Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Project management on continuous casting of steel. Main subjects: mould fluid flow, mould heat transfer, initial solidification, novel steel grades, steel defects and clean steel, interfacial reactions, thermodynamic calculations. Tundish metallurgy. HS&E aspects (Health, Safety and Environment), related to the continuous casting process of steel. The development and application of mould powders for the continuous casting process. Collaboration with universities and industrial partners.
Project management of R&D projects on continuos casting of steel, aiming in a production increase and an increase of product quality.
Process research on continuous casting of steel including the introduction of novel steelgrades. The development of mould powders, allowing high speed casting of steel up to 8 m/min with the thin slab casting technique. Collaboration with Imperial College (London), Sumitomo Metal Industries (Japan), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) and TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany).
PhD project on high speed continuous casting of steel within the framework of M2i/Delft University of Technology (Cluster high performance steels, Prof. Jilt Sietsma). Supervisors: Prof. dr. R. Boom (Delft University of Technology) and Prof. dr. K.C. Mills (Imperial College London). Dissertation "Mould powders for high speed continuous casting of steel".
Projectleader on process development, product development and operational support for high speed thin slab casting of steel (Direct Sheet Plant, IJmuiden, The Netherlands).
Projectleader international project (ECSC) "Mould powder developments for faster casting speeds and thin slab casting". Project partners from the UK (2), Austria, Italy, Spain and The Netherlands.