PhD students from PPGCEM win International Award

    PhD students Murilo Henrique Moreira and Otávio Henrique Borges, both supervised by Prof. Dr. Victor Carlos Pandolfelli (DEMa/PPGCEM) had their presentations at the 6th International Postgraduates Seminar on Refractories recognized with the “Excellent Oral Presentation” award. The conference, which took place remotely, is organized by Wuhan University of Technology - China, Montennuniversitat Leoben – Austria, Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg – Germany and the Federal University of São Carlos – Brazil, in collaboration with leading Professors in the field of refractory materials.

    PPGCEM students Murilo H. Moreira and Otávio H. Borges were awarded for their work presented at the "6th International Postgraduates Seminar on Refractories", held virtually from May 22 to May 24, 2023.

    The conference is organized by Wuhan University of Technology - China, Montennuniversitat Leoben – Austria, Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg – Germany and the Federal University of São Carlos – Brazil, in collaboration with leading Professors in the field of refractory materials. In recognition of his contributions, Prof. Dr. Victor Carlos Pandolfelli was invited and played the role of rotating general chairperson of the event, in which several research groups of the 4 previously mentioned institutions were enrolled.

    The title of “Excellent Oral Presentation” was granted to the works “Characterizing the influence of size scale on refractory castable drying through macro thermogravimetry and numerical simulations” authored by M.H. Moreira, H. Peng, S. dal Pont and V.C. Pandolfelli, and “Developing novel eco-friendly synthetic raw materials inspired by the microstructure of electrofused magnesia-chromium aggregates” authored by O.H. Borges, F.G. Coury, D.N.F. Muche and V.C. Pandolfelli. 

    This year, Ph.D. students working on the refractory materials field from these four institutions presented a total of 24 oral talks on various research areas such as computational simulations, laboratory experiments, and the development of new compositions.