steelChallenge-10
The 10th edition of steelChallenge took place in two rounds. The first round of the Regional Championship took place online over a 24-hour period starting 12.00 GMT on January 20, 2016. The second round, the World Championships, took place in London, United Kingdom, on April 11, 2016. In an exciting development, the World Championship award ceremony was held in the presence of company leaders from the world steel industry.
The challenge
steelChallenge-10 utilised steeluniversity’s Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking simulation. Competitors were tasked to produce a grade of steel meeting technical requirements at the lowest total cost. The simulation used a grade of steel specifically designed for steelChallenge-10.
Competitors could undertake unlimited ‘runs’ of the simulation during the 24-hour competition period. A ‘run’ was concluded when the simulation had completed the set time, the result had been registered in the competition database, and the competitor had received a confirmation of successful completion.
The 3 best ‘runs’ of each competitor were averaged to determine their score and placement in the Regional Championship. Therefore, to qualify as Regional Champion, at least 3 ‘runs’ had to be successfully completed.
Results – Regional
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| Region | Participant | Affiliation | Country |
| North and South America | Ruy Jose FEIJO ALVES | Universidade Federal do Ceará | Brazil |
| Europe/CIS/Africa/Middle East | Daniel MENDONCA FRANCIOLI | Universität Duisburg-Essen | Germany |
| Asia and Oceania | Dozen SHU | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan, China |
| China | Moxuan LI | Chongqing University of Science and Technology | China |
| Best Runner-up | Sunqing XIAO | Chongqing University of Science and Technology | China |
| Judge’s category | Eonseung Lee | Kyungpook National University | South Korea |
Industry Category |
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| Region | Participant | Affiliation | Country |
| North and South America | Marcos Daniel GOUVEIA FILHO | Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) | Brazil |
| Europe/CIS/Africa/Middle East | Joseba GARCIA RODRIGUEZ | Gerdau S.A. | Spain |
| Asia and Oceania | Wonchul SON | Posco | South Korea |
| China | Mingliang LIU | Baosteel Group Corporation | China |
| Best Runner-up | Seoung Lok KIM | Posco | South Korea |
| Judge’s category | Choel Won Choe | Posco | South Korea |
Results – World Championship
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| Participant | Affiliation | Country |
| Eonseung LEE | Kyungpook National University | South Korea |
Industry Category |
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| Participant | Affiliation | Country |
| Marcos Daniel GOUVEIA FILHO | Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) | Brazil |
Sponsors
steelChallenge-10 was generously sponsored by:
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