Noon

Opening Remarks — Sunday Abraham

Appoint Minute-Taker— TBD

Antitrust Guidelines— Anna Voss

Membership and Attendance — Anna Voss

Review Previous Minutes — Sunday Abraham

AIST Staff Announcements — Anna Voss

Kent D. Peaslee Panel – Obinna Adaba & Bikram Konar

Tuesday, 5 May 2026, during the Kent D. Peaslee Memorial Session. This session will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. in Room 317 in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The winning paper is “A Novel Lab-Scale Casting Simulator to Quantify Submerged-Entry Nozzle Clogging: Experimental Development”, Naziru I. Fuseini, Ronald J. O’Malley, Todd P. Sander, Jeffrey D. Smith, Haiming Wen, and Laura N. Bartlett: Missouri University of Science and Technology

Review Mission Statement (From Website) — Sunday Abraham

Vote to approve or amend mission statement:

“To advance the knowledge of the science, technology and metallurgy of steelmaking and casting as they apply to upstream and downstream processes and products. We shall achieve these goals by providing opportunities for publication, training and technology exchange through the interaction of metals producers, equipment suppliers and academia.”

Nominations for Board of Director Level Awards — Distinguished Member and Fellow, Sendzimir Award, Fairless Award and Steelmaker of the Year nominations — Sunday Abraham

Develop committee objectives for next year — Sunday Abraham

Meeting Locations

Technical Topic to be discussed and possible presenters

Conferences/Webinars

Elect New Officers — Sunday Abraham

Chair – Sunday Abraham

Vice-Chair – Hongbin Yin

Papers Chair – Thinium Natarajan

SteerCo Chair – Bill Jones

SteerCo Vice-Chair – Sunday Abraham

Awards Co-Chairs – Obinna Adaba & Bikram Konar

ASTM E45 Liaison – Scott Story

Decarbonization Liaison – Chad Cathcart

Digitalization Liaison – Ron O’Malley

Young Professional Chair – Caelan Kennedy

Present Chair Plaque to Sunday Abraham for his year of service to the committee

Discussion Items— Sunday Abraham

Modifications to ASTM E45 Standard

Catalogue on Methods and Techniques for Centerline Segregation Evaluation.

Next Meeting— Fall 2026 (Joint w/ DRI), ElectraSteel, Inc.

Closing Remarks— Sunday Abraham

1:30 p.m.

Adjourn