Speakers

Confirmed invited speakers:

Keynote speakers (30 mins)

• Merton C Flemings
  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
  A short history of MIT studies on fluid flow in solidification, 1952-2009

• Qiang Zhu
  (Southern University of Science and Technology, China)
  Semi solid processing of alloys and composites in China
• Johannes Winklhofer (SAG,Austria)
  Using recycled material for semi-solid processing of Al-Si-Mg based alloys

 Invited speakers

•  Jufu Jiang
  (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
  Short-term Oxidation Behavior, Microstructure Evolution and Compression Behavior of Nickel-based Superalloy GH4037 in Solid and Semi-solid States
• Shusen Wu
  (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
  Variation of microstructure and mechanical properties of YW61 magnesium alloz solidification under different pressures
• Anders Jafors
  (Jönköping University, Swedish)                                                                                                             Semisolid materials processing; A sustanability perspective

• Daquan Li
  ( GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd, China )
  Recent industrial application and perspectives of rheo-diecast process in China

• Lukasz Rogal
  (Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science Polish Academy of Science)
  Semi-solid processing of advanced structural alloys

• A. Nicholas Grundy
  (ThermoCalc, Sweden)                                                                   Predicting alloy solidification using calphad type thermodynamic and kinetic calculations

• Renguo Guan
  (Dalian Jiaotong University, China)
  Research & development of rheocasting by the coupling of shear and vibration

• Jessada Wannasin
  (Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)                                                                                                           Superheated slurry principle and its application in the die casting industry.

• Xiangjie Yang
  (Nanchang University, China)
• Microstructure evolution of a semisolid magnesium alloy slurry obtained via an internal rapid cooling process (IRCSP)

• Jun Zhang
  (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China)                                                                                                                                                                               Melt Treatment Technology for Superalloy Casting

• Goetz Hartmann
  (Magma, Germany)                                                                                                                         Virtual assessment and optimization of semisolid metal casting process

• Annalisa Pola
  (Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Italy)                                                                                                             Properties of semisolid parts: comparison with conventional and innovative manufacturing technologies

• Michael Modigell
  (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)                                                                                                  How to achieve physically correct rheological material functions for semi-solid alloys

• Nagaumi Hirom
  (Soochow University, China)                                                           Development of high strength high toughness and high thermal conductivity cast aluminum alloys

• Philipp Ochotta
  (Yizumi, Germany)                                                                                 Enhanced process stability through new process control strategies and improved mechanical components in thixomolding

• Stephen Midson
  (Colorado School of Mines, USA)                                       Using micro-CT scanning to quantitative characterize porosity in conventional die casting and semi-solid castings

• Yonglin Kang
  (University of Science and Technology, China)                                        A new technology for preparation of semisold sluury of aluminium alloy and its application in rheological die-casting of large thin-walled parts
• T.C. Su
  (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)                                        Understanding the rheological transitions in se,i-solid alloys by a combined in-situ imaging and granular micromechanics modelling approach
• Daniela Ehgartner
  (Anton Paar, Austria)                                        New parameters for casting processes: the rheology of metal alloys in the solid-liquid phase 
• Enyu Guo
  (Dalian University of Technology, China)                                        Coarsening and deformation of semi-solid light alloys: knowledge learned from synchrotron studies 
• Toshio Haga
  (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)                                        Semisolid casting and die casting of Al-4.8%Mg-2%Si alloy 
• M. Rosso
  (INSTM c/o Polytechnic of Turin (DISAT) Alessandria, Italy)                  About residual stress state of casting: the cast of HPDC parts and possible advantages through semi-solid processes