Review: SFB 1313 Summer School

At the kick-off event on 25 September, the projects of this year's Summer School were presented. Seven projects involved 18 PhD students and 4 post-docs from SFB1313, covering an interesting mix of topics and also collaborations between the project areas:

• P1) Multiscale modeling of salt precipitation and dissolution
• P2) Bayesian validation for mixed-dimensional flow models
• P3) Single phase flow in a porous media with a single crack: Micro experiment and numerical simulation
• P4) A Comparative Study of Simulation and Experimental methods for Investigating the Formation of Salt Precipitation
• P5) Impact of precipitation on soil: Experimental study using XRCT measurements
• P6) Investigation of dynamic contact angles using Lattice Boltzmann and hydrodynamic density functional theory
• P7) Modeling the mechanical strength of MICP-treated columns

From the first day after the kick-off event, all doctoral students of the SFB 1313 and also the associated researchers got ready to work on one of the seven projects in total over the following two and a half weeks.

During this time, one of the projects was also supported by a guest from Hamburg (Sahar Jannesarahmadi). She gave insights into her research and shared her knowledge in a guest talk. It was a pleasure to have her as a guest here in Stuttgart and to be able to discuss challenges and problems with her.

In the first week of the Summer School, the PhD students had the opportunity to participate in a two-day writing course. In this workshop, techniques for writing and editing manuscripts for publication could be learned.

On the second evening of the Summer School, there was a visit to the exhibition "Simulierte Realität" of the Cluster of Excellence SimTech of the University of Stuttgart in the Stuttgart City Hall, where SFB 1313 also showed its exhibit "Below the surface". A pub quiz was also organized later that week.

On 10 October, after two and a half weeks of research work, the final event took place. The projects presented their work results, showed what still needs to be done in the future and discussed the open problems. After the presentations, everyone enjoyed the rest of the day with pizza, drinks and impressions of the past days.

In summary, the SFB1313 Summer School 2023 was a fruitful experience for all researchers. Not only the impressive results presented by the projects on the last day, but also the newly gained collaborations within the research network were a great success.