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2021 - Virtual Event - 4th Postgraduate Research Symposium on Ferrous Metallurgy
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Symposium 2021 Videos
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10:00-10:10 Welcome and Introduction
Chris McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Materials Processing Institute
10:10-11:30 Session 1 - Process Optimisation
Chaired by Dr Richard Thackray (University of Sheffield)
Presentation 1 - Improving Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing with a Nozzle Designed by the Method of Characteristics.
Presenter: Florentina-Luiza Zavalan (University of Leicester)
Presentation 2 - Advanced Analytics of Sinter Plant Operations to Minimise Particulate Emissions.
Presenter: Matthew Thomas (Swansea University)
Presentation 3 - Automated Ladle Pouring in the Steel Industry.
Presenter: Ivan Popov (Swansea University)
11:50-13:10 Session 2 - Development of Product and Properties
Chaired by Gill Thornton (Liberty Powder Metals Ltd)
Presentation 4 - How low can you go? The medium manganese limbo.
Presenter: Thomas Kwok (Imperial College London)
Presentation 5 - Investigating different rapid alloy prototyping approaches to develop alloys to allow for higher scrap steel content.
Presenter: Caroline Norrish (Swansea University)
Presentation 6 - Understanding the effects of deep cryogenic treatment on precipitation behaviour in En31 bearing steel.
Presenter: Kyle Nicholls (University of Leicester)
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13:15-13:35 Chris McDonald in conversation with Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl, Primetals Technologies, Austria GmbH
(Pre-recorded feature)
13:50-15:35 Session 3 - Understanding Material Performance
Chaired by Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce (Swansea University)
Presentation 7 - Role of toughness in abrasion, and impact-abrasion wear.
Presenter: Appa Rao Chintha (University of Cambridge)
Presentation 8 - Effect of Ti microalloying and residual S content on the hot ductility of a boron steel.
Presenter: Yaiza Montaña González (CEIT-Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Universidad de Navarra, Tecnun)
Presentation 9 - Multi-scale investigation of dislocation-assisted carbon migration in ferrite.
Presenter: Tigany Zarrouk (King’s College London)
Presentation 10 - Blistering formation in high strength steels (HSS) during hot rolling.
Presenter: Rebecca Dewfall (University of Swansea)
15:30-15:45 Virtual Tour of Armourers and Brasiers' Company
16:00-16:40 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl
Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
Technology Officer Upstream, Head of ECO Solutions
16:40-16:50 Awarding of Prizes by the Armourers and Brasiers’ Materials Science Committee
- Millman Scholarship 2020
- Best Poster
- Best Presentation Runner Up
- Best Presentation Winner
16:50-17:00 Closing Remarks and Thanks
Chris McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Materials Processing Institute
Also available from the 2021 Symposium:
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