Research Team Awarded Inaugural T.C. Graham Prize
10/08/2015 - A team of Canada-based researchers has been awarded the Association for Iron & Steel Technology’s inaugural T.C. Graham Prize, the association has announced.
The team was recognized for its work, “High-Strength, Interstitial-Free Steel Obtained Using FeC Amorphous Films and Induction Heating for Packaging Applications and Cladding With Lighter Metals for Auto Body Panels.”
The winning team, which will share in a US$20,000 cash prize, is made up of University of Ottawa doctoral student Elisa Cantergiani, CanmetMATERIALS research scientist Colin Scott, University of British Columbia materials engineering professor Chad Sinclair, and University of British Columbia doctoral student Benjamin Lawrence.
Their work offers a new approach to diffuse carbon into interstitial-free steel (IF steel) to obtain a higher increase of yield stress in relation to the automotive and packaging sectors.
The prize, made possible by a donation from longtime steel industry executive Thomas C. Graham Sr., was established as a way to recognize innovative applications for steel that may lead to the development of new markets.
Their work was selected from among 23 submissions. Four of those submissions advanced to a final round of judging.
The other finalists were "Innovative Application of Thermoelectric Generators With Fe-Based Bonding Layers for Recovering Industrial and Automobile Waste Heat Into Renewable Energy," presented by Cheng-Chieh Li; "Copper Clad Steel for Products With Anti-Microbial Properties," presented by Alan Druschitz; and "Anodized Steel Structures and Tools,” presented by Thomas David Burleigh.
The organization's official announcement can be found here.
The winning team, which will share in a US$20,000 cash prize, is made up of University of Ottawa doctoral student Elisa Cantergiani, CanmetMATERIALS research scientist Colin Scott, University of British Columbia materials engineering professor Chad Sinclair, and University of British Columbia doctoral student Benjamin Lawrence.
Their work offers a new approach to diffuse carbon into interstitial-free steel (IF steel) to obtain a higher increase of yield stress in relation to the automotive and packaging sectors.
The prize, made possible by a donation from longtime steel industry executive Thomas C. Graham Sr., was established as a way to recognize innovative applications for steel that may lead to the development of new markets.
Their work was selected from among 23 submissions. Four of those submissions advanced to a final round of judging.
The other finalists were "Innovative Application of Thermoelectric Generators With Fe-Based Bonding Layers for Recovering Industrial and Automobile Waste Heat Into Renewable Energy," presented by Cheng-Chieh Li; "Copper Clad Steel for Products With Anti-Microbial Properties," presented by Alan Druschitz; and "Anodized Steel Structures and Tools,” presented by Thomas David Burleigh.
The organization's official announcement can be found here.
