Plate Rolling Technology Committee Meeting
Monday, 4 May 2026 • David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Room 327 • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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►Full Meeting Agenda
Time | Agenda Item |
Noon | Opening Remarks — Jacob Lewis Appoint Minute-Taker— J. Lewis Membership and Attendance — Charlie Bender Review Previous Minutes — J. Lewis AIST Staff Announcements — C. Bender |
Review and approve or amend mission statement — J. Lewis Current mission statement: “To promote advancement in safe plate rolling and quality practices, operating technologies and processing through information exchange.” | |
| Discuss nominations for Board of Director Level Awards— Distinguished Member and Fellow, Sendzimir Award, Fairless Award and Steelmaker of the Year nominations — J. Lewis |
| Develop committee objectives for next year — J. Lewis Meetings & Locations Technical Topic to be discussed and possible presenters Conferences/Webinars |
| Elect New Officers — J. Lewis Chair – Jake Ecklund (SSAB) Vice Chair – João Lino (CBMM North America, Inc) Papers Chair – Tyler DeLong (Allor Manufacturing, Inc), nominated Education Co-Chairs – Tanya Ros (Cleveland-Cliffs R & D), Qiulin Yu (Nucor Tuscaloosa) Membership Chair – Mike Robinson (Dover Hydraulics) Roundup Chair – Jennifer Grzyb (SMS Group) Young Professional Chair – Pavan Reddy (TMEIC Corp) Digital Transformation Liaison – Yufeng Wang (SSAB) Decarbonization Liaison – Matthew Druciak (TENOVA Inc) |
| Vice Chair Jake Ecklund to present Chair Plaque to Jacob Lewis for his year of service to the committee |
| Discussion Items Any other items to discuss please contact the committee chair Jacob Lewis |
| Next Meeting— Jake Ecklund |
| Closing Remarks— Jake Ecklund |
1:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
