International Society for Porous Media (InterPore)

InterPore is a non-profit independent scientific organization established in 2008 with a young and quickly growing community of members from academia and industry worldwide. InterPore is a unique platform that connects researchers, educators, and practitioners from diverse porous media fields. Members can exchange scientific knowledge and engineering expertise between academia and industry, enabling the development of collaborations, accelerating learning, and facilitating innovation.

Aims of InterPore

The key aims of InterPore, which are supported via committees, annual conferences, local chapter meetings, and various educational opportunities, are as follows:

• To facilitate exchange and collaboration among industry and academic researchers
• To bring theoreticians, modellers and experimentalists together in order to provide a forum for exchanging ideas and expertise for the improvement of porous media models
• To identify and address research questions that will lead to major improvements to the theories and models of complex porous media
• To assist in establishing strategic research priorities of major funding agencies on national and international levels
• To promote collaborative research among partners and to facilitate the establishment of joint research projects
• To facilitate training and education

Core Activities

In 2016, InterPore Foundation was founded to further support the aims of the society and improve its outreach. The Foundation focuses on increasing the dialog between the public and private scientific communities, as well as seeking funding which can be used for targeted awards of excellence, to facilitate participation by promising young scientists in international scientific gatherings by InterPore, to provide financial support for outstanding young scientists from low-income countries to join InterPore activities, and to support InterPore’s educational activities.

In 2020, InterPore Academy was founded. Their mission focuses on advancing and disseminating knowledge within the field of porous media systems by organizing various educational, research and training activities.

The InterPore Journal was launched during the summer of 2023 to further support the mission and goals of the society. This journal, which is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal, has the aim of becoming the main destination for publishing high-quality research on a wide range of multidisciplinary multiscale topics related to porous media science and technology. Visit the InterPore Journal website.

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The International Society for Porous Media (InterPore) has been a Member of the International Science Council since 2020.

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