Cong Wang Appointments Education Awards/Honors

CONG WANG

School of Metallurgy Tel.: +86-24-83681231 Northeastern University Cell: +86-157-02435155 3-11 Wenhua Road [email protected] Shenyang, Liaoning, 110819, China [email protected]

APPOINTMENTS

Professor Northeastern University, Shenyang, China 2014-present Head Department of Metallurgical Engineering 2019-present Research Associate Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA 2013-2014

Senior Research Engineer Saint-Gobain R&D, Northborough, MA, USA 2012-2013 Project Leader

Senior Research Engineer Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, PA, USA 2010-2012

EDUCATION

PhD Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2009 Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Professor Sridhar Seetharaman MS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2006 Materials Science and Engineering Advisors: Professors Enhou Han and Yongbo Xu BS Northeastern University, Shenyang, China 2003 Materials Science and Engineering Top Talents Class

AWARDS/HONORS

Silver Medal Award ASM 2019 Early Career Faculty Fellow Award TMS 2018 USA Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award SME 2014 Emerging Leaders Alliance Capstone Program UEF 2011 Young Leader Professional Development Award TMS 2011 Outstanding Young Metallurgist Chinese Society for Metals 2018 China Excellent Young Scientist Award NSFC 2016 1000 Talents Program Government 2014 UK Newton Advanced Fellowship The Royal Society 2016 Japan JSPS Invitational Fellowship JSPS 2017 Turkey TÜBİTAK 2221 Fellowship TÜBİTAK 2018

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Shenyang Chapter Inaugural Chair 2017-present Material Advantage NEU Chapter Faculty Advisor 2017-present Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Key Reader 2011-present Chair, BoR 2019-present ASM Pittsburgh Chapter Exec. Comm. Member 2010-2011 Journal of Materials Engineering and Editorial Board 2012-2014 Performance Member Grossman/Howe Medal Committee Member 2013-2015 Energy Committee Chair 2016-2018 TMS Materials and Student Development EPD Representative 2018-present Content Dissemination Committee Member 2011-2017 International Journal of Refractory Metals 2012-present and Hard Materials Journal of Materials Science and Editorial Board 2015-present Technology Member Other Journal of Iron and Steel Research, Journals 2016-present International JOM Guest Editor 2014 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E International Metallurgical Processes Chair 2017, 2019 Workshop for Young Scholars REWAS 2013: Enabling Materials Resource Co-organizer 2013 Sustainability Energy Technologies and Carbon Dioxide Conferences Organizer/co-organizer 2014-2018 Symposia Management Symposium 10th International Conference on Molten Technical Advisory 2016 Slags, Fluxes and Salts Committee 19th International Metallurgy and Materials Technical Advisory 2018 Conference Committee

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. In-situ High Energy Diffraction Studies of Inclusion Formation in Welded Steels, TSPC1070, £80,000, 2020-2022, PI.

2. Inclusion Evolution Behaviors in the Weld Metal of Low Carbon Low Alloy Shipbuilding Steels, RS- NSFC, ￥100,000+£12,000, 2020-2022, PI.

3. Fluxes-Assisted Inclusion Engineering: Applications in Low-carbon Low-alloy Shipbuilding Plates, BRICS STI, ￥1,600,000, 2018-2021, PI.

4. Optimized Design of Weld Pool Solidification Structure via Flux-Assisted Inclusion Engineering: Application into Shipbuilding Steels, NSFC-RS, ￥416,000+£110,000, 2018-2021, PI.

5. Oxide Metallurgy, NSFC, ￥1,500,000, 2017-2019, PI.

PATENTS

1. Cong Wang, Yonggang Fan, A Ultra-high-strength Copper-titanium Alloy and Preparation Method, China. Patent, 201910262285.9, granted, 2020/08/06.

2. Cong Wang, Yonggang Fan, A Copper-titanium Alloy for Grinding Wheel Matrix and Preparation Method, China. Patent, 201910262283.X, granted, 2020/08/05.

3. Cong Wang, Yonggang Fan, A Copper-titanium Alloy and Preparation Method, China. Patent, 201910262285.9, granted, 2020/07/06.

4. Srinivasan Ramanath, Rachana Upadhyay, Robert Corcoran, Cong Wang, Abrasive Article with Hybrid Bond, U.S. Patent, 9724805, granted, 2017/08/08.

5. Srinivasan Ramanath, Kenneth A. Saucier, Rachana Upadhyay, Cong Wang, Bonded Abrasive Article and Method of Grinding, U.S. Patent, 9278431, granted, 2016/03/08.

6. Srinivasan Ramanath, Kenneth A. Saucier, Rachana Upadhyay, Cong Wang, Bonded Abrasive Article and Method of Grinding, U.S. Patent, 9266219, granted, 2016/02/23.

7. Srinivasan Ramanath, Kenneth A. Saucier, Rachana Upadhyay, Lenny C. Sales, Marc A. Lamoureux, Matthew F. Jacob, Cong Wang, Bonded Abrasive Article and Method of Grinding, U.S. Patent, 9102039, granted, 2015/08/11.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Jin Zhang, Theresa Coetsee, Somnath Basu, Cong Wang*, “Impact of Gas Formation on the Transfer of Ti and O from TiO2-bearing Basic-fluoride Fluxes to Submerged Arc Welded Metals: A Thermodynamic Approach”, CALPHAD, in revised form.

2. Yonggang Fan, Junxiang Fan, Cong Wang*, “Detailing Interfacial Reaction Layer Products between Cubic Boron Nitride and Cu-Sn-Ti Active Filler Metal”, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, accepted, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2020.08.014).

3. Jin Zhang, Theresa Coetsee, Hongbiao Dong, Cong Wang*, “Element Transfer Behaviors of Fused CaF2-TiO2 Fluxes in EH36 Shipbuilding Steel during High Heat Input Submerged Arc Welding”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, accepted.

4. Yanyun Zhang, Theresa Coetsee, Haifeng Yang, Tan Zhao, Cong Wang*, “Structural Roles of TiO2 in CaF2-SiO2-CaO-TiO2 Submerged Arc Welding Fluxes”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, accepted.

5. Jin Zhang, Theresa Coetsee, Hongbiao Dong, Cong Wang*, “Elucidating the Roles of SiO2 and MnO upon Decarburization During Submerged Arc Welding: A Thermodynamic Study into EH36 Shipbuilding Steel”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 51(2020) 1805-1812.

6. Jin Zhang, Theresa Coetsee, Hongbiao Dong, Cong Wang*, “Fine-Tuned Element Transfer Strategies for Ternary CaF2-SiO2-CaO Fluxes in Submerged Arc Welding: An Environmentally Friendly Approach”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 51(2020) 1350-1354.

7. Jin Zhang, Theresa Coetsee, Hongbiao Dong, Cong Wang*, “Element Transfer Behaviors of Fused CaF2-SiO2-MnO Fluxes under High Heat Input Submerged Arc Welding”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 51(2020) 885-890.

8. Jin Zhang, Theresa Coetsee, Cong Wang*, “Element Transfer Behaviors of Fused CaF2-SiO2 Fluxes Subject to High Heat Input Submerged Arc Welding”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 51(2020) 16-21.

9. Xiaodong Zou, Jincheng Sun, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Profiling Microstructure Evolution Roadmap in Heat-Affected Zones of EH36 Shipbuilding Steel under Controlled Thermal Simulation”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51(2020) 3392-3397.

10. Yang Shen, Bo Chen, Cong Wang*, “In Situ Observation of Phase Transformations in the Coarse- Grained Heat-Affected Zone of P91 Heat-Resistant Steel during Simulated Welding Process”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51(2020) 3371-3376.

11. Xiaodong Zou, Jincheng Sun, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Unravelling Microstructure Evolution and Grain Boundary Misorientation in Coarse-Grained Heat-Affected Zone of EH420 Shipbuilding Steel Subject to Varied Welding Heat Inputs”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51(2020) 1044-1050.

12. Imants Kaldre*, Cong Wang, Reinis Baranovskis, “Experimental Investigation of Weld Pool Flow under ExternaI DC Magnetic Field”, Magnetohydrodynamics, 55(2019) 469-474.

13. Yonggang Fan, Junxiang Fan, Cong Wang*, “Brazing Temperature-Dependent Interfacial Reaction Layer Features between CBN and Cu-Sn-Ti Active Filler Metal”, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 35(2019) 2163-2168.

14. Yang Shen, Cong Wang*, “On the Heterogeneous Microstructure Development in the Welded Joint of 12MnNiVR Pressure Vessel Steel Subjected to High Heat Input Electrogas Welding”, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 35(2019) 1747-1752.

15. Yonggang Fan, Junxiang Fan, Cong Wang*, “Formation of Typical Cu-Ti Intermetallic Phases via a Liquid-Solid Reaction Approach”, Intermetallics, 113 (2019) 106577.

16. Yonggang Fan, Junxiang Fan, Cong Wang*, “Optimizing Wear Resistance via Brazing Temperature Adaption: Application into CBN/Cu-Sn-Ti Composites”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 50(2019) 2517-2522.

17. Jin Zhang, Ju Leng, Cong Wang*, “Tuning Weld Metal Mechanical Responses via Welding Flux Optimization of TiO2 Content: Application into EH36 Shipbuilding Steel”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 50(2019) 2083-2087.

18. Xiaodong Zou, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Quantifying MnS Inclusion Evolution Behaviors during 1473 K Heating in EH36 Shipbuilding Steel with Zr Addition”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 50(2019) 1134-1138.

19. Yonggang Fan, Junxiang Fan, Cong Wang*, “Influence of Holding Time on Interfacial Reaction Layer Characteristics and Wear Properties of CBN/Cu-Sn-Ti Composites”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 51(2020) 880-884.

20. Yonggang Fan, Junxiang Fan, Cong Wang*, “Influence of TiH2 on Interfacial Reactions Features between CBN and Cu-Sn-Ti Active Filler Metal”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 50(2019) 601-606.

21. Yang Shen, Cong Wang*, “Unexpected Charpy Impact Toughness Spike of 1.25Cr-0.5Mo Steel after Simulated Postweld Heat Treatment”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 50(2019) 595- 600.

22. Yang Shen, Cong Wang*, “In Situ Observation of Martensite Lath Growth Behaviors in the Coarse Grained Heat-Affected Zone of 1.25Cr-0.5Mo Heat-Resistant Steel During Simulated Welding”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 50(2019) 4955-4960.

23. Xiaodong Zou, Jincheng Sun, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Documenting Ferrite Nucleation Behavior Differences in the Heat-Affected Zones of EH36 Shipbuilding Steels with Mg and Zr Additions”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 50(2019) 4506-4512.

24. Xiaodong Zou, Jincheng Sun, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “In Situ Observation of the Nucleation and Growth of Ferrite Laths in Heat Affected Zone of EH36-Mg Shipbuilding Steel Subjected to Different Heat Input”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 49(2018) 2168-2173.

25. Xiaodong Zou, Dapeng Zhao, Jincheng Sun, Cong Wang*, Hiroyuki Matsuura, “An Integrated Study on the Evolution of Inclusions in EH36 Shipbuilding Steel with Mg Addition: From Casting to Welding”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 49(2018) 481-489.

26. Qiyu Wang, Xiaodong Zou, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Evolution of Inclusions during 1473K (1200℃) Heating Process of EH36 Shipbuilding Steel”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 49(2018) 18-22.

27. Yang Shen, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Evolution of Carbide Precipitates in 1.25Cr-0.5Mo Steel during Simulated Postweld Heat Treatment”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 49(2018) 4413–4418.

28. Dingchang Zhang, Qi Xue, Yingjie Ma, Cong Wang*, “Influence of Grain Size on Mechanical Responses in Beta Ti-12Mo Alloy Demonstrating Concurrent Twinning-Induced Plasticity/Transformation-induced Plasticity Effects”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 49(2018) 3161–3166.

29. Qi Xue, Yingjie Ma, Jiafeng Lei, Rui Yang*, Cong Wang*, “Mechanical Properties and Deformation Mechanisms of Ti-3Al-5Mo-4.5 V Alloy with Varied β Phase Stability”, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 34(2018) 2507-2514.

30. Qi Xue, Yingjie Ma*, Jiafeng Lei, Rui Yang, Cong Wang*, “Evolution of Microstructure and Phase Composition of Ti-3Al-5Mo-4.5V Alloy with Varied β Phase Stability”, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 34(2018) 2325-2330.

31. Jincheng Sun, Xiaodong Zou, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Effect of Heat Input on Inclusion Evolution Behavior in Heat-Affected Zone of EH36 Shipbuilding Steel”, JOM, 70(2018) 946-950.

32. Qiyu Wang, Xiaodong Zou, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang*, “Evolution of Inclusions during 1473K Heating Process in EH36 Shipbuilding Steel with Mg Addition”, JOM, 70(2018) 521-526.

33. Xiaodong Zou; Jincheng Sun; Dapeng Zhao; Cong Wang*; Hiroyuki Matsuura, “Effects of Zr Addition on the Evolution Behavior of Inclusions in EH36 Shipbuilding Steel: From Casting to Welding”, Journal of Iron and Steel Research, International, 25(2018) 164-172.

34. Cong Wang*, “Revisiting Materials Challenges from the Perspective of Energy Applications”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E, 3E (2016) 113-113.

35. Liqiang Wang, Cong Wang, Lai-Chang Zhang, Liangyu Chen, Weijie Lu, Di Zhang, “Phase Transformation and Deformation Behavior of NiTi-Nb Eutectic Joined NiTi Wires”, Scientific Reports, 6(2016) 23905.

36. Cong Wang*, David Dunand, “Nanoscale Cellular Structures at Phase-Boundaries of Ni-Cr-Al-Ti and Ni-Cr-Mo-Al-Ti Superalloys”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46 (2015) 2680-2687.

37. Cong Wang*, David Dunand, “Microstructure Evolution during Al, Ti and Mo Surface Deposition and Volume Diffusion in Ni-20Cr Wires and Woven Structures”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46 (2015) 2249-2254.

38. Liqiang Wang, Cong Wang, David Dunand, “Microstructure and Strength of NiTi-Nb Eutectic Braze Joining NiTi Wires”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46 (2015) 1433-1436.

39. Liqiang Wang, Cong Wang, Weijie Lu, David Dunand, “Superelasticity of NiTi–Nb Metallurgical Bonding via Nanoindentation Observation”, Materials Letters, 161 (2015) 255-258.

40. Cong Wang*, David Dunand, “Concurrent Kirkendall Effect and Vapor-Solid-Solid Crystal Growth in Ni Wires Subject to Mo Vapor Phase Deposition”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45 (2014) 6252-6259.

41. Cong Wang*, “Recent Advancements in Energy-Saving Technologies for the Metallurgical and Mining Industries”, JOM, 66 (2014) 1555-1556.

42. Cong Wang, Neerav Verma, Youjong Kwon, Wouter Tiekink , Naoki Kikuchi, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “A Study on the Transient Inclusion Evolution during Reoxidation of a Fe-Al-Ti-O Melt”, ISIJ International, 51 (2011) 375-381.

43. Cong Wang, Noel Thomas Nufher, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “Transient Behavior of Inclusion Chemistry, Shape and Structure in Fe-Al-Ti-O Melts: Effect of Gradual Increase in Titanium”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 41 (2010) 1084-1094.

44. Cong Wang, Noel Thomas Nufher, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “Transient Behavior of Inclusion Chemistry, Shape and Structure in Fe-Al-Ti-O Melts: Effect of Titanium/Aluminum Ratio”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 40 (2009) 1022-1034.

45. Cong Wang, Noel Thomas Nufher, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “Transient Behavior of Inclusion Chemistry, Shape and Structure in Fe-Al-Ti-O Melts: Effect of Titanium Source and Laboratory De-oxidation

Simulation”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 40 (2009) 1005-1021.

46. Cong Wang, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “De-oxidation Behaviors of Aluminum and Titanium in Iron Melts at 1973 K”, Sanyo Technical Report, 16 (2009) 1-9 (invited contribution).

47. Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “Effects of Temperature and Al-Ti Amounts on the Inclusion Morphology and Compositions in the Al-Ti Deoxidation Process”, CAMP-ISIJ, 21 (2008) 152.

48. Cong Wang, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Guanghua Wen, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “Experimental Simulation of the Role of Ti on Transient Reactions in Al-killed Fe-melts”, Revue de Métallurgie, 105 (2008) 22-32.

49. Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang, Guanghua Wen, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “Observation of Inclusion Evolution during Al and Ti Addition to Molten Iron”, CAMP-ISIJ, 20 (2007) 861.

50. Hiroyuki Matsuura, Cong Wang, Guanghua Wen, Sridhar Seetharaman*, “The Transient Stages of Inclusion Evolution during Al and/or Ti Additions to Molten Iron”, ISIJ International, 47 (2007) 1265-1274.

51. Cong Wang*, Zhuoqun Li, Yongbo Xu, Enhou Han, “Acoustic Emission Inspection of Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect and Deformation Mechanisms of Two Mg-Li-Al Alloys”, Journal of Materials Science, 42 (2007) 3573-3579.

52. Cong Wang*, Yongbo Xu, Enhou Han, “Serrated Flow and Abnormal Strain Rate Sensitivity of a Magnesium-Lithium Alloy”, Materials Letters, 60 (2006) 2941-2944.

53. Cong Wang*, Yongbo Xu, Enhou Han, “Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect of LA41 Magnesium Alloys”, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 42 (2006) 191-194. Featured in Frontiers of Materials Science, 1 (2007) 105-108.

54. Cong Wang*, Zhuoqun Li, Yongbo Xu, Lu Liu, Enhou Han, “Compression Behavior of a Magnesium- Lithium Alloy at Room Temperature”, Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 16 (2006) 1721-1724.

55. Cong Wang*, Yongbo Xu, Enhou Han, “Investigations on the Plastic Instability in an HCP Mg-Li Alloy”, Journal of Metallurgy, (2012) 674573.

PRESENTATIONS

1. “Fundamental Understanding of the Roles of Welding Flux during Submerged Arc Welding under High Heat Input: Application to Advanced Low Carbon Low Alloy Steels”, ASIA STEEL 2021, Hico, Gyeongju, Korea, May 2021 (keynote).

2. “Creep Cracking Mechanisms of Welded Joints for Cr-Mo Heat-Resistant Pressure Vessel Steels”, The 20th International Metallurgy and Materials Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2020 (keynote).

3. “An Overall Assessment of Welding Fluxes Geared Towards High Heat Input Application”, TMS 2019 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, February 2020 (keynote).

4. “A Fundamental Investigation on Welding Flux Tunability Geared towards High Heat Input Submerged Arc Welding for Shipbuiding Applications”, The Congress of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials 2019 , 2019 (APAM2019) Guangzhou, China, November, (invited). 5. “ Welding Metallurgy Foundation of Fluorine-Alkaline Flux-Assisted Flux in High heat Input Submerged Arc Welding”, Chinese Materials Conference 2019, Chengdu, China, July 2019 (invited).

6. “Unexpected Charpy Impact Toughness Spike of 1.25Cr-0.5Mo Steel After Simulated Postweld Heat Treatment”, TMS 2019 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, March 2019.

7. “New Insights into Interfacial Reactions between CBN and Cu-Sn-Ti Active Filler Metals”, TMS 2019 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, March 2019. 8. “ Preliminary Study on Submerged Arc Welding under High Heat Input: Application in EH36 Shipbuilding Steel”, 2018 National Conference on Metallurgical Physical Chemistry, Wuhan, China, October 2018 (invited). 9. “An overall assessment of inclusion evolution behaviors in EH36 shipbuilding steel”, 5th UK-China Steel Research Forum and 16th CMA-UK Conference on Materials Science & Engineering, Birmingham, UK, July 2018.

10. “Oxide Metallurgy: From Concept to Practice”, TMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, March 2018 (invited).

11. “Effect of Simulated Post-Weld Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 1.25Cr-0.5Mo Steel”, TMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, March 2018.

12. “In situ Observation of the Growth of Ferrite in the Heat Affected Zones of EH36 Shipbuilding Steel with Different Heat Input”, TMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, March 2018.

13. “Effects of Mg on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of EH36 Shipbuilding Steel”, TMS 2017 Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, February 2017.

14. “Utilization of Copper Smelter Slags by Direct Reduction”, TMS 2016 Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA, February 2016 (invited).

15. “Optimized Ladle Refining Strategies Geared towards Interstitial-Free Steel Production”, Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China, July 2014 (invited).

16. “Optimized Ladle Refining Strategies Geared towards Interstitial-Free Steel Production”, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, March 2014 (invited).

17. “Optimized Ladle Refining Strategies Geared towards Interstitial-Free Steel Production”, East Lake International Forum for Outstanding Oversea Young Scholars, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China, December 2013 (invited).

18. “A Study of Transient Ladle Reactions Involving Aluminum, Titanium and Oxygen in Molten Iron”, Northeastern University, Shenyang, P. R. China, July 2013 (invited).

19. “A Study of Transient Ladle Reactions Involving Aluminum, Titanium and Oxygen in Molten Iron”, Alcoa China Technical Center, Beijing, P. R. China, October 2011 (invited).

20. “A Study of Transient Ladle Reactions Involving Aluminum, Titanium and Oxygen in Molten Iron”, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, November 2009.

21. “A Study of Transient Ladle Reactions Involving Aluminum, Titanium and Oxygen in Molten Iron”, ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, USA, November 2009 (invited).

22. “A Study of Transient Ladle Reactions Involving Aluminum, Titanium and Oxygen in Molten Iron”, Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, USA, November 2009 (invited).

23. “An Experimental Study of Oxide-Inclusion Evolution as Function of Ti/Al Ratios in Iron Melts”,

Materials Science and Technology 2009, Pittsburgh, USA, October 2009 (keynote).

24. “A Study of Non-Metallic Inclusion Evolution inside Fe-Al-Ti-O Melts”, TMS 2009 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, February 2009.

25. “Transient Inclusion Formation Mechanisms during Al-Ti De-Oxidation Process”, International Conference on the Science and Technology of Steelmaking, Gifu-Shi, Japan, October 2008 (invited).

26. “A Study of Transient Ladle Reactions in Iron Melts Involving Aluminum, Titanium and Oxygen”, Sano Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, September 2008 (invited).

27. “Experimental Simulation of Transient Ladle Reactions in Fe-melts Involving Al and Ti”, Association for Iron and Steel Technology 2008, Pittsburgh, USA, May 2008 (invited).

28. “Experimental Simulation of the Role of Ti on Transient Reactions in Al-killed Fe-melts”, ATS International Steelmaking Conference, Paris, France, December 2007 (invited).