Research Program

Research Program | Industrial Members | Activities in Specific Research Areas

The CISR conducts research projects in ironmaking, steelmaking, clean steel, and casting. The Center typically has about twelve projects at any given time. The projects are designed in conjunction with and approved by the industrial partners and last approximately three years.

The CISR includes faculty from the materials science and engineering department in Carnegie Mellon University and is augmented by visiting professors and researchers from around the world. There are normally 12 or more graduate students and undergraduate students working within the center.

Current Research Projects

• Fundamentals of New Ironmaking Processes
• Mixed Burden Softening and Melting Phenomenon
• Simulation of Reduction of Iron-Ore Carbon Composite Pellets in a Rotary Hearth
• Furnace
• A New Ironmaking Process to Reduce Energy and CO 2 Emissions
• Oxidation and Decarburization in TRIP Steels
• Effect of Particle Size on Heterogeneous Nucleation
• Effect of Mold Crystallization and Its Chemistry on Radiative Heat Transfer
• Minimization of Oscillation Marks
• The Ability of Slags to Absorb Solid Oxide Inclusions
• A Study of Austenite Formation Precipitate Growth in Duplex Stainless Steels
• Oxygen Utilization and Decarburization in the Electric Arc Furnace
• Formation of Al-Ti Inclusions