Author Archives: PoreLab

PoreLab paper on “The Co-Moving Velocity in Immiscible Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media” published in TiPM

By PoreLab24 September, 2022Publications

The important paper from Subhadeep Roy, Håkon Pedersen, Santanu Sinha & Alex Hansen was published in Transport in Porous Media in May 2022. Click on the following link to read it: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11242-022-01783-7#article-info Abstract: We present a continuum (i.e., an effective) description of immiscible two-phase flow in porous media characterized by two fields, the pressure and the saturation. Gradients in

Defense of thesis: Michael Tobias Rauter

By PoreLab24 September, 2022Thesis Defence

Defense of thesis 5 October: Michael Tobias Rauter – Faculty of Natural Sciences, NTNU Michael Tobias Rauter – THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Michael Tobias Rauter has submitted the following academic thesis as part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): Fluid Transport through Nanoporous Media in the Presence of

PoreLab paper on “Non-Newtonian Rheology in a Capillary Tube with Varying Radius” published in TiPM

By PoreLab22 September, 2022Publications

The paper from Federico Lanza, Alberto Rosso, Laurent Talon & Alex Hansen was accepted and published on August 27th, 2022, under Transport in Porous Media. Congratulations! Abstract: Fluid blobs in an immiscible Newtonian fluid flowing in a capillary tube with varying radius show highly nonlinear behavior. We consider here a generalization of previously obtained results to blobs of non-Newtonian

2 open Postdoc positions at NTNU, on nano-scale molecular-dynamics and meso-scale simulations of friction

By PoreLab13 September, 2022Vacant Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow in molecular-dynamics simulations of clay for sustainable stable ground We have a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Fellow in molecular-dynamics simulations of non-ideal superlubric contacts of 2D materials, in the Materials Group at Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. We are looking for you with a background in non-equilibrium molecular-dynamics, ideally, but not necessarily, with experience in

PoreLab lecture with Prof. Sauro Succi on ‘From Softmat to Dropmat: computer explorations of droplet-based states of flowing matter’

By PoreLab26 August, 2022PoreLab Lecture Series

Our guest, Prof. Sauro Succi, from IIT-CLNS, Harvard University and University College London, is visiting PoreLab at NTNU next week. He will present his research on “From Softmat to Dropmat: computer explorations of droplet-based states of flowing matter” on August 29th at 14:00 (Trondheim time) at PoreLab premises. The title and abstract for his presentation can

PoreLab lecture with Dr. Hans Herrmann on Frustrated Bearings

By PoreLab23 August, 2022PoreLab Lecture Series

Our guest, Dr. Hans Herrmann from PMMH, ESPCI Paris, France and UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil, is visiting PoreLab at NTNU this week. He will present his research on “Frustrated Bearings” on August 23rd at 10:00 (Trondheim time) at PoreLab premises. The title and abstract for his presentation can be found below. Frustrated Bearings A bearing is

The last article from Vilde Bråten and al. on “Equation of state for confined fluids” has been chosen as featured article and as science highlight by AIP

By PoreLab11 August, 2022Publications

The last article from Vilde Bråten, Daniel Tianhou Zhang, Morten Hammer, Ailo Aasen, Sondre Schnell and Øivind Wilhelmsen, all members at PoreLab, on “Equation of state for confined fluids” has been chosen as Featured Article by the Journal of Chemical Physics. The journal wrote the following: “Editors felt that your article was one of the

PoreLab paper on “All-fibre heterogeneously-integrated frequency comb generation using silicon core fibre” published in Nature Communication

By PoreLab11 August, 2022Publications

The paper from Ursula Gibson on “All-fibre heterogeneously-integrated frequency comb generation using silicon core fibre” was accepted and published under Nature Communication. Congratulations! Abstract: Originally developed for metrology, optical frequency combs are becoming increasingly pervasive in a wider range of research topics including optical communications, spectroscopy, and radio or microwave signal processing. However, application demands

PoreLab lecture with Associate Professor Saman Aryana on Transport and Phase Behavior in Multiscale Disordered Media

By PoreLab15 June, 2022PoreLab Lecture Series

Our guest, Associate Professor Saman Aryana from the University of Wyoming, USA, is visiting PoreLab at NTNU this week. He will present his research on “Transport and Phase Behavior in Multiscale Disordered Media.” on June 16th at 14:00 (Trondheim time) at PoreLab premises. Saman’s interests lie primarily in the fundamental physics of flow instabilities and dynamics of

Welcome to Yuequn!

By PoreLab13 June, 2022New employee

Dr. Yuequn Fu joined PoreLab at UiO in June 2022 as Postdoctoral fellow. Yuequn has a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Qingdao University, and a Master degree in chemical engineering from the China University of Petroleum in Beijing. He got his PhD degree on “Atomistic insights to interfacial dynamics” from the Departement of Structural Engineering at

Prof. Signe Kjelstrup has been awarded with the Michael L. Michelsen award – Congratulation!

By PoreLab19 May, 2022Awards

The European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) has named Signe Kjelstrup, professor emerita of physical chemistry at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, as the laureate of the 2022 EFCE Michael L. Michelsen Award. The honor, previously called the Distinguished Lecture on Thermodynamics and Transport Properties, is conferred every two years by

PoreLab paper on “Localised structuring of metal-semiconductor cores in silica clad fibres using laser-driven thermal gradients” published in Nature Communication

By PoreLab16 May, 2022Publications

The paper from Seunghan Song and al. on “Localised structuring of metal-semiconductor cores in silica clad fibres using laser-driven thermal gradients” was accepted and published under Nature Communications. Congratulations! Abstract: The molten core drawing method allows scalable fabrication of novel core fibres with kilometre lengths. With metal and semiconducting components combined in a glass-clad fibre,

PoreLab lecture on “Gas Diffusion Layers with Patterned Wettability for Next-generation Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells” by Dr. Antoni Forner Cuenca

By PoreLab16 May, 2022PoreLab Lecture Series

PoreLab is pleased to host Dr. Antoni Forner Cuenca from TU Eindhoven on Wednesday 18th May for the next PoreLab lecture series. Antoni is a brilliant scientist in porous media and mainly works on new applications of the field such as Fuel cells, redox batteries and etc… When: Wednesday 18 May at 13:00 Where: Join Zoom

Open PhD position in Self-Assembly of Sustainable Nanocomposites at PoreLab

By PoreLab10 May, 2022Vacant Positions

We have a vacancy for a PhD position in Soft Matter Physics at PoreLab, Department of Physics, NTNU. The appointments have a duration of 3 years with the possibility of until 1-year extension with 25% teaching duties in agreement with the department. The PhD student should start no later than January 2023. The position is

Welcome to Paula!

By PoreLab4 May, 2022New employee

Dr. Paula Reis joined PoreLab at the University of Oslo in April 2022 as Postdoctoral fellow. Her position is financed for 2 years by the project FlowConn: Connectivity enhancement due to thin liquid films in porous media flows. FlowConn is financed by the Research Council of Norway and is part of the program “Researcher project

Do you wish to receive the invitations to our PoreLab lectures? Take contact with Marie-Laure Olivier (Marie-Laure.Olivier@ntnu.no)

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6 February: Professor Lesley James, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada: “Comparing supercritical CO2-brine to N2-brine steady-state relative permeability curves for a description of multiphase flow in subsurface reservoirs targeting carbon storage”

10 March 2025, Professor Konstantin Matveev from the Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) Center, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA: Modeling of thermofluid processes in liquid hydrogen storage and transfer systems

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