June 2026

Optimization of Steel Plate Storage Yard Crane Scheduling by Enacom and Gerdau (AISTech 2025) 

Developing an Intelligent Quantitative Slab Centerline Segregation Estimator in Steels by Big River Steel – A U. S. Steel Co. (AISTech 2025)

Effective Training Solutions for New Crane Operators by Center for Innovation Through Visualization and Simulation, Purdue University Northwest; U. S. Steel – Gary Works; and Charter Steel – Saukville, Wisconsin (AISTech 2025)

Real-Time State Estimation Model for Converter Steelmaking by JFE Steel Corp. (AISTech 2025)

Comprehensive Crane Monitoring: Drives, Hoists, Drums, Wheels and Ropes by Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH and ITR (AISTech 2025)

Phenomenon of Increase in Gas Pressure Drop by Rise in Liquid Level of Molten Slag and Iron in Blast Furnace Hearth (AIST Transactions) by JFE Steel Corp. (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations:

Applying WMS Digital Twin Technology to Manage Material Flows Parallel to Production by Pesmel Oy and Pesmel North America LLC

July 2026

Steel Ladle Lining Design and Performance Improvements at U. S. Steel – Fairfield Tubular Steelmaking Operations by U. S. Steel – Fairfield Tubular Operations and U. S. Steel Research & Technology Center (AISTech 2025) 

Physical Modeling of Agitation in Refining Ladle With Submerged Lance Gas Blowing Injection: A Comparison Between Two-Nozzle and Single-Nozzle by Universidade Federal de ouro Preto (AISTech 2025)

Predictive Modeling for Slidegate Refractory Wear: A Machine Learning Approach for Enhanced Condition Monitoring in Steelmaking Processes by Ternium Brasil (AISTech 2025)

Fundamentals of Slag-Steel-Inclusion Multiphase Reactions for Producing Clean Steels During Secondary Refining and Continuous Casting Process by Hyundai Steel Co. and Hanyang University (AISTech 2025)

Low-CO₂-Footprint MgO-C Refractory Concept — Properties and Performance Comparable to Standard Virgin Raw-Material-Based Qualities by RHI Magnesita (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations:

Digital Twin of a High-Speed Billet Caster by Carnegie Mellon University

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)