steelChallenge-16 Regional Champions

01 December 2021 | Brussels, Belgium. The Regional Championship of steelChallenge-16 took place online for 24 hours on 24 November 2021. This year’s steelChallenge attracted 1,480 participants representing more than 50 companies and 90 academic institutions from 33 countries. New this year, carbon footprint requirements were introduced for the steel grade.

Scott Chubbs, Director steeluniversity said, “This year’s competition added new features, including our journey to add carbon emissions to the steeluniversity simulators, a masterclass webinar for all participants, an online community, and a webinar to open the Regional Championship, allowing participants to ask questions of the steeluniversity team. The positive reception of these efforts continues to build steelChallenge for engaging current and future steel makers.”.

The first place people in both the ‘industry’ and ‘student’ categories from each of the five regions will be invited to the World Championship in April 2022. In addition, the top five people in each region will receive a certificate of accomplishment.

Mr Chubbs added, “We intend to hold the World Championship in London, UK. We continue to monitor the global health and travel situation and will make a decision whether to be in person or online in January 2022.”.
steelChallenge-16 utilised steeluniversity’s electric arc funrace steelmaking and secondary steelmaking in a combined simulation. Participants were tasked to produce a grade of steel meeting technical requirements at the lowest cost per tonne with carbon footprint requirements. The simulation used a grade of steel specifically designed for steelChallenge-16.

Competitors could undertake ‘runs’ of the simulation during the 24-hour competition period. A ‘run’ was concluded when the simulation had completed the set time, the result had been registered in the competition database, and the competitor had received a confirmation of successful completion.

The best ‘run’ of each competitor was to determine their score and placement in the Regional Championship.

All registered participants for steelChallenge-16 received access to the Electric Arc Furnace and Secondary Steelmaking courses, including e-learning, 3D interactive models and simulators. Registered participants completing the Electric Arc Furnace and Secondary Steelmaking courses course received completion certificates for each course. Also, participants successfully completing a simulation run during steelChallenge-16 will received a competition certificate.

World Championship Finalists – Industry Category

World Championship Finalists – Student Category

steelChallenge-16 is generously sponsored by the following companies: