Metallurgy – Steelmaking & Casting Technology Committee Meeting

11–12 February 2025 • Hilton Garden Inn Mobile West • Mobile, AL USA

►Agenda (PDF)
►Register or contact ldlugopolski@aist.org

Hotel Arrangements

Hilton Garden Inn Mobile West
828 West Interstate 65 Service Rd S
Reserve by 17 January for AIST Room Rate of $111
For reservations, book online

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Tuesday 11 February

1. Breakfast <07:00 a.m.>
2. Chair’s opening remarks – Sunday Abraham <08:00 a.m.>
3. Appoint minute-taker
4. Antitrust guidelines
5. Membership and attendance
6. Review minutes of previous meeting
7. AIST Staff Announcements
8. AIST Steel Industry Fatalities

Main agenda items

Finalize AISTech sessions
Papers due to AIST (17 February)
Author Registration deadline (5 March)
Presentation Draft Due in to AIST (17 March)
Re-emphasize the role of Session Chair and Papers Chair
- Nominations for committee officers 2025 – 2026 term
- Finalize committee roundup (if applicable)
- Technology Training conference (if applicable)
- Study Tour planning (if applicable)
- Update from liaisons—Digital Transformation Subcommittee, Decarbonization, Young Professionals (if applicable)

Discussion items

a. <meeting topic and presentations to be filled in by Committee Chair>

Next meeting – AISTech 5-8 May 2025, Nashville, TN

Chair conclusion – Sunday Abraham

Lunch in Meeting Room <Noon>

Tour of SSAB Mobile <01:30 – 04:30 p.m.>

SSAB Mobile (Alabama)

12400 Highway 43 N, Axis, AL 36505

Wednesday 12 February

Breakfast <07:00 a.m.>

Chair’s opening remarks – Sunday Abraham <08:00 a.m.>

Presentations

a. “Slab Casting Simulation with CON1D” by Dylan Palmer of SSAB

b. “The Synergistic Effect of Si and Mn in Peritectic Range of AHSS Steel-Grades” by Muhammad Anwarul Nazim of Missouri S&T

c. “High B2O3 Containing Mold Powder Applied to High Al Peritectic AHSS Commercial Casting” by Hongbin Yin of ArcelorMittal

d. Presentation on Peritectic by Frank Whitaker of Vesuvius

e. Presentation on Peritectic by Thinium Natarajan of United States Steel Corporation