Geoffrey Sean Gilpin, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis: "The environmental life cycle assessment of selected 1st through 3rd generation biofuels within the context of sustainable development", on 10 November 2016.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Livsløpsvurdering av utvalgte første til tredje generasjons biodrivstoff i kontekst til bærekraftig utvikling"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Long term pathways for sustainable development within transport sector – do biofuels still have a role in 2066 (fifty years from now)?"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Thursday 10 November 2016 in Urbygningen, Festsalen U215, Ole Sverres plass 1, Ås
11:00 Trial lecture
13:00 Public defence
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Margareta Wihersaari, Åbo Akademi, Finland
Second opponent: Professor Pål Börjesson, Lunds universitet, Sweden
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Jorge Mario Marchetti, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Petter Hieronymus Heyerdahl, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Professor Erling Holden, Sogn og Fjordane University College
Co-supervisor: Adjunct Professor Ole Jørgen Hanssen, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, NMBU and Østfoldforskning
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2016:38, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1365-8.