9 September 2014
Release of Geothermal Training in Iceland 2013
The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal Training in Iceland 2013" has been released online and is now available for download on-line under publications.
21 August 2014
Climate change focus in UNU-LRT excursion
Last week the UNU-LRT fellows went on an excursion to the south and south-eastern part of Iceland. The theme of the trip was climate change and its consequences. The retreat of glaciers for the last century is very vivid in this part of Iceland and the fellows got a comprehensive view of glacial changes in Iceland as an effect of climate change. Those changes were very clear in the visit to Vatnajökull National Park which encompasses Europe’s largest glacier. The trip also gave the fellows an opportunity to link the issues taught in the classroom earlier with real experiences on the ground.
13 August 2014
Annual Visiting Lecturer at the UNU-GTP 2014
The visiting lecturer of UNU-GTP 2014 is the reservoir engineer Dr. Malcolm Grant from New Zealand.
Dr. Grant holds a doctoral degree in applied mathematics from MIT and has been involved in various research and management projects and has worked as a private consultant since 1994. He has been involved in assessment and development of 76 geothermal fields in 14 countries.
Dr. Grant is among the most prestigious scientists in the field of geothermal reservoir engineering and has published many papers in that field. He is the senior author of the widely used textbook Geothermal Reservoir Engineering.
Dr. Grant will give lectures in Víðgelmir, Orkugarður, Grensásvegur 9, on August 25th-29th beginning at 9:00. Each lecture will take approximately one hour plus discussion afterwards.
11 August 2014
Second regional training course on broodstock management, October 10-17
The UNU-FTP will co-sponsor a 2nd Regional Training Course on Broodstock Management in Aquaculture will be conducted from 10-17 October 2014 in Vietnam in cooperation with the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific (NACA), NhaTrang University, and Holar University College.
6 August 2014
UNU-FTP fellows at IIFET Conference
The International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) held its biennial this summer in Brisbane, Australia. As with the last IIFET conference in Dar es Salaam, the UNU-FTP sponsored the participation of a number of former fellows selected by IIFET to present at the conference.
The UNU-FTP extends a special congratulations to Muhamad Suhendar and Fanuel Kapute, who have each received Honorable Mentions from the IIFET for their quality contributions to the conference this year. Fanuel Kaupte has received an honorable mention in the EAFE Best African Student Paper Contest and Mohamad Suhendar for JIFRS-Yamamoto Best Paper on Sustainable Fishing contest.
14 July 2014
Short course IX to be held in Kenya in Nov. 2014
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland, Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd. (KenGen), and Geothermal Development Company (GDC) in Kenya will be hosting “Short Course IX on Exploration for Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria Hotel and at Lake Naivasha Country Club, Naivasha, Kenya, 2-23 November, 2014.