Dear InterPore friends,

The end of August is near, which means InterPore2020 is about to start! The organizers are obviously thrilled to see that everything is working out well, as Manish Kumar told us before. And all eventgoers are obviously thrilled to see the latest developments in porous media science. One more week and the party starts!

All the best,
Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

Looking forward to InterPore2020

A number of our colleagues have shared their enthusiasm for the online InterPore2020 conference. Please have a look at what they say here and here.

Handbook for attendees

How does the InterPore2020 online conference work in practice? Please find out in the attendees handbook.

Please visit our website for updates in the block program and for example the special issues in scientific journals being launched.

InterPore2020: Invited Speakers

InterPore2020 features a number of experts from different disciplines to share the latest insights into their field. The speakers have each provided a graphical abstract to get into their topics. The topics are as fascinating as diverse. Click on the links below to check them out.

Bernd Flemisch, Facilitating the Reproduction of Simulation Results

Fred Vermolen, Modelling the behaviour of skin tracer after deep tissue injury using poro- and morpho-elastic models

Martin Vohralik, A posteriori error estimates and adaptive solvers for porous media flows

James McClure, Topology and its effects on fluid flow

Qinjun Kang, Pore-Scale Direct Numerical Simulation of Flow and Transport in Porous Media

Rien van Genuchten Early-Career Award

InterPore Foundation has selected Basant Yadav, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK, the Rien van Genuchten Early-Career Award of Porous Media for a Green World 2020.

To learn more about Basant and the award, don’t miss the award ceremony at InterPore2020 which is scheduled for Thursday, September 3rd at 6pm CEST, right before the Keynote lecture of Dominik Obrist.

Conference Grants

InterPore Foundation has awarded 16 Conference Grants for InterPore2020 to scientists from academic institutions from Brazil, Denmark, Germany, India, Iran, UK, and USA. Awards were based on applicant’s academic attainment and the quality of their research abstracts in porous media. Visit our award page for more information on the activities of InterPore Foundation. We thank those who have contributed to this year’s Conference Grant program. It is only with your generous support that students and scientists, who would not otherwise be able to attend InterPore2020, can gain experience and exposure and build their scientific network at an international conference.

New InterPore awards

The InterPore Foundation announces two new awards. The InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research replaces InterPore Award for Excellence in Porous Media Research. This award is given to researchers with an established career in recognition of outstanding research in general porous media, with emphasis on research conducted over the past 10 years.
The InterPore Award for Porous Media Research replaces Procter & Gamble Award for Thin and Swelling Porous Media Research. This award is given to mid-career researchers in recognition of outstanding research in general porous media, with emphasis on research conducted over the past 5 years. The applicants should as a maximum have up to 12 years research experience after completing their PhD.

Please visit our website for more information on these awards and all InterPore Foundation awards, other great activities of the InterPore Foundation and how you can contribute and donate

We are happy to invite you to our next Porous Media Tea Time Talks (#PorousMediaTTT) session at 25 August 2020 at 3 pm CEST local time on our YouTube Channel.

The goal of the Porous Media TTT is to act as a complimentary platform to the already very successful Geoscience and Geoenergy webinars with the focus placed on young professionals.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you online!

Kamalijt Singh (HW), Marcel Moura (PoreLab, UiO), Tom Bultreys (UGhent), Mohammad Nooraiepour (UiO), Maja Ruecker (ICL)

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