16 April 2013
MSc defence by Charles Muturia Lichoro
Charles Muturia Lichoro, MSc Fellow in geophysics, will give a lecture on his MSc project on Thursday, April 18, 2013, at 16:00 in Askja, room 131.
8 April 2013
M.Eng defence by Luis Alonso Aguirre Lopes
On Tuesday the 9th of April at 14:00 in room 147 in VR-II at the University of Iceland, Luis Alonso Aguirre Lopes will defend his M.Eng thesis, titled: "Modelling and Stability Analysis of Berlin Geothermal Power Plant in El Salvador".
His supervisor is Magni Þór Pálsson. With him in the commitee is Ólöf Helgadóttir. The external examiner is Ragnar Kristjánsson.
Everyone's welcome to attend.
19 March 2013
Short Course V on Conceptual Modelling of Geothermal Systems in El Salvador, held in El Salvador 24 February - 2 March 2013
The annual “UN Millennium Development Goals” Short Course in El Salvador was held in February 24 – March 2, 2013. The topic of the course was “Conceptual Modelling of Geothermal Systems” which drew a lot of interest. The course was attended by 61 participants from 12 countries all over Latin America and the Caribbean, including 5 Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), 4 South American countries (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), 2 Caribbean islands (Dominica and Nevis), and Mexico.
5 March 2013
The first UNU-GTP doctoral graduate
On Friday the 15th of February 2013, Pacifica F. A. Ogola from Kenya, graduated from the University of Iceland with a PhD in Environmental and Natural Resources. She defended her thesis "The Power to Change: Creating lifeline and mitigation-adaptation opportunities through geothermal energy utilisation" and is the first UNU-GTP Fellow to graduate with a PhD and also the first student from Africa to get a doctoral degree from the University of Iceland.
8 February 2013
UNU-GTP PhD defence and MSc Seminar
On Friday 15. February 2013, at 14:00-16:00 in the main building of University of Iceland, Pacifica f. Achieng Ogola will defend her doctoral thesis:The power to change: creating lifeline and mitigation-adaptation opportunities through geothermal energy utilization.
28 January 2013
MSc theses 2012 now available for download
MSc theses by UNU Fellows Andemariam Teklesenbet (Eritrea), Huang Jiachao (China), Jose Roberto Estevez (El Salvador), Sylvia Joan Malimo (Kenya), and Uwera Rutagarama (Rwanda), who graduated in 2012, are now available for download on the UNU-GTP website.