Virtual - 4th Postgraduate Research Symposium on Ferrous Metallurgy - 2021
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About this Event
Virtual Event - 4th Postgraduate Research Symposium on Ferrous Metallurgy
Date: 23rd February 2021
Organised by: Materials Processing Institute with support from Armourers & Brasiers' Company and the Iron & Steel Society of IOM3.
This research symposium is for students, academics, researchers and industry involved in materials, metals and process improvement. The symposium gives universities, researchers and businesses the opportunity to find out about the latest thinking on ferrous metallurgy.
At the symposium PhD and EngDoc students will showcase their research with particular emphasis on the ferrous sector.
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Virtual Symposium Programme
09:45-10:00 Registration, Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Virtual Networking
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)
11:30-11:50 First Perambulation
Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Virtual Networking
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)
13:10-13:50 Lunch Break
Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Virtual Networking
13:20 – 13:30 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 and the Effect of Mn Composition. Presenter: Rebecca Dewfall (University of Swansea)
15:35–16:00 Second Perambulation
Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Virtual Networking
15:40-15:50 Virtual Tour of Armourers and Brasiers' Company
(Pre-recorded feature)
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
1. Millman Scholarship 2020
2. Best Poster
3. Best Presentation Runner-up
4. Best Presentation Winner
16:50-17:00 Closing remarks and thanks by Chris McDonald, Chair of the Symposium
Virtual Poster Exposition
1. Initial microstructure characterisation of some castable nanostructured alloys for fission and fusion applications - James Lennard (University of Manchester)
2. Effect of environmentally friendly additives on Zn-Mn alloys morphology and structure - Dr Nouha Loukil (National School of Engineering of Sfax ENIS-Tunisia)
3. Steel susceptibility to hydrogen induced failure - Helena Ferreira (Swansea University)
4. Novel Coating solutions for the improvement of scale surface condition - James Grant (Swansea University)
5. The effect of coal volatile on top gas carbon - John Lewis (Swansea University)
6. The effect of steel microstructure on damagemechanisms at the wheel-rail interface - James Ayabina (The University of Sheffield)
7. A review of published models to predict the extent of surface oxidation - Nicola Beech (University of Warwick)
8. Numerical modelling of thermal-mechanical evolution during high heat input welding of marine steel - Jun Fu (University of Leicester)
9. Prediction of the mechanical properties of hot rolled steel plates using artificial neural network and statistical method - Xiaoan Yang (University of Leicester)
10. Exploring the effects of cryogenic treatment on coating-substrate systems - Christian Chiadikobi (University of Leicester)
11. Understanding of ductile fracture mechanisms in nuclear pressure vessel steels under different constraints - Suleyman Karabal (The University of Manchester)
12. The effect of processing variables on ZnMgAl alloy coating characteristics - Daniel Britton (Swansea University)
13. Development of improved formability advanced high strength steels - Talal Said Abdullah (Swansea University )
14. Development of new surface treatments for automotive utilising chemcoater - Jamie Williams (Swansea University)
15. 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)
16. The adhesion of protective coatings to novel REACH compliant packaging steel substrates - Matthew Dodd (Swansea University)
17. Novel maraging steel damage tolerance study - Antony Robinson (Swansea University)
Presentations and Poster Displays - Applications now closed - Applications for the 2022 symposium will open in February 2021.
Abstracts for presentations and poster displays are welcomed from students.
Do you want to present at the 2022 symposium? If so, submit your brief abstract for review. This applies to both presentations and post displays. Posters are also welcomed from universities and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT's), seeking to promote their work.
Click here to submit your application:
Presentation and Poster Application Link
Applications closed on 14th December 2020. Applications for the 2022 symposium will open in February 2021.
Contacting the organisers
If you have any questions regarding the Symposium, please contact the Materials Processing Institute at:
Tel: +44 (0)1642 382000