16 May 2011
Short Course VI on Exploration for Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in October and November 2011
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland, Geothermal Development Company, Kenya (GDC) and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) will be hosting
“Short Course VI on Exploration for Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria Hotel and at Sopa Lodge, Naivasha, Kenya, 27 October – 18 November, 2011.
Participation in the course is by invitation only. The short course is mainly aimed at young professionals from East Africa with a diploma or a degree in chemistry, physics, geology (earth sciences)
or engineering, who have been actively involved in geothermal research in their home country or are potential candidates for that in the near future.
For preliminary agenda click here.
5 May 2011
MSc defence by Endy Kevin Padilla Rivas
On Thurdsay 12th May, Endy Kevin Padilla Rivas will defend his work for the degree of Master of Science. The thesis is entitled: „Transport and precipitation of carbon and
sulphur in the Reykjanes geothermal system, Iceland“.
The defence will take place in room A131 in Askja and starts at 15.00. The Supervisor on the project is Andri Stefánsson from the University of Iceland and Thráinn Fridriksson
from Iceland GeoSurvey and the external examiner is Vigdís Hardardóttir from Iceland GeoSurvey.
5 May 2011
MSc defence by Andi Joko Nugroho
On Thurdsay 12th May, Andi Joko Nugroho will defend his work for the degree of Master of Science. The thesis is entitled: „Optimization of Electrical Power Production from High
Temperature Geothermal Fields with respect to Silica Scaling Problems“.
The defence will take place in room 158 in VRII and starts at 14.00. The Supervisors on the project are Halldór Pálsson & Magnus Thor from the University of Iceland and the
external examiner is Páll Valdimarsson from the University of Iceland.
5 May 2011
MSc defence by Alejandro Rodríguez Badilla
On Wednesday 11th May, Alejandro Rodriguez Badilla will defend his work for degree of Master of Science. The thesis is entitled: "Water-rock interaction of silicic rocks".
The defence will take place in room A131 in Askja and starts at 15.00. The supervisor is Andri Stefánsson from the University of Iceland and the external examiner is
Bergur Sigfússon from Reykjavík Energy.
4 May 2011
Official visit by the Vice-Rector of the UNU to the UNU Icelandic Training Programmes
The Vice-Rector of UNU, Prof. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, was present at the UNU-GTP opening ceremony on Monday the 2nd of May. The purpose of Prof. Takeuchi´s visit to Iceland was to visit the
UNU Icelandic Training Programmes: UNU-Geothermal Training programme (UNU-GTP), UNU-Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP) and UNU-Land Restoration Training Programme (UNU-LRT); as well as the Gender
Equality Studies and Training programme (GEST) which aims at becoming a UNU training programme in the near future.
3 May 2011
Visit from the Vice-Rector of United Nations University
The Vice-Rector of UNU, Prof. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, visited UNU-LRT at its headquarters at Keldnaholt yesterday. He was introduced to the
current fellows of the six-month training programme, the UNU-LRT staff, some studies committee members, and the Director of SCSI and the Rector of AUI.
Prof. Takeuchi is also the Director of UNU-Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) in Tokyo and we had good discussions on the importance of sustainable use of natural resources, restoration
of degraded land, and the mutual benefits of creating cooperation between UNU-ISP and UNU-LRT.