science Mathematics 5 15 Physics & Chemistry 3 12 Sub-Total 8 27 Field of Study Specific General 7 21 Core 12 36 Sub-Total 19 57 Electives Technical Electives (Specializations) 6 18 Sub-Total 6 18 Internships Internships 2 6 Sub-Total 2 6 Projects Praxis 2 2 Senior Student Project 2 10 Sub-Total 4 12 Grand Total 49 146

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Typical Study Plan

UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics I 4 NoneUG 106 Calculus II 3 UG 102 UG 111 Engineering Mechanics 3 NoneUG 109 Chemistry 4 NoneUG 107 English Communication Skills II 3 UG 103 UG 108 Praxis II 1 UG 104 Sub total 18

UG 101 Mechanics 4 NoneUG 102 Calculus I 3 NoneCS 101 Introduction to Computers and Programming 5 NoneUG 110 Engineering Drawing 3 NoneUG 103 English Communication Skills I 3 None UG 104 Praxis I 1 None Sub total 19

Year I Semester I

Year I Semester II

UG 201 Linear Algebra 3 UG 102 UG 202 Applied Mathematics Laboratory 1 UG 102, CS 101 CIE 202 Fluid Mechanics 3 NoneCIE 201 Soil Mechanics 3 None IE 202 Strength of Materials 3 UG 111CIE 203 Surveying 3 NoneUG 203 Material Science 3 None Sub total 19

Year II Semester I


Code Course Title Credits Prerequisite



264


UG 205 Calculus III 3 UG 106 UG 204 Probability and Statistics 3 None CIE 204 Foundation Engineering 3 NoneCIE 205 Structural Analysis I 3 NoneCIE 206 Hydrology 3 NoneUG 206 Foreign Language Level I 2 None Sub total 17

Internship I (12 weeks) 3 Third Year Status

CIE 301 Structural Analysis II 3 CIE 205 CIE 302 Numerical Methods 3 NoneCIE 303 Hydraulics Design 3 CIE 202CIE 304 Introduction to Transportation Engineering 3 NoneUG 302 Engineering Economics 3 NoneUG 301 Foreign Language Level II 2 UG 206 Sub total 17

Year II Semester II


Intersemester


Year III Semester I


CIE 305 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures 3 None CIE 306 Highway Engineering 3 NoneCIE 307 Project Scheduling in Construction 3 None UG 303 Environmental Studies 3 NoneUG 304 Humanities 3 NoneUG 305 Technical Writing 3 UG 107 Sub total 18

Year III Semester II



265


UG 401 Capstone Project I 5 Fourth Year StatusUG 402 Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2 None Technical Elective I 3 Technical Elective II 3 Technical Elective III 3 Sub total 16

UG 403 Capstone Project II 5 Fourth Year StatusUG 404 Engineering Professional Practice 2 None Technical Elective IV 3 Technical Elective V 3 Technical Elective VI 3 Sub total 16

Intersemester

Internship II (12 weeks) 3 Fourth Year Status


Year IV Semester I


Year IV Semester II



266


Transportation Engineering

TRE 401 Transportation Pollutant Emission and Control None TRE 402 Pavement Engineering CIE 306 TRE 403 Roadside Design and Management None TRE 404 Sustainable Transportation None TRE 405 Traffic Operations None TRE 406 Transportation Planning None

Structural Engineering Code Course Title Prerequisite

STE 401 Advanced Structural Analysis CIE 301 STE 402 Computer Analysis of Structure CIE 301 STE 403 Design of Steel Structures None STE 404 Introduction to Structural Dynamics None STE 405 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structures CIE 305

Geotechnical Engineering

Code Course Title Prerequisite

GTE 401 Fundamentals of Earth’s Physics None GTE 402 Environmental Geology None GTE 403 Computational Geotechnic None GTE 404 Introduction to Soil Dynamics None GTE 405 Finite Element Applications in Geoengineering & Geoexploration None

Technical Elective Courses


Water Engineering and Management

WEM 401 Water Resources Engineering CIE 202, CIE 206 WEM 402 Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering None WEM 403 Fundamentals of Coastal Engineering None WEM 404 Groundwater Engineering None WEM 405 Water Resources Planning and Management CIE 206, UG 302 WEM 406 Irrigation Engineering None WEM 407 Hydrological Modeling CIE 206



267


Computer ScienceAs the Asian domestic IT industry grows, and as Western companies increasingly outsource software development work to Asia, there is an ever-increasing need for software professionals with deep knowledge of software systems and applications who can work as technical leaders and project managers. The Computer Science field of study at AIT aims to fulfill these needs. Our graduates are are well versed in the foundations of information technology, with skills ranging from algorithm and software architecture design to the development of embedded systems, business automation systems, Web applications, mobile application development, and intelligent systems.

Careers

Computer Science graduates find employment as software engineers, software architects, and software project managers in a diverse range of industries including finance, manufacturing, business services, telecommunications, and defense. Many computer science graduates start their own companies in order to commercialize ideas for new high-tech products, applications, and services. Our graduates are also well prepared for postgraduate study.

Computer Science



General Courses Humanities and Social Sciences 2 6 English & Foreign Languages 5 13 General Education 2 5 Sub-Total 9 24 Basic Science Mathematics 5 15 Physics 2 8 Sub-Total 7 23 Field of Study Specific General 5 14 Core 10 33 Sub-Total 15 47 Electives Technical Electives 10 30 Sub-Total 10 30 Internships Internships 2 6 Sub-Total 2 6 Projects Praxis 2 2 Senior Student Project 2 10 Sub-Total 4 12 Grand Total 47 142

268


UG 101 MechanicsUG 102 Calculus ICS 101 Introduction to Computers and ProgrammingUG 103 English Communication Skills IUG 104 Praxis I Sub total

43531

16

NoneNoneNoneNoneNone

Year I Semester I

Year I Semester II

UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics IUG 106 Calculus IICS 102 Objected Oriented Programming and Web ApplicationsUG 107 English Communication Skills IIUG 108 Praxis II Sub total

43431

15

NoneUG 102CS 101None

UG 104

Year II Semester I

CS 201 Computer System ArchitectureEL 202 Electrical CircuitsCS 202 Discrete MathematicsUG 201 Linear AlgebraUG 202 Applied Mathematics LaboratoryEL 203 Digital Logic Design Sub total

343313

17

CS 101UG 105None

UG 102UG 102, CS 101

None

Typical Study Plan

Computer Science




269


Year III Semester I

CS 301 Theory of Computation Technical Elective ICS 303 Logic in Computer ScienceUG 301 Foreign Language II Technical Electrive IIUG 302 Engineering Economics Sub total

333233

17

CS 202

CS 202UG 206

None


CS 305 Programming Languages and CompilersCS 304 Analysis of Algorithms Technical Elective IIUG 303 Environmental StudiesUG 304 HumanitiesUG 305 Technical Writing Sub total

333333

18

CS 301CS 204, CS 202

NoneNone

UG 107

CS 203 Operating SystemsCS 204 Data Structures and AlgorithmsUG 204 Probability and StatisticsUG 205 Calculus IIIUG 206 Foreign Language IEL 204 Electronic Circuits Sub total

333323

17

CS 201CS 102, CS 202

NoneUG 106None

EL 202

Year II Semester II

Computer Science




Intersemester



270



CS 411 Computer Graphics 3CS 412 Artificial Intelligence 3CS 413 Microprocessor Systems 3CS 414 Computer Security 3CS 415 Machine Learning 3

UG 106, CS 101CS 204, CS 101

NoneCS304

UG 201, UG 204

Year IV Semester I

UG 401 Capstone Project IEL 402 Microprocessors and Embedded Systems Technical Elective IV Technical Elective V Technical Elective VIUG 402 Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Sub total

533332

19

Fourth Year StatusEL 203

None

Year IV Semester II

UG 403 Capstone Project II Technical Elective VII Technical Elective VIII Technical Elective IX Technical Elective X Sub total

53333

17

Fourth Year Status

Computer Science




Intersemester



271


Information TechnologyThe Information Technology program at AIT is a specialization of the Computer Science program. Students acquire a solid foundation in the theoretical foundations of information technology then further deepen their skills in information systems, networking, database design, software engineering, and Web applications.

Careers

Similar to Computer Science graduates, our Information Technology graduates find employment as software engineers, software architects, and software project managers, but with a particular focus on applications of information technology to increase business efficiency and create innovative new products and applications.

Information Technology




272


UG 101 MechanicsUG 102 Calculus ICS 101 Introduction to Computers and ProgrammingUG 103 English Communication Skills IUG 104 Praxis I Sub total

43531

16


Year I Semester I

Year I Semester II

UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics IUG 106 Calculus IICS 102 Objected Oriented Programming and Web ApplicationsUG 107 English Communication Skills IIUG 108 Praxis II Sub total

43431

15

NoneUG 102CS 101None

UG 104

Year II Semester I

CS 201 Computer System ArchitectureEL 202 Electrical CircuitsCS 202 Discrete MathematicsUG 201 Linear AlgebraUG 202 Applied Mathematics LaboratoryEL 203 Digital Logic Design Sub total

343313

17

CS 101NoneNone

UG 102UG 102, CS 101

None

Year II Semester II

CS 203 Operating SystemsCS 204 Data Structures and AlgorithmsUG 204 Probability and StatisticsUG 205 Calculus IIIUG 206 Foreign Language IEL 204 Electronic Circuits Sub total

333323

17

CS 201CS 102, CS 202

NoneUG 106None

EL 202

Typical Study Plan






273


Year III Semester I

CS 301 Theory of Computation IT 302 Human Computer InteractionCS 303 Logic in Computer ScienceUG 301 Foreign Language II IT 301 Computer NetworksUG 302 Engineering Economics Sub total

333233

17

CS 202CS 102CS 202UG 206CS 203None


CS 303 Programming Languages and CompilersCS 304 Analysis of Algorithms IT 303 Object Oriented Analysis and DesignUG 303 Environmental StudiesUG 304 HumanitiesUG 305 Technical Writing Sub total

333333

18

CS 301CS 204, CS 202

CS 102NoneNone

UG 107

Year IV Semester I

UG 401 Capstone Project I IT 401 Internet Technology IT 402 Database Design IT 403 Software Architecture DesignUG 402 Principles of Innovation and EntrepreneurshipEL 402 Microprocessors and Embedded Systems Sub total

53332319

Fourth Year StatusIT 301CS 102CS 102None

EL 203





Intersemester



Intersemester



274


Year IV Semester II

UG 403 Capstone Project II Technical Elective IIIT 404 Information Systems DevelopmentIT 405 Web Application Engineering Technical Elective III Sub total

53332

16

Fourth Year Status IT 402CS 102


IT 411 Spreadsheet Modeling & Decision Support Systems 3 IT 412 Information Retrieval and Data Mining 3

NoneCS 204, IT 402




275


Electronics EngineeringThe Asian region’s ever-growing industrial sector has increased demand for expertise in electronics to a critical level. The undergraduate program in Electronics responds to the needs of various countries in Asia, many of which are in transition from labor-intensive to high-tech economies. The curriculum focuses on acquiring knowledge in basic electronics, circuit design, and industrial electronics applications. The curriculum was designed in partnership with the regional electronics industry and collaborating universities from around the world. Careers

Graduates of Electronics Engineering can enter many career paths in areas such as research, design, development, manufacturing, quality assurance, marketing, sales, technical support, consultancy in the electronics and telecommunications industry, computer manufacture, hardware design, and system planning.





276


Year II Semester I

UG 203 Material ScienceUG 201 Linear AlgebraUG 202 Applied Mathematics LaboratoryEL 203 Digital Logic DesignEL 201 Semiconductor DevicesEL 101 Electrical Circuits Subtotal

331434

18

NoneUG 102

UG 102, CS 101None

UG 105None


UG 101 MechanicsUG 102 Calculus IUG 101 Introduction to Computers and ProgrammingUG 103 English Communication Skills IUG 104 Praxis IUG 110 Engineering Drawing Subtotal

435313

19

NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

Year I Semester I

UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics I UG 106 Calculus IIUG 109 ChemistryUG 107 English Communication Skills IIUG 108 Praxis IIUG 111 Engineering Mechanics Subtotal

434313

18

NoneUG 102None

UG 103UG 104None

Year I Semester II

Typical Study Plan




277



UG 207 Electromagnetism & Optics II UG 204 Probability and StatisticsEL 202 Electronic CircuitsUG 206 Foreign Language IUG 205 Calculus IIIUG 209 Signals and Systems Subtotal

333233

17

UG 105None

El 101, EL 201None

UG 106UG 205

Year II Semester II

EL 301 Electrical Instruments and MeasurementUG 302 Engineering EconomicsEL 302 Semiconductor FabricationEL 303 Advanced Electronic CircuitsUG 301 Foreign Language II EL 304 Power Electronics Subtotal

NoneNone

UG 105EL 202

UG 206EL 202

Year III Semester I

433423

19



Intersemester

Internship II (12 weeks) 3 Third Year Status


MT 304 Industrial Control SystemsUG 303 Environmental StudiesTC 304 Communication EngineeringTC 305 Data Communication and NetworksUG 305 Technical WritingUG 304 Humanities Subtotal

333333

18

NoneNone

TC 202UG 204UG 102None



278



EL 401 Analog Integrated CircuitsUG 402 Principles of Innovation and EntrepreneurshipTC 401 Digital Communications Technical Elective IUG 401 Capstone Project I Subtotal

32335

16

EL 202None

TC 304None

Fourth Year Status

Year IV Semester I

Technical Elective IIEL 402 Embedded Systems Technical Elective IIIUG 404 Engineering Professional PracticeUG 403 Capstone Project II Subtotal

33325

16

EL 203

Fourth Year Status

Year IV Semester II



ELX 01 Solar Electricity SystemELX 02 Operational Amplifier DesignELX 03 VLSI DesignELX 04 High Frequency Electronics

33

3

None None

None

Technical Electives


Intersemester



279


Industrial EngineeringThe Industrial Engineering field of study prepares students for manufacturing management and decision support positions in industry and the public sector, by equipping them with a broad range of decision making skills for a variety of applications. The IE curriculum reflects the objective of imparting fundamental knowledge to develop the ability to address complex industrial issues, emphasizing how to design, run, control, and optimize production systems.

Careers

IE graduates can take up careers in any manufacturing sector as product designers, process engineers, project managers, and plant managers. Graduates can also pursue further study in the M.Eng. and D.Eng. degree programs in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at AIT or other world-class universities in order to undertake advanced research and development work.





280


Year I Semester I

UG 101 Mechanics 4 None UG 102 Calculus I 3 None CS 101 Introduction to Computers and Programming 5 None UG 110 Engineering Drawing 3 None UG 103 English Communication Skills I 3 None UG 104 Praxis I 1 None Sub total 19


Typical Study Plan

Year I Semester II

UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics I 4 None UG 106 Calculus II 3 UG 106 UG 109 Chemistry 4 None UG 107 English Communication Skills II 3 UG 103 UG 108 Praxis II 1 UG 104 UG 111 Engineering Mechanics 3 None Sub total 18

Year II Semester I

UG 201 Linear Algebra 3 UG 102 CS 201 Computer System Architecture 3 CS 101 UG 202 Applied Mathematics Laboratory 1 CS 101IE 201 Introduction to Manufacturing Processes 3 None UG 203 Material Science 3 None IE 202 Strength of Materials 3 None EL 202 Electrical Circuits 4 None Sub total 20




281



Year II Semester II

UG 204 Probability and Statistics 3 None UG 205 Calculus III 3 UG 106UG 304 Humanities 3 NoneMT 201 CAD/CAM 3 None IE 203 Operation Research I 3 None UG 206 Foreign Language I 2 None Sub total 17

Year III Semester I

IE 301 Safty Engineering 3 None IE 302 Production Planning and Control 3 None IE 303 Industrial Work Study 3 None IE 304 Maintenance Engineering 3 None UG 302 Engineering Economics 3 None UG 301 Foreign Language II 2 UG 206 Sub total 17


IE 305 Quality Control 3 None IE 306 Industrial Plant Design 3 None MT 304 Industrial Control Systems 3 None UG 303 Environmental Studies 3 None Technical Elective I 3 None UG 305 Technical Writing 3 None Sub total 18




Intersemester



282


Year IV Semester I

UG 401 Capstone Project I 5 Fourth Year Status Technical Elective I 3 Technical Elective II 3 Technical Elective III 3 UG 402 Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2 None Sub total 16


IE 411 Mathematical Modeling and Optimization 3 UG 201 IE 412 Statistical Analysis of Experiments 3 UG 204 IE 413 Supply Chain Management 3 None IE 414 Simulation 3 None IE 415 Factory Automation 3 None IE 416 Industrial Instruments and Measurement 3 UG 204, UG 205 IE 417 Eco-Design 3 None IE 418 Computer Aided Engineering 3 MT 201 IE 419 Engineering Metrology 3 None IE 420 Packaging Technology and Design 3 NoneIE 421 Operation Research II 3 IE 203IE 422 Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineering 3 UG 204IE 423 Industrial Management 3 NoneIE 424 Industrial Cost Analysis and Budgeting 3 UG 302IE 425 Ergonomics 3 IE 303IE 426 Biomechanics 3 None

Year IV Semester II

UG 403 Capstone Project II 5 Technical Elective IV 3 Technical Elective V 3 Technical Elective VI 3 UG 404 Engineering Professional Practice 2 None Sub total 16





Fourth Year Status

Intersemester



283


Information and Communication Technology (ICT)The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) program aims to meet the growing international demand for specialists in the application of computer science, information technology, networking, telecommunications, and software engineering. The program emphasizes an interdisciplinary mix of computer science and telecommunications knowledge in its curriculum. It instills in students the necessary foundations and skills for a career in today’s fast-paced computing and telecommunications industries.

Careers

ICT graduates command some of the highest starting salaries among the engineering disciplines, with many receiving multiple job offers. Possible career paths include mobile application development, hardware and software systems research and development, network engineering, telecommunication system engineering, software development, engineering management, and sales/marketing.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)




284



Year II Semester I

UG 201 Linear Algebra CS 202 Discrete MathematicsTC 201 Introduction to Telecommunications EL 201 Semiconductor DevicesUG 203 Material ScienceUG 202 Applied Mathematics LaboratoryEL 202 Electronical Circuits Subtotal

3333313

19

UG 102None

CS 101, CS 202UG 105None

UG 102, CS 101UG 105


CS 101 Introduction to Computer and ProgrammingUG 101 Mechanics UG 102 Calculus IUG 104 Praxis IUG 103 English Communication Skills I Subtotal

5431 3

16


Year I Semester I

Year I Semester II

UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics ICS 102 Objected Oriented Programming and Web ApplicationsUG 106 Calculus IIUG 108 Praxis IIUG 107 English Communication Skills II Subtotal

44

313

15

NoneCS 101

UG 102 UG 104 UG 103

Typical Study Plan



285



Year II Semester II

UG 207 Electromagnetism & Optics II UG 205 Calculus IIIUG 204 Probability and StatisticsEL 204 Electronic Circuits UG 208 Signals and SystemsUG 206 Foreign Language I Subtotal

333332

17

UG 105UG 106None

EL 202NoneNone


Intersemester



Year III Semester I

TC 301 Telecommunication Systems CS 201 Computer System Architecture TC 301 Antennas and Propagation Technical Elective IIUG 302 Engineering EconomicsUG 301 Foreign Language II Subtotal

333332

17

TC 201CS 101UG 207

NoneUG 206



TC 304 Communication Engineering TC 305 Data Communications and Networks Technical Elective IIIUG 304 HumanitiesUG 303 Environmental StudiesUG 305 Technical Writing Subtotal

333333

18

UG 208UG 204

NoneNone

UG 107


286



Year IV Semester I

Technical Elective IV Technical Elective V Technical Elective VIUG 401 Capstone Project IUG 402 Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Subtotal

33352

16

Fourth Year StatusNone


Year IV Semester II

Technical Elective VII Technical Elective VIII Technical Elective IXUG 403 Capstone Project IIUG 404 Engineering Professional Practice Subtotal

33352

16

Fourth Year StatusNone


IE 411 Switching and Transmissions in 3 UG201 Telecommunications IE 412 Microwave Communications 3 UG204 IE 413 Satellite Communications 3 None IE 414 Information Theory and Coding Techniques 3 None



Intersemester



287


MechatronicsMechatronics at AIT provides students with expertise to not only build components of engineering technologies but also to become system integrators. Mechatronics provides students with new insights into the field of automation through an integrated consideration of mechanics, electronics, and information technology. The undergraduate program in Mechatronics covers control theory, robotics and flexible automation, industrial control systems, electromechanical machine design, and manufacturing engineering principles.

Careers

Mechatronics graduates can take up careers in the robotics, electronics, aerospace, chemical, defense, automotive and manufacturing industries, as design engineers, software engineers, project planners, product designers, or project managers.

Mechatronics




288


Mechatronics

UG 101 MechanicsUG 102 Calculus ICS 101 Introduction to Computers and ProgrammingUG 110 Engineering DrawingUG 103 English Communication Skills IUG 104 Praxis I Sub total

435331

19

NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics I UG 106 Calculus IIUG 111 Engineering MechanicsUG 109 Chemistry UG 107 English Communication Skills IIUG 108 Praxis II Sub total

333321

15

NoneUG 102NoneNone

UG 103UG 104

Year I Semester I

Year I Semester II

Typical Study Plan



UG 201 Linear Algebra UG 202 Applied Mathematics LaboratoryIE 201 Introduction to Manufacturing ProcessesEL 202 Electrical CircuitsCS 201 Computer System ArchitectureIE 202 Strength of MaterialsUG 203 Material Science Sub total

3134333

20

UG 102CS 101NoneNone

CS 101UG 111None

Year II Semester I


289


Mechatronics

UG 205 Calculus IIIUG 204 Probability and StatisticsUG 202 Signals and SystemsUG 201 CAD/CAMEL 204 Electronic CircuitsUG 206 Foreign Language Level I Sub total

33333217

NoneNoneNone

EL 202None

MT 301 Mechanical VibrationUG 302 Engineering EconomicsMT 302 Mechanics of MachineryMT 303 Mechanical DesignCIE 202 Fluid MechanicsUG 301 Foreign Language Level II Sub total

UG 111None

UG 111UG 111UG 111UG 206

Year II Semester II

33333217

Year III Semester I



MT 304 Industrial Control SystemsMT 306 Electromechanical Machine Design Technical Elective IUG 303 Environmental StudiesUG 304 HumanitiesUG 305 Technical Writing Sub total

33333318

NoneNone

NoneNoneNone



Intersemester



290


Technical Elective II Technical Elective III Technical Elective IV UG 401 Capstone Project IUG 402 Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Sub total

Year IV Semester I

3335216

Fourth Year Status None

Technical Elective V Technical Elective VI Technical Elective VII UG 403 Capstone Project IIUG 404 Engineering Professional Practice Sub total

Year IV Semester II

3335216

Fourth Year Status None

Mechatronics



MT 411 Pueumatics and Hydraulics 3 None MT 412 Robotics Engineering 3 None MT 413 Electric Drive 3 None MT 414 PLC and SCADA Control Systems 3 None



Intersemester



291


Telecommunications EngineeringA lack of efficient telecommunications networks and the disparity between rural and metropolitan areas in telecommunications capacity are some of the most serious impediments to sustainable development and growth in the Asia-Pacific region. Telecommunications engineering at AIT seeks to address this situation by stressing learning and research covering a broad range of systems in fixed and wireless networks, including satellite communications. The major research areas include digital and mobile communications, network planning, teletraffic engineering, and optical network technologies.

Careers

Graduates of the Telecommunications Engineering program assume a variety of roles with telecommunications operators and equipment manufacturers, including research and development, network engineering, and management.




General Courses Humanities and Social Sciences 2 6 English & Foreign Languages 5 13 General Education 3 7 Sub-Total 10 26 Basic Science Mathematics 5 15 Physics & Chemistry 3 12 Sub-Total 8 27 Field of Study Specific General 7 21 Core 12 36 Sub-Total 19 57 Electives Technical Electives (Specializations) 6 18 Sub-Total 6 18 Internships Internships 2 6 Sub-Total 2 6 Projects Praxis 2 2 Senior Student Project 2 10 Sub-Total 4 12 Grand Total 49 146

292


UG 105 Electromagnetism & Optics I 4 NoneUG 109 Chemistry 4 None UG 106 Calculus II 3 UG 102 UG 108 Praxis II 1 UG 104 UG 107 English Communication Skills II 3 UG 103UG 111 Engineering Mechanics 3 None Subtotal 18

CS 101 Introduction to Computers and Programming 5 None UG 101 Mechanics 4 NoneUG 102 Calculus I 3 NoneUG 110 Engineering Drawing 3 NoneUG 104 Praxis I 1 NoneUG 103 English Communication Skills I 3 None Subtotal 19

UG 201 Linear Algebra 3 Calculus ICS 202 Discrete Mathematics 3 None TC 201 Introduction to Telecommunications 3 CS 101, CS 202 EL 201 Semiconductor Devices 3 UG 105EL 202 Electrical Circuits 4 UG 105 UG 203 Material Science 3 None UG 202 Applied Mathematics Laboratory 1 UG 102, CS 101 Subtotal 20

Year I Semester I

Typical Study Plan

Year I Semester II




Year II Semester I


293



TC 304 Communication Engineering 3 TC 202TC 305 Data Communications and Networks 3 UG 204 MT 305 Automatic Control 3 None UG 305 Technical Writing 3 UG 107 UG 304 Humanities 3 None UG 303 Environmental Studies 3 None Subtotal 18



Year II Semester II

UG 207 Electromagnetism & Optics II 3 UG 105 UG 205 Calculus III 3 UG 106UG 204 Probability and Statistics 3 None EL 204 Electronic Circuits 3 EL 202 TC 202 Signals and Systems 3 NoneUG 206 Foreign Language I 2 None Subtotal 17

Inter-Semester

Internship I (12 weeks) 3 Fourth Year Status Subtotal 3

Year III Semester I

TC 301 Telecommunication Systems 3 TC 201 CS 201 Computer System Architecture 3 CS 201 TC 302 Digital Signal Processing 3 TC 202 TC 303 Antennas and Propagation 3 UG 207 UG 302 Engineering Economics 3 None UG 301 Foreign Language II 2 UG 206 Subtotal 17




294


Year IV Semester I

TC 401 Digital Communications 3 TC 304 TC 402 Optical Communications 3 UG 207TC 403 Teletraffic Engineering 3 TC 301 UG 401 Capstone Project I 5 Fourth Year Status UG 402 Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2 None Subtotal 16

Year IV Semester II

TC 404 Wireless and Mobile Communications 3 TC 301 Technical Elective II 3 - Technical Elective III 3 - UG 403 Capstone Project II 5 Fourth Year Status UG 404 Engineering Professional Practice 2 None Subtotal 16




TC 411 Switching and Transmissions in Telecommunications 3 TC 301TC 412 Microwave Communications 3 UG 207 TC 413 Satellite Communications 3 TC 201 TC 414 Information Theory and Coding Techniques 3 TC 304



Intersemester



295




This course provides an introduction to commu-nication models and analysis, the characteris-tics of engineering communication, and ethics. The course engages students in the writing pro-cess and techniques for searching for informa-tion, team/group work, peer assessment, and making oral presentations. It includes a com-prehensive review of English structure.

This course covers communication strategies, effective presentations, research writing (ex-tended essays), seminar presentations, and writing for the Web and multimedia presenta-tions. The course engages students in explor-ing and communicating in academic as well as in professional engineering contexts. Students conceive, develop, and present their own con-tent relating engineering purposes to social and environmental issues.

This course introduces basic grammar, pronun-ciation, and vocabulary of the language with special emphasis on oral comprehension and conversation. Multimedia tools are used to en-hance learning.

This course provides a systematic study of the language with particular attention to grammar review, vocabulary growth, conversation, and reading comprehension.

This course provides an understanding of the theory and methods of economic analysis es-pecially those needed for engineering. Topics include cost concepts, the time value of money, comparison of alternative investments, depre-ciation and income tax, replacement analysis, decision making under risk and uncertainty, and break-even analysis.

This course provides an interdisciplinary ap-proach to the study of human interaction with the environment. Of central concern are the im-pact of technology on natural environments and its implications for human welfare. The course seeks to apply the different perspectives of the humanities, social sciences, biology, and the physical sciences to environmental and natural resource issues.

UG103

UG107

UG206

UG301

UG302

UG303

English Communication Skills I

English Communication Skills II

Foreign Language I

Foreign Language II

Engineering Economics

Environmental Studies

September

January

September

January

September

January

None

UG103

None

UG206

None

None

296



The course presents a study of the human con-dition in the framework of world cultures. Litera-ture, history, and the fine arts (music and the visual arts) and are the primary areas of inves-tigation. Beginning with the earliest individuals and moving toward the present establishes a sequence that illuminates the shifting values of humankind over time.

Students learn to write in a clear, concise style and to present information logically. Students will also learn to design documents in which format contributes to clarity, use graphics, and deliver oral presentations.

The course provides the engineering and tech-nology specialist with an understanding of how innovative business ideas come about and how to turn an idea into a real product. Students learn how to recognize the opportunities pro-duced by new technology, how to develop an effective competitive business model, how to develop a strategic business plan, and how to attract and utilize venture capital. In a semester project, students, in teams, develop a business plan for product based on the emerging technol-ogy in their field.

UG304

UG305

UG402

Humanities

Technical Writing

Principles of Innovation and

Entrepreneurship

January

January

September

None

UG107

None


297



This course provides a firm foundation in the concepts in mechanics, including measure-ments, basic statics, and dynamics.

This course provides a firm foundation in the concepts and techniques of calculus, including standard functions, limits, continuity, differen-tiation, integration, differential equations, se-quences, and series.

This course develops basic background under-standing of electromagnetism and mechanical waves.

This course provides knowledge and under-standing of the main concepts and techniques of multivariable calculus, including vectors, partial differentiation, multiple integration, and higher order differential equations.

This course develops fundamental knowledge of physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry pertinent to engineering.

This course familiarizes students with the con-cept of a vector space, its algebraic properties, and the use of matrices and determinants in solving engineering problems.

This is an introductory course on the use of computers to solve engineering problems. On successful completion, students will have the ability to analyze engineering problems, devel-op algorithms to solve those problems, imple-ment the algorithms in the MATLAB program-ming environment, and produce informative output in both numerical and graphical form. The problem-solving skills learned in the course can be utilized in upper-level engineering and science courses.

This final installment of the three-course calcu-lus sequence covers advanced topics of par-ticular importance in engineering applications.

This course introduces students to the concepts of probability and statistics necessary to un-dertake basic modeling and statistical decision techniques in engineering.

Math and Science

UG101

UG102

UG105

UG106

UG109

UG201

UG202

UG205

UG204

Mechanics

Calculus I

Electromagnetism & Optics I

Calculus II

Chemistry

Linear Algebra

Applied Mathematics Laboratory

Calculus III

Probability and Statistics

September

September

January

January

January

September

September

January

January

None

None

None

UG102

None

UG102

UG102, CS101

UG106

None

298



This course develops a general understanding of engineering drawing as the common tool of communication in the field of engineering.

This course develops students’ ability to apply mechanics in solving engineering problems. Objects are modeled as rigid bodies without considering material properties. Based on the concepts of equilibrium of particles and the equilibrium of rigid bodies, all of the forces ap-plied to objects can be determined by consider-ing the balance of forces on the free body dia-gram model of objects.

This course introduces students to material sci-ence and provides an understanding of the fea-tures and applications of materials.

This is the second course in the electromag-netism and optics series. The topics include Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic wave propagations and polarization, waveguides and cavities, and radiation.

This course develops understanding of issues related to the practice of engineering as a pro-fessional engineer. It develops the ability to organize and deliver effective written communi-cations. Students learn to identify and explain the global, economic, environmental, and soci-etal impacts of a specified engineering system. Students gain an understanding of the need for life-long learning, the key concepts and problem solving processes used in engineering manage-ment, the role of a leader, leadership principles, and attitudes conductive to effective practice of engineering.

General Engineering

UG110

UG111

UG203

UG207

UG406

Engineering Drawing

Engineering Mechanics

Material Science

Electromagnetism & Optics II

Engineering Professional Practice

September

January

September

January

January

None

None

None

UG105

None

299




This course introduces students to the wide range of manufacturing processes currently used in the manufacturing industry. Students develop a working knowledge and understand-ing of the factors involved in the operation of a manufacturing process.

This is an advanced engineering mechanics course in which the studied objects are treated as deformable bodies. By including the me-chanical properties of material, real objects are deformed under applied forces. The course helps students understand the relationship between forces applied to a deformable body and the methods to determine internal stress, strain, and deformations induced in simple bod-ies such as bars, beams and columns.

This course introduces the basic principles of safety engineering and provides students with an understanding of the importance of safety in workplaces and all engineering activities.

This course introduces students to the major deterministic and non-deterministic models that facilitate decision making. The goal is to de-velop skills in identifying typical problems; for-mulating, solving, and interpreting appropriate models; and developing interactive feedback with the problem environment.

This course is designed to introduce major production planning and control concerns and provide a set of practical tools for planning, implementation, monitoring, and control of the total manufacturing activity through the use of industrial engineering models and techniques in a cost effective manner.

This course introduces the fundamental con-cept of industrial work study, which examines humans and their work in all their contexts for productivity and quality improvement. Topics covered in the course include methods study, charting techniques, time study, workstation design principles, job evaluation, and compen-sation.

This course introduces the concepts and utili-zation of maintenance as applicable to industri-al and service systems. The course also covers types of maintenances systems, maintenance activities, and performance measurement for maintenance system improvement.

IE201

IE202

IE203

IE301

IE302

IE303

IE304

Introduction to Manufacturing

Processes

Strength of Materials

Safety Engineering

Operations Research

Production Planning and Control

Industrial Work Study

Maintenance Engineering

September

September

January

September

September

September

September

None

UG111

None

None

None

None

None

300



Quality is one of the key competitive advantag-es in many enterprises. It is a powerful strategic business weapon in highly competitive mar-kets. This course introduces the basic concepts of quality control as well as the need to use sta-tistical analysis in quality control and improve-ment. Advanced quality control techniques and various sampling techniques for quality inspec-tion are also covered.

This course introduces the principles of indus-trial plant design and layout techniques that are important for decision making about facility planning and plant location.

This course introduces basic methods for math-ematical modeling, various types of models, and their limitations. Solution methodologies for each type of optimization model are discussed. Students learn how to use mathematical model-ing and optimization software.

This course introduces students to various techniques for statistical analysis of experimen-tal results.

This course introduces the principles of supply chain management and a technical founda-tion for understanding the operation of supply chains. The course also covers fundamental theory of supply chain design, which includes strategies for customer service, quality, logis-tics, inventory management, and integrated supply chain management.

This course introduces decision tools for the design and analysis of complicated real life sys-tems when analytical or numerical techniques do not suffice. Emphasis is primarily on appli-cations of discrete time simulation modeling for the analysis of complex manufacturing and ser-vice systems using case examples.

This course introduces students to the con-cepts and components that constitute an indus-trial automation system in manufacturing. Basic knowledge of tools and methods used for real-ization, analysis and assessment of automation systems are also covered.

This course introduces the principles and ap-plications of industrial instruments, particularly measuring and control systems, employed in various kinds of industrial processes and manu-facturing.

IE305

IE306

IE411

IE412

IE413

IE414

IE415

IE416


Quality Control

Industrial Plant Design

Mathematical Modeling and Optimization

Statistical Analysis of Experiments


Simulation

Factory Automation

Industrial Instruments and Measurement

January

January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

None

None

UG111

UG204

None

None

None

UG204 UG205

301




This course teaches students to address the negative effects of industrial production by look-ing at how products can be designed in such a way that they move towards environmental friendliness in terms of reduced resource use and reduced environmental impact during their whole life cycle, from raw material extraction, through production and use, to final disposal. The role of international and national regula-tions, organizations, and eco-labeling systems are also discussed.

This course introduces the use of modern computational tools for engineering design and analysis. The primary focus is on product design with solid modeling and finite-element analysis.

This course provides students with an under-standing of the principles of engineering metrol-ogy, methods of measurement, and their appli-cations in the manufacturing industry.

This course provides knowledge of how to de-sign and select optimal packaging methods for a specific product with desired properties. An overview of packaging technology, the inter-action between packages and manufacturing equipment, and machines and container selec-tion is also provided.

Eco-Design

Computer Aided Engineering

Engineering Metrology

Packaging Technology and Design

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

None

None

None

None

IE417

IE418

IE419

IE420

302



This course introduces computer aided design and manufacturing. Students learn to use para-metric solid modeling and CAD in the design cycle to familiarize them with standard design elements and their integration into mechanical systems. The course also develops an under-standing of computer aided design analysis and machining techniques and relates these to the design and manufacturing process.

This course introduces students to the concepts of free vibration of system, harmonic motion, viscous damping, stiffness, system modeling and vibration measurements.

This course develop an understand the concept of velocity and acceleration analysis of me-chanical devices.

This course provides students with an under-standing of the fundamental of mechanical design, properties of materials, and design of simple machine elements.

This course provides students with a back-ground in control and management of various types of engineering production systems. It introduces the methodology and strengths of push, pull, and TOC approaches to production and operations management, introduces the issues surrounding manufacturing control and management, and identifies future trends and areas of investigation in production control.

Mechatronics

MT201

MT301

MT302

MT303

MT304

CAD/CAM

Mechanical Vibration

Mechanics of Machinery

Mechanical design

Industrial Control Systems

January

September

September

September

January

None

UG111

UG111

UG111

None

303



This course introduces the civil engineering stu-dent to the fundamentals of soil mechanics, i.e., what soil is, its origin, and how it behaves under load. The course also introduces the basics of geotechnical engineering.

This course shows how the principles of continu-ity, momentum, and energy concepts are applied to the analysis of fluid motion. Topics include properties of fluids, fluid statics, kinematics and dynamics, flow in open channels and pressure conduits (pipes) and turbines, fluid measure-ments, and similitude and dimensional analysis.

This course imparts necessary knowledge and skills to carry out surveying and levelling, and it introduces the relevant drawing techniques and computations for engineering applications.

This course introduces the subject of founda-tion engineering to civil engineering students. It teaches students how to solve certain fun-damental problems related to consolidation, shear strength, and design of shallow and deep foundations. It also familiarizes students with relevant terms and soil tests so that they can work effectively with specialists in geotechnical engineering.

Structural analysis combines the concepts from statics and mechanics of materials to determine internal forces of structural members and de-flections of structural systems. Analysis meth-ods for different types of statically determinate structures are introduced in this course.

This course provides an understanding of the circulation of water and its constituents through the hydrologic cycle, hydrologic data collection, and hydrologic analysis.

Subsequent to Structural Analysis I, this course teaches students the classical analysis meth-ods of statically indeterminate structures. This course covers the methods of consistent de-formation and slope-deflection and introduces students to matrix methods, providing a founda-tion for the advanced study of modern structural analysis using computers.

Most problems in practical engineering appli-cations are so complicated that they can only be solved numerically using computers. This course introduces students to a variety of nu-merical methods and algorithms for solving mathematical models of real word problems from the fields of civil engineering.


CIE201

CIE202

CIE203

CIE204

CIE205

CIE206

CIE301

CIE302

Soil Mechanics

Fluid Mechanics

Surveying

Foundation Engineering

Structural Analysis I

Hydrology

Structural Analysis II

Numerical Methods

September

September

September

January

January

January

September

September

UG111

UG111

None

CIE201

None

None

CIE205

None

304



This course provides background knowledge on design principles for dams and hydraulic structures and introduces hydraulic modeling for design improvement.

This course introduces students to the basic principles of transportation engineering that emphasize transportation from an overall sys-tems perspective. The course provides knowl-edge of the basic elements of transportation and traffic practice including areas such as planning, operations, and design.

This course provides students with a basic un-derstanding of material properties of concrete, reinforcement, and their interaction. It also provides a basic understanding of standard methods of analysis and design of reinforced concrete members.

This course introduces students to the basic principles of highway engineering. In addition, the course teaches the theory and criteria of traffic analysis, geometric design of highways, pavement design, highway materials, and highway construction and maintenance. The course presents a large number of practical problems in sufficient depth that the student will be capable of solving real highway- related problems.

This course is a detailed study of planning, or-ganizing, and controlling projects. Computer software is issued to practice the scheduling of projects. Emphasis is placed on time, resourc-es, and capital considerations for the project.

This course provides a firm foundation in the concepts in water resources engineering and prepares interested students for future careers in water supply, hydropower, and river engi-neering management.

This course introduces students to the prin-ciples of public health engineering, water and wastewater treatment, water supply systems, wastewater disposal systems, stormwater sys-tems, biosolids treatment and management, and water quality and contamination indicators.

Coastal engineering has become increasingly important as more people live or work at or near the world’s coasts. Problems associated with coastal development will require the exper-tise and innovation of coastal engineers. This course provides basic knowledge of coastal en-gineering, which is concerned with the study of waves and currents and their effect on coastal structures.


CIE303

CIE304

CIE305

CIE306

CIE307

WEM401

WEM402

WEM403

Hydraulic Design

Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Highway Engineering

Project Scheduling in Construction

Water Resources Engineering

Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering

Fundamentals of Coastal Engineering

September

September

January

January

January

September/January

September/January

September/January

CIE202

None

None

None

None

CIE202, CIE206

None

None

305




In the modern world of expanding popula-tions, climate change, renewable energy, and sustainability, groundwater is an ever more im-portant resource that offers promising career opportunities. This course provides an under-standing of groundwater occurrence, ground-water flow and contaminant transport mecha-nisms through saturated and unsaturated zones, modeling of groundwater flow and con-taminant transport, and groundwater resources evaluation and management issues.

This course prepares interested students for future careers in floodplain, storm water, drought, and wastewater management. It pro-vides a firm foundation in water excess man-agement concepts, storm water control, water resource economics, linear programming for water resources, and integrated water re-sources management and planning.

This course provides students with fundamen-tal knowledge of irrigation and drainage engi-neering. It covers the topics of basic soil-plant-water relationships, planning and design of irrigation and drainage systems, irrigation and drainage structures, flow measurements, and pump selection and operation.

This course provides knowledge of spacies the use of mathematical models in hydrological analysis and provides an overview of several well-recognized and popular computer models for water resources development, planning, and management.

This advanced course is designed for civil en-gineers that desire to be the builders of tech-nology. It aims to equip students with meth-odologies and techniques in line with the fast development of computing technology in civil engineering. A semester project is assigned groups of students to develop a software mod-ule to solve a specific advanced problem in structural analysis.

This advanced course is designed for civil engi-neers that want to master the modern technol-ogy of structural analysis. The course teaches students how to model and analyze real world structures using commercial software. A se-mester project on the analysis of large struc-tures provides students with practical experi-ence in modeling, analysis, and interpretation of results.

WEM404

WEM405

WEM406

WEM407

STE401

STE402

Groundwater Engineering

Water Resources Planning and Management

Irrigation Engineering

Hydrological Modeling

Advanced Structural Analysis

Computer Analysis of Structure

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

None

CIE206, UG302

None

CIE206

CIE301

CIE301

306



This course is concerned with the behavior and design processes of steel members and structures. Students will gain practical and comprehensive experience through a se-mester project in the design of a simple steel structure.

This course provides a basic understanding of the dynamic behavior of structures as well as underlying principles of analysis.

This is an advanced course on analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures. The course is designed for students looking towards a career in the structural engineering field. A semester project on the design of a multi-story and multi-bay reinforced concrete frame build-ing is assigned to students to enhance their practical skills in analysis and design.

This course provides fundamental knowledge of Earth’s physics for those who would like to specialize further in geotechnical and earth resources engineering, geo-exploration and natural hazard preparedness and mitigation. It provides students with knowledge of the inter-nal structure and dynamics of the earth consid-ered in light of constraints from the gravitational and magnetic fields, seismology, and mineral physics.

Environmental geology examines the interac-tion between human activity and the natural environment. The course provides knowledge of geologic processes and the physical con-stituents of the Earth that are necessary to understand environmental problems on a lo-cal, regional, and global scale. It plays a sig-nificant role in decision making concerning the use of water, minerals, energy resources, and our response to and preparedness for natural hazards. The main objective of the course is to equip students with an understanding of how geology interacts with major environmental problems and issues facing people and society.

Nowadays, civil engineers need to use com-puter technology and software for their profes-sional work and global competencies. Many general- or specific-purpose computer software packages are used in geotechnical analysis, design and practice. This course provides civil engineering students with basic knowledge of-how to apply the finite element method to solve traditional soil mechanics problems as well as practical geotechnical engineering problems.


STE403

STE404

STE405

GTE401

GTE402

GTE403

Design of Steel Structures

Introduction to Structural Dynamics

Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structures

Fundamentals of Earth’s Physics

Environmental Geology

Computational Geotechnics

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

None

None

CIE305

None

None

None

307




Civil engineers are increasingly challenged to solve the geotechnical problems under dynam-ic and seismic loading conditions. This course provides civil engineering students with basic knowledge of soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering.

This course introduces the basis of the finite element method and its application in solving a series of practical geo-problems, including consolidation analysis, groundwater flow mod-eling, heat flow, and electric flow analysis. The course is suitable for advanced undergraduate students, especially those who would like to pursue graduate study in geoengineering and geoexploiration.

This course introduces students to the basic principles of analysis of air pollution sources and methods for controlling emissions, with a focus on transportation-related air pollution.

This course introduces students to the funda-mental principles of the design, construction, maintenance and repair, and management of highway and airfield pavement systems.

This course introduces students to the con-cepts of roadside design and management with a focus on safety treatments that minimize the likelihood of serious injuries when a driver runs off the road.

This course introduces students to the concepts of sustainable development and sustainable transportation. The course describes practical techniques for comprehensive evaluation, pro-vides tools for multi-modal transport planning, and presents innovative mobility management solutions to transportation problems.

This course introduces students to the basic principles of traffic engineering and operations. Students learn to use capacity analysis proce-dures and become familiar with the Highway Capacity Manual. Students apply traffic engi-neering principles in a traffic impact study.

This course provides an understanding of the nature of travel demand and methods used to plan for future transportation systems. The course introduces students to the basic con-cepts of transportation planning. It also covers transportation survey methods, data collection, and modeling.

GTE404

GTE405

TRE401

TRE402

TRE403

TRE404

TRE405

TRE406

Introduction to Soil Dynamics

Finite Element Applications in

Geoengineering & Geoexploration

Transportation Pollutant Emission and Control

Pavement Engineering

Roadside Design and Management

Sustainable Transportation

Traffic Operations

Transportation Planning

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

None

None

None

CIE306

None

None

None

None

308



This course introduces students to the phys-ics of semiconductors and the inner working of semiconductor devices and provides an un-derstanding of new semiconductor devices and technologies. The topics include semiconductor fundamentals, diodes, BJTs, FETs, logic gates, and semiconductor device fabrication.

This course develops a knowledge base in the fundamentals of electrical engineering, espe-cially in the area of circuit analysis. The topics include circuit elements and Kirchhoff’s law, analysis of resistive circuits, network theorems, alternating current theory, three-phase circuits, electrical measurements, non-sinusoidal wave forms, and electrical installations.

This course familiarizes students with the de-sign and implementation of digital systems in-cluding combinational and sequential logic. Stu-dents gain hands-on experience through a small team design project.

This course is designed to build fundamental engineering knowledge about analog and digital electronic circuit design and analysis. The topics include diode and transistor circuits, differential amplifiers, operational amplifiers, power elec-tronic devices, logic and combinatorial circuits, sequential circuits, and other devices (PLA, RAM, ROM, and microcontrollers).

This course introduces the basic concepts of electrical instruments and measurement includ-ing electrical safety, analog and digital tech-niques in measurement, and signal-to-noise ratio enhancement techniques.

This course provides fundamental knowledge of the physics of modern semiconductor devices. Topics include quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, solid structure, and energy bands.

This course provides students with a thorough understanding of electronic circuit design in-cluding electronic circuits, small signal amplifi-ers, and frequency responses of amplifiers.

This course provides students with a thorough understanding of power electronic devices, power conversion, and motor control theory.

This course provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts in the theory, analysis, and design of analog integrated circuits. Basic design concepts, issues, and trade-offs involved in analog IC design are explored.

This course provides active knowledge and understanding of microprocessors and the prin-ciples of microprocessor programming.


EL201

EL202

EL203

EL204

EL301

EL302

EL303

EL304

EL401

EL402

Semiconductor Devices

Electrical Circuits

Digital Logic Design

Electronic Circuits

Electrical Instruments and Measurement

Semiconductor Physics

Electronic Circuit Design

Power Electronics

Analog Integrated Circuits

Microprocessors and Embedded Systems

September

January

September

January

September

September

September

January

September

January

UG105

None

None

EL201, EL202

None

UG105

EL202

EL202

EL202

EL203

309



This course familiarizes students with telecommuni-cation fundamentals, techniques, and applications. The topics include standardization, conventional telephone systems, traffic engineering, frequency and bandwidth, analog and digital signals and sys-tems, basic concepts of transmission systems, cel-lular radio principles, and network protocols.

This course provides fundamental engineering knowledge in signals and systems, classification and analysis of both continuous and discrete sig-nals and systems, Fourier and Laplace transforms, LTI systems and frequency responses, stability analysis, and filter design. The theory is comple-mented by laboratory sessions.

This course familiarizes students with telecommuni-cation systems and their industrial applications. The topics include PSTN, SONET/SDH, ADPCM, CELP, SS7, H.323, SIP, ENUM, DSL, WiFi, WiMax, satel-lite access, CDPD, GSM, IS-95, 3G (cdma2000 and WCDMA/UMTS), digital television, video codecs, H.320, H.323, and SNMP.

This course covers the theory and practical applica-tions of digital signal processing in communication systems. The topics include discrete-time signals and systems, frequency domain representation, sampling, Fourier transforms, digital filters, and ap-plications in mobile and wireless communications.

This course covers antennas and propagation ef-fects, which in combination define the wireless channel. The topics include radio wave propaga-tion, multipath mechanisms, antenna principles, antenna measurements, and antenna arrays.

This course covers the fundamentals of end-to-end communication links. The topics include baseband and passband modulation and demodulation, mul-tiplexing, noise, signal detection, as well as radio, satellite, and optical transmission.

This course imparts a unified systems view of the broad field of data and computer communications. The fundamental principles of data communica-tions are thoroughly presented and then applied in data communication networking. The topics include data bit encoding, data link layer, routing in packet switched networks, flow and congestion control, and local and metro area networks.

This course provides students with a thorough un-derstanding of the fundamentals of digital commu-nications and information theory. The topics include source coding, signal constellations, optimal detec-tion for AWGN channels, block and convolutional codes, information theory, and Shannon channel capacity.


TC201

TC202

TC301

TC302

TC303

TC304

TC305

TC401

Introduction to Telecommunications

Signals and Systems

Telecommunication Systems

Digital Signal Processing

Antennas and Propagation

Communication Engineering

Data Communications and Networks

Digital Communications

September

January

September

September

September

January

January

September

CS101, CS202 (Co-req)

None

TC201

UG209

UG207

UG209

UG204

TC304

310



This course provides students with an understand-ing of the fundamentals of optical communications. The topics include optical fibers, light propagation in optical fibers, WDM, optical components, optical transmission and its performance, optical switch-ing, all-optical networks, and passive optical net-works.

This course provides an overview of basic teletraf-fic theory for network dimensioning and perfor-mance characterization of switching networks, in-cluding the Internet. The topics include traffic flows, dimensioning of loss and delay systems, switching systems, traffic measurements, and traffic models.

This course covers the practical and theoretical fun-damentals of wireless communication. Technical concepts of design, implementation, and invention of wireless communication systems are included. The topics include radio propagation, modulation techniques, equalization, diversity, source and channel coding, and wireless standards.

This course covers telecommunication switching and transmission. The topics include digital trans-mission, multiplexing techniques, switching sys-tems and networks, time division switching, control of switching, and packet switching.

This course introduces the principles and design of microwave communication systems. The topics include fundamentals of microwave systems, mi-crowave components, guided transmission of mi-crowaves, microwave power devices, microwave circuits, microwave amplifiers, microwave receiv-ers, microwave measurements, modem design, radio design, and the future of microwaves.

This course provides a comprehensive under-standing of satellite communication principles and related technologies. Starting from orbital mechan-ics related to spacecraft development, the course covers satellite link design, signal processing and access techniques, types of networks, and finally concludes with system performance and reliability.

This course covers the basics of information theory and well known channel coding techniques. The topics include entropy, mutual information, chan-nel capacity, the sampling theorem, fundamentals of coding and decoding, error detection and error correction codes, data compression, and reliable communications through unreliable channels.


TC402

TC403

TC404

TC411

TC412

TC413

TC414

Optical Communications

Teletraffic Engineering

Wireless and Mobile Communication

Switching and Transmissions in

Telecommunications

Microwave Communications

Satellite Communications

Information Theory and Coding Techniques

September

September

January

January/September

January/September

January/September

January/September

UG207

TC301

TC201

TC201

UG207

TC201

TC304

311



This course develops fundamental computer pro-gramming skills in a modern object-oriented pro-gramming language.

This course introduces students to object-oriented design and development, with a focus on the Java programming language, design patterns, and Web-based applications.

This course is a practical introduction to com-puter systems hardware with emphasis both on hardware design methods as well as the programmer’s view of the hardware platform, particularly in optimizing and debugging running programs.

This course provides an introduction to a broad range of topics that fall within the scope of discrete mathematics, as well as applica-tions in computer science and information technology.

This course gives students a strong understand-ing of the concepts underlying modern multi-tasking operating systems, including processes, threads, interprocess communication, schedul-ing, memory management, file systems, input/output, distributed systems, and security. It cov-ers the most important building blocks needed for the construction of complex, real-world soft-ware systems.

This course provides an introduction to the data structures used in computer programming and to the design and mathematical analysis of algorithms to solve problems. It emphasizes implementation, with multiple programming as-signments.

This course provides students with key knowl-edge about the nature and challenges of com-puter security, especially the relationship between policy and security, the roles and application of cryptography, the mechanisms used to imple-ment policies, the methodologies and technolo-gies for assurance, vulnerability analysis and intrusion detection, and building secure systems.

This course provides students with exposure to the theory of formal languages, automata, and complexity theory.

Computer Science and Information Technology

CS101

CS102

CS201

CS202

CS203

CS204

CS205

CS301

Introduction to Computers and Programming

Object Oriented Programming and Web

Applications

Computer Systems Architecture

Discrete Mathematics

Operating Systems

Data Structures & Algorithms

Computer Security

Theory of Computation

September

January

September

September

January

January

January

January

None

CS101

CS101,TC101

None

None

CS101,CS102

CS203 (Co-Req)

CS202

312



This project-oriented course builds skills in the specification, design, implementation, integra-tion, and testing of embedded systems. The topics covered include embedded system hard-ware, embedded system software, interfacing, communications, control, design technology, and validation. It integrates knowledge from many different areas. Students work in groups to design, implement, and test a small embed-ded system.

This course provides an introduction to logic-based methods and their applications in pro-gramming and verification. Students develop an understanding of the basics of formal methods, formal languages and their applications in pro-gramming and verification.

In this course, students learn the theory and de-sign of algorithms. The course enables students to analyze the complexity of an algorithm using different mathematical tools.

This course provides students with in-depth knowledge of the concepts that underlie program-ming languages, illustrating those concepts with examples from various languages. Language de-sign and implementation and the ways in which they interact are explored together. Special em-phasis is put on compilation and linking, as well as how data types are implemented in memory.

This course provides an understanding of the concepts required for the design of computer networks. It also covers the fundamental prin-ciples, elements, and protocols of computer networks. It develops an understanding of vari-ous network protocols and their performance tradeoffs.

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has become an area of great interest and concern. This course provides students with an understand-ing of the concepts of HCI and user interfaces, focusing on user interface design and technolo-gies. Students gain an understanding of princi-ples and acquire skills for designing interactive systems and Web-based applications.

CS302

CS303

CS304

CS305

IT301

IT302

Embedded Systems

Logic in Computer Science

Advanced Algorithms

Programming Languages and Compilers

Computer Networks

Human-Computer Interaction

September

September

September

September

September

January

None

None

CS202, CS204

CS301

CS203

None


313



This course covers fundamental issues in net-work protocol design and implementation, the principles underlying TCP/IP protocol design, the historical development of the Internet, In-ternet routing protocols (unicast, multicast, and unidirectional), algorithmic issues related to the Internet, multimedia communication (voice over IP, real-time protocols), measurement and per-formance, IPv6, quality of service, and applica-tions.

This course provides an understanding of the theory and practice of database design and da-tabase applications.

Designing, developing, and evolving complex software systems requires a mastery of analyti-cal and technical skills, as well as a knowledge of appropriate processes, architectures and design patterns. In this course, students learn industry best practices through study of archi-tectural design patterns and put the principles to practice by designing and constructing an ar-chitectural prototype for a significant real-world software project.

Information Systems constitute the primary ap-plication of computers and related technology in enterprises and public organizations. The course shows how following a well-defined methodology helps to ensure the effective de-ployment of information technology in organiza-tions. This includes determining and structuring requirements, project planning and execution, implementation, testing, and maintenance. Since information systems development is a process, students work in groups on real-life projects that conclude with the presentation of a prototype system.

In this course, students learn to cope with the challenges of Web application development by using appropriate technology and a user-cen-tered approach to the design and construction of large-scale Web applications. This course introduces computer graphics as a practical discipline. The underlying theory of computer graphics, as well as implementations of algorithms, will be presented in the context of a modern industry-standard graphics pro-gramming language and interface. Instruction shall be in a laboratory setting with continuous hands-on implementation of concepts and em-phasis on the creation of animated and interac-tive scenes.

IT401

IT402

IT403

IT404

IT405

CS411

Internet Technology

Database Design

Software Architecture Design

Information Systems Development

Web Application Engineering

Computer Graphics

September

September

September

January

September

September/January

IT301

None

None

None

CS102

UG201, CS101


314



This course introduces students to the methods for problem solving, reasoning, decision making, and learning in intelligent systems, as well as the logical and probabilistic foundations of these methods.

This course gives students insight into the ar-chitecture, programming, and interfacing of mi-croprocessors. Concepts of system integration through support chips are also studied.

This course provides essential spreadsheet modeling concepts and skills needed to build and implement decision support system (DSS) appli-cations to support problem solving and decision making. Students will receive hands-on experi-ence with decision support software tools based on spreadsheets.

Data mining has emerged as an exciting and important discipline with the growth of massive digital data archives. The objective of data min-ing is to automatically process a data archive to find patterns that represent knowledge or, equiv-alently, information interesting to the user. This course provides an understanding of the funda-mental concepts and applications of data mining and information retrieval.

CS412

CS413

IT411

IT412

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Microprocessor Systems

Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Support

Information Retrieval And Data Mining

September/January

September/January

September/January

September/January

None

None

None

None


315



This course is designed to expose students to the concepts and methods of engineering design and to encourage the development of teamwork, leadership, and communication skills via the formulation and execution of indepen-dent projects in groups.

This course builds on Praxis I by further devel-oping students’ hands-on skills in solving engi-neering problems and further building teamwork, leadership, and communication skills through the execution of more ambitious independent engineering projects.

This course aims to train students in planning, design, and how to write research proposals and reports. The course enhances students’ writing, communication, and presentation skills. By the end of the course, students will complete a com-prehensive research proposal.

In this course, students are trained to look at problems from different angles and to come up with solutions and explanations in a logical, sci-entific manner. Students solve a problem in their field using scientific methodology leading to spe-cific conclusions.

Projects

UG104

UG108

UG401

UG403

Praxis I

Praxis II

Capstone Project I

Capstone Project II

September

January

September

January

None

UG104

None

UG401

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