Past AIST Committee Activities
Current Activities
The Metallurgy — Processing, Products & Applications Technology Committee (MPPATC) co-located their spring meeting with AISTech 2010 on May 5 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Following introductions and AIST announcements, the members reviewed the MPPATC sessions being held during AISTech. Attendance was noted as being strong, and the committee will forward recommendations to the AIST Conference Planning Committee on improving authors’ commitment to future AISTech conferences. The committee was particularly pleased with the support for the three sessions focused on research and development groups in iron and steel. The MPPATC elected officers for 2010–2011 as: Kip Findley of the Colorado School of Mines, chair; Bhaskar Yalamanchili of Gerdau Ameristeel, vice chair; Amy Clarke of Los Alamos National Labs, papers chair; Ron Radizlowski of Severstal Dearborn, awards chair; and Stephanie Will of The Timken Co., AIST representative to the MS&T’11 Program Coordinating Committee. A review of the iron and steel symposia at MS&T’10 was made by Kip Findley on behalf of Amy Clarke, who could not attend. There have been almost 200 submissions for the steel-related programming at MS&T’10, and this year’s program will include the Adolf Martens Lecture by George Krauss. The last item of discussion was the status and proposal of committee-sponsored AIST Specialty Training Conferences. In development are an international conference on plate products and an international conference on steel applications for energy conservation. There has also been a proposal for a “Sensors, Simulation and Measurement for Metallurgical Equipment Conference.” The next meeting of the MPPATC will be on Oct. 19, 2010, in Houston, Texas, and will be co-located with the AIST Steel Properties & Applications Conference at MS&T’10.
The Metallurgy — Processing, Products & Applications Technology Committee (MPPATC) held their fall meeting on Oct. 27, 2009, in Pittsburgh, Pa., during the AIST Steel Properties & Applications Conference held in conjunction with MS&T’09. The members in attendance introduced themselves and discussed the overall structure of the committee membership. A representative from the MS&T’09 organizing committee gave a review of the iron and steel technical program for MS&T’09. There were 230 steel-related presentations, and the iron and steel sessions were attended by 40–60 individuals at any given time. Planning is currently under way for MS&T’10, to be held in Houston, Texas, Oct. 17–21, 2010. Five symposia in iron and steel are being organized, including the first AIST Adolf Martens Lecture. An overview of MPPATC sessions for AISTech 2010 was provided by the MPPATC papers chair. There will be three sessions at AISTech 2010 sponsored by the MPPATC showcasing research and development groups providing technological assistance to the steel industry, both from within the steel industry community and via international universities. The meeting concluded with the presentation of the Metallurgy Division awards. The Jerry Silver Award for the best process metallurgy or product application paper presented by a student went to Bret Rietow and Brian G. Thomas of the University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign for their paper entitled, “Using Nail Board Experiments to Quantify Surface Velocity in the CC Mold.” The Gilbert Speich Award for best physical metallurgy paper presented went to Dengqi Bai, Todd Nelson, Rick Bodnar, Sorin Scumpu and Michael A. Cooke of SSAB IPSCO for their paper entitled, “IPSCO Development of High-Performance Steels for Bridge Applications.” The Richard Fruehan Award for best process metallurgy paper presented went to Mark A. Nicholls, Zafer Koont, Brian D. Nelson, Darren Bray and Jeffrey Felker of ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc. for their paper entitled, “Copper Plating Phenomenon During Pickling of Steel.”
The Metallurgy — Processing, Products & Applications Technology Committee (MPPATC) met on May 5 during AISTech 2009. The chair opened the meeting, thanked all for attending, and noted that the meeting was subject to the AIST Anti-Trust Guidelines. The MPPATC sessions for AISTech 2009 were discussed, and concern was raised regarding authors who submitted papers but did not present. It was noted that the AIST policy is that papers were not placed on the conference proceedings without an author being registered to attend AISTech. Officer elections then took place. Quilin Yu of Nucor Steel is the new chair, and Kip Findley of the Colorado School of Mines is the vice chair. Amy Clarke of Los Alamos National Laboratories is the MS&T’10 Programming Coordinating Committee AIST representative. Lifeng Zhang of the Missouri Institute of Science & Technology volunteered to be papers chair, and Ron Radzilowski of Severstal Dearborn will continue to perform the duties of awards chair. An update was provided to the members concerning the five symposia organized by the MPPATC for MS&T’09. The five symposia contain 19 different sessions on subjects such as: EBDS, zinc-coated products, inclusions and clean steels, steel metallurgy and applications, and processing and properties of cast, forged and specialty steels. Members of the MPPATC are also beginning plans for stand-alone Specialty Training Conferences on plate rolling and cooling and microalloying of steel. The next MPPATC meeting will be co-located with MS&T’09 in Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 25–29, 2009.
The Metallurgy — Rolling & Processing Technology Committee (MRPTC) met for lunch on Oct. 7 during MS&T’08 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Following member introductions and a review of the AIST Anti-Trust Guidelines, a discussion ensued regarding the AIST Technology Divisions and Technology Committees and a more suitable name for the MRPTC. Members made suggestions for a new committee name, and a change in the committee name to Metallurgy — Product, Process & Application Technology Committee was unanimously approved. The request for the name change will be forwarded to the AIST Technology Council for final approval. The committee then discussed other ideas to spread the appeal of steel industry careers. The idea would be to showcase the technological advancements in the steel industry and how the work environment of the steel industry is clean and vibrant. Following these discussions, the members modified the mission statement of the committee to reflect the change in committee name. AISTech 2009 technical session planning and session chair selection was completed. Session chairs were advised of their responsibilities for their session, including contacting the authors to ensure paper submittal and conference registration and reviewing any submitted papers for quality. Kip Findlay, the MRPTC’s lead organizer for MS&T’09, provided an update on the six symposia planned for that conference, which include spot welding for AHSS; zinc-coated products, process and product development; accelerated cooling of steel and recent developments. The committee then discussed plans for a plate conference to be organized for 2010, and the target location would be in Pittsburgh, Pa. The last item of business was the presentation of the Jerry Silver Award and the Speich Award. The 2008 Jerry Silver Award for best student paper on process metallurgy and product application went to Ryan Regier of the Colorado School of Mines for his paper entitled, “Thermomechanical Processing Effects on the Elevated Temperature Behavior of Niobium Bearing Fire-Resistant Steel.” Co-authors of the paper were Amy Bailey of Gerdau Ameristeel Midlothian, Steven Jansto of Reference Metals Co., and John Speer and David Matlock of the Colorado School of Mines. The Gilbert R. Speich Award for best physical metallurgy paper was presented to Dr. Matt Merwin, U. S. Steel Research and Technology Center, for his paper entitled, “Microstructure and Properties of Cold Rolled and Annealed Low-Carbon Manganese TRIP Steels.” The MRPTC will hold a conference call in March to update session organization for AISTech 2009 and MS&T’09.
The AIST Process and Product Metallurgy Operating Committee (PPMOC) met on May 5, during lunch at AISTech 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Following introductions, the meeting began with a discussion on the AISI Manufacturing Committee and AIST Operating Committee integration process. The new AIST Metallurgy — Rolling and Processing Technology Committee (MRPTC) will be comprised of the AISI Manufacturing Committee on the Metallurgy of Tin Mill Practices and the former PPMOC. A suggestion was made during the discussion to consider a name change of the new Technology Committee to highlight the committee’s involvement in product technology, in addition to process and rolling. The discussion will be continued at the next MRPTC meeting. A review of the AISTech 2008 PPMOC technical sessions was conducted, and officers were then elected for 2008–2009. The former vice chair was elected as chair, and a new vice chair was elected. The awards chair was re-elected to his position. A review was conducted of the MRPTC mission statement, and it was voted that it be maintained as is. An update was then provided on the planning process for the AIST Steel Properties and Applications Conference, to be held during MS&T’08 in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 5–9, 2008. A request was made for session chairs for the conference, and volunteers were taken. The next MRPTC meeting will take place Oct. 7, 2008, during MS&T’08.
