Dear InterPore colleagues,

Best wishes for 2024!

Some of the wishes we wish may be unattainable. Fortunately, some others are much more within reach. For instance, if you wish to submit an abstract or a conference proposal to InterPore2024, you still can! There are other partner events where you can also submit abstracts. Or, if you wish to join an InterPore Chapter meeting, check out your local chapter for the next event.

Or, if you wish that more colleagues were able to join InterPore2024 from countries with economic challenges, please check out the InterPore Foundation item and help to fulfill a wish that is out of reach for someone else.

Also in 2024, our Newsletter is essentially a list of wishes!

Have a great 2024!

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

Abstract submission deadline for in-person oral presentations is in 3 days!
Resolve to submit your abstract for InterPore2024 before Monday, 08 January!

SUBMIT

Conference proceedings

Unlike previous years, InterPore2024 will introduce conference proceedings. All accepted conference abstracts, whether presented in person or online, for oral or poster presentations, will be eligible for submitting a paper for inclusion in the proceedings. The conference proceedings will be published by an international publisher and will have an ISBN.

Please note that submitting the full paper for publication is optional and not mandatory. The deadline for submitting the full manuscript is 01 March 2024. Each manuscript should have a maximum length of four (4) pages. Further information, such as format requirements and email address to submit the manuscript, will be announced soon.

Invited speaker

In anticipation of InterPore2024, we’re introducing the invited speakers in today’s and forthcoming Newsletters and Bulletins. This week: Shuyu Sun

Shuyu Sun
KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Title: Property-Preserving Schemes for Porous Media Flow: Phase-Wise Conservation, Bound Preservation, and Energy Stability

Shuyu Sun is a founding Professor of Earth Science and Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); he is also jointly affiliated with the Program of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science and the Program of Energy Resource and Petroleum Engineering at KAUST. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in computational and applied mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin in 2003.

One basic requirement for accurate modeling and simulation of multiphase flow is to have the predicted physical quantities sit within a physically meaningful range. For example, the predicated saturation should sit between 0 and 1 while the predicated molar concentration should sit between 0 and the maximum value allowed by the equation of state. In this talk we present our work on both fully implicit and semi-implicit algorithms for two-phase and multi-phase flow in porous media with capillary pressure. Our proposed algorithms are locally mass conservative for all phases. They are able to accurately reproduce the discontinuity of saturation due to different capillary pressure functions, and they enjoy the merit that the total velocity is continuous in the normal direction. Moreover, the new schemes are… continue reading

Grant Writing Workshop

Professor Nima Shokri
Dean of Faculty and Head of Institute
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

Title: Persuasive Grant Writing

Ever felt lost in the maze of grant writing? Overwhelmed by where to start or which grants are the right fit for your career stage? Ready to turn confusion into confidence? Dive into the world of successful grant writing with SAC’s exclusive workshop!

InterPore’s Students Affairs Committee (SAC) presents an exclusive Grant Writing Workshop at InterPore2024 – a transformative experience designed to empower you in securing funds for your research projects.

About the Workshop: “Persuasive Grant Writing” is your guide to using narrative tools that resonate with your funders. Elevate the quality of your grant applications, align your proposals with funder objectives, and apply narrative tools to make your applications more informative and persuasive.

More information

Reduced Visa Fees

China has fully reopened its borders, promising recovery of international tourism and travel. Many of the visa-free travel policies that were in place prior to the pandemic have therefore come back into effect, enabling people from a wide range of countries to visit China on a short-term basis. In this article, we provide an overview of all of the China visa-free travel policies currently available and explain who is eligible to enjoy them.

On 8 December 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the Notice on a Temporary Reduction of China Visa Fees. According to this notice, during the period from 11 December 2023 to 31 December 2024, China shall cut visa fees by 25% across the board for foreign travelers.

For more details, please consult with your local Chinese embassy or consulate.

Less than 2 weeks left for your Conference Course Proposals!

We welcome submission of proposals for Conference Courses at InterPore2024. Courses will be organized as satellite events of the InterPore Annual Meeting in Qingdao on the following dates:

• Sunday, 12 May 2024
• Friday, 17 May 2024

Standard duration of a given course will be half a day (3-hour lecture). Proposals for non-standard duration, if well justified, will be considered. Main criteria for selection of proposals include track record of the proposers as well as the opportunity to ensure diversity to a full extent across the set of courses.

To submit your proposal, please complete the following submission form before 15 January 2024.

New exhibitor

We’re delighted to welcome Bruker as an exhibitor at the upcoming conference! Whether you’ll be joining us in Qingdao or remotely from home, be sure to visit their booth to learn about their products and services.

Platinum Sponsor for InterPore2024

Gold Sponsor for InterPore2024

Donate to InterPore Foundation and start the New Year off right!

Each year, InterPore Foundation provides grants for scientists and students from countries with economic difficulties.

These grants can help change a young scientist’s destiny by boosting their professional career and helping them to build their network at the international level.

Listen to what this meant to some of our InterPore2023 Conference Grant Recipients:

Together, let’s make someone’s New Year’s wish come true!

Donate now

Humboldt Research Fellowship awarded to…

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers to Bo Guo from the University of Arizona, USA. Bo is chairing InterPore’s Membership Committee.

Congratulations!

Call for Contributions: The WikiPore Software Catalogue

Using and developing software is an integral part of most scientists’ daily work and porous media research is no exception here. We employ and write software for pretty much everything ranging from digitizing a real porous sample to evaluating the results of simulating the flow through it. But what software is out there to accomplish the individual tasks in our research workflows? The WikiPore Software Catalogue is here for helping you find the right software packages for any research question related to porous media.

Since the announcement of the new WikiPore in July 2021, the InterPore team has worked hard on optimizing the catalogue part. It has been freshly equipped with a few entries and is hopefully ready for production. We rely on you, the InterPore community, to make the catalogue a success and useful for our researchers. We heartily invite you to pick your favorite software packages dedicated to porous-media research and upload contributions to the catalogue: Please login to MY INTERPORE and click on Submit WikiPore Software to add a new entry.

We welcome all contributions of software packages focusing explicitly on porous-media applications, not necessarily general-purpose packages like word processing products. Please don’t hesitate to submit suggestions for improvement to Bernd Flemisch.

Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturers

The Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2023 featured Prof. Adrian Bejan, from Duke University, USA.

Prof. Bejan had the opportunity to present his lecture in a variety of universities and institutions all over the world, including the USA, Thailand, Brazil, India, Germany, Scotland, Italy, Romania and the Netherlands.

InterPore would like to thank Prof. Bejan for his engagement and dedication this past year. We extend our thanks to all the institutions which have showed such great interest in his lecture.

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 the requests have already been approved and scheduled:

• 22 January – InterPore Midwest Chapter Kick-off meeting (Online).
• 4 April – Caltech (Pasadena, California, USA). Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department Seminar.
• 23 April – University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (Minnesota, USA), Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory Seminar.

We look forward to a very successful year of presentations by Prof. Ruben Juanes!

Dear InterPore community,

As we embark upon the new year, I am delighted to update the InterPore community concerning the developments of our recently launched InterPore Journal. As editor-in-chief, I am honored to be part of this exciting journey that has already received great support from our community. We aim to publish the first issue of the journal in early 2024. Within just a few months, we have received high-quality contributions from leading scientists that underscore the caliber of research our journal is attracting. InterPore Journal is committed to fostering cutting-edge research and providing a platform for impactful scientific exchanges and collaborations. We welcome submissions from researchers and professionals eager to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in porous media science and technology.

I would like to invite all colleagues in the field to consider submitting their best work to InterPore Journal in 2024. By supporting our journal, you join many scientists in playing a vital role in shaping the discourse and pushing the boundaries of knowledge in porous media science and technology and building a dynamic hub for groundbreaking porous media research. Visit our website to learn more about our submission guidelines, the wide range of article categories our journal offers, our editors and the editorial board. It goes without saying that your participation and support are key to the success of InterPore Journal, and we look forward to welcoming your contributions in 2024. Thank you for being part of this exciting journey.

Best wishes

Nima Shokri
Hamburg University of Technology
Germany

Chapter News

Northeast-Midwest US Chapter kick-off meeting

The Northeast-Midwest US InterPore Chapter kick-off meeting will be held virtually on Monday, 22 January 2024, 1-4 PM EST, featuring two distinguished speakers: Prof. Ruben Juanes (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Prof. David Cole (Ohio State University).

Register Here

Iranian Chapter News

The Iranian InterPore Chapter is organizing a Junior speakers’ talk. Note that the language is Farsi. The talks can be followed here.

SP-PM course: Last chance to register!

Today is the last day to register for our next InterPore Academy SP-PM course.

The course will take place online on Mondays from 8 – 29 January 2024 (19-22:00 CET). (flyer)

Lecturers: Sibani Lisa Biswal (Rice University, USA), Maja Rücker (TU Eindhoven, Netherlands), Cyprien Soulaine (CNRS, France)

This course will introduce students to basic principles in multiphase flow in porous media.

Learn more about the topics that will be covered here.

Register Today!

Sibani Lisa Biswal	Maja Rücker	Cyprien Soulaine

GeoDict Innovation Conference 2024

6-7 February 2024, Congress Center Ramstein, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany

Math2Market is excited to invite you to our GeoDict Innovation Conference 2024, a new concept of the long-established GeoDict User Meeting. This new concept is focused on tailored, specific digital workflows, to help you in shaping the future of material analysis, design, and development.

For more details and the preliminary program, please visit the website.

The conference is free of charge but requires registration. Claim your seat now! Register here.

For those unable to attend in person, we are offering a livestream of the event to ensure that everyone can participate, no matter where they are.

Call for abstracts: EAGE

10-13 June 2024, in Oslo, Norway

The European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) will host its 85th Annual Conference and Exhibition on 10-13 June 2024, in Oslo, Norway. Under the theme “Technology and talent for a secure and sustainable energy future”, the event’s Technical Programme is expected to address topics ranging from gas & hydrogen storage to flow simulation for O&G & CCS, geothermal energy, and subsurface characterization for infrastructure management. Submit your abstracts by 15 January 2024, and share your knowledge with a global audience of energy, resource, and infrastructure professionals.

For more information, please visit their website.

Call for abstracts: WaterSciCon2024

24-27 June 2024 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

The Water Science Conference (WaterSciCon) brings the water community together every two years to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future. WaterSciCon 2024 will be held the week of 23 June 2024 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

WaterSciCon advances hydrology and related global convergent science issues and helps address and expose local and regional issues worldwide. The meeting will bring together a community of water-focused researchers, educators, practitioners, engineers, and policymakers spanning academic, agency, public, and private sectors to share tools and approaches, build new collaborations, and synthesize our understanding of people, planet, and water science.

The theme of the meeting is Catalyzing Collaboration. Leveraging collaborations between co-sponsors, AGU and CUAHSI, WaterSciCon includes engineering, urban planning, social science, and affiliated science communities.

Submit your abstracts by 24 January 2024!

For more information, visit their website.

Prior to the year 2023 officially coming to an end, the International Science Council (ISC) and the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) released a joint statement on “Protecting the Autonomy of National Academies of Science”.

Within this statement, they “express concern about the autonomy of academies and their members, jeopardizing their capacity to provide valid, ethically sound advice on critical issues affecting humanity and the planet”.

As a member organization to the ISC, we would also like to further distribute this statement, which can be read here.

InterPore Members, do you want to promote your publication to the community? If so, please submit your highlight to newsletter@InterPore.org. 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 (500 characters) 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.

Post-doc

• Post-doctoral researcher on characterization and modelling subsurface architectures for heat transfer in deep saline aquifers: geothermal mechanisms of the Po Valley, University of Rome, Italy

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. It is also possible to post the position on the InterPore website. Log in through MyInterPore and click “Submit A Job Opening.”