Yehia Abdullah, Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 17b: Increase EZDK flat steel plant productivity by installing new chemical energy module M-One at EAF
-Engineer yehia nasr bachelor's degree in material science and engineering, - Working at Al Ezz Dekhaila steel company since 2008, - 15 years total work experience in steel making field, - 4 years' experience in long steel production, -11 years' experience in flat steel production occupying currently senior operation manager of steel making plant.
Takero Adachi, KOBE STEEL, LTD.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 12: Improvement design of multiple fluidized bed reduction system using blast furnace grade ore
The author is dedicated in various iron & steelmaking research for twelve years after getting master degree of engineering at Kyoto university and joining KOBE STEEL. In 2018 to 2019, he was a guest researcher at Montanuniversitaet Leoben in Austria. Now he is a senior researcher in Refining & Solidification Research Section.
Adam, Henrik
Chairman of Steel Institute VDEh, Vice President European Corporate Affairs of Tata Steel, Tata Steel Ltd
Dr. Henrik Adam, Chairman of Steel Institute VDEh, Vice President European Corporate Affairs of Tata Steel, Tata Steel Ltd
At Estad 2023:
June 13 09:20, Room 1: Welcome address of the host: Shaping the future of green steel - together
Jörg Adam, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 15b: Innovative solutions for BF tuyere monitoring and protection
Mr. Adam studied Energy and Process Engineering at the University of Essen and made his PhD in Energy Technology at the Rostock University. He started his professional career at a consulting company for the energy sector. Since 2002 Mr. Adam is part of the BFI team as project manager. During his time at BFI he coordinated numerous national and European R&D projects.
Anderson Agra, Tecnored Desenvolvimento Tecnológico S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 12: Tecnored - Sustainable low carbon technology for steel waste recycling
June 15 11:30, Room 14b: Tecnored briquetting technologies for low carbon BF-BOF: Bio-briquette for cokemaking and catalyzed briquette for blast furnace
Anderson is a senior R&D analyst at Tecnored, holds a doctorate in metallurgical engineering, and is deeply immersed in research projects in the steel sector. His work revolves around crucial aspects such as decarbonization and extending circular economy concepts.
Michalis Agraniotis, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:20, Room 14a: Post combustion CO2 capture technology of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (KM-CDR processTM): Experience, recent advancements and potential applications for steel industry
Michalis Agraniotis has joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in 2013. He currently works as Senior Business Development Manager for MHI's Carbon Capture technology in Continental Europe.
Mo Ahmed, Schneider Electric USA
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 1: Decarbonize steel industry with green hydrogen empowered by digital solutions
Mo Ahmed is the Development Lead Green Steel. He has over twenty years of experience in the steel industry. Before joining Schneider Electric in 2018, he worked for Primetals Technologies, Siemens, Ivaco Rolling Mills and GE. He has engaged in the industry on a global scale.
Amit Ahsan, SECOPTA analytics gmbh
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 28: Fully automated PMI using laser-based sensor (LIBS) proves its competency in steel industry for round bar, billet and ingot
Amit started his career in 2016 as a Project Engineer at SECOPTA. Since 2019; he has joined sales and currently working as Senior Technical Sales Engineer. With an academic background in the field of Applied Physics; his professional career is being shaped by providing customer-specific measurement solutions for Iron, Steel and Mineral industries.
Michael Aigner, Eisenwerk Sulzau-Werfen, R. & E. Weinberger AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 26: On the performance and surface quality of graphitic HSS roll grades at Tata Steel's Direct Sheet Plant
09/2022 – laufend Deputy Head of Research & Development 07/2017 – 09/2022 Research & Development Engineer 10/2015 – 05/2017 Masterstudium Advanced Material Science 10/2011 - 05/2015 Bachelorstudium Maschinenbau 06/2008 - 08/2011 Dreher/Fräser 07/2003 - 05/2007 Lehre als Schlosser
Masoud Al-Gahtani, SABIC
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 16b: Efficiency of using pollard-type nitrogen shroud for medium carbon steels on minimizing re-oxidation during casting
Mr. Masoud Al-Gahtani is a researcher at Hadeed SABIC's R&T department in steel casting, with over 15 years of experience in research and development. He has contributed significantly to numerous projects aimed at improving efficiency and quality in the industry. Mr. Al-Gahtani has published his research findings in various journals and conferences. With his dedication to innovation and expertise in the field, he brings valuable insights to the steel casting community.
Stefan Albers, PSI Metals GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:20, Room 5: Aligning production to available energy and cash in on profits from short-term market prices
After working 4 years as head of production planning and IT at a PSI Metals customer, Stefan Albers joined PSI Metals in 2007, working in various positions as software engineer, solution architect, project manager and business consultant for planning, scheduling and execution. Dr.-Ing.electrical engineering from TU Dortmund.
Faisal Alghamdi, SABIC
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 15a: Drawability and cold headbility of medium carbon steel wire rods produced using nitrogen shroud casting
Faisal Alghamdi is a research engineer with over a decade of experience in hot steel rolling. He is currently employed at the R&T department of the Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed), where he has successfully led multiple product development and optimization projects. During the conference, Faisal will be discussing case studies that offer valuable insights into the cold headability and drawability of medium carbon steel wire rods produced using nitrogen shroud casting. The data presented by him will be based on real-world plant observations and processing techniques, as well as at the customer's premises.
Mansour Alharbi, SABIC
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 16b: Perfomance optimization of six strand billet caster tundish using CFD analysis
June 14 14:50, Room 18a: Electric arc furnace decarburization enhancement evaluation using CO2 bottom stirring: Density functional theory (DFT) based thermodynamic and kinetic computational simulation
I am currently working as a Research Fellow in Hadeed Research & Technology section of Hadeed Technology Management Department located in SABIC Technology Center located in Jubail Saudi Arabia, PhD on “Modeling of the desulphurization process during steel refining under vacuum degasser” from Leicester University, UK. July, 2007 MS in “Advance Metallurgy: Repeatability of Statistical Prediction of the Maximum Inclusion Size in Clean Steel”, from Sheffield University, UK, Sep, 2002 BSc “Modelling of the stress wave propagation through a solid body”, From King Saud University, KSA, June, 1996
Mohammed Liaket Ali, German Aerospace Center
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:20, Room 02: Computational modeling of Iron-oxide pellets reduction using H2 in a fixed bed
Mr. Mohammed Liaket Ali received his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in Bangladesh. He then completed his master's degree in Power Engineering from Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus in Germany. Since 2019, he is working at the German Aerospace Center, DLR, in the Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes in Zittau. His research work focuses on modeling of reactive multiphase systems. Today he will discuss “Computational Modeling of Iron-oxide Pellets Reduction Using Hydrogen in Fixed Bed”.
Eric Almquist, Chicago Heights Star Tool & Die Works, Inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 27: Successful implementation of TST.1 online non-contact surface cleanliness monitoring system
A mechanical engineer raised on a family farm. This shapes my view of finding and adapting technology for practical outcomes. I love my job. I've diversified StarTool into a niche technology integrator for the metallurgical industry. A few are: augmented reality tools - online sensors - machine-vision with AI to keep workers safe.
Mert Altay, Erdemir
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:20, Room 02: Effects of steelmaking slag usage on iron ore sintering quality
Michael Alter, ALTER Blast Furnace Consulting
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 15a: Development of blast furnaces blow-in technology for 100 years
June 15 09:20, Room 14b: Analysis of new and existing technologies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions based on the energy balance of blast furnaces
Born - Odessa Live: USA Graduated - Moscow Institute of Steel & Alloys: 1976 - M.S., 1985 - Ph.D., Now: CEO & Expert @ Alter BF Consulting Was: BF Expert @ ArcelorMittal Hold: • Silver medal @ “Exhibit of National Economy USSR”, • Honorable sign “Inventor of USSR”, • Joe Kapitan award - Best Paper (2013), • 12 patents & 40+ papers
Mohammed Alzayer, SABIC
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 16b: Effect of direct reduction process parameters on DRI re-oxidation behavior
Research engineer at HADEED-SABIC R&D with 8 years of experinece in ironmaking, specifically the direct reduction process.
Matt Anderson, Primetals Technologies US
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 2: Smart long rolling - digital solutions
June 15 14:20, Room 27: Predictive maintenance & monitoring system for MORGOIL® bearings
Matt Anderson is an accomplished Guides Development Manager at Primetals Technologies in Sutton, Massachusetts, USA. With over 16 years of experience at the company, Matt has been an integral part of the team, leading development projects that are revolutionizing the industry. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Matt’s passion for innovation and cutting-edge technology has driven him to focus on the development of industry 4.0 equipment within the guide portfolio. His work has been instrumental in projects such as the Advanced Optics system, Next-generation Water Headers, and Advanced Guides. Matt is a true pioneer in digitalization, always pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
Paolo Argenta, Executive Vice President, Upstream Business Unit, Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 13 15:20, Room 1: Tenova: A pragmatic multipronged approach to sustainability
Paolo Argenta is currently Executive Vice President of Tenova Metals, responsible for the Business Units Upstream that includes direct reduction plants and melt shops for steel and other metals and TAT that includes all hydrometallurgical technologies in Tenova’s portfolio. He has been working in the business of metallurgical plants (both for steel and mining) since 1995, covering different executive position in Tenova and Danieli, not only in Italy but also in the USA, South Africa and Thailand. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, gained at the University of Genoa (Italy).
Ronald E. Ashburn, Executive Director, Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST)
At Estad 2023:
June 13 10:00, Room 1: North American steel: Renewed, decarbonized and revitalized
Özgür Aslan, Erdemir Oyak Mining Metalluryg Turkey
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 15b: Pulverized coal injection tank pressure control using fuzzy based gain regulation for model reference adaptive controller
Todd Astoria, Midrex Technologies, Inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:40, Room 14a: Advancements in electrical heating of direct reduction process gases
Todd Astoria has nearly 20 years of industrial experience. He has worked at Midrex since 2005 in many roles from process engineering to research and development. Todd earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in North Carolina and Louisiana.
Mehmet Burak Atan, İskenderun Iron and Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 27: The effect of water quality on quality defects in hot rolling mill coil production
Maycon Athayde, Minerai de fer Quebec
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 02: Hybrid system hematite cold bonded pellet (h-CBP) performance at high temperature blast furnace zones
Matti Aula, Outokumpu Stainless
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:20, Room 18a: Dissolution of spent refractories in electric arc furnace utilized in stainless steel production
Itsaso Auzmendi, Sarralle
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 14b: Success stories towards CO2 neutral steelmaking via hydrogen-based technologies
Ahmet Mithat Avsar, İsdemir
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 27: Reduction of tail end run-off (TERO) by using stabilizing device with force control mode in hot rolling at coil box
Ondrej Baco, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:50, Room 16b: Automated microalloyed steel precipitate characterization in TEM
Min-Seok Baek, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 27: The effects of run out table (ROT) condition on edge cracks formation of dual phase steel (1.2 GPa grade)
Mehdi Baniasadi, Paul Wurth S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 14b: Numerical modelling of a new low carbon and high H2 furnace for ironmaking
PhD in computational engineering have been working in Paul Wurth, SMS for more than 4 years In charge of developing a blast furnace model for implementing CO2 reduction technologies
Akshay Bansal, ArcelorMittal
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 15b: Towards an optimal design of a regenerative thermal exchanger applied to hot blast in ironmaking
Akshay is an experienced researcher & holds a PhD & Diplôme d'Ingénieur in Material processing & Energy systems. He is participating to higher energy efficiency & zero CO2 efforts at ArcelorMittal via his current role as Energy Program Leader at ArcelorMittal Global R&D. He enjoys participating to Creativity & Innovation activities.
Kai K. O. Bär, adphos Innovative Technologies GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 16b: aLITE - Technology: Fully electro-thermal surface processing and no CO2-emissions
Dr. Bär is the Managing Director/President of the adphos Innovative Technologies GmbH. He is one of the founders of the IndustrieSerVis GmbH (legal predecessor of AdPhos) and Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998 (Germany). Before he was the leader of the business segment “High Temperature Technology and Installations” at IABG, Ottobrunn.
Robert Baron, Director Corporate Strategy , Swiss Steel Group
At Estad 2023:
June 13 16:45, Room 1: The importance of Scope 3.1 emissions and how to tackle them
Robert Baron is Director in the Corporate Strategy Department of Swiss Steel Holding AG in Lucerne. He works primarily on market-driven and transaction-specific issues and was instrumental in developing the Swiss Steel Group's green steel and sustainability strategy. Before joining SSG, he worked for international management consultancies, advising mainly international energy and industrial companies as well as international financial investors. Robert Baron holds an MSc in Management, Technology and Economy from ETH Zurich with a residency at the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich.
Hauke Bartusch, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 15b: Application of data science methods on deep thermocouple readings for monitoring of the blast furnace hearth state
June 15 12:10, Room 16a: Influence of a higher hydrogen based reduction share on the Blast Furnace process derived from analysis of data during natural gas injection periods
Hauke Bartusch holds a PhD in industrial production. Since 2012 he works at VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut as senior expert and deputy head of the process optimisation iron and steelmaking department. His expertise is data analytics, machine learning, root cause analysis of non-ideal process states and development of process guidance tools.
Muhammad Irfan Ahadian Barustan, University of Newcastle
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 02: Reduction degradation of sinter and lump under CO and H2 gas mixtures
Irfan Barustan is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle. Prior to starting his PhD program, he had been working in the steel industry as a blast furnace engineer for about 10 years. Currently, he is working on optimal sintering conditions for the blast furnace with high hydrogen injection.
Kerstin Baumgartner, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 26: Next level of arvedi endless strip production – Presenting the latest cooling features
Studies and doctorate in Metallurgy at the University of Leoben. Joined Primetals Technologies in 2020. Now working as Process- and Researchengineer for Arvedi Endless Strip Production.
Giovanni Bavestrelli , Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 8: Tenova A.I. solution for scrap charge management at O.R.I. MARTIN S.P.A.
Holger Behrens, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 12: The new hot-dip galvanizing line 3 at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
Dr. Holger Behrens born 10. Sept. 1967 in Wuppertal, Germany 1987 – 1992 Study of engineering (mechanics), University Bochum, Germany Dec. 1992 Master degree 1993 – 1996 R&D project “hydrodynamic power transmission”, Bochum, Germany Dec. 1996 Graduation PhD since 1997 with SMS Group GmbH (former SMS Demag AG, and SMS Siemag AG) 1997 – 2001 Technology Engineer, R&D Department since 2001 Strip Processing Lines Division, technology since 2005 General Manager Technology since 2012 Executive Vice President Strip Processing Lines Divison since 2021 Executive Vice President Center of Excellence “Flat Products”
Hannes Beile, tripleS GmbH & Co KG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 1: Key parameters for a successful and efficient process transformation from converter-steelmaking to steelmaking with electric arc furnace
Hannes Beile Competence: • Process Technology & Metallurgy • Technical Sales & Studies • Commissioning & Training In the Steel Industry since 2010: • Siemens VAI / Primetals • tripleS since Dec. 2020 Activities: • R&D in EAF, LF, VD/VOD and RH • > 25 Start-ups and Studies • Senior Process and Product Expert EAF, LF & Vacuum Degassing • PLO EAF
Michael Bernhard, Pohang University of Science and Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 18b: Impurities and tramp elements in steel: Thermodynamic aspects and the application to solidification processes
Michael Bernhard is a post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute of Ferrous and Energy Materials Technology (GIFT) at Pohang University of Science and Technology. He earned his PhD at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy (Montanuniversitaet Leoben) in the field of thermodynamics of steel and their application to continuous casting processes.
Julien Berton, Vesuvius Europe
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 18b: Benefits of new refractory sleeve materials’ development for SES/SEN/MTSP used in continuous casting operation
Kristina Beskow, UHT Uvån Hagfors Teknologi AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:40, Room 14a: Metal granulation: A link in the decarbonisation challenges in integrated steelmaking
Master of Science in Metallurgical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, 1999. Doctor degree (Ph.D.) in Process Metallurgy from KTH, 2003. Worked at UHT since 2005, in the field of metal granulation and converter refining of stainless steel and ferroalloys. Current position as Manager for Process & Control at UHT.
Dieter Bettinger, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 2: Extend the lifetime of your ironmaking assets
June 14 13:00, Room 2: Transparency and explainability: Key factors for successful AI applications in ironmaking
Functions / Roles Since 2015 Product lifecycle manager ironmaking automation 2008 -2014 Head of Energy and Environmental Care 1999 -2008 Product manager for energy management and process optimization 1998 - 2006 Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Wels 1992 - 1999 Specialist (systems analysis) and project manager
Saptarshi Bhattacharya, M. N. Dastur & Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:00, Room 14a: Design and optimization of industrial scale carbon capture & hydrogen production from a blast furnace gas using a novel reforming scheme
Saptarshi has 18 years of consulting experience in large-scale basic industrial projects. He has experience in the preparation of TEVR, TEFR, process route evaluation, basic engineering, CAPEX and OPEX estimation, asset valuation etc. for alternative carbon capture technologies & coal gasification technologies and iron making technologies.
Sheetal Birla, Falkonry
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:40, Room 2: "Hands-Free" Plant-Scale, Anomaly Detection AI
Sheetal Birla heads the Europe and Asia business at Falkonry. The company offers AI-based software products to increase productivity in the steel industry. Sheetal has been a key partner for steel producers in applying AI and data-driven automation to steelmaking processes. She is a Computer Science engineer and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Edward Bissaker, University of Newcastle
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 01: Quantification of coke microstructure feature scales and representative volume elements
Edward is an Applied Mathematics PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle's Center for Ironmaking Materials Research and a BHP scholarship recipient. Edward's research uses advanced mathematical, statistical and computational techniques to optimise coke strength by investigating how microstructure formations affect mechanical properties.
Johan Björkvall, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:30, Room 2: Improving process model calculation accuracy by statistical supervision and modification of raw-material properties
June 15 10:00, Room 19b: Analysis of vibrations from metallurgical processes to improve process control utilising advanced mathematical algorithms as machine learning
Dr Johan Björkvall has studied metallurgy at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He obtained his PhD from KTH with a focus on theoretical metallurgy and came to MEFOS, now Swerim, in Luleå as a researcher in 2000. Since 2012, Johan has been head of process development and leads the research in Process Metallurgy at Swerim.
Sebastian Bock, Rouge H2 Engineering
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:00, Room 14a: Novel technology for production of pure H2 and N2 with CO2 capture from BFG, COG and BOFG
Axel Boeke, Vallourec
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:40, Room 18a: The analysis of slag characteristics at VSB EAF CONSTEEL® charging hot metal and the influence on refractory performance
MSc. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Master Black Belt, Quality Engineer certified by the American Society of Quality and Graduated in Materials Engineering. Currently, Steelmaking Plant Process Engineer for Metallurgy at Vallourec. Also worked as Steel Quality Control Engineer at Vallourec and Refractory Researcher at Usiminas.
Dr. Luc Bol, Director Optimization Iron and Steel, Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 13 11:40, Room 1: Clean, green and circular at Tata Steel Ijmuiden
Joerg Bollmann, John Cockerill
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:40, Room 13: Eco friendly acid regeneration
Riccardo Bono, Università degli Studi di Milano
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 19b: Structure of casting powders as a function of basicity
Master Degree in Earth Sciences/ curriculum in Geomaterials and their applications in industry. Scientific dissertation: “Chemical composition influence on the local structure of mould powders by X-ray and neutron scattering”. Traininship at Prosimet S.p.a. (Mar- Sep 2022): Analysis of starting mixtures for glass synthesis.
Matthew Boot-Handford, Calix
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 14a: Calix’ Zero Emissions Steel Technology (ZESTY) - Flash hydrogen direct reduction of low-grade ores to green iron and steel
Matt Boot-Handford is the Chief Scientist for Calix Ventures. His previous roles include General Manager for Research and Development and Head of Calix' Advanced Batteries Program. Matt completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London in 2016.
Michel Boyer, John Cockerill
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 12: JET VAPOUR DEPOSITION: A novel high-productivity vacuum coating technique with superior properties offering steelmakers worldwide a high degree of coating flexibility and a wide range of new possibilities.
Education: Engineer, graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts & Métiers (ENSAM Paris), Career (37 years in steel Industry): John Cockerill Liège Area, Belgium • Senior V.P. Business Development and Mkting metals 8 yrs • Thermline (Thermal pole president). 6 yrs • Thermline Senior V.P & Marketing 2 yrs Kappa Thermline Paris France • V.P Sales 1.5 yrs Fives Stein Paris Area,France • VP& Head of steel division 5.5 yrs • Sales & process manager then head of sales for processing lines 8yrs Jeumont schneider Paris Area, France • Contract manager 2 yrs Fives DMS Lille Area, France • Design engineer 3.5 yrs Accomplishments: • Co-inventor of L-TOP ® (Mathematical model for processing lines furnaces) and Blowstab ® (self-stabilizing ultra-high performance cooling for processing lines furnaces) • Inventor or co-inventor of other applied patents to improve process in thermal (cooling with atmosphere separation, combined heating induction/radiation…) and mechanical fields (management of side trimmer) for processing lines • Sales and industrialization of above patents • First sale of high H2 cooling in 1Mtpy CAL
Jens Brandenburger, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 2: Dynamic production scheduling for flat steel production
Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Math. Jens Brandenburger is Senior Expert at the VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut (BFI) and deputy head of the department for Quality- and Information Technologies focusing on surface inspection systems, technical quality assurance, Big Data technologies and Industry 4.0.
Jelena Brankov, Carmeuse SA
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 17a: Importance of lime reactivity in the oxygen steelmaking processes
Education: 2007 BSc Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade 2018 MSc Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade 2018 - now PhD student Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade Experience: 2008 - 2013 Carmeuse, Lab leader 2013 - 2017 Carmeuse, Quality Manager 2017 - now Carmeuse, Field Support Engineer Steel
Berend Brasjen, Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 8: Dynamic recipe control for continuous annealing and hot-dip galvanising lines
BSc+MSc+PhD in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology (2012). With Tata Steel Netherlands since 2018, as Principal Research Thermal Processes in the Research and Development department. Research areas include continuous annealing and hot-dip galvanising, predominantly focusing on strip temperature and product property control.
Michael Breuer, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 26: Rolling of cold strip down to thin final gauges in tandem mills: Challenges and solutions
June 15 09:20, Room 27: Rolling of thin gauges on conventional hot strip mills
June 14 12:30, Room 26: The fossil free hot strip mill: Contribution to carbon neutrality in steel making
Dr.-Ing. Michael Breuer, * 1963 2022-today head of technological commissioning flat products, SMS group GmbH 2010-2022 head of development flat & IP rolling mills, SMS group GmbH 2001-2010 head of non-ferrous rolling mills R&D, SMS group GmbH 2000-2001 AM-Bremen cold rolling lines 1996-2000 R&D SMS group 1995-1996 Alten Gerätebau, Germany
Hubert Breukelman, Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 13: Utilization of high carbon steelworks by-products for (partial) breeze replacement in industrial sintering
Currently working at Tata Steel NL R&D in the Ferrous Materials group on sinter process research. Keenly interested in the recycling of steelworks by-products and how this will develop with H2-DR ironmaking. Further research interests include gas & dust emission measurement and modelling. Previous experience in battery R&D and laser welding.
Jaroslav Brhel, HTT Engineering spol. s r.o.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 17b: Alternative fuels and additives for gas and carbon replacements in chemical energy system at 150t EAF at Ferriere Nord, Italy
June 15 14:00, Room 17b: Chemical energy system revamping at 200t AC EAF producing stainless and special steels at ArcelorMittal Industeel in Charleroi, Belgium
Tobias Brune, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 16a: Cost-effective manufacturing of metal powders through continuous process by SMS group
Vice President Non-Ferrous & Additive Manufacturing
Robert Brunnbauer, S+P Samson GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 7: RFID high temperature identification for the steel industry
Robert Brunnbauer, born 9.1.1961 south of Munich 2022: Head of Product Management, S+P Samson GmbH, Industriestraße 32, 86438 Kissing, Germany 1995 - 2021: Global Product Manager PRIMERGY Servers, Fujitsu, Augsburg 1981 - 1995: Project Manager Telecom, Head of Technical Training, Trainer Technology and study Electrical Engineering, Munich
Christopher Bryce, Vesuvius UK
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 17a: Innovative high-speed gunning BOF hot repair
Tomasz Bulzak, Lublin University of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 27: Influence of temperature on the course of the cross wedge rolling process of a railway axle forging
Tomasz Bulzak, PhD, is a researcher at the Lublin University of Technology in Poland. His work is concerned with metal forming processes. He specialises in topics related to the design of cross wedge rolling and skew rolling technologies.
Armin Büttgen, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 28: New process for hot rolling of high-strength pipe steels
Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Started working for thyssenkrupp steel Europe back in 2008 as trainee in the quality department the heavy plate subsidiary. Staff of the technical customer service since 2009, main focus on producers of welded pipes for oil and gas industry (using hot rolled coils).
Giovanni Cairoli, SMS Concast AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:40, Room 18b: Jumbo round caster with mechanical soft reduction
Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico Milano, Master Thesis ETHZ Zurich. Project Manager High-tech industry at Helbing Technik AG. Development of Proton Therapy Systems PSI, Switzerland. Since 2008 at SMS Concast AG 2011-2016: General Manager SMS Concast Asia Regional Office Senior Sales Manager, Casting Long Product
Ian Cameron, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:30, Room 1: Minimizing the greenhouse gas footprint of the new integrated DRI-ESF-BOF steel plant
Mr. Ian Cameron leads Hatch’s global ironmaking technology team which develops client-focused solutions to produce iron and steel starting from the principal raw materials. Ian has extensive international experience in process technology, plant operations, technology transfer, commissioning and training in the iron & steel industry. His experience includes coke plant, pellet plant and blast furnace design and operations, assessing steel works energy balances, and the implementation/impact of future ironmaking technologies. Ian has evaluated future low CO2 emitting steelmaking technology trends for major global steel and mining companies, developed blast furnace operational strategies, solved acute operational problems including recovery from plant emergencies, contributed to major insurance claims, and implemented leading technical and business practices. Prior to joining Hatch, Ian worked with high-powered electric smelting furnaces in nickel matte and calcium carbide service. Ian is an authority on steel plant carbon emissions and related abatement strategies, having studied this for over 10-years including the publication of several award-winning thought leadership papers. From this, he has proposed advanced techniques to reduce future blast furnace carbon emissions including the use of hydrogen, scrap melting and implementing electrically powered plasma torches. Ian is the lead author of Blast Furnace Ironmaking, Analysis, Control and Optimization – a new engineering textbook published in October 2019.
Pedro Cardoso, Vesuvius Sp.z o.o.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:10, Room 16b: Reduction of nitrogen pickup in continious casting by implementaion of robotized tundish operations in ladle exchange at ternium Brasil
Pedro Cardoso received Master degree in Solid Mechanics and Mechanical Integrity of Materials from the UFRJ-Brazil and Master degree in Mechanical engineering ENSTA-ParisTech. Since 2021, he is working in the core of robotization technology casting in Vesuvius, performing the commissioning of the first Robot in continuous casting in South America.
Carlo Cascino , SMS Concast AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 18b: CMT „Continuous Minimill Technology“ for efficient production of long products
Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. In over 15 years of experience in the steel industry, I have held various roles both in the contract execution and in the sales of large projects. Currently working in Switzerland since 2015 for SMS Concast AG, as Sales Manager Casting long product.
Dr. Jean-Frédéric Castagnet, Director Technology & Innovation, Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 13 17:05, Room 1: Green steel: The future is electric
Cristiano Castagnola, Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 13: Cyanide compounds removal from blast furnace gas through a spray-scrubber-based process for reducing NOx and fossil CO2 emissions
After graduating in chemical engineering, he started his career with SMS Demag (now SMS Group) in 1996 as a process engineer. In recent years, he has acquired vast international experience in projects in the Iron-making area where he established himself as a technologist in the field of blast furnace and gas-fired direct reduction plant design with experience in India, Italy, Algeria and Korea. He currently works as global manager of the “Iron” competence center for the SMS multinational group, one of the world leaders in the supply of technologies, plants and machinery for the production of steel and non-ferrous metals. He is also a member of the Green Steel Task Force which was recently established in the SMS group to develop and communicate in a coherent manner the new technologies that the group makes available for the decarbonisation of steel production. Although his commitments take him around the world, Cristiano is proud to call Genoa his home.
Julian Cejka, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 18b: Consequences of an increased content of tramp elements in steel on the wetting conditions in the system steel-inclusion-refractory
2015-2021: Bachelor and Master study Metallurgy at Montanuniversitaet Leoben Since Nov. 2021: PhD candidate at Christian Doppler Laboratory for Inclusion Metallurgy in Advanced Steelmaking, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
Soumi Chattaraj, Tata Steel Ltd
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 13: Reduction of dust content in sinter plant waste gas by reducing chloride load to the system
Having more than 16+ of industry experience . Working as senior technologist -primarily responsible for diagnosing critical issues regarding process energy, environment in iron making areas and solving them through deeper analysis ,converting experience into knowledge and facilitate its deployment. Currently working in Product Sustainability.
Elizaveta Cheremisina, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 17a: Density, surface tension and viscosity of a silicate-rich slag derived by aerodynamic levitation
Enzo Chiarullo, Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 18b: Valorization of LF slag: the Pittini Group tests Tenova's air granulation process
Active from more than 15 years in the steel industry in Tenova. I have developed the iRecovery technology for the waste gas thermal power recovery on EAF. Actually involved in a new target on the waste valorization by the industrial application of slag granulation process to EAF and LF slag.
Champion Chigwedu , HT-PEACS LLC
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 17a: Reliable production of low sulphur steel grades without a ladle metallurgy furnace
Yongseok Cho, POSCO
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 26: Development of numerical model based deep learning for the roll force prediction in the sendzimir mill
- Senior Principal Researcher, Technical Research Laboratories, POSCO - Research Areas . Development of Numerical Model for the Rolling Process . Numerical Model based AI(Artificial Intelligence) Prediction Model
Hyoungkeun Choi, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 8: Development of ladle furnace automation system
Conducted secondary refining process improvement in the steelmaking process for 10 years, process-based data scientist, automation engineer
Maéva Chrzaszcz, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:00, Room 14b: Can biotechnologies be the solution for carbon neutral electric steelmaking?
Maéva Chrzaszcz is a Junior Process Metallurgist in pyrometallurgy at Hatch. Her recent project work was focused on reducing GHG emissions from the iron and steel value chain. She has extensively studied the use of sustainable biomass to reduce GHG emissions for major American steel producers and iron ore resource companies.
Simone Cicutto, ergolines Lab s.r.l.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 19a: A new solution for steel level control in open stream casting
June 15 14:40, Room 19a: Review of powder thickness control approach for submerged casting stream
I graduated in electrical engineering in 2006. After a collaboration with Danieli Automation about EAF power supply, for 9 years in ergolines lab I was in charge about EM-stirrers management. In 2015 moved to at Nidec ASI working on MV motors and generators. Since 2018 I am in charge as Product Manager and Key Account Manager in ergolines lab
Robert Claußnitzer, AKW Apparate + Verfahren GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 13: Recycling of blast furnace sludge: Best available technology
Mr. Baumann has been working nearly 30 years in the field of wet-mechanical processing technologies, especially on international projects for classification and processing of ores, minerals and other raw materials. He is in charge of the process design for individual processing steps up to complete treatment plants and their practical realization.
Vasile Danut Cojocaru, University Politehnica of Bucharest
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:40, Room 12: Effect of solution treatment duration on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a hot-rolled UNS S32750 / F53 / 1.4410 Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS) alloy
Professor at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (Materials Science and Engineering Faculty); Head of Materials Processing and Environmental Engineering Department.
Hans Georg Conrads, PROMECON process measurement control GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 18a: Optimization of the melting process of an electric arc furnace by online off-gas measurement
Dipl.-Ing. Hans Georg Conrads studied electrical engineering on the RWTH Aachen After his Master degree he founded the company PROMECON GmbH and invented numerous measurement systems for the power, cement and smelter industries. He is the Managing Director of the company PROMECON GmbH in Barleben, Germany.
Pietro Cosentino, ArcelorMittal
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 15a: DEM comparison of chute geometries on charging
Being part of ArcelorMittal R&D iron making team since 2018, I was able to observe and develop practices and techniques for process optimization. The R&D allied to the production floor is the main way for process optimization, and thus reducing emissions and costs. .
Afranio Costa, Gerdau Acominas S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 19a: Solidification microstructure of a continuously cast HSLA steel slab with U-shape centerline segregation
Afranio Costa works as Researcher at Gerdau - Ouro Branco Plant, Brazil. Over this past 16 years his professional history includes technical and managerial roles at world-class steelmaking companies. He works focused on product and process (refining and casting) development of steel slabs for further rolling into plates or HRC.
Barbara Costa Braga, Vallourec
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 18b: Development of standard argon rinsing practices for optimum steel cleanliness - "OptiClean"
She has started her career in the R&D department for Vallourec Brazil, followed by working for 6 months at the R&D Center in France. After this time, she was a Quality Engineer at the Melt Shop in Brazil and she is currently a Steelmaking Process Community Manager - Vallourec Star.
Michael Cremer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:40, Room 01: Quenching tower replacement at Schwelgern coke plant during operation
Since 2008 Schwelgern Coke Plant, Duisburg Germany Manager Mechanical Maintenance
Daniel Cruz, TMT GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 16a: The digital casthouse - Challenge for the next decade
Gunther Hildenbrand is the technical Sales Director of TMT Tapping Measuring Technnology in Siegen, the leading company for machinery and digital casthouse solutions for blast and metallurgical furnaces. Although only two years in this role he brings more than 20 years of experience of automation and digital solutions into metals industry.
Oday Daghagheleh, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 14a: Hydrogen production by natural gas pyrolysis with thermal plasma: An alternative approach of CO2-free hydrogen supply for the steel industry
Oday Daghagheleh finished his master’s in Metallurgy in 2020, focusing on ferrous metallurgy at Montanuniversitaet Leoben. Currently, he is working as a university assistant and Ph.D. candidate at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversitaet Leoben. His doctoral thesis focuses on hydrogen production and sustainability in steelmaking.
Burkhard Dahmen, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Managing Board, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 13 14:00, Room 1: Why #turningmetalsgreen is challenging but achievable
Matthew Del Gobbo, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 02: Applying first principles-based approaches to the prediction of pelletizing and sintering equipment performance
Matthew holds a bachelor’s in chemical engineering with a specialization in process modelling, optimization, and control. His professional experience focuses on the use of fluid mechanics and heat transfer in the metals, energy, and infrastructure sectors. He has expertise with Computational Fluid Dynamics for design, analysis, and optimization.
Alessandro Della Rocca, Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 14b: Tenova stepwise approach to the decarbonization of heating processes
Dr. Della Rocca is Business Development Manager in Tenova. In the last 14 years he has been involved with the development of clean and efficient combustion technologies. He is board member of the Italian Section of the Combustion Institute and he is currently focused on developing energy transition for the decarbonization of Downstream processes.
Denecke-Arnold, Heike
Chair of the Conference, Chief Operations Officer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Dr. Heike Denecke-Arnold, Chair of the Conference, Chief Operations Officer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 13 11:00, Room 1: Low-CO2 steel production at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
June 13 09:00, Room 1: Opening of METEC & 6th ESTAD 2023
Christian Dengler, Paul Wurth S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 2: From diagnostic analytics to prescriptive actions for maintenance and operation using purpose-built, low-code software: Developments for ironmaking
Christian studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich where he received his masters degree in 2015 and his doctorate In 2020. Since 2020, he works at the Process Automation department at Paul Wurth (SMS Group) where he supports the development and deployment of condition monitoring solutions around the blast furnace.
Rodrigo Madrona Dias, Usiminas S. A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 19a: Impact of mold fluxes on slab quality: Rapid feedback with automatic surface inspection system
Volker Diegelmann, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 2: Use of digital twin technology for the realisation of a soft sensor for online determination of residual stresses
Academic studies metallurgy and materials science, forming technology, Tech. Uni. Clausthal 2 years quality control centre Bremen steelworks hot rolling department 4 years at Bregal, head quality control department 3 years technical marketing steel galvanising 24 years research manager metal forming and finishing , VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut
Uwe Diekmann, Matplus GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 7: Accelerate new green steel technologies by combined usage of knowledge bases and simulation
Martin Dimmer, Celsa Steel UK
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 18a: New MgO and Al203 slag-making process management at Celsa UK toward a more sustainable and efficient EAF steelmaking process: Calculations and industrial results
Bárbara Dornelas, CRM Group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:00, Room 02: Sintering with high by-products recycling rate and environmental optimization by selective preperation
Mining Engineer from the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil, with an Erasmus Mundus Master in Resources Engineering. Since 2021 working as a researcher in the field of sintering, with focus on sinter mineralogy and by-products.
Christof Dratner, cunova GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 16a: Copper stave cooling system with upgraded wear protection
Christof received a master’s degree of electrical engineering and economy with a minor of computer science from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and FernUniversität Hagen. In 1995 he joined cunova (former KME). Since 1999 Christof is involved in the sales and technical marketing of Cooling Elements. Today he is the Head of Industrial Applications.
Shengchao Duan, Hanyang University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 18b: Inclusion formation and reoxidation behavior of si-killed austenitic stainless steel under ladle refining and tundish conditions
Doctor, Hanyang University Doctoral student at the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China, and I obtained my Ph.D. degree in metallurgical engineering in 2021 from the USTB. Now I am a research professor at Hanyang University, Korea.
Mike Duddek, Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 13: Robotised targeted destructive separation: A novel method for steel recycling from electrical scrap
PhD student in the subject area of environment and process engineering at the Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences Current research: Development of a robotised fractionation system for small electronic waste to increase the value of the material stream as part of the Prosperkolleg research project
François Dumortier, John Cockerill
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 28: E-Si™ Mill: John Cockerill’s new mill design to most effectively address the challenges related to the rolling of the latest advanced electrical steels
Claire Dwyer, Tata Steel Ltd
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 19b: Implementation of vibration stirring monitor in ladle furnace at Tata Steel in IJmuiden
Claire Dwyer is an Improvement Consultant at Tata Steel in Ijmuiden. She has worked in the steel industry for 10 years. From her experience with process improvement, she is now focussing on the Conventional Casters and Ladle Furnaces. The topics of focus include mould powders, mould fluid flow and measurement techniques within the Steel Plant.
Ömer Ece, İskenderun Iron and Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:00, Room 01: CANCELED! The effects of coke quenching methods on coke quality parameters and blast furnace production process
Jan Eisbacher-Lubensky, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 02: Influence of various sorts of coke breeze on the off-gas composition during iron ore sintering
Jan Eisbacher-Lubensky studied industrial environmental protection, waste management technology and recycling at the Montanuniversität of Leoben. Since 2012 research assistant at the Chair of Process Engineering of Industrial Environmental Protection with the main focus on metallurgical process engineering.
Sina-Maria Elixmann, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 19a: Observation of the temperature field on all faces of a slab mold to analyze local heat fluxes
Since May 2020: PhD student at RWTH Aachen University; Chair of Metallurgy of Iron and Steel - focus on industry-related investigations of the continuous casting process Previously: studies in materials engineering at RWTH Aachen University - focus on the production and application of steel
Richard Elliott, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 12: Where should we build the next 100 direct reduction modules?
June yong Eom, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 17b: The study of improving the energy efficiency in EAF by chemical energy input
Daniel Ernst, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 14a: Influence of pre-reduced iron ore during hydrogen plasma smelting reduction
Andre Esterhuizen , Tenova South Africa Pty Ltd
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 14b: Tenova’s iBlue open slag bath furnace design: Fundamental design decisions for a DRI melter
Yuan Fang, Baowu Group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 26: Baostrip®-the new strip casting&rolling process developed by Baowu Group
Professor Dr. Yuan Fang, graduated from Beijing University of Science and Technology with a a doctorate degree in Materials Physics and Chemistry. Over past 20 years, he has been engaged in strip casting and rolling technology research and development. He has published more than 80 articles and obtained more than 120 authorized patents.
Eros Faraci, Rina Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 1: Developing and enabling H2 burner utilization to produce liquid steel in EAF
Niklas Fehlemann, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 12: Stress-state dependent fracture properties of advanced high strength steels at cryogenic temperatures
Niklas Fehlemann is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Metal Forming at RWTH Aachen. He studied industrial engineering at RWTH from 2014 to 2021. His dissertation deals with the targeted design of damage-tolerant microstructures in different forming process. For this, scale-bridging simulations and artificial intelligence are utilized.
Martin Fein, Andritz AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 8: Andritz advanced furnace control improved quality and productivity for SSAB’s continuous annealing line
June 14 10:00, Room 14b: Andritz green steel galvanizing furnace to avoid direct CO2 emissions
Master degree at Technical University Vienna in Electrical Engineering/Automation Working for Andritz since 2010. Responsible for furnace models of Continuous Annealing and Galvanizing Lines. Leading the Andritz internal Startup Green Steel CGL since 2 years. I have big interest in innovation, sustainability and digitalization.
Elina Fernö, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 14a: Electrolytic reduction of iron oxides/ore in molten NaOH salt: A pilot-scale study
Alessandro Ferraiuolo, Marcegaglia Carbon Steel S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:50, Room 27: Effective work hardening and incremental plasticity theory for real-time evaluation of the microstructure evolution in rolling process
Alessandro Ferraiuolo is the corporate R&D manager of Marcegaglia steel group. He has about 30 years of work experience in R&D on metallurgy and steel product development, Mathematical modelling for process development.
Andre Fiedler, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 15a: Experiences of the shotcrete repairs at blast furnace 2 in Schwelgern at tkSE
Felix Firsbach, Badische Stahl-Engineering
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:50, Room 1: Production process and equipment design challenges for switching to EAF operations
Dr. Felix Firsbach studied metallurgy at RWTH Aachen. He was R&D lab manager and global steel expert at Lhoist (Belgium). Since 2021, he is steel plant senior consultant at Badische Stahl and drives the decarbonization consultancy solutions for mini-mills and integrated steel plants. He is part of AIST EU and vice chair of the AIST Decarbonization
Dennis Fischer, D.A.R. Metall AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 13: Application of material and process innovations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in steelmaking
2016-2022:Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University: Doctoral Thesis, field of grease lubrication 2019-2021:Team Leader Lubricants (group in Department of Tribology) 2021-2022:Project Manager Wind Turbine Bearing Center at Center for Wind Power Drives Since 05/2022:DAR Metall, Since 01/2023:Head of R&D
Lothar Fischer, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:20, Room 19a: Sustainable caster surveillance solutions to increase casting slab quality
CV of Lothar P.E. Fischer for Conferences Born1966 and married to SMS for >> 25 years. Engineering degree in mechanical design after an apprenticeship as a factory mechanics Technical sales for a plant builder of scrap recycling At SMS: technical sales of slab-, BBL- and CSP®-casters Head of Technical Sales and Project Management Slab since 2012
Sebastien Flament, CRM Group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 26: Strong step forward in the understanding of back-up rolls degradation in various cold and temper rolling mills
Graduated as chemical engineer, started at CRM in 2007 Working on topics related to rolls: - roll degradations (work roll, backup rolls and edger rolls), - development of on-site characterization lab dedicated for rolls analyses (from chemical analysis, to metallography and sampling) Now program leader coordinating Pickling and Rolls activities
Fleischanderl, Alexander
SVP, Head of Green Steel, Chief Technology Officer Upstream, Primetals Technologies Austria
Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl, SVP, Head of Green Steel, Chief Technology Officer Upstream, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 13 14:40, Room 1: The emergence of green steel
Alexander joined Primetals Technologies in 1997. His current position is SVP Head of Green Steel and CTO Upstream. He is a recognized expert in the field of sustainable iron and steel production and holds more than 100 single patents. He completed his Ph.D. in process engineering in 1997 at the Technical University in Graz.
Julia Fogelström, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 16b: A comparison of non-isothermal and isothermal hydrogen reductions of iron ore pellets based on TGA study
I'm an industrial Ph.D. student working with hydrogen reduction of iron ore at Swerim AB. I look forward to presenting my latest work and participating in valuable discussions.
Lorenzo Engel Fornasari, Ternium
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 01: Data mining approach to coke quality prediction: linear and gradient boosted models from production data
June 14 14:30, Room 18b: Non-contamination related chromium pick-up in RH degasser: Chromium based refractory ternary phase diagrams, thermodynamic and kinect analysis
After graduating in materials engineering and enrolling in a master's in chemical engineering, Lorenzo is especially interested in simulation and modeling disciplines and aspires to bring the potential of new technologies to the world of Ironmaking and Steelmaking.
Hubert Fouarge, CRM Group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:40, Room 14a: TACOS - Towards a zero CO2 sintering
Klaus Franz, Primetals Technologies Germany
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 14a: Energy-, economy- and process-optimized control of a battery supported electrolysis process
Training electronic technician 1989-1993 Studies in Mathematics 1996-2001 Independent developer in medical technology 1995-2021 Research assistant FAU ER-Nbg 2001-2004 Since 2004 Freelance mathematician Since 2020 Development of new technologies: Robots and Metaverse Cooperation with Primetals Technologie Germany GmbH since 1999
Francesco Fredi, Feralpi Group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:40, Room 14b: Feralpi way of substitution of coal injected in EAF with alternative materials based on polymers
Francesco Fredi (27) graduated in Mechanical engineering from the University of Brescia in 2021. He has worked since then at Feralpi Siderurgica S.p.A in the R&D teams, focusing on the improvement of steelmaking processes and the implementation of EU projects. He has a keen interest in meeting new individuals and expanding his professional network
Piero Frittella, Feralpi Group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 18a: Development of prediction models for steelmaking process and their on-line applications with through process approach
Piero Frittella is a Mechanical Engineer with University Degree Obtained at University of Perugia (Italy) In 16 years as Reasercher in Centro Sviluppo Materiali worked for different areas includng Steelmaking Processes, Modelling and EAF Process Technology. Since 2016 working for Feralpi Group in the Department of R&D and Processes Technologies.
Enrique Frixione, OG Technologies, Inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 28: Applications of imaging-based surface inspection equipment for process improvement at the wire rod mill of Třinecké Železány
Hagen Fuchs, Primetals Technologies Germany
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:10, Room 1: Transformational Green Steel Solution: DRI-based EAF steelmaking - Design and Recent Operational Results
- Degreed engineer in Metallurgy - Steel Plant Manager at Peine Salzgitter AG Germany, experiences in steel plant transition: BOF to EAF - Head of Tech. Service at SGL & Showa Denko Carbon Devision - Since 2023: Head of Technology Electric Steelmaking / Primetals Technologies - Several papers as author / co-author at AISTech, SEAISI, METEC / ESTAD
Matthias Gabriel, Metso Outotec Oy
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 02: Next generation of pelletizing plants for sustainable and competitive steelmaking in the future
Matthias Gabriel heads the Ferrous - PG at Metso Outotec in Germany, including iron ore pelletizing and sintering technologies. In Metso, he has worked in multiple roles in Ferrous engineering and engineering line management and was actively introducing product management and standardization principles into the field of pellet plants.
Georg Gaiser, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 18a: High-temperature oxidation of steel recycled from scrap: The role of tramp elements and their influence on oxidation behaviour
Georg Gaiser is a Ph.D. candidate in the field of high-temperature oxidation of steel at the chair of Ferrous Metallurgy at the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. He received the BSc degree in 2018 and the MSc degree in 2021. In his master's thesis, he dealt with fundamental investigations on surface crack formation in continuous casting.
Erika Garitaonandia Areitio, AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 13: Access the mechanical and thermal fatigue in packed bed thermal energy storage concept
Degree in biochemistry (science) at University of the Basque Country and metal casting education master by Spanish Federation Foundry Association (FEAF) Joined AZTERLAN Metallurgical Research and Technological Center in 2003. With over 20 years of experience in foundry and steel industry, I work in the sustainability and environmental department of AZTERLAN, carrying out project related to circular economy, valorization of waste, air quality issues , technological upgrades and process improvements. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-2869
Sa Ge, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 14b: Emissions, Economics and Risks of Electric Smelting Furnace (ESF) for Green Steel Production
Dr. Ge Sa is a ferrous metallurgy specialist at Hatch with 12 years of professional experience in North America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. He specializes in developing and implementing low-emission processes and focuses on decarbonization solutions for the iron & steel sector. He holds a PhD in metallurgical engineering from McGill University.
Paul Mark Geach, Primetals Technologies UK
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 15b: Top-fired stoves: Improved operation with adoption of particular designs
Primetals Technologies P.O. for BF Hot Blast Stoves. 20 years experience with design, commissioning and post-commissioning of Hot Blast Stoves.
Mario Gelmini, BM GROUP POLYTEC S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:50, Room 27: Robotic solution for sampling on cooling bed
June 14 11:30, Room 19a: Multitool robot for caster operations
Mario Gelmini is a Mechatronics Engineer with 8 years of professional experience in the Automotive industry and in Robotic applications. He is a Project Engineer responsible for caster robots and special robotic applications in the steel industry. He holds a master degree in Mechatronics Engineering and a Master in Business Administration.
Elyas Ghafoori, Leibniz University of Hannover
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 12: Direct energy deposition additive manufacturing for repair and strengthening of steel components
June 14 14:50, Room 12: A model for high-cycle fatigue behavior of wire and arc additive manufactured steel
Elyas Ghafoori is a full professor at the chair of “Steel, Composite and Lightweight Construction” at the Leibniz University of Hannover (LUH). He is the Executive Director of the “Institute for Steel Construction” at the LUH and a Deputy Director of the Test Center Supporting Structures Hannover.
Javad Gharagouzlou, Hormozgan Steel Company
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 16b: Investigation on hot corrosion of tundish plaster in aluminum killed steels
Steel making and continuous casting technical office head in hormozgan steel company Writer of book : Clean steel ; from DRI to slab
Marcel Giese, Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 12: Ultrasonic-assisted machining of wear-resistant coatings of highly stressed steel components
Björn Glaser, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 5: Investigations on flexible ladle preheating procedures using plasma heated refractory
Björn Glaser: Associate Professors in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KTH/Stockholm/Sweden. Head of the Unit of Process within the MSE Department at KTH since January 2021. Main research focus on metallurgical processes, with at least 12 years’ experience in the area. Professional skills are experimental industrial metallurgical science and experimental metallurgy with focus on kinetics, thermodynamics and thermal physical properties of metals and slags.
Peter Glodek, GEA Bischoff GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:20, Room 14a: Decarbonization in iron & steel industry: Advanced flue gas cleaning, CO2 separation and waste heat recovery
Joachim Gnauk, PSI Metals GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:40, Room 2: Cloud based assistance system for AI-cognition supported in-process control in steel production
Dr. Joachim Gnauk received his doctorate in physics from TU Berlin in 2002 and was affiliated with Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf from 1997 to 2007. He has been responsible for PSImetals quality-related product development since 2018, following about ten years in different capacities in the steel and aluminum industries.
Alexandre GonÇalves Andrade, Métal 7 inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:00, Room 02: Optimizing roller screening performance in pelletizing plants: The benefits of pellets segregation in the firing process
Yakov Gordon, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 12: Conversion of DRI shaft Furnace operation to hydrogen reduction and lower grade pellets from consultancy perspective
June 15 12:10, Room 02: Promising and environmentally friendly technologies to process iron ore rich waste materials
June 14 15:50, Room 1: Methodology for developing strategic roadmap for reducing energy consumption and CO2 emission for iron and steel plants
Yakov graduated as a Metallurgical Engineer from the Ural Federal University in Russia, where he also obtained his Ph.D and Doctor of Technical Science Degrees. Professor of UFU from 1974 to 1995, Technical Director – Ironmaking at Hatch Iron & Steel business unit from 1996 to date. The principal areas of Yakov’s engineering work are blast furnaces, coke making, alternative ironmaking, sintering and pelletizing. Yakov is the author of 2 monographs, 7 textbooks, over 200 papers, and 27 International Patents. In 2015 Yakov was awarded by AIST’s “Howe Memorial Lecture Award”. In 2019 Yakov became AIST’s “Distinguished Member and Fellow”.
Maksym Goryuk, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 16b: Multifunctional tundish with using electromagnetic actions on melt at continious casting of steel
Maksym Goryuk Ph. D. (metallurgy, casting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys) The field of scientific activity is the application of electromagnetic fields for obtaining cast ingots from cast iron, steel and aluminium alloys. Development and implementation of magnetodynamic equipment for out-of-furnace processing and pouring of alloys
Jovana Gradinac, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 5: New and advanced technologies of the future challenges in the steel industry’s water treatment plants
Mechanical and process engineer, specialized in water engineering and innovations around ecological solutions for steel industry plants. My journey with SMS Group S.p.A began in 2020 and currently I am working as a Sales Manager. On top of work at SMS group, I am able to further educate and develop myself through PhD studies.
Alexander Gramlich, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 16a: Medium manganese steels for press hardening application
June 14 11:50, Room 16a: Copper contamination of recycled steel - curse or blessing?
2011-2017: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Materials Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, with a research visit at Oxford University. 2017-2022: Ph.D. at the Steel Institute of RWTH Aachen University under the supervision of Prof. Bleck. Since 2021: Workfield manager for sustainable steel design Since 2022: Groupleader for material characterization
Andrea Grasselli, Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 17b: Sustainability and high productivity of carbon steel: Results of an operating reference using Tenova CONSTEEL® EAF
June 15 13:20, Room 17b: Integration between CONSTEEL® EAF and CONSTEERER® EMS: The enhanced sustainable and flexible solution for steel production chosen by HASÇELIK
Authors CVs are in the picture uploaded below.
Thomas Griessacher, Stahl- und Walzwerk Marienhütte GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:00, Room 19a: Improving quality and performance of billet caster with optical inspection system
2008 Master’s Degree in Metallurgy at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria 2008 – 2012 PhD student and research associate at the Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria 2012 – 2013 Head of R&D&I at Stahl- und Walzwerk Marienhütte GmbH Since 2013 Steel plant manager at Stahl- und Walzwerk Marienhütte GmbH
Stefan Griesser, qoncept technology GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 17b: Digital strategies to tackle the CO2 and raw material crisis in steelmaking
Dr. Griesser is an expert in the field of raw material optimization for electric arc steelmaking with an extensive scorecard of steelmaking companies around the globe. His main activities include decarbonization, cost and energy optimization in EAF steelmaking.
Christine Gruber, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 8: Optimization and performance improving in metal industry by digital technologies
Christine Gruber is the manager of Area 4 "Simulations and Analyses" at K1-MET, a competence center for metallurgy based in Austria, doing research in CFD simulations for process optimization, process data analysis, visualization and modelling, for an improved process knowledge, better process control and higher resource efficiency.
A .Nicholas Grundy, Thermo-Calc Software AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 18b: Thermodynamic and kinetic simulation of the steelmaking and refining process using thermo-calc and CALPHAD type steel and slag database TCOX12
Nicholas did his PhD on Thermodynamics and CALPHAD at ETH in Zurich & Post Doc at Ecole Polytechnique in Canada. He then worked for almost 10 years as metallurgist for the SMS Group before joining Thermo-Calc in 2018, where he works as an application engineer and in technical sales, helping customers to apply Thermo-Calc in the most effective way.
Maria Persson Gulda, Chief Technology Officer, H2 Green Steel
At Estad 2023:
June 13 14:20, Room 1: Building the world's first green steel plant
Murat Günerdi, Çolakoglu Metalurji A.S.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 18b: The modernization of a VD plant into the world largest VOD plant for the production of low carbon stainless steel at Colakoglu Metalurji, Turkey
Murat Günerdi He has been working at Colakoglu Metalurji A.S/Kocaeli, Turkey for last 14 years and has been in the steel mill manager position since 2018. Also, took part in the duties of Chief Engineer and Utility Facilities Manager in Colakoglu Metalurji A.S., respectively. He has more than 20 years of experience in the steel industry.
Peer Eric Günther, Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 17a: Automatic control of slopping in a BOF
I work as a production engineer at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) in Duisburg. My field is the Hot Metal Desulphurisation and partly the modelling and control of our converters.
Durgesh Gupta, H2 Green Steel
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 14a: Hydrogen steelmaking for a sustainable future
Durgesh has 26 years of experience heading process, operations, and project management of gas-based direct reduction plants worldwide. From 1997-2003, he was Assistant Manager (DR Process) for Ispat Industries, then moved to Qatar Steel Company to serve as Head of Process & Operations from 2003-2021. Durgesh joined H2 Green Steel in 2021.
Karola Gurrath, Primetals Technologies Germany
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 27: Modernization of contour and flatness optimizer to improve strip quality and reduce post-processing
I studied chemical and biological engineering with a focus on thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Since graduating in 2018, I have been working as a development engineer on models and concepts for contour and flatness optimization in the process automation of hot strip rolling mills.
Tamara Gusarova, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 18b: HD scan: Detect and grade also the so far hidden cast defects
Main Topics: non-destructive in/on/offline measurements, process optimisation, steel product quality, HD scan Dr. Tamara Gusarova _________________________________ SMS group GmbH Research & Development Expert Instrumentation, RDD Phone: +49 (0) 211 881-5240 E-mail: tamara.gusarova@sms-group.com
Rico Haase, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 16a: Thermal conditions of a press hardening process to obtain tailored properties
Rico Haase is scientific associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology. Having a strong industrial background in automotive and seat business, his current focus is on press hardening including tailored property applications. Within this field, tool design, FE analysis and experimental studies are performed.
Gernot Hackl, RHI Magnesita GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 19a: Sub meniscus velocimetry: An efficient way to study flow in the mould
Head of Global Simulation at RHI Magnesita. Graduated at Montanuniversitaet Leoben in the field of ceramics. More than 17 years experience in the field of modelling and simulation used for refractory product developments and its optimisation. Holder of several patents of functional refractory products used in the continuous casting process.
Timo Haimi, Metso Outotec Oy
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 1: Case study: Four different feeds to a DRI smelting furnace
Timo Haimi, Senior Sales Manager – Smelting, Metso Outotec Metals Oy - Master’s degree from University of Oulu Finland, Department of process metallurgy - +20 years of experience in the steel and ferroalloys industries - Senior Sales Manager for Smelting in Espoo Finland - Being busy with DRI Smelting
Simon Hain, Primetals Technologies Germany
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 27: Contactless strip shape measurement for silicon steel grade rolling
Nils Hallmanns, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:10, Room 1: Holistic assistance tool for flatness prediction (HATFLAT)
Thomas Hansmann, SMS group GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 1: From vision to reality: Technology-based pathways to decarbonize the global iron- and steelmaking industry
Guenter Harp, Harp Process Chemistry Consulting
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:00, Room 14b: Green methanol as CO2 lean reductant for iron ore
Dr. Guenter Harp, born 06.05.1949 in Hannover, Chemistry studies at Leibniz University (former Technical University) in Hannover Diploma degree 1979 Diploma works: Investigations on the reaction between sodium hydrogen carbonate and sulphur dioxide in the fluidized bed reactor Dr. rer. nat. degree 1986 at Institute for Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University in Hannover Dissertation: The formation of acidic condensates out of SO2 and NOx containing gas atmospheres at cooled walls 1979 – 1983 Researcher at Institute for Technical Chemistry, Hannover University 1984 – 1990 Researcher at VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut, Duesseldorf 1990 – 2007 Head of new founded Department “Environmental and Chemical Engineering” 2004 Member of the Planet Working Group of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) 2007 Head of new Dept. Process Chemistry and Metallurgy and Speaker of the Division Ironmaking and Steelmaking 2007 -2014 Member of EU RFCS TGS1 Ironmaking expert group 2007 FP7 expert in metal winning and process chemistry 2013 Head of new named Dept. Process chemistry and resource technology feedstock Main working areas within BFI Stress corrosion cracking on steel Emission reduction technologies in iron and steel making processes as well as municipal waste incineration Primary and secondary raw materials processing Resource efficient metallurgical process technology Metal winning from secondary raw materials (nonferrous metals; alloying metals) Utilisation of steel works process gases as chemical feedstock Hydrogen technology Industrial synergies between steel and chemical industries 2014 Retirement and founding Harp Process Chemistry Consulting Working areas: Process Integration, Industrial symbiosis, and Clean Production on Iron, Steel, Ferroalloys, Nonferrous metals, and base chemicals
Arno Haschke, Primetals Technologies Germany
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 2: The next level of plant condition monitoring
Thomas Haschke, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 27: Increased width performance due to use of a radar width measurement in the roughing mill
Dr. Thomas Haschke completed his studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Siegen in 2004 and received his doctorate there in 2008. Since 2007, he has been working in the R&D department of SMS group, mainly in the field of process modelling and process data analysis for hot rolling mills.
Thorsten Hauck, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 1: Decarbonisation scenarios for the european steel industry and their dependance on framework conditions
PhD in process engineering at TU Dortmund. More than 20 years of steel R&D at BFI. Current position: Head of department “Process Optimisation Iron and Steel Making”. Responsible for more than 20 national and international research projects, inter alia WP Leader "Technology roadmapping" in EU project "Green Steel for Europe".
Mark Haverkamp, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 2: The XR plant inspector: A new approach in 3D data use
Personal data Mark Haverkamp (6.5.1973) University education 10/95 – 08/99 Mechatronics degree - FH Krefeld 10/99 – 12/03 Electrical engineering degree - Fernuniversität Hagen 01/04 – 10/08 PhD (Dr.-Ing.) - RWTH Aachen Work experience 03/13 - today SMS group - Senior R&D Manager Plant simulation, digital twin
Franz He, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 16a: Investigation of the impact of different coatings strengths in AlSi coated boron-manganese steel on the tribological behavior in strip drawing tests
Aidin Heidari, University of Oulu
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:00, Room 16b: Comparison of reduction behavior of DRI and blast furnace pellets in CO-H2 atmosphere
Falk-Florian Henrich, Smart Steel Technologies GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 2: Saving energy and CO2 emissions through synchronized scheduling of continuous casting and hot rolling operations
Dr. Falk-Florian Henrich is founder and CEO of Smart Steel Technologies. The company offers AI-based software products to optimize steel production. Leading steel producers are using the SST software 24/7 in production. Dr. Henrich holds a PhD in mathematics.
Oscar Hessling, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 16b: Influence of water content on the kinetics and mechanisms of hydrogen reduction using industrial iron ore pellets at 600 °C - 900 °C
Oscar Hessling is an industrial Ph.D. student and researcher at the Swedish metallurgical research institute Swerim AB, where he focuses on the kinetics and thermodynamics of iron ore hydrogen reduction. He received his MSc in Metallurgy in 2015, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ryota Higashi, Tohoku University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 14a: Zero carbon ironmaking process using carbon-iron ore composites applying a carbon recycling system
Ryota Higashi 6-6-02, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan (+81)22-795-4897 ryota.higashi.r3@dc.tohoku.ac.jp -Education 2020 Bachelor of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan 2022 Master of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
Horst Hill, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 16a: Tooling materials for additive manufacturing and steel shop production
I am an engineer for materials and working for Deutsche Edelstahlwerke in the Special Materials Department since 2012 as an engineer for R&D, technical customer service and quality. The Special Materials Division deals with composite materials, metal powder, 3D-printing and medical alloys. In 2017, I took responsibility for the Division.
Anna-Katharina Hofecker, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 01: Digital failure reporting and analyzing system at coke plant Schwelgern
2015-2019 Project Engineer Automotive Rhenus Automotive Systems GmbH Since 2019 Operational Excellence Manager at Coke Plant Schwelgern thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Gerald Hohenbichler, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 17b: Optimizing EAF operations by an App - the Heat Cloning App
June 15 10:00, Room 19a: Smart spares for on-line CC strand guide overload monitoring
Doctorate from TU Vienna, in Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer. Early 1990ies joining the predecessor of Primetals Technologies, 2005 - 2012 in charge of R&D in Thin Slab Casting &Rolling and Arvedi ESP Technology, since 2016 Vice President Technology&Innovation for the global business unit of Metallurgical Services. Holds ~30 patent applications
Florian Hollensteiner, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 2: Smart maintenance as a key to a reliability centered approach
Roman Markus Holler, PSI Metals Austria GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:50, Room 2: Blockchain-based tracking of steel products’ properties enhanced by zero-knowledge proofs
Roman Markus Holler graduated in 2022 from Graz Technical University, Austria with a Dipl.-Ing. in Computer Science. His master's studies had a strong focus on IT security, which deepened his knowledge and expertise in creating secure solutions. Since joining PSI Metals in 2016, he supports customers globally to produce high-quality products.
Yul Hong, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:40, Room 02: On the assimilation properties of nuclei particle in iron ore sintering
Personal Information - Research engineer in ironmaking research team at hyundai steel Research fields - Development sintering process and investigation physico-chemical properties of iron ores - Biomass utilization study to reduce CO2 emission in iron ore sintering
Paulo Hopperdizel, Lumar Metals
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 17b: Operational results of the revamp of the revamp of the chemical energy package in electric arc furnaces of 110 ton at acindar
June 14 09:00, Room 17b: Operational results of lumar metals chemical energy package revamp at JSPL - Angul, India in EAF of 250 ton capacity charginghot metal and DRI
Krzysztof Hornig, ANDRITZ Metals Germany GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 5: Applied solutions for heating systems for industrial furnaces in respect of sustainable thermal process technology
Fu-Yuan Hsu, National United University
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 2: An optimized feeder 3D-geometry for a ductile casting generated autonomously by the CSAT system
HSU Fu-Yuan (William), Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Profession: Processing Modelling, Casting, Metal, Metal Processing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Metallurgy, Aluminium alloy casting. Email：willyhsu@nuu.edu.tw Education：The University of Birmingham, U.K., Ph.D in Metallurgy and Materials (ORS)
Martin Hubrich, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 5: Desalination of wastewater to ensure fresh water supply
Until 04/2000: Study of process engineering with main subjects of chemical and mechanical process engineering at the Technical University of Clausthal Since 04/2000: Project research / manager at VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH, Germany (Department Resource Technology Liquid Media - Focus: desalination, cooling/waste water treatment)
Eric Huelson, OnPoint Digital, Inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:40, Room 15a: Advanced operational control of a reheat furnace for efficiency gains using TDL laser-based combustion feedback
A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a BS in Physics and a MS in Mechanical Engineering. For the past 20 years Eric has promoted the advancement of optical diagnostics for combustion monitoring in harsh industrial applications. He serves as a Sr. Product Manager for OnPoint, a Koch Engineered Solution's company.
Veit Humer, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 19a: Quality improvement by high performance mold level control and novel bulging compensation strategy
Born: Austria, 1989 Occupation: Product Owner LevCon and Head of Model Based Control EA OU CCM, Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH Education: BSc. Mechatronics/Process control and automation Publications: “World Premiere for a New Type of Mold Level Control to reach a New Degree of Mold Level Stability”, AISTech 2022, p.687-697
Adnan Husakovic, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 7: Enhancing Green Steel Production with AI-Enabled Scrap Classification
Adnan Husakovic was born in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991. He received the Bachelor degree in Mechatronics from the Johannes Kepler University in 2015, spezialized in combustion engine control and drivetrain engineering. From 2015 to 2017 he studied in the Dipl.-Ing. Mechatronics programme at the Johannes Kepler university, specializing in the domain of automotive control and systems optimization. His master thesis dealt with identification methods based on modal testing in hydraulic applications. Since 2011 he is working for Primetals Technologies and in September 2017 he established a cooperation with the institute of signal processing (ISP) at Johannes Kepler University, where he is working on his PhD in cooperation with LCM Linz and Primetals Technologies GmbH. His research activities are focussed on acoustic condition monitoring and machine learning in the domain of steel-and ironmaking.
Joar Huss, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 18a: The effect of oxygen potential on the phosphate capacity of slags containing multivalent species
Joar Huss received his MSc in Metallurgy in 2018 from KTH (Stockholm). Since then he has actively engaged in PhD studies at the research institute SWERIM. His main focus is the thermodynamics and kinetics of phosphorus removal from liquid iron. He enjoys the experimental work with a passion, especially when conducted together with his colleagues.
Gunilla Hyllander, Hybrit Development AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 14a: Pilot-scale development of hydrogen based direct reduction process
Joonas Ilmola, University of Oulu
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:10, Room 2: Phenomenon based model for virtual hot strip rolling
I am a doctoral researcher in University of Oulu from Finland. My research focuses on modeling thermo-mechanical phenomena of hot rolling processes. I have 8 years of experience on the field of model development. In the 6th Estad conference I will present the latest results of our research group's Virtual rolling mill model.
Mir Ishfaq, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 19b: Determination of insoluble oxygen in high aluminium steels using various techniques
Mir is a PhD student at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He has obtained his masters degree in Materials Engineering from IISc Bengaluru and Bachelors degree in Metallurgical Engineering from NIT Srinagar. Research areas: Thermodynamic equilibria between aluminum and oxygen in liquid steels, Thermodynamics of ternary systems.
Nella Janáková, Progres Ekotech, s.r.o.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 13: Gaining value with ECOLBRIQ® - 2 possible applications of ECOLBRIQ®: Reducing CO2 emissions and /or recycling of byproducts minimizing landfill
Nella is a project manager for Strategy and Innovation at Progres Ekotech. Within her 10-year career she has focused on fields of industry supplies chains, circular economy, and carbon emission reduction. Nella joined the company in 2019 and currently is responsible for expansion to foreign markets and implementation of new innovative projects.
Olivier Jaouen, Transvalor S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:50, Room 28: Ingot casting - powder/liquid metal interaction during pouring
I passed my PhD last century. Since then I am working for Transvalor S.A in France. At first I was a developper, then a project manager. And now after more than 10 years as Product Manager for casting software, i moved 18 month ago for an "Expert in Solidification and multi-physics modelling" position
Vahid Javaheri, University of Oulu
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 12: Effect of isothermal bainite formation, below the Ms temperature, on tensile properties of a medium-carbon, low-alloy advanced high strength steel
Vahid leads "Microstructure and Mechanisms" research group at the Univ. of Oulu, Finland. He is also an adjunct professor at the Univ. of Turku. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms controlling microstructure & properties of advanced steels and developing novel processing techniques.
Mirko Javurek, Johannes Kepler University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 19b: Simulation of flow-induced inclusion deposition in a continuous casting strand
1999 finished studies in mechatronics at Johannes Kepler University Linz 1999 till now: working as reseracher at Johannes Kepler University Linz at the institute for fluid dynamics and heat transfer with focus on steel production processes 2006 PHD in mechatronics on continuous casting process simulations at Johannes Kepler University Linz
Klaus Jax, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:30, Room 1: Through-process quality control (TPQC): Latest developments, benefits for steel producers and success stories
Technical Sales TPO and Digital Transformation at Primetals Technologies Material Expert and Project Management at Primetals Technologies since 2016 Researcher for joining and bonding at voestalpine International Welding Engineer (IWE) Master degree in Materials and Process Engineering Production technician at Galvanizing Line at voestalpine
Sven Jensen, Dürr Systems AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 5: Results of two years’ operating experience of an ORC plant capturing waste heat in a steel mill
Universal degree in thermal and process engineering. More than twenty years international experience in sales, business development and project management in the segments of renewable energy, fossil steam generators and exhaust gas cleaning systems. Since 2017 Sales Manager at Dürr Systems AG.
Jiho Jeon, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 18a: Optimization for refining of molten steel through bottom bubbling in VD process
Eunju Jeong, POSCO
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 19b: Automatic control system with off-gas analysis in AOD
1) Ph.D from Seoul National University at 2009 2) Working in POSCO since 2009 3) Major research field : - Stainless steel process development (EAF, AOD, VOD) - Oxygen lance for post-combustion, Strong-stirred bath flow, High-speed decarburization for AOD, VOD - Automatic control system development
Elena Jipnang, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 1: Flowsheet simulation of integrated green steelmaking (DRP-OBF-BOF/EAF) with the focus on CO2 emissions and OPEX
Dipl.-Ing. of Ferrous Metallurgy from Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS), Russia, 1999. Dr.-Ing. in Ferrous Metallurgy from IEHK-RWTH, 2010. Joined SMS Group in 2009 as R&D Engineer. Since 2001 working by SMS in Green Steel Department. Main topics: process simulation, thermodynamic calculations, product carbon footprint.
Thierry Joly, Vesuvius Europe
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 16a: Technology evolution of sustainable taphole clay design
PhD, I always worked for the steel industry. First in BF casthouse floors as a developer of carbon containing ULCC and designer of runners. Then working on THC, injection products for blast furnace & stack repair material. I join Vesuvius in 03/2021 as Global CEO manager for THC. Our last dvpt concerns very clean THC phenol and formaldehyde free
Dr. Peter Juchmann, Director Technology Development Direct Reduction, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 13 11:20, Room 1: Circularity and SALCOS®: Salzgitter's path to climate neutrality
Yeongjin Jun, Hanyang University
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 19b: Reoxidation behavior of Al-killed ferritic stainless steel melts containing Ti
Sungmo Jung, Pohang University of Science and Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 02: Development of a low-temperature sintering process for CO2 Reduction & H2-based operation of blast furnace
Sungmo Jung is a full professor in GIFT (Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology) for EML (Environmental Metallurgy Lab). His research focuses on the primary technology for ironmaking and crude steel production. The current topics in the ongoing research projects are related to the recycling of materials and hydrogen reduction for CO2 emission.
Antti Kaijalainen, University of Oulu
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 15a: Comparison of mechanical properties of artificial and natural aged cold formed S700 rectangular hollow section
Antti Kaijalainen received his D.Sc. degrees in Materials and Mechanical Engineering from University of Oulu, Finland, in 2016. He is Senior Research Fellow of University of Oulu and is a leader of “Performance of Steels” group, which is focusing on usability of steel applications with 8 researchers. He is author/co-author of >90 publications.
Mikhail Kalugin , KALUGIN Top Combustion Solutions
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 15b: Different options of stove modernization using innovative top combustion stove of kalugin design
Arun Kamalasekaran, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 14a: Synthesis of FeNi alloys by direct reduction of Fe2O3-NiO powder mixtures using hydrogen
I am a Doctoral student in Materials Science Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. I am currently working on production of metal alloy powders through hydrogen reduction. I have also been working in the field of Gas Atomization from my Masters degree. Furthermore, I have 4.5 years of extensive work experience in Steel Industry.
Youn-Bae Kang, Pohang University of Science and Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 16b: SEN clogging during continuous casting: mechanism and countermeasure in chemistry aspect
June 15 09:40, Room 16a: Development of desulphurization flux for the hot metal in the KR process using recycled red mud as an industrial waste
Professor at Graduate Institute of Ferrous and Energy Materials Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, 20+ years in research and education in the ferrous metallurgy field. Research on clean steelmaking, ferrous scrap recycling, H2 production for H2 ironmaking, CALPHAD thermodynamic modeling etc.
Wolfgang Kern, Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:00, Room 01: Stamp charging: The future of coke making!
Wolfgang Kern is a Process Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in Sales. He started his career in the power generation and waste to energy industry with various assignments at BBC, Babcock, ABB Hong Kong, ABB Switzerland, Lurgi Frankfurt, Singapore and Taiwan. In early 2000, he returned to Germany to join DMT GmbH as Head of Sales for cokemaking. In 2016/2017 he was looking for a new challenge and joint Paul Wurth Group as a senior sales manager. He has been deeply involved in recent years in following cokemaking projects in Europe, South Africa, Turkey, Korea, India, and North and South America etc. He is regular participant in cokemaking conferences and he is a member of the German Cokemaking Association VDKF.
Sailesh Kesavan, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 18b: Investigation of the heat transfer behaviour of intumescent coatings in continuous casting using a digital twin
Oleksandr Kharchenko, Zaporizhzhia National University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:40, Room 17a: Thermodynamic analysis of physical and chemical processes in the high-temperature reaction zone of a liquid steelmaking bath
Kyunghwan Kim, Hanyang University
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 17a: Reduction of CO2 emissions by lowering hot metal ratio in converter steelmaking process
I work for HYUNDAI STEEL in korea. Also, I am doing a Ph.D. at HANYANG university. I've been working on a Converter Steel Making department for 31 years.
YongWoo Kim, Chosun University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 13: Thermodynamic assessment of metallurgical properties of waste polymers
March.2014 ~ February.2020 Chosun university, Republic of Korea (2014-2019) Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering March.2020 ~ February.2022 Chosun university, Republic of Korea (2020-2022) Dept. of Advanced Materials Engineering March.2022 ~ Present Chosun university, Republic of Korea PhD student in Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Gibeom Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 19b: Exploratory study on the relationships between steel skull and operation data in the RH process using machine learning
Ji Joon Kim, POSCO
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 19b: AI guidance model for controlling the width deviation of ferritic stainless steel slabs
After PhD, I worked at POSCO for 27 yrs as a researcher, achieving successful outcomes in various roles such as researcher and factory manager. I conducted research to improve the quality of stainless steel and worked to achieve goals such as the development of high-alloy steel products, quality improvement. I am exploring sustainable ways.
Taesung Kim, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 18b: Characterization of non-metallic inclusions in Fe-1.5%Al-x%Si (x=0.5-3.0) steel melts
Björn Kintscher, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 26: Green steel production becomes reality: The CSP® Nexus plant of H2 green steel and how to decarbonize existing CSP® plants
Björn Kintscher is a Senior Expert in CSP Technology and works in the flat products devision of the SMS group in Düsseldorf. He joined SMS 18 years ago and has more than 10 years’ experience in thin slab casting and rolling technology. Björn studied at Bochum University of Applied Sciences and has a Masters Degree in Mecharonics.
Peter Kinzel, Paul Wurth S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:50, Room 1: EASyMelt, the logical alternative to the blast furnace for a carbon neutral steelmaking
German, married, 2 children, 52 years; Several publications in scientific and technical journals and patents; Chemical engineer; PhD in process engineering; Working since 1999 for Paul Wurth in several functions, during 11 years in South America, Chile and Brazil; Today responsible for developing CO2 reduction technologies for BF/BOF route
Christoph Kirmse, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:50, Room 1: Utilization of deep-learning models to predict defects during the continuous casting process
- B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University - Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London
Marcus Kirschen, RHI Magnesita
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 17b: Energy savings of inert gas stirring to the EAF process - with a focus on green steel transformation
Marcus is committed to improvements of high temperature processes in steelmaking industry for 23 years. He has been with RHI Magnesita since 2006 and holds university degrees in energy physics, mineralogy, and high temperature engineering in France, Switzerland and Germany.
Kazutoshi Kitagoh, Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:50, Room 26: Enhanced control technologies of hot rolling in an endless line
Kazutoshi Kitagoh started to work in Toshiba corporation and joined TMEIC in 2003 in accordance with establishment of TMEIC. He has been involved in R&D team and his recent field of research is process modelling on hot rolling. He graduated Master course of quantum science and energy engineering of Tohoku university in Japan in 2003.
Bernd Kleimt, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 16b: Analysis and through process monitoring and control of hydrogen content during liquid steelmaking
June 14 11:50, Room 18a: Model-based decision support system for EAF online monitoring and control
Dr. Bernd Kleimt studied Electrical Engineering at Wuppertal University. In 1989 he joined BFI, Duesseldorf, Germany, and is leading since 2001 the Department “Measurement and Automation Steelmaking”. Main working areas are measurement technologies and model-based control for primary and secondary steelmaking processes, and for continuous casting.
Silke Klitschke, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 12: Systematic calibration and validation of failure models for crash simulation of advanced high strength steel sheets (AHSS)
Studies: Chemical Engineering with focus on Applied Mechanics and Thermodynamics, University Karlsruhe (TH) Applications Engineer at Zwick Roell Group Lecturer at universities of applied sciences Scientist at Fraunhofer IWM since 2011 in the field of crash safety of metals, especially characterization under high rate and multiaxial loading
Peter Klut, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 15a: Latest generation dry blast furnace gas cleaning technology
Education: Process- and environmental engineering BSc in chemical engineering Career: Past Environmental Engineer - Tata Steel Environmental Department Process Engineer - Danieli Corus Sr. Process Engineer - IV Industry Current Product Manager Gas Cleaning Technology - Danieli Corus Department Manager Process Engineering - Danieli Corus
Marco Knepper, Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 19b: Innovative safety and automation concept for new ladle furnace at HKM Duisburg
2013 P.h.d. at IEHK RWTH Aachen University 2013 May Huettenwerke Krupp Mannesmann 2019 Processe Manager Meltshop at HKM 2022 Division Manager Metallurgy Meltshop
Bernd Koch, Matplus GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 7: Model-based evaluation of circularity efforts in the recycling of steels
2003 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Materials Science at Ruhr-University Bochum 2007 Ph.D at Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin 2007-2012 R&D Engineer at MTU Friedrichshafen 2012-2021 R&D Engineer at Otto Fuchs KG, Meinerzhagen since 2021 Project & Materials Engineer at Matplus GmbH, Wuppertal
Alexander Kofler, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 27: Towards lights-out factory: Centerline control reduces strip steering challenge in finishing mills and paves way to fully automatic flat rolling
Alexander Kofler gradueded bachelor degree in electrical engineering at the University Siegen Manager Execution EA Hot Rolling Mills Electrics/Automation SMS group GmbH
Sebastian Koldorf, MAGMA Gießereitechnologie GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 2: Virtual continuous casting for improved processes with MAGMA CC
Tatsuya Kon, Kyushu University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 02: The effect of gangue minerals distribution on the strength of granulates for sintering process
Tatsuya Kon Experience 2022-06 – present assistant professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Univ., Japan. 2019-04 – 2022-05 research scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. 2017-04 – 2019-03 research scientist, Kyushu Univ., Japan. Education Ph. D. in Engineering, 2016-03, Tohoku Univ., Japan.
Gabriel Korkmaz, Paul Wurth S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:20, Room 01: Environmental and safety aspects of coke oven plants
Gabriel studied civil engineering at the University of Applied Science in Giessen. In 2015 he started working for an engineering office, later a machine supplier for cranes and coke oven machines as a project and sales manager. Since 2022, he works at the Coke Oven Machines department at Paul Wurth (SMS Group) as a Sales Manager.
Marc Köster, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 19a: Measurement and model-based control of solidification in continuous casting of billets
Dr. Marc Köster is a physicist and received his PhD degree at the University of Duisburg-Essen in 2018. Since 2019 he is a project leader in the department “Measurement and Automation Steelmaking” of the research institute VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut and is working on research projects with focus on innovative measurement technologies.
Christian Koubek, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 18a: Compensation of process fluctuations with an auto-adaptive electrode control system
2005 - now Expert for electrode control systems at Primetals Technologies Austria
Hans Jörg Krassnig, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 17b: Revolutionary EAF solution: An overview of operational results of EAF Quantum
Summary: Head of Electric Steelmaking at Primetals Technologies Academically, he holds phd metallurgy university of Leoben.
Fabian Krause, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 14b: Hydrogen burners for carbon neutrality in electric steel making: Latest developments of the Clusters4Future HyInnoBurn project
Dr.-Ing. Fabian Krause, since 2010-RD Manager, SMS group GmbH 2006-2010 University Bremen / Leibniz-IWT, PhD student 2000-2005 University Bremen; study of mechanical engineering
Horst Krauthäuser, IMS Messsysteme GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 28: Online material analysis with X-ray diffraction during the heat treatment
Division Manager R&D at IMS Messsysteme in Heiligenhaus. Degree as Dipl. Engineer in Electrical Engineering from the TH Köln Recent Projects are: - Material characterization with X-ray diffraction - Inclusion detection with magnetic flux leakage - Radar measurement in harsh environment.
Mark Kreso, EMG Automation GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 28: Quantitative measurement of insulating coatings on electrical sheet with EMG SOLID® systems
Senior Director Technology BU Metals EMG, responsible for: - R&D - Project-, Mechanic- and Software engineering - Technology Management Education: • Dipl.Ing (FH) Information & Communication Technology • 19 years: measurement technology for industry focused on product development • 15 years: managing position • 10 years: coating thickness
Elmar Krieg, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 15a: Jumbo section mills today and in future
Hans-Günter Krull, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 16a: Hot working tool steel with bainitic micro-structure
June 14 11:30, Room 16a: Selection of steels for high pressure hydrogen environments
Manfred Kügel, SAS Institute Software GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 28: Reduce cobble risk in hot strip mills with real-time data analytics
Manfred has 12 years of experience in manufacturing industry, including a role as Head of Data Analytics, Manfred has extensive knowledge and expertise in building and implementing advanced analytics use cases for a wide range of industries. Prior to joining SAS, he worked at Siemens Metals, later Primetals Technologies.
Ronny Kühne, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 12: Investigations of fatigue strength of hot-dip galvanized additively manufactured steel
Ronny Kühne, M.Sc., SFI/IWE Current position:Research associate at steel construction institute, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Study: Materials engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Previous: Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH; Fraunhofer ILT; Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe; BFG Feinguss GmbH
Ryouta Kumagai, JP Steel Plantech Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 27: Outline of super hybrid leveler/slitter line for high-performance metal plate/sheet
Pratyush Kumar, M. N. Dastur & Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 14b: A Solution to transition challenge through optimization of production facilities, CO2 emissions reduction and waste gas utilization
Pratyush holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and has close to 2 years of consulting experience in large scale capital projects and focuses on carbon abatement of projects in the energy and industrial sectors. He has been involved in several engineering studies, techno-economic feasibility studies and process route evaluations.
Sudhanshu Kuthe, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 8: A novel decision support system for online optimization of calcium additions using a data-centric machine learning approach
Current position: Doktorand at KTH Stockholm in "INEVITABLE" project working with Björn Glaser Specialization: Engineering Materials Science (KTH Stockholm and ETH Zürich) Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (VNIT Nagpur) Areas of interest: Augmented intelligence, Composite materials, Machine learning operations, Time series analysis
Jaehong Kwon, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:40, Room 14b: Development of biomass utilization technology in blast furnace for reducing CO2 in ironmaking process
I am Jaehong Kwon, a senior research engineer in Hyundai Steel. My research field is the use of alternative raw materials for carbon neutrality of the blast furnace and the evaluation of reaction behavior in the blast furnace. In particular, I am interested in examining the reduction reaction of raw materials in the upper part of the blast furnace
Noel Ladenthin, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:40, Room 16b: Study on the reducibility of BF-grade pellets with hydrogen
Since November 2021: PhD student/research assistant at Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy; RWTH Aachen Main topics: Direct reduction, also converter metallurgy, EAF Until 2021: Materials engineering M.Sc. with focus on metallurgy of iron/steel. Master's thesis in the field of CC.
Guylaine Laforest, Corem
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:20, Room 02: Evaluation of iron products quality for direct reduction: Towards a simulation test
Rabi Lahdo, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 16a: Joining of duplex stainless steels using high-power laser beam-submerged arc hybrid welding
Dr.-Ing. Rabi Lahdo joined the Materials and Processes Department at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. in 2011 as a member of the group “Joining and Cutting of Metals”. His main research subjects are joining thick sheet plates of similar aluminum and steel materials as well as dissimilar materials by using high-power laser-hybrid and laser welding.
Rolf Lamm, Minteq International GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 2: New generation of automatic and continuous refractory maintenance system SCANTROL™ 4.0 for the EAF
Dipl.-Ing. Rolf Lamm studied Electronic Engineering at the technical university of AACHEN, Germany. His current position is Global Director Equipment for Minteq International. Since 1983 he works in the field of measurement technology, mainly focused on laser-measuring equipment for distance and profile detection. He is inventor of several patents
Oliver Lang, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:50, Room 19a: Mold expert fiber: The next step in realtime mold monitoring
Oliver Lang made his PhD. in mechanical engineering and is working for more then 25 years in the steel industry. He is Innovation Manager for Primetals Technologies Austria and is responsible for the R&D of the mechatronics department. He has accompanied the Mold Expert since its creation in 1999.
Renata Latypova, University of Oulu
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 12: Effect of rapid tempering on cementite morphology and hydrogen mobility in a medium-carbon, low-alloy advanced high strength steel
Renata is a postdoctoral researcher at the Materials and Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Oulu, Finland. She is a member of the Failure Mechanisms group and specializes in hydrogen embrittlement of ultrahigh-strength steels, with a strong focus on test method development.
Miriam Laubrock, Fachhochschule Münster
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:50, Room 16a: Joining of high strength steels in applications requiring a high number of load cycles
Miriam Laubrock is mechanical engineer and wrote her PhD thesis on the design of load-bearing adhesive joints. Currently she is Junior Professor at University of Applied Sciences Münster and gives lectures in materials and joining technology at department of mechanical engineering. She also works as process engineer for Schmitz Cargobull AG.
Jaemin Lee, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 17b: Development of technology to use industrial wastes in EAF
Minjoo Lee, Hanyang University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 18a: Melting behavior of hot briquetted iron (HBI) and dephosphorization efficiency in EAF process condition
David Leigh, Rio Tinto plc
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 14b: BioIronTM: Ironmaking using raw sustainable biomass and microwave energy
David has a long career with Rio Tinto initially working in R&D on the HIsmelt project culminating in the construction of the first commercial HIsmelt plant. He progressed into Technical Marketing engaging with steelmaking customers across Asia before returning to ironmaking to progress the BioIronTM research on a commercialisation pathway.
Reinhold Leitner , Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 19a: Digital caster: On the way to a fully automated continuous caster
After completing his computer science studies at the JKU Linz, Austria Reinhold joined Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH in 1990 as a product development engineer. For 15 years he commissioned level 2 systems in continuous casting automation worldwide. Since 2007 he is Product Manager for Continuous Caster Automation.
Dongsong Li, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 7: Determination of impact toughness of sheet material by using impact tensile test
Work Experience Sep.2020 – now Project Assistant at Academic and Research Department Integrity of Materials and Structures of RWTH-Aachen University • Taking care of industrial projects • Teaching assistant May 2019 – Aug.2020 Junior Consultant at EFS Consulting in Vienna Education Oct. 2016 – Mar. 2019 Master Study at RWTH-Aachen University
Wolfgang Linden, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 14a: The path to green power supply: Energy for green steel production from SMS group’s ECO GRID
Head of Sales Electric and Automation Systems for Steelplants, Non Ferrous and Environmental Technology since 1988 within SMS Group with former Mannesmann Demag Examination of Electrical engineering on energy distribution at University of Duisburg Participation on various ESTAD conferences and METEC fares
Konrad Lis, Lublin University of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:30, Room 26: Accuracy of skew rolled railway axle forgings
He works as an assistant professor in the Metal Forming Departament at the Lublin University of Technology (Poland). He carries out scientific research in the field of mechanical engineering. These include metal forming technologies, as well as numerical analysis of processes.
Peter Liszio, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:40, Room 01: 20 years of cokemaking at Schwelgern plant
1987 Examination: High-School Teacher for Chemistry&Sport 1990 Examination: Engineer for coal based processing technology 1990 Engineer Coke Plant August Thyssen, by-product-plant and CDQ 1996 Head of Production coke plant AT; Head of Production Blast Furnace Hamborn 2001 Director Coke Plant AT 2003 General manager Coke Plant Schwelgern
Christopher Long, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 17a: Campaign life extension of hot metal charging crane
Chris has 7+years experience in engineering operations, construction, & design analysis of minerals processing equipment in metallurgical facilities. He has extensive experience in the application of advanced Finite Element Analysis in the design of off-gas systems, minerals processing vessels, refractory lined equipment & supporting structures.
Edward Long, Primetals Technologies UK
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 16a: Preventing stave wear and lowering fuel rates
Edward has been with Primetals Technologies for almost 15 years. During this time he has led the design and commissioning of various different parts of the blast furnace process. He is currently responsible for the development of cooling technologies for the blast furnace to prolong campaign life and and reduce fuel rates.
Yu-Chiao Lu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:20, Room 14b: The application of hydrochar for the direct-reduction processes
June 14 15:30, Room 12: Evaluation of non-metallic inclusions in Inconel 718 produced by conventional production and by additive manufacturing
My name is Yu-Chiao Lu, and I am a final-year PhD student at the Material Science and Engineering Department at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, doing research related to replacement of fossil carbon with biomass in the iron and steelmaking processes.
Friedrich Lücking, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 27: Accelerating start-up of new steel processing lines to achieve best coil quality with advanced industrie 4.0 software solutions
Computer Scientist from RWTH Aachen University. Helping to improve quality processes in the steel industry since 25 years. 1998-2008 with Parsytec providing advanced Surface Inspection Systems. Co-founder & CEO of QuinLogic, creating the leading through-process Quality Execution System QES. Last 3 years CTO of SMS Digital.
Yuriy Lytvynyuk, Elkem ASA
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 16b: Søderberg electrode technology in DRI smelting : An overview of the features and trends in similar pyrometallurgical processes
PhD in metallurgical engineering at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria, in 2013 7 years experience in Iron and Steelmaking 3 years experience in Special metallurgy
Breno Maia, Lumar Metals
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 17b: Applications of carbons sources for green steel using power carbon
June 14 09:00, Room 17a: Slagplashing - Cold models comparisons and equations for industry set-uo
June 15 10:20, Room 17a: Post combustion tip face: The solution to increase scrap and reduce carbon emissions
Doctor and Master in Metallurgical Engineering and Mines, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2013).Has experience of Materials and Metallurgy Engineering, with emphasis on Extractive Metallurgy.He is active in the steel market in Brazil, the United States and India as Technical and Commercial Director of BOF converts.
Sanjeev Manocha, LanzaTech
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 14a: Transforming steel emissions into a high value opportunity
Boris Marcukaitis, DANGO & DIENENTHAL
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 2: DANGO & DIENENTHAL can predict machine breakdowns
Dipl.-Ing. Boris Marcukaitis has studied mechanical engineering at University Siegen. As technical sales engineer and product manager at DANGO & DIENENTHAL he is specialized in product development and sales of handling equipment within the forging industry. Since 2023 he is responsible for the North- and South American markets.
Laura Mariani, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 13: Challenges facing the sustainable management of EAF slags
Laura is a process engineer, specialized in EAF steelmaking. She has worked on a variety of projects in the steelmaking sector, largely focused on operational excellence, due diligence studies, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. She relies on a pragmatic, data-based approach combined with her practical experience working in heavy industry
Jorge Martinez, Tenova HYL
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:30, Room 1: The ENERGIRON technology: The perfect fit between decarbonization and Direct Reduction
Joined Tenova HYL in 2007. Participated on plant commissioning and start-up of ENERGIRON DR Plants and currently responsible for the commercial activities for DRI Projects. He has a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering and a MSc degree in Manufacturing Systems focused on Operation Research and Production Systems from Arizona State University.
Sergio Martinez Muniz, Fives Stein
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 14b: Latest innovations in slab reheating furnace technologies towards green operation
I am Sergio Martinez, a 34-year-old Industrial Engineer who has developed his career in Fives Group. I started my professional life as Calculation Engineer and later Sales Manager in Fives Steel Spain. Then, I moved to Fives Stein France as Sales Manager. At present, I am in charge of the Reheating Technologies as Product Manager in Fives Stein.
Eloy Martinez Rehlaender, SvMet Engineering S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 19a: Narrowing operating casting temperatures and ist impact on productivity and quality
Dr. Eng. Eloy Martinez Rehlaender Nationality; Mexican, Birth date; Feb/20/1956, Excellent health. Educational Background Obtained a Mechanical Metallurgical Engineering Degree from U.A.N.L. in Monterrey city, Mexico in 1979. Graduated with a Master of Applied Science Degree in Metallurgy from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1983. Graduated with a Doctor Engineering Degree in Metallurgy from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan in 1988. Professor of Metallurgy at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico city from 1989 to 1991. Chief Metallurgist & Product Engineering Manager with TAMSA, 1995~1997 Developed a wide variety of products around the world. Highlights of such products are: The Shell ETAP Project, an alliance between Shell-BP-Exxon in the North Sea. Developed automotive products for Iscor Flat Steel Products, South Africa BP Troika Project in The Gulf of Mexico, with TAMSA Development of C-110 for Sour Service at TAMSA, Mexico Applied for a Patent for Low Carbon Steels with Boron for CHQ, Taiwan Tire cord for Shagang Group, China. Currently; CEO of SvMet Engineering S.A., Puebla, Mexico. Languages; Spanish, English, Japanese (50%), Publications & Conferences; over 30 Patents: 2 Pending patents: SIFC & NITREX Processes.
Johan Martinsson, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 02: Optimizing an iron ore pellet for hydrogen-based iron and steel production - focusing on CaO/SiO2-ratio
Dr. Johan Martinsson is group manager at the Swedish metallurgical research institute Swerim AB, where he focuses his research on reaction mechanisms and process phenomena related to metallurgical processes. He received his PhD in 2018 from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in process metallurgy.
Asuto Masuyama, NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:20, Room 01: Latest improvements of CDQ (coke dry quenching): Increasing power generation while reducing the running cost and CO2 emission
Author : Asuto Masuyama Designation : Engineer Coke & Raw Material Handling Technology & Development Plant & Machinery Business Department Plant & Machinery Sector Company Name : NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO.,LTD. Experience : Mechanical engineering in CDQ (Coke Dry Quenching) project for 2 years Research and Development related to CDQ for 2 years
Tarun Mathur, ABB AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:00, Room 2: The role of artificial intelligence in digital transformation of the steel industry
Tarun has a wealth of experience in the field of digital solutions development for steel industry. He is passionate about technology and is dedicated to delivering high-quality innovative solutions solving challenges of the industry .He has worked with a diverse range of steelmakers across the geographies.
Nikolaos Matskanis, CETIC ASBL
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:20, Room 2: Multi-cluster environment for data and security federation of steel plants
With an Msc in Distributed Systems, Nikolaos’ expertise includes cloud computing, semantic web, workflow orchestration and databases. He has worked as a researcher and later project manager in many RFCS and Horizon funded projects applying advanced technologies for improving manufacturing processes in the Steel and other domains.
Kosho Matsuda, Nippon Steel
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 15b: High-temperature blast operation in Kimitsu No.2 blast furnace
EDUCATION 2011-2013 Master of Engineer Osaka University, Osaka, Japan WORK EXPERIENCE 2017-Present Nippon Steel Corporation Research & Development Researcher (Main research : Burden distribution of blast furnace) 2013-2017 Nippon Steel Corporation Kimitsu Works Ironmaking Technical Division Staff
Tim-Oliver Mattern, Carl Bechem GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 16b: Modern lubrication technology for continuous casters
June 14 12:50, Room 26: Advanced equipment availability and cost savings while utilizing modern lubrication technology
Mr. Mattern was awarded a master degree in mechanical engineering in 1995 from the University of Suedwestfalen in Germany. After several years in the design department of Gustav Wiegard Maschinenfabrik, Germany, he moved to TSI inc. a US based Laser Company and became the European Sales Manager for laser based length and speed measurement. In 2000 Mr. Mattern moved to Shell Lubricants and had a senior role for global OEM relationship in the Metals Sector and later on he was leading the global marketing activities including strategy, training and roll out of initiatives for the Metals Sector at Shell. After several further roles in business development for greases at Shell Mr. Mattern moved to Hansen & Rosenthal in Hamburg, Germany where he developed and implemented a strategy for the global roll out of the SRS Lubricants business. In 2016 Mr. Mattern joined Quaker Chemical B.V. (today QuakerHoughton) to lead their global Grease Business Unit including strategy and business development. Since 2020 Mr. Mattern helds the position of Core Market Manager Steel at Carl BECHEM Germany, leads their global sales and business development activities in the selected key countries around the world. He lives in Dortmund Germany, has 3 Kids and likes travelling, running, skiing, golf and tennis.
Anna Mayrhofer, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 17a: The journey to fully automated converter steelmaking
June 14 11:30, Room 18b: CANCELED! Improved process operation and product quality with new process models for secondary metallurgy
June 15 11:50, Room 18a: Increased process stability and economically optimized operation with dynamic online process control functions for EAF
After completing a master in industrial mathematics, Anna joined Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH in 2015 as a product development engineer. She worked on the topic of acoustic plant monitoring in iron and steel production. Currently she is Product Manager for Converter Steelmaking Automation.
Stephane Mehrain, Fives Group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 14b: Technology pathways to decarbonization and productivity improvements
Stephane Mehrain has a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Ecole d’Ingénieurs Arts et Metiers in France. He held different management positions in Fives Stein in operations, R&D and sales from 2003 to 2017, and since then, he is Vice-President of Global Sales at Fives Steel division, in charge of strip processing lines.
Fiona Meier, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 16a: Effect of the co-injection of PC and coke oven gas on the raceway and shaft phenomena in a blast furnace
Christian Mengel, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 2: Millstand monitoring in Genius CM: Insight to main rolling equipment
Dr. Christian Mengel has reached diploma degree of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Aachen where he also got his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering. He has been employed with SMS group GmbH as Senior R&D Manager Mechatronics Flat Rolling since 01.06.2006 and is heading the department of Mechatronic Systems since 2021.
Bartosz Mertas, Institute of Energy and Fuels Processing Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:50, Room 14b: Research on the production of bio-coke for the smelting of manganese ferroalloys in submerged arc furnaces (SAF)
Graduated Faculty of Technology and Chemical Engineering of the Silesian Technical University - Gliwice (Poland) and obtained Ph. D. at Academy of Mining and Mettalurgy in Krakow in 2014. At present holds the position of Head of Cokemaking Technologies Laboratory in Institute of Energy of Fuel Processing Technology in Zabrze (Poland).
Gerfried Millner, Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 1: How do AI models perform for predicting steel properties from process parameters and what shortcomings can be seen?
Education: Advanced Materials Science (Dipl.-Ing), Physics (BSc) Master thesis: https://sandbox.zenodo.org/record/711196#.ZBhSkXbMKUl Work: Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, PhD student Focus: Data driven modeling of deep drawing properties of steels obtained from a technological production route.
Johannes Minovsky , Vesuvius Europe
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:30, Room 19a: Improved solidification structure in high alloy steel grades by an advanced Super-Swirl from Vesuvius
I am a metallurgist and enthusiastic about the development of solution concepts in the field of steelmaking & continuous casting process. As a former commissioning engineer I have a passion for the development of customer-oriented products. The support and implementation of projects are part of my current work focus.
Frank Mintus, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:00, Room 5: Development and test of thermoelectric systems for utilization of waste heat in steel production processes
Frank Mintus holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in “Modelling of rotary cement kilns”. Since 2005 he works at VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut as senior expert and deputy head of the Department “Technology for Energy, Gas and Industrial Furnaces”. His expertise is energy efficiency, waste heat utilization, and safety engineering
Ritesh Mishra, Jindal Steel & Power Angul Odisha
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 15a: Productivity improvement of large blast furnace (4554 m3) at Jindal Steel and Power Angul Odisha, India
Graduate in Metallurgical Engineering and Master in Business administration. Speaker is having more than 17 years of experience in Indian Steel Industry majorly for Blast Furnace technology. He is certified in Six Sigma Green Belt and lead auditor ISO 14001:2015. Publication :- Machine leaning to improve Blast Furnace productivity at AIST'21.
Bernhard Mitas, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 17a: Modelling emulsion refining in BOF steelmaking
Bernhard Mitas studied Metallurgy at the Montanuniversity Leoben and is since July 2019 with the K1-MET GMBH in Austria. In his PhD Thesis he discusses simulation approches for the BOF process. He is known for his kinetic models regarding emulsion and hot spot refining.
Simon Mittlboeck, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 26: Vibration dissipator for hot strip mills
Since 2018, working for Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH as a Project Manager for Research and Development Projects, with a master’s degree in Mechatronics. With a strong focus on the development of mechatronic technology packages, which are capable to improve and optimize the overall process.
Keiji Mizuta, Primetals Technologies Japan
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 26: Optimization of spray conditions in strip quenching for CAL through repetitive cooling experiments
Joined Primetals Technologies in 2016. Engaged in research and development of steal production equipment especially in the field of thermal treatment.
Chitoshi Mochizuki, Primetals Technologies Japan
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 27: Rolling condition monitoring system using image processing
My name is Chitoshi Mochizuki and I am a Senior R&D Engineer for Primetals Technologies Japan (PTJ). I finished the Master's Program in Sciences and Engineering of University of Tsukuba Japan in 1983. I worked at IHI in Yokohama Japan for around 30 years, and I have been working at PTJ in Hiroshima Japan since about 10 years ago.
Mariana Modesto, Vallourec
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 16b: Improvements in casting yield and steel cleanliness through the implementation of tundish inertization
With over 15 years of experience in the steel industry, Mariana Modesto works at Vallourec as Steelmaking Process Manager. She is responsible for strategic projects on process optimization, cost reduction, quality improvements and technological upgrades, apart from being a PhD student at the Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy - Aachen University.
Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, Calderys France
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 12: Optimal refractory solutions for natural gas-hydrogen DRI reactors
Sangram Keshari Mohapatra is an experienced metallurgist, product & technology development manager with extensive experience in iron & steel, oil & gas and refractory industry. Over fifteen years of experience in R&D, product development & management and technical marketing. I have been working as a technical development manager with a global responsibility for the DRI & green steel developments at Calderys.
Andreas Mohr, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 16a: Development of an AM tool steel for mold making
Maxime Monnoyer, Fives Keods
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:10, Room 16a: Key technologies for UHSS and 3rd generation AHSS CAL / CGL processing
Head of Sales - Fives Steel Digital Factory - Fives Group (France) Previous positions: 2016/23: Metallurgist Senior Expert - Fives KEODS - Fives Group 2007/16: R&D Project Leader in Coating Product & Process development - ArcelorMittal Global R&D (France) Masters degree in Material Sciences from TU Darmstadt (DE) & Ecole Centrale de Lyon (FR)
Elmira Montazerozohour, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 28: Targeting E-mobility: Arvedi ESP for electrical steel production
Didier Morice, AST Technology S.A.S. France
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 7: Use of artificial intelligence for environmental management of industrial processes
Didier Morice Group CTO — France Didier has an engineering degree from Arts et Metiers, one of the most famous high school in France. He worked for more than 20 years in various technical positions in the Graphite electrodes industry. During the last 10 years, he focused on the industry 4.0 and the ways of using big data to improve processes of th
Seiji Morishige, KOBE STEEL, LTD.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 16b: Development of roll pick-up simulator in AHSS, UHSS strip annealing line
Seiji Morishige 2222-1, Ikeda, Onoe-cho, Kakogawa, HYOGO, 675-0023 JAPAN +8180-2436-8644 morishige.seiji@kobelco.com Education Master of Engineering, 2016 Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN Professional experience KOBE STEEL, LTD.
Colin Morrison, Primetals Technologies UK
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 16a: Operational flexibility for the blast furnace using the sequence impulse process (SIP)
BEng Metallurgy + MBA. Career start with Davy McKee as Process Engineer. +30 years global experience in Blast Furnace/Ironmaking/Steelmaking including design, commissioning, engineering, sales & marketing. Currently leading PTUK in collaboration with thyssenkrupp.AT.PRO tec to launch the Sequence Impulse Process (SIP) to the global market.
Manuel Mosconi, Tenaris S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 13: Plasma reactor to recover valuable metal and mineral fraction from steelmaking residues
Mr. Manuel Mosconi, he holds a master’s degree in Energy Engineer with focus on Renewables and Environmental Sustainability at Politecnico di Milano. He joined TenarisDalmine in 2020 as environment and sustainability analyst contributing to develop the Tenaris Decarbonisation Strategy and Environmental Management System implementation.
Elsayed Mousa, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 14b: Agglomeration: A path to circular and sustainable steel industry
Abdoulfatah Moustapha Houssein, Calderys Deutschland GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 16a: Low phenol binding system for high performance environmental-friendly taphole clay
Academic 2014-2019: Ceramic Materials Sciences Engineering School at ENSCI Limoges FRANCE Major : Refractories Professional Experiences: 2020-2022: Research and Development Engineer at Shinagawa Refractories , Okayama JAPAN 2022- Today: Science & Technology Engineer at Calderys Deutschland GmbH, GERMANY
Clément Muller, Fives Group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 26: EcoTransFlux®: A disruptive technology for heating Gen3 AHSS
Clément MULLER holds a mechanical engineering master degree from the French Institute for Advanced Mechanics in FRANCE. He used to have several engineering and sales positions in defense and nuclear industry specially in USA market. Now, as Fives Celes Export Sales Manager, he is specialist in induction furnaces for flat and long products.
Dr. Shin Myungkyun, Senior Vice President, POSCO
At Estad 2023:
June 13 12:00, Room 1: Update on the development of hydrogen-based ironmaking process at POSCO
Ricardo Sebastião Nadur Motta, Ternium
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 16a: Expansion of PCI plant at ternium brazil
Maximilian Nagel, thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:50, Room 16a: Advanced local formability: New high ductility HSLA precision hot-strip qualities
thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg GmbH, Hagen: 2016-now Foundation and head of application development dept. 2011–2016 Product development hot-rolled strip Institut für Eisenhüttenkunde IEHK, RWTH Aachen: 2010–2011 Scientific staff M.Sc. in Mgmt.,Business&Economics, RWTH Aachen Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical engineering, University of Kassel Born: 1983, Tokyo
Bahareh Najafian Ashrafi, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 19b: Numerical simulation of the transient flow in the continuous casting of slab under the impact of travelling and combined electromagnetic fields
Bahareh Najafian Ashrafi is a Ph.D. student at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. She is employed by K1-MET company and is working on the "Electromagnetic actuators in the continuous casting process of slabs". As a part of her Ph.D., She also did some measurements in Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) to study the traveling magnetic field’s impact on the flow field in the mold region of the slab caster by using the Mini-LIMMCAST facility and UDV technique.
Alberto Nardini, POMINI Long Rolling Mills Srl
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 28: Finishing-Sizing Group with AGC System
Degree and PHD in mechanical engineering, carries out post doc research and teaching at the Polytechnic University of Marche with assets of 20 publications including patents and scientific articles. In Pomini since 2010, currently holds the position of Technology and Innovation manager for long products.
Shungo Natsui, Tohoku University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 15b: Novel numerical approach for sintered iron ore plastic deformation phenomena
Dr. Shungo Natsui works at Tohoku University as a specialst for mainly high temperature dispersed phase behavior analysis. He earned PhD at Tohoku University in 2013 and started his faculty carrier. In the steel industry, the recent objective of his research is to develop an experimental-based numerical simulation model of sintered ore deformation
Alessandra Negri, Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 13: Tenova’s perspective for the future of pollution control in electric steelmaking
Proposal Manager for EAF and LF at Tenova S.p.A. Previous experience in air pollution control systems for Babcok and Wilcox and Hamon Reaserach Cottrell mainly for the wood, coal power, waste to energy and fertilizers industries
Luca Neri, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 14a: Implementation of IGBT based electrical modules at electric arc furnaces for green steel production
Paper/Presentation Title: Implementation of IGBT based electrical modules at Electric Arc Furnaces for green steel production Presenter: Dr. Eng. Luca Neri Birthplace (State, Country): Milano - Italy Present Home (State, Country): Udine - Italy Education:Politecnico di Milano, Electronic Engineering Bachelor and PhD - Specialisation in System Engineering - Appointed to “Engineer” Status, approved by the State System MBA in “Technology Management and Business Administration”, Politecnico di Milano Present Job Title: Power Electronics Systems Director Current Company and Plant Location: SMS Group Spa - Tarcento - Udine - Italy Previous Job Titles: Danieli Automation SpA - Buttrio (UD - Italy) - Product Industrialisation Director ITW Ispracontrols Spa (An Illinois Tool Works Company) Castiglione Olona (VA - Italy) - Plant Director ERO ELECTRONIC Srl (An Invensys Group Company) Novate Milanese (MI - Italy) - Power Units Manager ANSALDO INDUSTRIA Spa - Milano - Italy - DC drives Manager Professional Achievements: - Development and production of innovative and technologically complex products - Design and design management - Direction of productive functions (assembly and testing) - Co-ordination of production engineering - Growth and improvement of Plant quality system Other Activities/Interests: Motorcycling - Paragliding - Scuba diving - Skiing
Marcus Neuer, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:10, Room 2: Causal and counterfactual AI techniques for autonomous optimization in steel industry: Explainable, cognitive and informed
Gerhard Ney, Saarstahl AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 18b: The new billet caster S1 at Saarstahl
Information in LinkedIn-Profile. (Speaker changed from "Gerhard Ney" to "Matheos Czarnynoga")
Christoph Nölle, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 1: Risk estimation for surface defects of long products
Ko-ichiro Ohno, Kyushu University
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 14b: Investigation of slag formation behavior between lump iron ore and limestone for utilization of lamp iron ore in oxygen blast furnace
Prof. Ko-ichiro OHNO earned PhD at Tohoku University in 2006. He started his faculty carrier at Kyushu University from 2006. At the same time, he stayed at RWTH Aachen University, GERMANY, as a Research fellow from 2010 to 2011. His research fields are kinetics analysis and thermodynamics of Ironmaking Process by “in-situ” observation technique.
Alma Olivos, Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 19a: Thermal mold monitoring using fiber optics: Getting better insights with data analytics
Volodymyr Omelchneko, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 19a: First slab surface inspection system at continuous caster Bruckhausen thyssenkrupp Steel Europe
Joaquín B. Ordieres Meré, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:20, Room 2: Contributions from cloud-based OT solutions for downstream steel processes
Joaquin Ordieres-Meré is a full professor in industrial management at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. His research interests are connected to business analytics to optimize processes in different sectors such as Steel Industry but also other fields.
Bertrand Orsal, Dassault Systèmes
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 7: Unlock the digital and sustainable path of green steel transformation
Bertrand Orsal is Dassault Systèmes' main steel expert. For 13 years he developed breakthrough processes for ArcelorMittal's galvanizing lines. More recently, for Fives, he led the development of an award-wining automatic operations management solution for finishing lines. He joined Dassault Systèmes in 2021 as Green Steel Senior Director.
Jonas Oswald, Dürr Systems AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:40, Room 5: Using excess heat in thermal recycling processes with ORC technology
HS Karlsruhe - Bachelor of Engineering - Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT) - Master of Science Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen MWM GmbH - Projekt Manager Gasmotoren BHKW Dürr Systems AG - Sales Manager - Cyplan ORC Technologie (Seit 2013)
Theresa Overbeck, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 16b: Three-dimensional model for the reduction of a single porous iron oxide pellet in a direct reduction plant
Theresa Overbeck is a chemical engineer and researcher in the steel industry. As an external PhD-candidate at TU Clausthal she focuses on particle-resolved CFD simulations of direct reduction. Working at VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut as project leader of the “Reallabor H2Stahl” she strives for industrial application of hydrogen-based ironmaking.
Christian Overhagen, University of Duisburg-Essen
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 28: A neural network for rapid roll pass design of full sections
Frank Padur, GMT mbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 28: The potential of accurate material simulation for forming simulation
Study: Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering in Düsseldorf Working: since 1987 for KOCKS, currently as General Manager and parallel since April 2021 as Managing Director for GMT Experiences: steel industry, international project management and organisation of sites for rolling mills worldwide
Sourav Kumar Panda, Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:00, Room 17a: Target FeOx in the converter slag for increasing the lime dissolution
Sourav Kumar Panda is working as a Principal Researcher at Center of Expertise in Steelmaking and Casting at Tata Steel Netherlands. Before joining Tata Steel, he finished his Masters and PhD at Department of Materials Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He is currently working on various projects related to Steelmaking and Decarbonization
Tae Jun Park, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 28: Digitalization of galvanizing process using optical flow method of computer vision technology
I'm currently a senior research engineer at Hyundai Steel's cold-rolled process research team. The main areas of interest are all heat, chemical behavior and facility technologies associated with zinc bath, and process smartization for all detailed processes within a continuous hot-dip galvanizing process.
Taechang Park, Hyundai Steel R&D Center
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 02: Novel analysis techniques for evaluating iron ore sinter based on artificial intelligence
Jiook Park, POSCO
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 15a: Development of circumferential stock level balancing system in blast furnace
- Name : Jiook PARK - Affiliation : Hydrogen Reduction Research Grooup, Low Carbon Iron and Steelmaking R&D Center POSCO - Position : Senior Researcher - E-mail : damanegy@posco.com - Research Interest : Hydrogen reduction, Blast furnace/FINEX reactions & control
Joohyun Park, Hanyang University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 17b: Challenges in electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking for reduction of CO2 emissions
Prof. Joohyun Park was a senior research scientist in POSCO for 7 years and performing research on clean steel, sustainable metallurgy for circular economy, etc. He has been Affiliated Professor in KTH Royal Inst. of Technol., Sweden. He was awarded the Marcus Grossmann Award and EPD Science Award by TMS, USA and the Sawamura Award by ISIJ, Japan.
Henri Pauna, University of Oulu
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 14a: Monitoring the H2-plasma reduction of iron ores with optical emission spectroscopy
Henri Pauna works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oulu as a spectroscopy analyst for hydrogen plasma reduction, hydrogen burners, and electric steelmaking. Overall, the objective of his research is to find optical emission spectroscopy-based solutions for on-line process control in the steel industry.
Hartmut Pawelski, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 26: Development of double cold reduction (DCR) process towards modern grades by asymmetric rolling
born 1969, diploma in theoretical physics, University Duesseldorf, Dr.-Ing., continuum mechanics, University Hannover, Dr.-Ing.-habil., TU Bergakademie Freiberg, since 1998 with SMS group, central R&D department, present job title: Chief Expert Metal Forming and Surface Technology
Marcia Pereira, Vesuvius Ghlin
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 16b: Optimization of exothermic starter powder used at sequence start through the use of computational thermochemistry
Fabian Perret, Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 16a: Effect of PC residues on BF liquid products and dripping behaviour
Fabian is currently working as a project manager for hot metal production technology at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH. He is involved in decarbonisation projects (direct reduction) as well as on projects that aim to optimise the blast furnace process. Previously, he worked as a researcher/materials engineer, focusing mostly on the area of ironmaking (RFCS-projects).
Angela Philipp, Alleima GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 17a: Enhanced performance of BOF hood in steel mills with composite tube technology
After finishing my study of material science, I have worked in sales and technical marketing positions in different companies. In 2007 I went to Alleima in Germany. My current position is Technical Marketing Specialist at BU Tube EMEA. I regularly represent the Alleima company at conferences and publish technical articles. My passion is introducing innovative developments to improve the equipment efficiency of Alleima's customers and contribute to meeting climate goals.
Prof. Karsten Pinkwart, Member of the Hydrogen Council of the German Government, University Karlsruhe
At Estad 2023:
June 13 09:40, Room 1: Green hydrogen for decarbonize steelmaking - What does it take for this?
Emmanuel Placier, AMI Automation
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 17b: Off gas technology for EAF operations
As part of the AMI team based in Europe, he is responsible for Business Development in Europe, Middle East, and Asia. Graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology with a master's degree in the Czech Technical University in Prague for mechatronics and control engineering, he has focused his career in the steel industry.
Tobias Plattner, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 13: Green solutions for iron ore agglomeration off-gas Treatment and by-product utilization
Mr. Tobias Plattner joint Primetals Technologies Austria in 2006 after he obtained his master degree in Bio-&Environmental Technologies at University of Applied Sciences in Wels, Austria. In his current position as R&D and Process Engineer, he leads the topics on Energy Efficiency and Environmental Technologies for integrated Iron & Steel Plants.
Paula Pomaro, Vetta
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 7: Viridis carbon: Emissions tracking in industry 4.0
Paula is a specialist in energy efficiency at Vetta, a center of excellence in industrial digitalization, and part of SMS group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and her master's is in mechanical engineering, emphasizing energy storage systems.
Heinz-Josef Ponten, PSI Metals GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 2: Qualicision based Online Heat Scheduling in Hybrid Melt Shops.
Heinz-Josef Ponten studied Electrical Engineering with a special focus on Information Technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen. After his studies, he started his career in PSI Metals for what would become 37 challenging yet interesting years with diverse roles and management responsibilities.
Hedda Pousette, SSAB AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 14b: Biocarbon application during melting of H2-reduced DRI in a pilot electric arc furnace
Hedda is part of a team of researchers working within the HYBRIT initiative to develop a fossil free steelmaking route. HYBRIT is a joint venture between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, working together also with several research institutions and universities.
Nikolaus Preisser, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 18b: Investigation of inclusion evolution in a medium carbon steel through contact with secondary metallurgical slags containing alkali oxides
Peter Presoly, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 19a: Classification of peritectic steels by experimental methods, computational thermodynamics and plant data: An overview
Dr. Peter Presoly Senior Scientist at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy in Leoben Project Manager of the COMET K2-Project "Advanced Casting Quality Prediction Systems for predicting the quality of continuous cast slabs and of heavy steel castings" List of Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7391-6891
Hans Pronk, Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 17a: Digital model and training simulator charging crane Tata Steel Ijmuiden
Started as an operator 40 years ago in the steel plant and grown up to operational expert steelmaking and deputy operational manager . Experienced in primairy / secundary steelmaking and raw materials. Involved in several automation programmes like level 2 systems but also automation of processes like vessel automation and crane automation.
Suneeti Purohit, Swinburne University of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:40, Room 02: New routes for magnetite processing in a carbon restrained world
Suneeti Purohit is an experimental research scientist at CSIRO, working since 2020. Prior to joining CSIRO, she completed her Ph.D. from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. She is currently working on reducing direct CO2 emission from iron ore agglomeration and ironmaking processes, targeting Australian Iron Ores.
Faisal Qayyum, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 12: Exploring the influence of chromium and molybdenum on pearlitic microstructure formation in 1% carbon steels
Faisal Qayyum is basically a mechanical engineer with a master's in applied Mechanics and Design. He joined IMF in January 2017 as Doctoral student. Since the beginning of 2020 is working as a WM at IMF in Steel and Heavy Metals group on a DFG Funded project.
Behnaz Rahmatmand, University of Newcastle
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 01: Impact of coke quality on gasification reactivity and mechanism under conditions relevant to conventional and hydrogen enriched blast furnace
Behnaz Rahmatmand is a PhD student at the University of Newcastle's Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research (CIMR). The focus of her research is on low-carbon blast furnace ironmaking technologies including hydrogen utilization and the effect of these operations on coke reactivity and quality requirements.
Ahmad Rajabi, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 1: Use of robust deep learning methods for the automatic quality assessment of steel products
Sethu Ramalingam, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 15a: CFD investigation of the thermal field in the refractory of the blast furnace gas cleaning processes
Pavel E. Ramirez Lopez, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 19a: Development and implementation of a full-scale simulator based on liquid metal for the analysis of flow dynamics in continuous casting moulds
- Group Manager Raw Materials & quality (2018 - to date), Senior Researcher (2012-2018) and Researcher (2010-2012), SWERIM, Luleå Sweden. Activities: Research on Continuous Casting - Docent (Associate Professor), KTH Royal Institute of Technology - PhD in Materials Science, Imperial College London - Expert in TGA2 Casting in EU RFCS
Bharath Rangavittal, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 15b: An asymptotic model for gas-solid flow in blast furnaces
Thomas Rasmussen, Åkers Sweden AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 26: Development of a new high speed steel (HSS) roll for heavy-duty plate mill applications
Technical Manager of Union Electric Akers cast plant in Sweden, Akers Styckebruk 10 years of working with roll manufacture
Wolfgang Rauter, voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:00, Room 18b: The new dimension in quality: New bloom caster CC4 at voestalpine Stahl Donawitz
2001: Master of Engineering Montanuniversität Leoben (Metallurgy) 2001 – 2004: Process engineer CCM´s 2004 – 2012: Sub process owner metallurgy - casting and rolling 2012 – 2023: Sub process owner rolling mill and finishing line, Co-head steelplant technology 2023 - Head of steelplant technology, sub process owner rolling mill and finishing line
Delphine Rèche, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 2: Mobile robots for inspection of steel plants
Thomas Reiche, Managing Director, FEhS-Institut für Baustoff-Forschung GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 13 17:25, Room 1: New steelmaking processes: Implications for slag utilization
Paula Reimer, Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 27: Characterization of thermomechanical effects in heavy plate hot rolling as a function of process settings
Reimer, Paula studied Mechanical Engineering at TU München and has been working at Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (Austria) in the field of Finite Element Simulation since 2014.
Niklas Reinisch, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:30, Room 2: Use of a multi agent system to leverage knowledge from different stakeholders in open-die forging
2013-2020: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Materials Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, with emphasis in metal forming. 2020 - today: Ph.D. candidate in the field of open-die forging at the Institute of Metal Forming of RWTH Aachen University. 2021 - today: Group leader bulk metal forming at the Institute of Metal Forming of RWTH Aachen University.
Milena Amábilis Ribeiro Gomes, RHI Magnesita GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 12: Hydrogen-resistant refractories for direct reduced iron production
Milena Gomes has been in RHI Magnesita’s R&D team for 2.5 years. In 2022 she was awarded a Marie Curie fellowship (grant no. 101072625) for the pursuit of a PhD jointly supervised by RHI Magnesita and RWTH Aachen in Germany. She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and has previous industry experience at Saint-Gobain, Bekaert and Spirax-Sarco.
Sebastian Richard, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 26: Chatter management at cold rolling mills today: Long-term experience of active chatter damping
Sebastian Richard finished his studies with a master degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Siegen in 2013. Since 2013 he is working as “Manager Mechatronic Systems” in the R&D department of SMS group. He is mainly working on vibration problems in cold rolling mills and on the (automatic) analysis and evaluation of measurement data from flat rolling mills.
Andrew Richardson, Liberty Speciality Steels Ltd
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:50, Room 19b: Vacuum induction melting (VIM): Elimination of crucible spout skull build-up
BSc in Physics and MSc + PhD in Mathematical Modelling. Over 30 years of R&D experience in the UK steel industry, currently working for Liberty Speciality Steels in Stocksbridge. Expertise gained in the development of metal-forming models for optimisation of rolling and finishing processes, and more recently in the simulation of ingot-casting.
Johan Richaud, Vesuvius Europe
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 16b: Casting length extension at Hospet Steel caster through stopper design improvement
June 15 10:40, Room 16b: Productivity increase at JSW-Dolvi Works CSP® caster through refractory performance enhancement
June 15 15:30, Room 16b: Magnetic properties improvement in electrical grade steels with silicon less than 1 percent
With a background of material scientist, Johan Richaud has worked in Vesuvius designing refractories for the last 26 years. Combining design, flow simulation background, he has a tremendous field experience gained through problem solving of continuous casting issues and has supported lots of steelmaking experts worldwide to achieve their challenge
Gerhard Richter, ONEMET Technology Trading GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 27: Optimized surface conditioning by means of state-of-the-art grinding equipment, solid user know-how and real-time data acquisition
Name: Gerhard Richter Year and place of birth: 1060, Linz, Austria Marital status: married, 2 grown-up sons Education: - Technical College for Mechanical Engineering, Linz, Austria - Johannes Kepler-University, Linz, Austría (export and international management) Professional career: - between 1980 and 2020: various positions in engineering, sales and management in enterprises active in the steel and special metals indistry (VAI GmbH, EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH, BRAUN Maschinenfabrik GmbH) - since early 2020: CEO of ONEMET Technology Trading GmbH (sales representation and project consulting for leading solution and service providers to the steel industry like Groupe IMCG, France, AIC Group, Italy, POMINI Long Rolling Mills, Italy, VIDEO SYSTEMS, Italy, etc.)
Michael Riedler, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 19a: Challenges for continuous slab casters due to green steel production
- Bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctorate completed in the field of metallurgy (continuous casting) at the University of Leoben - Since autumn 2017 working for Primetals Technologies Austria as a metallurgist in the continuous casting area - Main working area is the design and commissioning of continuous casting machines
Sebastian Riethof, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:40, Room 01: Future oriented addition of cooling power by smart use of alternative energy feeds at coke plant Schwelgern
2017-2021 Engineer at the coking plant Schwelgern responsible for the byprodukt plant thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG since 2021 Head of Team Service responible for managament systems and audits since 2022 graduated with a doctorate in engineering (TU-Berlin)
Axel Rimnac, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 27: Digital twin simulation of material and plant for hot rolling
Marco Rinaldi, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 26: Integrated reheating furnace
Marco Rische, ABP Induction Systems GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 14b: New induction heating - a contribution on the way to CO2 neutrality in steel and rolling mills
Dr. Marco Rische, ABP Induction Systems GmbH in Dortmund/Germany 1992 - Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany, Phd (Dr.-Ing.) 1999 - ABP Induction Systems, Director System Business
Agnes Ritter, McKinsey & Company
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:20, Room 1: Capturing the premium from green steel - off-setting the cost
Agnes Ritter is a Partner and member of the Global Energy and Manufacturing Practice with McKinsey. She is the former Chief Technology Officer and Chief Transformation Officer of an international steel and mining company based in Russia and member of the supervisory board.
Pierpaolo Rivetti, SMS Concast AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 19a: Industrial application of mechanical reduction in bloom continuous casting
Pierpaolo Rivetti is working with SMS Group since 1995. His major is Mechanical Engineering. He joined SMS CONCAST AG in Switzerland in 2004 as Technical Director for Sales & Marketing. Presently he is D.ty EVP S&M covering mainly China and South East Asia. He is Board member of SMS CONCAST Shanghai Trading Ltd., and active member of SEAISI.
Jean-Pierre Robinet, CLECIM SAS
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 26: Supporting customers in supplying steel for electromobility
Tizian Rotherm, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 13:10, Room 26: Welding of modern high strength steel grades with the X-Roll® laser welder
Tizian Rotherm SMS group GmbH 2015–2019: RWTH Aachen/ Business Administration and Engineering: Materials and Process Engineering B.Sc. 2019–2021: RWTH Aachen/ Business Administration and Engineering: Materials and Process Engineering M.Sc. since 2022: SMS group GmbH/ Junior Sales Manager Technical Sales Processing Lines
Michele Roveda, Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:50, Room 8: Tenova digital packages: Modular solutions for the digital twin of Reheating and Heat Treatment furnaces
Tetiana Rozhkova, Centre de Pyrolyse de Marienau
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 01: VITAL: Vitrinite analysis - Automatic vitrinite reflectance and maceral composition measurement
David Rudge, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 14b: Electric smelting furnace technology for low-emission ironmaking
Dave possesses a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and is the Global Director of Bulk Metals Technologies for Hatch, based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Dave has over 30 years experience in the metals industry and been awarded several patents in the ironmaking, steelmaking and the rail transportation sectors.
Winfried Ruhkamp, Loesche GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 13: Processes for the dry processing of steel slags with LOESCHE mills for metal recovery and production of silicate composite material for use in the building materials industry
Dr. Winfried Ruhkamp studied Engineering at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany. He has a Ph.D. in the same subject. From 1986 – 1995 he did scientific research in the field of energy technology. In 1996 he started his career as process manager at Loesche GmbH and he is now Senior Manager Application Technology in the department Technology.
Fabian Rupp, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 01: Coke plant lifetime extension and environmental performance improvements
Ion Rusu, BM GROUP POLYTEC S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:50, Room 16b: Robotic cell for safely slide gate maintenance
June 14 12:10, Room 18a: Smart robotics for safe measurement and sampling operations
June 15 10:20, Room 27: A robotic workstation to automate strap debanding
June 15 11:30, Room 27: Digital transformation approaches rolling mill: An overview on technologies that guide the digitalization process
Is the responsible of the project’s development in the research and development department at BM Polytec. During his employment he followed the design and commissioning of innovative robotic installations in different applications at several steel plants around the globe. Currently he manages the development of the ongoing R&D projects at Polytec.
Afshin Sadri, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 16a: Refractory wear evaluation based on AU-E and physical measurements at Heibei JinXi Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd
Afshin is a senior consultant in non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT & E) of coarse-grained materials and structures such as concrete, refractories, wood, and rocks. He has been working in applied geophysics and NDT of materials and structures since 1988. He has been involved in the research, development, and design of various stress and electromagnetic wave propagation NDT & E techniques and instrumentation including ultrasonic, impact-echo, miniature seismic reflection (MSR), acoustic emission (AE), and short pulse radar. He has invented several geophysical and NDT equipment and systems such as QuakeGuard/QuakeAlert, AU-E, FIMS, TAM, ElectroDar, level measurement systems in furnaces, radar feed systems for electric furnaces, and LFPU. He has been an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Techtronic Research Group Inc. and Hatch NDT and Corrosion Group. He has managed Andec International Services Co. for five (5) years, and ever since 2004, he has been managing Hatch NDT and Corrosion Group. Afshin has been a Project Manager and Project principal for numerous projects, in the fields of rock and soil mechanics, applied geophysics, and non-destructive testing, particularly on ferrous and non-ferrous furnaces, industrial plants, infrastructures including concrete dams, bridges, tunnels, historical buildings, and oil and gas pipes and storage tanks. He has been involved in teaching NDT &E, geology, geophysics, materials, and rock mechanics to undergrad and graduate students at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Bernardo Sainz, AMI Automation
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:40, Room 17b: High level integration of power electronic controls & smart algorithms to upgrade DC furnace rectifiers
Bernardo Sainz, CEO, AMI Automation, is graduated from Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education as an Electrical Engineer and studied at the IPADE Business School of Monterrey. 31 years at AMI Automation. His special fields of interest include automation systems, high-power electronics, and Business Management.
Luísa Saisse de Melo, Ternium
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 19b: Effect of steelmaking process conditions on cleanliness calcium and non-calcium treated steel in two different secondary refining process route
Elisa Salamone, Danieli Centro Combustion
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:00, Room 15a: Dry plus furnace: A step towards decarbonization
Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Genoa, with a specialization completed at the Polytechnic of Valencia, Spain. She started her career in 2017 at Danieli Centro Combustion, as a process engineer in reheating and heat treatment furnaces dept. Since January 2020 she has joined the team that develops innovative products.
Iraj Salehi Arashloo, BARSOO Engineering Company
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 17b: Deep learning based approach to improve the foamy slag quality by optimizing additive injection rate for DRI melting process
Iraj Salehi Arashloo Chairman of the board in Barsoo Engineering Co. consultant in Steel Making & Mine since 1993 Technical Director at Barsoo Engineering Co. Consultant in Steel Making & Mine since 1993 Project Manager at Iran National Industrial Group from 1988-1993 MSc degree in Mechanics from University of Tehran & PMP
Raul Walter Santagostini, SMS Concast AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:20, Room 18b: Smart solutions for billet and bloom casters for the production of high quality steel
Eric Schaub, Paul Wurth Deutschland GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 15a: BF hearth conditon monitoring and hearth repair /re-profiling
Eric Schaub Paul Wurth Deutschland GmbH speakerimage Born 1973 in Limburg, Germany. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Applied Science Wiesbaden and Technical University Darmstadt Working since 1996 for Paul Wurth Deutschland resp. predecessors. Responsible for Technical Sales of Paul Wurth Deutschland GmbH and Technology Director for Hot Blast Stoves of the Paul Wurth Group.
Manuel Schickbichler, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 16a: Description of inclusion population in a high-speed steel produced via powder metallurgy
2015-2022: Studied metallurgy at the Montan university in Leoben, since 2022: PhD candidate at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Inclusion Metallurgy in Advanced Steelmaking.
Stephan Schirdewahn, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 16b: Laser implantation of ceramic particles into hot working tool surfaces for improving the tribological performance within hot stamping
Research assistant at the institute of manufacturing technology Head of research group sheet metal forming https://www.lft.fau.de/forschung/forschungsgruppen/blechumformung/
Alexander Schlemminger, QuantoLux Innovation GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 13: Case study: Laser OES slag analysis in daily use
June 14 10:20, Room 18b: How laser OES rapidslag analysis shortens LF treatment times and thus saves energy and enhances refractory lifetime
Thomas Schmidt, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 17a: Process model for thermal ladle status as part of an online ladle management system for steel melt shops
Dr. Thomas Schmidt manages R&D projects with focus on process modeling in the scope of melting and casting technology at SMS group GmbH. Thereby, he acts as an interface between the areas of heat engineering, material technology, and numerical solution techniques. His academic background is in mechanical engineering and computational mechanics.
Matthias Schmidtchen, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 27: From material requirements to the rolling schedule: Fast material-oriented roll pass design for long products with the open source framework PyRolL
Alexander Schmitz, Paul Wurth S.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 15b: Applying continuous hot metal temperature measurement on the data-driven model for blast furnace thermal state prediction
Masters degree in Applied Mathematics from Uni Trier Master Thesis at Dillinger Hütte: "Optimization of optimal steel scrap input in the BOF converter" Work as Data Scientist at Paul Wurth Luxemburg since 2017 in the Digital Team Two main fields of expertise: Machine Learning and Data visualization/Dashboarding
Günther Schnell, Friedrich Kocks Gmbh & Co KG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 15a: Applications of Kocks 3-roll blocks for SBQ Production
The speaker has a background as Process Engineer. He started his career in the steel industry in the field of secondary metallurgy. He worked in various management positions for many years at the interface between sales and technology for leading international plant manufacturers. Since 2017 he serves KOCKS as Managing Director Marketing & Sales.
Lennart Mirko Scholl, RWTH Aachen University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:50, Room 16a: Fatigue-oriented design of high-strength tools made of carbide-rich PM tool steels under multiaxial cyclic loading
I studied "Materials Science" at Technical University Berlin. During my studies I worked at the "Metal Extrusion Center" of TU Berlin and at the "Large Gas Turbine Plant" of Siemens AG. Since 2018 I am project leader at IWM / RWTH Aachen University and conducting my PhD on "Fatigue (uni-/multiaxial) of carbide-rich ingot cast and PM tool steels".
Martin Scholles, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 28: iForge: Tools and applications for digitalization of the closed-die forging process
Name of Speaker: Martin Gerhard SCHOLLES Age: 54 Title: Senior Sales Manager Closed-die Forging with the company: since 2010 Expertise: More than 20 years of experience in Closed-die Forging of automotive components
Matthias Schops, Aperam Genk
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 8: AMI artificial intelligence developments for stainless steel production in Aperam Genk
Nadine Schubert, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 28: Cold forming of metastable Cr-Ni-Cu cast steel
04/2013 - Fraunhofer Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, Chemnitz (Abteilung für Warmmassivumformung) 10/2009 – 10/2014 Technische Universität Chemnitz "Studium Maschinenbau"
Marc Schulten, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 01: The use of sole heated oven for the technical support of Schwelgern coke plant
Marc Schulten is a group leader at the Technology Coal & Coke department, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe. Since 2013, he has worked at the pilot cokemaking oven group. Main subject of his work is to obtain reliable data out of the pilot ovens.
Marc Schwarzer, PSI Metals GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 2: Dynamic order dressing: The key input to optimized planning
Consultant and Project Manager at PSI Metals GmbH since 2007 serving projects in many countries.
Jakob Schwarzmann, IMS Messsysteme GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 27: New results and extended thickness range for online MFL inspection of flat products
Jakob Schwarzmann, born in 1991, began his Physics study at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in 2010 and completed his MSc Thesis on ultrasound generation by spark discharges. He works as a development engineer at IMS Messsysteme GmbH since 2015. Current projects include magnetic systems for defect and geometrical inspection of ferrous strip products.
Stefan Senge, Tata Steel Ltd
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 19a: Influence of mold coating and -roughness on local mold heat flux in the thin slab caster at Tata Steel in IJmuiden
After obtaining his M.Sc. in Materials Engineering at the RWTH Aachen in 2008, Stefan Senge did a PhD at the Institute of metal forming in Aachen. In 2019 he switched from rolling to continuous casting and joined Tata Steel in IJmuiden as Principal Researcher. Since 2021 he is leading all research activities focusing on the thin slab caster.
Jose Senra, Diproinduca Canada Limited
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 12: Industrial trial of recycled iron briquettes produced with iron ore fines and sludge from sedimentation piles in a direct reduced iron reactor
Internationally experienced Sales and Marketing Executive in the iron ore, manganese ore, mining equipment, automotive supply and recycling of minerals. Worked abroad (Europe, Asia and Americas) for more than 20 years, being part of corporate development, contract negotiation and business expansion in various countries throughout the globe.
Nicolae Serban, University Politehnica of Bucharest
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 16b: The influence of shot-peening parameters on structural and mechanical characteristics of AISI 9310 VAR steel for aircraft parts
Associate Professor at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (Materials Science and Engineering Faculty – Materials Processing and Environmental Engineering Department); Vice President of the Romanian Forging Association; Head of QForm Software Training Center Romania.
Greg Sergiienko, DANIELI Engineering & Services GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:10, Room 19b: New concept of ni-superalloy scrap remelting VIM furnace of industrial scale
Ossama Sharaf El-Din, Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 26: Improvement of material yield in EZDK wire rod mill plant
Operational Manager of the Wire Rod Mill at Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co. (EZDK),with over 13 years of experience in the steel industry. Led successful projects in plant optimization, quality improvement, and cost reduction.Passionate about innovative solutions and sustainability.Graduated from Alexandria University, with a degree in Prod. Engineering
Mohammad Sharif Sharifian, Hormozgan Steel Company
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 16b: Optimization of calcium treatment to eliminate ladle nozzle clogging in continuous casting of aluminum killed steels
Steel making and continuous casting technical office expert in hormozgan steel company Writer of book named Clean steel ; from DRI to slab
Naoki Shimoda, Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 28: Process model and control for new era of hot strip rolling
Naoki Shimoda, Deputy Senior Manager of R&D section for Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation in Japan, has worked for automation system suppliers of the steel rolling process since 1992. He was educated in the field of science, and received the master’s degree from Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
Toshihito Shimotani, Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:20, Room 15a: Recent technologies of optimal induction heating for hot strip mill
Toshihito Shimotani, member of R&D section for Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) in Japan, has worked for automation system suppliers of the steel rolling process since 2016. He was graduated master course and received the doctor’s degree in engineering from Hokkaido university in Japan in 2016, 2020.
Qifeng Shu, University of Oulu
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:10, Room 19b: Modelling the evolution of non-metallic inclusions during refining and casting by combining nucleation and thermodynamic-kinetic models
Since 2019, Dr. Qifeng Shu is working in University of Oulu, Finland as an associate professor. His main research field is within continuous casting and non-metallic inclusions. Before 2019, He has nearly 15 years' working experiences in Germany (as research associate), Brazil (as visiting professor) and China (as full professor).
Andrey Stephan Siahaan, Tohoku University
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 15a: Numerical simulation on the effect of various chute dimensions on burden distribution during the charging process in a blast furnace
Andrey Stephan Siahaan works at Tohoku University in Environmentally Friendly Materials Process Research Field division. He earned PhD at Muroran Institute of Technology in 2021 and started work at Tohoku University as an assistant professor. His present research is to develop numerical method for burden distribution in a blast furnace
Jörn Sieghart, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:00, Room 27: An integrated technological solution for enhanced productivity and quality by superordinated AI approach for product changes at cold rolling mills
Jörn Sieghart is Senior Expert for Technology Cold Rolling for Electric and Automation at SMS group GmbH in Germany. Since 2007 he is involved in different projects from development phase till commissioning and is author of main technological systems. Jörn has a degree in electrical Engineering at Bochum University of Applied Sciences.
Patrick Siemann, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 27: Under-sampling and weak signal extraction methods for detecting faint, fine-scale Defects within online data, for offline quality assessment
Shawn Siroka, ITR | Industrial Technology Research
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:10, Room 7: Comparison of MEMS and piezoelectric accelerometers for impact detection in low-speed bearing applications
Shawn Siroka is a current Research and Development Engineer with ITR working on developing next generation predictive maintenance capabilities through advanced algorithm development and specialized hardware development. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Masters of Science, and Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State.
Antonios Skarlatos, DANGO & DIENENTHAL
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:00, Room 18a: DANGO & DIENENTHAL is on its way to automated deslagging
Antonios Skarlatos has a Bachelor's degree in International Management and is specialized in sales and service of advanced technology in the steel and forging industry. His journey at DANGO & DIENENTHAL started in 2008. There he is currently working as Product Manager as well as Head of Service.
Christian Skelnik, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 01: Optimization of the pile stacking strategy based on simulation model at the coke plant Schwelgern
08/2015: Master of Science in Mineral Resources Engineering at the RWTH Aachen 10/2015: Engineer at the cokeplant Schwelgern responsible for the coal- and cokehandling 07/2021: Head of Team Raw Materials
Dr. Michael Skorianz, Chief Technology Officer, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 13 15:00, Room 1: Driving the transition of steel production for making a zero-emission future a reality
David Smart, Materials Processing Institute
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 19a: The development and testing of innovative technologies at the hot face of the casting mould to monitor and control solidification
David Smart Beng (Hons), CEng, MIET Materials Processing Institute 30 Years as an Instrumentation and Control Engineer within the steel industry.
Cameron Soltys, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 17a: Life enhancement and design improvement of basic oxygen furnace
Cameron is a Mechanical Engineer with experience in the design, assessment, root cause assessment, and fitness-for-service assessment of equipment in the ferrous and other industries. His primary expertise is in the use of finite element tools to support design and assessment of equipment, structures, and refractory systems.
Aintzane Soto, Sidenor Investigación y Desarrollo
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 13: Ecological and economic waste management of the ladle refractory bricks by implementing circular economy criteria
Aintzane is a Chemical Engineer specialised in Environmental Engineering and in Sustainable Energetic Engineering at the School of Engineering of Bilbao. Since 2014, she has been working as a Senior Process Researcher at the R&D centre of Sidenor, and has coordinated two European Projects related to the Refractory Waste Management in steelmaking.
Alexander Spatzker, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 15a: Blast furnace top gas generation in times of energy shortages
Name: Alexander Spatzker Date of Birth: 06/10/1988 in Moers, Germany 2008-2013: MSc Materials Engineering, RWTH 2016-2020: Phd Metallurgy, Montanuniversität Leoben 2014-2021: Trainee and Senior Engineer, blast furnace plant Hamborn, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG 2022: Manager, blast furnace plant Hamborn, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Daniel Spreitzer, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 14:30, Room 12: HYFOR - Hydrogen-based fine-ore reduction: From an idea to a pilot plant
Daniel Spreitzer is working as a process engineer at the direct reduction department of Primetals Technologies Austria, after finishing a PhD-Thesis in the field of hydrogen-based fluidized bed reduction at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben. His focus is now mainly on developing fluidized bed-based direct reduction technologies.
Günther Staudinger, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 17a: Danieli Corus BOF revamping technology: Highlights and recent developments in converter design
Dr. Günther Staudinger has PhD degree in Technical Science from the Technical University of Vienna. He has worked in the global steel industry since 1993 and joined Danieli Corus in 2012. He has multiple patents for converter technology to his name and he has published more than 50 articles on the topic.
Tobias Stefan, Métal 7 inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 02: Iron ore pelletizing performance optimization as a contribution to the decarbonization of the iron and steel value chain
Regional Director Europe, ME, Asia for Metal7 Inc. Diploma in Mech. Engineering from TU Darmstadt. Work experience in H2 and coal based direct reduction and iron ore agglomeration as R&D Engineer and Product Manager and in various leadership positions. Speaker at various conferences related to above topics
Alessandro Stenico, PSI Metals GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 2: Metals production management 4.0
Materials Engineer by education, Alessandro spent almost 20 years in metallurgical R&D, flat steel quality optimization and production technology before joining PSI Metals in 2020 as Product Manager. International experience in different roles gives him the necessary business insight to understand customer needs in the area of Quality Control.
Kerstin Stenzel, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:40, Room 14a: The revival of coke oven gas
Randall Stone, Valmet Automation Inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 18a: Experience with specialized infrared camera coupled with IR imaging and process control software for VTD operations
I've held a variety of technical positions, both as a producer and supplier to the Steel industry over the last 40+ years. Currently as Partner, Steel Business Development for Valmet Automation Inc., I lead a team focused on providing Infrared camera technology solutions for process control in steelmaking.
Iori Suetsugu, KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 18b: R - Gate: An automatic slide gate mechanism for simple and safer operation
Iori Suetsugu is an assistant manager of Slide Gate Engineering Group at KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION. As a slide gate engineer, I have been responsible for projects for overseas customers and have designed and proposed Slide Gate. Recently, we presented a paper on our latest Slide Gate and automation at IREFCON 2022 in India.
Hiroaki Sumikawa, NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 15b: Performance and recently orders of top combustion type hot stove with metallic burners
Name of Presenter: Mr. Hiroaki Sumikawa Designation: Engineer Technology & Development Department 1 Plant & Machinery Sector Company Name: NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Experience: Mechanical engineering in Blast furnace revamping project for 2 years/ Research and Development of mechanical equipment related to Blast furnace for 2 years
Livio Taccani, Tenova S.p.A.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:40, Room 26: Roll Shops: From automatic to automated
Livio Taccani studied Mechanical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Started at Techint Group as sales engineer for Pomini Roll Grinders business unit in 1998. From 2004 to 2016 worked at Techint's China branch to develop the Pomini market in China. From 2017 back to Headquarter convers the position of Commercial Director Pomini
Matthias Taferner, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 19b: Influence of spraying parameters on local surface temperature in slab casting of defect sensitive steel grades: Physical and numerical simulation
Matthias Taferner is a researcher within the working group for continuous casting at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy at Montanuniversitaet Leoben. For the last six years, he has been responsible for developing and operating the nozzle measuring stand that he will present today. So far, he has participated in some joint research projects.
Babak Taleb-Araghi, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:30, Room 27: The physics and mechanics of herringbone and diagonal buckling flatness distortions
Dr.-Ing. Babak Taleb, 1975 Working Area: Flat Rolling & Strip Processing Line at SMS-Group Competence Area: Metal Forming, Technology, Process and Structure Simulation - 2012 - 2017: Technology Engineer - 2017 - 2022: Senior Technology Engineer - 2022 - now: Head of Product Simulation
Thomas Taylor, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:20, Room 01: Cokemaking at Schwelgern plant and its value for TKSE`s way to a future of steel production with reduced CO2 intensity
1987-1989: Apprentice Thyssen Stahl AG Blast Furnace plant Duisburg-Hamborn 1989: Worker Thyssen Stahl Blast Furnace plant Du-Ruhrort 1994: Dipl. Ing. Metallurgy 1995-2003: coking plant August Thyssen 2003- now: coking plant Schwelgern 2000-2021: Head of team coal and coke handling 2021- now: Head of team coke production and battery heating
Lidong Teng, ABB AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:10, Room 18a: Performance results of Arvedi 450t Consteel® Furnace Equipped with Bottom Electromagnetic Stirring
Lidong Teng holds a PhD in Metallurgical Process Science from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He is a senior metallurgist and Principal Engineer in ABB Metallurgy Sweden and working on the application of electromagnetic stirring in secondary metallurgy process to improve steel quality, energy saving and cost reduction.
Ewout Tesselaar, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 15b: Dome combustion hot blast stoves: Breakthrough technology reaches maturity
Ewout Tesselaar, MSc is department manager Mechanical Engineering and Product Manager for BF Top Charging Equipment and PCI at Danieli Corus. Ewout is supporting product development, studies, engineering and capital projects in his field of expertise. His expertise is in process technologies and mechanical engineering.
Alexander Thekale, Primetals Technologies Germany
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:30, Room 2: Assisting the operator: Bringing machine learning based operation assistance into the plant production process
since 04/2023 Innovation Manager & Head of Digital Solutions Techn. Downs., Electrics & Automation, Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH 01/2015-03/2023 var. positions, Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH 02/2011-12/2014 Siemens VAI, Erlangen 05/2006-01/2011 PhD Applied Mathematics, Univ. Erlangen, Germany 10/2001-04/2006 Diploma Technomath. Univ.E
Martin Theuringer, German Steel Federation
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:00, Room 1: A label system for green steel and green lead markets“: The proposal of the steel industry in Germany
Martin Theuringer has held various positions at the German Steel Association since 2003: Chief Economist since 2006 and Head of Business Area Economics since 2008, responsible for economic policy, business cycle analyses, markets and statistics. In April 2017, he was appointed Managing Director. He studied economics in Cologne and Kiel, Germany, and earned his doctorate on foreign trade policy issues at the Economic Policy Seminar at the University of Cologne. He completed the Advanced Studies Program in Kiel and worked at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich.
Kathrin Thiele, Montanuniversität Leoben
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 18b: Comparison of tracing deoxidation products with rare earth elements in the industry and on a laboratory scale
Okt. 2014 - Okt. 2020: Bachelor and Master study at Montanuniversitaet Leoben Nov. 2020 - Aug. 2021: Research associate at Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversitaet Leoben Since Sep. 2021: PhD candidate at Christian Doppler Laboratory for Inclusion Metallurgy in Advanced Steelmaking, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
Emanuel Kashi Thienpont, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 8: Application of big data approaches for model-based prediction of sinter quality indices
Since 04/2008 Employee at VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH, Düsseldorf Since 03/2019 Researcher for the department "Process Optimization Iron and Steel Making"
Mario Thome, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 28: Technological developments in process design of tube and pipe roll forming
Mario Thome holds a diploma in mechanical engineering and a doctoral degree in metal forming. Since 2008 he is technology engineer at SMS group GmbH. His focus is on development and implementation of online and offline calculation tools for layout and optimization of metal forming processes using analytical, numerical and empirical models.
Maria Thumfart, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 19b: High speed video observations of the fascinating melt behaviour in the RH plant
Kaye Tindale, Rio Tinto plc
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 02: Simandou
Stefan Tjaden, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 1: Evaluation of carbon dioxide emission reduction potential of voestalpine Stahl Linz by Transitioning to DR-EAF steel production with a m.simtop digital twin
Stefan Tjaden earned a Master's degree (2020) and a Bachelor's degree (2018) from the TU Wien in "Technical Chemistry". He is currently a doctoral candidate at K1-Met, where he focuses on metallurgical process simulations. He previously conducted research on alternative reducing agents at K1-Met from 2016 to 2019.
Matteo Tomba, PERT Srl
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:10, Room 5: Efforts for cooling water saving in a steelmaking facility
June 15 10:00, Room 13: The fume treatment plant for an ironmaking or a steelmaking facility: Overview of the main factors that affect the design, for new and existing plants
June 14 09:20, Room 28: PERT BS Stand - The real eco-friendly stand
June 15 13:30, Room 26: Pert grinding balls rolling mill for high quality grinding balls production
WORKS EXPERIENCE - Year 2006/2007: Site Manger in a rolling mill revamping in Malaysia. - Year 2008/2009: Site Manger in a turnkey rolling mill project in Egypt. - Year 2007-present: Vice chairman for Gaia Group. - Year 2007-present: General Manager for TB Investment. - Year 2008/2009: Project manager in a rolling mill project in Egypt. - Year 2009/2010: Project manager in a turnkey rolling mill project in Tunisia. - Year 2009/2010: Project manager engineering activities for a Mini Mill project in Saudi Arabia. - Year 2010/2011: Project manager in a rolling mill project in Ethiopia. - Year 2011 – present : Commercial Director of PERT srl. INSTRUCTION - Management Engineering at the University of Udine, specialization in composite materials. - Roll pass design specialization for long products rolling mills. - Member of the Italian Young Entrepreneur Board - Member of AIKW association, the AIKW is a registered professional organization for roll pass designers and rolling mill engineers. - Sales master .at S.I.Co. (Italian conseling company) - Project manager specialization at Italian Project Management Academy
Bruno Touzo, Calderys Belgium
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:50, Room 13: Life cycle assessment tools to evaluate the impact of refractories and fluxes for iron and steel production
Roberto Treviño, AMI Automation
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 18a: Optimum scrap management
Mechanical-Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Computer Science, he led a group of engineers to provide solutions to AMI’s customers all over the world. His experience in computer applications for Steel Mills extends from managing raw materials to tracking and controlling the production process to delivering final goods.
Thomas Trickl, Eisenwerk Sulzau-Werfen, R. & E. Weinberger AG
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 26: Sniffing out potential of HSS roll material
Pers details: born 1974, Austrian national, married with 2 children Univ education: Materials Science, University of Leoben/Austria Professional experience since 09/2013: ESW as R&D engineer; since 2023 Lead Application Engineer other: 2 years TÜV AUSTRIA as pressure equipment inspector; 8 years hot rolling process engineer at SIEMENS VAI
Emanuele Trucillo, Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche s.p.a.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 8: Process control and automation of continuous pickling lines: Innovative sensors and predictive control architecture
Paul Trunner, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 13: Minimizing environmental impact of EAF installations in integrated steel plants
Kosei Tsuji, Primetals Technologies Japan
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 28: Downstream technologies for a profitable production of electrical steel
Serhat Türkyılmaz, Ereğli Iron and Steel Works, Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 01: Usability of plastic wastes in metallurgical coke process
Serhat Türkyılmaz Metallurgy and Materal Engineer M.Sc. working as a project manager in ERDEMIR R&D Center study topics; ironmaking processes and recycling by products of integrated steel plants
Andrea Turolo, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:20, Room 14b: SMS zero flame hydrogen hybrid burners
I am 46 years old and I have a Master’s Degree in Material Engineering. I started my career as process engineer in the thermoplastic polymers industry. My journey in SMS group started in 2007, at first as PM and then as Head of project management. I am now Head of Technical Sales of Reheating Furnaces and Heat Treatments in SMS group Italy.
Paul Uhl-Hädicke, Fesios GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:00, Room 1: Integration of EAF production into BOF melt shop at Dillinger Hütte: A case study for production and logistics simulations
After obtaining his MSc in Metallurgy at Montan University Leoben, Paul Uhl-Hädicke has specialised in the creation of software tools for production and process optimisation in steel plants. As Founder and CEO of FESIOS, his mission is to demystify the complexity of steel plant logistics and production through the use of discrete event simulation.
Johan van Boggelen, Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:00, Room 14a: HIsarna pilot plant operations: An update
Graduated from Delft University with an MSc in Materials Science, Working for Tata Steel in Europe and its predecessors for more than 20 year in both the UK and The Netherlands and both in R&D and operations. Since 2020 Operations and Technology manager for the HIsarna Pilot plant.
Bart van den Berg, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 17a: Increased scrap utilization in converter steelmaking
Bart has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Twente University in the Netherlands on process control of BOF process. He is currently working at Danieli Corus for 17 years doing project commissioning, consultancy, technical sales support and R&D of equipment for BOF converters and Hot metal treatment worldwide.
Floris van Laar, Allied Mineral Products
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 15a: Hearth campaign extension strategies using partial repairs to refractory systems
June 15 12:10, Room 15b: Traditional refractory designs replaced by innovative refractory solutions in hot blast stoves
Reinoud van Laar, Danieli Corus B.V
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 15a: Modern BF plant engineering and technology
June 14 14:50, Room 14b: Electric smelter technology
Reinoud van Laar Senior Technology Manager - Danieli Corus BV M.Sc. Applied Physics - TU Delft Ironmaking Plant Engineering and Technology
Frédéric van Loo, CRM Group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 02: COACH - Cold-bonded agglomerates for the blast furnace with chemically engineered binders
Frederic van Loo - is working at CRM (Center for Research in Metallurgy - Liège, Belgium) for 18 years. - Currently head of Iron-& Steelmaking activities
Koos van Putten , SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 28: Best practice analysis of an industrial cogging process for a tool steel ingot
SMS group GmbH senior R&D manager 1995 – 1999 FH Maschinenbau in Heerlen 1999 – 2002 TU Maschinenbau an der TU Delft 2002 – 2009 Institut für Bildsame Formgebung der RWTH Aachen 2009 - today SMS group GmbH
Ali Vazirizadeh, Aisimpro Inc
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:50, Room 7: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Using Soft Sensors in Iron Pelletizing Plants
With over 16 years of experience in research and engineering, Ali has successfully led multiple projects spanning process and analytical modeling, machine learning, technology development, simulation, data reconciliation, and process control. He possesses advanced technical expertise in designing digital solutions for the mining and metals sector. His research interests are centered around developing and adapting cutting-edge digital solutions for mining and metals, integrating domain knowledge with AI to drive innovation and maximize efficiency.
Amanda Vickerfält, Swerim AB
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 14b: The melting progression of H-DRI and the effect of reduction degree on P and V partition
Hi! My name is Amanda and I am currently doing an industrial Ph.D. at Swerim in Stockholm, Sweden. My focus is the melting of hydrogen DRI. I graduated from the masters program in materials science at KTH 2017. I look forward to hearing a lot of interesting presentations here at ESTAD.
Alija Vila, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:40, Room 18b: First ever 3-strand continuous slab caster: High productivity with minimal investment
Graduated from the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina as a mechanical engineer. Completed PhD studies at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria in the field of computational fluid dynamics. Working in Primetals as Process and R&D Engineer for Continuous Casting.
Ondřej Vitoslavský, UVB TECHNIK s.r.o.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 27: Strip degreasing equipment for removing rest of oils and emulsions on processing lines
Ondřej Vitoslavský works as software and hardware developer in the company UVB TECHNIK s.r.o. specialising in production of Strip Measuring and Cleaning systems for cold rolling mills. He graduated from Brno University of Technology at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication focusing on Automation and measurement.
Pavel Vitoslavský, UVB TECHNIK s.r.o.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 12:30, Room 28: Contact versus non-contact strip thickness measurement in the 21st century
Mr. Pavel Vitoslavský is a commercial director and co-owner of the company UVB TECHNIK s.r.o. specialising in production of Strip Measuring and Cleaning systems for cold rolling mills. He graduated from Brno University of Technology at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and before he worked as Electrical Engineer at NOVÁ HUŤ (LIBERTY Ostrava).
Nicole Voigt, Boston Consulting Group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:40, Room 1: Unleashing the value of product carbon footprint in steel
Joachim von Scheele, Linde plc
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 1: Solutions for immediate and transition term decarbonization
Joachim von Schéele received his MSc in Process Metallurgy and PhD in Production Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden in 1987 and 1992, respectively. With a mix of steel research and consultancy background, he joined the industrial gases industry in 1996. Since then, he has served in many different technical and commercial management roles at AGA, BOC, and Linde, and been actively doing business in more than 40 countries around the world. After a decade in Asia, first in India as VP for South Asia and then in China heading Application Development & Sales for Asia-Pacific, he is since 2020 based in Munich, Germany, pursuing his current role at Linde Technology. Focusing on decarbonization including use of hydrogen, Joachim von Schéele is very much engaged in driving the sustainability agenda supporting Linde’s customers in steel and other hard-to-abate industries to achieve measurable progress and success. Joachim von Schéele is a well-known speaker and has published more than 200 papers, mainly on energy and emission conservation, recycling, and production. He has served as a member of more than 30 boards of companies, associations, and research and education organizations. He is included in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in Engineering, and Who’s Who in Asia, and he holds seven patents related to combustion and recycling. Joachim von Schéele is the author of the chapter on China in the recently launched book ‘Touching Hydrogen Future – Tour Around the Globe’.
Bernhard Voraberger, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 18b: From integrated to hybrid steelmaking - metallurgical challenges and the impact on secondary metallurgy
June 14 14:50, Room 17a: Recent references of advanced measuring solutions in converter steelmaking
Bernhard holds a master degree in mechanical engineering from Vienna University of technology. The first 6 years of his career he worked as development manager at Primetals Technologies in the field of converter steelmaking. Since 2016 he is appoint as head of technology for converter steelmaking.
Nicholas Walla, Purdue University Northwest
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 13: Numerical modeling of hydrogen staged combustion to mitigate NOx
June 14 11:50, Room 18b: Numerical study and validation of electric arc heating in a steel ladle
Nicholas Walla is a Senior Research Engineer at the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation at Purdue University Northwest. He obtained his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University Northwest. His areas of research include computational fluid dynamics and machine learning in steel industry processes.
Thiago Wandekoken, Lumar Metals
At Estad 2023:
June 14 11:30, Room 17b: EAF restart at ArcelorMittal Sul-fulminense: Problems and solutions to reach process perfomance goals
June 14 12:30, Room 17b: Reduction of electrode breakage during operation in a 130 ton EAF from ArcelorMittal resende - case study
Graduated in Automation & Control, Master Degree in Metallurgical and Materials. Application Engineer at the Lumar Metals, where he has worked developing projects in EAF with a focus on increasing productivity, reducing process costs, increasing the life and availability of equipment. Main project lines: Chemical Energy and Water Cooled Elements
Karsten Wandtke, Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:30, Room 12: Consideration of manufacturing-related stresses and cold crack avoidance in high-strength steels WAAM components
Kasten Wandtke studied mechanical engineering at the TU Hamburg. Since 2020, he has been working as a research associate at BAM in Berlin and is involved in a research project about residual stresses and cold crack resistance in additively manufactured components made of high-strength steels.
Ai Wang, University of Newcastle
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:50, Room 01: IMDC-RMDC interfacial interaction for inertinites from non-coking coals using micro-CT analysis
I am working as a research associate in the Centre for ironmaking materials research (CIMR) in the University of Newcastle. My expertise are image processing, numerical simulations and mathematical modelling in the coal and cokemaking industry.
Fuqiang Wei, Shougang Group Company
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:50, Room 2: CANCELED! Current situation and development trend of coil transportation in modern strip mill plant
Fuqiang Wei, Chinese, Scientist of Shougang group, visiting scholar at Uni-Duisburg from 1999 to 2000. Senior technical expert of CMCA, Member of CMS, Member of China Standards Committee. He is now engaged in the intelligent interface technology. The achievements: the world's first new energy pallet car coil conveying system, etc.
Konstantin Weißhaar, AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 01: Challenges during the installation and commissioning of the ZKS coke oven pilot plant
Studies at Saarland University Oct. 2009 - Nov. 2014: B.Sc./M.Sc. in Chemistry PhD at Saarland University Dec. 2014 - Mar. 2019: Active materials in the vanadium redox flow battery Career Jan. 2019 - today: AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke, Technology Ironmaking and Cokemaking, responsible for the ZKS coke oven pilot plant
Bernd Weiss, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 1: Supporting green steel transformation using digital twins to design alternative production routes
Bernd Weiss has over 14 years of experience in the ironmaking industry after graduating as a chemical engineer at TU Vienna. His experience covers being process engineer for smelting and DR plants abroad, process safety coordinator and R+D project manager. Now he is senior process simulation expert and coordinates the m.simtop development.
Bernd Wemhöner, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 01: Process control system at coke plant Schwelgern: Design, evolution and future developments
Finished the study of electrical engineering in 1982. Start to work in a trainee program of the former Thyssen AG in Duisburg in 1982 and after that working at the coking plant August Thyssen since 1983. Accompanying the whole planning and build-up of the coking plant and since 2003 up to the end of April 2023 Head of Electrical Maintenance.
Matthias Werner, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:20, Room 7: Digital water management to reduce water consumption in steel production
2000 - 2008 Technical University of Munich Head of Laboratory, High-pressure treatment technology, Doctorate (Thermal Diffusion in High-Pressure Processes) 2008 - VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH Department Resource Technology Liquid Media Project Manager Development of online measuring technologies Simulation of wastewater circuits
Arndt Wilhelmi, Lechler GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:10, Room 13: Nozzle and skids have big influences on cleaning and energy efficiency in gas cleaning systems
Dr.-Ing. Arndt Wilhelmi has been working for SMS Group in the environmental department over 11 years as a Senior Project Manager and other functions e.g. Area Sales Manager India, Chief Technologist nonferrous. 2018 he joined Lechler GmbH as a Key Account Manager for the steel industry environmental (worldwide).
Gerald Wimmer, Primetals Technologies Austria
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:30, Room 17a: Revamping of 330t BOF converter at AM gent: Mastering the logistics
June 14 09:50, Room 1: Green hot metal from a smelter processing low grade DRI
Master and PhD in Mechanical Engineering MBA for International Business Since 2009 with Primetals (former Siemens VAI). Since 2019 business responsible for Converter Steelmaking; since two years activ to develop Smelter solution for a green transition of the iron production.
Katja Windt, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 2: The future of steelmaking: The operative system of an autonomous steel plant
Grzegorz Winiarski, Lublin University of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 15 15:10, Room 26: Analysis of the influence of tool geometry on the process of skew rolling of a railway car axle forging
Grzegorz Winiarski works in Poland at the Lublin University of Technology in the Department of Metal Forming. His work is connected with metal forming technologies and numerical modeling. In addition, he conducts classes with students in the field of metal forming.
Johann Winkler, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 19b: Experimental simulation of defect formation in slab casting of Nb-micro-alloyed steel: Influence of cooling conditions
Johann Winkler is PhD-Researcher for metallurgical processes at K1-MET GmbH in Leoben, Austria and studied Metallurgy at the University of Leoben. The focus of his work is to investigate the formation of surface cracks during continuous casting using IMC bending tests, with a focus on tramp elements in steelmaking.
Günther Winter, Primetals Technologies Germany
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 18a: Active power feeder: A grid-friendly power supply for electric arc furnaces
GÜNTHER WINTER Head of Technology and Innovation, Electrics and Automation, Primetals Technologies Günther Winter holds a degree in electrical engineering. He joined Primetals Technologies (at that time Siemens) in 1979 as Commissioning Engineer. He has a long experience in commissioning of hot and cold rolling plants, project management and sales
Łukasz Wójcik, Lublin University of Technology
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:20, Room 27: Determination of fracture criterion limits for EA1T railway steel
Łukasz Wójcik works at the Lublin University of Technology in the Department of Metal Forming in Lublin. His work is connected with metal forming technology, numerical modelling, physical modelling and he is also a university lecturer, teaching students about metal forming.
Simon Wölfelschneider, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 14a: Upcycle of carbon-containing residuals and co-products by recrystallisation in molten metals
In 2018 MSc. Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund Since 2019 - Researcher in the area of recycling iron and steel-making residues/by-products at VDEh Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH, Department of Resource Technology Feedstock Since 2020 - PhD student at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Chair of Carbon Sources and Conversion
Robert Wolff, Lechler GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:10, Room 26: Improved energy efficiency and surface quality in high pressure descaling in hot rolling
Andreas Wolff, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 15 10:20, Room 7: Reliable digital twins for the transition to a CO2-free steel industry
Martin Wolfgarten, SMS group
At Estad 2023:
June 15 12:10, Room 28: ComForge® forging technology suite: Advanced pass-schedule design in radial forging through novel process models
Profession: Head of Product Management & Product Development Forging Plants at SMS group GmbH (since 01/2023) Technology Manager Forging Plants at SMS group GmbH (12/2019 – 12/2022) Education: RWTH Aachen, Ph.D. in Metal Forming (08/2019), Topic: Open-die forging of complex workpieces RWTH Aachen, M.Sc. Materials engineering – Metal forming
Kyoung Sik Woo, Hyundai Steel Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:40, Room 27: Soft rolling control for weld-point in tandem cold mill
HYUNDAISTEEL Cold Rolling Production Engineering Team Senior Research Engineer
dissHEAT- Workshop, Workshop
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:00, Room 6: Workshop for future research roadmap in industrial heating
Özgün Yakar, Resonance Institute
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:00, Room 28: Online condition monitoring system on a hot rolling mill
Graduated from Machine Dynamics, Vibration & Acoustics Master Programme of Istanbul Technical University. Worked as Technical Manager of Middle East, Turkey & Eastern Europe at Fluke Reliability. Recently working as Technical Consultant & Instuctor at Resonance Institute and dealing with advanced vibration & acoustics problems on his daily routine
Murat Yaman, Ereğli Iron and Steel Works, Co.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 10:00, Room 01: Repair of damaged coke oven battery walls with new developed fused silica gunning material
Hongliang Yang, ABB AB
At Estad 2023:
June 15 13:40, Room 19a: Bloom caster with FBG-sensors and OptiMold Monitor®
Hongliang Yang has been working development of electromagnetic stirrers in metal industry for about 20 years. In recent years, he has worked with application of optical fiber in temperature measurement in continuous casting mold. He is currently working as R&D Team Leader in ABB AB/Metallurgy.
Yaowei Yu, Shanghai University
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 02: Study of the characteristics and performance of cold-bonded briquettes made from return fines of sinter
Professor Yaowei Yu teaches at Shanghai University. Working on Iron Ore Briquette, Hydrogen Metallurgy and Low Carbon in ironmaking. Expertised in iron ore agglomeration, blast furnace ironmaking, metallurgical resource recyling. Experienced CFD and DEM Modeling and application in metallurgical reactors.
Nicola Zecca, Politecnico di Milano
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:30, Room 1: Techno-economic assessment of SEWGS integration in steel plants for CO2 mitigation
PhD Student in “Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology” at Politecnico di Milano. I received both Bachelor and Master of Science in Energy Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. I'm currently involved in European projects dealing with techno-economic assessment of innovative technologies for CO2 capture and utilisation (C4U and INITIATE)
Benedikt Zeumer, McKinsey & Company
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 1: Closing Europe’s green-material gap in steel raw material supply
Dr. Benedikt Zeumer is currently a Partner in McKinsey's office in Düsseldorf, Germany Member of McKinsey’s Basic Materials Practice. He has primarily worked on basic materials topics in Germany specifically on steel and aluminum. Leading our metals service line and in particular knowledge and reseach. Our service line is a major component of McK.
Kaijun Zhang, Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering CO., LTD.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 15:20, Room 14a: Hydrogen-enriched carbonic oxide recycling oxygenate furnace
Mr.Kaijun Zhang, graduated from University of Science and Technology Beijing, majoring in iron and steel metallurgy, master degree, professor-level senior engineer. He has organized and implemented the construction of several large and medium-sized blast furnace engineering projects, and has rich experience in blast furnace technology.
Xiaomeng Zhang, K1-MET GmbH
At Estad 2023:
June 14 09:40, Room 17a: Numerical investigation of non-metallic inclusion removal at the steel-slag interface
The presentation entitled " Numerical investigation of non-metallic inclusion removal at the steel-slag interface" will be given by Xiaomeng Zhang. Xiaomeng Zhang is a PhD student financially supported by K1-MET GmbH. Her work mainly focuses on the behavior of particles in multiphase flows with special attention to the steel-slag interface. This work is conducted under the supervision of the department of Particulate Flow Modelling at Johannes Kepler University (JKU-PFM) and department Metallurgy at Montanuniversitaet Leoben (MUL).
Jiangshan Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing
At Estad 2023:
June 15 11:30, Room 16b: Comparison of three typical meshing tools and their performance in CFD study of an industrial continuous-casting tundish
Liu Yuhong, a graduate student majoring in metallurgical engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, Study under the supervision of Associate Professor Zhang Jiangshan and Professor Liu Qing. At present, he is mainly engaged in the research work of simulation and Intelligent control of metallurgical process.
Yale Zhang, Hatch Ltd.
At Estad 2023:
June 15 09:40, Room 7: From digitalization to digital decarbonization: How digital twin technology is optimizing the journey to green steel
Yale Zhang is the Global Director for Analytics and Decision Solutions at Hatch, with 30-year career in the fields of process optimization, digital twin and AI. Dr. Zhang is currently responsible for digital technology innovation in asset & operational intelligence, enterprise value chain optimization, and carbon emission reduction.
Doug Zuliani, Tenova Goodfellow Inc.
At Estad 2023:
June 14 14:50, Room 17b: EAF efficiency: A critical factor in reducing the steel industry's GHG emissions
June 14 10:00, Room 17b: Solving the EAF water leak problem
Doug holds a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Toronto. At Tenova Goodfellow Inc., he is responsible for sales and business development activities including product strategies, legal contracts and agreements. Doug is also the author of over 30 technical papers and a named inventor of eight US patents.