Author Archives: PoreLab

InterPore – Conference grants for scientists from selected countries and students – deadline for submitting an application is 15 December 2018

By PoreLab14 November, 2018InterPore

Conference grants for scientists from selected countries and students InterPore is pleased to announce that InterPore Foundation for Porous Media Science and Technology (InterPore Foundation) is providing a limited number of conference grants for participants from academic institutions from countries with lower- or middle-income economies, as defined by the World Bank, as well as for

Visitor to PoreLab Trondheim: Welcome to Janett Prehl!

By PoreLab13 November, 2018Visit

Janett Prehl, Research assistant in the group of Computational Physics, at the Technische Universität Chemnitz, will be visiting PoreLab in Trondheim from tomorrow, November the 14th until next Monday, November the 19th. Welcome! Her fields of research are as follow: Theoretical modeling of hierarchical structure formation of the twin polymerization process via utilizing reactive simulation approaches. The focus

Visitors to PoreLab Trondheim – Welcome to Professor Steven Bryant from UCalgary and his research group!

By PoreLab12 November, 2018Visit

Professor Steven Bryant, from the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering faculty at the University of Calgary, and some of his colleagues will be visiting Trondheim this week. Professor Bryant is the University’s first Canada Excellence Research Chair in Materials Engineering for Unconventional Oil reservoirs (CERC). He will be accompanied by Dr Marie Macquet, Dr. Somayeh Goodarzi,

Visitor to PoreLab Oslo – Welcome to Tanguy Le Borgne!

By PoreLab7 November, 2018Visit

Tanguy Le Borgne is Professor (Physicien CNAP) at the University of Rennes 1, France. His research focuses on the study of transport and reaction phenomena in heterogeneous porous and fractured media. He will be visiting PoreLab Oslo next week, arriving on November the 9th for the 2nd national Interpore workshop to be held in Oslo. Welcome!

Remember: 15 November is the deadline to nominate candidates for the InterPore Awards!

By PoreLab6 November, 2018Awards

Take charge and identify a colleague who deserves recognition – nominate her/him for an InterPore award. Here’s how: Award Deadline Honorary Lifetime Member Award 15 November 2018 PoreLab Award for Young Researchers 15 November 2018 Procter & Gamble Award for Porous Media Research 15 November 2018 Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship 15 November 2018 Honorary Lifetime Membership

Visitor to PoreLab Oslo – Welcome to Bjørnar Sandnes!

By PoreLab26 October, 2018Visit

Ass. Prof. Bjørnar Sandnes is coming for a visit at PoreLab Oslo next week, on October 29th and 30th, 2018. Bjørnar Sandnes is associate professor at Swansea University, UK. His research focuses on flow patterns in multiphase, granular, and complex fluid flows. The aim of his visit is to discuss common research projects in connection with the visit

Welcome to PoreLab Trondheim, Amine!

By PoreLab19 October, 2018Uncategorized

Amine Bouhouche joined the department of Geoscience and Petroleum at NTNU as PhD student on October the 1st, 2018. He will be working on the Work Package dedicated to Microfluidics and field studies for PoreLab. His supervisor is Ole Torsæter (professor, IGP, NTNU) and his co-supervisor is Knut Jørgen Måløy (Professor, FYS, UiO). Amine has

The 2018 PhD Prize of the French Chapter of Interpore goes to Eve-Agnès Fiorentino

By PoreLab18 October, 2018Awards

Congratulations to Eve-Agnès Fiorentino! She was awarded the 2018 PhD Prize of the French Chapter of Interpore.Eve-Agnès did her PhD in Strasbourg (Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg) with Renaud Toussaint and Laurence Jouniaux, in collaboration with the PoreLab team (in particular for the work with Marcel Moura). Professor Eirik Flekkøy from UiO was a

Visitor to PoreLab Trondheim: Welcome to Dr Erika Eiser!

By PoreLab18 October, 2018Visit

Our guest, Dr. Erika Eiser, Reader in Soft Matter Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge is visiting PoreLab Trondheim from October the 18 to the 22nd, 2018. She will give a presentation on “Microrheology of DNA hydrogels” on October the 22nd at PoreLab premises (PTS2, 2nd floor), starting at 13:15. Welcome! Abstract. The specificity of

About receiving InterPore Newsletter

By PoreLab12 October, 2018Uncategorized

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Visitor to PoreLab – Welcome to Professor Natalya Kizilova!

By PoreLab2 October, 2018Visit

Professor Natalya Kizilova from the Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, is visiting PoreLab Trondheim during 3 months starting 01.10.2018. She will be giving a talk about “Biological Networks: Principles of Design, Local and Global Optimization” on October the 3rd during our group

2nd PoreLab Junior Forum

By PoreLab1 October, 2018meetings

Text by Marco Sauermoser The 2nd PoreLab Junior Forum was held in Trondheim in the PoreLab facilities on the 20th and 21th of September, 2018. Again, the goal was to improve the connection between the two different locations of PoreLab, which is an important priority for us. It allows to get to know each other

Open Post-doc position in physical chemistry

By PoreLab18 September, 2018Vacant Positions

Within PoreLab Center of Excellence, a post-doc position in physical chemistry is available at the Department of Chemistry. The appointment has duration of 2 years. The open post-doc position is available for the development of transport theories for two-phase flow in porous media. The project is related to a new cleaning process for water, where

Welcome to Jingya Zhang!

By PoreLab14 September, 2018Visit

Jingya Zhang who is doing the 3rd year of her PhD at the College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum in Beijing, joined PoreLab Trondheim for one year. She arrived on September the 1st, 2018 and will be leaving in August 2019. Her office is located in the hall building together with other PhD students.

Visitors to PoreLab

By PoreLab3 September, 2018Visit

PhD Antoine Léo Turquet from the “Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg”, University of Strasbourg, France, is visiting PoreLab in Trondheim from September the 3rd to the 10th, 2018. He is collaborating with Professors Eirik Flekkøy and Signe Kjelstrup.

Cover story for Entropy

The paper from Mariá Barragán, Kim Kristiansen and Signe Kjelstrup entitled "Perspectives on Thermoelectric Energy Conversion in Ion-Exchange Membranes" was selected as the cover story for ENTROPY Volume 20. Read the paper here

Mechanisms of the Flying Chain Fountain

When a chain is released by one end from a container, it forms a striking arch extending well above the container. Watch the video of this curious phenomenon here and read more about the physics behind it here

50th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize to Lars Onsager

On Thursday 22 November, an exhibition on Lars Onsager opened at the Natural Science Library. It is now 50 years since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Plan S: På høy tid at dette skjer

Professor og leder for SFF ’en Porelab, Alex Hansen, gir Plan S sin fulle tilslutning. Forslaget om at all offentlig finansiert forskning skal publiseres i tidsskrifter med åpen tilgang er eneste riktige, slår han fast.

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