Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
9 May 2005:: The New Software Pore-Cor Research Suite for Mercury Intrusion Interpretation seminar will be conducted by Dr. Luca Lucarelli, Products Manager, Thermo Electron Corporation, Milan, Italy. The seminar will be held at 1:00 p.m. in room E-220
Abstract
Pore-Cor stands for Pore-Level properties correlator. It is a software package which allows the study of the pore level properties of any mesoporous or macroporous solid starting from mercury intrusion/ extrusion experimental data. Pore-Core is not dependant on the material, it concentrates on the void geometry and it is only concerned with the nature of the solid phase when this affects the void geometry, for example if the solid is compressible. In principle, Pore-Cor can be used to study any meso or maco-porous solid, such as: Outcrop sandstone, Oil and gas reservoir sandstone.
Pore-Cor assumes a real geometry for the void structure, and all properties are related directly to this same geometry. The geometry is very sample, an array of equally spaced cubic or rectangular void-junctions, which called pores, connected by circular or ellipsoidal cylinders or doubles-cones referred to as throats (others often call them pore throats). Pore-Cor loads the experimental data collected using a Mercury Porosimeter and the program converges onto experimental data using fitting parameters. Pore-Cor generates a 3D reconstruction of the internal void structure using virtual reality.
Once the 3D unit cell is generated, a number of parameters related to the material under test can be investigated. Pore-Cor generates an artificial reconstruction of the void space, and the effect of this artificiality on the simulated pore-level properties is different from property to property.
Pore-Core provides a major advance on the study of porous solids, which is vastly cheaper, more accessible and more versatile than the ultimate void structure investigation techniques such as cyclotron or n.m.r. tomography. However, the answers it gives are simulations not reality, and it is important to realize which aspects of the results are genuine and which are invention.
Pore-Cor is a software that will enable you to
- Gain a better understanding of how liquids and gases behave in pores
- Provide cost-effective enhancement or replacement of experimental pore-structure investigation methods
- Get more information from mercury porosimetry.
- View pore-fluid behaviour in a virtual reality environment
- Optimise porous materials to improve properties for applications such as oil recovery, paper coating, catalysis, impregnation, sinter strength and soil structure
16 - 18 May 2005 & 3 - 5 August 2005: Workshop on on-line course delivery by VClass will be offered by the Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) to all AIT faculty and staff. The course will cover well-designed sets of exercises, hands-on case studies, and experiments on the use of VClass to support teaching and on-line course offering. Following the workshop, a clinic will be set up by intERLab/DEC to support faculty for their course development. For workshop details and reservation, please contact Ms Ann Pattama at tel. ext. 5718, pattama@ait.ac.th
6 - 7 June 2005: 'Scientific Forum on
the Tsunami, its Impact and Recovery' will be held at the AIT Conference Center.' The event is organized by AIT in partnership with the UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP RRCAP); University of Rhode Island/USAID; Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany, Ibaraki University, Japan; Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC); Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand; Kenan Institute Asia; United Nations University; the ASEAN Foundation
The Scientific Forum aims to explore, analyze and take measurable steps to better understand the recent tsunami phenomenon. The resulting technical knowledge would thereafter be strengthened, thus enabling national and international authorities as well as vulnerable people in the region to increase their disaster management capabilities.
The regional symposium is expected to draw attendees from a pool of the world's leading scientists, advocates and representatives from national research institutes within the region. Participants from NGO's, and the government and private sector are also being invited.
Further details on the Scientific Forum and AIT's response to the tsunami will be available at http://tsunami.ait.ac.th. A live Internet broadcast, as well, of the Scientific Forum will be aired for those who are unable to attend but may wish to follow the proceedings.
6 - 10 June 2005: International Conference on 'Modeling Tools for Environment and Resources Management (MTERM)'. The conference will be coordinated by the Water Engineering and Management (WEM) FoS staff in cooperation with the faculty members of the Modeling Tools for Environment and Resources Management (MTERM) and will be held at the AIT Conference Center.
Interested persons are invited to submit their research/technical papers related but not limited to the broader themes listed as follows:
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Modeling of Water Resources
- Water Quality Management and Modeling
- Air Pollution Modeling
A two-day pre-conference training workshop on 'Governance of Transboundary Waters' will also be conducted in collaboration with 'The Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters' (http://waterpartners.geo.orst.edu)
For further information and details, please visit http://www.mterm.ait.ac.th. For other enquiries, please e-mail: mterm@ait.ac.th
23-25 June 2005:: International Symposium on 'Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions' to be held at the AIT Conference Center, which is coordinated by the Regional Network Office for Urban Safety (RNUS) / SCE / AIT and sponsored by the Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN).
The main objectives of the symposium are to bring together researchers, academicians, practitioners and decision makers working in related areas, to:
- discuss about impacts of floods in coastal cities under climate change,
- discuss and identify gaps in existing disaster mitigation policies and provide guidelines and strategies for improved policies for flood risk management in coastal cities under climate change condition, and
- raise public awareness about risk of sea level rising and coastal flooding.
A workshop is planned for demonstration of several case studies on assessment of socio-economic impacts of floods in coastal cities in South and South-east Asia under climate change conditions, which are carried out under a APN supported project. Any other case studies related to the themes of the symposium are welcome for demonstration.
The important deadlines are as follows:
- Full paper submission: 01 June 2005
- Registration deadline: 10 June 2005
For further information and details, please visit
http://www.sce.ait.ac.th/rnus/apn/. For other enquiries, please e-mail:
rnus@ait.ac.th
28 June - 9 July 2005: UT-AIT Intensive Program on Sustainability - Food and Energy will be conducted for students from the University of Tokyo, AIT and Alliance Partner for Global Sustainability (AGS).
Interested persons are advised to email the following persons to obtain and send their completed application no later than 20 April 2005: fukushi@esc.u-tokyo.ac.jp, athapol@ait.ac.th or phfpe@ait.ac.th. AGS students are advised to contact the AGS office at their own institute or Dr. Ken Fukushi directly.
Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail.