1 EUROPEAN STEEL COMPANIES–UNIVERSITIES JOINT CONFERENCE Warsaw April 2007 Education in Ironmaking & Steelmaking in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends Carlo Mapelli

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 2 Topics 1.Educational tradition in Italy in the steelmaking field. 2.The training in steelmaking at Politecnico di Milano. 3.The experience developed through different educational solutions. 4.The student trend. 5.Up-dating of the handbooks and of the didactic tools. 6.The role played by the cultural association and institutions focused on the metallurgical field.

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends : Institution of the first course in Steelmaking 1935: First Master in Steelmaking Ironmaking and Steelmaking Cold Forming and Hot Forming of the steel Physical and Technological Tests Metallography Physical Chemistry in steelmaking Electric Furnaces Iron and Steel Foundry Structures of steel

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 4 The Steelmaking Laboratories at Politecnico di Milano

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 5 The First Steelmaking Laboratories at Politecnico di Milano

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 6 Steelmaking Courses active in Italy Rome Università degli Studi La Sapienza Padua Università degli Studi Udine Università degli Studi Bologna Università degli Studi Turin Politecnico di Torino Milan Politecnico di Milano BresciaUniversità degli Studi The only training course supported also by the presence of the experimental laboratories is the one at Politecnico di Milano also thanks to the support of the Falck Fund instituted on at Politecnico di Milano ( ).

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 7 Distribution of the Italian Steelmaking Unities

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9 The Educational Offer at Politecnico di Milano

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 10 Audience of Courses at Politecnico di Milano

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 11 Other Training Tools CoESi (Partnership between Politecnico di Milano and Tenaris Dalmine which) was active since 2000 to 2004 and it has erogated 10 scholarship support for Ph.D. dedicated to steelmaking items. 5 Ph.D. Scholarship supported by: –2 Siemens Voest Alpine (Steel Forming) –1 Techint (Steelmaking Slag Recycling) –1 Feralpi (Improvement in the energy efficiency of EAF) –1 Riva Group (Solidification of billet in continuous casting) –…for the next year 1 Marcegaglia, 1 AST Arvedi, 1 Prosimet, 1 CSM Master in Steelmaking through a cooperative collaboration among Politecnico di Milano, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Lucchini-Severstal

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 12 Future Trends are related to the integration with our partners in education

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Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 14 Up-dating of the handbooks

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 15 AIM-Promotion among the young students AIM offers a special rate for the junior students: –Association Rate of –Possibility to partecipate to all the organized events without any charge –Discount on the AIM published books

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 16 Courses promoted by AIM in collaboration with Enterprises

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 17 Future up-dating of the handbooks Best integration about the following items: –Thermodynamics and Kynetics of Steelmaking –Solidification of the Steel –Principles for the Designing and Regulation of the Steelmaking Plants –Plastic Deformation of Steels Possibility to implement on-line facilities: –A cooperation among POLIMI – Siderweb – Università degli Studi di Brescia has already been performed and structured on three main items: Physical Metallurgy of steels Steelmaking Steel Applications ……but a better modulation of the items and of the didactic forms needs to be implemented

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 18 Role of AIM in collaboration with the university institutions The cultural institutions active in the metallurgy field play an important role of joining between industry and academies; realization of courses related to the permanent up-dating of the people operating in manufacturing; promotion of the employment possibilities among the students which stimulate them to follow the metallurgical training courses. …an interesting experience about the on-line training has been led by AIM at an international level as coordinator of METRO (Metallurgical Training On-Line) funded by EU.

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Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 20 is a fully indipendent web-site completely dedicated to steelmaking News Market Analysis Information Data Bank Education

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 21 The first Italian On-line Course 1. Fundamentals Brief History of Steelmaking Fe-C Diagram Main metallographic structure and examination technique Thermal treatment Fatigue phenomena and brittleness of the steels Corrosion and Coating Mechanical Test 2. Steel Grades and Properties Classification of the steels Influence of detrimental elements Structural Steels Special Steel Grades Stainless Steels Steels for particular apllications Criteria for the correct choice of the steels 3. Fundamentals about the Steelmaking Processes Blast-Furnace & BOF EAF Secondary Metallurgy and Ladle Furnace Operations Technolgies for the solidification of the steels Hot and Warm Forming Cold Forming Weldability Environmental Impact of the Steelmaking Processes

Education in I&S metallurgy in Italy: Past experience and Future Trends 22 New Initiatives- A New Master Dedicated to the Management Roles Decisional Process in a Steelmaking Companies as a function of the Steelmaking Plants and of the Implemented Production Processes The main aim is to provide also to the management an integrated and critical vision of the steelmaking systems The course is promoted by Siderweb, Politecnico di Milano, Isfor 2000, University of Brescia, Catholic University of Holy Heart Strategy Management of Human Resources in Steelmaking Finance & Administration in a Steelmaking company Logistics Steelmaking Plant & Processes Fundamentals of Metallurgy Communications

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24 EUROPEAN STEEL COMPANIES–UNIVERSITIES JOINT CONFERENCE Warsaw April 2007 Industrial & Hiring strategy: recruiting needs Andrzej Wypych