December 13 & 14, 2018 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The inaugural symposium brought together the scientific community from the Lower Mekong countries to share research presentations on environment, water, and energy. The young scientists had the opportunity to hear from experts on best practices regarding collaborating on research, identifying funding and co-publishing, with the opportunity to present side-by-side with renowned researchers addressing today’s environmental challenges in the region.
In the spirit of environmental protection, the program participants showcased their academic research projects, as well as their innovative solutions to community-based projects that included an energy warning system for smart electric meters and a pump-water filtration system for schools in rural areas, among many others.
We'll see you in Laos in 2019
Next year’s summer placement program will take place in Vientiane, Laos. The 2019 Lower Mekong Initiative Young Scientist Program will challenge participants to use big data to address pressing public health issues in the region.
Young scientists from the five LMI member countries will work on projects that use big data to support modeling, surveillance, and control of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases. Interested Master’s and PhD students in the areas of bioinformatics, biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, statistics, among others, are invited to apply. The application process will open in early 2019.
Learn more at asuengineeringonline.com/lmi