The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced today the regional champions for the 8th steeluniversity Challenge.
The regional championship took place online for a 24-hour period on 12 November 2013. This year’s Challenge attracted 2,024 teams representing 41 different countries, an increase of 76% compared to last year. More than 48,000 attempts were made and 1,244 teams successfully completed the task. The lowest cost achieved at the regional championship was $62.16/tonne.
The new regional champions in the ‘Industry’ and ‘Student’ categories will be invited with expenses paid to compete for the title of World Champion in Brussels in February 2014 in the presence of leaders of the global steel industry. All regional champions will be awarded certificates and cash prizes. At the end of the Grand Final world championship trophies will be awarded in the two categories.
The entrants were challenged to cast high strength steel billets at the lowest total cost using a continuous casting simulation at steeluniversity.org. An application of this steel is the cables of suspension bridges* (see notes).
The regional champions of the Industry category
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Region
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Team members
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Affiliation
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Country
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| Latin America |
Franco Andrés Göttig,
José Ignacio Petean
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Siderar SAIC | Argentina |
| North America |
Jaclyn Howe,
Alyssa Briere
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U. S. Steel | Canada |
| Europe-CIS |
Juha Erkkilä,
Veli Vuorenmaa
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Ruukki Metals | Finland |
| East Asia-Oceania |
Shen Yongdai,
Wang Dugang
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Ansteel | China |
| Middle East-India-Africa |
Kausik Tamuli,
Animesh Kumar Singh
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Tata Steel Ltd. | India |
The regional champions of the Student category
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Region
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Team members
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Affiliation
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Country
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| Latin America |
Ezio Agustín Casalini,
Francisco Brañas
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Universidad Nacional del Sur | Argentina |
| North America |
Seth Rummel,
Sonny Tengblad
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Missouri University of Science and Technology | USA |
| Europe-CIS |
Fabiano Da Silva Lima,
Álax Jean Pereira Costa
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DID Deutsch Institut | Germany |
| East Asia-Oceania |
Zewei Liang,
Jiafa Zhu
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Wuhan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Middle East-India-Africa |
Chandrahaasan Kattuputhur Soundararajan,
Sethu Prasanth Shanmugam
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PSG College of Technology | India |
Notes :
- Modern suspension bridges are constructed using high strength steel cables which suspend a roadway from two tall towers. Suspension bridges can span greater distances than any other type of bridge and typically use less material, leading to lower construction costs. The main cables of the world’s longest suspension bridge, the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge in Japan, were each fabricated using 36,830 individual wires of galvanised, high strength steel (~1800 MPa), arranged into hexagonal strands, which were then suspended over the towers to form the main cables.
- The steeluniversity website is an innovative e-learning resource focused on all aspects of steel, including steelmaking technology and the multitude of steel applications. It provides highly interactive, game-like simulations of the major steelmaking processes in real-time. This award-winning, online initiative is developed and sponsored by the World Steel Association.
- steeluniversity resources are used by more than 100 steel companies and 200 universities worldwide. Many of its modules have been translated into other languages, including Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Korean, Spanish, Russian, German and Japanese.
- steeluniversity won the European Academic Software Awards (EASA) in 2004 and the steeluniversity project team was recognised with the AIST’s Benjamin F. Fairless Award in 2008.
- The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world. worldsteel represents approximately 170 steel producers (including 17 of the world’s 20 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. worldsteel members represent around 85% of world steel production.
- www.worldsteel.org