From Septemer 17-20, 2024, we had the opportunity to visit six leading companies in the in the foundry and metal industry as part of the excursion from the Chair of Casting Research: Wagnerguss GmbH, Fill GmbH, voestalpine Giesserei Linz GmbH, Borbet GmbH, BMW Group Werk Landshut and TCG Unitech. The excursion gave the Master's [...]
From September 23 to 27, 2024, the LMPC - The Liquid Metal Processing & Casting Conference took place in Leoben under the chair of Prof. Abdellah Kharicha (Head of the Chair of Simulation and Modelling of Metallurgical Processes). Our department was also represented by Mehran Abdi, Daniel Ernst, Mohamad Al Nasser, Peter Presoly, Alexander [...]
It was a pleasure to welcome Bryan Webler, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Carnegie Mellon University and Co-Director of the Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research in Pittsburgh, USA at our university. He gave an interesting talk about steel-slag thermodynamics and its consequences for non-metallic inclusions. Within [...]
We would like to congratulate our students on passing their Master's degree defense ALL THE BEST AND "Glück Auf!" ------------------------------------
This year's Asia Steel Conference was held in Changsha (China) from September 4th to 7th. Our Chair was represented at this well-known conference by Prof. Johannes Schenk, Michael Bernhard and Robert Littringer. In his plenary lecture titled "Ongoing Efforts and Challenges in Achieving Carbon-neutral Steel Production", Prof. Schenk gave an outlook on the future of [...]
We are delighted to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Kathrin Thiele on the successful completion of her defense. She has defended her doctoral thesis on the topic "Tracing of Non-Metallic Inclusions in Steel by Applying Modern Analytical Techniques" with success.
Prof. Cho is head of the Controlling Solidification Processes Lab at the renowned Pohang University of Science and Technology (Republic of Korea) and visited the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy as part of a two-day scientific exchange. There is a long-standing cooperation between the Graduate Institute of Ferrous and Eco Materials Technology (GIFT) at POSTECH and [...]
Die MetalDays 2024 waren ein voller Erfolg! Ausgewählte Schülerinnen und Studieninteressierte aus ganz Österreich zusammen, um intensiv in das Studium "Metallurgie & Metallkreisläufe" einzutauchen. Die "MetalDays" boten den Teilnehmenden eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, die Vielseitigkeit der Metallurgie hautnah zu erleben. Jeweils drei Tage lang, erhielten Studieninteressierte die Möglichkeit, in den Lehrstühlen des Departments [...]
Es hat uns sehr gefreut, dass wir euch das Department und die Studienrichtung Metallurgie & Metallkreisläufe vorstellen durften. 🤩 Ein großes Dankeschön auch an unsere Sponsoren und an alle Mitwirkenden! Euer MetalDays Team
With the end of a successful semester, we wish all students a wonderful summer break! The lecture-free period is the ideal opportunity to recharge your batteries. Whether travelling, reading or enjoying the days off, we hope the vacations are relaxing and enriching. We wish our metallurgy students eventful vacations and exciting internships and look forward [...]
