Dear InterPore colleagues,

My eldest son wondered whether my job would be very boring, sitting behind a computer screen all day. Well, I replied, today I only had meetings, from 09.00 to 17.30 back-to-back, so, I didn’t sit behind a computer screen (except for Teams from hybrid meetings, of course). Neither of us could decide whether I had a better day than normal…

Well, I finished the day with the ever-rewarding compiling of the Newsletter. Yes, back to the desk, but not for nothing. From a new InterPore team member (welcome!), to Chapter News, from many many job opportunities to a call from the ISC, from courses to the special issue of the InterPore Journal.

And if you fancy any of this, please let us know through our social channels!

All the best,

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

While the deadline for submitting an abstract for in-person oral presentations has passed, abstract submission for poster and online presentations remains open.

Abstracts for poster and online presentations can still be submitted at the InterPore2024 website.

SUBMIT

Donate for fellow scientists

Dear fellow InterPore community member,

Happy New Year!

The abstract submission for talks at InterPore2024 has now been wrapped up, the conference is fast approaching, and our fundraising campaign for conference grants is also entering its final stretch.

Help us get closer to our goal of funding at least six travel grants (3000 € in total).

So far, the generous donations of a handful of us (550 €) allows the funding of one single grant, but we know this community can do significantly more.

Before getting back to your busy beginning of 2024, consider helping your fellow scientists from countries with economic difficulties. It takes only two minutes!

Even a small donation from every member of InterPore would allow us to exceed our goal.

DONATE

Diversity, even more so in a period of international turmoil, is an invaluable asset. Help us make InterPore2024 an incredible opportunity for everyone.

Best regards,
InterPore Foundation board

Invited speaker

In anticipation of InterPore2024, we’re introducing the invited speakers in today’s and forthcoming Newsletters and Bulletins. This week: Ivan Lunati

Ivan Lunati
Empa, Switzerland

Title: Inertia, non-equilibrium, and momentum conservation in porous media

Bio: Ivan Lunati is a physicist with interests that span theory, scientific computing, and experiments. In 2020, he joined Empa, where he is currently the Head of the Laboratory for Computational Engineering. His current research is intrinsically interdisciplinary and embraces, in addition to porous media, atomistic simulations, artificial intelligence, electro-optical diagnostic, network science, epidemiology, and virus transport.

Abstract: Theoretical and computational models of flow through porous media typically ignore inertial effects and use Darcy’s law (and extensions thereof) to approximate momentum balance. This contrasts with experimental observations of rapid fluid movement in the pore space, such as Haines jumps. We review the role of local inertial effects in shaping the morphology of invading fluid fronts, paying particular attention to… read more

New Exhibitor

The InterPore2024 team is excited to have Math2Market join us again as an exhibitor at the upcoming conference! Whether you’ll be joining us in Qingdao or remotely from home, be sure to visit their booth to learn about their products and services.

And now… Qingdao!

InterPore2024 will be in Qingdao. Described as a city of “red tiles, green trees, blue sky, and blue sea.” Qingdao has a lot of things to offer with respect to science, science history and porous media. This week: PLA Navy Museum

The PLA Navy Museum is a military museum reflecting the development of the Chinese Navy. The collection of the PLA Navy Museum mainly consists of important cultural relics and historical materials of the Navy in various historical periods, including the Soviet Navy officer’s sword, the first submarine-to-surface missile developed by China, the first nuclear submarine “Long March 1” decommissioned in China, etc.

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New Chair of the Communications Committee

We are pleased to announce that Ipsita Gupta (Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, USA) has taken over as chair of the Communications Committee. The former chair, Alberto Guadagnini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), will continue to support InterPore through the 2025 Program Committee.

We thank Alberto for his dedication to promoting InterPore across a wide range of communication channels. We are grateful to have Ipsita building upon these efforts to ensure broad awareness and engagement of InterPore activities moving forward.

Repository for Open Calls for Research Projects

InterPore wants to set up a repository for open calls for national and international research projects related to the understanding, description, and modeling of natural and industrial porous media systems.

Please send information on such open calls including details on main research topics, target countries, budget, and duration to Costanza Aricò.

The information received will be published on the InterPore website. Stay tuned for more details in the upcoming editions of the newsletter.

Renew Your InterPore Membership Today!

Happy New Year and thank you to all our members for your continued support of InterPore. If you have not already, renew your membership for 2024 to expand your professional network and stay up to date on the latest news and events. As a reminder, InterPore members are eligible for a variety of exclusive benefits including:

• Significantly reduced registration fee at InterPore events
• Discounted access to partner publications
• Recognition of top scientists through prestigious awards
• Ability to promote publications and job postings through the InterPore website and newsletter
• And many more

To renew your membership, follow this link to the member sign-in page to log into your account and begin the process. For any help or additional information, please reach out to us by email.

Thank you, and we look forward to welcoming you at one of our events soon.

InterPore’s Social Media Accounts

Dear InterPore community members,

Stay connected with us and be part of our vibrant community on social media! Follow us on our official pages for the latest updates, discussions, and exclusive content.

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Finally, don’t forget our WeChat account, accessible by either scanning the QR code or searching for “InterPore” on WeChat.

We invite you to follow, engage, and interact with us on these platforms. Share your thoughts, insights, and any relevant content you’d like to showcase. Our community thrives on your participation.

We value your feedback! Tell us how we can enhance our social media presence and the content we share.

Thank you for being an essential part of our community. Let’s build a stronger connection together!

Best Regards,
The Social Media Team

Announcing the InterPore – AGU Hydrology Section partnership

InterPore is happy to announce a new partnership with the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Hydrology Section!

The AGU hydrology section has over 6,000 members and is composed of 12 technical committees, a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee, and a Student Committee (H3S). The section is the home of the journal Water Resources Research, and organizes a bi-annual meeting “WaterSciCon”, which in 2024 will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA from 24-27 June. Abstract submissions due by 24 January! The Section is engaged in many initiatives, key among them is year are:

1. The Hydrology Micro Video Project: A collection of peer-reviewed educational videos spanning the breadth of global water.

2. The Hydrology section’s “Bridges to the Future” celebrates the pillars of our discipline and funds student grants.

3. Water Resources Research “WRR Translations.” This new collection under the WRR umbrella is dedicated to introducing practicable applications of novel scientific findings in hydrological science.

News from InterPore Journal

As we delve into the new year, we wish to draw your attention to our planned Special Issue, titled “Coupled Flow Processes in Fractured Porous Media Across Scales: Recent Advances in Experimental and Modeling Efforts.” This special issue corresponds with the Session of the same title scheduled for the 2023 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2023. Whether or not you participated in this AGU session, you have the opportunity to submit your research to this Special Issue until 01 September this year. Detailed information can be found here.

Any article submitted by 30 September of this year, if accepted, will be exempt from publication charges, regardless of the subsequent publication date.

For those attending the upcoming InterPore Conference, we have an exciting surprise in store—a printed first edition of the InterPore Journal. In the forthcoming weeks, we will unveil the initial papers slated for this edition.

Kimberly-Clark Lectureship: Applications Still Possible

Prof. Ruben Juanes, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024.

InterPore has received more than 30 applications to host Prof. Juanes, some of the requests have already been approved and scheduled, and many others are being planned. The first lecture of the year will be presented at the InterPore Northeast- Midwest US Chapter Kick-off Meeting (online) on 22 January. For more information, please check out this flyer.

The deadline for requests to host Prof. Juanes was 31 December 2023. It is still possible to submit a request, under the understanding that it may or may not be accepted and/or honored, depending on Prof. Juanes scheduling availability. To request the presentation, please download and fill out the application form and send it to Sandra Bartsch.

Chapter News

Northeast-Midwest US Chapter kick-off meeting

The Northeast-Midwest US InterPore Chapter kick-off meeting will be held virtually on Monday, 22 January 2024, 1-4 PM EST, featuring two distinguished speakers: Prof. Ruben Juanes (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Prof. David Cole (Ohio State University).

Register Here

BeNeLux Chapter

Free registration is open now for the sixth InterPore BeNeLux Chapter Meeting

The meeting will be held at Luxembourg University (2 avenue de la Fonte L-4364 Esch sur Alzette) on 11-12 April 2024.

Click here to learn more about the scope of the event and visit the event page to register

Call for Expressions of Interest in ISC Global Science-policy Work

The ISC is looking forward to an exciting year, with numerous opportunities for Members to contribute to critical global science-policy work in the multilateral space, including United Nations (UN) processes. The ISC secretariat has identified 20 priority topics on which the ISC will be called upon to provide authoritative inputs in 2024, which will be critical for the success of events such as the Summit of the Future, the High-Level Political Forum, and the International Conference on Small Island Developing States. Please see the full list of topics here. We encourage all who are willing and able to contribute their expertise to one of these topics to add their name by completing the online form here by 29 February.

InterPore is a member of ISC.

GeoDict Innovation Conference 2024

6-7 February 2024, Congress Center Ramstein, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany

Math2Market is excited to invite you to their GeoDict Innovation Conference 2024, a new concept of the long-established GeoDict User Meeting. This new concept is focused on tailored, specific digital workflows, to help you in shaping the future of material analysis, design, and development.

For more details and the preliminary program, please visit the website.

The conference is free of charge but requires registration. Claim your seat now! Register here.

For those unable to attend in person, we are offering a livestream of the event to ensure that everyone can participate, no matter where they are.

Humboldt Postdoc Fellowship in Magdeburg

The scouting program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offers the opportunity of postdoctoral fellowships to excellent candidates in the lab of a nominating scout without undergoing the usually time-consuming application procedure. Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas is such a “scout” and looking for an adequate candidate for a research stay of up to two years with his group in Magdeburg, Germany. The group works on chemical engineering applications of porous media and would like to preferentially support in the frame of this activity young female scientists from any country or young scientists from developing countries. However, qualified and motivated candidates of any background should not hesitate to contact us. For more details, please look at the website, or email Evangelos Tsotsas.

InterPore Members, do you want to promote your publication to the community? If so, please submit your highlight to newsletter@InterPore.org. Note that we will not review the entries nor does InterPore endorse the published work. Furthermore, we publish on a “submitted first, published first” basis. The highlighted publication should be no older than 6 months (available online).

The highlight should be short (500 characters) and contain an illustration. Please note that we offer this opportunity exclusively to InterPore members. If you would like to become a member, please have a look here.

PhD

• PhD on Image-based mesoscale modeling of concrete submitted to high temperature. Institute of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of Bordeaux (I2M), France
• PhD on Multiphase modeling of vascularized tissues. Institute of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of Bordeaux (I2M), France
• PhD Position Reservoir Simulations of Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) in Depleted Hydrocarbon Fields. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TUDelft, Delft, the Netherlands
• PhD Position Improved Seismic Monitoring of Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) in Depleted Hydrocarbon Fields. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TUDelft, Delft, the Netherlands

Post-doc

• PhD student or Postdoctoral scholar on Multi-scale modeling of particle transport including diffusiophoresis in porous media for groundwater remediation. Institute of Earth Sciences of Orléans, France
• Post-doctoral on the Study of the H2 potential of the North American intracratonic zone. DMEX UAR 3360 at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (Pau) and IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil- Malmaison and Lyon), France
• Post-doctoral on Novel approach for in-situ Lithium recovery – a case study using time-resolved X-ray tomography. Centre for X-ray Imaging, Pau, France
• Postdoc H2Screen: Screening Tools for Ranking Depleted Gas Reservoirs for Underground Hydrogen Storage. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TUDelft, Delft, the Netherlands

(Assistant/associate) Prof

• Assistant Professor in the “Porous Media team” at the Institute of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of Bordeaux (I2M), France

Other

• Research Associate on Enabling CO2 storage using Artificial Intelligence. The Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt university (HWU), Edinburgh, Scotland

If you have a job opening in your institute and would like to promote it internationally, please send the description and weblink or PDF to newsletter@interpore.org, and we’ll be happy to add it to the list. It is also possible to post the position on the InterPore website. Log in through MyInterPore and click “Submit A Job Opening.”