PoreLab Lecture Series
Do you wish to receive the invitations to the PoreLab lectures? Contact Marie-Laure Olivier here: Marie-Laure.Olivier@ntnu.no
Open Postdoctoral Research fellow position in porous media physics at PoreLab, UiO
A four year position as Postdoctoral Research fellow in porous media physics is available at the Center of excellence PoreLab at the department of physics, University of Oslo. Starting date is no later than January 1, 2021. Deadline to apply for the job is 15 September 2020 The project is a collaboration between PoreLab and
New publication: Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of surfaces captures the energy conversions in a shock wave
Last publication from Bjørn Hafskjold, Dick Bedeaux, Signe Kjelstrup and Øivind Wilhelmsen. Title: “Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of surfaces captures the energy conversions in a shock wave” Journal: Chemical Physics Letters: X – Volume 7, July 2020, 100054 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpletx.2020.100054 Available online 1 August 2020. Read the publication here >>
Presentation from TESCAN on August 18th
There is going to be an online presentation from Daniel Jensen, TESCAN at 13:00 on Tuesday 18th of August. Please feel free to join. The presentation is focusing on the unique TESCAN DynaTOM and it’s capabilities for in-situ dynamic testing. Continuous imaging and which advantages that entails over standard CT imaging techniques. Abstract: TESCAN DynaTOM
Porous Media Tea Time Talk # 4
We are happy to invite you to our next Porous Media Tea Time Talks (#PorousMediaTTT) session at 11.08.2020 at 10.30 am Oslo Time/local time on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuK0ogQKdSxq6pW-vljLN1Q. The two presentations are: Pressure tomography for CO2 plume monitoring: The Otway Stage 3 project By: Samuel Jackson, CSIRO, Australia CO2CRC’s Otway Stage 3 project is developing permanently deployed,
Porous Media Tea Time Talk #3
We are happy to invite you to our next Porous Media Tea Time Talks (#PorousMediaTTT) session at 28.07.2020 at 3 pm Oslo time/local time on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuK0ogQKdSxq6pW-vljLN1Q. Please find attached a banner with info on the presentations. We remind that questions are very welcome and can be sent during the presentations using the comment field on
Porous Media Tea Time Talk #2
After the successful launch of our new webinar series Porous Media Tea Time Talks (#PorousMediaTTT) I am happy to invite you to our second session tomorrow, 14.07.2020 at 10.30 am Oslo time (CEST) / local time on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuK0ogQKdSxq6pW-vljLN1Q. You are welcome to send questions anytime during the talks using the comment field on YouTube. The
Invitation to TEM introduction course and PhD course
The TEM Gemini Centre offers an introduction course (of 7 lectures) to TEM during week 38; see below. The course is aimed at PhDs and researchers who plan to use TEM or TEM data in their work, and gives a basis for reading, understanding and writing papers including TEM results. It is open for anyone,
Alberto Bila defended his thesis on May 20th, 2020
Alberto Luis Bila has defended his thesis for the PhD degree at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum at NTNU. The title of the academic thesis was: «Experimental investigation of surface-functionalized silica nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery» The Assessment Committee consisted of Professor Henri Bertin, University of Bordeaux, Frankrike, Associate Professor Tina Puntervold, University of
INVITATION TO THE PORELAB COURSE , “EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN POROUS AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS” (FYS 4420/FYS9420 AT UIO)
The PoreLab course on ” Experimental techniques in porous and complex systems ” will be offered in the 2020 fall semester. The course is offered for both, Ph.D. and master students. The code for the Ph.D. level is FYS9240. The master level code is FYS4420. The lectures will be held in PoreLab Oslo and PoreLab Trondheim. For
Diego Kingston defended his thesis on June 9th
Congratulations to Diego Kingston who defended his thesis on June 9th, 2020. Diego was awarded his PhD with the highest distinction from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Diego had 2 research stays at PoreLab during the course of his PhD, a first period between Mars and May 2019, and a second period between September
Jingya Zhang defended her thesis on May 30th
Congratulations to Jingya Zhang who defended her thesis on May 30th, 2020! Jingya spent the 3rd year of her PhD at PoreLab from September 2018 to August 2019, working with Professor Ole Torsæter. During her research stay in PoreLab, she conducted research on characterization of pore structure of tight sandstones and studied the impact of
InterPore 2020 – Submission deadline 25 June 2020
The 12th Annual InterPore Meeting will be held for the first time in the digital realm. More information about InterPore 2020 here >> Due to the change to an online conference, abstract submission has been re-opened. Please note the deadline of 25 June 2020 for all submissions. Information about abstract submission here >>
Thesis defence of Stein-Martin Fagerland on “Nanoparticles, ultrasound and microbubble mediated drug delivery in cancer model”, June 12th
Text from Professor Catharina de Lange Davies Stein-Martin Fagerland will defend his PhD thesis “Nanoparticles, ultrasound and microbubble mediated drug delivery in cancer model” on Friday June 12th. The defence will take place in room S21, in Sentralbygget 2. Floor at Gløshaugen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. The schedule is different from normal as the 2. opponent
5th EarthFlows seminar on June 11th and 12th at UiO & Zoom
Welcome to the annual EarthFlows seminar organised at the Njord center, University of Oslo, Norway. The seminar will be held on June 11th and 12th, with speakers and audience both attending from the seminar room Kelvin at Blindern, University of Oslo, and by Zoom. If you wish to attend the seminar, please sign up here:
PoreLab researcher invited on live TV in Brazil
PoreLab researcher, Marcel Moura, was on live TV on May 18th, 2020, in Brazil. It was a special program about the anniversary of his hometown Caruaru (18/05). He talked about PoreLab’s activities and showed a video of the Flying Chain experiment. He talked as well about a very relevant topic during this corona time, namely