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ater Engineering and Management (WEM) program imparts education and training toward an understanding and solving the complexity of water resources development and management problems in the context of global drivers of change. It offers a balanced curriculum, which covers both the engineering and management aspects of water resource development and management. Students are trained to acquire knowledge and skills in tools and techniques to come up with viable and sustainable solutions within the framework of the integrated water resources management at the river basin scale. Water Engineering and Management program covers five major areas – Agricultural Water, Coastal Water, Urban Water, Water Resources, and Climate Change, Extreme Events and Risk Management.
WEM NEWS
A Trip to Remember: Nisarga Batika School Visits AIT
On Tuesday, 7th February, Nisarga Batika School from Nepal embarked on an educational journey to the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. 37 grade 7 students and 6 school administrators and staff members made up the delegation, eager to immerse themselves in the experience that awaited them. School trips [...]
Seminar on “Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Illinois” by Dr. Jason Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Recently, University of Illinois has been working on the front-end engineering design (FEED) of carbon capture facilities for several power plants in Illinois. While carbon capture facilities often would need cooling water for operation, the water supply and demand for power plants carbon capture facilities has not received [...]
Workshop on Climate Risk-based Decision Analysis (CRIDA) and PCSWMM
The Water Engineering and Management (WEM) program of AIT in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Institute for Water Resources (IWR) conducted a workshop on Climate Risk-based Decision Analysis (CRIDA) and Stormwater Management Modelling software “PCSWMM” in Udon Thani, Thailand from 14-16 November 2022. Prof. [...]
RESEARCH & PROJECTS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CLIMATE CHANGE & WATER MANAGEMENT
PHYSICAL HYDRAULIC MODEL STUDY
WEATHER & HYDROLOGY MONITORING SYSTEM
REALTIME WEATHER & HYDROLOGY
