IPM admissions 96

[saeed@ait.ac.th (Prof Khalid Sae]

The Infrastructure Planning and Management program at AIT is entering its
second year and we are preparing to recruit our second batch of students.
Last year 11 students were selected from an application base of about 70 to
join the program against our targeted recruitment of 10. These students are
making good progress in the program.

The Infrastructure Planning and Management program has been created to
respond to the changing human resources needs of the Asia Pacific region
which is now experiencing rapid economic growth for which the existing
infrastructure facilities are appallingly inadequate. The governments of
the countries of the region have responded to this problem by targeting to
build almost 2.5 trillion dollars worth of infrastructure by the turn of
the century, the planning, construction and management of which requires
special skills integrating multiple disciplines into a systemic
perspective. The establishment of the new field of studies, Infrastructure
Planning and Management, is AITs timely response to this challenge.

The methodological components of this new program include Operations
Research, System Dynamics and Statistics applied to the analysis of complex
decision systems through extensive use of formal modeling and computer
simulation. Additionally, project management, economic development and
financial and economic analyses also form important parts of the curriculum
to develop the trans-disciplinary perspective expected of the field. Topics
to which these analytical techniques are applied especially focus on
planning, construction, operations, maintenance and reliability of
infrastructure facilities with emphasis on environmentally sustainable and
regionally balanced economic development. Transportation, construction,
water resources, irrigation and regional planning will be offered as areas
of major concentration. The graduates of the program will cater for the
needs of both planning agencies and construction industry.

Several full and partial scholarships are available for qualified students
for admission in September 1996. Applications from students requiring
financial assistance are received until the end of February, 1996, although
the deadline in the catalogue is January 1, 1996. From those
self-supporting, applications will be received until June 1, 1996 for
admission in September 1996.

I shall appreciate if you would bring this program to the notice of the
interested applicants at your organization. Application can me made through
email by accessing the AIT the following address on the worldwide web:

http://www.ait.ac.th/AIT/admissions/form.html

Please also feel free to contact me through email/letter/phone and fax

Khalid Saeed
saeed@ait.ac.th


Profrssor Khalid Saeed
Infrastructure Planning & Management
School of Civil Engineering
ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
G.P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok, THAILAND
phones: (66-2) 524-5681; (66-2)524-5785; fax: (66-2) 524-5776)