steelChallenge-15 Faculty Advisors of Regional Champions
Mohammad Alkhedher
Associate professor and Chair at the Mechanical Engineering department, Abu Dhabi University,
Faculty Advisor of Abdelrahman Hosny Gomma
Mohammad AlKhedher, Associate professor and Chair at the Mechanical Engineering department, Abu Dhabi University, has more than 14 years of academic experience. He received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Washington State University, USA in 2007. He has published more than 50 Journal and conference papers. His interests are in the areas of modeling, simulation and control of mechatronic systems; machine condition-based monitoring; application of artificial intelligence in empirical modeling of nanomaterials mechanics and non-linear mechanical systems. He worked at Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan since 2007 till 2014, where he served as the Head of Mechatronics engineering department. He joined the Mechanical engineering department at Abu Dhabi University in 2017. He is a recipient of over 1.5M AED research fund, contributing to different projects as PI and co-PI. He is also a member of organizing committee and technical program committee in several national and international conferences. Alkhedher email: mohammad.alkhedher@adu.ac.ae
Hangyu Zhu
Associate professor in the School of Materials and Metallurgy at Wuhan University of Science and Technology
Faculty Advisor of Zhihao Zheng
Hangyu Zhu is an associate professor in the School of Materials and Metallurgy at Wuhan University of Science and Technology. He obtained his PhD from Central Iron & Steel Research Institute in 2013. He supervised students to participate in steelChallenge since 2013, and is invited to guide students to participate in various science and research competitions for college students every year.
Dr Zhu’s research interests lie in the area of secondary refining process, optimization of refining slag and control of non-metallic inclusions in steel. He is currently investigating the formation mechanism of inclusions in high manganese high aluminum steel and the process optimization for high aluminum steel.
Jeong Seb Han
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Professor at Dong-A University
Faculty Advisor of Kwon Ik Hwa
Professor Han obtained his PhD in Materials Engineering from KAIST, Korea in 1986. He has been a professor at Dong-A University for 34 years. His main research focuses on the development of hydrogen storage alloys, and he teaches steelmaking classes to students in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
“Every year, I encourage students to participate in steelChallenge during class. Steelmaking classes are theoretical, but I think students gain real-world experiences by participating in steelChallenge. What they learn by participating in the competition will help them a lot in the industry. Among the students who recently attended my class, two consecutive winners in the Asia-East and Oceania-Student Category in 2020 and 2021 have come out. I would like to thank the officials of the World Steel Association for making such a good program.”
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