Prof. Xinhua Wang 

Presentation Title: Investigation on Large-Sized Non-Metallic Inclusions in Ultra-Low Oxygen Special Steels

Mr. Xinhua Wang is a worldwide well-known expert in field of steel technology. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), after which he worked for about 5 years as the technician at Laiwu Steel Co. From 1980 to 1986, he did his graduate study at USTB and received the degree of Ma. Sci. and PhD in 1983 and 1986, respectively. Since then, he has worked at USTB as the lecturer, associate professor, professor, head of the R&D Office of the University, dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering of USTB. Currently, he works as the Professor Emeritus at USTB, the adjunct professor at the Northeast University, the expert of Shougang Co., Ansteel Co., Hansteel Co., etc., respectively. Also, he is the member of the Standing Board of the Chinese Society for Metals (CSM) and head of Steelmaking Commission of CSM. 

Prof. In-Ho Jung 

Presentation Title: Application of Thermodynamic database to the steelmaking process simulations

Professor In-Ho Jung is a world-renowned expert in chemical metallurgy and thermodynamic database development. He earned his bachelor and master’s degree from POSTECH, South Korea, and PhD degree from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada in 2003. He is a co-developer of FactSage thermodynamic software, which is accessed by more than 1000 sites around the world, and academic member of FIRE (Federation of International Refractory Research and Education). He worked for McGill University, Canada as an assistant and associate professor for 10 years, and is currently a professor at Seoul National University, South Korea. Since 2009, Prof. Jung has led the “FactSage Steelmaking Consortium Project” to develop thermodynamic databases and process simulation models for steelmaking industry, sponsored by 13 companies around the world. He has authored and co-authored 6 book chapters, 20 patents and more than 250 journal papers, and 120 conference proceeding papers. Prof. Jung received various awards including 2012 NSERC Leo Derikx Synergy Award, Canada, and 2013 Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Magnesium Research Award, Germany. He is also a recipient of 2022 AIST John F Elliott Lectureship award.

Prof. Miaoyong Zhu

Presentation Title: Evolution and Control of Non-metallic Inclusions in Steel During Secondary Refining Process

Dr. Miaoyong Zhu is currently Professor and Chairman of Academic Committee, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University (NEU), Shenyang, China, and he is also the deputy director of Steelmaking and Continuous Casting Committee, The Chinese Society for Metal (CSM). He has conducted research primarily in the field of clean steelmaking and continuous casting processes with emphasis on the simulations and controls of non-metallic inclusion behavior during steel refining and solidification phenomena of continuous casting. Dr. Zhu has made co-authored over 150 patents and 500 publications in the steelmaking field and edited 10 books. Dr. Zhu is the winner of National Outstanding Young Scientists Foundation, China and He got the “Wei Shoukun Science Technology and Education Prize” for Young Metallurgist in 2012 and National Award for Science and Technology Progress in 2021.

Prof. Jianhua Liu

Presentation Title: Removal of inclusion by fine bubbles in molten steel

Prof. Jianhua Liu is the director of Center of Low Carbon Metallurgy (CLCM) in the institute of Engineering Technology of USTB, and he serves as a member of Metallurgical Solid Waste Comprehensive Utilization Committee of China Metallurgical Society. He has been a visiting scholar in McGill University, Latrobe University, RWTH Aachen University, and the University of Leoben. He leads a research group that specializes in bubble metallurgy, intelligent steelmaking, and hydrogen application in steelmaking, and he has undertaken nearly 50 projects, including the National Key Research and Development Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His research group has successfully developed a series of technologies for inclusion removal with fine bubbles, such as nitrogen elevating and reducing method (NERM), argon injection at ladle shroud (AILS), argon injection at the down-leg snorkel with RH (AIDSRH), etc., in which fine bubbles have been successfully picked up in molten steel by the innovative methods of cold steel sheet sampling and rapid solidification, respectively. The relevant studies have promoted the rapid development of bubble metallurgy. Recently, he is committed to the technical development of hydrogen application in steelmaking and refining, which will be helpful to carbon reduction in steelmaking process. He has granted around 30 patents and published around 300 technical articles.

Prof. Lifeng Zhang

Presentation Title: Fundamentals and Industrial Practices for the Control of Non-metallic Inclusions in Steels

Lifeng Zhang, professor and president of North China University of Technology. He is the distinguished professor of “Changjiang Scholars" of the ministry of education China, winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the national “ten thousand people plan” innovation leading talent, young and middle-aged leading talent in science and technology innovation of the ministry of science and technology China, the leader of National Huang Danian-style teaching teams of the Ministry of Education. His main research fields are high-quality steel, non-metallic inclusions in steel, simulation of transfer phenomena in metallurgical process. He successively presided over more than 70 scientific research projects, including national, provincial projects and National Defense Science and Technology Project. The total amount of scientific research funds is more than 100 million yuan. At present, over 400 papers retrieved by SCI or EI and three monographs have been published,. Besides, 3 international patent, 40 Chinese patents and 10 software patents have been obtained. He has won many awards, such as Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award Youth Award, Wei Shoukun Metallurgical Youth Award, AISI Richard J. Fruehan Award, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Royal Academy of Engineering, etc.

Prof. Jian Yang

Presentation Title: Progress on Oxide Metallurgy Technology

Prof Jian Yang is currently a professor at Shanghai University. He is also the director of Department of Materials Engineering, and vice director of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University.He leads the Research Team of Ironmaking and Steelmaking New Technology in Shanghai University that specializes in the steelmaking, continuous casting, inclusion control, oxide metallurgy and artificial intelligence metallurgy. He has published 391 Journal and Conference Papers, 36 Chinese patents and 7 international patents. In 2002 and 2007, he was awarded the SAWAMURA Best Paper Award of ISIJ International for two times. In 2015, he was awarded the Nishiyama Commemorative Prize of ISIJ.

Prof. Olena Volkova

Presentation Title: Gas atomization of low-density Fe-Cr-Ni-Mn-Al Stainless Steels

Since October 2015, Prof. Olena Volkova is the director of Institute of Iron and Steel Technology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany). Current research topics at the Institute of Iron and Steel Technology are in particular the research on thermophysical properties such as viscosity, density, surface tension, heat conductivity, flow behavior of molten slags; thermophysical properties of molten steels; atomization of molten steels; the development of steels and composite powders for additive manufacturing, steel design, direct reduction of iron ores with hydrogen for the decarbonisation of steel production, steel and slag recycling, decopperisation, VOx vaporization. The institute collaborates actively with industrial partners including thyssenkrupp steel europe AG, Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH, BMW AG, ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt GmbH, Georgsmarienhütte GmbH, Riva Stahl GmbH, ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi GmbH. In last 7 years, Prof. Volkova has granted 1 patent and published around 100 research articles.