Program
The conference involves two full days of lectures and other activities, 17th–18th of June. Day one consists of plenary lectures, day two has a focus on technical lectures.
Monday 17th of June
Location: lecture hall M1 on Brinellvägen 64
| 08:30–09:15 |
Registration and coffee |
| 09:15–09:30 |
The conference opens – Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH |
| 09:30–09:45 | Welcome – Annika Borgenstam, Head of Department KTH MSE |
| 09:45–10:15 |
Higher education in Sweden – Karin Röding, Director General of Swedish Council for Higher Education |
| 10:15–11:00 | Bergsskolan in a historical context – Anders Lundgren, Professor em., Uppsala University |
| 11:00–11:45 |
Today's education – Mikael Ersson, KTH MSE |
| 11:45–13:00 | Lunch break, restaurant Brazilia, KTH campus, Brinellvägen 64 |
| 13:00–14:00 | Materials design: research and education – past experiences and future development – Professor Greg Olson, Northwestern University, USA |
| 14:00–14:20 | The Research Education at Materials Science and Engineering – Malin Selleby, KTH |
| 14:20–14:55 | Coffe break |
| 14:55–15:45 | High strength steels, technical challenges and demands on future engineers – Göran Nyström, OVAKO AB |
| 15:45–16:10 |
Gert Nilson, Jernkontoret (main sponsor) |
| 16:10–16:15 | The conference programme day 1 ends – Pär Jönsson, Vice Dean KTH ITM |
| Check in at hotel etc. | |
| 18:30–21:00 | Joint conference dinner at Restaurant Q, KTH Campus |
| 21:00– | Nachspiel at Hardox, Brinellvägen 23 |
Tuesday 18th of June
Location: parallel sessions in halls B1-3, on Brinellvägen 23
Hall B1
| Process technology for reduced environmental impact | |
|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Shin-ya Kitamura, Tohoku University: Extraction of P and Mn from Steelmaking Slag |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break |
| 10:20–10:50 | Caisa Samuelsson, LTU: Recycling of metallurgical slags |
| 10:50–11:20 | Jarkko Partinen, Outotec: Development of new sustainable technologies at Outotec with low environmental impact |
| 11:20–11:50 | John Bustnes, SWERIM: Pilot plant research for improved process technologies |
11.50 – 13.00 Lunch outside the halls (wraps)
| Process technology for reduced environmental impact | |
|---|---|
| 13:00–14:00 | Chris Pistorius, CMU: Lower-carbon ironmaking with methane and hydrogen |
| 14:00–14.30 | Rolf Ljunggren, Cortus: Use of bio-gas in iron- and steel production |
| 14.30–15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00–15:30 | Paul Cobden, SWERIM: The STEPWISE project |
| 15.30–16:00 | Weihong Yang, KTH: Sustainable projects at KTH |
Hall B2
| Modeling of new alloys | |
|---|---|
| 09:00–09:30 | Ida Berglund, QuesTek: Materials design as a business – an entrepreneurial aspect of education |
| 09:30–10:00 | John Ågren, KTH: Materials Genome |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break |
| 10:20–10:50 | Susanne Norgren, Sandvik: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering applied to wear and degradation of metal cutting tools |
| 10:50–11:20 | John Hald, DTU: Development of 9–12 % Cr-steels |
| 11:20–11:50 | Malin Selleby, KTH: CALPHAD Modeling |
11.50 – 13.00 Lunch outside the halls (wraps)
| Modeling of new alloys – with a focus on ab-initio | |
|---|---|
| 13:00–13:30 | Börje Johansson, UU/KTH: Establishing ab initio at MSE |
| 13:30–14:00 | Olle Eriksson, UU: Magnetism and steels in Sweden |
| 14:00–14.30 | Kalevi Kokko, Turku Univ.: Finish-Swedish joint research on ab initio-steels |
| 14.30–15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00–15:30 | Qing-Miao Hu, IMR-CAS: MSE-IMR collaboration during last 15 years |
| 15.30–16:00 | Erik Holmstrom, Sandvik Coromant: Ab initio for hard metal industry |
Hall B3
| Circular economy | |
|---|---|
| 09:00–09:30 | Maria Åstrand, Northvolt: A European value chain for battery-materials; a key for sustainability |
| 09:30–10:00 | Mari Lundström, Aalto: Circular economy of battery metals in Europe – current status and future R&D needs |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break |
| 10:20–10:50 | Patrick Amerlaan, Boliden: Metals in the modern society – challenges and developments |
| 10:50–11:20 | Christer Forsgren, Stena: Recycling – from elements to materials |
| 11:20–11:50 | Björn Haase, Höganäs: By-products as part of the circular economy |
11.50 – 13.00 Lunch outside the halls (wraps)
| Additive manufacturing – materials and applications | |
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| 13:00–13:30 | Maurizio Vedani, Politechnico di Milano: The microstructural mechanisms governing strength and processability of additively manufactured metal alloys |
| 13:30–14:00 | Eva Jacobsson, Höganäs: Current and future metal powder manufacturing |
| 14:00–14.30 | Martin Nilsson – VBN: The new steel plant in Uppsala – additive manufacturing in an academic environment |
| 14.30–15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00–15:30 | Annika Strondl, Swerim: Development of powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing at SWERIM |
| 15.30–16:00 | Greta Lindwall and Christopher Hulme-Smith, KTH: Development of powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing at KTH |