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Published Sep. 25, 2026 5:39 PM

PhD candidate Abdul Ghafoor Nizamani is approaching the completion of his doctoral work. The dissertation is titled “Green Sponge Buildings: Enhancing Stormwater Management Through Green Walls Technology.”
 

In line with the regulations for HiØ’s PhD program (HERE), there will be 90% seminar on 27 October 2026 from 13:00 to 15:00 in room H232 on the Fredrikstad campus.
 
The seminar is compulsory and is intended to give the candidate the opportunity to present and discuss his own scientific work. The thesis will be discussed by an external peer reviewer (Professor Mina Di Marino from NMBU) and the candidate. The principal supervisor (Associate Professor Geir Torgersen) will chair this discussion. Other PhD candidates, managers, and colleagues are especially invited to attend the session. To get an overview of how many wish to attend the seminar, we ask that you register via the online form HERE by Friday 23 October.

Published May 6, 2025 1:44 PM

PhD-candidate Abdul Ghafoor Nizamani holds his mid-term seminar on teams Tuesday May 13th. The seminar consists of an Open and Closed session. The Open session will take place betw. 12.00 and 13.15. If you want to join this on teams, please click here .

Here the candidate will present his work so far and receive input from an internal evaluation committee. The committee members are Geir Afdal and Susana Garcia Sanfélix from HiØ. The main supervisor is Geir Torgersen, HiØ and co-supervisor is Petra Thorpert from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

 

Published May 6, 2025 11:34 AM

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, Mostafa Aliyari defended his PhD degree! We would like to congratulate you on a well-executed defense!

Read more in the LinkedIn article HERE