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November 2023
Federico Lanza completed his PhD on November 3rd, 2023, as a joint international PhD degree between the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS), CNRS at University Paris-Saclay in France and the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU, Norway
Thesis title: Optimal path for the flow of yield stress fluids
Her supervisors were Alberto Rosso, Alex Hansen and Laurent Talon
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October 2023
Hursanay Fyhn completed her PhD on October 27th, 2023, at the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Dynamic pore network study of immiscible two-phase flow in porous media
Her supervisors were Alex Hansen and Knut Jørgen Måløy
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October 2023
Astrid Fagertun Gunnarshaug completed her PhD on October 19th, 2023, at the Department of Chemistry, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Thermoelectric Phenomena in Lithium Ion Batteries and Thermogalvanic Cells
Her supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup and Odne Stokke Burheim
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October 2022
Davood Dadrasajirlou completed his PhD on October 31st, 2022, at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Hyper-Viscoplastic Modelling of Clay Behaviour
His supervisors were Gustav Grimstad and Seyed Ali Ghoreishian Amiri
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October 2022
Michael Tobias Rauter completed his PhD on October 5th, 2022 from the Department of Chemistry, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Fluid transport through nanoporous madia in the presence of phase transitions
His supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup, Sondre K. Schnell and Øivind Wilhelmsen
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September 2022
Vilde Bråten completed her PhD on September 30th, 2022, at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Fundamental Aspects of Thermodynamics of Small Systems Investigated Through Molecular Simulations and Theoretical Descriptions
Her supervisors were Sondre K. Schnell and Øivind Wilhelmsen
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May 2022
Olav Galteland completed his PhD on May 10th, 2022 at the Department of Chemistry, NTNU, Norway
Thesis title: Nanothermodynamics and Molecular Simulations of Fluids in Porous Media
His supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup, Bjørn Hafskjold and Dick Bedeaux
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March 2022
Robin Sam Vacher completed his PhD on March 30th, 2022 from the Department of mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NTNU, Norway
Thesis title: Nanoscale trobological simulations of a semi-crystalline polymer
His supervisors were Astrid de Wijn and Sergio Armada Nieto
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December 2021
Seunghan Song completed his PhD on December 9th, 2021 from the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU, Norway
Thesis title: Thermal Processing of semiconductor alloy core glass fibers
His supervisors were Ursula Gibson, Alex Hansen and Signe Kjelstrup
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November 2021
Louison Thorens completed his PhD on November 17th, 2021, as a joint degree PhD between the Department of Physics, PoreLab, University of Oslo, Norway and the Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Thesis title: Unstable drainage of frictional fluids and magnetic control of the mechanical behaviour of confined granular media
His supervisors were Knut Jørgen Måløy, Eirik Grude Flekkøy, Mickaël Bourgoin and Stéphane Santucci
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October 2021
Chuangxin Lyu completed his PhD on October 19th, 2021 from the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, PoreLab, NTNU.
Thesis title: Mechanical behavior of frozen saline clay: laboratory, field and numerical investigation
His supervisors were Gustav Grimstad and Seyed Ali Ghoreishian Amiri
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June 2021
Eivind Bering completed his PhD on June 4th, 2021 at the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Stretching, breaking, and dissolution of polymeric nanofibres by computer experiments
His supervisors were Alex Hansen and Astrid de Wijn
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April 2021
Fredrik Kristoffer Mürer completed his PhD on April 9th, 2021 from the department of Physics, NTNU
Thesis title: Diffractive X-ray Tomography of Oriented Mineralized Structures in Hierarchical Materials
His supervisors were Dag Werner Breiby, Magnus Borstad Lilledahl and Kristin Olstad
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February 2021
Marco Sauermoser completed his PhD on February 19th, 2021 from the department of Chemistry, PoreLab, NTNU, Norway
Thesis title: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and nature-inspired chemical engineering applied to PEM fuel cells
His supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup and Bruno G. Pollet
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January 2021
Kristian Stølevik Olsen completed his PhD on January 29th, 2021 from the Department of Physics, PoreLab, UiO, Norway
Thesis title: Active and passive Brownian particles in complex environments
His supervisors were Eirik Grude Flekkøy and Knut Jørgen Måløy
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November 2020
Magnus Aashammer Gjennestad completed his PhD on November 24th, 2020 at the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Modelling of two-phase equilibrium, stability nd steady-state flow in porous media
His supervisors were Alex Hansen, Signe Kjelstrup and Øivind Wilhelmsen
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May 2020
Alberto Luis Bila completed his PhD on May 20th, 2020, at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Experimental Investigation of Surface-Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery
His supervisors were Ole Torsæter and Jan Åge Stensen
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March 2020
Ailo Aasen completed his PhD on March 27th, 2020 from the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, PoreLab NTNU
Thesis title: Bulk and Interfacial Thermodynamics of Mixtures: From Aqueous Systems to Ultracryogenic Fluids
His supervisors were Øivind Wilhelmsen and Morten Hammer
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December 2019
Jonas Tøgersen Kjellstadli completed his PhD on December 17th, 2019 from the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: Local Versus Equal Load Sharing in the Fiber Bundle Model
His supervisors were Alex Hansen and Asle Sudbø
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December 2019
Monem Ayaz completed his PhD on December 16th, 2019 as a joint Phd degree between the Department of Physics, PoreLab UiO and the Department of Physics and Engineering at the University of Strasbourg, France.
Thesis title: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Cluster Morphologies and Dynamic During Biphasic Flow in Porous Media
His supervisors were Renaud Toussaint, Gerhard Schafer and Knut Jørgen Måløy
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December 2019
Bahador Najafiazar completed his PhD on December 13th, 2019 from the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, PoreLab, NTNU
Thesis title: HyGreGel: A New Class of Gel Systems for Water Diversion by In-depth Reservoir Placement
His supervisors were Ole Torsæter, Torleif Holt and Jan Åge Stensen
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December 2019
Reidun Cecilie Grønfur Aadland completed her PhD on December 5th, 2019 from the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, PoreLab NTNU
Thesis title: Experimental Study of Flow of Nanocellulose in Porous Media for Enhanced Oil Recovery Application
Her supervisors were Ole Torsæter and Kristin Syverud
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June 2019
Le Xu completed his PhD on June 21st, 2019 from the department of Physics, PoreLab UiO, Norway
Thesis title: Experimental Observations of Dissolution in Fractures in Circular Geometry
His supervisors were Knut Jørgen Måløy and Eirik Grude Flekkøy