GeoScience and GeoEnergy Webinar Series
Organized every Thursday at 16:00 (CET)
Guest lecture on “Anisotropic heat flow in shearing fluids by molecular dynamics simulations”
Professor Peter Daivis will give a lecture about “Anisotropic heat flow in shearing fluids by molecular dynamics simulations” at PoreLab premises (Valgrinda, PTS2, 2nd floor) on Wednesday, October 2nd, at 13:00. Professor Daivis is coming from the School of Science cluster, Physics department at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He is visiting PoreLab in Trondheim from
Signe Kjelstrup is plenary speaker at InterPore 2020
Professor Signe Kjelstrup has been nominated by the Program Committee to be a plenary speaker at the InterPore 2020 Conference to take place in Qingdao, China, from 25th to 29th May, 2020. Signe will talk about “Addressing the water scarcity problem with thermal osmosis“. Abstract and Bio can be found under. All plenary speakers are
Workshop on Molecular Simulation and Small System Thermodynamics
On October 4th, PoreLab together with the department of Chemistry and the department of Materials Science and Engineering will welcome Professor Thijs Vlugt and his colleagues from TU Delft and host a workshop on Molecular Simulation and Small System Thermodynamics. Find the program here:
Alex Hansen, Jonas Kjellstadli and Srutarshi Pradhan talk about concret in Gemini
Read the last research news from PoreLab in Gemini here. Det som ikke sprekker dem, gjør dem sterkere Noen materialer blir sterkere når de utsettes for påkjenninger. Men alt bryter sammen til slutt. Hvorfor er det sånn? Og når gir materialene etter likevel? Illustrasjon: Shutterstock, NTB Scanpix Av Steinar Brandslet Publisert 23.09.19 Det høres litt
About InterPore Awards – Deadline: 15 November 2019
InterPore – PoreLab Award for Young Researchers (formerly Fraunhofer Award for Young Researchers) The International Society for Porous Media, InterPore, on behalf of PoreLab announces a Young Researcher Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of porous media from a fundamental point of view. The research may be theoretical, computational, or experimental. Award winners will
The program for the 3rd National Workshop on Porous Media (Norwegian Chapter) is available
16 October 2019, Stavanger, Norway The final program of the 3rd national workshop on porous media from the Norwegian InterPore chapter has become available (236 KB). Online registration deadline: 20 September 2019 here: https://www.uis.no/research/national-ior-centre-of-norway/
Workshop planned during week 43 with James McClure from Virginia Tech
James McClure, computational scientist from Virginia Tech, USA, is visiting EQUINOR and IGP during the week 43. A workshop will be organised at IGP during his presence. Short bio: My research work is focused on the development of theoretical and numerical methods to study transport phenomena in porous media, especially using digital rock physics. Digital
Guest lecture from Zoya Heidari from the University of Texas
The department of Geoscience and Petroleum is pleased to announce a talk by Zoya Heidari from the University of Texas at Austin. Title: Formation Evaluation and Rock Physics Model Development in Mixed-Wet Rocks Time: Friday 20th September, 14.15-15.00 Place: P10, PTS1, Valgrinda. Short bio: Zoya Heidari is an associate professor at Hildebrand department of petroleum
Most Downloaded paper
The paper from A. Hansen, S. Sinha, D. Bedeaux, S. Kjelstrup. M. Aa. Gjennestad and M. Vassvik: “Relations between seepage velocities in immiscible, incompressible two-phase flow in porous media” (2018) has become the most downloaded paper ever in Transport in Porous Media, the main journal in porous media research, starting in 1986. We demonstrate in
Alberto Bila at the SCA 2019 symposium in Pau
PhD candidate Alberto Bila from the department of Geoscience and Petroleum at NTNU and member of CoE PoreLab gave a presentation on “An experimental Investigation of Surface-modified Silica Nanoparticles in the Injection Water for Enhanced oil recovery” at the 33rd International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts in Pau (26-30 August 2019). Find more
Welcome to Danial Arab at PoreLab Trondheim
Welcome to Danial! Danial is a PhD candidate from the department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada. Danial is pursuing his PhD on the use of nanoparticles and chemicals to enhance recovery of heavy oil. He has received a grant for carrying out a portion of his research at NTNU/PoreLab.
Welcome to Cristian Camilo Garcia at PoreLab Trondheim
Cristian Camilo García Castaño is a Master student from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Mexico city, Mexico. Cristian arrived at PoreLab Trondheim on September 2nd and will stay with us until November 24th, 2019. He will be joining the research team working on the effect of wettability on residual oil saturation. Professor Ole
Welcome to Quirine Krol at PoreLab Trondheim
Quirine Krol got a grant for a Post-doc research fellow position at the College of Engineering, Montana State University in Bozeman for 2 years starting in April 2020 and working with Professor Sarah Codd. Quirine is coming from ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering. She arrived at PoreLab Trondheim on August 27 and will remain
Welcome to Edgar Javier Rueda at PoreLab Trondheim
Edgar Javier Rueda is a Master Student from the University of Campinas, Brazil. Edgar arrived at PoreLab Trondheim on August 8th and will stay with us at PoreLab Trondheim until the end of October. Edgar holds a bachelor degree in Petroleum Engineering back in December 2015 from the Industrial University of Santander, Colombia. Currently, he
Welcome to Philipp Rehner at PoreLab Trondheim
Philipp Rehner is a PhD Student from the Institute for Technical Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He arrived at PoreLab Trondheim on August 2nd and will stay with us until the end of October 2019. Philipp is working with Professor Joachim Groß back in Stuttgart. He will be working