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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.

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.

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

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. Publications

The 30th annual session of the UNU-GTP opened on 16th April 2008. This year 22 UNU Fellows participate in the six month specialized courses. They come from China 5, Costa Rica 1, Djibouti 1, El Salvador 2, Eritrea 1, Ethiopia 1, Indonesia 2, Jordan 1, Kenya 1, Mexico 1, Nicaragua 1, Rwanda 1, Tanzania 1, Uganda 1, and Yemen 2. They will be trained in: Geothermal Utilization 7, Chemistry of Thermal Fluids 3, Environmental Studies 3, Reservoir Engineering 3, Geological Exploration 3, Borehole Geophysics 2, and Drilling Technology 1.

United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland, the Tianjin Bureau of Land Resources and Real Estate Management (TBLRREM), and the Tianjin Bureau of Geology and Minerals Exploration and Development (TBGMED) will be hosting "Workshop for Decision Makers on Direct Heating Use of Geothermal Resources in Asia", to be held at the Renaissance Tianjin TEDA Hotel, Tianjin, China, 11-18 May, 2008.