26 June 2008
MSc defence by Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi, from Iran, defended his MSc thesis at the University of Iceland on Friday June 20, 2008. The thesis was entitled "Open Heat Excheanger for Improved Energy
Efficiency in the Heating of Hot Spas". Gudrún Sævarsdóttir and Halldór Pálsson were supervisors on the project. The external examiner was Páll Valdimarsson.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Jaime Austria
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Jaime Austria, from the Phillipines, defended his MSc thesis at the University of Iceland, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 13:00-14:00. The
MSc thesis was entitled "Production Capacity Assessment of the Bacon-Manito Geothermal Reservoir, Phillipines". Grímur Bjornsson (OR), Jónas Ketílsson (OS) and Páll
Valdimarsson (HÍ) were supervisors on the project.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Daher Elmi Houssein
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Daher Elmi Houssein, from Djibouti, defended his MSc thesis on May 5, 2008, at the University of Iceland. The examiner was Einar
Gunnlaugsson (OR). The thesis was entitled “Geothermal Resource Assessment Through Well Testing and Production Response Modelling”. Guðni Axelsson (ÍSOR) og Ólafur
P. Pálsson (HÍ) were supervisors on the project.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Sun Caixia
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Sun Caixia, from China, defended her MSc thesis at the University of Iceland on Thursday May 29, 2008. The thesis was entitled
"Feasibility study of geothermal utilization of Yangbajain field in Tibet Autonomous Region , P.R.China". Páll Valdimarsson was supervisor on the project.
23 May 2008
Workshop for Decision Makers on Direct Heating Use of Geothermal Resources in Asia, Tianjin, China
The “Workshop for Decision Makers on Direct Heating Use of Geothermal Resources in Asia” was held in Tianjin, China, May 11-18, 2008. The event was
co-hosted by UNU-GTP, Iceland and Tianjin Bureau of Land Resources and Real Estate Management (TBLRREM) and Tianjin Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration Development (TBGMED), China in
co-operation with the Ministry of Land and Resources of P.R. China as well as the Municipality of Tianjin and several specialized agencies. The more than 100 participants mainly came from seven
countries in southern and eastern Asia active in direct geothermal utilization for space heating, i.e. China, India, Iran, Jordan, Mongolia, the Peoples Republic of Korea and the Republic of
Korea.
Workshop
22 May 2008
Reports 2007
Individual reports, written by Fellow from 2007 for the Yearbook "Geothermal Training in Iceland", are now available for download from the publications page on the UNU-GTP website.
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