Dear InterPore colleagues,

Today’s Newsletter features the announcement that the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee welcomes two new members. I believe that DEI is both vital to our international society and a responsibility to uphold. Yet, I also find it challenging to discuss. It touches what we value in life, in each other, which is strongly influenced by our personal background, and to a large extent, where we were born. And even close by, with family and friends, tense discussions can ensue on this topic.

As a global society, we have the privilege to make friends across the globe. It is porous media science that brings us together, but it is dialogue that makes us get along and participate in webinars, invite the KC lecturers, interact with InterPore Chapters and Institutional Members, and join InterPore2024.

All the best,

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

There is still time to register for our Conference Courses at InterPore2024!

Course space is limited. If you are interested in registering for one of these courses, you may do so in conjunction with your conference registration.

If you have already registered and wish to update your registration, please contact Margaret Dieter.

Learn more about the above courses and see our full 2024 Conference Course Program here.

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: Ye Wonton

Ye Wonton in Qingdao is a unique form of night snack. It’s not about the unique taste or preparation method of the wonton itself, but rather the location and style of its stalls. Typically, these wonton stands don’t have permanent shops, but instead operate by pushing carts on the roadside, exuding a very down-to-earth charm. The wonton soup is delicious, with thin wrappers and generous fillings. Paired with beer and barbecue, it becomes the warmest flavor of Qingdao’s evenings. Additionally, Qingdao’s Ye Wonton incorporates seafood elements, exhibiting a unique regional flavor. Whether locals or tourists, one can experience the unique charm of Qingdao while enjoying a bowl of Ye Wonton.

Sponsor Highlight: CANON

Canon Production Printing develops and manufactures high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market and is part of Canon, a global provider of imaging technologies and services. Canon Production Printing operates on three continents, with approximately 2900 employees (end 2022) and has its global headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands.

Its product offering includes continuous-feed and cut-sheet printers for high-volume printing and publishing, roll-to-roll and flatbed printers for large format graphics applications and large-format printers for display graphics and CAD/GIS applications. Industrial label printers for self-adhesive labels and selected flexible packaging applications have been added to the portfolio.

Since the foundation of the company, the desire to continuously innovate has always been in its DNA. Canon is constantly redefining the world of imaging. Through its technology and spirit of innovation, it pushes the bounds of what is possible – helping to see our world in ways we never have before.

The collaboration between the Canon Production Printing and the InterPore society started in 2012 and since then it has grown continuously. InterPore is the forum where technical and scientific questions are debated and the future research in the field of porous materials is penciled. Canon Production Printing is generating knowledge and experiments in the field of porous materials and their interactions with complex liquids.

Further information about Canon Production Printing is available here.

Exhibitor Spotlight: TESCAN

TESCAN enables nanoscale investigation and analysis within the geosciences, materials science, life sciences and semiconductor industries.

The company has a 30-year history of developing innovative electron microscopy, micro-computed tomography, and related software solutions for customers in research and industry worldwide. For example, TESCAN’s TENSOR is the first 4D-scanning transmission electron microscope (4D-STEM) built from the ground up for a totally new level of performance and user experience.

As a result, TESCAN has earned a leading position in micro- and nanotechnology. TESCAN world-class technology delivers complete solutions for researchers in all branches of science. No matter what the type and size of the sample is, and what questions are being asked, there is always a dedicated solution available to solve all required tasks. Due to the high versatility and customizable design of all TESCAN systems, it is very easy to design and manufacture dedicated instruments suited exactly to the customer’s needs.

Top Sponsors for InterPore2024

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The purpose of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is to ensure that the InterPore community harnesses the talent and knowledge from the widest possible pool of talent for the benefit of the porous media science and engineering. We believe it is necessary to leverage the vast breadth of human experience to find solutions that prevent the worst impacts of climate change and to create adaptive methods for the impacts we are already experiencing. The activities we are currently planning include promoting practices that make InterPore environment such that every person fells valued, confident and excited to share their scientific achievements.

We are pleased to introduce our newest members to the committee:

InterPore welcomes its new institutional members

InterPore Election Committee

The Election Committee leads the bi-annual elections for the Council Members and President of the InterPore Society. They are devoted to a fair, clean and transparent election process, and report the final election outcome to the InterPore Executive Committee and to the entire InterPore Society.

The Election Committee, appointed by the current InterPore leadership, is lead by Chair Gabriel Wittum (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST, Saudi Arabia), and the following committee members: Marios Valavanides (University of West Attica, Greece), and three new members Yu Jing (University of New South Wales, Australia), Mozhdeh Sajjadi (University of Tehran, Iran), and Jiahui You (University of Houston, USA). InterPore welcomes the new members and thanks the Election Committee for their hard work and dedication.

Chapter News

Groundwater Technical Week – Colombia InterPore Chapter

The Groundwater Technical Week 2024 was the result of the joint effort and alliance between three of the country’s main universities, and it was free and open- access for all students in Colombia as well as for professional associates of the Colombian Association of Hydrogeologists – ACH, IAHR, InterPore, and NGWA, associations that actively collaborated with the event organization.

The technical week was held on 18-20 March 2024 in the city of Bogotá at the campuses of the Universidad de los Andes, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and Universidad Nacional de Colombia, bringing together experts from academia, industry, and public and private governmental entities.

Read the full report here.

Webinar Report

Many thanks to all those who joined last week’s webinar with Lindsay Beevers (University of Edinburgh Research Explorer) on “Hydrological extremes: changing hazards as a result of climate change.”

We were happy to see over 100 participants tuning in. For those who missed out, you can view a recording of the session here.

Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025

Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025.

As the winner of this year’s distinguished award, Prof. Rainer Helmig will be giving one of his two lectures at selected institutions. Hosts may select one of two options:

• Lecture A: Porous Media Free-Flow Coupling – From REV to Pore Scale and Back

• Lecture B: From the Brain to Water Uptake of Roots to Fuel Cells: – Porous Media are “Almost” Everywhere

For more information about the lectures, please visit Prof. Helmig’s page.

If your university/institution is interested in hosting Prof. Helmig, please download and fill out the application form and send it to Sandra Bartsch by 31 December 2024.

After receiving the application, we will keep you informed on any decisions made by Prof. Helmig and InterPore officials. For more information, we can also visit our website.

Prof. Helmig and InterPore look forward to hearing from you!

SFB 1313 DuMuX Short Course 2024

17-19 July 2024, Stuttgart, Germany

SFB 1313 offers a DuMuX Short Course, organized by its Integrated Research Training Group “Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media IRTG-IMPM”. The course aims at introducing the open-source simulator and research code DuMux (DUNE for Multi-{Phase, Component, Scale, Physics, …} flow and transport in porous media).

More information and registration

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.

PhD

• PhD position on Modeling unstable gas infiltration through initially saturated geomaterials. EC Nantes, France / ULiege, Belgium
• PhD position focused on experiments to study physics of multiphase/viscoelastic flow in porous media. Department of Geology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Post-doc

• Post-doctoral position on assessing the permeability, porosity, mineralogy and lithofacies features of potential CO2 storage formations and associated cap rocks. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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.”