30 June 2008
Short Course III on Exploration for Geothermal Resources
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) will be hosting “Short Course III on Exploration for
Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria Hotel and Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, 24 October - 18 November, 2008.
Announcement
30 June 2008
Short course on Geothermal Project Management and Development
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development – Department of
Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) will be hosting „Short Course on Geothermal Project Management and Development“ to be held on November 20-22, 2008, at the Imperial Botanical Beach
Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda. The short course is scheduled prior and in connection to the ARGeo C-2 Conference to be held on November 24-28, 2008 in Entebbe.
Announcement
26 June 2008
MSc defence by Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi, from Iran, defended his MSc thesis 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. The external examiner was Páll Valdimarsson.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Jaime Austria
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Jaime Austria, from the Phillipines, defended his MSc thesis at the University of Iceland, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 13:00-14:00. 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.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Daher Elmi Houssein
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.
27 May 2008
MSc defence by Sun Caixia
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.