26 September 2017, Bangkok One of the challenges of the visually impaired is the lack of ability to distinguish color. Oftentimes, this affects their self-confidence in accomplishing daily activities like identifying colors in clothes, bank notes, and consumer goods, perceiving artistic works or colored graphical images or even participating in social activities. Punchaya Raksasakul, a…
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28 September 2017, Tokyo A Technical Seminar on Disaster Risk Reduction and Infrastructure Development in Asian Region was organized by Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc. (EJEC) in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 26 September 2017 at Tokyo, Japan. AIT Experts Prof. Pennung Warnitchai, Head of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering and Dr. Naveed…
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21 September 2017, Bangkok Over the last 100 years, the traditional building and structural systems have efficiently served the purpose of providing built facilities for societal growth and development. However, with recently growing rates of urbanization and population, and the correspondingly increasing needs of better residential and commercial buildings, the necessity of innovative and more…
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3 October 2017, Manila There are many intricacies and challenges to perfecting the design of tall buildings. Civil and Structural Engineers strive to continue learning different methods and update all tools to practice the profession. The Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) in collaboration with AIT and AIT Solutions is hosting the Seminar…
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8 September 2017, Bangkok The first Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment took place in Bangkok from 5-8 September 2017. The Ministerial Summit, jointly organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and the United National Environment Program (UN Environment), focused on addressing the linkages between resource…
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