9 October 2010
The first graduation of UNU-LRT fellows
On October 7th the first six fellows graduated since the Land Restoration Training programme became a part of the United Nations
University. The graduated fellows are from Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Niger, and Mongolia. At the graduation ceremony the fellow presented their individual project work which they worked on during the latter part of the
programme.
7 October 2010
UNU-GTP seminar 2010 on geothermal development
The annual seminar on geothermal development with presentations of the UNU Fellow projects will be given in the main lecture room at Orkugardur on Tuesday, October 12th, 2010, starting at
09:30.
Click here for the full programme.
21 September 2010
New group of fellows
The 13th cohort of fellows has arrived in Iceland for the 6 months training programme.
20 September 2010
KenGen Course on Surface Exploration
UNU-GTP has launched a 12 week course on surface exploration in geothermal areas for KenGen of Kenya. The course commenced on September 13 at Lake Naivasha with a two week geology lecture series
taught by Anette K. Mortensen and Bjorn Hardarson of ISOR. Participants are about 40, all of whom are KenGen staff.
The geology course will be followed by a course in geochemistry and in another two weeks; geophysics. After the lecture series the course will conclude with fieldwork and project work.
16 September 2010
Yearbook 2009 available online
The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal
Training in Iceland 2009" which was released last August is now available for downloading on-line under publications.
The yearbook has been sent out to former UNU-GTP Fellows, supervisors, scientific institutions and libraries.
If, for some reason, the book should not reach any of the former Fellows, please be in contact with current contact information and we will send out another copy. Others who do not
receive a book automatically but are interested in a free copy should also be in contact at unugtp@unugtp.is with information of mailing address.
10 September 2010
Reza Shaviklo (fellow 2006) defends his PhD dissertation
On Friday, September 10, Gholam Reza Shaviklo successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the University of Iceland, faculty of food science and nutrition.