BUCHAREST, October 10 - Our second year ISE students recently had an opportunity to visit Romania as part of a special class through the "Innovative Teaching Methods for Tomorrows' Renewable Specialists" (ITRES) EEA program. This program was launched on October 1st, 2020, as a joint effort between the Iceland School of Energy at Reykjavik University and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Bucharest.

REYKJAVIK, October 14 - MSc in Sustainable Energy candidate, John Joseph Lubuva, successfully defended his master's thesis where he performed a thermo-economic optimization of slim well power cycles with a case study at the Ngozi Geothermal Project in Tanzania. John's work was supervised by Dr. Guðrún Arnbjörg Sævarsdóttir from Reykjavik University and Dr. Vijay Chauhan from Reykjavik University with examination by Dr. María S. Guðjónsdóttir from Reykjavik University.

REYKJAVIK, October 11 - MSc in Sustainable Energy candidate, Kendall Alexis Cromartie, successfully defended her master's thesis where she assessed the potential for renewable energy systems in remote arctic communities as a means of reducing regional diesel fuel dependence. Kendall's work was supervised by R. Morgan Greene from Reykjavik University with examination by Dr. Snjólaug Árnadóttir from Reykjavik University.

REYKJAVIK, June 4 - MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering candidate, Tenley Propst, successfully defended her master's thesis where she performed an analysis and comparison of energy consumption and energy simulation of the Rimaskóli Primary School. Tenley's work was supervised by Dr. Jónas Þór Snæbjörnsson from Reykjavik University and Dr. Þórhildur Fjóla Kristjánsdóttir from Green Building Council Iceland. With examination by Dr. Björn Marteinsson from University of Iceland.

REYKJAVIK, June 4 - MSc in Sustainable Energy candidate, Kristján Valur Vilbergsson, successfully defended his master's thesis where he performed a comparative life cycle assessment of hydrogen production via electrolysis in Austria and Iceland. Kristján's work was supervised by Dr. Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson from Reykjavik University and Dr. David C. Finger from Reykjavik University and Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz. With examination by Alexandra Kjeld from EFLA Consulting Engineers.