22 September 2014
Graduation at UNU-LRT
The UNU-LRT six-month training programme 2014 has come to an end. On 18 September, 12 fellows, five women and seven men, graduated in a ceremony held at the Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI). The UNU-LRT fellows this year came from Ethiopia, Ghana, Mongolia, Niger, Uganda and Uzbekistan.
19 September 2014
MSc defence by Vincent Koech
Vincent Koech, M.Sc. Fellow in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iceland will give a lecture on his MSc project on Tuesday 23 September, 2014 at 15:30 in the Main Building, room 220.
10 September 2014
UNU-LRT fellows present their projects at an open seminar
This week the UNU-LRT fellows introduced their individual projects at an open seminar in the newly renovated localities of Keldnaholt campus, Agricultural University of Iceland. The fellows have been working on their projects since May and the oral presentations, along with comprehensive reports, are the final output of their work at the UNU-LRT programme. The final turn-in of their project reports is on 15 September and a few days later the graduation will take place.
9 September 2014
Release of Geothermal Training in Iceland 2013
The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal Training in Iceland 2013" has been released online and is now available for download on-line under publications.
21 August 2014
Climate change focus in UNU-LRT excursion
Last week the UNU-LRT fellows went on an excursion to the south and south-eastern part of Iceland. The theme of the trip was climate change and its consequences. The retreat of glaciers for the last century is very vivid in this part of Iceland and the fellows got a comprehensive view of glacial changes in Iceland as an effect of climate change. Those changes were very clear in the visit to Vatnajökull National Park which encompasses Europe’s largest glacier. The trip also gave the fellows an opportunity to link the issues taught in the classroom earlier with real experiences on the ground.
13 August 2014
Annual Visiting Lecturer at the UNU-GTP 2014
The visiting lecturer of UNU-GTP 2014 is the reservoir engineer Dr. Malcolm Grant from New Zealand.
Dr. Grant holds a doctoral degree in applied mathematics from MIT and has been involved in various research and management projects and has worked as a private consultant since 1994. He has been involved in assessment and development of 76 geothermal fields in 14 countries.
Dr. Grant is among the most prestigious scientists in the field of geothermal reservoir engineering and has published many papers in that field. He is the senior author of the widely used textbook Geothermal Reservoir Engineering.
Dr. Grant will give lectures in Víðgelmir, Orkugarður, Grensásvegur 9, on August 25th-29th beginning at 9:00. Each lecture will take approximately one hour plus discussion afterwards.