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Infrastructure Planning and Management
Infrastructure Planning and Management is a new multi-disciplinary field of study recently established in the School of Civil Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to train graduate students in the management sciences and their applications on planning and management of the built environment. the new program aims at equipping students with the basic concepts and methodological approaches to deal with the complex design and implementation problems faced in the integration of human decision systems with the built and natural environmental systems, so their smooth functioning is assured.
Rationale
Infrastructure being an important supporting element of economic development as found in many empirical studies, its development in the Asian countries poses a great challenge over the next decade. Plans are underway to build infrastructure worth US$1.4 trillion in Asia and the Pacific Region by the year 2000, including transportation networks, commercial, communal and residential buildings, energy delivery systems, water resources development projects, urban water delivery systems, water and waste-water treatment facilities, irrigation projects and drainage systems, important facets of regional development all involving the creation of varying degrees of built environment.
The consideration of balancing the built environment needs with the preservation of natural environment is an equally significant challenge that requires also a careful study of the environmental systems. Furthermore, the location of infrastructure and its impact on the regional distribution of human activity has to be carefully planned and managed.
Finally, the implementation of large scale engineering works that might influence the economic system over the course of their construction calls for greatly refining the contract design and project implementation process.
The new field of study, Infrastructure Planning and Management, which aims at developing skills critically needed for meeting above challenges, is a timely response to the changing human resource needs of the region.
Program
Infrastructure Planning and Management offers opportunities for creating personalized programs for students in a variety of infrastructure-related specializations at the Masters and Doctoral levels.
Methodological components of these programs 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 analysis also form an important part 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, reliability and sustainability of infrastructure facilities.
Students are expected to concentrate on a selected methodology and apply it to address a specific program area, thus extensively collaborating with the other fields of study in Civil Engineering as well as in the other schools of AIT.
Infrastructure Planning and Management also offers minor field concentrations for students majoring in the other fields of Civil Engineering and wishing to pursue individualized study plans. These concentrations are possible in decision analysis, systems modeling, mathematical modeling and statistical analysis.
Professors Fujiwara Okitsugu, Khalid Saeed and Huynh Ngoc Phien, with methodological expertise respectively on Operations Research, System Dynamics and Statistics, will conduct this program which formally commences on September 1, 1994.
Computing facilities
Besides the Institute's central computing facilities in its Regional Computer Center, the School of Civil Engineering operates its own micro-computer laboratories on a common floor space of 420 square meter, with an adequate number of current generation computers and workstations. In addition to the standard software, specialized software for the solution of structural, construction management, geotechnical, transportation, infrastructure planning and management, and water resources engineering problems are available for use by students in their course work and research, as well as by the faculty and professional engineers.
A new micro-computer laboratory for use of students and faculty of infrastructure planning and management, with an adequate number of current generation workstations, together with audio-visual facilities for interactive instruction, is being set up to cater for the teaching and research needs of the new program.
Students
The target population for recruitment into the Infrastructure Planning and Management program is primarily students with Civil Engineering undergraduate backgrounds. The graduates of the program will have the capability to focus on the integration of the multiple factors influencing complex systems created with the interaction of the physical and human organizations. With this capability, they will be able to develop the rationale for decision making to improve the performance of those complex systems. These graduates will cater for the human resources needs of the public sector organizations entrusted with regional development and infrastructure planning and private firms dealing with planning, management, design and construction of the civil works.
Applications are invited for masters and doctoral admissions. A number of partial and full scholarships will be available for outstanding applicants. Requests for application materials should be sent to the Academic Secretariat (Admissions).
Curriculum
Required courses (terms indicated)
CE08.11 Project Evaluation and Appraisal of Transportation Facilities (Sep)
CE10.11 Principles of Optimal Decision Analysis (Sep)
CE10.12 Principles of Dynamic Systems (Sep)
CE02.22 Construction Project Administration (Sep)
Recommended elective courses in the School of Civil Engineering (terms
indicated)
CE02.11 Construction Planning and Scheduling (Sep)
CE04.11 Pipe and Channel Networks (Sep)
CE04.12 Applied Hydrology (Sep)
CE08.12 Transport Characteristics (Sep)
CE09.11 Water Resources System Analysis I (Sep)
CE09.12 Hydrological Processes (Sep)
CE09.13 Groundwater Pollution and Transport Modeling (Sep)
CE09.14 Water Resources Management (Sep)
CE02.21 Construction Equipment Management (Jan)
CE04.22 Irrigation Delivery System Engineering (Jan)
CE04.24 Farm Irrigation Systems (Jan)
CE04.25 Drainage Engineering (Jan)
CE07.26 Materials and Products for Construction (Jan)
CE08.21 Traffic Engineering (Jan)
CE08.22 Transportation Planning (Jan)
CE09.21 Water Resources System Analysis II (Jan)
CE09.22 Groundwater Development (Jan)
CE09.23 Hydrological Modeling (Jan)
CE10.21 Advanced Optimal Decision Analysis (Jan)
CE10.22 Advanced Analysis of Dynamic Decision Systems (Jan)
CE01.31 Geographic Information Systems in Civil Engineering (May)
CE02.31 Financial Management in Construction (May)
CE04.32 Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (May)
CE08.31 Traffic Flow Theory (May)
CE08.33 Transportation and Environment (May)
CE09.31 Economic Analysis and Environmental Impact Assessment (May)
CE09.32 Modeling Groundwater Systems (May)
CE10.31 Optimal Decision Models for Infrastructure Systems Planning (May)
CE10.32 Economic Development and Infrastructure Planning (May)
Recommended elective courses in other Schools of AIT
AT02.03 Information Systems Analysis and Design
AT03.02 Probability and Applied Statistics
AT03.03 Engineering Economy
ED07.81 Electricity Economics and Planning
ED07.75 Energy-Economy Modeling
ED08.03 Design of Water Supply and Waste Water Systems
ED09.43 Hazardous Waste Technology and Management
ED09.42 Solid Waste Management
ED09.54 Water Quality Management
ED09.56 Marine and Estuarine Environments
ED10.25 Urban Land Economics and Policy
ED10.35 Urban Infrastructure Planning
ED10.72 Multivariate Analysis for Human Settlement Planning
ED13.06 Advanced Geographic Information System
SM12 Applied Statistics and Forecasting
SM13 Financial and Cost Accounting
SM32 Financial Management
SM34 Financing Technological Investments
Faculty
Dean of school
PRINYA NUTALAYA, B.A., M.S., PH.D., Colorado. Professor
Soil investigation; resource exploration; engineering geology, land use planning, investigation and mitigation of natural hazards.
Core faculty
FUJUIWARA OKITSUGU, B.S., M.S., Osaka; M. Sc., Stanford; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale. Professor
Optimization and mathematical modeling, infrastructure and environmental planning and management.
HUYNH NGOC PHIEN, B.Sc., B.A., Hue; M.Sc., D.Tech. Sc., AIT. Professor
Statistics, mathematical software, computing modeling and simulation.
KHALID SAEED, B.Eng., Univ. Eng. and Tech., Lahore; M.Eng, AIT; Ph.D., MIT. Professor
System dynamics modeling and computer simulation, economic development, infrastructure and environmental planning and management.
Faculty in areas of specialization
ASHIM DAS GUPTA, B.Eng., Gauhati, India; M.Eng., D.Eng., AIT. Professor
Water resources development.
RICARDO HARBOE, Civil Eng., Univ. of Chile; M.S., Ph.D., UCLA; Habilitation, Ruhr. Professor
Hydrology; water resources management.
V.V.N. MURTY, B.Tech. (Hons), M.Tech., IIT; Ph.D., UC (Davis). Professor
Soil and water engineering.
TAWATCHAI TINGSANCHALI, B.Eng. (Hons), Chulalongkorn; M.Eng., D.Eng., AIT. Professor
Flood control and river engineering.
SUPHAT VONGVISESSOMJAI, B.Eng., Chulalongkorn; M.Eng., D.Eng., AIT. Professor
Hydraulic and coastal engineering.
HANS CHRISTIAN A AMMENTORP, B.Sc., Danish Hydraulic Inst; M.SC., Tech. Univ. of Denmark. Associate Professor
Hydrology; hydrological modeling.
RAINER LOOF, Dipl-Ing, Tech. Univ., Hannover. Associate Professor
Irrigation and drainage engineering and management.
STEPHEN O. OGUNLANA, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ife; Ph.D., Loughborough. Associate Professor
Construction economics; project management; productivity.
YASUSHI TAKEYAMA, B.Eng., M.Eng., D.Eng., Tohoku. Associate Professor
Traffic engineering, traffic environment; facility management.
YORDPHOL TANABORIBOON, B.S., M.S., Oklahoma State; Ph.D., Virginia Polytech. Associate Professor
Traffic engineering, transportation planning; transportation engineering.
CHOTCHAI CHAROENNGAM, B.Eng. (Hons), King Mongkut Inst. of Tech.; M.S., Kansas; Ph.D., Texas. Assistant Professor
Construction engineering and management.
JIAN-SHIUH (JAMES) CHEN, B.S., National Cheng-Kung; M.S., National Chung-Hsing; M.S., Georgia; Ph.D., Penn State. Assistant Professor
Transportation engineering.
Financial Information
Tuition and Fees
Students in full time attendance are currently required to pay tuition and fees of US$3,400 per term. Students attending on less than a full-time basis pay fees according to the number of credit hours they enroll for, at the rare of US$320 per credit. All fees are payable prior to registration.
Accommodation and living expenses
All students live on campus in a private study-bedroom in a dormitory, or student village living unit. The charge for dormitory accommodation is equivalent to US$72 per month or US$288 per term. In addition to the cost of tuition and fees and accommodation, which are payable to the Institute, a student will require funds for textbooks, food, and other living expenses, and transport and related costs from and to his/her home country. Living expenses depend on individual needs and lifestyle of course, but you should allow at least US$1,200 per term to cover dormitory accommodation, books, food, and so on.
Institute scholarships and other support
Several scholarships are available from funds granted to AIT by donors, for which the Institute nominates and selects outstanding entrants. Both partial and full scholarships are offered. Some of these scholarships are restricted to students in particular fields of study, or from particular countries; some are offered only for female applicants. Additionally, tuition waivers can be offered to the self-supporting students on need basis in their fourth or fifth term of study at AIT provided their academic performance is outstanding.
External and self support
Applicants for admission should seek support outside the Institute to finance their studies here. Most Asian countries have bilateral agreements with developed countries, which include a training component; such components may be used to support study at AIT. International and regional development banks and aid organizations also offer scholarships or support human resources development programs with post- graduate training components. Private sector organizations, too, offer fellowship grants. The Institute is willing to provide early offers of admission to assist candidates to find external funding for their studies here. Payment of fees and other expenses for and externally-funded and self-supporting students can be made on a termly basis or handled as a lump sum grant to be managed by the Institute on behalf of the individual or the donor, as preferred.
Applications
Applications for admission to the masters programs in Infrastructure Planning and Management are invited. Financial assistance, if needed, should be requested together with the admission application. The deadline for applications requiring financial assistance is January 1 for admission in September. Applications without financial assistance requests will be accepted upto June 1. Applications for admission to the doctoral program are accepted all year round. Doctoral admissions can be made in September, January, or May. Application materials are supplied free of cost on request. Please sent requests for application materials for admission and financial support to:
Academic Secretariat (Admissions)
Asian Institute of Technology
G.P.O. Box 2754
Bangkok 10501
THAILAND
Phone: 66 2 516 0110; FAX: 66 2 516 2126; Telex 84276TH
Doctoral applicants are also encouraged to write directly to the core faculty of the program about their research interests.
School of Civil Engineering
The school of Civil Engineering at Asian Institute of Technology is committed to academic excellence in its teaching and research. It also endeavors to bring interdisciplinarity to its post-graduate programs. Study programs emphasize basic knowledge as well as applications and incorporate the current frontiers of technologies as well as the learning of efficient and versatile algorithms and methodologies. They also stress properly synthesizing technology, planning, and management in civil engineering systems, keeping also in view the impacts on environment and on the changing social and economic conditions in the region.
The School's study programs are integrated to address to infrastructural development through 9 fields of study:
- Construction Engineering and Management
- Engineering and Applied Geology
- Infrastructure Planning and Management
- Irrigation Engineering and Management
- Riverine and Coastal Engineering
- Soil Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Water Resources Development
Major and minor areas can be placed in more than one field of study to create individualized study plans meeting special interest needs of students.
The academic year at AIT consists of three terms beginning respectively in September, January, and May. Masters students are normally enrolled in the School of Civil Engineering in September. They spend their first three terms on coursework and the last two on individual research for a thesis.
In addition to its teaching activities, the School of Civil Engineering endeavors also to serve the industrial and public undertakings through publication of its research, consulting, product development and certification, laboratory tests, software development and computer modeling, project research, and professional development activities.
Asian Institute of Technology
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) was established in 1959 as SEATO Graduate School of Engineering to help meet the growing need for advanced engineering education in Asia. In 1967, it became an autonomous international institution dedicated to excellence in post graduate education. AIT's Mission, as revised in 1992, is the following:
AIT will take a leadership role in the promotion of technological change and its management for sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific Region, through high-level education, research, and outreach activities which integrate technology, planning, and management. The focus of the Institute's activities is in technology, with special emphasis on the inter-disciplinary interface among the above three fields, and will include attention to environmental and socio-economic considerations.
AIT offers academic programs leading to the award of doctoral and masters degrees, diplomas, and certificates conducted in four Schools. These are the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Environment, Resources and Development, the School of Advanced Technologies, and the School of Management. Completion of the doctoral degree program normally takes nine terms (three years). The masters degree takes five terms (20 months) to complete, and the length of the diploma programs ranges between two to three terms. A certificate program normally lasts one term. In addition to the personal research of its faculty and students, AIT also undertakes sponsored research work, directed at specific agenda and organizes colloquia and professional development programs.
The Institute's 400-acre campus is located at Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, 42 kilometers north of Bangkok, Thailand. Its amenities include classrooms, laboratories, library, computing facilities, and a student center. There are also housing and sports facilities for the students, faculty, and the support staff. Additionally, the AIT Center houses a conference and hotel facility for the colloquia and professional development activities, and an outreach building houses key industrial and NGO offices, whose expected role is to create innovation incubation working together with the academic programs.
AIT has an international body of students and faculty who come from over 35 countries in Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa. Current student population is about 1,000 all of whom reside on campus in clusters built for single and married students. The full time faculty number currently stands at about 120; many of them reside on campus. AIT has, at present, about 7,000 alumni, many holding key positions in industry and education and public service in the region.
AIT is supported by national governments, foundations, international agencies, business organizations, and individuals, Asian as well as non-Asian. This support acknowledges AIT's successful academic endeavor, which has been recognized in several international awards, which included the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for international understanding, received at AIT's thirtieth anniversary in 1989.
For more information
Infrastructure Planning and Management
School of Civil Engineering
Asian Institute of Technology
Postal address: G.P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok 10501 THAILAND
Street address: Km 42, Phaholyothin Highway
Klong Luang, Pathumthani THAILAND 12120
Phone: 66 2 516 0110 (AIT main communication center)
66 2 524 5525 (Civil Engineering)
Fax: 66 2 516 2126 (AIT main communication center)
66 2 524 6059 (Civil Engineering)
Telex: 84276TH (AIT main communication center)
Copyright ©1994, Asian Institute of Technology
Brochure reproduced with permission granted June 1995.
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