• Lawrence J. Mika, "Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Inside a Continuous Slab Casting Machine," MS, 1988,
  (working for Amoco Technology Co., Naperville, IL).
  
  
• Jean A. Azzi, "Preliminary Steps in the Development of a 3-D Thermal-Stress Model of Continuous Casting," MS, 1988, (working for Woodward Governor Co., Rockford, IL).
  
  
• Glen T. Haegele, "Application of Mathematical Models to Investigate Defect Formation During Hot-Charging of Continuously-Cast Steel Slabs," MS, 1988,
  (Engineer with Cummins Engines Company, Inc., Columbus, IN).
  
  
• David D. Goettsch, "Heat Flow Model of Directionally Solidified Single Crystal Airfoils," MS, 1988,
  (General Motors, Saginaw, MI).
  
  
• William R. Storkman, "Optimization of Mold Taper Design Using Mathematical Models of Continuous Steel Slab Casting," MS, 1990,
  (Design & Analysis Engineer, Cummins Engines Company, Inc., Columbus, IN).
  
  
• Fady M. Najjar, "Finite-Element Modelling of Turbulent Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Through Bifurcated Nozzles in Continuous Steel Slab Casters," MS, 1990,
  [Jerry Silver Award, ISS, for best Masters thesis on iron and steelmaking for 1989-90].
  (Applications specialist, NCSA, Urbana, IL).
  
  
• Patrick F. Kozlowski, "Simple, Unified Constitutive Equations for Plain Carbon Steel Under Continuous Casting Conditions," MS, 1991,
  (Manufacturing Engineer, Caterpillar, Inc., Decatur, IL).
  
  
• Bryant Ho, "Characterization of Interfacial Heat Transfer in the Continuous Slab Casting Process", MS, 1992,
  [Jerry Silver Award, ISS, for best Masters thesis on iron and steelmaking for 1992-93]
  (InterAccess Co., Northbrook, IL).
  
  
• Donald E. Hershey, "Turbulent Flow of Molten Steel through Submerged Bifurcated Nozzles in the Continuous Casting Process", MS, 1992,
  (Scientist / Engineer, Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH).
  
  
• Avijit Moitra, "Thermo-mechanical Model of Steel Shell Behavior in Continuous Slab Casting", PhD., 1993,
  (Group Product Design Engineer, Assoc. Spring Inc., Adv. Eng. Technology, Bristol, CN).
  
  
• Robert M. McDavid, "Flow and Thermal Behavior of the Top Surface Flux / Powder Layers in Continuous-Casting Molds",
  MS, 1994,
  (Caterpillar Inc. - Engine Div., Mossville, IL).
  
  
• David T. Lui, "Effect of Oscillation Marks on Heat Transfer in Continuous Casting Molds", November, MS, 1994,
  (Honeywell Microswitch, Free Port, CA).
  
  
• Keith Rackers, "Mechanism and Mitigation of Clogging in Continuous Casting Nozzles", MS, 1995,
  (Project Engineer, Tosoh SMD Research & Development, Columbus, OH).
  
  
• Guowei Li, "Analysis of Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of High Heat Flux Facing Copper Walls", PhD., May, 1996
  (Lead Engineer, General Electric., Cincinnati, OH).
  
  
• Hong Zhu, "Coupled Thermal-Mechanical Finite Element Model with Application to Initial Solidification", PhD., May, 1996, (Research Engineer, Inland Steel Research Labs, East Chicago, IN).
  
  
• David T. Creech, "Computational Modeling of Multiphase Turbulent Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in the Continuous Slab Casting Mold", MS Thesis, December, 1998,
  (FE Analyst, MacLean Power Systems, Chicago, IL).
  
  
• Hua Bai, "Argon Bubble Behavior in Slide-gate Tundish Nozzles during Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs", PhD Thesis, 2000, (Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX).
  
  
• Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, "Transient Fluid Flow in the Mold and Heat Transfer Through the Molten Slag Layer in Continuous Casting of Steel", MS, May, 2000,
  (FE Analyst, Fluent, Evanston, IL).
  
  
• Lan Yu, "Bulging in Continuous Cast Steel Slabs",
  MS, May, 2000,
  (PhD student, UIUC).
  
  
• David Stone, "Mathematical Modeling of Interfacial Heat Transfer in the Continuous Slab Casting Process",
  MS, May, 2000,
  (Thermal Engineer, Delta IV Thermal IPT, Boeing Huntington Beach, CA).
  
  
• Jon Parkman, "Simulation of Thermal-Mechanical Behavior During Initial Solidification of Steel", MS, August, 2000,
  (Design Engineer, Motorola, Arlington Heights, IL).
  
  
• Tiebiao Shi, "Effect of Argon Injection on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in the Continuous Slab Casting Mold",
  MS, July, 2001,
  (Washington University, St. Louis, MO).
  
  
• Melody Langeneckert,"Influence of Mold Geometry on Heat Transfer, Thermocouple and Mold Temperature in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs", MS, August, 2001,
  (Hamilton Sundstrand, Rockford, Illinois).
  
  
• Joong-kil Park, (I. Samarasekera, co-advisor), "Thermo-Mechanical phenomena in high speed continuous casting processes,"
  PhD, May, 2002, University of British Columbia
  (Posco Steel, Seoul, S. Korea)
  
  
• Joe Shaver, (I. Samarasekera, co-advisor), "Measurements of Molten Steel/Flux Interface Phenomena in Thin-Slab Casting," MS Thesis, December, 2002, University of British Columbia
  (Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada)
  
  
• Bin Zhao, (P. Vanka, co-advisor), "Numerical Study of Heat Transfer in Continuous Casting of Steel,"
  MS, 2003,
  (Doctoral Candidate, UIUC)
  
  
• Ya Meng, "Modeling Interfacial Slab Layer Phenomena in the Shell / Mold Gap in Continuous Casting of Steel,"
  PhD, 2004
  (Postgraduate Researcher,UIUC)
  
  
• Quan Yuan, (P. Vanka, co-advisor), "Transient Study of Turbulent Flow and Particle Transport during Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs," PhD, 2004
  (American Air Liquide; Dow Chemical)
  
  
• Chunsheng Li, "Thermal-mechanical Model of Solidifying Steel Shell Behavior and its Applications in High Speed Continuous Casting of Billets," PhD, 2005
  (Senior project engineer, Caterpillar Champaign Simulation Center)
  
  
• Jun Aoki, "Inclusions in Continuous Cast Steel,"
  MS, 2006
  (Nippon Steel, Japan)
  
  
• Ho-Jung Shin, (S-H Kim, advisor), "Investigation of Subsurface Hook Formation in Continuous Cast Steel Slabs,"
  PhD, Postech, S. Korea, 2006
  (Posco, Pohang, S. Korea)
  
  
• Jorg Peter, (K. Peaslee, advisor), "Development of a new process to continuously melt and refine steel,"
  PhD, U. Missouri Rolla, 2006
  (Nucor)
  
  
• Sana Mahmood, "Fluid Flow, Particle Motion, and Clogging  in Continuous Cast Steel," MS, 2006
  (Caterpiller, Peoria, IL)
  
  
• Seid Koric, "Development Efficient Thermo-mechanical model of solidification and Application to Beam Blank and Funnel Mold Continuous Casting", PhD, 2006
  ( Engineering Applications Analyst ABAQUS, NCSA, UIUC)
  
  
• Kai Zheng, (J. Bentsman advisor), PhD, 2007
  (Research Engineer, Inland Steel Research Labs, East Chicago, IN)
  
  
• Kevin Cukierski, "Electromagnetic Breaking effect on Flow in Continuous Slab Casting Molds", MS, 2007
  (Law school, 2007)
  
  
• Zaher Hashisho, MS, 2007
  (Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
  
  
• Bret Rietow, "Fluid Velocity Simulation and Measurement in Thin Slab Casting",  MS 2007
  
  
• Aravind Sundararajan, "Thermal stress modeling of Aluminum Strip Casting", MS 2007
  

Former Recent Undergraduate Students

• Chris Thomas, Web Site Designer, 2002-2004
  
  
• Ben Bentsman, Web Site Designer, 2006
  
  
• Cathy Mao, Web development, 2007
  
  
• Pavel Sokolovsky, Web development, 2007
  
  
• Oluwaseun Araromi, "Modeling of Clogging / Erosion of
  Nozzle Refractories", Undergraduate Project, 2007
  

Former Visiting Researchers and Post-Doctoral Associates

• Maria-Rita Ridolfi, CSM, Italy, 1992.
  
  
• Rodrigo Marin, U. of Los Andes, Chile, 1992.
  
  
• Guowei Li, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC, 1990-93.
  
  
• Xiaoqing Huang, Post-Doc. Res. Assoc., Concurrent Technologies, Johnstown, PA, 1990-94.
  
  
• Mustapha El-Bealy, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Royal Institute, Sweden, 1995-96.
  
  
• Yuji Miki, Kawasaki Steel, Japan, 1995-97.
  
  
• Martin Fackeldey, Foundry Institute, RWTH Aachen, Germany, 1997.
  
  
• Young Mok Won, Seoul National University, Korea, 1999-01.
  
  
• Kuan-Ju Lin, Visiting Scholar from China Steel, Taiwan, Republic of China, 2000-01.
  
  
• Claudio Ojeda, Visiting Scholar from Centro Tecnologico Labein, Bilbao, Spain, 2002-03 & 2005-06
  
  
• Lifeng Zhang, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (2001-06);
  Also, Visiting Professor, U. Trondheim, Norway (2006)
  
  
• Joydeep Sengupta, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of British Columbia, Canada (2003-06)
  (Dofasco, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
  
  
• Dianfeng Li, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of British Columbia, Canada (2004-2005)
  
  
• Seon-Hyo Kim, visiting Professor, Postech, S. Korea, 2005, 2006, 2007
  
  
• S. Louhenkilpi, Visiting Professor, U. Helsinki, Finland (2005, 2006)
  
  
• Claudia Pfeiler, Visiting Scholar, U. Leoben, Austria (2006)
  
  
• Prasanna Kumar, Visiting Professor, IIT Madras, India (2006)
  
  
• Ruan Xiaoming, Visiting Scholar, Baosteel, Shanghai, China (2006-2007)

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