Dear InterPore colleagues,

This week’s newsletter features once again an impressive and diverse list of job opportunities. I wonder whether this is some sort of post-Covid effect. We all came to a standstill during the onset of the pandemic and right now, we’re catching up.

“Catching up” is an important theme of the annual InterPore meetings, and today, the local organizing committee reveals some of their social activity plans for Edinburgh2023. Half a year away may still sound like a long time, but we’ll all be hiking to the top of Arthur’s Seat in no time!

As for catching up with scientific work, you may not need to wait half a year. The newsletter offers to InterPore members the possibility to promote their publications within the community. Have a look at the InJournals section on how to do that.

All the best,

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

Abstract submission open until Monday, 12 December!

Did you know….Edinburgh?

InterPore2023 will be in Edinburgh. Edinburgh has a lot of things to offer with respect to science, science history and porous media. This week the Royal Botanic Garden:

Edinburgh is home to the Royal Botanic Garden, one of the finest botanic gardens in the world. Situated just one mile from the city center, the Garden offers fantastic views of the capital’s skyline, featuring Edinburgh Castle and the Scott Monument. It is famous for its Chinese Hillside, Rock Garden and Scottish Native Plants Collection, offering peace and tranquility to its 2 million visitors per year, free of charge.

Invited Speaker at InterPore2023

Prof Raffaella Ocone
Heriot-Watt University, UK

Title: The Rheology of Granular Media: from Engineering to Geological Applications

Abstract Granular materials exhibit a broad range of intricate dynamic behaviors. The study of their hydrodynamics is extremely relevant in the chemical and process industries, where those materials are widely handled and produced. Building upon previous findings applied to the process industry, the talk explores the challenges associated with the dynamic behavior of dry and wet granular material and discusses recent experimental and modelling efforts on the flowability of pyroclastic powders. Pyroclastic powders are investigated with… continue reading

Bio Raffaella Ocone holds the Chair of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, UK, since 1999, and she is Guest Professor at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. In 2007 she was appointed Cavaliere (Knight) by the President of the Italian Republic. In the Queen’s 2019 New Year Honours she was appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for services to engineering. Raffaella was named as one of the top 100 Most Influential Women in the Engineering Sector in 2019 in the list produced by board appointments firm Inclusive Boards in partnership with the Financial Times.

SAC Social Events

The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) is organizing a number of fun and inspiring events.

Events open to all:

• Arthur’s Seat Fun Run
• Distillery tour (bus service will be provided by InterPore)
• Cèilidh dance – traditional Scottish dancing
• Bagpipe music – a short musical event during one of the main events

Student events and activities:

• Career event, which will include 3-4 short, informal talks. Topics such as selecting academia or industry and the challenges of transitioning between them will be covered.

• Parallel workshops on the peer review process, CV development for academia and industry, public presentation skills, and successful grant writing.

• Social activities. Participants can select one of the following two options:

• Indoor climbing at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA), Europe’s largest indoor climbing centre

• Museum and national gallery tour in Edinburgh

• Team building activity/game at a pub

LOC student members

The Local Organizing Committee is happy to announce their student members, who will be involved in organising the social and student-oriented events. Their expertise and input from a student’s point of view helps keep the annual meeting interesting and relevant to all participants, even after hours.

Nick Harpers PhD student, Geoenergy Group Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University InterPore2023 will be a great opportunity to show people the beauty of Edinburgh. Socialising in one of the many pubs after a long day or hiking up Arthur’s Seat for a great view. I’m really happy to help organise and to meet new people coming to the capital of Scotland.	Zaid Jangda PhD student, Applied Geosciences Heriot-Watt University The student committee is excited to welcome all participants, particularly students, to beautiful Edinburgh for InterPore 2023 and will try their best that the students can enjoy the diverse and lovely city and take back some unforgettable Scottish memories with them in addition to what they experience at the conference!	Nengi Fiona Karibi-Botoye PhD student, Applied Geoscience Heriot-Watt University I am really looking forward to having great conversations and bonding over the fun social activities we have planned!
Ekaterina Lgotina PhD Student, Engineering Durham University I am looking forward to organising social activities and student events!	Ming Wen PhD student, Applied Geosciences Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University

IMA11

19-22 June 2023, Bordeaux, France

The main objectives of the 11th Conference of the International Marangoni Association (IMA11) welcomes you! The conference provides opportunities for scientists and engineers working on interfacial fluid dynamics and processes to exchange their knowledge and to discuss recent advances in the field.

For more information, please visit their website.

Promote your Publication

InterPore Members can promote their publications to the community via the InterPore In Journals Section of the Newsletter. If you wish to do so, please submit your publication highlight to newsletter@InterPore.org. Clearly indicate which of the authors is an InterPore member (or the institute with an Institutional Membership). 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 (max 100 words) 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 positions

• PhD on Innovative bio-based construction materials with improved moisture buffering and heat transfer properties, Laboratoire NAVIER, University Gustave Eiffel, Paris, France
• PhD (or post-doc) on Modelling of two‐phase flow and component transport in PEM electrolyzers. Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Physics in Civil Engineering, Leibniz University, Hanover, Germany

Postdoctoral researchers

• Postdoc Position on Mixing and Reactions in Underground Hydrogen Storage, University of Coruña, the Technical University of Madrid and IDAEA-CSIC (based in Barcelona), Spain
• EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Nonequilibrium flow in disordered media: Memory, hysteresis, and energy dissipation, Coventry University, UK
• Postdoc on Pore Scale Modelling of Multiphase Flow and Reactive Transport or Assessing Hydrogeochemical Processes, Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Nuclear Waste Management, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Assistant/Associate professors

• Associate Professor in Computational Porous Media Physics, PoreLab, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
• Assistant professor on Inertial effects on fluid flow in complex porous media, Applied Computer Science and Statistical Physics Group, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, Poland

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.