InterPore2026 Bulletin (5)

Sent on: 12-12-2025

There are just over three weeks left to get your abstracts in for InterPore2026! The submission deadline is 05 January (midnight PST).

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Don’t miss your opportunity to submit a proposal for our 2026 Conference Course program at InterPore2026.

Submission deadline: 15 December 2025

Courses will be organized as satellite events of the InterPore Annual Meeting in Nantes, France on the following dates:

  • Monday, 18 May 2026
  • Saturday, 23 May 2026

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.

Key Criteria for Selection:

  • The track record of the proposers.
  • Ensuring diversity across all courses.

To submit your proposal, please complete the submission form.

Timothy Scheibe (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA) will explore one of the grand challenges in porous media science: scaling microbial processes from individual pores to field-scale systems. His insights promise to advance our understanding of microbially driven processes across environmental and engineered porous systems.

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The Student Affairs Committee, together with student members of the Local Organization Committee, have organized a great lineup of student activities for the upcoming annual meeting.

  • Traditional Student Networking Night on Wednesday immediately following the social event—a relaxed opportunity to meet fellow students from around the world.
  • Career Development Event, featuring experts with diverse backgrounds who will discuss how to make the most of your PhD when pursuing careers both inside and outside academia.
  • Grant Writing Workshop led by Nima Shokri, offering valuable insights into crafting strong research proposals.

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Coupled Flow–Deformation Processes in Porous Media is led by Yihuai Zhang and explores how fluid flow and mechanical deformation interact across natural, engineered, and biological porous systems—from soils and swelling media to energy geotechnics and CO₂ storage. The minisymposium welcomes fundamental and applied contributions on poromechanics, multiphase and reactive transport, thermo-poroelasticity, fracture processes, and swelling behavior.

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Electrochemical Processes in Porous Media is led by Maxime van der Heijden and highlights advances in modeling, imaging, manufacturing, and experimental characterization that deepen our understanding of how porous structures control electrochemical performance. Contributions are invited across theory, experiment, and application, including multiphysics simulations, operando imaging, and design of porous components for next-generation energy systems.

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InterPore2026 will be in Nantes. This week's cultural highlight: the Guérande Peninsula

The Guérande Peninsula is an Atlantic destination located 80 km west of Nantes, between the estuary of the Loire River and the mouth of the Vilaine River. It is named after Guérande, a small scenic town which conjures up images of medieval towns and salt marshes. The most beautiful features are best enjoyed from a barge — a slender, flat-bottomed boat steered with a pole.

Photo credit: adapted from P. Couton / CC BY-SA 4.0

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