August 2026

Heating Technologies Enabling Fossil-Free Galvanizing With Zero Emission by SMS group and Drever International (AISTech 2025) 

Comparison of Slab Thermal Stresses in Methane vs. Hydrogen-Fired Reheating Furnace Operations With Computational Fluid Dynamics by Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS), Purdue University Northwest; and Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor (AISTech 2025)

Challenges During Secondary Metallurgy in the Transformation From Converter to Electric Steelmaking by Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH (AISTech 2025)

Strategies for Reducing CO₂ Emissions by 40% in Integrated Steel Mills With Minimal Capital Investment by RSConsultants Ltda (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations: Interpreting EAF Plant Data Using Physics and Machine Learning by Carnegie Mellon University (AISTech 2026)

September 2026

Fast and Accurate Quantification of Elemental Macrosegregation in Continuously Cast Slabs Using the Micro-XRF Technique by Missouri University of Science and Technology and U. S. Steel Research and Technology Center (AISTech 2026) 

HD Scan Technology Implementation at U. S. Steel by U. S. Steel – Fairfield Tubular Operations and SMS group GmbH (AISTech 2026)

Steel Cleanliness Assessment After Implementation of a Shrouded Oxygen Lancing Device by Ternium Brasil (AISTech 2026)

Flow and Bubble Analysis Inside a Full-Scale Water Model for Continuous Casting Mold by University of Toronto and ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P. (AISTech 2026)

Mixed Microalloying Strategies for Microstructure and Property Control in Thin-Slab Direct Rolling (AIST Transactions) by Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Southwest-Sinton Division 

Digital Transformations:

A Digital Twin Framework for Continuous Casting With Integrated AI-Based Surface Inspection by Sapotech Oy and Casim Consulting Oy (AISTech 2026)

October 2026

Examining Recrystallization During Hot Rolling of HSLA Steels Using Gleeble Hot Torsion by Mississippi State University, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Southwest-Sinton Division and Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Columbus Division (AISTech 2026) 

Optimizing Normalizing Cycles to Balance Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Quenched-and-Tempered High-Strength Steel for Production Requirements by Nucor Steel Memphis Inc. (AISTech 2026)

Development of Hot-Rolled X80 Steel Plates for Pipes Requiring Postweld Heat Treatment by Gerdau Ouro Branco (AISTech 2026)

Development of Single-Phase Nanoprecipitation-Strengthened Hot-Rolled Galvanized HSLA Sheet Steels (>550 MPa Yield Strength) Through Endless Strip Processing With Superior Formability by Big River Steel – A U. S. Steel Co. (AISTech 2026)

On-Line Multi-Depth Thermal Profiling and Level Tracking in a Continuous Caster Tundish using Distributed Sapphire FBG Sensors (AIST Transactions) by Missouri University of Science and Technology, Vesuvius and SSAB Americas

November 2026

Scale Formation at High Temperature by SSAB Americas, SSAB Europe and Swerim AB (AISTech 2026)

Tempering Response of Low-Carbon Microalloyed Steels by SSAB Americas and Virginia Tech (AISTech 2026)

Effect of Full Annealing on Mechanical Properties of Pressure Vessel Plates With Chromium-Molybdenum Alloy Steel by Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc. (AISTech 2026)

A Study of Heavy-Gauge X80 Line Pipe Steel With Varying Ni and Mo Contents by Interpro Pipe and Steel and CanmetMATERIALS, Natural Resources Canada (AISTech 2026)