worldsteel Announces the steeluniversity Challenge Regional Champions
11/22/2013 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced 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 US$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.
The regional champions of the Industry category
The regional champions of the Student category
For more information on the results of the challenge, click here.
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.
The regional champions of the Industry category
| Region | Team members | Affiliation | Country |
| Latin America |
Franco Andrés Göttig, José Ignacio Petean |
Siderar SAIC | Argentina |
| North America |
Jaclyn Howe, Alyssa Briere |
U. S. Steel | Canada |
| Europe-CIS |
Juha Erkkilä, Veli Vuorenmaa |
Ruukki Metals | Finland |
| East Asia-Oceania |
Shen Yongdai, Wang Dugang |
Ansteel | China |
| Middle East-India-Africa |
Kausik Tamuli, Animesh Kumar Singh |
Tata Steel Ltd. | India |
The regional champions of the Student category
| Region | Team members | Affiliation | Country |
| Latin America |
Ezio Agustín Casalini, Francisco Brañas |
Universidad Nacional del Sur | Argentina |
| North America |
Seth Rummel, Sonny Tengblad |
Missouri University of Science and Technology | USA |
| Europe-CIS |
Fabiano Da Silva Lima, Álax Jean Pereira Costa |
DID Deutsch Institut | Germany |
| East Asia-Oceania |
Zewei Liang, Jiafa Zhu |
Wuhan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Middle East-India-Africa |
Chandrahaasan Kattuputhur Soundararajan, Sethu Prasanth Shanmugam |
PSG College of Technology | India |
For more information on the results of the challenge, click here.
