Introduction to Steel Processing

Three-day hands-on course covering the fundamentals of steel processing and its interaction with end-product structure, properties, and performance. Topics to be covered include:

• Chemistry-Process-Structure-Property-Performance (CPSPP) paradigm for material development
• Alloying elements and their effects
• Fundamentals of various steel processing methods
• Overview of steel phases, transformations, and microstructures, and their connection with properties and performance
• Live demonstrations of steel processing including vacuum induction melting, ingot casting, hot rolling, forging/pressing, etc.

Instructor(s): Hongjoo Rhee and Shiraz Mujahid

Please contact Coretta Price at cprice@cavse.msstate.edu or 601-407-2770 if you have any questions.