Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland sent the following announcement to students and staff today:
"Dear students and colleagues,
The fourth working week of the assembly ban is now drawing to a close and thanks to your sterling efforts, we have succeeded not only in keeping the University operational, but also maintaining the quality of our study programmes.
The lecture will be streamed live: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69941724180?pwd=a3FTUDlFblhzZ04zWnJXU0U5NHIxZz09
Master's student: Yingying Xing
Title: Chinese tourists in Iceland: Motivation and satisfaction
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Faculty: Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Advisor: Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir, Professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Other member of the Masters Committee: Edda Ruth Hlín Waage, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Examiner: Þorleifur Þór Jónsson, Specialist at Íslandsstofa
Abstract
The lecture will be streamed: https://zoom.us/s/62812944531
Master's student: Elvar Helgason
Title: Software Engineering Practices in Early Stages of Icelandic Software Startups
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Faculty: Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Advisors: Helmut Neukirchen and Matthias Book, both Professors at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Examiner: Mohammad Hamdaqa, Assistant Professor at Reykjavík University
Abstract
The lecture will be streamed live: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/66742667110?pwd=eWp4TElPdDk5dFhGaWx5ZkJBYzh5dz09
Master's student: Xuyang Jin
Title: Heat storage in rock and soil in permafrost conditions
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Faculty: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Bjarni Bessason, Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Other members of the masters committee: Arne Aalberg, Professor at the University Centre in Svalbard and Aleksey Shestov, Associate Professor at the University Centre in Svalbard
Examiner: Halldór Pálsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
The lecture will be streamed: https://zoom.us/j/6457557654?pwd=UmlISmZ4c1g5TUErSTNyYkEzUVdPUT09
Master's student: Emma Njeru
Title: Urban Form and Subjective Well-Being in the Reykjavík Capital Region: The Impact of the Built, and Social Environment on Individual Life satisfaction, Domain satisfaction, and Social Well-Being
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Faculty: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Jukka Heinonen, Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Also in the masters committee: Michal Czepkiewicz, Post Doc at the Engineering Research Institute and Áróra Árnadóttir, Doctoral student in Environmental Studies
Master's student: Rebecca Anne Jones
Title: The design of slushflow barriers: CFD simulations
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Faculty: Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Advisor: Halldór Pálsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Also in the masters committee: Ásdís Helgadóttir, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Examiner: Vigfús Arnar Jósefsson, Mechanical Engineer at Verkís
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Master's student: Rajan Dhakal
Title: System identification and seismic analysis of residential RC building in Kathmandu, Nepal
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Faculty: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Rajesh Rupakhety, Professor
Other member of the masters committee: Said Elias Rahimi, Post Doc at the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, University of Iceland
Examiner: Sigurbjörn Bárðarson, Engieneer at Norconsult ehf
Abstract
Master's student: Sindri Snær Rúnarsson
Title: A first stage engineering design of a grow-out rearing facility for Sæbýli ehf
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Faculty: Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Advisor: Rúnar Unnþórsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Also in the masters committee: Guðmundur Valur Oddsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Examiner: Ari Jónasson,Engineer at Rio Tinto
Abstract
Master's student: Gunes Gurel
Title: Adaptive Laboratory Evolution of Escherichia coli MG1655 WT and tolC Knock-out towards Bile Acid and Antibiotic Resistance
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Faculty: Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Advisor: Sigurður Brynjólfsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Also in the masters committee: Morten Otto Alexander Sommer and Felipe Gonzalo Tueros Farfan
Examiner: Ólafur Eysteinn Sigurjónsson, Professor at Reykavík University
Abstract
Valgerður S Bjarnadóttir defends her doctoral thesis, from the Faculty of Education and Pedagogy, University of Iceland:
The Complexities of Student Influence in Upper Secondary Schools in Iceland:
Pedagogic Practice and Subject Hierarchies
The current national curriculum for upper secondary education in Iceland frames student influence more explicitly than before. However, the current power structures within the upper secondary school, some of which are strongly related to traditional subject hierarchies, only vaguely support student influence through their pedagogic practice. In four separate articles, this study gives insight into students’ and teachers’ perspectives, reflecting the complexities of student influence in the school setting. Bernstein’s theory on pedagogic codes informed the study.