News

The group on a trip to Snaefellsnes
21 September 2010

New group of fellows

The 13th cohort of fellows has arrived in Iceland for the 6 months training programme.
20 September 2010

KenGen Course on Surface Exploration

UNU-GTP has launched a 12 week course on surface exploration in geothermal areas for KenGen of Kenya. The course commenced on September 13 at Lake Naivasha with a two week geology lecture series taught by Anette K. Mortensen and Bjorn Hardarson of ISOR. Participants are about 40, all of whom are KenGen staff. The geology course will be followed by a course in geochemistry and in another two weeks; geophysics. After the lecture series the course will conclude with fieldwork and project work.
16 September 2010

Yearbook 2009 available online

The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal Training in Iceland 2009" which was released last August is now available for downloading on-line under publications. The yearbook has been sent out to former UNU-GTP Fellows, supervisors, scientific institutions and libraries. If, for some reason, the book should not reach any of the former Fellows, please be in contact with current contact information and we will send out another copy.  Others who do not receive a book automatically but are interested in a free copy should also be in contact at unugtp@unugtp.is with information of mailing address.
Reza presenting his dissertation
10 September 2010

Reza Shaviklo (fellow 2006) defends his PhD dissertation

On Friday, September 10, Gholam Reza Shaviklo successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the University of Iceland, faculty of food science and nutrition.
3 September 2010

New Filestorage system for former fellows

A new system, a filestorage system, has been introduced on the UNU-FTP web page where former fellows can monitor changes and new material in the training programme.
1 September 2010

Geothermal training in Iceland 2009

The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal training in Iceland 2009" has been released and sent out to former UNU-GTP Fellows, supervisors, scientific institutions and libraries. If, for some reason, the book should not reach any of the former Fellows, please be in contact with current contact informations and we will send out another copy.  Others who do not receive a book automatically but are interested in a free copy should also be in contact at unugtp@unugtp.is with informations of mailing address. All papers in the book will be available for download on-line under publications.