Li Guangqiang, a professor of Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST), China, is the Deputy Director of the State Kay Lab. of Refractories & Metallurgy and the Director of the Key Lab. for Ferrous Metallurgy and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Education, China. He is a supervisor for PhD and Master degree students.

He got his Doctor of Engineering degree from Tohoku University, in Sendai, Japan, 1997. He got his Master and Bachelor degrees from Northeastern University of Technology, Shenyang, China, in 1988 and 1985, respectively.

His research interests are (1) Physical chemistry on steel refining and materials processing, (2) Recycle of metals and metallurgical wastes. The name of his Lab is “Lab of Metallurgical Processes & Energy Conversion Materials”. At present, there are 7 professors, 4 associate professors, 2 lecturers, 1 postdoctoral fellow, and more than 40 doctoral and postgraduate students in his research group.

He published more than 300 SCI papers, one book and three chapters respectively in three books.

The current research topics are: Clean steel refining, inclusion control and steel strengthening and toughening; Numerical simulation of metallurgical processes and materials processing;

Recycling of metallurgical wastes; Energy conversion materials and systems.

Room 609A, Steel Building

Wuhan University of Science and Technology

No. 947, Heping Avenue, Qingshan District

Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

E-mail: liguangqiang@wust.edu.cn

Title of presentation: Microstructure optimization and strengthening and toughening mechanism of rare earth Ce/La on weld metal of ultra-low temperature high manganese steel