PROGRAM
Wednesday June 11, 2025
09:00 – 09:45 Registration and coffee with sandwich
09:45 – 10:00 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Anders Engström, Thermo-Calc Software
10:00 – 10:50 News from Thermo-Calc Software: Thermo-Calc, DICTRA, TC-PRISMA, AM-module, and databases
Dr. Ralf Rettig and Reza Naraghi, Thermo-Calc Software
10:50 – 11:10 Development of recycling process of spent oil desulfurization catalysts: contribution of Thermo-Calc
Dr. Christophe Ménnétrier, Erasteel, France
11:10 – 11:30 ICME for a green future
Dr. Sedigheh Bigdeli, Höganäs, Sweden
11:30 – 11:45 Short break with fruits and water
11:45 – 12:05 Simulation-driven optimization of energy-efficient manufacturing of large steel products
Dr. Zhangting He, SWERIM, Sweden
12:05 – 12:25 Application of Thermo-Calc & DICTRA in understanding microstructural degradation of high temperature fuel cells & electrolysis cells
Prof. Ming Chen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
12.25 – 12.45 A multilength-scale approach to surface gradients in hardmetals
Dr. Martin Walbrühl, Sandvik Coromant, Sweden
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:20 PBF-LB of a non-weldable Ni-base superalloy: Improved understanding of hot cracking using the AM module
Lic. Eng. Ahmed Fardan, Chalmers, Sweden
14:20 – 14:40 Estimating cold cracking tendency of additively manufactured materials with CALPHAD
Atte Antikainen, VTT, Finland
14:40 – 15:00 Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition model for industrial application to additive manufacturing on Ni-based superalloys
Clara De Monte, GKN Aerospace, Sweden
15:00 – 15:20 Accelerating multi-materials additive manufacturing using ICME
Dr. John Aristeidakis, QuesTek Europe, Sweden
15:20 – 15:50 Coffee break
15:50 – 16:10 Application of computational thermodynamics and kinetics to precipitation engineering
Dr. Tao Zhou, KTH, Sweden
16:10 – 16:30 Homogenization heat treatment of Sanicron 28
Ulrika Borggren, Alleima, Sweden
16:30 – 16:50 Experimental studies and thermodynamic modeling of oxide systems – Cr-containing slags and REE recovery from P-rich slags
Prof. Daniel Lindberg, Aalto University, Finland
16:50 – 18:00 approximately Mingle with wine/bubbles and non-alcoholic options
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