The Greater Missouri (STL) Section and the Refractory Ceramics Division of The American Ceramic Society will sponsor the 60th Annual Symposium on Refractories on the theme “Modeling, Simulation, AI and Its Potential and Practical Effect on the Refractory Industry” on March 26-27, 2025, and a kickoff event (TBD) will be held the evening of March 25, 2025. The meeting will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel. Co-program chairs are Rebecka Annunziata of Arcelor Mittal and Brady Gould of Christy Refractories.
Partial list to be presented…
“Laser Scanning of Refractory, from Status Assessment to Prediction”
Martin Welling, Ferrotron Division of Minteq, Duisburg, Germany
“A Comparison of Reactive High Alumina C-A Cements”
Scot Graddick, Imerys RAC
“Modeling and Simulation to Help Evaluate the Effectiveness of Flow Control Products in Steelmaking”
Pavan Shivaram, RHI Magnesita
“Predicting the Water Removal of Refractory Castables – The Key Milestones to Further Understand and Optimize Monolithic Drying”
Murilo Henrique Moreira*, Túlio Mumic Cunha, Icaro Caldeira Finhana,, Stefano Dal Pont, Victor Carlos Pandolfelli, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
“A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Study for Corrosion and Wear of Refractory in Molten Slag System”
Rajat Durgesh Ramteke1, James G. Hemrick1,2, Manoj K. Mahapatra1
1University of Alabama at Birmingham, and 2Oak Ridge National Laboratory
“Thermophysical Characterization of Investment Casting Shells for Enhanced Simulation Accuracy”
Evan Letourneau, MAGMA Foundry Technologies
Understanding Slags and Predicting Refractory Corrosion Using Automated Analysis of SEM Images and FactSage Simulation”
Somnath Mandal1, Joanna Przystaś2, Oliwia Pająk2, Adam Piwowarczyk3, Ilona Jastrzębska2
1Vesuvius Research, 2AGH University of Krakow, Poland, and 3Cracow University of Technology, Krakow, Poland
The Table Top Notice format is the same as previous years, with each vendor having a 6-foot table to display products and literature. The charge is $300, which will be used to cover the cost of the Expo Hall and provide an open two-hour bar during the “Meet and Greet” for the attendees prior to the dinner buffet on Wednesday evening.
Please note that a meeting of the ASTM International C-8 Committee on Refractories will be held on March 25th, before this joint Missouri Greater (St. Louis) Section/RCD conference. Contact Melissa Marcinowski at mmarcinowski@astm.org for more information on this meeting.
The pre-registration fee of $250.00 or on-site registration fee of $300.00 ($125.00 for Emeritus/Seniors and $50.00 for students) includes the cost of your bound copy of the Symposium Technical Papers, Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Coffee Breaks.
A block of rooms has been set aside for the evenings of March 23-28, 2025, at the Hilton (314) 426-5500. The rate is $131.00 for a single or double. To receive the $131 rate, mention the Group Name: St. Louis Section of The American Ceramic Society or Group Code: ACS when making your reservation. The web address to make online reservations is St. Louis Section of the American Ceramic Society Booking Link
All hotel reservations must be received on or before March 3, 2025.
For further information please contact Patty Smith at tel: (573) 341-6265 or email: psmith@mst.edu.
