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PoreLab lecture series with Daniel Lester on Fluid Mixing in Porous Media Flows of Arbitrary Complexity

By PoreLab1 May, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

Welcome to the next lecture in the PoreLab Lecture Series for the semester. Who: Associate Professor Daniel Lester, from RMIT University, Australia When: Wednesday 3 May at 13:00 (Oslo time) Where: on zoom https://uio.zoom.us/j/65837085049?pwd=WjZianUyN3FJa2liQkxBbzQrOCtGdz09 Title: Fluid Mixing in Porous Media Flows of Arbitrary Complexity Abstract: Mixing, dispersion and reaction of fluids and solutes in heterogeneous porous media is a fundamental

Welcome to René!

By PoreLab28 April, 2023New employee

René Tammen joined PoreLab on February 1st, 2023, as PhD candidate. His position is financed by the project “Sustainable Stable Ground” funded by the Research Council of Norway and his supervisor is Professor Erika Eiser, PI for the WP4 at PoreLab on “Nanoporous media and gels” . The project “Sustainable Stable Ground” is an interdisciplinary

IMT 15 – 15th International Meeting on Thermodiffusion

By PoreLab25 April, 2023Conference/Symposium/Workshop

The International Meeting on Thermodiffusion provides a unique opportunity for sharing ideas about theoretical, experimental and numerical results on diffusion- and thermodiffusion related research. The successful series of IMT meetings aims to provide a forum for discussion, face-to-face interaction between scientists and technologists, and a mechanism for developing new collaborations. The sessions will be held

PoreLab publication selected as a 2022 Editors’ Choice article by the Journal of Chemical Physics

By PoreLab24 April, 2023Publications

Congratulations to Jean-Marc Simon, Peter Krüger, Sondre Schnell, Thijs Vlugt, Signe Kjelstrup and Dick Bedeaux! Their article “Kirkwood-Buff Integrals: from fluctuations in finite volumes to the thermodynamic limit” published on October 2022 (Volume 157, Issue 13), has been selected as a 2022 Editors’ Choice article by the Journal of Chemical Physics. The 2022 JCP Editors’

PoreLab lecture with Tom Bultreys on new developments in micro-CT-based imaging of flow in porous media: 3D X-ray micro-velocimetry and to pore-to-core imaging experiments

By PoreLab21 April, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

When: Wednesday 26 April at 13:00 (Oslo time) Where: https://uio.zoom.us/j/65837085049?pwd=WjZianUyN3FJa2liQkxBbzQrOCtGdz09 Who: Dr. Tom Bultreys, assistant professor at Ghent University and recipient for the Interpore-PoreLab award for young researchers 2019 Title: New developments in micro-CT-based imaging of flow in porous media: 3D X-ray micro-velocimetry and to pore-to-core imaging experiments Abstract: X-ray micro-CT is an important technique to the behavior of fluids in

The 2023 Interpore-PoreLab award goes to Pranay Shrestha

By PoreLab17 April, 2023Awards

The 2023 winner of the Interpore-PoreLab award for young researchers is Dr. Pranay Shrestha, researcher at the University of Toronto, Canada. Pranay is working to advance sustainable energy technologies like fuel cells and the porous materials within them. Congratulations! Pranay received hid PhD degree from the University of Toronto in February 2023, working on “Experimental

Welcome to Quirine!

By PoreLab17 April, 2023New employee

Dr. Quirine Krol joined PoreLab on November 1st, 2022 as Postdoctoral fellow. This is a three-year contract. Her position is financed by a Marie-Curie grant (Horizon MSCA) that she developed together with Professor Alex Hansen. Her project, with the acronym SnowMagnet, involves 2 partners: PoreLab at NTNU and the Montana State University in Bozeman, USA.

PoreLab lecture with Dr. Mathieu Souzy, Research Associate at INRAE on the dispersion and stretching in 3D porous media

By PoreLab14 April, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

When: Wednesday 19 April at 13:00 (Oslo time) Where: https://uio.zoom.us/j/65837085049?pwd=WjZianUyN3FJa2liQkxBbzQrOCtGdz09 Who: Dr. Mathieu Souzy, Research Associate at INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment). Title: Dispersion and stretching in 3D porous media Abstract: Geomaterials are complex porous materials presenting a wide diversity of structures, which set how a fluid will flow through it. Theunderstanding of the mechanisms controlling the flow kinematics

PoreLab lecture with Professor Shervin Bagheri from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, on Liquid-infused materials and surfaces

By PoreLab11 April, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

Welcome to the PoreLab lecture with Professor Shervin Bagheri from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. When: Wednesday 12 April at 13:00 (Oslo time) Where: https://uio.zoom.us/j/65837085049?pwd=WjZianUyN3FJa2liQkxBbzQrOCtGdz09 Who: Professor Shervin Bagheri from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Title: Liquid-infused materials and surfaces Abstract: In this talk, I will present the design of multiphase porous materials — which

PoreLab lecture with Dr. Tomás Aquino on mixing, delay, and restart — fluid-solid reaction efficiency in incompletely-mixed porous media

By PoreLab24 March, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

Welcome to the PoreLab lecture with Dr. Tomás Aquino. When: March 29th at 13:00 (Oslo time) Where: https://uio.zoom.us/j/65837085049?pwd=WjZianUyN3FJa2liQkxBbzQrOCtGdz09 Title: Mixing, delay, and restart — Fluid-solid reaction efficiency in incompletely-mixed porous media Abstract:Biogeochemical reactions at the interface between the fluid and solid phases are central to a wide range of natural and engineered processes in porous

PoreLab publication selected as a 2022 Editors’ Choice article by the Journal of Chemical Physics

By PoreLab20 March, 2023Publications

Congratulations to Jean-Marc Simon, Peter Krüger, Sondre Schnell, Thijs Vlugt, Signe Kjelstrup and Dick Bedeaux! Their publication on “Kirkwood–Buff integrals: From fluctuations in finite volumes to the thermodynamic limit” has been selected as a 2022 Editors’ Choice article by The Journal of Chemical Physics. The 2022 JCP Editors’ Choice collection contains 80 articles selected by

PoreLab lecture with Albert-László Barabási on “Network Science – From Abstract to Physical Networks”

By PoreLab14 March, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

PoreLab UiO together with the Science Library in Oslo are organizing a talk from Professor Albert-László Barabási on March 22nd at 14:00. It will be streamed at the Science Library’s youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@realfagsbiblioteket/streams) Web page: https://www.ub.uio.no/english/courses-events/events/mednat/ureal/2023/230322physicsatthelibrary.htmlFacebook event: https://fb.me/e/10fmQxVL6 Albert-László BarabásiNetwork Science Institute and Department of Physics, Northeastern University Division of Network Medicine, Harvard University Department

The last publication from Hammer et al. selected as cover for the Journal of Chemical Physics

By PoreLab10 March, 2023Publications

Congratulations to Morten Hammer, Øivind Wilhelmsen, and their partners from the University of Stuttgart, Gernot Bauer, Rolf Stierle and Joachim Gross! Their recent paper, entitled “Classical density functional theory for interfacial properties of hydrogen, helium, deuterium, neon, and their mixtures” was selected as cover for the Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 158. The article is also

PoreLab lecture with Art Center Manager Mirela Vladuti on her art collaboration project with PoreLab

By PoreLab23 February, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

Welcome to the first PoreLab lecture 2023 on Monday 27.02 at 13:00 (Oslo time) in exceptional fashion with a special guest lecture from Mirela Vladuti, art gallery director at META Spatiu. She will be visiting PoreLab Oslo to present a lecture about her art collaboration project with PoreLab. You will be able to join with

PoreLab lecture with Professor Majid Hassanizadeh on Two-phase Flow in Industrial Porous Media; Experiments, Theory, and Modelling

By PoreLab23 February, 2023PoreLab Lecture Series

PoreLab’s next lecture will take place Wednesday 01.03 at 13:00 (Oslo time). As invited lecturer, we welcome Professor Majid Hassanizadeh, from the SimTech Center of Excellence at Stuttgart University, Germany and the Earth Sciences Department at Uthrecht University, Netherlands. You will be able to join with the following Zoom-link:https://uio.zoom.us/j/65837085049?pwd=WjZianUyN3FJa2liQkxBbzQrOCtGdz09Feel free to share it with whoever

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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14 February 2025: Prof. Mogens Høgh Jensen, Professor of Complex Systems and Biophysics, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen (Denmark): “Condensate Phase Transition and Oscillations in Cell Dynamics”

TBD: 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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