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We are pleased to announce that InterPore Foundation for Porous Media Science and Technology (InterPore Foundation) would once again like to offer a number of conference grants to researchers from academic institutions

In case you missed our recent announcement, we’re pleased to remind you of the continuation of the Invited Student Paper Award for its second year! This award honors exceptional student

Achraf Noureddine University of New Mexico, USA Title: The love story between particle porosity and the biomedical field Achraf Noureddine is a junior assistant professor of research at the department of chemical

Sylvie LorenteVillanova University, USA Title: Flow architectures in porous media, designing for efficiency Sylvie Lorente is the William M. Brown ’84, ’87 Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University, PA,

InterPore Election is now underway, and will remain open until 30 November 2024. All current InterPore members are eligible to vote and decide who the next President will be, along

Dwayne Jacksonis the new chair of the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award Sub-Committee. The Award aims to identify and honor outstanding members of the porous media community to disseminate globally cutting-edge research

Professor Alex Hansen from the Center of Excellence PoreLab, Deptartment of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, has joined the Honors and Awards Committee.

The deadline to send in Award Nominations is coming up, on 15 November. Don’t miss your chance! InterPore recognizes young and senior scientists for their contributions in the field of

5-6 December 2024, Edinburgh, UK The Geological Hydrogen Generation Network invites you to their Annual Meeting and Workshop. This event will feature in-person technical presentations and in-depth discussions on natural

Karin SchroenWageningen University, The Netherlands Title: Membrane filtration revisited Karin Schroen is a full professor in food microtechnology at Wageningen University, and in membrane processes for food at Twente University, both

Submission of proposals for Conference Courses at InterPore2025 is now open! Courses will be organized as satellite events of the InterPore Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the following dates: Standard

Registration fees for InterPore2025 have been published. In addition to all the scientific portions of the event, in-person registration will also provide access to networking and social events, a DEI event,

Title: Phase-field modeling for multiphase flow and geomechanical processes Luis Cueto-Felgueroso is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering: Hydraulics, Energy and Environment at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM),

InterPore Elections are coming up, spanning an election period from 1 – 30 November 2024. A new President-Elect, four new Council members and five new members for the Student Affairs

Prof. Ruben Juanes, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024, he continues to present his lectures in universities and organisations all over the

When: 5 December 2024 at 09:00 Where: University of Stavanger, Room KE-E101 Address: Kitty Kiellands hus Rennebergstien, 30 4021 Stavanger. Registration: Link (closes 25 November) Flyer: (Link to pdf)

The V Annual meeting of the Spanish Chapter will take place in Valencia on 18 November 2024 in the Red Cube of the Polytechnic City of Innovation, Technical University of Valencia.

The course is an attempt to present the fundamentals of flow and transport in porous media, motivated by its applications in many fields, including energy, hydrology, geothermal, and, more recently,

Be a leader! Nominate a colleague for an InterPore Award! Call for nominations for the InterPore Awards, the deadline is 15 November! InterPore recognizes young and senior scientists for their contributions

Join us at our free online interactive and participatory workshop on Thursday, 5 December, 10 am – 1 pm on Zoom as we bring together research communities that work across different length scales

Determination of a Pedotransfer Function for Specific Air–Water Interfacial Area in Sandy Soils: A Pore Network-Informed Multigene Genetic Programming Approach Rasoul Mirghafari, Ehsan Nikooee, Amir Raoof, Ghassem Habibagahi Estimating specific

Evolution of Frictional Strength of Dry Sheared Granular Porous Media During Slip-Rate Weakening Sahar Bakhshian, Muhammad Sahimi It is generally believed that earthquakes occur when faults weaken with increasing slip

We are happy to announce the continuation of the Invited Student Paper Award for its second year! This award celebrates exceptional student presentations at the InterPore annual meeting. Eligible students

This is your opportunity to showcase your research and share your insights with the international porous media community. Submissions can be made to a variety of minisymposia across different themes.

Submission of proposals for Conference Courses at InterPore2025 is now open! Courses will be organized as satellite events of the InterPore Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the following dates: Standard

Jennifer McIntoshUniversity of Arizona, USA Title: Evolution of subsurface fluid-rock-microbial systems over geologic timescales Jennifer McIntosh is the Thomas Meixner Endowed Chair, Professor, University Distinguished Scholar, and Associate Department Head of Hydrology

WikiPore is a freely accessible knowledge and an open-collaborative portal on the topic of porous media with unbiased and high-quality contents. It contains knowledge and latest research findings contributed by the

Report from McMaster University Robin Zhao from McMaster University reports that the talk given by Prof. Ruben Juanes, the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024, was extremely well received. Further details

The 4th Biennial Meeting of InterPore Australian Chapter will take place in Sydney from 29 – 31 Jan 2025. This is a joint conference with International Wettability and Porous Media

When: 5 December 2024 at 09:00 Where: University of Stavanger, Room KE-E101Address: Kitty Kiellands hus Rennebergstien, 30 4021 Stavanger. Registration: link (closes 25 November) Flyer: Download the flyer

The 1st Iran InterPore Chapter Meeting took place on 24-25 September 2024, at the School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran. The topics included diverse applications of

Fluid flow and transport through porous materials is ubiquitous in nature and engineering. The pores of rocks in the subsurface hold groundwater reserves and can store hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

The course is an attempt to present the fundamentals of flow and transport in porous media, motivated by its applications in many fields, including energy, hydrology, geothermal, and, more recently,

18-20 June 2025, Bucharest, Romania The 16th International Conference on Thermal Engineering (ICTEA) will be held this year in Bucharest, Romania. The conference will cover a significant number of disciplines

Pore Unit Cell Network Modeling of the Thermal Conductivity Dynamics in Unsaturated Sandy Soils: Unveiling the Role of Spanning-Wetting Phase Cluster Rasoul Mirghafari, Amir Hossein Helforoosh, Ehsan Nikooee, Ghassem Habibagahi,

Hybrid Mixture Theory-Based Modeling of Unsaturated Transport in a Deforming Porous Food Matrix During Frying Yash Shah & Pawan Singh Takhar Food materials present challenging porous media problems as multiphase,

Suitability Mapping for Subsurface Floodwater Storage Schemes Lea Augustin & Thomas Baumann The hydrological conditions imposed by climate change require updated, sustainable measures to manage extreme water events. This study

Challenges and Opportunities for Porous Media Research To Address PFAS Groundwater Contamination Bo Guo and Mark L. Brusseau Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become one of the most important

Abstract submission will open on Monday, 14 October!! Proposals for Conference Courses Submission of proposals for Conference Courses at InterPore2025 is now open! Courses will be organized as satellite events of the

Abbas FiroozabadiRice University, USA Title: Safe and Efficient CO2 Sequestration in Subsurface Aquifers: Viscosity Enhancement, Physics of Displacement, and Numerical Modeling ‌ Professor Abbas Firoozabadi is a Distinguished Research Professor at

InterPore Elections are coming up, spanning an election period from 1 – 30 November 2024. A new President-Elect, four new Council members and five new members for the Student Affairs

We are excited to share the 2023 Annual Report, now available for review. The report highlights the InterPore society’s accomplishments over the past year and showcases the continued growth of our

Registration for the 5th annual meeting of the InterPore Spanish Chapter is open. The meeting will take place in Valencia on 18 November 2024. More information can be found on

April 11th and 12th the BeNeLux InterPore chapter held the Benelux InterPore Chapter meeting for the first time in Luxembourg, and the topic was Porous Media in Computational Biology and Soft Tissue.

The 7th InterPore UK Chapter Conference took place from 9-10 Sep 2024, hosted by the Subsurface Energy Engineering Group in Department of Chemical Engineering in collaboration with the Henry Royce Institute. The

Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025. As the winner of this year’s distinguished award, Prof. Rainer Helmig will be giving one of

Join us for our next free InterPore Academy webinar. ‌ X-ray imaging of flow and transport in rocks: from particle velocimetry to hydrogen-brine dynamics Speaker: Tom Bultreys, Ghent University, Belgium Duration: 1

The course is an attempt to present the fundamentals of flow and transport in porous media, motivated by its applications in many fields, including energy, hydrology, geothermal, and, more recently,

The InterPore Award for Porous Media Research is given to mid-career researchers in recognition of outstanding research in general porous media, with emphasis on research conducted over the past five

Adrian Bejan, Ph.D., the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University in North Carolina, has been named the 2024 recipient of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

A Pore-Scale Study of Fracture Sealing Through Enzymatically-Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP) Method Demonstrates Its Potential for CO2 Storage Management Mohammad Hemayati, Hamed Aghaei, Alireza Daman Shokouh, Ehsan Nikooee, Ali Niazi,

Dynamics of Salt Precipitation at Pore Scale During CO2 Subsurface Storage in Saline Aquifer Lifei Yan, Rustam Niftaliyev, Denis Voskov, Rouhi Farajzadeh This study explores the impact of salt precipitation

Deformation Dynamics of Nanopores Upon Water Imbibition Juan Sanchez, Lars Dammann, Laura Gallardo, Zuoqing Li, Michael Fröba, Robert Meißner, Howard Stone, Patrick Huber Capillarity-driven flows in nanometer-sized pores play a

Wet and Dry Cup Test With Hygroscopic Materials: What Do We Really Measure? Yuliang Zou, Elea Moss, Laurent Brochard, & Philippe Coussot The permeability to vapor is a critical characteristic

Linda LuquotCNRS-Géosciences Montpellier, France Title: Reactive transport processes in porous rock sample: role of local heterogeneities Linda Luquot (CNRS researcher at Geosciences Montpellier) has a Ph.D. in Geosciences after training in physics

The InterPore Foundation is pleased to announce the reorganization of its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Steffen Berg, formerly serving as Chair, will now take on the role of Treasurer, while Andrew

InterPore Elections are coming up from 1 – 30 November 2024! As a reminder, all current InterPore members will be eligible to vote during this period. In the meantime, now

Prof. Ruben Juanes, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024, he continues to present his lectures in universities and organisations all over the

The Iran InterPore Chapter will host the First Iran Conference on Porous Media from 24-25 September 2024. The conference will take place at the School of Mechanical Engineering, College of

Registration for the 5th annual meeting of the InterPore Spanish Chapter is open. The meeting will take place in Valencia on 18 November 2024. More information can be found on

We wish to thank Rien van Genuchten for his time and commitment to InterPore over the past years, joining the Rien van Genuchten Early Career Award For Porous Media Research focusing on a

The InterPore PoreLab Award for Young Researchers is given to a young researcher in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of porous media from a fundamental point of view. The research

Effects of Dynamic Capillarity on the Shear Strength of Sandy Soils During Transient Two-Phase Flow: Insights From Non-Equilibrium Triaxial Simulations Alireza Daman Shokouh, Ehsan Nikooee, Ghassem Habibagahi, S. Majid Hassanizadeh

Submission of proposals for Conference Courses at InterPore2025 is now open! Courses will be organized as satellite events of the InterPore Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the following

Behzad Ghanbarian University of Texas at Arlington, USA Title: Effect of scale on flow and transport properties in porous media Behzad Ghanbarian is an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth and

InterPore Journal’s Volume No. 2 is out. Check out the following original research articles:

The InterPore2027 Call for Bids is now open! The 19th Annual Meeting will be held in the Americas the week of 10 May 2027, and we are looking for a host city!

The International Society for Porous Media (InterPore), a non-profit-making independent scientific organization, is seeking a part-time webmaster to join our team. In this position, you will play a key role in

InterPore Elections are coming up from 1 – 30 November 2024! As a reminder, all current InterPore members will be eligible to vote during this period. In the meantime, now

Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025. As the winner of this year’s distinguished award, Prof. Rainer Helmig will be giving

The 7th Brazil InterPore Chapter Conference on Porous Media was held from 12 – 14 August 2024, at the Casa da Cultura, part of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) in Salinópolis,

Don’t miss your chance to register for our next course in the Study Plan in Porous Media: PORE 2-4 Capillarity in porous media at different scales In this course, a systematic

Call for nominations for the InterPore Awards, the deadline is 15 November! InterPore recognizes young and senior scientists for their contributions in the field of porous media research as a sign

Special Issue Philosophical Transactions A: ‘Induced Seismicity in Coupled Subsurface Systems’ Compiled and edited by Dr. Adriana Paluszny, Dr. Ryan Schultz and Prof. Günter Zimmermann Induced seismicity, or human-caused earthquakes,

Call for Minisymposia Proposals The Program Committee welcomes proposals for new minisymposia (MS) at InterPore2025. MS proposals around the focus theme of “Water” are of special interest. To avoid duplication,

Daniel K. Schwartz University of Colorado Boulder, USA Title: Anomalous Transport in Porous Environments due to Energy Barriers, Self-Propulsion and Dynamic Confinement Dan Schwartz is the Glenn L. Murphy Professor

InterPore Elections are coming up, spanning an election period from 1 – 30 November 2024. With this announcement, we wish to inform the Society members about the details of the

Prof. Ruben Juanes, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024, he continues to present his lectures in universities and organizations all over the

The InterPore2027 Call for Bids is now open! The 19th Annual Meeting will be held in the Americas the week of 10 May 2027, and we are looking for a

Dear InterPore Community, As we approach the end of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere), we’d like to remind you about the opportunity to publish in InterPore Journal: No article processing

29 – 31 Jan 2025, Sydney, Australia The registration for the 4th InterPore Australian Chapter Meeting & 16th International Symposium on Wettability and Porous Media is now open! Register early

The 5th Annual meeting and Porous Media Workshop of the Spanish Chapter will take place in Valencia on 18 November 2024 in the Red Cube of the Polytechnic City of

The second annual meeting and symposium of the West Africa InterPore Chapter (WAIC) was held in virtual format on 27 & 28 July 2024 with the participation of over 20

Call for nominations for the InterPore Awards, the deadline is 15 November! InterPore recognizes young and senior scientists for their contributions in the field of porous media research as a

Emergence of Dissipation and Hysteresis From Interactions Among Reversible, Non-dissipative Units: The Case of Fluid-Fluid Interfaces Holtzman, R., Dentz, M., Moura, M., Chubynsky, M., Planet, R., Ortin, J. Fluid-fluid displacement

The Origin of Surface Tension S. Majid Hassanizadeh How is surface tension related to molecular properties and the molecular description of materials? The explanations provided in much of the literature

Species Richness Net Primary Productivity and the Water Balance Problem Allen G. Hunt, Muhammad Sahimi, Erica A. Newman 19th Century Naturalists von Humboldt, Darwin, and Wallace were struck by the

The list of important dates for InterPore2025 has been published. Mark your calendars accordingly! Call for Minisymposia Proposals The Program Committee welcomes proposals for new minisymposia (MS) at InterPore2025. MS

In anticipation of InterPore2025, we’re introducing the invited speakers in today’s and forthcoming Newsletters and Bulletins. This week: Jeffrey Hyman. Jeffrey Hyman Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Title: The Influence

The InterPore Foundation is rotating the members of the Board of Directors. In order to head towards a 4-year rotation cycle as stated in the bylaws, 3 of the 7

Dear InterPore Community, We hope you’re enjoying your summer holidays! Many researchers use this time to finish up their articles, so why not submit yours to InterPore Journal? As a

The West Africa InterPore Chapter (WAIC) will hold its second Symposium in hybrid format from 27-28 July 2024. This symposium aims to address the pressing challenges associated with clay applications,

The Federal University of Pará (UFPA), in collaboration with the Brazil InterPore Chapter, will hold the 7th edition of the Brazil InterPore Chapter Conference on Porous Media in Salinópolis, Pará,

The 7th Interpore UK Chapter Meeting will take place 9-10 September 2024 at the University of Manchester. The theme will be advances in imaging, characterization, and modelling of porous materials

The Rien van Genuchten Early Career Award is given to an early-career researcher whose focus is the general topic of “porous media research for a green world”. We strongly encourage

Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, working on integrity management of underground gas storage (UGS) invite you to take part in a 10-minute survey on well integrity. The research is

Summer School on CO2 capture, transport, and storage in subsurface 19-23 August 2024, DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark This intensive one-week course aims to give participants a

Research Needs in Porous Media for the Energy Transition Martin J. Blunt, Aimy Bazylak, Michelle Brook, Ann Muggeridge, Franklin M. Orr Jr. The many exciting research challenges involving flow in

Fluid Inertia Controls Mineral Precipitation and Clogging in Pore to Network-Scale Flows Weipeng Yanga, Michael A. Chena,, Sang Hyun Leea, Peter K. Kang Mineral precipitation caused by fluid mixing presents

In anticipation of InterPore2025, we’re introducing the invited speakers in today’s and forthcoming Newsletters and Bulletins. This week: Philippe Coussot Philippe Coussot Université Gustav Eiffel, France Title: Water transport through

Dear InterPore Members, As the InterPore Council, we are excited to introduce a new section in our InterPore newsletter: Council’s Corner. Going forward, one of us will share key takeaways

InterPore Elections are coming up, spanning an election period from 1 – 30 November 2024. We are still accepting nominations of candidates who would like to run for the InterPore

The InterPore2027 Call for Bids is now open! The 19th Annual Meeting will be held in the Americas the week of 10 May 2027 and we are looking for a

The reviews are in and the responses are overwhelmingly very positive! It seems that the vast majority of our participants (91%) were satisfied or very satisfied overall with InterPore2024. Among

Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025. As the winner of this year’s distinguished award, Prof. Rainer Helmig will be giving

The Federal University of Pará (UFPA), in collaboration with the Brazil InterPore Chapter, is proud to announce the 7th edition of the Brazil InterPore Chapter Conference on Porous Media, 7th

26-27 June, online / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany KIT is organizing a hybrid workshop on “Well integrity in relation to underground gas storage” from 2 pm to

Dear InterPore Members and Friends: The 2024 InterPore Annual Conference is now in the books, which is a benchmark for the organization as our first conference in China. From my

Prof. Ruben Juanes, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024. He continues to present his lectures in universities and organisations all over the

The West Africa InterPore Chapter (WAIC) is planning its second symposium in hybrid format from 27-28 July 2024. This symposium aims to address the pressing challenges associated with clay applications,

A long-standing supporter of InterPore, Professor Nima Shokri received the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pin from Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala, the Rector of United Nations University and the Under-Secretary-General of the

18-19 September 2024, Bath, UK Welcome you to the historic and picturesque city of Bath, for the 1st Conference on Engineering Porous Materials at Multiple Scales (EPoMM), which aims to

Asymmetric Aerosol Volume Transmission: A Computational Approach Toward Infection Prevention Efficiency of Face Masks Matthijs de Winter, Frank M. Verhoeven, Lucie Vermeulen, Erwin Duizer, Alvin Bartels, Ana Maria de Roda

The MDPI Student Poster Award is given in recognition of outstanding student poster presentations at the annual InterPore conference. Each year, the Student Awards and Grants Sub-Committee chaired by Professor

InterPore2024 follow-up We hope you enjoyed InterPore2024! Here are answers to some common attendee questions: Can I still use the Whova app to connect with attendees? Yes! Continue using in-app

InterPore Elections are coming up, spanning an election period from 1 – 30 November 2024. With this announcement, we wish to inform the Society members about the details of the

Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025. As the winner of this year’s distinguished award, Prof. Rainer Helmig will be giving

Have you visited our YouTube channel recently? Check out our latest Time Capsule Video featuring Professor Emeritus Dick Bedeaux and Professor Emerita Signe Kjelstrup, interviewed by Professor Alex Hansen. They

The 4th Biennial Meeting of InterPore Australian Chapter will take place in Sydney from 28 Jan – 31 Jan 2025. This is a joint conference with International Wettability and Porous

Mark your calendars! Our next free InterPore Academy webinar will take place on 25 June 2024. Robin Gerlach, Montana State University, will present “Biotechnology, biomineralization and biofilms in porous media.”

A long-standing supporter of InterPore, Professor Martin Blunt has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Society, a very prestigious award! On behalf of the entire InterPore community, congratulations, well

4-7 November 2024, Rotterdam, The Netherlands The Fifth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference and Exhibition (GET 2024)is the premier EAGE’s event highlighting the application of geoscience and engineering skills towards

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has invited the International Science Council to nominate experts to participate in the Scoping Meeting for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report to be

Collaborative consortia comprising, for example, scientists and scientific organizations, policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, communities, or the private sector, working on identifying solutions for complex sustainability challenges, are invited to submit their

Spatiotemporal X-Ray Imaging of Neat and Viscosified CO2 in Displacement of Brine-Saturated Porous Media Boxin Ding, Apostolos Kantzas, Abbas Firoozabadi   Efficiency and safety of CO2 storage in saline aquifers

Oral presenters, who have not yet uploaded their presentations, can do so via this link. Detailed program The detailed program is available to view in Whova. Any changes in the

A long-standing supporter of InterPore, Alberto Guadagnini, Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Vice Rector for Research at the Politecnico di Milano, has been elected to

Prof. Ruben Juanes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024, he continues to present his lectures in universities and organisations all over the world. His

The 7th Interpore UK Chapter Meeting will take place 9-10 September 2024 at the University of Manchester. The theme will be advances in imaging, characterization, and modelling of porous materials

A new special issue for the journal “Advances in Water Resources” is planned and will be accepting papers up until 1 April 2025. This special issue is titled “Phase Change

18-19 September 2024, University of Bath, Bath, UK We welcome you to the historic and picturesque city of Bath, for the 1st Conference on Engineering Porous Materials at Multiple Scales

Poster presenters who have not yet registered must do so prior to this Monday, 29 April. Any presenters who register after this date will not be included in the printed

A long-standing supporter of InterPore, Alberto Guadagnini, Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Vice Rector for Research at the Politecnico di Milano, has received the Henry

Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025. As the winner of this year’s distinguished award, Prof. Rainer Helmig will be giving

The Iran InterPore Chapter will host the first Iran Conference on Porous Mediafrom 24-25 September 2024 at the School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran. The topics

Many thanks to all those who tuned in for this week’s webinar with Catherine Noiriel (University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France) on “Challenging reactive transport modeling from pore scale observations.” It

The ISC Centre for Science Futures’ landmark report “Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI“ offers a comprehensive analysis of the integration of artificial intelligence in science and research across various

The International Science Council and its Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability proudly announce the launch of the Science Missions for Sustainability Global Call. Consortia are invited to submit

Submit your inputs to the UN Scientific and Technological Major Group position paper for the 2024 High-level Political Forum (HLPF) by 10 May. The paper is aimed to deliver concise,

Fingering Instability During Mixing-Driven Precipitation Flow Negar Shahsavar, Xiaojing Fu, Benzhong Zhao We investigate fluid–fluid displacement in a Hele–Shaw cell where two fluids react to form of a precipitate suspension.

There is still time to register for our Conference Courses at InterPore2024! On Sunday, 12 May, Majid Hassanizadeh (Utrecht University) will present a half-day course on the topic of “Capillarity

The purpose of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is to ensure that the InterPore community harnesses the talent and knowledge from the widest possible pool of talent for

Peking University in Beijing is one of the oldest and most important higher education institutions in China with over 48,600 students. It consists of 55 schools and departments, 60 research

The Election Committee leads the bi-annual elections for the Council Members and President of the InterPore Society. They are devoted to a fair, clean and transparent election process, and report

The Groundwater Technical Week 2024 was the result of the joint effort and alliance between three of the country’s main universities, and it was free and open- access for all

Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025. As the winner of this year’s distinguished award, Prof. Rainer Helmig will be giving

17-19 July 2024, Stuttgart, Germany SFB 1313 offers a DuMuX Short Course, organized by its Integrated Research Training Group “Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media IRTG-IMPM”. The course aims at

Conference Courses Don’t miss your chance to register for one of our Conference Courses at InterPore2024, which will take place on 12 May and 17 May. Participation in the conference

InterPore Elections are coming up, spanning an election period from 1 – 30 November 2024. With this announcement, we wish to inform the Society members about the details of the

We are delighted to announce and invite you to the Inaugural Lecture of a very active InterPore member, Professor Vahid Niasar. The lecture is entitled “Beyond Pores: Understanding the Complexities

The wait is almost over! We’re pleased to inform you that the very first issue of InterPore Journal is set to be published online in mid-April. This inaugural edition will

The Iran InterPore Chapter will host the first Iran Conference on Porous Mediafrom 24-25 September 2024. The conference will take place at the School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering,

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

Don’t miss your chance to register for Pore 1-8 “Microfluidics for Flow and Transport in Porous Media” Our next InterPore Academy SP-PM course, Pore 1-8 “Microfluidics for Flow and Transport

InterPore activities are carried out mainly by volunteers. It takes many volunteer working hours to make an international platform like InterPore a success. Recognizing and honoring volunteers sets a standard

Every year, the InterPore National Chapter Award is given in recognition of the many activities organized by a chapter in recent years (in particular during the past one) and of

Early-bird registration deadline for InterPore2024 is today, Friday, 15 March! In order to qualify for the discounted rates, be sure to register now! China’s Visa-Free Policy More countries have been

Hydrological extremes: changing hazards as a result of climate change Speaker: Lindsay Beevers, University of Edinburgh Research Explorer Duration: 1 hour Date/Time: Tuesday, 2 April 2024 – 4-5 pm CEST

Visit the conference website for more information.

The 10th Annual Meeting of the Mexico Chapter of InterPore was held at the Engineering School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico on 7-8 March 2024 and included 22

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that Prof. Rainer Helmig receives the 2025 Kimberley-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award. Prof. Rainer Helmig Prof. Rainer Helmig is the head of

Predicting Ecosystem Net Primary Productivity by Percolation Theory and Optimality Principle Allen G. Hunt, Muhammad Sahimi, Behzad Ghanbarian, and German Poveda The water balance equation divides precipitation at the Earth’s

10-12 July 2024, Bozeman, Montana, USA Center for Biofilm Engineering is pleased to continue its program to encourage the participation of outstanding non-MSU biofilm investigators at its annual Montana Biofilm

17-21 June 2024, Krakow, Poland CCS research groups at the University of Oslo (Norway) and AGH University of Krakow (Poland) invite you to attend their Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 11:00 am–12:00 pm (UTC+01.00: Amsterdam) Professor Lyesse Laloui is the Director of Soil Mechanics Laboratory and the Civil Engineering Section, EPFL, Switzerland. He also is honorary

Abstracts for poster and online presentations are still being accepted and can be submitted at the InterPore2024 website. Registration for InterPore2024 is open! Limited space events are first come, first

While most of you are preparing for InterPore2024, the InterPore office, Program Committee, and the Local Organizing Team at Sandia National Laboratory, chaired by Hongkyu Yoon, are hard at work

Whether or not you attended the 2023 AGU Fall Meeting last December and participated in the session titled “Coupled Flow Processes in Fractured Porous Media Across Scales: Recent Advances in

Prof. Ruben Juanes, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024. InterPore has received more than 35 applications to host Prof. Juanes from universities

The 10th Annual Conference of Mexico Chapter of InterPore will take place in a hybrid format on the 7-8 March 2024. Please see here for more details.

Challenging reactive transport modeling from pore-scale observations Speaker: Catherine Noiriel, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Webpage • LinkedIn • Scholar Duration: 1 hour Date/Time: Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 4-5 pm

InterPore Meritorious Service Medal Dr. Jun Yao School of Petroleum Engineering, China Dr. Jun Yao is a professor at the School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China).

For all ISC Members and their networks: If you are an early-career Principal Investigator currently on parental leave, or will soon be in parental leave, you can apply to the

10-21 June 2024, Cargèse, Corsica, France Linking life-supporting functions of the subsurface across disciplines: The 6th Cargèse summer school will be jointly organized by CNRS, NSF, the university of Rennes

Effect of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Well Placement Prediction in CO2-EOR Projects Using Machine Learning Surrogate Models: Benchmarking of Boosting-Based Algorithms T. Esfandi, S. Sadeghnejad, A. Jafari Carbon capture and storage

For those of you participating in the next InterPore Conference in Qingdao, don’t forget about the Invited Student Paper Award from InterPore Journal. Recipients of this award will be selected

Abstract submission status check Abstracts have been reviewed and notifications have been sent. If you haven’t yet been informed of the status of your submission, please let us know. You

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. He has

The Colombia Chapter is organizing the Groundwater Technical Week. The event will be held in Bogota, Colombia from 18 – 20 March 2024. More info on their website.

The kick-off meeting of the Northeast-Midwest (NEWM) United States InterPore Chapter was held on Monday, 22 January 2024, 1-4 PM EST. The meeting was organized by the chapter’s founding committee

The 10th Annual Conference of Mexico Chapter of InterPore will take place in a hybrid format on 7 and 8 March 2024. Please see here for more details.

InterPore Award for Porous Media Research Prof. Ryan Armstrong University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia Prof. Armstrong has pioneered novel methods for the analysis and interpretation of multiphase flow

Robert Zimmerman and Adriana Paluszny of Imperial College would like to inform the InterPore community of the publication of their new book, Fluid Flow in Fractured Rocks. This book is

Unveiling Moisture Transport Mechanisms in Cellulosic Materials: Vapor vs. Bound Water Y. Zou, B. Maillet, L. Brochard, P. Coussot   Natural textiles, wood, hair, paper, wool, or bio-based walls possess

We have received encouraging news from the InterPore Foundation that already 50% of the financial goal has been met! Please donate to a good cause! Donate now

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

InterPore’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) committee is seeking new members to enhance our geographic diversity. We aim to attain a more comprehensive perspective on the DEI issues affecting our

You can register now for our next Study Plan in Porous Media course, “PORE 1-6: Interfacial chemistry/Geochemistry and reactive transport in porous media.” The course will take place online on

Many thanks to all those who joined this week’s webinar with Vahid Niasar (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester) on “Leveraging Pore-Scale Physics for Enhanced Understanding of Darcy-Scale Multiphase