- December 11, 2020
- Posted by: M. Sadegh Riasi
- Category: Society News
InterPore is establishing a new unit to promote educational activities, mainly to serve younger researchers, called the InterPore Academy of Porous Media, and will be organizing short courses, webinars, and workshops. It will also set up a YouTube channel for Short Educational Videos (3 – 10 min) with videos of experiments showing advanced results (also 3 to 10 min) and recorded lectures, aimed at undergraduate/graduate students.
The Academy President will be appointed by the InterPore Executive Committee for a period of three years. We’re grateful that Professor Oleg Iliev has agreed to be appointed by the Executive Committee as the founding president of the Academy.
Short course Martin Blunt
Martin Blunt’s Short Course wrapped up this week. The four day course was well attended by people from all over the world. Participants from both academia and industry attended. For those who were unable to attend the live session, the recordings were available each day for viewing at their convenience. The course provided an overview of pore-scale imaging, analysis and modeling with an an emphasis on how the fundamentals inform practical applications.
Upcoming activities at the Academy
The series of Short Courses is continued by Hadi Hajibeygi (11 – 15 December). He will discuss Scalable Simulation of Nonlinear Processes in Heterogeneous Fractured Porous Media. Registration is still open.
Majid Hassanizadeh will kick off in the new year with the short course entitled Capillarity in Porous Media at Different Scales (12-15 January 2021).
The InterPore Academy of Porous Media website is currently under construction and will soon feature all ins and outs of the Academy.