• Lawrence J. Mika, "Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Inside a Continuous Slab Casting Machine," M.S., (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," M.S., (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," M.S., (1988),
  (Engineer with Cummins Engines Company, Inc., Columbus, IN)
  
  
• David D. Goettsch, "Heat Flow Model of Directionally Solidified Single Crystal Airfoils," M.S., (1988),
  (General Motors, Saginaw, MI)
  
  
• Doug Habing, "Prediction of 3D Thermal Distortion of Slab Molds," M.S., (1989),
  (Manager, Hughes Electronics, Torrance, CA)
  
  
• William R. Storkman, "Optimization of Mold Taper Design Using Mathematical Models of Continuous Steel Slab Casting," M.S., (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," M.S., (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," M.S., (1991),
  (Manufacturing Engineer, Caterpillar, Inc., Decatur, IL)
  
  
• Bryant Ho, "Characterization of Interfacial Heat Transfer in the Continuous Slab Casting Process", M.S., (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", M.S., (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",
  M.S., (1994),
  (Caterpillar Inc. - Engine Div., Mossville, IL)
  
  
• Ravid T. Lui, "Effect of Oscillation Marks on Heat Transfer in Continuous Casting Molds", November, M.S., (1994),
  (Honeywell Microswitch, Free Port, CA)
  
  
• Keith Rackers, "Mechanism and Mitigation of Clogging in Continuous Casting Nozzles", M.S., (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", M.S., 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", M.S., May, (2000),
  (FE Analyst, Fluent, Evanston, IL)
  
  
• Lan Yu, "Bulging in Continuous Cast Steel Slabs",
  M.S., May, (2000),
  (PhD student, UIUC)
  
  
• David Stone, "Mathematical Modeling of Interfacial Heat Transfer in the Continuous Slab Casting Process",
  M.S., May, (2000),
  (Thermal Engineer, Delta IV Thermal IPT, Boeing Huntington Beach, CA)
  
  
• Jon Parkman, "Simulation of Thermal-Mechanical Behavior During Initial Solidification of Steel", M.S., 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",
  M.S., 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", M.S., 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," M.S., 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,"
  M.S., (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)
  
  
• 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," M.S., (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, Arcelor-Mittal Global R&D, East Chicago, IN)
  
  
• Kevin Cukierski, "Electromagnetic Breaking effect on Flow in Continuous Slab Casting Molds", M.S., (2007)
  (Law school, UIUC, 2007)
  
  
• Zaher Hashisho, "Argon Flow through Porous Refractory Nozzles for Continuous Casting", M.S., (2007)
  (Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
  
  
• Bret Rietow, "Fluid Velocity Simulation and Measurement in Thin Slab Casting",  M.S., (2007)
  (Infinium Capital Management)
  
  
• Aravind Sundararajan, "Thermal stress modeling of Aluminum Strip Casting", M.S., (2007)
  (Infinium Capital Management)
  
  
• Go-Gi Lee, (S.H. Kim, advisor), "Computational Modeling and Validation of Multi-phase Fluid Flow in Nozzle and Mold during Continuous Slab Casting" PhD, Postech, S. Korea, (2008)
  (Posco, Pohang, S. Korea)
  
  
• Michael Okelman, "Development of New Sensor for Meniscus Temperature Monitoring", M.S., (2008)
  (Mittal Steel, East Chicago, Indiana)
  
  
• Xiaoxu Zhou, "Heat Transfer during Spray Water Cooling Using Steady Experiments", M.S., (2009)
  Research and Development, SSAB Americas, Muscatine, IA
  
  
• Varun Singh, "Heat Transfer Model of a Nozzle during Preheating, Cooling, and Casting", M.S., Non-Thesis (2010)
  Altair Engineering Inc., Troy, MI
  
  
• Hemanth Jasti, "User-Friendly Interface Design and Development for Continuous-Casting Model CON1D", M.S., (2010)
  General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, CT
  
  
• Rajneesh Chaudhary, "Studies of Turbulent Flows in Continuous Casting of Steel with and without Magnetic Field", PhD (2011)
  ABB Global Industries and Services Limited, Karnataka, India
  
  
• Kun Xu, "Multiphase Particle-Size-Grouping Model of Precipitation and its Application to Thermal Processing of Microalloyed Steel", PhD (2012)
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• Ramnik Singh, "High Fidelity Numerical Investigations of Tailored Magnetic Fields for Defect Reduction in Continuous Casting of Steel" M.S., (2013)
  Mechanical Engineer at Schlumberger Technologies, Houston, TX
  
  
• Lance Hibbeler, "Multiphysics Modeling of the Steel Continuous Casting Process", Ph.D., (2014)
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Mechanical Science & Engineering
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• ASM Jonayat,"Transient Thermo-Fluid Model of Meniscus Behavior and Slag Consumption in Steel Continuous Casting ", M.S., (2014)
  PhD student at Penn State University, State College, PA
  
  
• Rui Liu, "Modeling Transient Multiphase Flow and Mold Top Surface Behavior in Steel Continuous Casting", Ph.D., (2014)
  ArcelorMittal Global R&D, East Chicago, IN
  
  
• Bryan Petrus, "Distributed Parameter Control of Heat Diffusion with Solidification", Ph.D., (2014)
  Nucor Steel, Decatur, AL
  
  
• Yonghui Li, "Thermal and Chemical Behavior of Continuous Casting Nozzles", Ph.D., (2014)
  Vesuvius R&D, Pittsburgh, PA
  
  
• Prathiba Duvvuri, "Heat Transfer in Continuous Casting Spray Cooling", M.S., (2014)
  High Radius, Houston, TX
  
  

Former Undergraduate Students

• Chris Thomas, Web Site Designer, (2005)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Inwho Hwang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)
  
  
• Brendan Joyce, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)
  
  
• Eric Badger, Web Development (2012)


• Joseph Appelhans, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)


• Eric Eckstrum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)


• Nicholas Froggatt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)


• Amanda Steelman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)


• James Buckland, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013)


• Mihir Chavan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013)


• Jason Troutner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013)


• Tyler Sierzega, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)


• Gavin Hamilton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015)


• Kenneth Swartz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015)

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)
  
  
• Ho-Jung Shin, Visiting Scholar, Postech, Pohang, S. Korea (2003-2005)
  
  
• Seon-Hyo Kim, Visiting Professor, Postech, S. Korea (2003-2009)
  
  
• Dianfeng Li, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of British Columbia, Canada (2004-05)
  
  
• Jun Aoki, M.S. student, UIUC, (2004-06)
  (Nippon Steel, Japan)
  
  
• Amar Behera, M.S. student, UIUC (2005-06)
  
  
• Go-Gi Lee, Visiting Scholar, Postech, Pohang, S. Korea (2005-2008)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Sami Vapalahti, Visiting Ph.D. student, U. Helsinki, Finland (2005-07)
  
  
• Ruan Xiaoming, Visiting Scholar, Baosteel, Shanghai, China (2006-07)
  


• Huan Li , Ph.D. student, UIUC (2006-07)
  


• Myung Jong Cho, Visiting Scholar, Posco, Pohang, S. Korea (2007-08)
  


• Seong-Mook Cho, Visiting Scholar, Postech, Pohang, S. Korea
  (2005, 2006, 2008)
  
  
• Choul-Hong Min, M.S. student, UIUC (2007-08)
  
  
• Seong-Yeon Kim, Visiting Scholar, POSCO, Pohang, S. Korea (2008-09)
  


• Chengbin Li, Visiting Scholar, Baosteel, Shanghai, PRC (2008-09)
  


• Junya Iwasaki, Visiting Scholar, Nippon Steel Corp, Japan (2009-10)
  
  
• Zhengie Fan, Visiting Scholar, Baosteel, Shanghai, PR China, 2011-2012)
  
  
• Yingchun Wang, Visiting Scholar, Baosteel, Shanghai, PR China, (2010-2011)
  
  
• Chuanbo Ji, Ph.D. Student, University of Science and Technology Beijing, PR China (2009-2011)
  
  
• Lejun Zhou, Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China (2011-2012)
  
  
• Seon-Hyo Kim, Visiting Professor, Postech, Pohang, S. Korea (2011-2012)
  


• Hai Hao, Visiting Scholar, Dalian University of Technology, PR China (2013-2014)
  
  
• Lance C. Hibbeler, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012-2014)
  
  
• Akitoshi Matsui, Visiting Scholar, JFE Steel, Hiroshima, Japan (2015)


• Xu, Kun, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012-2015)

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