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worldsteel Awards Student Winner of steeluniversity Challenge

05/14/2010 - The World Steel Association recently presented the trophy and prize to Luo Zhaozhen, a student from China’s Wuhan University of Science and Technology, who won the fifth steeluniversity Challenge in the student category.

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) recently presented the trophy and prize to Luo Zhaozhen, a student from China’s Wuhan University of Science and Technology, who won the fifth steeluniversity Challenge in the student category.
 
Runners-up in this category were Wang Feilong, Yayung He, Hang Zou, and Chen Ting, also from Wuhan University of Science and Technology.
 
After receiving the award from Paolo Rocca, CEO of Techint and Chairman of the World Steel Association, Zhaozhen said, "Many university students in China consider the steel industry as a great opportunity for their career and also as a business they grow into for life. On completion of my studies I would like to join a leading steel company and become a member of the global steel community contributing to my country’s sustainable economic development."
 
"We are very impressed with the level of skills the participant students demonstrated at the Challenge and pleased to see the nearly 300% jump in the number of attempts this year,” said Rocca. “This is evidence that steeluniversity.org is an extraordinary tool for training the next generation of steelmakers to develop their knowledge and skill to higher levels."
 
The Challenge was held online on January 27, 2010, over a single 24-hour period. The task was to process an order of steel plate for a yellow goods application (construction and agricultural equipment), using the steeluniversity.org website’s secondary steelmaking and plate rolling simulations. The team successfully producing the order at the lowest cost/tonne within the allotted time frame was declared the winner.
 
This year’s competition attracted more than 43,000 attempts from 645 teams representing 25 different countries. Four hundred and fifty-three teams successfully completed the task, using a steel grade specially defined for this event.
 
The top ten countries according to number of attempts:
 
  1. China - 13,733
  2. Taiwan, China - 8,766
  3. India - 3,411
  4. South Korea - 3,095
  5. Argentina - 1,650
  6. Brazil - 1,515
  7. United Kingdom - 842
  8. Mexico - 842
  9. Russia - 822
  10. United States - 544
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) represents approximately 180 steel producers (including 19 of the world's 20 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. worldsteel members produce around 85% of the world's steel.