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The 8^th Brazil Chapter InterPore Conference on Porous Media took place on the main Campus of the Federal University of Santa Catarina – UFSC. At the heart of Santa Catarina island, the Reitor João David Ferreira Lima Campus, also known as Trindade Campus, is located a few kilometres from some important places in the city, such as the International Airport, the bus station, the downtown, and the main touristic see sights, like Lagoa da Conceição, beaches, and the historic iron bridge Hercílio Luz.

Holding the conference at the Trindade Campus was an opportunity for the participants to meet local researchers and visit laboratories focused on the study, application, and development of new porous materials, designed for the most varied purposes. UFSC’s laboratories from the Mechanical, Chemical, and Materials Engineering departments and courses develop porous materials based on ceramics, polymers, and metals, as well as biomaterials and membranes, for instance. Another important UFSC facility is the Geology Department, which has laboratories and research groups focused on studying aquifers and reservoir rocks.

The 8^th Brazil  InterPore Chapter Conference on Porous Media was held between 11^th  and 13^th  August  2025 to. The Steering Committee thanks CAPES for financial support.

Professor Dr. Paulo Cesar Philippi was formally acknowledged for his significant contributions and his pioneering work on Lattice-Boltzmann models for multiphase flows in porous media. It was the first homage made by the Brazil InterPore Chapter Steering Committee.

“In recognition of the body of work to the expansion of education, research and human resource formation on porous media systems in Brazil“

Among several solid and spectacular works presented in the Poster Session throughout the conference, three of them were selected by a scientific committee as the Top 3. In addition to receiving recognition and a certificate, the authors of these posters were also awarded free registration for the next Brazil InterPore Chapter conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2026.

Luis Mansini – UNICAMP “APPLICATION OF DIGITAL ROCK ANALYSIS TO CARBONATE ROCKS  FROM BARRA VELHA FORMATION, SANTOS BASIN: PORE GEOMETRY AND ITS IMPACT ON PERMEABILITY”

Sarah Aguiar – UFSC  “DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND ANALYSIS OF DUAL POROSITY OOLITE ROCK MICROMODEL IN POLYMER”

Everton Lucas – CNPEM-SIRIUS  “HIGH-PRESSURE AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE FLUID FLOW SYSTEM IN THE MOGNO BEAMLINE FOR TIME-RESOLVED TOMOGRAPHY”

Great News !!! The 19th Annual Meeting & Conference Courses InterPore 2027 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!

UFSC’s Centro de Cultura e Eventos

1) Dr Juliana F. Bueno: “Pore scale projects portfolio overview in Equinor Brazil R&D”.

2) Dr Santiago Drexler: “Relative Permeability from Core Analysis Experiments – Advances in Numerical Interpretation”.

3) Dr Rodrigo Surmas: “Advancing reservoir analysis: applications of digital rock physics in relative permeability curve challenges”.

4) Dr Paulo C. Philippi: “Lattice-Boltzmann models for immiscible fluids”.

5) Dr Eduardo Gildin: “Fast and robust data-driven subsurface simulation for leveraging decarbonization efforts in the Oil & Gas Industry”.

6) Dr Amir Raoof: “From Pore-Scale Physics to Field-Scale Predictions: An Integrated
Approach to Subsurface Utilization”

7) Dr Tannaz Pak: “Design considerations for dynamic fluid flow in porous media experiments using X-ray computed microtomography”.

8) Dr Veronica I. Marconi: “Soils-on-a-chip: innovative tools for studying microconfined flagellar motility of soil bacteria used as biofertilizers”.

9) Dr Denis Voskov: “Modeling and experimental insights into CO₂ sequestration in depleted fields“.

10) Dr Dachamir Hotza: “Advanced porous systems from waste-derived geopolymers: processing, functionality and environmental impact“

11) Dr Sebastião Lucena: “Molecular simulation methods for H₂ storage at multiple pore scale”

12) Dr Linda Luquot: “Reactive transport processes in porous rock sample: role of local heterogeneities”

13) Dr Kamaljit Singh: “Multiscale 3D imaging and modelling of multiphase flow in heterogeneous rocks”

14) Dr Mathias Steiner: “Simulating carbon dioxide geologic storage at pore scale in digital rock”

15) Dr Nathaly Lopes Archilha: “How to Access CNPEM’s Multi-User Facilities, Including the Sirius Synchrotron Light Source”

16) Dr Rodrigo Carlos Viana Coelho: “Flow through time-evolving porous media”

The abstracts for the Keynote Talks are accessible here.

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Pores are not just voids in materials; they play an important role in the micro and macroscopic world. Our goal is trying to understand them.