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2021 - Virtual Event - 4th Postgraduate Research Symposium on Ferrous Metallurgy
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl, Technology Officer Upstream Head of ECO Solutions at Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
2021 Presentations
Best Presentation Winner
Rebecca Dewfall, University of Swansea
Blistering formation in high strength steels (HSS) during hot rolling
Best Presentation Runner Up
Thomas Kwok, Imperial College London
How low can you go? The medium manganese limbo
Full List of 2021 Presentations and Abstracts
Abstracts and presentations that were conducted through the day during the following sessions.
Click on a button next to a presentation title in the list to download it in Portable Document Format (PDF).
10:10-11:25 Session 1- Process Optimisation
Presentation 1 - Improving Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing with a Nozzle Designed by the Method of Characteristics.
Presenter: Florentina-Luiza Zavalan (University of Leicester) - Abstract Presentation
Presentation 2 - Advanced Analytics of Sinter Plant Operations to Minimise Particulate Emissions.
Presenter: Matthew Thomas (Swansea University) - Abstract Presentation
Presentation 3 - Automated Ladle Pouring in the Steel Industry.
Presenter: Ivan Popov (Swansea University) - Abstract Presentation
11:45-13:00 Session 2 - Development of Product and Properties
Presentation 4 - How low can you go? The medium manganese limbo.
Presenter: Thomas Kwok (Imperial College London) - Abstract Presentation
Presentation 5 - Investigating different rapid alloy prototyping approaches to develop alloys to allow for higher scrap steel content.
Presenter: Caroline Norrish (Swansea University) - Abstract Presentation
Presentation 6 - Understanding the effects of deep cryogenic treatment on precipitation behaviour in En31 bearing steel.
Presenter: Kyle Nicholls (University of Leicester) - Abstract Presentation
13:45-15:25 Session 3 - Understanding Material Performance
Presentation 7 - Role of toughness in abrasion, and impact-abrasion wear.
Presenter: Appa Rao Chintha (University of Cambridge) - Abstract Presentation
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) - Abstract Presentation
Presentation 9 - Multi-scale investigation of dislocation-assisted carbon migration in ferrite.
Presenter: Tigany Zarrouk (King’s College London) - Abstract Presentation
Presentation 10 - Blistering formation in high strength steels (HSS) during hot rolling.
Presenter: Rebecca Dewfall (University of Swansea) - Abstract Presentation
2021 Posters
Best Poster Winner
Matthew Dodd, Swansea University
The adhesion of protective coatings to novel REACH compliant packaging steel substrates
Full List of 2021 Posters and Abstracts
Click on a button to download the abstract or poster in Portable Document Format (PDF).
- Initial microstructure characterisation of some castable nanostructured alloys for fission and fusion applications.
James Lennard (University of Manchester) - Abstract Poster - Effect of environmentally friendly additives on Zn-Mn alloys morphology and structure.
Dr Nouha Loukil (National School of Engineering of Sfax ENIS-Tunisia) - Abstract Poster - Steel susceptibility to hydrogen induced failure.
Helena Ferreira (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster - Novel Coating solutions for the improvement of scale surface condition.
James Grant (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster - The effect of coal volatile on top gas carbon.
John Lewis (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster - The effect of steel microstructure on damage mechanisms at the wheel-rail interface.
James Ayabina (The University of Sheffield)- Abstract Poster - A review of published models to predict the extent of surface oxidation.
Nicola Beech (University of Warwick) - Abstract Poster - Numerical modelling of thermal-mechanical evolution during high heat input welding of marine steel.
Jun Fu (University of Leicester) - Abstract Poster - Prediction of the mechanical properties of hot rolled steel plates using artificial neural network and statistical method.
Xiaoan Yang (University of Leicester) - Abstract Poster - Exploring the effects of cryogenic treatment on coating-substrate systems.
Christian Chiadikobi (University of Leicester) - Abstract Poster - Understanding of ductile fracture mechanisms in nuclear pressure vessel steels under different constraints.
Suleyman Karabal (The University of Manchester) - Abstract Poster - The Effect of Processing Variables on ZnMgAl Alloy Coating Characteristics.
Daniel Britton (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster - Development of improved formability advanced high strength steels.
Talal Said Abdullah (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster - Development of new surface treatments for automotive utilising chemcoater.
Jamie Williams (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster - The role of Chromium Oxide in suppressing filiform corrosion on Cr metal / Cr Oxide coatings for steel used in packaging applications.
Ellen Bluett (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster - The adhesion of protective coatings to novel REACH compliant packaging steel substrates.
Matthew Dodd (Swansea University) - Abstract Poster
2021 Millman Scholar
Billy Quartermain
Billy Quartermain of Redcar is currently in his first year at the University of Manchester, where he is studying BSc Physics.
More details are available in our Press Release.
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