Research Activities, Staff and Students

The research activities of Professor Cramb include:

• Initial Solidification Phenomena in the Strip Casting of Steels
• Oscillation Mark Formation and Casting Defects
• Clean Steel Production
• Heat transfer during casting
• Inclusion Generation and Removal from Liquid Metals
• Heterogeneous Nucleation during casting

Prof. Cramb accepts graduate students based soley upon ability and interest in the areas of Professor Cramb's research. In addition, Prof. Cramb has limited number of positions for visiting and post doctoral researchers.

Prof. Cramb's research group includes:

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

• Christian Mutale
• Pello Uranga

Current Graduate Students

• Martin Valdez
• Guanguang Yu
• Wanlin Wang
• Aymeric Moinet

   

Former Graduate Students

• Dr. Lih Farn Shiau, (ME, 90)
• Dr. Balu Sarma, General Electric, (ME and Phd 92)
• Mr. W. G. Lo, China Steel (ME,92)
• Dr. Sunil Roy, I2 Corporation, (ME and PhD, 93)
• Dr. Alok Sharan, Hewlett Packard (ME and PhD, 93)
• Dr. Cristophe Dumay, deceased, (MS, 94)
• Mr. Youngkil Kim, Posco, (MS, 94)
• Dr. Steven Feldbauer, (ME and PhD, 94)
• Mr. William King, AK Steel (ME, 95)
• Mr. Christopher Kovscek, J&L Specialty Steel.(ME 96)
• Mr. Jason Harman, US Navy (MS, 96)
• Mr. Rungroth Lert-a-Rom, Siam Cement Co. (ME 97)
• Mr. Joe Fonseca, Los Alamos National Laboratories, (MS 97)
• Dr. Kenichi Shimizu, Sumitomo Electric Company (ME, 95 and PhD 98)
• Dr. James Stepanek, University of Colorado, (ME 95 and Phd 98)
• Dr. Yongsug. Chung, , (MS 95 and Phd 99)
• Mr. R. Maddallena, Vesuvius, ME 99
• Dr. Vincent Chevrier, J&L Specialty Steel (MS 98 and PhD 00)
• Ms. Christine Tse, Siemens (MS 00)
• Dr. Carl Orrling, Swedish Steel. (MS 98 and PhD 00)
• Dr. Ravi Rastogi, Honeywell, (MS 96, PhD 00)
• Mr. Ji-Tae Kwon , Posco, (ME 01)
• Dr. Natthapong Phinichka, University in Bankok (MS 98, Phd 01)
• Ms. Heather Creely (ME 02)
• Dr. Mawin Supradist Na Ayudhaya, Chlalankorn University, Thailand, (MS 99, Phd 02)
• Dr. Paretrosh Misra, Nucor Steel Co., (MS 99, Phd 02)
• Dr. Kritstada Prapakorn, Thai Government, (MS 99, PhD 03)
• Dr. Adam Badri, Shell Oil, Malaysia, (MS 00, PhD 03)
• Mr. Masahiro Nakata, Nippon Steel (ME 03)
• Mr. Paolo Nolli, Tenaris, (ME 04)
• Mr. K. Shen, Bao Steel (MS 05)
• Mr. Young Jo Kim, Posco (ME 05)
• Mr. Katsahiro Nakata, Nippon Steel (ME 05)
  
  

   

Visiting Professors

• Prof. Itaru Jimbo, Tokai University, Japan (87-96)
• Prof. Tetsu Nagasaka, Tohoku University, Japan (93-94)
• Prof. T. Suzuki, University of Tokyo, Japan (95-96)
• Prof. L. Kolbiensen, University of Trondheim, Norway (96-97)
• Prof. Y. Kashiwaya, Hokaido University, Hokaido, Japan (1996-98)
• Prof. S. Seetharaman, Carnegie Mellon University (1999)
• Prof. K. Schwerdtfeger, Claustahl Universty, 1999-2000
• Prof. T. Emi, Tohoku University, 2000
• Prof. Yi, Seoul National University, 2000/01
• Prof. Shigeru Ueda, 2001/2002
• Prof. H. Shibata, Tohoku University, 2002/2003

Research Associates

• Dr. Bryan Lally, Los Alamos National Laboratories (90-92)
• Dr. Raman Sankaranarayanan (92-93)
• Dr. Mohanjit Bhamra (94-96)
• Mr. Hideyaki Todoroki, Nippon Yakin (95-97)
• Dr. D. S. Kim, POSCO, Korea (96-97)
• Mr Carlos E. Cicutti, Centro de Investigacion Industrial, FUDETEC, Argentina (97)
• Mr Anders Tilliander, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Dr Y Fang, Bao Steel (1998-99)
• Dr. Changrong Lee, chinese visiting scholar, (1998-99)
• Mr. Roberto Ares, Siderar (1999)
• Mr. Fernando Medina, Siderca, (2000)
• Mr Li, Posco, 1999-2000
• Mr. Martin Valdez, CINI, Argentina, 2001
• Mr. Honge Shi, Bao Steel, 2002
• Mr Xia Fang Jiang, Bao Steel, 2003
• Dr D. Choo, Posco 2003
• Dr. D. Choi, Posco, 2003
• Mr Jemin Park, Posco, 2002/2003

   updated Dec 2004