MSc theses 2008 available for download

MSc theses by UNU-GTP/UI graduates of 2008, Daher Elmi Houssein, Jaime Jemuel C. Austria, Jr., Sun Caixia, Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi, Clety Kwambai Bore, and Mahnaz Rezvani Khalilabad are now available for download.

The MSc theses were published by the University of Iceland in 2008 following the defences and are currently in press by the UNU-GTP. The theses have been made available for download on the UNU-GTP website.

• UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Daher Elmi Houssein, from Djibouti, defended his MSc thesis from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, on May 5, 2008, at the University of Iceland. 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 Jaime Austria, from the Phillipines, defended his MSc thesis from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, at the University of Iceland, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. 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.
• UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Sun Caixia, from China, defended her MSc thesis from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 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.
• UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi, from Iran, defended his MSc thesis from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 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.
• UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Clety Kwambai Bore, from Kenya, defended his Msc thesis from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, at the University of Iceland on Thursday July 24, 2008. The thesis was entitled "Analysis of management methods and application to maintenance of geothermal power plants". Magnús Thór jónsson and Gudrún A Saevarsdóttir were supervisors on the project.
• UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Mahnaz Rezvani Khalilabad, from Iran, defended her MSc thesis from the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, etitled "Characterization of the Hellisheidi-Threngsli CO₂sequestration target aquifer by tracer testing", on Monday September 29, 2008, at the University of Iceland. The supervisors on the MSc project were Guðni Axelsson and Sigurður R. Gíslason.
  
  
  The UNU-GTP MSc Fellows were financed by fellowship from the government of Iceland through the UNU-GTP.