Jan van der Stel works for Tata Steel Europe on the IJmuiden steelmaking site in the Netherlands. He studied applied physics at the Technical University in Delft.
He joined the company in 1988, where he started in Steelmaking and Continuous Casting research. He worked on the development of tundish and mould metallurgy continuous billet and slab and the introduction of thin slab casting as a process engineer and project leader. Thereafter he worked in the department for Measurement and Control as a knowledge group leader. In 1997 he became R&D knowledge group leader Blast Furnace Developments and Alternative Ironmaking. There he did developments on blast furnace coal injection, burden distribution especially modelling and instrumentation, hearth processes and blast furnace process development.
In 2004 he became the Tata Steel project leader/coordinator of the Ulcos Top Gas Recycling Blast furnace project and in 2007 the consortium co-ordinator of the TGR-BF project, which aims at for reduction of the CO2 emission of the integrated steel works.
In 1997 he also joined the ECSC and later the RFCS TGS1 expert committee on the reduction of ores. Several EU-projects were done, including Ulcos TGR BF, coal injection, burden distribution, instrumentation and hearth processes.
He is scientific fellow and knowledge group leader in ironmaking at Tata Steel R&D dealing with blast furnace and alternative ironmaking, with focus on lowering the carbon footprint of the steelworks, e.g. by HIsarna developments and DRP-electric smelting.
Dr Yukihiro Kubota obtained his PhD from Tohoku University in 2012. He has over 20 years of cokemaking research experience in Nippon Steel Corporation. His current role in NSC is the Chief Manager, Head of Coal & Coke Research Department, Ironmaking research Laboratory. He specalises in coal blending theory, coal preparation techniques, coke quality estimation, strength, size, and reactivity. His Keynote address at ISSCI 2023 focuses on current topics of development of ironmaking and cokemaking in Japan.
Professor Sangho Yi’s research focuses on Innovative ironmaking pathways with emphasis on green steel technology addressing climate change. He led the development of FINEX®, which succeeded in commercialization through the pilot development process from basic research. Yi is actively involved in various discussion for a number of global and national forums on the energy conversion of the steel industry. Currently, he serves as the chairman of the Korean government’s research project review committee in industrial materials and is involved in the development of hydrogen-reduced steel process (HyREX), innovative CO2 reduction technology for BF route, as well as CCU technology development using FINEX® off-gas. Since January 2024, he has served as a professor at GIFT, POSTECH and director of the Research Center for Hydrogen Steelmaking Technology (HySRI).
Hiroshi Nogami is a professor at Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University. He studied Chemical Engineering and was graduated from the same university in 1987. He continued research on the mathematical modelling and numerical analysis of pulverized coal combustion and cokemaking and got the degree of Doctor of Engineering in 1992. He started his academic career at Research Institute of Mineral Dressing and Metallurgy, Tohoku University as Research Associate in 1992. He worked with Prof. Yagi for 13 years and developed kinetic based operation simulator of various high temperature processes, such as blast furnace, ultra-fine powder generation under arc plasma. He also worked with Prof. Guthrie at Department of Mining and Metallurgy, McGill University, Canada from 1997 to 1999. During this period, he developed a method of inverse-heat transfer analysis and applied it to the solidification process in the single-belt strip casting. He also contributed to the development of molten steel feeders for the same process. He was promoted to Associate Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, Ichinoseki National College of Technology in 2006. Then promoted to Full Professor at Mechanical Science Unit, Muroran Institute of Technology in 2011. Finally, he moved back to Tohoku University in 2013. Three years from May of 2020, he took charge of Collaborative Research Division of Advanced Analysis of Iron and Steelmaking Processes between JFE steel Corporation and Tohoku University. His main research topics are on mathematical modelling of various industrial processes based on the multiphase thermal fluid engineering and reaction kinetics, and optimization of metallurgical and chemical processes through the operation analysis utilizing developed models from the viewpoints of energy, CO2 and resource issues. He has published more than 100 papers in refereed journals.
Charlotte Andersson is an Associate Professor in Process Metallurgy at Luleå University
of Technology (LTU) and Program Director for Swedish Mining Innovation, a leading
Swedish innovation cluster. With extensive experience in metallurgical research, her
expertise focuses on metal production from primary ores, recycled materials, and by-
products as well as strategic innovation leadership. Dr. Andersson has previously led the
Center of Advanced Mining and Metallurgy (CAMM) at Luleå University of Technology
and worked as a Metallurgical Specialist at LKAB for 7 years. She holds a PhD in
Chemical Technology (2007) and an MSc in Material Science (2003).
Her expertise spans the entire metal value chain, developed through collaborations with
various industry stakeholders and academia. Dr. Andersson is a board member of
several research foundations and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of
Engineering Sciences.
Dr. Jian Li, Senior Engineer, Senior Research Fellow, and Head of the Hydrogen Metallurgy Team. His primary research focuses on low-carbon metallurgical processes such as microwave sintering, hydrogen metallurgy and electric smelting furance. Dr. Li has been responsible for 14 research projects at Baosteel and has participated in 34 others. He has received the Special Award and First Prize of the Chinese Metallurgical Science and Technology Award, and holds over 30 authorized invention patents. He has published 23 research papers on ironmaking.
The title of his presentation is: Research progress on low-carbon ironmaking technology of China Baowu.
Dr. Dhiren Panda is the Head (EVP) – R&D for Steel and Coated products at JSW Steel. In his current role, Dr. Panda is responsible for group R&D activities of the JSW Steel organization and is based out of Vijayangar, Karnataka.
Dr. Panda is a Metallurgical Engineering graduate of NIT Rourkela and has completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (Missouri University of Science and Technology). During his professional experience of over 25 years, Dr. Panda has worked in steel, oil and gas, and automotive industries, in areas of R&D, process engineering, product development, quality management, technology licensing, applications engineering and commercialization of new processes and products. His expertise lies in ironmaking, steelmaking, casting, rolling, coating, process and product metallurgy, with emphasis on developing new technologies and products for downstream applications. He has been an active participant and member of several industry organizations like ASTM, AWS, AISC, API and ABS, where he has been involved in the development and use of standards pertaining to steel. Prior to joining JSW Steel, Dr. Panda had stints with Tata Engineering, LTV Steel, Nucor Steel and TMK IPSCO.
The BHP Centre for Sustainable Steelmaking Research (SSR) and The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.
