7 June 2012
Former UNU-FTP fellow completes MSc studies at the University of Akureyri
We are very pleased to announce that Murad Mufty, a UNU-FTP fellow in the 2008 cohort, has just completed his graduate studies at the University of Akureyri.
6 June 2012
Kenyan PS for Fisheries Development visits Iceland
The UNU-FTP was honored recently to play host to the Kenyan Permanent Secretary for Fisheries Development on a trip to Iceland.
14 May 2012
MSc defence by Huang Jiachao
On Tuesday the 15th of May at 14:00 in room 131 in Askja at the University of Iceland, Huang Jiachao will defend his MSc thesis, titled: "Assessment and management of sedimentary geothermal resources".
Jiachao's supervisor is Guðni Axelsson, head of geophysics and reservoir physics at ISOR (Iceland GeoSurvey).
The external examiner is Páll Jónsson physicist at ISOR.
3 May 2012
China’s premier, Wen Jiabao, meets with UNU-GTP fellows in Iceland
His excellency, Wen Jiabao, the Premier of the State Council of the People‘s Republic of China, came to Iceland on a two-day official visit on 20-21 April. The Premier met with the Icelandic Prime Minister, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, and he also visited the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. The Premier visited various interesting geological sites during his stay in Iceland, but he himself has a degree in geology from the China University of Geoscience. Seventy eight scientists and engineers from China have received specialized training at the UNU-GTP in Iceland. Several of them are among the leading geothermal experts in China.
24 April 2012
Fellows visit SCSI headquarters
Last week the 2012 UNU-LRT fellows visited the headquarters of the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland (SCSI) in Gunnarsholt. The fellows were told about the history of SCSI and shown some of the facilities at the headquarters.
14 April 2012
New group of UNU-LRT fellows
Fellows attending this year’s six-month training programme have arrived. This is the third group of fellows attending the six-month training since the Land Restoration Training programme became a UNU programme in 2010.