- February 16, 2024
- Posted by: lbilke
- Category: Interpore Newsletter
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Dear InterPore colleagues, The Dutch ministry of health, including my institute, is under scrutiny for taking insufficient action against unsafe working environments. The news sparked vivid conversations and long apologetic emails from the director and management team with firm action (plans). The question is even more complex in the international context of InterPore, as (to some extent!) manners and perception are part of the culture, not to mention the geopolitical tensions. InterPore has the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee striving for a safe community where science can be shared and discussed. Let’s work with them to make InterPore2024 and the IP Chapter Meetings a success for everyone! Share in the joy of the award winners, nominate worthy candidates and take an interest in the scientific achievements. All in the spirit of taking good care of each other, Matthijs de Winter
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And now… Qingdao!InterPore2024 will be in Qingdao. Described as a city of “red tiles, green trees, blue sky, and blue sea.” Qingdao has a lot of things to offer with respect to science, science history and porous media. This week: Shilaoren Beach
photo by 李子木 Shilaoren Beach, one of the largest seaside bathing beaches in Qingdao urban area, is located at the southern end of Haier Road in Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong Province. It is a comprehensive tourist beach integrating vacation, sightseeing tourism, water sports, and beach activities. The coastline of Shilaoren Beach is approximately 3100 meters long, with a beach width of over 100 meters, covering an area of approximately 280,000 square meters. The sea swimming area covers about 240,000 square meters. It attracts around 3 million visitors annually. At the easternmost end of Shilaoren Beach, southwest of Shilaoren Village and at the foot of Wushan Mountain, there is a cliff facing the sea on the southern side. About 100 meters from the shore stands a pillar approximately 17 meters high, resembling an old man sitting amidst the azure sea, hence earning the nickname “Shilaoren”. InterPore Conference Grants
We are pleased to announce that InterPore Foundation would once again like to offer a number of conference grants to researchers from academic institutions from countries with low- or middle-income economies, as defined by the World Bank, and to graduate students. In addition to paying the conference registration fees, the InterPore Foundation will provide up to €500 per recipient to go towards travel costs. Applicants must have a presentation at InterPore2024 and current InterPore membership. Interested? Check here for how to apply. Top Sponsors for InterPore2024
Invited Student Paper Award
For those of you participating in the next InterPore Conference in Qingdao, don’t forget about the Invited Student Paper Award from InterPore Journal. Recipients of this award will be selected from the students who present at the InterPore annual meeting. The awardee will be given the opportunity to submit an invited paper to InterPore Journal. The minisymposia conveners will nominate students for this award after all presentations have been given. In the end, up to eight students will receive this award, which will be announced at the next Annual Conference. For more information on this award, please see here.
Announcement of InterPore Elections 2024: Nominate or volunteer!
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 can vote?Anyone with a current InterPore membership during the voting period. We seek:
For the Council candidates at least three of them must be representatives from the industry. More infoPlease find more information on the options to nominate or volunteer in this pdf.
Kimberly-Clark Lectureship
InterPore has received more than 30 applications to host Prof. Juanes. He has two upcoming presentations scheduled, both in-person:
If you wish to get in touch with Prof. Juanes about a potential presentation, please contact Sandra Bartsch.
Chapter NewsGroundwater Week with the Colombia Chapter
The Colombia Chapter is organizing the Groundwater Technical Week. The event will be held in Bogota, Colombia from 18 – 20 March 2024. More info on their website. Report on the Northeast-Midwest US Chapter Kick-off Meeting
The meeting commenced with a warm welcome from Prof. Lilit Yeghiazarian, who provided insights into the history and objectives of InterPore chapters. She also shared the journey leading to the establishment of the NEWM chapter. Following this, an informal introduction allowed participants to… read the full report Mexico Chapter Meeting Announcement
From the ISC agenda:19 March (online): “Removing Barriers that hinder Global Scientific Exchange and Collaboration” by the InterAcademy Partnership and the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 27 February (hybrid): “Popularizing Science Without Gender Bias” by the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science. 27 February (several in-person and online events all over the world): “Global Women’s Breakfast” by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. InterPore has been a member of the International Science Council since 2020. The ISC is an international organization comprised of more than 245 member societies, organizations, academies, and associations from all fields of science, with the mission “to act as the global voice for science.”
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 the flow of fluids through fractured rock masses. Classical and established models and data are… read further
Unveiling moisture transport mechanisms in cellulosic materials: Vapor vs. bound waterY. 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. The transport and storage mechanisms of this moisture remain poorly understood, with modeling often relying on an assumption of dominant vapor transport with an unknown diffusion coefficient. By isolating diffusion processes and deriving diffusion coefficients through rigorous experimentation our research addresses this knowledge gap, in particular demonstrating the pivotal role of bound water transport within interconnected fiber networks. PNAS Nexus, Volume 3, 2024, pgad450 InterPore Members can promote their publications to the community via the InterPore InJournals 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.
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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.
