During 7 – 9 April 2005 a team of MIM students comprising of (from left to right) 1. Mr. Ekachai Wangprapa, 2. Miss Supishsha Sajjamanochai, 3. Miss Anchalee Chaichanavijit, 4. Miss Nantakan Chookarnkhar and 5. Mr. Atip Kulasiriswad won the first prize from the New Venture Championship 2005 compettition held at the University of Oregon in the U.S. The team’s A-Gro Solutions’ business plan introduces a patented new agricultural sprayer using ULEM (Ultra Low Energy Mist) Technology that reduces fertilizer/pesticide cost by 50% and boosts crop yield by 22% in the US$ 6 billion Thai rice market.