Welcome to InterPore
InterPore, the International Society for Porous Media, is a non-profit independent scientific organization established in 2008. We are a young and quickly growing community with members from academia and industry world-wide. Our general aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge for understanding, describing, and modelling natural and industrial porous media systems.
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InterPore2024: Conference Courses & Student Poster Award
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 courses is in-person only (online participation is not possible.) If you are interested in registering for one of these courses, you may do so in
March 29, 2024InterPore Elections 2024: Call for Nominations
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 election procedure. Who will be elected: One President-Elect, four Council members and four members of the Student Affairs Committee (SAC). Who is conducting the elections:
March 29, 2024Inaugural Lecture Vahid Niasar
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 of Porous Media Phenomena in their Applications” and will be held on 30 April 2024 at 3-4 pm at the University of Manchester, UK. This
March 29, 2024InterPore Journal
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 feature contributions from a range of experts: Majid Hassanizadeh, Martin Blunt, Nima Shokri, Zicheng Wang, Tuanny Cajuhi, Signe Kjelstrup, and Marc Prat…. … and cover
March 29, 2024Iran Conference on Porous Media
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, University of Tehran. The topics will include diverse applications of porous media in: geosciences, energy, medicine, biology and environmental engineering, and industry.
March 29, 2024Sixth InterPore BeNeLux Chapter Meeting
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. Visit the event page to learn more about the Program & Speakers and to register.
March 29, 2024InterPore Academy Upcoming Webinar
March 29, 2024InterPore Academy SP-PM Course
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 in Porous Media” will take place online on Sundays, starting 7-28 April 2024 (14:00-17:00 Central Daylight Time) with Wen Song, University of Texas at Austin.
March 29, 2024
InterPore2024: Conference Courses & Student Poster Award
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 courses is in-person only (online participation is not possible.) If you are interested in registering for one of these courses, you may do so in
March 29, 2024InterPore Elections 2024: Call for Nominations
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 election procedure. Who will be elected: One President-Elect, four Council members and four members of the Student Affairs Committee (SAC). Who is conducting the elections:
March 29, 2024Inaugural Lecture Vahid Niasar
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 of Porous Media Phenomena in their Applications” and will be held on 30 April 2024 at 3-4 pm at the University of Manchester, UK. This
March 29, 2024InterPore Journal
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 feature contributions from a range of experts: Majid Hassanizadeh, Martin Blunt, Nima Shokri, Zicheng Wang, Tuanny Cajuhi, Signe Kjelstrup, and Marc Prat…. … and cover
March 29, 2024Iran Conference on Porous Media
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, University of Tehran. The topics will include diverse applications of porous media in: geosciences, energy, medicine, biology and environmental engineering, and industry.
March 29, 2024Sixth InterPore BeNeLux Chapter Meeting
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. Visit the event page to learn more about the Program & Speakers and to register.
March 29, 2024InterPore Academy Upcoming Webinar
March 29, 2024InterPore Academy SP-PM Course
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 in Porous Media” will take place online on Sundays, starting 7-28 April 2024 (14:00-17:00 Central Daylight Time) with Wen Song, University of Texas at Austin.
March 29, 2024
Montana Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting: Workshop Invitation
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 Science and Technology Meeting. Targeting postdoctoral researchers and newly hired faculty, up to two investigators will be invited to present their research at our upcoming
March 15, 2024CCS Summer School
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) Summer School. The CCS school is primarily aimed at PhDs but is also open for MSc students and postdoctoral researchers. Participants must submit an online
March 15, 2024Webinar: Tailor-Made Soil Properties by Bio-Geochemical Means
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 director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China. Among the non-conventional soil consolidation techniques, bio-mineralisation has been a central focus of
March 15, 2024ISC: Parenthood Grant
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 International Brain Research Organization’s Parenthood Grant, and have the chance to obtain supplemental laboratory funding. The deadline for application is 15 March. More information on
March 1, 2024Summerschool FLOWTIME
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 and the University of Oslo. It will take place from 10-21 June 2024 at the Cargese Institute, Corsica, France. The summer school will provide high-level
March 1, 2024New Book: Fluid Flow in Fractured Rocks
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 intended for researchers and students who are interested in hydrogeology, hydrology, water resources, structural geology, reservoir engineering, underground waste disposal, or other fields that involve
February 16, 2024Call for Abstracts: 15th ICTEA Conference
29 May – 1 June 2024, Tashkent, Uzbekistan The 15th ICTEA Conference will be held this year in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The deadline for abstract submission is fast approaching: 28 February 2024. Papers can be presented online or in-person.
February 2, 2024
Predicting Ecosystem Net Primary Productivity by Percolation Theory and Optimality Principle
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 terrestrial surface into its two principal pathways: evapotranspiration (ET) and run-off (Q). Known as the “central problem of hydrology,” since Robert Horton declared that in
March 15, 2024Effect of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Well Placement Prediction in CO2-EOR Projects Using Machine Learning Surrogate Models: Benchmarking of Boosting-Based Algorithms
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 (CCS) during enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in underground reservoirs offer both environmental and economic benefits. This study explores the efficiency of five machine learning boosting
March 1, 2024Unveiling Moisture Transport Mechanisms in Cellulosic Materials: Vapor vs. Bound Water
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 the remarkable ability to store humidity from sweat or the environment through “bound water” absorption within nanopores, constituting up to 30% of their dry mass.
February 16, 2024Compaction and Clay Content Control Mudrock Porosity
Compaction and Clay Content Control Mudrock Porosity A. Rezaeyan, N. Kampman, V. Pipich, L. C. Barnsley, G. Rother, C. Magill, J. Ma, A. Busch Mudrocks, ubiquitous yet poorly understood sedimentary rocks with significant variations in pore structure, form seals for geological carbon dioxide and energy storage, repositories for radioactive waste disposal, and reservoirs for natural
December 23, 2023Tortuosity and Microstructure Effects in Porous Media: Classical Theories, Empirical Data, and Modern Methods
Tortuosity and Microstructure Effects in Porous Media: Classical Theories, Empirical Data, and Modern Methods Lorenz Holzer, Philip Marmet, Mathias Fingerle, Andreas Wiegmann, Matthias Neumann, Volker Schmidt Empirical data shows that the tortuosity-value of a certain microstructure is more strongly dependent on the type of tortuosity than on the microstructure itself. To clarify the discussion on
December 15, 2023Unified Flash Calculations With Isenthalpic and Isochoric Constraints
Unified Flash Calculations With Isenthalpic and Isochoric Constraints V. Lipovac, O. Duran, E. Keilegavlen, F. A. Radu, I. Berre Simulation of multiphase multicomponent flow with phase change demands great flexibility, efficiency, and compatibility of the thermodynamic subproblem. Complex phenomena in the subsurface require models for multiple properties of the fluid, including volume, enthalpy, or internal
December 15, 2023Nanothermodynamics: Theory and Applications
Nanothermodynamics: Theory and Applications Dick Bedeaux, Signe Kjelstrup, Sondre K. Schnell This book explains and applies the systematic thermodynamic theory of small systems proposed by Hill. It uses and extends his method. The basic ideas of the theory are highlighted, and the power of the theory in and away from equilibrium is demonstrated in several
December 1, 2023Design Considerations for Dynamic Fluid Flow in Porous Media Experiments Using X-Ray Computed Micro Tomography
Design Considerations for Dynamic Fluid Flow in Porous Media Experiments Using X-Ray Computed Micro Tomography T. Pak, N. Lopes Archilha, S. Berg, I. B. Butler X-ray micro computed tomography (µCT) has become an advanced non-destructive tool to analyse the internal structure of opaque materials such as porous media. The range of accessible spatial and temporal
November 17, 2023
“I found the Interpore conference 2015 a very effective forum to learn about key developments in the understanding of phenomena related to porous media. Whether it be oil extraction from rock structures, ground water infiltration into soils, or ink penetration into paper, it is instructive to see the similar fundamental problems that are being addressed and approaches that are being developed to answer these questions.”
“The experience that a few of us had at the Interpore conference last
year at Purdue was very rewarding. We saw a very good balance between
academia, industry and government, and also between theory, computation
and experimentation that is hard to find in other organizations. That is why we decided to become an Institutional Member of InterPore.”
“InterPore Members share our vision that an exciting new age of porous material developments lies ahead when crossing the boundaries of traditional disciplines, ranging from textile engineering to mathematics, from physics and chemical engineering, all the way to computer science and software engineering. By joining InterPore, we made sure to stay informed about the newest trends, best ideas and key requirements in our core business area – 3D Image-based material analysis and Computer Aided Material Engineering.”
“To us, innovation is not a stand-alone concept. Generating ideas and solutions for complex challenges requires tight connections with academia and industry. We joined InterPore, because it helps fuel cooperation and discussions, across disciplines.”
“Shell’s interests in porous media flows are very broad ranging from fundamental aspects of single and multiphase flow to complex processes relevant to enhanced oil recovery. We seek to complement our strong in-house R&D capabilities through active partnering and Open Innovation schemes. Especially in the Netherlands, there are many groups doing excellent research in porous media flows and InterPore helps us to get connected more closely to these experts.”