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2019 - 2nd Postgraduate Research Symposium on Ferrous Metallurgy
Tuesday 26th February 2019
Keynote Speaker
Ron Deelen, Chief Marketing Officer, British Steel
2019 Papers
Best Paper Winner
Daniel Stewart, Swansea University
The single-stage production of low zinc pig Iron nuggets from basic oxygen furnace dust using blast furnace dust as a reductant
Best Paper Runner Up
Guy Khosla, Imperial College, London
A microstructural evaluation of the cleavage fracture of as-cast slabs, known as 'Clinking'
Full List of 2019 papers
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- Role of fracture toughness and wear mechanism in impact-abrasion
Appa rao Chintha, University of Cambridge - Using deep neural network with small dataset to predict solidification cracking susceptibility of stainless steels
Shuo Feng, University of Leicester - Aesthetic and performance enhancement of ZMA coated steels
Amar Dhoj Malla, Swansea University - Comparison of Squats and Studs from different traffic environments
Shaun Earl, University of Sheffield - Hot stage quasi in-situ analysis of the effect of titanium and manganese on static recrystallization of cold-rolled low carbon V and Ti-V bearing micro-alloyed steels
Ishwar Kapoor, University of Warwick - Understanding the nano-oxide particle nature of irradiated oxide dispersion strengthened steels
Thomas Davis, University of Oxford - Surface texture and visual appearance of packaging steel
Stephen Jones, Swansea University - Direct observation of coal particle swelling
Ian Moore, Materials Processing Institute - The single-stage production of low zinc pig Iron nuggets from basic oxygen furnace dust using blast furnace dust as a reductant
Daniel Stewart, Swansea University - A microstructural evaluation of the cleavage fracture of as-cast slabs, known as: 'Clinking'
Guy Khosla, Imperial College, London - TRansformation/TWinning Induced Plasticity (TRIP/TWIP) steels produced by additive layer manufacturing
Hossein Eskandari Sabzi, Lancaster University
2019 Posters
Best Poster Winner
Cameron Bee, University of Warwick
Nanoindentation as a method for phase mapping auto-tempered martensite and low bainite mixed microstructure steels
Full List of 2019 Posters
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- The simulation of hydrogen in magnetic iron
Edmund Simpson, King’s College, London - Hydrogen embrittlement of automotive ultra-high-strength steels – generation & diffusion of atomic hydrogen
James Lelliot, Swansea University - Atomistic simulations of BCC-Fe and ferrite
Angel Alberto Izquierdo Sanchez, Newcastle University - Galling in 316 stainless steel
Samuel Rogers, Imperial College, London - Nanoindentation as a method for phase mapping auto-tempered martensite and low bainite mixed microstructure steels
Cameron Bee, University of Warwick - Galvanised UHSS for automotive BIW applications
James Ayres, Swansea University
2019 St George’s Den, Bessemer Pitches
Best Bessemer Pitch
George Hargreaves, Tata Steel
2019 Millman Scholar
Ben Napier
Ben Napier is the Institute’s first recipient of the undergraduate scholarship, which is awarded annually to a deserving candidate from the Tees Valley region, who is planning to study, or is already studying towards a materials or science related discipline.
More details are available in our Press Release.
Also available from the 2019 Symposium:
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