UNU Fellows 2011

Back row left: Vincent Kipkirui Koech (Kenya), Raymond M. Mwakirani (Kenya), Alae-Eddine Barkaoui (Morocco), Carlos Alfonso Miranda Herrera (Mexico), Victor Manuel Aviles Jovel (El Salvador), P.S. Mangala S. Wijetilake (Sri Lanka), Philip Jack M. Kiruja(Kenya),Urbanus Kioko Mbithi (Kenya), Jean Nepo Namugize (Rwanda), Havidh Nazif (Indonesia).

Mid row left: Ngereja Myabi Mgejwa (Tanzania), Nazrul Islam Syed (Bangladesh), Nyamtsetseg Ivanov(Mongolia), Liu Junrong (China), Mariela A. Aráuz Torres (Nicaragua), Irma Khoirunissa (Indonesia), Jeremiah K. Kipngok (Kenya), Janet Jelegat Suwai (Kenya), Anna Wairimu Mwangi (Kenya), Convine Omondi Nyamweya (Kenya), Md. Ali Akbar (Bangladesh).

Front row left: Edwin E. Melara Escamilla (El Salvador), Abdullah Kosari Torbehbar (Iran), Melania Damas Maqway (Tanzania),Wilmer Alexander Henriquez Banegas (Honduras), Cui Yu (China), Isa Lugaizi (Uganda), Sichei C. Chemwotei (Kenya), Ruan Chuanxia (China), Diego A. Badilla Elizondo (Costa Rica).

The photo was taken by Ystihver, the largest hot spring of the Hveravellir geothermal field in NE-Iceland, July 2011

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Sorted alphabetically by line of specialization:


Borehole Geology
Convine Omondi Nyamweya KENYA Institution: GDC - Geothermal Development Company		Ngereja Myabi Mgejwa TANZANIA Institution: Ministry of Energy and Minerals

Isa Lugaizi UGANDA Institution: Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Department of Geological Survey and Mines

Chemistry of Thermal Fluids
Edwin E. Melara Escamilla EL SALVADOR Institution: LaGeo S.A. de C.V.		Abdullah Kosari Torbehbar (Payam) IRAN Institution: SUNA - Renewable Energy Organization of Iran, Geothermal Division

Jeremiah K. Kipngok KENYA Institution: GDC - Geothermal Development Company

Drilling Technology
Sichei C. Chemwotei KENYA Institution: KenGen - Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd.

Environmental Studies
Irma Khoirunissa INDONESIA Institution: PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy		Mariela A. Aráuz Torres NICARAGUA Institution: Ministry of Energy and Mines

Jean Nepo Namugize RWANDA Institution: Ministry of Infrastructure		Melania Damas Maqway TANZANIA Institution: Geological Survey of Tanzania

Geophysical Exploration
Diego A. Badilla Elizondo COSTA RICA Institution: ICE - Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad		Anna Wairimu Mwangi KENYA Institution: KenGen - Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd.

Raymond M. Mwakirani KENYA Institution: GDC - Geothermal Development Company		Alae-Eddine Barkaoui MOROCCO Institution: University Mohammed 1st Oujda, Laboratory of Mineral Deposits, Hydrogeology and Environment

Geothermal Utilization
Victor Manuel Aviles Jovel EL SALVADOR Institution: LaGeo S.A. de C.V.		Wilmer A. Henriquez Banegas HONDURAS Institution: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Havidh Nazif INDONESIA Institution: MEMR - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources		Philip Jack M. Kiruja KENYA Institution: GDC - Geothermal Development Company

Carlos A. Miranda Herrera MEXICO Institution: CFE - Comisión Federal de Electricidad		Nyamtsetseg Ivanov MONGOLIA Institution: NREC - National Renewable Energy Centre, Research and Project Division

Reservoir Engineering
Md. Ali Akbar BANGLADESH Institution: Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources		Nazrul Islam Syed BANGLADESH Institution: Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources

Cui Yu \|崔瑜 CHINA Institution: Beijing Bureau of Geology, Mineral Exploration and Development		Liu Junrong \| 刘均荣 CHINA Institution: China University of Petroleum

Ruan Chuanxia \| 阮传侠 CHINA Institution: Tianjin Institute of Geothermal Exploration, Development and Design		Janet Jelegat Suwai KENYA Institution: GDC - Geothermal Development Company

Urbanus Kioko Mbithi KENYA Institution: KenGen - Kenya Electricity and Lighting Company Ltd.		Vincent Kipkirui Koech KENYA Institution: KenGen - Kenya Electricity and Lighting Company Ltd.

P.S. Mangala S. Wijetilake SRI LANKA Institution: Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority