Brussels, 1 February 2016 – World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced today the Regional Champions for the 10th steelChallenge.
The Regional Championship took place online for a 24-hour period on 20 January 2016. This year’s steelChallenge attracted 1,099 participants representing 42 countries. The tenth edition was the most engaging challenge ever with over 65% of participants registering a successful run.
There were 34,073 attempts with the electric arc furnace steelmaking simulation with 724 people successfully completing at least one run of the simulation and a total of 7,824 successful runs completed.
The new Regional Champions in the ‘Industry’ and ‘Student’ categories will be invited with expenses paid to compete for the title of World Champion in London in April 2016. The award ceremony will be held in the presence of leaders of the global steel industry. All Regional Champions will be awarded certificates, cash prizes and an iPad in addition to their trip. The World Champions in both categories will also be awarded a World Champion certificate, an additional cash prize and the steelChallenge trophy.
The Regional Champions are:
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Student Category |
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Region |
Participants |
Affiliation |
Country |
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North and South America |
Ruy Jose FEIJO ALVES |
Universidade Federal do Ceará |
Brazil |
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Europe/CIS/Africa/Middle East |
Daniel MENDONCA FRANCIOLI |
Universität Duisburg-Essen |
Germany |
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Asia and Oceania |
Dozen SHU |
National Chung Hsing University |
Taiwan, China |
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China |
Moxuan LI |
Chongqing University of Science and Technology |
China |
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Best Runner-Up |
Sunqing XIAO |
Chongqing University of Science and Technology |
China |
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Industry Category |
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Region |
Participants |
Affiliation |
Country |
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North and South America |
Marcos Daniel GOUVEIA FILHO |
Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) |
Brazil |
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Europe/CIS/Africa/Middle East |
Joseba GARCIA RODRIGUEZ |
Gerdau S.A. |
Spain |
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Asia and Oceania |
Wonchul SON |
POSCO |
South Korea |
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China |
Mingliang LIU |
Baosteel Group Corporation |
China |
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Best Runner-Up |
Seounglok KIM |
POSCO |
South Korea |
For more information on the challenge, click here.
- steeluniversity, an initiative of World Steel Association, is an industry university, delivering education and training to current and future employees of steel companies and related businesses. The goal of steeluniversity is to inspire and motivate students and steel industry people about the value of working in the steel industry so as to lead change for realising a more sustainable industry that serves a more sustainable world.
- China Steel Corporation is a ‘Steel’ level sponsor of steelChallenge-10. ‘Silver’ level sponsors are Tenaris, Ternium, and Tata Steel Limited. Nucor Corporation is a ‘Bronze’ level sponsor.
- The student and industry participants with the best runner-up score in steelChallenge-10 are also invited to the World Championship.
- The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world. worldsteel members represent approximately 85% of the world’s steel production, including over 150 steel producers with 9 of the 10 largest steel companies, national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes.