Honda to join KMUTT in creating green engineers for the future, Expanding the scope of the School Environment Project
	Thai
	Bangkok, 16 January 2009: The Honda Group of Companies in Thailand and King Mongkut's University of Technology-Thonburi announced the cooperative academic program “KMUTT – Honda: Future Green Engineers”, which aims to sustain the mission of encouraging Thai youth to be aware of the environment under the School Environment Project. The program is open for students who attended the School Environment Project and were awarded the King’s Cup or HRH Princess Soamsawali Plaque and who are qualified to study at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, KMUTT. The pilot program will start in the 2009 academic year.
	Photo shows (from left to right): Piya Chaiphet , Supatra Wongsarat, Associate Professor Dr. Kraiwood Kiattikomol, President of King Mongkut University of Technology-Thonburi, Adisak Rohitasune, Executive Vice President of Asian Honda Motors Co. Ltd. Busarakham Kulwong and Narit Promkhote
	Associate Professor Dr. Kraiwood Kiattikomol, President of King Mongkut University of Technology-Thonburi said, “Since 1992, The Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, KMUTT has been producing qualified environmental engineers for the government and private sectors. As the current focus on environmental concerns has led to increasing demand for environmental engineers, it is important to find youth who are interested in environmental management and would like to work in this area. Through the cooperation with Honda, we have found many students who have the potential and interest to be environmental engineers. Therefore, we have initiated this academic cooperation called, the “KMUTT – Honda: Future Green Engineer” program to give an opportunity to those students who have attended the project to study for a bachelor degree at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, KMUTT in 2009.”
	“In the first year, a total of four students will be entitled to join the program. And two of these students will be granted the Phet Phra Chom Klao – Special Talent scholarships to study in the Department throughout the four years of the academic program. We expect that this collaboration will provide Thailand with more qualified environmental engineers who will create a good environment for the Thai society in the future,” stated Assoc Prof Dr Kraiwood.
	According to Adisak Rohitasune, Executive Vice President of Asian Honda Motors Co. Ltd., and the School Environment Project V’s President, “The Honda Group of Companies in Thailand has implemented the School Environment Project since 1999. Our goal is to inspire Thai youth to be aware of the importance of environmental preservation in schools and communities in accordance with His Majesty the King’s concepts. Throughout the 10 years of operation, the School Environment Project has granted scholarships to a total of 681 schools nationwide. This has led to an extensive network of environmentally concerned teachers, students, community leaders, state agencies and educational institutes, who will continually drive environmental conservation in their communities. The academic cooperation announced today marks a new dimension to extend the sustainability of this CSR program while reinforcing Honda in Thailand’s commitment to develop the School Environment Project for the benefit of the Thai society and environment as well as demonstrating Honda’s commitment to the future of Thai youth.”
	Students who are awarded scholarships from this cooperative academic program are leading students from schools that won the HM The King’s Cup and Princess Soamsawali’s plaques from the School Environment IV project. These students have excellent academic performance and regularly participate in environmental protection activities. The winning students are listed below.
	Name School Scholarship types Mr. Piya Chaiphet Sawas Ratana Pimuk School, Trang Entitled to study at the Department of Environmental Engineering (Special Talent Quota) and Phet Phra Chom Klao Scholarship Miss Supatra Wongsarat Sa School, Nan Entitled to study at the Department of Environmental Engineering (Special Talent Quota) and Phet Phra Chom Klao Scholarship Mr. Narit Promkhote Dhepsirin Samutprakarn School (Bang Muang Khian Pong Anusorn), Samut Prakarn Entitled to study at the Department of Environmental Engineering (Special Talent Quota) Miss Busarakham Kulwong Suksa Songkhroh Amnat Charoen School, Amnat Charoen Entitled to study at the Department of Environmental Engineering (Special Talent Quota)
	Piya Chaiphet, 18, a student at the Sawas Ratana Pimuk School, Trang was granted the Phet Phra Chomklao Scholarship to study environmental engineering, at the Engineering Faculty, KMUTT. He said, “I am very glad to be chosen to study at the Environmental Engineering Department – as it is a dream come true for me. After my graduation, I would like to bring the knowledge I have acquired to develop my hometown and solve the environmental problems there, as our environment is deteriorating from deforestation, discarded plastic bags and waste water in canals and streams.”
	Piya, or Ble, is the leading force of the School Environment IV project. He joined the science club where he has run several activities. He created a naturally air-conditioned classroom by placing egg cartons for heat insulation on cantilevered slabs and also decorated them with water plants. As a result, the room temperature has been reduced by 5 degrees Celsius. Ble’s other unique creations including the production of enzyme ionic plasma that is used to repel insects and EM water fermentation to kill bacteria in the waste water drainage system at the food canteens. He also assists the other two science clubs in terms of problem solving and scientific calculations. Those clubs are the Natural Environment Club and the Researcher Club in which their outstanding inventions are respectively a solar oven and a low cost closed charcoal-fuelled stove.
	Media information, please contact:
	Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
	-  Ms. Chutimont Jaidee Tel. (0) 2236-0256 ext 1671 Email: chutijai@honda.th.com
	-  Ms. Pathumwan Nambutr Tel. (0) 2236- 0256 ext.1676 Email: pathumwn@honda.th.com
	Aziam Burson-Marsteller
	- Ms. Saranjit Chuwongkomol Tel. (0) 2252 9871 Email: Saranjit.c@abm.co.th
	- Ms. Satida Srithunyatorn Tel. (0) 2252 9871 Email: Satida.s@abm.co.th
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