Young Researcher of the Year
PhD student in engineering at RU receives an award
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Meet and greet for new students
A meet and greet was held for new students at Reykjavik University last week. Teachers and staff from each department gave a talk to their students and staff from the library, students counseling and international office introduced their service. New students were also offered a tour around the building.
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Young innovators compete in RU
Innovators from 10-12 years old. The competition is held in collaboration with RU, the University of Iceland, and other partners. The competition's main goal is to harness children's creativity and strengthen innovative work in primary schools. Preparation starts in the fall and ends with a workshop where finalists further implement their ideas with the help of instructors from RU, HÍ, and more.
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Young researcher of the year
Albert Alonso-Villar, a PhD student in engineering at Reykjavik University, recently received the Transport Forum's (ITF) 2024 Young Researcher of the Year Award for his research on the effects of cold climates on heavy-duty vehicles powered by batteries.
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Reykjavik University graduates candidates at a ceremony in Eldborg Harpa on Saturday, June 22, 2024
Students from the School of Technology will graduate at 11:00 a.m. and students from the School of Social Sciences at 2:00 p.m.
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Department of Psychology
Has a strong track record in research and its impact is global, as can be seen with the Youth in Europe project, focusing on substance abuse prevention.
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Department of Sport Science
Areas of research are physical education, coaching techniques, and gender and sport, for example.
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Department of Applied Engineering
Teachers integrate professional teamwork in courses and students complete a wide array of projects that they design, build, and test themselves.
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Department of Business
Research areas include management, innovation, behaviour analysis and clinical psychology.
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Department of Computer Science
Research areas include AI, databases, natural language processing, user interfaces and theoretical computer science.
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Department of Engineering
Research in renewable energy, biomedical engineering, project management and decision analysis, and more.
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Department of Law
Research areas include tort, international, and EU/EEA law, constitutional law and history, comparative constitutional law, and human rights law.
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