Welcome to InterPore

InterPore, the International Society for Porous Media, is a non-profit independent scientific organization established in 2008. We are a young and quickly growing community with members from academia and industry world-wide. Our general aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge for understanding, describing, and modelling natural and industrial porous media systems.

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  • InterPore2024: Visa, Hotels, and the 1st EquiPore Happy Hour!

    Early-bird registration deadline for InterPore2024 is today, Friday, 15 March! In order to qualify for the discounted rates, be sure to register now! China’s Visa-Free Policy More countries have been added to China’s growing visa exemption policies! In addition to the visa-free agreements for travel through 30 November 2024 already in place for France, Germany,

    March 15, 2024
  • Upcoming InterPore Academy Webinars & Courses

    Hydrological extremes: changing hazards as a result of climate change Speaker: Lindsay Beevers, University of Edinburgh Research Explorer Duration: 1 hour Date/Time: Tuesday, 2 April 2024 – 4-5 pm CEST Hydrological extremes have devastating consequences on society. Climate change impacts on these hazards mean we are likely to experience more frequent extreme events. With the

    March 15, 2024
  • Call for abstracts: CouFrac2024

    Visit the conference website for more information.

    March 15, 2024
  • Mexican Chapter Report

    The 10th Annual Meeting of the Mexico Chapter of InterPore was held at the Engineering School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico on 7-8 March 2024 and included 22 talks: 1 plenary conference (online) by Prof. Ruben Juanes, from MIT, Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer Award 1 guest lecture by Prof. Tito Bonagamba from the University

    March 15, 2024
  • Prof. Rainer Helmig Wins the 2025 Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award

    It is with great pleasure that we can announce that Prof. Rainer Helmig receives the 2025 Kimberley-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award. Prof. Rainer Helmig Prof. Rainer Helmig is the head of the Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems, Department of Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Rainer Helmig is widely

    March 15, 2024
  • Predicting Ecosystem Net Primary Productivity by Percolation Theory and Optimality Principle

    Predicting Ecosystem Net Primary Productivity by Percolation Theory and Optimality Principle Allen G. Hunt, Muhammad Sahimi, Behzad Ghanbarian, and German Poveda The water balance equation divides precipitation at the Earth’s terrestrial surface into its two principal pathways: evapotranspiration (ET) and run-off (Q). Known as the “central problem of hydrology,” since Robert Horton declared that in

    March 15, 2024
  • Montana Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting: Workshop Invitation

    10-12 July 2024, Bozeman, Montana, USA Center for Biofilm Engineering is pleased to continue its program to encourage the participation of outstanding non-MSU biofilm investigators at its annual Montana Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting. Targeting postdoctoral researchers and newly hired faculty, up to two investigators will be invited to present their research at our upcoming

    March 15, 2024
  • CCS Summer School

    17-21 June 2024, Krakow, Poland CCS research groups at the University of Oslo (Norway) and AGH University of Krakow (Poland) invite you to attend their Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Summer School. The CCS school is primarily aimed at PhDs but is also open for MSc students and postdoctoral researchers. Participants must submit an online

    March 15, 2024
  • InterPore2024: Visa, Hotels, and the 1st EquiPore Happy Hour!

    Early-bird registration deadline for InterPore2024 is today, Friday, 15 March! In order to qualify for the discounted rates, be sure to register now! China’s Visa-Free Policy More countries have been added to China’s growing visa exemption policies! In addition to the visa-free agreements for travel through 30 November 2024 already in place for France, Germany,

    March 15, 2024
  • Upcoming InterPore Academy Webinars & Courses

    Hydrological extremes: changing hazards as a result of climate change Speaker: Lindsay Beevers, University of Edinburgh Research Explorer Duration: 1 hour Date/Time: Tuesday, 2 April 2024 – 4-5 pm CEST Hydrological extremes have devastating consequences on society. Climate change impacts on these hazards mean we are likely to experience more frequent extreme events. With the

    March 15, 2024
  • Mexican Chapter Report

    The 10th Annual Meeting of the Mexico Chapter of InterPore was held at the Engineering School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico on 7-8 March 2024 and included 22 talks: 1 plenary conference (online) by Prof. Ruben Juanes, from MIT, Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer Award 1 guest lecture by Prof. Tito Bonagamba from the University

    March 15, 2024
  • Prof. Rainer Helmig Wins the 2025 Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award

    It is with great pleasure that we can announce that Prof. Rainer Helmig receives the 2025 Kimberley-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award. Prof. Rainer Helmig Prof. Rainer Helmig is the head of the Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems, Department of Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Rainer Helmig is widely

    March 15, 2024
  • InterPore2024: Poster and Online Presentation Submission, Conference Courses, and More

    Abstracts for poster and online presentations are still being accepted and can be submitted at the InterPore2024 website. Registration for InterPore2024 is open! Limited space events are first come, first serve, so be sure to save your spot by registering now! DEI Lunch Forum Be a part of the conversation! Join InterPore’s Diversity, Equality &

    March 1, 2024
  • InterPore2025

    While most of you are preparing for InterPore2024, the InterPore office, Program Committee, and the Local Organizing Team at Sandia National Laboratory, chaired by Hongkyu Yoon, are hard at work getting ready to welcome you in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 19-22 May 2025 at InterPore2025 – InterPore’s 17th Annual Meeting!

    March 1, 2024
  • InterPore Journal AGU Special Issue

    Whether or not you attended the 2023 AGU Fall Meeting last December and participated in the session titled “Coupled Flow Processes in Fractured Porous Media Across Scales: Recent Advances in Experimental and Modeling Efforts,” we eagerly await your contributions for the special issue planned by the InterPore Journal in connection with this session. The forthcoming

    March 1, 2024
  • Kimberly-Clark Lectureship

    Prof. Ruben Juanes, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2024. InterPore has received more than 35 applications to host Prof. Juanes from universities and organisations all over the world. After his presence in February and early March in the UK, he will present his lecture „Fluids, Fingers, Fractures

    March 1, 2024
  • Call for abstracts: CouFrac2024

    Visit the conference website for more information.

    March 15, 2024
  • Montana Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting: Workshop Invitation

    10-12 July 2024, Bozeman, Montana, USA Center for Biofilm Engineering is pleased to continue its program to encourage the participation of outstanding non-MSU biofilm investigators at its annual Montana Biofilm Science and Technology Meeting. Targeting postdoctoral researchers and newly hired faculty, up to two investigators will be invited to present their research at our upcoming

    March 15, 2024
  • CCS Summer School

    17-21 June 2024, Krakow, Poland CCS research groups at the University of Oslo (Norway) and AGH University of Krakow (Poland) invite you to attend their Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Summer School. The CCS school is primarily aimed at PhDs but is also open for MSc students and postdoctoral researchers. Participants must submit an online

    March 15, 2024
  • Webinar: Tailor-Made Soil Properties by Bio-Geochemical Means

    Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 11:00 am–12:00 pm (UTC+01.00: Amsterdam) Professor Lyesse Laloui is the Director of Soil Mechanics Laboratory and the Civil Engineering Section, EPFL, Switzerland. He also is honorary director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China. Among the non-conventional soil consolidation techniques, bio-mineralisation has been a central focus of

    March 15, 2024
  • ISC: Parenthood Grant

    For all ISC Members and their networks: If you are an early-career Principal Investigator currently on parental leave, or will soon be in parental leave, you can apply to the International Brain Research Organization’s Parenthood Grant, and have the chance to obtain supplemental laboratory funding. The deadline for application is 15 March. More information on

    March 1, 2024
  • Summerschool FLOWTIME

    10-21 June 2024, Cargèse, Corsica, France Linking life-supporting functions of the subsurface across disciplines: The 6th Cargèse summer school will be jointly organized by CNRS, NSF, the university of Rennes and the University of Oslo. It will take place from 10-21 June 2024 at the Cargese Institute, Corsica, France. The summer school will provide high-level

    March 1, 2024
  • New Book: Fluid Flow in Fractured Rocks

    Robert Zimmerman and Adriana Paluszny of Imperial College would like to inform the InterPore community of the publication of their new book, Fluid Flow in Fractured Rocks. This book is intended for researchers and students who are interested in hydrogeology, hydrology, water resources, structural geology, reservoir engineering, underground waste disposal, or other fields that involve

    February 16, 2024
  • Call for Abstracts: 15th ICTEA Conference

    29 May – 1 June 2024, Tashkent, Uzbekistan   The 15th ICTEA Conference will be held this year in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The deadline for abstract submission is fast approaching: 28 February 2024. Papers can be presented online or in-person.

    February 2, 2024
  • Predicting Ecosystem Net Primary Productivity by Percolation Theory and Optimality Principle

    Predicting Ecosystem Net Primary Productivity by Percolation Theory and Optimality Principle Allen G. Hunt, Muhammad Sahimi, Behzad Ghanbarian, and German Poveda The water balance equation divides precipitation at the Earth’s terrestrial surface into its two principal pathways: evapotranspiration (ET) and run-off (Q). Known as the “central problem of hydrology,” since Robert Horton declared that in

    March 15, 2024
  • Effect of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Well Placement Prediction in CO2-EOR Projects Using Machine Learning Surrogate Models: Benchmarking of Boosting-Based Algorithms

    Effect of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Well Placement Prediction in CO2-EOR Projects Using Machine Learning Surrogate Models: Benchmarking of Boosting-Based Algorithms T. Esfandi, S. Sadeghnejad, A. Jafari Carbon capture and storage (CCS) during enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in underground reservoirs offer both environmental and economic benefits. This study explores the efficiency of five machine learning boosting

    March 1, 2024
  • Unveiling Moisture Transport Mechanisms in Cellulosic Materials: Vapor vs. Bound Water

    Unveiling Moisture Transport Mechanisms in Cellulosic Materials: Vapor vs. Bound Water Y. Zou, B. Maillet, L. Brochard, P. Coussot   Natural textiles, wood, hair, paper, wool, or bio-based walls possess the remarkable ability to store humidity from sweat or the environment through “bound water” absorption within nanopores, constituting up to 30% of their dry mass.

    February 16, 2024
  • Compaction and Clay Content Control Mudrock Porosity

    Compaction and Clay Content Control Mudrock Porosity A. Rezaeyan, N. Kampman, V. Pipich, L. C. Barnsley, G. Rother, C. Magill, J. Ma, A. Busch Mudrocks, ubiquitous yet poorly understood sedimentary rocks with significant variations in pore structure, form seals for geological carbon dioxide and energy storage, repositories for radioactive waste disposal, and reservoirs for natural

    December 23, 2023
  • Tortuosity and Microstructure Effects in Porous Media: Classical Theories, Empirical Data, and Modern Methods

    Tortuosity and Microstructure Effects in Porous Media: Classical Theories, Empirical Data, and Modern Methods Lorenz Holzer, Philip Marmet, Mathias Fingerle, Andreas Wiegmann, Matthias Neumann, Volker Schmidt Empirical data shows that the tortuosity-value of a certain microstructure is more strongly dependent on the type of tortuosity than on the microstructure itself. To clarify the discussion on

    December 15, 2023
  • Unified Flash Calculations With Isenthalpic and Isochoric Constraints

    Unified Flash Calculations With Isenthalpic and Isochoric Constraints V. Lipovac, O. Duran, E. Keilegavlen, F. A. Radu, I. Berre Simulation of multiphase multicomponent flow with phase change demands great flexibility, efficiency, and compatibility of the thermodynamic subproblem. Complex phenomena in the subsurface require models for multiple properties of the fluid, including volume, enthalpy, or internal

    December 15, 2023
  • Nanothermodynamics: Theory and Applications

    Nanothermodynamics: Theory and Applications Dick Bedeaux, Signe Kjelstrup, Sondre K. Schnell This book explains and applies the systematic thermodynamic theory of small systems proposed by Hill. It uses and extends his method. The basic ideas of the theory are highlighted, and the power of the theory in and away from equilibrium is demonstrated in several

    December 1, 2023
  • Design Considerations for Dynamic Fluid Flow in Porous Media Experiments Using X-Ray Computed Micro Tomography

    Design Considerations for Dynamic Fluid Flow in Porous Media Experiments Using X-Ray Computed Micro Tomography T. Pak, N. Lopes Archilha, S. Berg, I. B. Butler X-ray micro computed tomography (µCT) has become an advanced non-destructive tool to analyse the internal structure of opaque materials such as porous media. The range of accessible spatial and temporal

    November 17, 2023

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