InterPore Italy Meetings – InterPore Italy Kick-off Meeting

The kick off meeting of the Italian chapter of InterPore was held on September 15th in Bologna. The meeting was organized by Prof. Monica Riva and Dr. Monica Moroni and hosted by Prof. Vittorio Di Federico at the Campus of the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Bologna.

After a welcome address by Vittorio Di Federico, Monica Riva gave an overview of the history and mission of InterPore and of its National Chapters and of the steps already achieved for the formations of the Italian Chapter.

The following invited speakers presented a combination of experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects of forefront and multidisciplinary researches in Italy associated with various processes taking place in porous media:

Prof Pietro Asinari (Politecnico di Torino): Molecular insights in water trasport under nanoconfinement;
Prof. Villiam Bortolotti (Università di Bologna): Magnetic resonance for fluids in porous media (MRPM): a multifaceted tool to characterize porous materials of different natures and applications.

The plenum then unanimously founded the Italian Chapter. A lively discussion on current topics in porous media research and future activities of the Italian Chapter was then initiated. A first primary aim of the Italian Chapter will be to foster the multi- and inter-disciplinary exchange between scientists and experts from academia and research centers, local authorities and industry.

During the kickoff meeting, Monica Riva gave an overview of the history and mission of InterPore and of its National Chapters and of the steps already achieved for the formations of the Italian Chapter.

The following invited speakers presented a combination of experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects of forefront and multidisciplinary researches in Italy associated with various processes taking place in porous media:

Prof Pietro Asinari (Politecnico di Torino): Molecular insights in water trasport under nanoconfinement;
Prof. Villiam Bortolotti (Università di Bologna): Magnetic resonance for fluids in porous media (MRPM): a multifaceted tool to characterize porous materials of different natures and applications.

Monica Riva gives an overview of the hystory and mission of InterPore Pietro Asinari gives a talk on Molecular insights in water transport under nanoconfinement Villiam Bortolotti gives a talk on Magnetic resonance for fluids in porous media

Monica Riva gives an overview of the hystory and mission of InterPore	Pietro Asinari gives a talk on Molecular insights in water transport under nanoconfinement	Villiam Bortolotti gives a talk on Magnetic resonance for fluids in porous media

ACTIVITIES

• Liaison with InterPore and future chapters from other countries.
• Fostering the multi- and inter-disciplinary exchange between scientists and experts from academia and research centers, local authorities and industry
• Offering consultancy and advice to industry, universities and authorities.
• Attracting new members to InterPore.
• Providing input to annual meetings of InterPore.
• Providing input to the InterPore Newsletter.
• Forming a student Chapter.
• Organizing national meetings.

The following scientists were nominated for the Steering Committee:

• Prof. Monica Riva (Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
• Dr. Monica Moroni (Università La Sapienza di Roma, Dept. of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering)
• Prof. Vittorio Di Federico (Università di Bologna, Dept. of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering)
• Prof. Fabio Inzoli (Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Energy )
• Prof. Alberto Guadagnini (Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
• Prof. Nunzio Romano (Università degli studi di Napoli, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences)
• Prof. Luca Formaggia (Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Mathematics)
• Prof Mario Putti (University of Padova, Dept. of Mathematics)
• Prof. Sethi Rajanandrea (Politecnico di Torino, Dept. of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering)
• Prof. Aldo Fiori (Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Dept. of Engineering)

The next meeting of the steering committee will take place in October 2016 and will be focused on the nomination of the chair of the committee and on planning future activities.