Today, Tuesday, the HTL Vöcklabruck visited us and took a look at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy. After a short introduction, the inquisitive young researchers got familiar with the world of steel and received first impressions of what metallurgists can do. The path from iron ore to the end product was explained to them and [...]
Welcome to #facesofmetallurgy, the exciting interview series in which we bring well-known metallurgists in front of the camera. ?️?? In round 12, we introduce Lucas Holzer. He has received an award of a special kind. He convinced the jury with his pre-scientific work entitled "The production and use of hydrogen in the production of iron [...]
In the days between 24th and 27th June 2019 the MetalDays took place at the Department of Metallurgy in Leoben. Many students from all over Austria had the opportunity to get to know the Department of Metallurgy and to gain insights of the study of metallurgy. In addition to exciting presentations and experiments in our [...]
We want to congratulate our new alumni Dipl.- Ing. Christian Dornig to finishing his studies! Glück Auf!
This week we had a stormy affair with a fire drill at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy. To prepare all our staff for an emergency case, we had a fire drill together and got some general information about fire safety at the parkinglot of IZR. After some information about fire in general and the requirements, [...]
Florian Markus Penz has submitted his thesis “Experimental Research and Mathematical Modelling of the Melting and Dissolution Behaviour of Scrap in Liquid Hot Metal” under supervision of Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Johannes Schenk and passed his PhD exam with distinction on October 14th. Congratulations!
Lukas Preuler has submitted his thesis “Charakterisierung der Spritzwasserkühlung in der Sekundärkühlzone einer Brammenstranggießanlage” under supervision of Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Christian Bernhard and passed his PhD exam on October 14th. Congratulations!
Finally, October has arrived and we can welcome a new generation of students in Leoben. Of course, we especially enjoy welcoming our new metallurgy students in Leoben and giving them some important information for their studies as well as information about their new department. Together with Prof. Ludwig and Prof. Bernhard, the new students learned [...]
The first open house day of the Montanuniversität Leoben of the school year 2019/2020 has taken place with great success. The time of the “Matura” was very stressful, so after summer holidays, many guests now found their way to us in the metallurgy building. In a relaxed atmosphere and with refreshing drinks our guests got [...]
During August a highly motivated student, Anesa, from a local high school got the chance to get to know the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy within an internship, thankfully paid by the FFG. It was her first getting in touch with the world of iron and steel research. Over a period of four weeks, she was [...]
