July 2025
A graduate has won the Award in ADB-JSP Thesis of the Year 2025New!!
Kyaw Soe Win, a master’s graduate from the Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, has been awarded 3rd Place in the Rural Development and Environment Cluster of the Asian Development Bank–Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) Thesis of the Year Award 2025. His thesis, titled “Change Detection of Mangrove Forests Using Deep Learning with Medium-Resolution Satellite Imagery: A Case Study of Wunbaik Mangrove Forest, Myanmar,” explored the application of deep learning models with the multi-temporal and multi-source imagery to monitor long-term changes in mangrove ecosystems, contributing to improved accuracy and valuable information for effective conservation strategies in Myanmar. Source: ADB Japan Funds Facebook Page
Laboratory farewell party and summer partyNew!!
We held a farewell party and a summer party for special research student Nemati. Although he had to postpone his return home due to international conflicts, we wish him all the best in returning to his home country and successfully obtaining his doctorate.