July 2026

Steel Ladle Lining Design and Performance Improvements at U. S. Steel – Fairfield Tubular Steelmaking Operations by U. S. Steel – Fairfield Tubular Operations and U. S. Steel Research & Technology Center (AISTech 2025) 

Physical Modeling of Agitation in Refining Ladle With Submerged Lance Gas Blowing Injection: A Comparison Between Two-Nozzle and Single-Nozzle by Universidade Federal de ouro Preto (AISTech 2025)

Predictive Modeling for Slidegate Refractory Wear: A Machine Learning Approach for Enhanced Condition Monitoring in Steelmaking Processes by Ternium Brasil (AISTech 2025)

Fundamentals of Slag-Steel-Inclusion Multiphase Reactions for Producing Clean Steels During Secondary Refining and Continuous Casting Process by Hyundai Steel Co. and Hanyang University (AISTech 2025)

Low-CO₂-Footprint MgO-C Refractory Concept — Properties and Performance Comparable to Standard Virgin Raw-Material-Based Qualities by RHI Magnesita (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations:

Digital Twin of a High-Speed Billet Caster by Carnegie Mellon University

August 2026

Heating Technologies Enabling Fossil-Free Galvanizing With Zero Emission by SMS group and Drever International (AISTech 2025) 

Comparison of Slab Thermal Stresses in Methane vs. Hydrogen-Fired Reheating Furnace Operations With Computational Fluid Dynamics by Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS), Purdue University Northwest; and Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor (AISTech 2025)

Challenges During Secondary Metallurgy in the Transformation From Converter to Electric Steelmaking by Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH (AISTech 2025)

Strategies for Reducing CO₂ Emissions by 40% in Integrated Steel Mills With Minimal Capital Investment by RSConsultants Ltda (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations: Interpreting EAF Plant Data Using Physics and Machine Learning by Carnegie Mellon University (AISTech 2026)

September 2026

Fast and Accurate Quantification of Elemental Macrosegregation in Continuously Cast Slabs Using the Micro-XRF Technique by Missouri University of Science and Technology and U. S. Steel Research and Technology Center (AISTech 2026) 

HD Scan Technology Implementation at U. S. Steel by U. S. Steel – Fairfield Tubular Operations and SMS group GmbH (AISTech 2026)

Steel Cleanliness Assessment After Implementation of a Shrouded Oxygen Lancing Device by Ternium Brasil (AISTech 2026)

Flow and Bubble Analysis Inside a Full-Scale Water Model for Continuous Casting Mold by University of Toronto and ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P. (AISTech 2026)

Digital Transformations:

A Digital Twin Framework for Continuous Casting With Integrated AI-Based Surface Inspection by Sapotech Oy and Casim Consulting Oy (AISTech 2026)