IMPRES Research Fellow Receives Research Staff Excellence Award!
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani, Research Fellow in the IMPRES group, has been awarded the ‘Best Outstanding Contribution to the Research Staff Environment’ in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester’s Research Staff Excellence Awards. This prestigious recognition highlights Mehrdad’s significant contributions to promoting a positive research environment. Congratulations, Mehrdad, on this well-deserved honour!
Published: August 2025IMPRES PGR Student Successfully Defended Her PhD Thesis!
We are delighted to announce that Amna Al-Qenae, a PGR student in the IMPRES group, has successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr Al-Qenae! We wish you every success as you begin the next exciting chapter of your journey.
Published: July 2025
IMPRES PDRA Promoted to Research Fellow
We are pleased to share that Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani, PDRA in the IMPRES group, has been promoted to Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester. Many congratulations, Mehrdad!
published: July 2025IMPRES Team Visits Shell’s Energy Transition Campus and TU Delft!
As part of the UKCCSRC project, the IMPRES team — Professor
Vahid Niasar, Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani, and Dr Javad Shokri
— visited Shell’s Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA). The visit provided an excellent platform for
technical exchange, with the team presenting recent progress and
engaging in productive discussions on subsurface energy engineering and CO2 storage. Mehrdad and Javad
also spent a few days at TU Delft, where they participated in a series of insightful discussions centred
on salt precipitation during
CO2 injection — a challenge also addressed within the PINCH project.
The week proved to be highly positive and inspiring, opening up new possibilities for collaboration and
advancing our shared research in porous media.
We sincerely thank our colleagues at Shell and TU Delft for their warm hospitality, engaging lab tours,
and constructive feedback. Special thanks also to UKCCSRC for supporting this collaborative effort.
published:July 2025
Exceptional Achievements by IMPRES at the Chemical Engineering Department 2025 PGR Conference!
We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding performances
of IMPRES PhD students Ehsan Vahabzadeh,
Tongke Zhou, and Mahtab Shahrzadi at the 2025 PGR Conference held by the Chemical Engineering
Department. Tongke and Ehsan each received
the Oral Presentation Award, and Mahtab received the First-Year Poster Presentation Award.
We also extend our gratitude to IMPRES PDRA, Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani, for his outstanding
contribution as a session chair at the event.
Congratulations to all for their remarkable contributions—keep up the brilliant work!
published:June 2025
IMPRES PGR Student Completes Research Visit at TU Delft
We are pleased to share that Saleh Mohammadrezaei, a PhD student in the IMPRES group, recently completed a
fully funded
three-month research visit at TU Delft. Hosted by Dr Rouhi Frajzadeh’s research group, Saleh carried out
laboratory experiments
on hydrate formation in porous media, contributing to carbon capture and storage research.
This work deepened the understanding of hydrate dynamics at the pore scale and further strengthened the
collaborative links between the IMPRES group and TU Delft in subsurface energy systems research.
Published: June 2025
Professor Vahid Niasar Begins Presidency of InterPore
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Vahid Niasar
has begun his two-year term
as President of the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore) starting May 2025. InterPore,
founded in 2008, is a leading
global society dedicated to advancing knowledge in the modelling of flow and transport in porous
media, with applications in energy,
healthcare, and advanced materials.
Congratulations, Vahid, on this prestigious role!
IMPRES PGR Student Presents at Shell’s Pore Scale Physics Seminar
As part of his funded research stay at TU Delft, Saleh also visited Shell, where he presented his recent
findings at the
Pore Scale Physics Seminar. His talk, titled “Modelling the Drying Process of CO2–Water in
Porous Media with a Novel Volume-of-Fluid Lattice Boltzmann Model”, showed results from his PhD
research within the IMPRES group.
The presentation focused on pore-scale drying mechanisms relevant to carbon capture and storage (CCS), and
was well received by Shell’s research community, contributing to ongoing discussions on modelling strategies
in subsurface systems.
Published: May 2025
IMPRES PGR Student presented her PhD study at ECS 2025!
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) conference was held in Montreal from May 25-30, 2025. During the event, IMPRES PGR student, Grace Aquah, presented her PhD research on gas diffusion layer permeability. Great job, Grace!
published: May 2025
IMPRES PGR Student presented his PhD study at InterPore 2025 Conference
At the InterPore 2025 conference held in Albuquerque, USA, from 12-16 May 2025, IMPRES PGR student, Tongke Zhou, delivered an outstanding presentation on his PhD research on salt precipitation in porous media and immiscible displacement. Congratulations, Tongke, on a successful presentation!
Published: May 2025
IMPRES receives £10k for Water Electrolysis Research
The IMPRES group, in partnership with Parallel Carbon Ltd, was awarded a £10k Impact Acceleration Fund by The University of Manchester to advance modelling of water electrolysis technologies!
Published: May 2025IMPRES PGR student successfully defended her PhD thesis!
We are thrilled to announce that Farzaneh Nazari, an IMPRES PGR student, has successfully defended her PhD thesis! A huge congratulations, Dr. Nazari; we wish you all the best as you embark on the next exciting chapter of your life!
published:April 2025
IMPRES social event on April 2025
On 1st April, we at IMPRES came together for a fun afternoon event, celebrating the value of social connections alongside our academic and scientific work. Beyond our professional successes, we cherish the vibrant social life that strengthens our team and fosters a positive work environment. A big thank you to Javad for organising the gathering. We miss our other team members who could not join, and are excited for future events with everyone.
published:April 2025
A warm welcome to our new PhD student in IMPRES group
A huge welcome to Wenxing Dai, a new PhD
students joining IMPRES group.
published:March 2025
IMPRES PGR student elected as the member of InterPore SAC!
IMPRES started 2025 with an exciting news: Sina Omrani, IMPRES PGR student has been elected as the member of InterPore Students Affairs Committee (SAC). BIG congratulations, Sina and best of luck!
published:January 2025
IMPRES PDRA receives Research Pump-priming, Theme Development and Dissemination fund!
IMPRES PDRA Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani received a £3.8k Research Pump-priming,
Theme Development and Dissemination grant from The School of Engineering, University
of Manchester, to support him to conduct a series of lab-scale experiments aimed at
investigating fluid flow, dispersion, and mixing in porous media. BIG congratulations,
Mehrdad!
published:December 2024
IMPRES PGR Student will visits ISCE2!
IMPRES PGR student, Sina Omrani will begin a visit at A*STAR Institute of
Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy & Environment (ISCE2) as part of his PhD
program at the The University of Manchester. Sina will be working on a new and
challenging topic focused primarily on CO2 capture. Best of luck, Sina!
Published:November 2024
IMPRES PGR Student will visit TU Delft!
Saleh, a PhD student in the IMPRES group, will undertake a fully funded three-month research visit at TU Delft, hosted by Dr Rouhi Frajzadeh’s research group. BIG congratulations, Saleh and best of luck!
published: November 2024
IMPRES PGR student presented his PhD study at BP-ICAM 2024!
The BP-ICAM 2024 conference was held at the University of Manchester from 15-17 October 2024. During the event, IMPRES PGR student, Ehsan Vahabzadeh, presented his EPSRC-funded PhD research on Caprock-Reservoir Integrity for Subsurface Storage of Hydrogen. Great job, Ehsan!
Published:October 2024
IMPRES PGR student visits University of Stuttgart!
IMPRES PGR student, Farzaneh Nazari, will begin a PhD visit University of
Stuttgart, from October to December 2024, hosted by Prof. Holger Steeb and Dr.
Nikos Karadimitriou. Best of luck, Farzaneh!
Published:October 2024
PINCH project: Successful Q3 hybrid update meeting with industrial and academic partners
A highly productive Q3 hybrid update meeting was held at the University of Manchester, bringing together both industrial and academic partners. Delegates from BP, Shell, Equinor, and collaborators from Durham University participated, both in person and online. Insightful discussions were focused on the challenges of salt precipitation during CO2 injection in saline aquifers. The meeting concluded with a tour of the IMPRES lab, where some of the experimental research in subsurface energy engineering was showcased. Thanks to the PINCH and IMPRES team for their dedication in making the project a success!
published:October 2024
IMPRES social event on October 2024
On 4th October, we, IMPRES, gathered for an enjoyable evening event that highlighted the importance of social connections alongside our academic and scientific achievements. In addition to our accomplishments, we value the thriving social life that fosters a healthy work environment. A special thanks to Javad for organising the event. We missed the other team members, Farzaneh and Ehsan, who could not attend, and look forward to future gatherings.
published:October 2024
IMPRES PDRA appointed as the InterPore Porous Media Research Outreach Coordinator
Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani has been appointed as the InterPore Porous Media Outreach Coordinator to enhance representation and collaboration by identifying leading researchers in underrepresented non-geological porous media areas for InterPore events and conferences.
published:September 2024
A warm welcome to new PhD students in IMPRES group
A huge welcome to the new
PhD students joined IMPRES group in 2024, Arash Pourakaberian and
Qiuheng Xie.
published:September 2024
7th InterPore UK 2024; amazing performance of IMPRES group
The University of Manchester hosted the 7th UK InterPore Conference on
the 9th and 10th of September 2024 at the Royce Institute. Over the
course of two days, more than 60 researchers from the UK and abroad
presented on a wide range of porous media-related topics, spanning
from biological systems to soil, groundwater, fuel cells, underground
hydrogen storage and CCS.
IMPRES PGRs and PDRAs proactively contributed to this event by giving
8 oral and poster presentations. Thanks to the whole team for their
great effort.
published:September 2024
IMPRES receives 30k GBP flexible funding from UKCCSRC to investigate capillary suction during CO2 injection in saline aquifers
IMPRES PDRAs Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani and Dr Mohammadjavad Shokriafra under supervision of Prof Vahid Niasar have secured a £30k research grant to investigate capillary suction induced by brine evaporation and salt precipitation during scCO2 injection in saline and hypersaline aquifers. This research project, in collaboration with Professor Holger Steeb and Dr Nikolaos Karadimitriou from Stuttgart University, is funded by the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) through flexible funding 2024. BIG congratulations to the team!
published:July 2024
The PINCH Project Website is now live!
The official website for the PINCH project is now available at https://pinch-project.co.uk/.
Explore the
site to learn more about the project, work packages, the team, and
the goals. Stay tuned for regular updates and new resources!
published: July 2024
Great Success of the IMPRES PhD students in 2024 PGR Conference
We are proud to announce that Amna Al-Qenae and Tongke Zhou performed excellent in the 2024 PGR conference. Amna was awarded the First Prize in oral presentations and Tongke was awarded the First Prize in the first year poster presentation competition.
published:June 2024
Prof Vahid Niasar - Supervisor of the Year
Prof Vahid Niasar has been named Supervisor of the Year at the
MDC Excellence Awards 2024. This award is given to an
individual who has created the most supportive, stimulating,
and inspirational research environment for doctoral students.
published:June 2024
Prof Vahid Niasar presented their professorial inaugural lecture.
April 30, 2024 - Prof Niasar delivered their long-awaited professorial inaugural lecture at The University of Manchester. The event was made more memorable by the presence of Vahid's family, friends, and colleagues, who filled the lecture hall to capacity. Thanks to everyone who participated, whether in-person or online. Special gratitude to the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and his team, the IMPRES group, and esteemed invited speakers for their invaluable time and unwavering support.
published:April 2024
UKCCSRC Spring Conference 2024 ECR Poster Prize Winner
Congratulations to Mohammadjavad Shokriafra for being
awarded the ECR poster prize in the UKCCSRC conference!
This adds another well-deserved success to IMPRES team's
achievements.
published:March 2024
Prof Vahid Niasar - Specialty Chief Editor of the Georeservoirs, Frontiers in Earth Science
Prof Niasar was appointed as Specialty Chief Editor for
the Georeservoirs section of the Q1 Journal, Frontiers
in Earth Science.
published:March 2024
IMPRES recently published paper as the cover page of Environmental Science & Technology journal
A research paper titled "Exploring Carbonate Rock Dissolution Dynamics and the Influence of Rock Mineralogy in CO2 Injection" was published in prestigious Environmental Science & Technology journal. This work has been a successful collaboration between IMPRES at The University of Manchester and Prof Steeb's team at Stuttgart University. Congratulations to Mohammadjavad Shokriafra for his outstanding work and to the entire team involved. Special appreciation to Paria Beygi for her design expertise and Saleh Mohammadrezaei for their support in creating the captivating cover art, which is featured as the cover page of the published issue!
published:February 2024
Prof Vahid Niasar - Head of Research, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof Vahid Niasar has been appointed as the Head of
Research at the Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Manchester.
published:January 2024
A warm welcome to Mahtab, a new PhD student in IMPRES group
A huge welcome to Mahtab Shahrzadi, a new
IMPRES PhD student, who will work on PEM fuel cell modelling and simulation.
published:October 2023
IMPRES PGR student successfully defended his PhD thesis!
We are excited to announce that Javad Shokri, an IMPRES PGR student, has successfully defended his PhD thesis! Many congratulations, Dr. Shokri; we wish you all the best as you embark on the next exciting chapter of your life!
published:July 2023
IMPRES receives 250k USD funding from Shell to investigate complexities of CCS
Shell has funded 250k USD to the IMPRES group to
investigate the complexities of CCS using
pore-scale modelling technologies.
published:July 2023
InterPore 2023; solid performance of IMPRES group
Interpore2023 has been a great conference to
bring together researchers from all around the
world with more than 1000 on-site and online
attendees. Thanks to Heriot-Watt University
organising committee for making this
conference a big success in the beautiful city
of Edinburgh.
IMPRES group also proactively contributed to
this event by leading (MS22) Manufactured
Porous Materials for Industrial Applications
mini-symposium and giving 10 oral and poster
presentations. Thanks to the whole team for
their great effort.
published:May 2023
A warm welcome to Mehrdad, the new PDRA in IMPRES group
A huge warm
welcome to Dr Mehrdad Vasheghani who joined
IMPRES group in April 2023. Mehrdad has
joined the PINCH project funded by EPSRC in
collaboration with Durham University,
Stuttgart University, and major energy
companies, BP, Shell, and Equinor.
published:April 2023
IMPRES receives a £165k from Shell for subsurface problems
IMPRES receives £165k from Shell. This will fund a postdoc position for a short project on modelling of two-phase flow and phase change in porous media.
published:March 2023
Prof Vahid Niasar - President-Elect of InterPore
Prof Vahid
Niasar has been elected as
President-Elect of the International
Society of Porous Media (InterPore) for
two years starting May 2023 and will
become InterPore President two years
later.
InterPore is a nonprofit independent
scientific organization established in
2008. It has more than 1500 individual
members and 48 institutional members. It
has 17 national chapters
https://www.interpore.org/activities/national-chapters/
and so far, have held 15 annual
conferences in Europe, Asia and North
America.
It aims to advance and disseminate
knowledge for the understanding,
description, and modeling of natural and
industrial porous medium systems. It
acts as a platform for researchers
active in modeling of flow and transport
in natural, biological, and technical
porous media, such as soils, aquifers,
oil and gas reservoirs,
biological tissues, plants, fuel cells,
wood, ceramics, concrete, textiles,
paper, polymer composites, hygienic
materials, food, foams, membranes, etc.
published:December 2022
A warm welcome to several PhD students in IMPRES group
A
huge
welcome to several PhD students joined
IMPRES group in 2022, Tongke Zhou,
Shanshan Zhou, Ehsan Vahabzadeh, Sina
Omrani and Saleh Mohammadrezaei. They
will work on different projects fuel
cell, pore-scale multiphase flow,
underground hydrogen storage,
functionalised nanomarterials and
underground CO2 storage.
published:December 2022
IMPRES PGR student visits University of Stuttgart!
IMPRES PGR student, Javad Shokri,
spent two months with the research
group of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger
Steeb at the Institute of Applied
Mechanics (MIB) and the SFB 1313
at the University of Stuttgart as
part of his research stay. During
this time, he investigated the
effects of CO2 storage in
fractured
carbonate reservoirs, utilising
the state-of-the-art facilities of
the Porous Media Lab (PML).
published:December 2022
Prof Vahid Niasar Delivers Invited Course at Pore-Network Modelling Workshop
Prof Vahid Niasar was invited to deliver a course at the Pore-Network Modelling Workshop held at the University of Stuttgart. The event was organised and hosted by the group of Professor Rainer Helmig as part of the collaborative research centre SFB 1313, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Published: September 2022
Dr Vahid Niasar promoted to the Professor position.
In the recent round of promotion, Dr Vahid Niasar has been promoted to the Professor position. (published:June 2022)
A 30-month PDRA position available.
For the recently-funded EPSRC grant, PINCH Project on CCS, there is a 30month PDRA position available. Application deadline June 2022. (published:May 2022)
IMPRES receives a large EPSRC grant on CCS
Vahid Niasar and collaborators receive £942k (£754k from EPSRC) for subsurface CO2 storage. The project, entitled Performance and Injectivity of CO2 in Hyper-Saline Aquifers - or PINCH - is in collaboration with Princeton University, the University of Stuttgart, bp, Shell, and Equinor. It represents an excellent research development in the discipline of subsurface energy engineering, and addresses major challenges faced in geological CO2 storage. Dr Vahid Niasar of Manchester’s Department of Chemical Engineering is Principal Investigator for the PINCH project, which aims to establish fundamental science to develop a novel predictive model and apply it to real field data supported by industries. (published March 2022)
IMPRES receives a £180k from Shell on CCS
Vahid Niasar receives £180k from Shell on CO2 sequestration in subsurface. There is a PhD vanacancy open for this project looking for talented applicants with lattice-Boltzmann simulation expertise.
published:May 2022
IMPRES receives an EPSRC-BP iCASE award for hydrogen storage
Vahid Niasar receives an EPSRC-iCASE award for underground hydrogen storage. The project will be delivered in collaboration with Profs David Polya and Jon Lloyd. (published:May 2022)
A 20-month PDRA open position on MicroCT and microfluidic of Low Salinity Waterflooding
ACS Committee on the Petroleum Research Fund awarded $110,000 to Dr Vahid Niasar for the research project on “Microscale experimental investigation of Low Salinity Waterflooding". The project will fund a 20-month PDRA to join the IMPRES group starting in September 2019. You will hear more about this project in future! published:November 2018
A Very Successful Diamond Light Source Beamtime at I12
IMPRES group and
group of Prof
Holger Steeb from
University of
Stuttgart
performed very
successful
experiments in
Diamond Light
Source I12 on fast
tomography of
multiphase flow
and transport in
porous media. The
Beam time
experiments lasted
5 days and was
funded by Diamond
Light Source. The
successful
experimental
research was the
result of
intensive
collaboration of
Dr Vahid Niasar
(IMPRES), Prof
Holger Steeb
(Stuttgart U), Dr
Nikolaos
Karadimitriou
(Stuttgart U), Dr
Monika Walczak
(IMPRES), Mr
Sharul Hasan
(IMPRES), Mr
Mathias Ruf
(Stuttgart U), Mr
Hamidreza Erfani
(IMPRES), Dr
Thomas Connolley
(Diamond) and Dr
Nghia Vo
(Diamond).
published:October
2018
A new funding for research commercialisation
UKRI awarded
£35k to Dr Vahid
Niasar for
commercialisation
of pore-scale
research in
chemical and
petroleum
engineering
application.
Daniel Niblett
has been
intensively
involved in
visiting
different
relevant
companies and
experts around
the world to
identify the
current
challenges in
modelling and
characterisation
of porous
materials used
in various
industries.
published:October
2018
InterPore UK Poster Award for Omar Godinez
Omar Godinez
has
successfuly
won the best
poster award
in the 4th
InterPore UK
conference
held in
September 2018
in Aberdeen.
Omar's
research is
focused on
pore-scale CFD
simulations of
transport in
charged porous
media with
applications
to enhanced
oil recovery.
published:October
2018
A new PhD student joined IMPRES
Senyou An
joined the
IMPRES group
to work on
GPU
acceleration
of
pore-scale
modelling
and hybrid
modelling.
Senyou has
graduated
from the MSc
Petroleum
Engineering
of China
University
of
Pertroleum
(East
China). He
has received
the
President’s
Doctoral
Scholar
Award from
the
University
of
Manchester.
published:October
2018
Promotion
Dr Vahid J Niasar has been recently promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor). This success could not happen without the excellent support of the School of chemical engineering and analytical science, PhD students and PDRAs who are delivering excellent research quality in IMPRES group.
published:June 2018
A very successful international workshop on geothermal energy
Together with Dr Masoud Babaei, Dr Vahid Niasar organised a very well-received international workshop on geothermal energy at the University of Manchester on June 19th, 2018. It made an excellent opportunity for researchers from different universities and research institutes to exchange their research ideas and outcomes on subsurface energy applications. Special thanks to the internationally-renowned invited speakers Prof Mike Celia (Princeton University, USA), Prof Rainer Helmig (Stuttgart University, Germany), Prof Günter Zimmermann (GFZ Potsdam, Germany) and Dr Denis Voskov (TU Delft, Netherlands) and Dr Robert Westaway (University of Glasgow, UK) for their excellent talks and discussions. The workshop was sponsored by CUHK-UoM Research Fund 2017-18.
published:June 2018
Dr Vahid Niasar presented the IMPRES research outcomes in EAGE, Copenhagen
Dr
Vahid
Niasar
gave
two
oral
talks
in the
80th
EAGE
Annual
Conference
and
Exhibition
2018,
Copenhagen,
Denmark,
June
11-14,
2018.
Vahid
gave
two
talks
on
"Pore-Scale
Modelling
of
Mixing
and
Wettability
Alteration
and
its
Impact
on
Multi-Phase
Flow"
and
"MicroCT
X-Ray
Imaging
of
Hydrodynamic
Dispersion
under
Steady-State
Two-Phase
Flow"
which
were
based
on
collaborative
research
between
IMPRES
group
and
University
of
Stuttgart
and
Diamond
Light
Source.
published:June
2018
A warm welcome to Dr Monika Walczak
Dr
Monika
Walczak
joined
the
IMPRES
group
to
work
on
the
MITRA
project,
funded
by
EPSRC
EP/R021627/1.
Dr
Monika
S.
Walczak
received
her
Ph.D.
in
physics
from
the
Institute
of
Physics,
Polish
Academy
of
Sciences.
She
joined
the
University
of
Manchester
as
Research
Associate
to
work
on
the
industrial
projects
related
to
corrosion
inhibition
in
oil
and
gas
field.
Currently
she
is
working
on
imaging
the
flow
mechanism
in
porous
media.
Her
research
interest
include
experimental
and
theoretical
methods
of
material
structure
determination
by
means
of
X-ray
photon/photoelectron
spectroscopy
and
X-ray
imaging.
published:June
2018
Daniel Niblett's oral presentation in International Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference
Mr
Daniel
Niblett
gave
an
oral
presentation
on
"Pore-scale
simulation
of
flow
through
gas
diffusion
layers"
in
International
Hydrogen
and
Fuel
Cell
Conference,
May
14-15,
2018,
Trondheim,
Norway.
Conference
programme
can
be
found
here
.
published:June
2018
Great Success of the IMPRES PhD students in 2018 PGR Conference
We
are
proud
to
announce
that
Rimsha
Aziz
and
Hamidreza
Erfani
(PhD
students
of
the
IMPRES
group)
performed
excellent
in
the
2018
PGR
conference.
Rimsha
has
been
awarded
the
First
Prize
in
oral
presentations
and
Hamidreza
has
been
awarded
the
First
Prize
in
the
first
year
poster
presentation
competition.
published:June
2018
International Workshop on Geothermal Energy
Dr Vahid J Niasar and Dr Masoud Babaei organise the international workshop on Geothermal Energy on June 19th, 2018. Prof Mike Celia (Princeton University), Prof Rainer Helmig (Stuttgart University), Dr Denis Voskov (TU Delft), and Prof Gunter Zimmermann (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam) have kindly accepted to give the invited talks. You can find the flyer here .
published:April 2018
Dr Vahid J Niasar visited the Sharif University of Technology
Dr Vahid J Niasar visited Sharif University of Technology in Iran and gave an invited talk on "Hydrodynamic dispersion and mixing under two-phase flow in porous media". Vahid dicussed potentials of research collaborations with academic staff of the school of chemical and petroleum engineering of Sharif University of Technology.
published:April 2018
Dr Vahid J Niasar served as the PhD examiner of Mr X. Yin at Utrecht University.
Dr Vahid J Niasar served as the PhD examiner of Mr X. Yin at Utrecht University on Feb. 23rd, 2018. Mr Yin successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Pore-scale mechanisms of two-phase flow in porous materials; Volume-of-Fluid method and pore-network modelling".
published:April 2018
A new research fund (FEC £124,801) awarded by EPSRC
EPSRC
awarded
£124,801
(FEC)
to
Dr.
Vahid
J.
Niasar
(PI)
for
the
"Direct
characterisation
of
transport
and
mixing
in
unsaturated
porous
media".
In
the
framework
of
this
project
there
will
be
a
one-year
PDRA
position
in
the
IMPRES
group
focused
on
X-ray
and
microfluidic
experiments
of
mixing
and
transport
in
porous
media.
For
more
information
please
contact
Dr.
Vahid
Niasar
(vahid.niasar@manchester.ac.uk).
published:December
2017
A new research fund (FEC £570,933) awarded by NERC
NERC
awarded
£570,933
(FEC)
to
Prof.
David
Polya
(PI),
Dr.
Vahid
J.
Niasar
(Co-I)
and
several
other
co-Is
from
India
and
UK
for
the
"Future
Secular
Changes
&
Remediation
of
Groundwater
Arsenic
in
the
Ganga
River
Basin".
In
the
framework
of
this
project
there
will
be
a
one-year
PDRA
position
in
the
IMPRES
group
focused
on
modelling
of
Arsenic
in
hyporheic
systems.
For
more
information
please
contact
Dr.
Vahid
Niasar
(vahid.niasar@manchester.ac.uk).
published:December
2017
Prof Rainer Helmig visit to the IMPRES Group
IMPRES
group
is
extremely
pleased
with
hosting
Prof
Rainer
Helmig
from
Stuttgart
University
in
13-15th
of
November
2017.
Professor
Helmig
is
the
head
of
the
Department
of
Hydromechanics
and
Modelling
of
Hydrosystems
at
Stuttgart
University.
He
has
more
than
200
research
publications
in
different
computational
fields
of
porous
media
including
hydrogeology,
reservoir
engineering,
and
fuel
cell.
He
has
been
awarded
NGWA
Darcy
Lecturer
2015
and
von
Humboldt
Stiftungspreis
2012
among
many
others.
Professor
Helmig
is
the
PI
of
several
multi-million
Euro
projects
funded
by
DFG
which
created
significant
research
impacts
on
computational
methods
for
porous
media
applications.
He
is
the
author
of
"Multiphase
Flow
and
Transport
Processes
in
the
Subsurface"
being
taught
in
several
universities
worldwide.
Professor
Helmig
gave
a
talk
in
the
colloquium
series
of
“Porous
Media:
from
Theory
to
Application“
on
“Numerical
models
of
evaluating
the
competitive
use
of
the
subsurface:
the
influence
of
energy
storage
and
production
in
groundwater”
on
November
14th,
2017.
published:December
2017
Dr Vahid Niasar is appointed as Associate Editor of Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Dr
Vahid
Niasar
has
been
appointed
as
the
Associate
Editor
of
the
Journal
of
Petroleum
Science
and
Engineering
(JPSE)
by
Elsevier
Publisher.
published:December
2017
International graduate students visit the IMPRES group
The
PhD
students
Mr.
Thomas
Sweijen
(Utrecht
University)
and
Mr.
Kilian
Weishaupt
(Stuttgart
University)
visited
the
IMPRES
group
in
November
2017.
Thomas
has
done
extensive
research
on
pore-scale
modelling
of
flow
in
deformable
porous
media
and
Kilian
has
developed
a
novel
pore-scale
model
to
couple
free
flow
and
porous
media
flow.
published:December
2017
IMPRES welcomes to two new PhD students
A
warm
welcome
to
two
new
PhD
students
joining
the
IMPRES
Group,
Daniel
Niblett
and
Hamidreza
Erfani.
Dan
will
work
on
simulation
of
multiphase
flow
in
fuel
cells
and
Hamidreza
will
work
on
micro-scale
modelling
and
experiments
of
multiphase
flow
in
porous
media.
published:September
2017
Daniel Magnone in a new position
A
big
congratulation
to
Dr
Daniel
Magnone
who
left
the
IMPRES
Group
to
join
the
University
of
Lincoln
as
a
Lecturer
in
Physical
Geography.
IMPRES
wishes
the
best
for
him
in
his
new
role.
published:September
2017
Vahid gives a keynote talk in Wageningen Soil Conference 2017
Vahid
J
Niasar
has
been
invited
as
the
keynote
speaker
and
scientific
committee
in
the
Wageningen
Soil
Conference
2017
to
be
held
on
August
27-31
in
Wageningen
University,
Netherlands.
Vahid
will
give
a
talk
on
"ENHANCED
PORE-SCALE
UNDERSTANDING
OF
SUBSURFACE
CONTAMINANT
TRANSPORT".
published:July
2017
Several new research outputs in 2017
IMPRES
group
has
published
several
new
papers
in
Scientific
Reports
(2),
Advances
in
Water
Resources,
Energy
and
Fuels,
Energy
Procedia.
You
can
read
more
about
them
in
Projects
and
Pubications.
published:July
2017
A very successful beamtime experiment at Diamond Light Source at I12
Sharul
Hasan
(IMPRES),
Nikos
Karadimitriou
(IMPRES)
and
Vahid
Niasar
in
collaboration
with
Jose
Godinho
(HMXIF),
Holger
Steeb
(Stuttgart
University)
and
David
Uribe
(Stuttgart
University)
performed
4D
micro-tomography
imaging
of
dynamic
two-phase
flow
in
I12
beamline
at
the
Diamond
Light
Source
from
28
June
to
3
July.
The
experiments
were
carried
out
very
successfully
and
soon
you
will
hear
more
about
the
research
outputs.
Thanks
to
Holger
for
his
great
support
to
this
project.
published:July
2017
A new N8AgriFood project
Vahid
J
Niasar
has
been
awarded
£10k
to
kick-off
a
new
project
focused
on
food
security
in
collaboration
with
Daniel
Magnone,
David
Johnson,
David
Polya,
and
Phil
Haygarth
(University
of
Lancaster).
We
aim
to
explore
the
modelling
aspects
of
soil-crop
interaction
including
nutrient
cycles.
published:July
2017
Daniel Magnone gives an oral presentation in ICSEF2017
Dan
will
give
an
oral
presentation
on
"Efficiency
of
phosphorus
resource
use
in
Africa
as
defined
by
soil
chemistry
and
the
impact
on
crop
production"
in
the
1st
international
conference
on
sustainable
energy
and
resource
use
in
food
chains
,
19-21
April,
Berkshire,
UK.
published:March
2017
IMPRES attends 9th INTERPORE conference, Netherlands
Nikos
Karadimitriou,
Vahid
J.
Niasar,
Sharul
Hasan,
and
Rimsha
Aziz
will
give
oral
and
poster
presentations
in
the
9th
InterPore
conference
to
be
held
in
Rotterdam,
the
Netherlands,
May
2017.
IMPRES
team
will
cover
a
broad
range
of
topic
in
their
presentation,
from
two-phase
transport
modelling
and
micromodel
experiments
to
electro-kinetic
transfer
in
thin
films.
published:March
2017
A New CDT PhD project
A
new
NERC
CDT
PhD
project
on
spatio-temporal
evolution
of
pore-morphology
in
carbonate
rocks
has
been
successfully
accepted
by
the
NERC
CDT
Panel,
The
PhD
student,
Mr.
Cameron
Kashani,
has
been
accepted
by
the
panel
and
he
will
start
his
PhD
project
on
September
2017.
published:March
2017
A New Project
On
1st
December
2016,
the
DMC
Peer
Review
panel
met
to
consider
proposals
submitted
for
AP21,
including
IMPRES
proposal
submitted
by
Vahid
J
Niasar,
Jose
Godinho,
and
Nikos
Karadimitriou.
The
proposal
has
been
awarded
15
shifts
on
I12
in
Diamond
Light
Source
Facilities
to
implement
4D
imaging
of
flow
in
porous
media.
This
project
is
in
close
collaboration
with
Prof.
Holger
Steeb,
Stuttgart
Umniversity.
published:January
2017
InterPore Election
Vahid
J
Niasar
has
been
elected
by
the
members
of
International
Society
of
Porous
Media
(InterPore)
to
serve
as
InterPore
Council
Member
for
the
2017-2021
term.
published:January
2017
9th InterPore Conference 2017
Four
abstracts
submitted
IMPRES
group
by
Rimsha
Aziz,
Sharul
Nizam
Hasan,
Nikos
Karadimitriou,
and
Vahid
J
Niasar
have
been
accepted
to
be
presented
in
InterPore
2017
to
be
held
in
Rotterdam,
May
8
-
11,
2017.
Nikos
Karadimitriou,
Vahid
J
Niasar
jointly
with
Hassan
Mahani
(Shell)
will
convene
a
mini-symposium
on
fundamentals
of
enhanced
oil
recovery.
published:January
2017
UMRI Award
University
of
Manchester
Research
Institute
(UMRI)
awards
£37k
to
Vahid
J
Niasar
for
"An
innovative
web
portal
for
vulnerability
assessment
of
food
security
in
sub-Sahran
Africa
under
threat
of
soil
phosphorus
deficit."
published:January
2017
Visit of Prof. Lex Bouwman
Prof
Lex
Bouwman
from
Utrecht
University
and
Netherlands
Environmental
Assessment
Agency
visited
IMPRES
group
on
5th
and
6th
of
December
2016
and
gave
the
fourth
talk
of
the
Porous
Media
Colloquium
Series
on
"Trends
in
global
nutrient
flows
from
land
to
sea:
Legacies
of
past
nutrient
management".
published:January
2017
Visit of Prof Sjoerd van der Zee
Prof
Sjoerd
van
der
Zee
from
University
of
Wageningen
visited
IMPRES
group
on
9th
and
10th
of
November
2016
and
gave
the
second
talk
of
the
Porous
Media
Colloquium
Series
on
"Oscillating
flow
and
non
linear
chemistry:
long
term
behaviour".
published:January
2017
IMPRES launched a new colloquium series on "Porous Media: from theory to applications"
The
Integrated
Multiscale
Porous
Media
Research
Group,
School
of
Chemical
Engineering
and
Analytical
Science,
has
initiated
a
new
Colloquium
Series
on
“Porous
Media:
from
Theory
to
Application”.
The
skills
and
subjects
researched
across
CEAS,
SEES,
MACE,
and
Mathematics
have
significant
synergy
which
has
not
been
fully
explored.
As
such,
we
are
keen
to
arrange
a
monthly
Colloquium.
The
purpose
will
be
to
present
on-going
research
and
help
forge
new
collaborations
in
the
hope
that
this
will
enhance
research
across
Schools
at
the
University
of
Manchester
and
external
institutes.
The
first
talk
will
be
given
by
Dr.
Jose
Godinho
on
“Looking
at
processes
inside
porous
media
in
3D,
4D,
5D
and
beyond”
on
the
27th
of
October,
13:00-14:00,
at
the
Mill,
Room
C63/64.
More
information
regarding
the
upcoming
events
can
be
found
here
If
you
are
interested
in
receiving
regular
updates
or
interested
in
giving
a
talk
please
contact
Dr.
Nikolaos
Karadimitriou
(nikolaos.karadimitriou@manchester.ac.uk)
or
Ms.
Rimsha
Aziz
(rimsha.aziz@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk).
published:October
2016
IMPRES research output among the three selected publications of CEAS in 2016
The
research
output
of
the
IMPRES
group
published
in
Environmental
Science
and
Technology
has
been
selected
with
other
two
papers
as
the
representative
publications
of
the
school
of
chemical
engineering
and
analytical
science
to
be
published
in
"Science
and
Engineering
INABSTRACT
for
2016
".
published:October
2016
A new PDRA started at IMPRES Group
Dr.
Daniel
Magnone
(research
associate)
recently
joined
IMPRES
group
to
work
on
phosphorus
soil
deficit
project
funded
by
UoM
GCRF.
Dan
has
worked
on
Arsenic
groundwater
contamination
and
he
is
going
to
apply
his
knowledge
to
modelling
of
soil
phosphorus
sorption
and
its
impact
on
crop
production
in
sub-Saharan
Africa.
published:October
2016
UK InterPore Poster Prize Winner
Omar
E.
Godinez-Brizuela
the
MPhil
student
of
IMPRES
team
won
the
second
poster
prize
in
the
second
UK
Chapter
InterPore
Conference
held
at
Loughborough
University,
5-6th
of
September
2016.
His
poster
title
is
“The
impact
of
corner
interfacial
area
on
the
uniqueness
of
capillary
pressure-saturation-interfacial
area
relation
under
transient
conditions”.
(https://www.interpore.org/activities/national-chapters/uk
)
.
published:September
2016
UoM Global Challenges Research Fund 2016 -2017
UoM
Global
Challenges
Research
Fund
2016
-2017
has
awarded
a
£43k
grant
to
Dr.
Vahid
J.
Niasar
for
his
research
proposal
addressing
the
role
of
soil
physics
in
global
food
security
in
Africa
.
published:September
2016
Special issue in Computational Geosciences "Future Outlooks for Pore Scale Modelling"
Computational
Geosciences
has
recently
published
a
special
issue
on
pore-scale
modelling
techniques
editted
by
Dr.
Vahid
J.
Niasar
and
Cor
van
Kruijsdijk
(Shell).
This
special
issue
covers
different
pore-scale
techniques
such
as
lattice
Boltzmann,
smoothed
particle
hydrodynamics,
and
density
functional
method.[link].
published:September
2016
Best PetEng MEng Dissertation Prize
Congratulations
to
Sara
Kulzhanova,
the
recently
graduated
MEng
student
of
Petroleum
Engineering,
who
won
the
best
MEng
dissertation
prize
for
her
great
work
on
modelling
of
fines
migration
in
porous
media
at
IMPRES
team.
published:July
2016
Invited speaker in GRC Flow and Transport in Permeable Media 2016
Dr.
Vahid
J.
Niasar
gave
an
invited
on
talk
on
"fundamentals
of
wettability
alteration
in
porous
media:
from
pore
to
continuum
scale".
His
oral
presentation
was
well
received
by
audience
in
Gordon
Research
Conference
on
Flow
and
Transport
in
Permeable
Media
in
Spain,
July
2016.
[link].
published:July
2016
A new research article
The
manuscript
entitled
"Non-monotonic
Pressure
Field
induced
by
Ionic
Diffusion
in
Charged
Thin
Films",
by
Vahid
Joekar-Niasar
and
Hassan
Mahani
has
been
accepted
to
be
published
in
Industrial
&
Engineering
Chemistry
Research.
doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00842.
[link].
published:
May
2016
A new research article
The
manuscript
entitled
"The
critical
role
of
immobile
zone
in
non-Fickian
two-phase
transport:
A
new
paradigm"
by
Nikolaos
Karadimitriou;
Vahid
Joekar-Niasar;
Masoud
Babaei;
Craig
Shore
has
been
accepted
and
published
in
Environmental
Science
&
Technology,
2016,doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b05947
[link].
published:
March
2016
A new research article
The
manuscript
entitled
"A
transport
phase
diagram
for
pore-level
correlated
porous
media"
by
Masoud
Babaei;
Vahid
Joekar-Niasar
has
been
accepted
to
be
published
in
Advances
in
Water
Resources,
2016
[link].
published:
March
2016
A new research article
The
manuscript
entitled
"Effects
of
intermediate
wettability
on
entry
capillary
pressure
in
angular
pores"
by
Harris
S.
Rabbani,
Vahid
Joekar-Niasar
and
Nima.
Shokri
has
been
accepted
to
be
published
in
Journal
of
Colloid
and
Interface
Science,
2016
[link].
published:
March
2016
Rimsha Aziz attended the CrunchFlow short course
Rimsha
Aziz
attended
the
short
course
on
CrunchFlow
simulator
held
in
Imperial
College
of
London,
22nd
and
23rd
of
March.
published:March
2015
Invited speaker at 8th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting
Vahid
J.
Niasar
has
been
invited
to
give
an
oral
talk
at
8th
International
Conference
on
Porous
Media
&
Annual
Meeting
to
be
held
in
Cincinnati
Ohio,
May
2016.
Vahid
will
give
a
talk
on
pore-network
modelling
of
two-phase
flow
and
transport
in
porous
media.
published:March
2015
Professor Majid Hassanizadeh visits the IMPRES team
Prof.
Majid
Hassanizadeh
from
Utrecht
University
visits
the
IMPRES
team
from
March
16th
to
18th.
Majid
is
an
internationally
renowned
scientist
with
major
achievements
such
as
Elected
Fellow
of
American
Geophysical
Union
in
2002;
Elected
Fellow
of
American
Association
for
Advancement
of
Science
in
2007;Received
honorary
degree
of
Doctor-Ingenieur
from
Stuttgart
University,
2008;
A
recipient
of
von
Humboldt
Prize,
2010;
Recipient
of
Don
and
Betty
Kirkham
Soil
Physics
Award,
2011;
Selected
as
2012
Darcy
Lecturer
by
the
US
National
Groundwater
Association,
2011.
Awarded
a
research
grant
of
2.3
MEuro
by
the
European
Research
Council.
Recipient
of
Royal
medal
of
honor
of
The
Netherlands,
July
2015.
Majid
will
give
a
talk
on
"Applications
of
two-phase
flow
to
industrial
porous
media;
micro-scale
experiments
and
modelling"
on
Friday
18th
of
March
at
15:00
at
the
Mill,
room
C63/64.
published:March
2016
A new PhD student joined IMPRES team
A
warm
welcome
to
Mr.
Sharul
Nizam
Hasan,
the
new
PhD
student
in
IMPRES
team!
Sharul
holds
an
MSc
degree
in
Petroleum
Geoscience
in
Reservoir
Development
and
Production
from
the
University
of
Manchester.
He
started
his
PhD
in
January
2016,
fully
funded
by
Malaysian
Ministry
of
Higher
Education
(MoHE).
The
objective
of
his
PhD
research
is
to
investigate
the
'Pore-Scale
Reactive
Transport
and
Mixing
in
Porous
Media
in
the
Context
of
Enhanced
Oil
Recovery'.
published:January
2016
PMPM and UK InterPore Joint Annual Meeting 2016
First
UK
InterPore-PMPM
annual
meeting
was
held
at
the
International
Centre
for
Mathematical
Sciences,
Edinburgh.
This
meeting
comprising
19
invited
talks
was
organized
by
Heriot-Watt
University
and
UK
InterPore
Chapter.
Details
can
be
found
here.
published:January
2016
A new research article
A
new
collaborative
research
article
on
"Experimental
study
on
nonmonotonicity
of
Capillary
Desaturation
Curves
in
a
2-D
pore
network"
by
Antonio
Rodríguez
de
Castro,
Nima
Shokri,
Nikolaos
Karadimitriou,
Mart
Oostrom,
and
Vahid
Joekar-Niasar
has
been
published
in
Water
Resources
Research,
doi:10.1002/2015WR017727,
link
.
published:November
2015
A successful NERC CDT Oil and Gas proposal
The
proposal
submitted
by
Vahid
J
Niasar
for
the
NERC
CDT
projects
for
2016
entry
has
been
reviewed
by
the
CDT
awards
committee
and
approved
for
inclusion
in
the
official
list.
The
PhD
proposal
topic
is
“An
Integrated
Study
for
Optimum
Designing
of
Low
Salinity
Water
Composition
in
Sandstone
Reservoirs”.
This
allows
a
fully
funded
PhD
project
for
3.5
years
for
UK/EEA
citizen
applicants
starting
september
2016.
published:November
2015
Two new PhD students in IMPRES team
A
warm
welcome
to
two
new
PhD
students
in
IMPRES
team,
Rimsha
and
Omar!
Within
the
CONACYT
program
funded
by
Mexican
National
Council
for
Science
and
Technology,
Mr
Omar
Godinez
joined
IMPRES
team
in
September
2015
to
start
his
PhD
study.
Omar's
PhD
project
is
“the
pore-scale
computational
analysis
of
enhanced
oil
recovery
methods”.
Also
Miss
Rimsha
Aziz
just
started
her
PhD
study
in
November
2015
in
IMPRES
team.
Rimsha
will
investigate
“wettability
alteration
of
rocks
using
engineered
brine
composition
for
enhanced
oil
recovery”.
Rimsha
succeeded
to
get
the
prestigeous
full
3-year
PhD
scholarship
from
CEAS.
published:November
2015
An invited talk in Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling
Vahid
J
Niasar
gave
an
invited
seminar
on
“Pore-scale
analysis
of
dynamics
of
two-phase
flow
in
porous
media”
on
October
20th
2015
at
the
Warwick
Centre
for
Predictive
Modelling.
Details
can
be
found
here
published:November
2015
An accepted mini-symposium at InterPore 2016 Conference
The
proposal
for
the
mini-symposium
submitted
by
Nikolaos
Karadimitriou
(CEAS),
Vahid
J
Niasar
(CEAS)
joint
with
Dr.
H.
Mahani
(Shell)
and
G.
Zarikos
(Utrecht
University)
on
“Fundamentals
of
Enhanced
Oil
Recovery”
has
been
accepted
for
InterPore
Conference
2016
to
be
held
in
Cincinnati
in
the
USA.
Details
can
be
found
here
published:November
2015
InterPore UK Chapter Kick-off Meeting
Vahid
J.
Niasar
is
organizing
the
InterPore
UK
chapter
kick-off
meeting
in
collaboration
with
PMPM
(http://www.pmpm.org.uk/).
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
Manchester
University
on
Tuesday
25th
August
2015.
The
inaugural
speech
will
be
given
by
Prof.
dr.
Oleg
Iliev
from
ITWM
Germany.
Details
of
the
programme
can
be
found
here.
published:August
2015
Best MEng Dissertation Prize
Congratulations
to
Mohammed
Issa
on
winning
the
best
MEng
dissertation
project
prize
in
Petroleum
Engineering
Programme.
Mohammed
worked
on
flow
properties
of
mixed
wet
rocks
using
pore-network
modelling
under
supervision
of
with
Vahid
J
Niasar.
published:July
2015
Invited speaker for GRC
Vahid
J
Niasar
has
been
invited
to
give
a
talk
in
Gordon
Research
Conference
on
flow
and
Transport
in
Permeable
Media
to
be
held
in
July
31-August
5,
2016
in
Girona,
Spain.
published:May
2015
A new publication
A
recent
collaborative
paper
entitled
"Effects
of
flow
history
on
oil
entrapment
in
porous
media:
An
experimental
study"
by
Homa
Khosravi,
Vahid
J
Niasar
and
Nima
Shokri
has
been
published
in
AiCHE,DOI:
10.1002/aic.14708.
published:May
2015
InterPore 2015
In
May
2015,
Nikos
Karadimitriou,
Vahid
J.
Niasar,
and
Hassan
Mahani
have
organized
a
session
on
"multiphysics
non-classical
problems
in
porous
media"
in
InterPore
2015
in
Padova
Italy.
published:May
2015
Invited speaker for MUSIS workshop
In
March
2015,
Vahid
J
Niasar
gave
an
invited
talk
in
MUSIS
workshop
in
Potsdam,
Germany.
Vahid
talked
on
wettability
alteration
and
pore-scale
modelling.
published:March
2015
Best Teaching Review
Based
on
the
reviews
submitted
by
students,
Vahid
J.
Niasar
has
got
the
highest
teaching
score
in
the
first
semester
of
2014/15
at
the
school
of
chemical
engineering
and
analytical
science,
with
the
average
of
4.9
out
of
5.
Vahid
taught
"Reservoir
Performance
and
Management"
for
petroleum
engineering
programme.
published:Janurary
2015