Author Archives: PoreLab

A new paper explores the stability of droplets, bubbles and films in pores

By PoreLab1 January, 2020Publications

PhD candidate Magnus Aa. Gjennestad (PoreLab/NTNU) and Senior Researcher/Professor Øivind Wilhelmsen (SINTEF/PoreLab/NTNU) recently published the paper “Thermodynamic stability of droplets, bubbles and thick films in open and closed pores” in Fluid Phase Equilibria. In this work, a thermodynamic description was developed to study the stability of droplets, bubbles and films of water in a pore. For a particular set of conditions,

A new research project on Ultrasound-Mediated Transport of Nanoparticles in Tissue, developed in collaboration with PoreLab

By PoreLab20 December, 2019New research project

The FRIPRO project, entitled “Ultrasound-mediated transport of nanoparticles in tissue: A predictive model” and developed by Professor Catharina de Lange Davies, associated member to PoreLab, has received funding from the Norwegian Research Council. This is a main accomplishment! The project can be summarized as follow: A prerequisite for successful cancer chemotherapy is that the drugs

PredictCUI: A new Knowledge-building Project developed in collaboration with PoreLab

By PoreLab17 December, 2019New research project

The competence building project “PredictCUI: Prediction of water liquid and vapour migration for mitigating corrosion under insulation” has received funding by the Norwegian Research Council. Here, Prof. Alex Hansen and Prof. Øivind Wilhelmsen from Porelab will collaborate with researchers from SINTEF Energy Research and the industry to deal with one of the major challenges at

Welcome to the thesis defence of Jonas Kjellstadli on December 17th

By PoreLab9 December, 2019Thesis Defence

17 December: Jonas Tøgersen Kjellstadli – Faculty of Natural Sciences PHD TRIAL LECTURE AND PUBLIC DEFENCE JONAS TØGERSEN KJELLSTADLI – THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Jonas Tøgersen Kjellstadli has submitted the following academic thesis as part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): “Local versus Equal Load Sharing in the

Open position: PhD DeepScale

By PoreLab6 December, 2019Vacant Positions

PhD position (DeepScale) The department of Chemical Engineering at NTNU, in association with our partner, SINTEF, is recruiting a PhD student within the KPN project: DeepScale – Deep Geothermal flow assurance project, cost-efficient scale handling and heat fluid robustness. Find the job offer here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/178631/phd-position-deepscale Supervisor: Tore Haug-Warberg at the Department of Chemical Engineering. Deadline is

PoreLab at the NTNU Team Hydrogen Annual Workshop

By PoreLab4 December, 2019Conference/Symposium/Workshop

During the NTNU Team Hydrogen Annual Workshop organised on December 2nd and 3rd, 2019, which with was done in collaboration with Queen’s University, Ni Electro Can, CANOPENER and ENERSENCE, PhD student Marco Sauermoser from PoreLab Trondheim presented a poster with the title “Flow Field Patterns for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells”. The poster summarized

Atta-ul Monem Ayaz defends his PhD thesis at the University of Strasbourg on December 16

By PoreLab4 December, 2019Thesis Defence

On Monday, December 16, 2019 Atta-ul Monem Ayaz will defend his thesis titled “Experimental and numerical investigation of cluster morphologies and dynamic during biphasic flow in porous media”. The thesis is a joint Phd thesis between the University of Strasbourg and the University of Oslo through a Cotutelle-agreement. The defense will take place at the

Welcome to the thesis defense of Bahador Najafiazar on December 13th in Trondheim

By PoreLab2 December, 2019Thesis Defence

Bahador Najafiazar – Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Faculty of Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Defence of Thesis: December 13th Bahador Najafaziar has submitted the following academic thesis as a part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Geoscience and Petroleum « HyGreGel: A new class of gel systems

The flying chain strikes again

By PoreLab28 November, 2019Publications

Do you remember the YouTube video from Marcel and the relevant publications on the flying chain? Well, the flying chain strikes again! The group has produced a new theoretical model for explaining the phenomenon that included the effects of fluctuations along the chain length. This model, backed up by experiments and numerical simulations, successfully predicted

Presentation from Voxaya, specialist on 3D imaging and porous materials, at NTNU on Dec.3

By PoreLab28 November, 2019Visit

Voxaya’ mission is to create efficient and easy-to-use software that aim at making 3D imaging technologies straightforward to the greatest number of users, engineers and researchers. Dr. Olivier Rodriguez, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at Voxaya, is visiting NTNU on December 3rd and will give a presentation at 14:15, NTNU, Valgrinda, PTS1, room 162, on

Publication about “Predicting Resistivity and Permeability of Porous Media Using Minkowski Functionals”

By PoreLab25 November, 2019Publications

Per Arne Slotte, Carl Fredrik Berg and Hamid Hosseinzade Khanamiri released their last publication in “Transport in Porous Media”. volume 130, no.3, December 2019. Read the article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11242-019-01363-2 Abstract: Predicting Resistivity and Permeability of Porous Media Using Minkowski Functionals | SpringerLink Permeability and formation factor are important properties of a porous medium that only depend on

Welcome to the thesis defence of Reidun Aadland from PoreLab Trondheim on Dec 5.

By PoreLab22 November, 2019Thesis Defence

Reidun Cecilie Grønfur Aadland – Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Faculty of Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Defence of Thesis: December 5th Reidun Cecilie Grønfur Aadland has submitted the following academic thesis as a part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Geoscience and Petroleum « Experimental Study

EarthFlows Winter Seminar on Dec. 6th, Oslo

By PoreLab22 November, 2019Conference/Symposium/Workshop

The EarthFlows research group at the department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, is hosting a short winter seminar for its network members on Friday, December 6th. Keynote speaker is Jérôme Weiss from the “Institut des Sciences de la Terre”, Grenoble, France. The seminar is open for all who are interested. See the full program under. Time

Oumuamua, the first known interstellar visitor to our solar system, is a dust bunny

By PoreLab18 November, 2019Popular science presentation

Professor Eirik Flekkøy from PoreLab University of Oslo explains the nature of Oumuamua under Popular Science. Read the article here: https://www.popsci.com/story/space/oumuamua-not-aliens-maybe-dust/ More articles about Oumuamua available here: Interesting Engineering: https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-rule-out-aliens-as-the-explanation-for-oumuamua Newshub: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/11/interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-just-gets-stranger-and-stranger.html And in French: https://eost.unistra.fr/actualites/actualite/article/et-maintenant-les-moutons-dans-lespace-de-poussiere/

Invitation to send abstract to the mini-symposia MS18 at InterPore 2020 Qingdao

By PoreLab17 November, 2019InterPore

Participants to the next InterPore2020 Conference, that will be held on May 25-28, 2019 in Qingdao, China, are invited to contribute an abstract to the mini symposium MS18 titled “Innovative methods for the characterization, monitoring, and in situ remediation of contaminated soils and aquifers“. See the session description below, also at https://events.interpore.org/event/23/page/154-minisymposia) Guidelines for abstract