A valuable exchange at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy: We were pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elsayed El-Shinai Mohamed Selim, President of Galala University, Cultural Attaché Prof. Dr. Khaled Aboshanab and Prof. Dr. Taha Mohamed Mattar. Dr. Daniel Ernst and Dr. Kathrin Thiele presented the research focus and activities of our Chair, followed by [...]
Das Department Metallurgie wurde mit fünf INTECO ASMET Awards ausgezeichnet. Kategorie Masterarbeiten: • Platz 1: Dipl.-Ing. Daniela Pircher (Lehrstuhl für Eisen- und Stahlmetallurgie) – „Untersuchung des Einsatzes oxidischer Legierungselemente im Wasserstoffplasma-Schmelzreduktionsprozess (HPSR)“ • Platz 2: Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Höcher (Lehrstuhl für Eisen- und Stahlmetallurgie) – „Influence of the material and hydrogen injection point on the [...]
From 11 to 13 May 2026, the 14th European Electric Steelmaking Conference (EEC) and the 5th International Conference on Energy and Material Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry (EMECR) took place in Milan, bringing together leading professionals from the steel industry to discuss innovative pathways toward CO2-neutral metallurgy and sustainable steel production. [...]
AISTech 2026 — The Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition — took place from 4th to 6th of May 2026 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The event once again demonstrated the strong international relevance of the iron and steel community, bringing together more than thousands of participants from [...]
Die MetalDays 2026 setzten ein starkes Zeichen für die Zukunft der Metallurgie. Aus ganz Österreich reisten engagierte Schüler*innen und Studieninteressierte an die Montanuniversität Leoben, um das Studium „Metallurgie & Metallkreisläufe“ aus nächster Nähe kennenzulernen – aktueller, praxisnäher und interaktiver denn je. Im viertägigen Programm standen zukunftsweisende Themen im Mittelpunkt: nachhaltige Prozessketten, Kreislaufwirtschaft, „Green [...]
We are delighted to congratulate our graduate, DI Lukas Höcher, on his outstanding achievement! At the H2 Convention in Linz, he received the award for excellent master’s theses in the field of hydrogen research presented by WIVA P&G. In his master’s thesis, Lukas investigated the influence of material and hydrogen injection location on the efficiency [...]
On Wednesday, November 12nd, a delegation from Anhui University visited the Technical University of Leoben to strengthen cooperation in teaching and research. The visit was hosted by Professor Susanne Michelic, Head of the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy. The delegation also met with Rector Peter Moser for talks. During the visit, TU Leoben and AHUT signed a Memorandum [...]
The 7th European Steel Technology and Application Days (ESTAD 2025) took place from 7th to 9th of October 2025 in Verona, Italy. ESTAD brought together experts and researchers from academia and industry to discuss the latest research findings and innovations in the fields of Ironmaking, (Hydrogen-based) Steelmaking, Continuous Casting, Rolling, Steel Applications, and Digital [...]
Vom 22. September bis 2. Oktober hatten 11 Masterstudierende der Eisen- und Stahlmetallurgie die Möglichkeit, führende Unternehmen der Stahlproduktion, des Industrieanlagenbaus und der stahlverarbeitenden Industrie in Österreich und Italien aus nächster Nähe zu erleben. Begleitet wurden sie von Prof. Susanne Michelic, Prof. Christian Bernhard, Dr. Kathrin Thiele und Dr. Julian Cejka. Die Exkursion begann [...]
From august 21st until august 23rd 2025 Prof. Susanne Michelic and two PhD students, Nikolaus Preisser and Bernhard Sammer, of the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy visited the International Conference on Secondary Refining & Inclusion Control (SRIC) in Xi’an, China. The conference served as a platform to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and innovations in [...]
