worldsteel announces steeluniversity Challenge winners
04 Feb 2010- Brussels – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced today the winners of the fifth steeluniversity.org Challenge.
The industry category winner was a team from DragonSteel/China Steel Corporation of Taiwan, China and the runner-up was a team from China’s Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation. The winner and the runner-up in the student category were both from China’s Wuhan University of Science and Technology.
The Challenge was held online on 27 January 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. 453 teams successfully completed the task, using a steel grade specially defined for this event.
Commenting on the results Ian Christmas, Director General of the World Steel Association, said: "Initiated in 2005, the Challenge is a global competition that attracts a growing number of students and new employees in the steel industry. We are very pleased to see the nearly 300% jump in the number of attempts this year. 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 top five teams
Name(s)
Affiliation
Country
Cost/tonne
1
Chia Mei Liu, Yen Hsun Wu
DragonSteel/CSC
Taiwan, China
$591.878
2
Qian Long, Qingjin Guan, Junli Tian, Wei Wang, Hongwei Liu
WISCO
China
$593.420
3
ZhangShi Hou, ZhaoJun Cheng
ANSTEEL
China
$593.680
4
Guanghao Duan, Ruyi Zhao, Hounian Xiao, Honghua Liu, Zhixin Xiao
WISCO
China
$593.994
5
MengGuo Qing, Tian Yu
ANSTEEL
China
$594.012
Breakdown of attempts by country
Rank Country
Attempts
1
China
13,733
2
Taiwan
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
11
France
363
12
Italy
310
13
Germany
256
14
Slovak Republic
214
Other
7,153
Total
43,516
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Notes to Editors:
- steeluniversity.org is a free and innovative e-learning resource focused on all aspects of steel, including steelmaking technology and the multitude of steel applications. This award-winning, on-line initiative is developed and sponsored by the World Steel Association.
- steeluniversity.org resources are used by more than 100 steel companies and 700 universities worldwide. Many of its modules have been translated into other languages, including Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Korean, Spanish, Russian and German.
- The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world. 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.
