The renowned CALPHAD conference took place in Mannheim from 26 to 31 May this year. The conference included lectures on computer coupling of phase diagrams and thermochemistry with the aim of applying computational thermodynamics in industrial processes.
Our doctoral students Robert Littringer (Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy) and Daniel Kavic (K1-MET GmbH) were awarded for their excellent performance.
Robert Littringer received the prestigious Larry Kaufmann scholarship for his work on the thermodynamic assessment of the high-temperature phase stability of manganese sulfide in low-carbon steels.
Daniel Kavic won the best poster award introducing a novel concept for hybrid temperature modeling of ladle refining, in which thermodynamic-physical models are combined with data-driven methods.
The papers by Michael Bernhard and Peter Presoly were selected as presentations and dealt with the practical application of CALPHAD methods to produce electrical steel sheets in the RH process and the castability of peritectic steels in continuous casting.
