Author Archives: PoreLab

PoreLab lecture on “The impact of bentonite-slurry-infiltration on the hydro-mechanical parameters of granular soil in the context of hydroshield tunnelling”

By PoreLab8 March, 2022PoreLab Lecture Series

Peyman Mianji is visiting PoreLab Trondheim from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany working with Dr. Ali Ghoreishian. He will briefly present us his PhD research during the coffee morning on Friday 11th March, at 10:00 (Trondheim time). Title: The impact of bentonite-slurry-infiltration on the hydro-mechanical parameters of granular soil in the context of hydroshield tunnelling Abstract: Slurry shield

Professor Signe Kjelstrup receives the InterPore Honorary Lifetime Membership Award 2022 – Congratulations!

By PoreLab7 March, 2022Awards

The InterPore Honorary Lifetime Membership Award is reserved for individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to porous media science and technology, who are world-renowned in the porous media community, and whose contributions are consistent with the aims and ideals of InterPore. InterPore is pleased to announce that the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award 2022 goes to

Pirates, noblewomen and bicycling housewives

By PoreLab4 March, 2022Uncategorized

About the episode: Why does Norway always rank among the top countries on the planet when it comes to gender equality? It didn’t happen by accident. Instead, it took powerful medieval noblewomen, 19th century farmers’ wives, an early 20th century activist on a bicycle, and the feminists who emerged from the postwar baby boom. And yes, there

Open position for a PhD Research Fellow in experimental porous media physics at the university of Oslo

By PoreLab9 February, 2022Vacant Positions

A position as PhD Research Fellow in experimental porous media physics is available at Centre of excellence (CoE) PoreLab at The Njord Centre. Deadline: 28th February 2022 You can only apply via jobbnorge here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/219819/phd-research-fellow-in-experimental-porous-media-physics The PhD position is of 3 years duration. If the candidate has the necessary qualifications and based on the teaching

Welcome to Morten!

By PoreLab2 February, 2022New employee

Dr. Morten Hammer joined PoreLab at NTNU in February 2022 as Postdoctoral fellow. His position is financed by PoreLab for 2 years under the WP 5 (Thermodynamic driving forces). He will be working on the development of non-equilibrium thermodynamics transport theories for two-phase flow in porous media together with Professor Øivind Wilhelmsen. Morten has a MSc in

PoreLab lecture on “The LabQuakes project – from a granular fault to earthquake statistics”

By PoreLab25 January, 2022PoreLab Lecture Series

On January 26th, at 1 pm (Oslo time), Osvanny Ramos from the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 will give us a talk on: The LabQuakes project – from a granular fault to earthquake statistics Osvanny Ramos is associate Professor in Physics at the at the Institut Lumière Matière at the university Claude Benard Lyon 1,

Defence of thesis: Seunghan Song

By PoreLab29 November, 2021Thesis Defence

Seunghan Song has submitted the following academic thesis as part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): “Thermal processing of semiconductor alloy core glass fibers” Assessment Committee The Faculty of Natural Sciences has appointed the following Assessment Committee to assess the thesis: 1st opponent: Assistant Prof. Donguk Nam, School

Listen to Alex Hansen talking about Ethics and Open Access

By PoreLab29 November, 2021Popular science presentation

Science Conversations @NTNU are web-based conversations between active researchers on different topics. On November 4th, Alex Hansen was invited to the webinar on Ethics and Open Access – important when publishing. Follow the webinar here Conversation topics at the webinar Open access to research results is a requirement from granting authorities both nationally and internationally. This

Next Porous Media Tea Time Talk on November 30th

By PoreLab29 November, 2021Conference/Symposium/Workshop

You are warmly invited to the last 2021 session of the Porous Media Tea Time Talks (#PorousMediaTTT) on Tuesday, November 30th at 17:00 CET on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/nTirOC2ht7c The two presentations are: Evolution of Bentheimer sandstone wettability during cyclic scCO2-brine injections By: Anna Herring, Australian National University (Canberra, Australia) and Assessment of the potential CO2

4th Interpore National Workshop on Porous Media, Bergen, December 1st, 2021

By PoreLab22 November, 2021InterPore

Remember the 4th Interpore National Workshop on Porous Media to be held in Bergen on December 1, 2021. More information about the program and registration can be found here: https://www.norceresearch.no/en/events/interpore-norway-4th-national-workshop The workshop is free of charge and open to all. But you need to register at the address above. Carl Fredrik Berg will give a

PoreLab lecture on “Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery technologies function”

By PoreLab19 November, 2021PoreLab Lecture Series

The next PoreLab lecture will take place on Thursday, November 25th at 14:00 (Oslo time). We will welcome Professor Clare P. Grey from the department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. The title of her presentation is: Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery technologies function You will

PoreLab lecture on Acoustic fluidization and remote earthquake triggering

By PoreLab18 November, 2021PoreLab Lecture Series

The next PoreLab lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 24th at 1 PM (Oslo time). We will welcome the lecturer, Lucilla De Arcangelis, from the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” (Department of Engineering). You will be able to join with the following link: https://uio.zoom.us/j/65837085049?pwd=WjZianUyN3FJa2liQkxBbzQrOCtGdz09 The title and abstract for this presentation are below: Acoustic

Next Porous Media Tea Time Talk

By PoreLab15 November, 2021Conference/Symposium/Workshop

Next Porous Media Tea Time Talk on November 16th at 15:00 CET. Welcome!

InterPore Norway – 1 December 2021

By PoreLab13 November, 2021InterPore

InterPore Norway is providing a platform for the Norwegian porous media researchers/scientists to come together and exchange ideas. For this reason, InterPore Norway arranges an annual workshop for all that are interested in porous media research and technology. The workshop, hosted by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and the University of Bergen, is free of charge

Welcome to Hristina!

By PoreLab10 November, 2021New employee

Hristina Dragovic joined the department of Energy and Process engineering at NTNU in September 2021. Her PhD position is financed through the newly established project: “PredictCUI: prediction of water liquid and vapour migration for mitigating corrosion under insulation“. PredictCUI answers to the RCN’s Petromaks2 call for collaborative and knowledge-building projects. The project has been developed