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Sent on: 03-04-2025


Can’t attend InterPore2025 in person? No problem! You can still submit an abstract for an online presentation and share your research with a worldwide audience of porous media experts—all from the comfort of your home or office.

🔹 Why present online?
Reach an international audience without travel expenses
Engage in scientific discussions from anywhere in the world
Gain valuable exposure and receive feedback on your research
Receive a Certificate of Presentation recognizing your contribution

📅 Abstract submission deadline for online presentations: Sunday, April 20, 2025

📍 Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of InterPore2025—wherever you are!



Join us for a Networking Game Night on Tuesday where students and early-career researchers can connect while enjoying games and local craft beers. This fun, interactive event will feature trivia challenges and conversations about research and career paths. It's the perfect opportunity to expand your academic network and make meaningful connections in a relaxed setting!



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Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025.

After two successful lectures, in Switzerland (in-person) and Mexico (online), Prof. Helmig is now in China for an extensive tour of universities all over the country. He will be in China from March 24th to April 2nd and will visit Tongji University (Shanghai), Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Wuhan), Chongqing University (Chongqing), China University of Petroleum (East China) and Ocean University of China (Qingdao), State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering/Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Peking University (Beijing).





14-16 April 2025, Monastir, Tunisia

We are excited to invite you to the inaugural Maghreb InterPore Conference, a landmark event uniting leading researchers from the Maghreb, Mediterranean, and international communities. This conference provides a unique platform to exchange insights, foster collaborations, and explore the latest advancements in porous media research.



28 March 2025, online

The next webinar from the India National Chapter Webinar Series, titled „Hydrological Modeling and Simulation for Watershed Management“ by Prof. Sekhar Muddu, will take place on 28 March 2025 at 2:30 pm. 

Join us via Google Meet here -- we look forward to your participation!


Please join us for one of our upcoming Academy Webinars!



Join us on May 6th at 16:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) as Benzhong (Robin) Zhao, an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University, presents a webinar on the topic of "Wettability Control of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media".




C. Spurin, C. Callas, N. Darraj, M. Rücker & S. Benson

In this commentary we explore the importance and challenges associated with multi-scale heterogeneity for geological storage. We highlight the wide range of heterogeneity observed by researchers and discuss its impact on flow and trapping. We discuss different methods for accounting for these small-scale heterogeneities without modelling them directly at the field scale and showcase interesting avenues for future research.



Wen Luo, Joaquín Liaudat, Josselin Ouf, Anne-Catherine Dieudonné, Florian Amann, Philip J. Vardon

A method to simulate fracturing processes under geothermal conditions using the cohesive zone model is developed. A zero-thickness and three-node interface element is presented to represent the possible discontinuities. The cubic law is used to update the fracture transmissivity as a function of its aperture, while a elasto-damage law to characterise the mechanical response of the discontinuity. The method is verified against analytical solutions and validate against experimental data on cold water injection into rock samples, in which we demonstrate the insertion of interface elements in-between all continuum elements to provide arbitrary potential paths for new fractures induced by thermo-hydro-mechanical processes.



Correction

In the newsletter edition sent on 14 March 2025, InterPore2025 Invited Speaker Linda Abriola’s affiliation was unfortunately erroneously published as Tufts University. In fact, she has been affiliated with Brown University since January 2021. We apologize for this error.