Tour of SDI-Sinton, TX

Wednesday January 25, 2023

9:15 a.m.

SDI-Sinton Tour:  
Carpooling is encouraged
Meet at 9:15 AM CST at the Front Gate:  8534 Hwy 89, Sinton, Texas 78387

PPE, Personal Protection Equipment suggested:  Long-sleeved shirts, and long pants, eye and hearing protection, and close toed hard soled footwear.  SDI will provide PPE for those who don’t want to travel with their own, except the footwear.

Noon CST

Lunch, Residence Inn Corpus Christi Downtown

1 p.m. CST

1. Chair’s opening remarks - Rajat Bathla and Allen Schaneman
2. Appoint minute-taker
3. Antitrust guidelines
4. Membership and attendance
5. Review minutes of previous meeting 25-Oct  and  28-Sept
6. AIST Staff Announcements
7. AIST Steel Industry Fatalities

Main agenda items

• Committee Best Paper Award – progress report, Ashish Singh

• Finalize AISTech sessions - David Johnson and Jorge Fernandez

  • Papers due to AIST (18 February)

  • Author Registration deadline (1 March)

  • Presentation Draft Due in to AIST (18 March)

  • Re-emphasize the role of Session Chair and Papers Chair

2:30 p.m. CST

Break

• Nominations for committee officers:

  • HSRTC:
    Chair – Rajat Bathla
    Vice Chair – Ashish Singh
    Papers Chair – Jorge Fernandez
    Education Chair – Nancy Hake and Keegan Wright
    Roundup Chair – David Rosburg
    Young Professional Chair – Jorge Fernandez
    Digital Transformation Liaison – David Colbert
    Decarbonization Liaison – Rob Brunelli

  • PTTC:
    Chair – Allen Schaneman
    Vice Chair – Susan Conley
    Papers Chair – David Johnson
    Education Chair – David Johnson
    Roundup Chair – Roger Chmura
    Young Professional Chair – nominations being accepted
    Digital Transformation Liaison – nominations being accepted
    Decarbonization Liaison – Frank Baumgardner

• Finalize committee roundup - Roger Chmura and David Rosburg

• Technology Training conference – David Johnson, Nancy Hake and Keegan Wright

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Thursday January 26, 2023

7:30 a.m. CST

Breakfast

8:30 a.m. CST

Main agenda items, Continuing from the day before:

• Decarbonization Liaison Report – Rob Brunelli and Frank Baumgardner

• Discuss AIST Digital Transformation Subcommittee - David Colbert

• Young professional recruitment subcommittee - Jorge Fernandez

Discussion items

1. Roundtable discussion on recent CSP Mill Start-up experiences

2. Victor Monreale with Thermatool “Toward a method for precise heat input control for HF Weld Pipe and Tube”

3. David Cernava with Inductotherm “Electrification of the Reheat Furnace”

Next meeting

Chair conclusion

Noon CST

Adjourn