6 May 2010
32nd annual session of UNU-GTP
The 32nd annual session of the UNU-GTP opened on May 6, 2010. This year a record number of 28 UNU Fellows participate in the six month specialized courses.
They come from China 3, Comoros 1, Costa Rica 1, Djibouti 1, Dominica 1, El Salvador 2, Eritrea 1, Ethiopia 1, Indonesia 3, Kenya 8, Mongolia 1, Nevis 1, Nicarauga 2. Rwanda 1, and Yemen 1. They
will be trained in: Chemistry of Thermal Fluids 5, Reservoir Engineering 5, Borehole Geology 4, Environmental Science 4, Geothermal Utilization 4, Geophysical Exploration 3, and
Drilling Technology 3, and Reservoir engineering 3.
20 April 2010
2010 UNU-LRT fellows are on their way to Iceland
The fellows of the 2010 UNU-LRT programme are on their
way to Iceland. They will be the first fellows since the LRT programme was recognized as a fully fledged UNU programme in February this year. The fellows this year come from Ethiopia, Namibia, Niger, Mongolia and Kirgizstan. They will attend the six month
training here in Iceland until October.
19 April 2010
MSc defence by three UNU-GTP Fellows
During the second week of April, three UNU-GTP MSc Fellows defended their MSc thesis at the University of Iceland.
30 March 2010
MSc defence by Manuel Rivera
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Manuel Rivera from El Salvador defended his thesis entitled "Coupled geothermal reservoir-wellbore simulation with a case study for the
Námafjall field, N-Iceland" on Friday March 26. The defence was held at Orkugardur were the office of UNU-GTP is located. Supervisors on the project were Dr. Gudni Axelsson and Dr.
Halldór Pálsson. Dr. Andri Arnaldsson was the external examinor.
10 March 2010
12. graduation of the UNU-FTP
On March 9 18 fellows (eight women and 10 men) from 14 countries successfully finished the UNU-FTP. Mr. Jon Bjarnason, the minister of fisheries and agriculture, gave a speech at the ceremony and
handed out the certificates.
5 March 2010
Former LRT fellow from Uzbekistan participates in UNDP projects
Toshpulat Rajabov
from Uzbekistan was a LRT fellow in 2009. Since attending LRT, he has been invited to participate in two United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) projects in Uzbekistan. One of the projects concerns restoration models of desert ecosystems
of degraded rangelands in Surkhandarya district, Uzbekistan. The other project is about conserving biodiversity and restoring ecosystems of the Kyzylkum desert. Toshpulat´s task is for example
to assess vegetation states and to create GIS maps of vegetation associations.