Graduate Degree Program Scholarships Japanese Fiscal Year 2015:Successful Applicants, Final Result of Awardees, total 100 Scholarships.

Monitoring Visit

ASEAN Engineering Journal Part A is now indexed by Thai-Journal Citation Index Center!

Program Scholarship Awards

Master’s 50

Ph.D. Sandwich 19

Ph.D. Singapore 7

Ph.D. Japan 21

Integrated Ph.D. 3

Date Member Institution Country27 April 2015 De La Salle University (DLSU) Philippines28 April 2015 University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) Philippines11 May 2015 Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Indonesia13 May 2015 Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Indonesia27 May 2015 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Malaysia

On April 26-28, representatives from AUN/SEED-Net Secretariat visited Manila, Philippines to conduct an orientation for new students and monitoring session for current students at DLSU and UP. In general, the students are content with their study. The team also visited Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to conduct a meeting with Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan in order to discuss the Future Plan of AUN/SEED-Net.

On May 8-13, 2015 AUN/SEED-Net Secretariat, paid a visit to Member Institutions in Indonesia, ITS, ITB, UI, and UGM. The purpose of visit was to promote the support of Graduate Programs, Collaborative Research Programs and Mobility Programs under AUN/SEED-Net project. On May 11 and 13, 2015 the secretariat and the team conducted monitoring session to follow up progress at ITB and UGM, altogether with the tasks to inspect laboratory and dormitory at Member Institution campus.

On May 27, USM welcomed AUN/SEED-Net Secretariat for 2014 monitoring and orientation visit. Representatives from the Secretariat included Assoc. Prof. Kasem Choocharukul. The team met new students , and also had a chance to talk with ongoing students to monitor the progress of their study. Financial rules and regulations are discussed interactively.

We would like to announce that ASEAN Engineering Journal (AEJ) Part A is finally indexed in Thai Journal Citation Index Center (TCI)! Research findings and information retrieval from ASEAN Engineering Journal is now expected to be more referenced and accessible for the general public. There are four engineering fields under ASEAN Engineering Journal Part A; Computer & Information Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Energy Engineering, and Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering. Part A, published twice a year in March and September since 2011.

The results of screening of AUN/SEED-Net Graduate Degree Program Scholarships have been successfully finalized. The lists of awardees have been disseminated to all Member Institutions by email, also announced on website. For more information, please visit www.seed-net.org/application_result.html.

The scholarships cover tuition fee, living allowance, health insurance, relocation allowance, and a round-trip air ticket. The awarding students will commence their study from August 2015. Congratulations to all awardees! Please stay tuned at www.seed-net.org.

ASEAN Engineering Journal also publishes other 2 parts; Part B, published in June & December: Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering.Part C, published in June & December: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geological and Geo-Resource Engineering.

ASEAN Engineering Journal is aimed to be the collection of new and innovative knowledge emerged from ASEAN. The review process normally takes 6 months to 1 year. The journal is open for submission all year round. If you are interested in publishing with us, please visit http://www.seed-net.org/journal.html.

Prof. UEDA, Chief Advisor of AUN/SEED-Net, received International Research Award through the collaboration with ASEAN

AUN/SEED-Net Alumni and Japanese Professors accepted for SATREPS project, 4 Million USD budget at maximum for 5 years

Messages from New Secretariat Staffs

Acting Executive Director and Chief Advisor, AUN/-SEED-Net Prof. UEDA Tamon received the award of “fib Medal of Merit” from the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) in May 2015 at the cere-mony in Copenhagen. One of his distinguished services for the award is the initiative to set Asian Concrete Model Code (ACMC) as the first world standard covering maintenance, which influenced other following international standard model codes later such as ISO standard. This achievement has been made in collaboration especially with ASEAN’s scholars, some of whom are the members of AUN/SEED-Net. He expresses his sincere gratitude and seeks further collaboration with ASEAN partners.

The research proposal of AUN/SEED-Net’s active members, Prof. YOSHIMURA Chihiro from Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) and Dr. HUL Seingheng from Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), who met through AUN/SEED-Net, was accepted as principal investigators for SATREPS Project 2015 by JICA and JST. SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development) is a Japanese government program that promotes international joint research to address global issues and lead to research outcomes of practical benefit to both local and global society. The overall goal of the project is to ensure the sustainable development of the country through establishing environmental conservation platform mechanism for Tonle Sap lake, the great lake of Cambodia. The project period is for 5 years. Not only the above mentioned two principle investigators but also many researchers including AUN/SEED-Net alumni of ITC, their former Japanese supervisors, and other faculty members will be involved for the research.

Ms. Buchita Binrabo has joined the project as Secretary of Resource Management Unit with effective from 10 August 2015, “It was very great opportunity to join the AUN-SEED.net. I believed that knowledge and human potential can develop by education and it is become very significant for nowadays especially for our region do need guarantee by standard education. As a one of member I would like to work with the team to achieve the objectives of the project.”

Mr. TAKASHIMA Jun, Unit Chief/Project Coordinator, joined in the AUN/SEED-Net Project in September 2015. “ I am very pleased to work for further development of ASEAN countries.”

Mr. INOUE Kazuma, Unit Chief/Project Coordinator, has completed his 2-year assignment with AUN/-SEED-Net Secretariat in September 2015. “It is my upmost pleasure and precious asset that I could meet many impressive professors who dedicatedly contribute to the network and keen and enthusi-astic alumni and students who are challenging and working hard through SEED-Net. I hope this corpo-ration network and human relationships last longer and longer in the future too.”

Mr. Ratthaphum Vaianun has joined the project as Assistance Officer of Resource Management Unit with effective from 24 August 2015, “It’s my utmost pleasure and honor to be a part of AUN/SEED-Net team. As by this year of 2015 is the time for ASEAN integration, with the believe that this project could tremendously contribute to the establishment of this ASEAN community by serving as a region-wide collaborative system network for advanced research and education altogether. I will put all my efforts to make our achievement robust and possible.”

Volume 11 Issue 1: Aprill - July 2015 The 3rd AUN/SEED-Net Working Group Meeting Graduate Degree Program Scholarships Japanese Fiscal Year 2015 Monitoring Visit ASEAN Engineering Journal Part A is now indexed by Thai-Journal Citation Index Center! Prof. UEDA, Chief Advisor of AUN/SEED-Net, received International Research Award through the collaboration with ASEAN AUN/SEED-Net Alumni and Japanese Professors accepted for SATREPS project, 4 Million USD budget at maximum for 5 years Message from New Secretariat Staffs Update AUN/SEED-Net Secretariat Upcoming Event

The 3rd AUN/SEED-Net Working Group Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand

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The 3rd AUN/SEED-Net Working Group Meeting was held on 9-10 July 2015, in Bangkok,Thailand.Representatives from Member Institutions tookpart in the meeting and discussed the practical issues for the implementation of the project.

One of the important topic was how to reduce the number of extension and drop-out of students. The secretariat proposed the new screening process of graduate programs which put more emphasis on the intention of the Host Institutions. The new timeframe for the selection process was also explained, it allows related parties more time for screening the students suited for the degree program in each Host Institutions. Participants also discussed the current issues and possible idea of Post Phase 3. Constructive ideas for the future of AUN/-SEED-Net were shared in the meeting.

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Upcoming Events 24-25 August Regional Conference on Environmental Engineering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3-9 September Promotional Visit in Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam 25-26 September Regional Conference on Natural Disaster in Manila, Philippines 29-30 September Regional Conference on Geological & Geo-resource Engineering in Penang, Malaysia 1-2 October Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering in Hanoi, Vietnam Middle of October Promotional Visit in Cambodia 29-30 October Regional Conference on Materials Engineering in Bangkok, Thailand 3-5 November Regional Conference on Civil Engineering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5-6 November Regional Conference on Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 16-17 November Regional Conference on Electrical & Electronics Engineering in Manila, Philippines 19 - 20 November Regional Conference on Energy Engineering in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 27 November The 22nd Steering Committee Meeting and Year 2015 Annual Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand 31 November - 1 December Regional Conference on Chemical Engineering in Hanoi, Vietnam

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