5th Postgraduate Research Symposium on Ferrous Metallurgy - 2022

Find out about the latest academic research in Ferrous Metallurgy being carried out by some of the UK's leading PhD and EngD students.

About this event

5th Postgraduate Research Symposium on Ferrous MetallurgyDate: 22nd February 2022Organised 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 EngD students will showcase their research with particular emphasis on the ferrous sector.

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Symposium Programme

09:30 - 10:20 Registration, Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Networking

10:20- 10:30     Welcome and Introduction

Chris McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Materials Processing Institute 

10:30 - 11:30     Session 1 - Development of Products and Applications            

Chaired by: Professor Hongbiao Dong (University of Leicester)

Presentation 1 - Characterisation of the effects of oxide dispersion strengthening on the tensile deformation and elastic properties of Eurofer97 Presenter: Tay Sparks (University of Birmingham)

Presentation 2 - Effect of niobium microstructural and mechanical properties of the heat affected zones of welded marine steel Presenter: Jun Fu (University of Leicester)

Presentation 3 - A closer look at the TWIP and TRIP mechanism in medium Mn steels Presenter: Thomas Kwok (Imperial College, London)

11:30 - 11:50     First Perambulation

Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Networking

11:50 - 12:50   Session 2 - Process Development

Chaired by: TBC - Gill Thornton, R&D Manager, Liberty Powder Metals Ltd

Presentation 4 - Ladle stirring monitoring for inclusion floatation Presenter: William Moncaster (University of Warwick)

Presentation 5 - In-situ heat treatment to improve the metallurgy of hot work tool steel alloy H13 fabricated by laser additive manufacturing Presenter: Anna Tholen (Loughborough University)

Presentation 6 -   The impact of process parameters on blast furnace dust output Presenter: John Lewis (Swansea University)

12:50 - 13:00 Presentation of Iron & Steel Awards

• Adrian Normanton Medal
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• Frank Fitzgerald Medal and Travel Award

• Dowding Medal and Prize
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• Tom Colclough Medal and Prize
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• Stokowiec Medal and Prize
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• Thomas Medal and Prize
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• Hadfield Medal and Prize
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• Gold Medal

13:00 - 14:00  Lunch

Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Networking

14:00 - 15:20   Session 3 - Development Techniques and Fundamental Knowledge

Chaired by: Dr Richard Thackray, University of Sheffield

Presentation 7 - Prediction of mechanical properties of low-carbon hot rolled plate based on machine learning method Presenter: Xiaoan Yang (University of Leicester)

Presentation 8 - Development of improved formability interstitial free steelsPresenter: Talal Said Abdullah (Swansea University)

Presentation 9 - Rapid characterisation of thermally aged stainless steels for nuclear power applications Presenter: Oscar Smith (Loughborough University)

Presentation 10 - Design of in-situ cathodic charging of TMCP steel under flexural loading Presenter: Sarah Hiew Sze Kei (Imperial College, London)

15:20 – 15:45    Second Perambulation

Poster Exposition, Exhibition and Networking

15:45 - 16:00 Awarding of Prizes by the Armourers & Brasiers' Materials Science Committee

1. Millman Scholarship 2021

2. Ashok Kumar Fellowship

3. Poster Winner

4. Presentation Runner-up

5. Presentation Winner

The Sir Henry Bessemer Lecture will be given by John Ferriola, former Chairman, President and CEO of Nucor Corporation, USA           

16:50 - 1 7:00 Vote of Thanks and Closing Remarks

Debojyoti Roy, Director Transformation and Synergy, Tata Steel UK

17:00 - 18:30 Drinks Reception

Poster Exposition

Poster 1 - Minimising particulate emissions of sinter plant operations Matthew Thomas, Swansea University

Poster 2 - Cohesive zone models of fracture in line-pipe steel Pernille Undrum Fathi, Kings College London

Poster 3 - Multi-scale in situ studies of deformation mechanism of LPBF 316L stainless steels Wanxuan Teng, University of Birmingham

Poster 4 - Investigating formability of future steel grades using rapid alloy prototyping Liam Moody, Swansea University

Poster 5 - Effects of precious metal doping on stainless steels produced by spark plasma sintering Natasha Sweeney Fort, The University of Sheffield

Poster 6 - Hydrogen diffusion in pipeline steel API 5LX65 Helena M. Ferreira, Swansea University

Poster 7 - Intercritical annealing optimisation in a segregation neutralised dual-phase steel, benchmarked against a commercial DP800 Pedram Dastur, University of Warwick

Poster 8 - The effect of coating weight on the microstructure and performance of Zn-Al-Mg (ZAM) alloy coatings Daniel Britton, Swansea University

Poster 9 - Avoidance of hydrogen assisted cold cracking in multi-pass weld metal Shaun Smart, TWI Ltd

Poster 10 - Size control in pelletisation William Kennedy Walls, Swansea University

If you have any questions regarding the Symposium, please contact the Materials Processing Institute at:

[email protected]

Tel: +44 (0)1642 382000