Speakers

Pr. Philippe Maugis

Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IM2NP

Philippe Maugis is full professor at IM2NP (Institut for Materials, Microelectronics and Nanosciences of Provence – Marseille). He worked for 13 years on the physical metallurgy of steels within the Arcelor research centre, where he gained experience in the field of phase transformations in plain carbon and stainless steels. He specializes in multiscale modeling of microstructural evolutions in steels, from the atomic scale (Density Functional Theory, Kinetic Monte Carlo) to the macroscopic scale (mean-field models).

Pr. Frédéric Christien

Mines Saint-Étienne, Mines-Télécom, Saint-Étienne, France

Frédéric Christien began his career as a lecturer at the University of Nantes, then joined the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne as a professor in 2015. For 25 years, he has devoted much of his research work to the phenomenon of interfacial segregation in metals. In particular, he has contributed to the development of various measurement methodologies using Auger and X-ray spectroscopies, NanoSIMS and transmission electron microscopy.

Dr. Manon Rolland

UMET, Université de Lille, Lille, France

Dr. Philippe Russo

ArcelorMittal, Maizières-lès-Metz, France

Philippe Russo is a Research engineer working for ArcelorMittal in Maizières lès Metz, graduating in 1986 with a specialization in Mineral Processing. That same year, he joined IRSID to work on the iron ore sintering process. He then expanded his expertise to include ferrous scrap preparation, notably by taking on the role of Technical Director at CTRA (Technical Center for Steel Recycling), which led him to improve ferrous scrap shredding and sorting processes. Subsequently, he was head of the Raw Materials cluster within IRSID's, and then Technical Advisor, responsible for R&D projects focused on improving ferrous scrap quality and recycling steel produced by the ArcelorMittal Group. Philippe Russo has participated in numerous European research projects and is the author or co-author of many publications on ferrous scrap preparation and steel recycling. He also teaches steel recycling at various engineering schools and universities.

Dr. Neil MacDonald

Saint-Gobain

Dr. Nicolas Grundy

Thermo-Calc Software AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Nicholas Grundy completed his Ph.D. at ETH Zurich, where he focused on CALPHAD-based thermodynamic assessments and model development for oxide systems used for functional ceramics. He then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at École Polytechnique in Montréal, working within the FactSage group on thermophysical properties and database development of slag systems. Following his academic work, Nicholas spent ten years in industry as a process metallurgist with SMS group. He joined Thermo-Calc Software AB in 2017, where his primary focus has been advancing the application of Thermo-Calc to ferrous process metallurgy.