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Thesis seminar of MSc and PhD Fellows

10 June 2021

A presentation seminar of the GRÓ GTP MSc Fellows graduating this year will be held in Vidgelmir, Orkugarður, Grensásvegi 9, Friday 18 June from 13:00-15:30.

The presentations will start at 13:00. Each presentation is 20 min with approx. 10 minutes allowed for questions and discussions after each one.

The schedule is as follows:

13:00

Birhan Abera Kebede from Ethiopia, MSc Geology at University of Iceland:
"The Relationship between the Tulu Moye Geothermal System and the Tectonic Structure of the Ethiopian Rift"

Supervisors: Asta Rut Hjartardotir and Pall Einarson from UI

     
13:30 Yerko Figueroa Penarrieta from Bolivia, MSc Chemistry at University of Iceland:
"The fluid geochemistry of Ölkelduháls and Hveragerði geothermal areas – SW Iceland"

Supervisors: Finnbogi Óskarsson and Andri Stefánsson from UI
   

 

14:00

John Joseph Lubuva from Tanzania, MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering at Reykjavík University:
"Thermo-Economic Optimization of Slim Well Power Cycles: A Case of Ngozi Geothermal Project-Tanzania"

Supervisors: Gudrún Sævarsdóttir and Vijay Chauhan from RU

     
14:30 Patrick Muanza Kant from DR Congo, MSc Geology at University of Iceland:
"Geothermal mapping and remote sensing of thermal anomalies at Grændalur area, Hveragerði, SW Iceland"

Supervisors: Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir at UI, Sigurður G. Kristinsson, and Gunnlaugur M. Einarsson at ISOR
     
15:00

Idil Souleiman Bouraleh from Djibouti, MSc Chemistry at University of Iceland:
"Geothermal Scale deposition and Corrosion, a geochemistry study in saline high temperature of Reykjanes (Iceland) and Asal area (Djibouti)"

Supervisor: Halldór Ármannsson from ISOR (retired)


The seminar is open to all and we strongly encourage everyone interested in the world's geothermal development to attend!