Top 5 steelChallenge-18 Regional Championship
The Regional Championship of steelChallenge-18 took place online for 24 hours on 29 November 2023. This year’s steelChallenge attracted 1,649 participants representing more than 50 companies and 77 academic institutions from 34 countries. They used steeluniversity’s steelmaking simulator to produce the best steel at the lowest cost while meeting carbon footprint requirements.
Results – Regional
Industry Category
The top 5 per region are:
Europe and Africa – Industry Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Katie ABRAHAM | Tata Steel | UK | 481.429 |
| 2 | Daniel FAULKNER | Tata Steel | UK | 486.896 |
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Americas – Industry Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Caio ANDRADE | ArcelorMittal Pecém | Brazil | 452.964 |
| 2 | Leandro RODRIGUES RIBEIRO | ArcelorMittal | Brazil | 453.129 |
| 3 | Julio Cesar MAGALHAES | ArcelorMittal | Brazil | 453.234 |
| 4 | Pedro SOUZA | ArcelorMittal | Brazil | 453.470 |
| 5 | Darlan CAVALCANTE | ArcelorMittal | Brazil | 453.477 |
Asia – West – Industry Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Mihir MANDAL | Tata Steel | India | 455.037 |
| 2 | Mansi M GUPTA | Tata Steel | India | 456.243 |
| 3 | Mounik KONDURU | Ford Motor Company | India | 456.611 |
| 4 | Balahanuman NARADALA | Emirates Steel | United Arab Emirates | 456.934 |
| 5 | Rima MAHATO | Tata Steel | India | 457.113 |
Asia North – Industry Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Wei Li BU (伟利部) | HBIS Group Co., Ltd. | China | 448.806 |
| 2 | Yang WANG | HBIS Group Co., Ltd. | China | 448.886 |
| 3 | Xiao WU (潇 吴) | HBIS Group Co., Ltd. | China | 448.91 |
| 4 | Hui YAO (姚 辉) | HBIS Group Co., Ltd. | China | 449.24 |
| 5 | Gang ZU (祖刚) | HBIS Group Co., Ltd. | China | 449.28 |
Asia – East and Oceania – Industry Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Jinho KANG | Indepent Consultant | South Korea | 452.223 |
| 2 | Minseok OH | POSCO Holdings | South Korea | 452.283 |
| 3 | Heewoon RO | POSCO Holdings | South Korea | 452.541 |
| 4 | Ho Jin MOON | POSCO Holdings | South Korea | 452.629 |
| 5 | Jongdeok KIM | HYUNDAI Steel | South Korea | 452.707 |
Results – Regional
Student Category
The top 5 per region are:
Europe and Africa – Student Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Matic BOBNAR | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia | 455.397 |
| 2 | Rodrigo GONÇALVES | Universidade do Porto | Portugal | 463.390 |
| 3 | Ožbej MODRIJAN | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia | 465.632 |
| 4 | Jure MURŠEC | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia | 466.333 |
| 5 | Ondřej AMBROŽ | Brno University of Technology | Czech Republic | 468.143 |
Americas – Student Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | João Pedro TABOSA | Universidade Federal do Ceará | Brazil | 450.346 |
| 2 | Daniel AQUER | Universidade Federal do Ceará | Brazil | 450.885 |
| 3 | Victor LIMA | Universidade Federal do Ceará | Brazil | 451.477 |
| 4 | Carlos CARVALHO | Instituto Federal Espirito Santo | Brazil | 457.675 |
| 5 | Matheus VALENTIM ARRUDA | University of São Paulo | Brazil | 460.225 |
Asia – West – Student Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Srinivasan DHANARAJ | Indian Institutes of Technology, Hyderabad | India | 452.425 |
| 2 | Ali HASAN | NED University of Engineering and Technology | Pakistan | 454.193 |
| 3 | Bishwa Nath SOREN | Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute | India | 454.219 |
| 4 | Khirod Chandra PATRA | Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute | India | 454.535 |
| 5 | Ashish Ujjwal EKKA | Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute | India | 455.304 |
Asia North – Student Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Cheng Jun HAN (韩城俊) | Tangshan Vocational and Technical College of Science and Technology | China | 448.05 |
| 2 | 唐一 齐 | Tangshan Vocational and Technical College of Science and Technology | China | 448.393 |
| 3 | Hang ZOU (邹航) | Tangshan Vocational and Technical College of Science and Technology | China | 448.575 |
| 4 | 郑城 年年 | Tangshan Vocational and Technical College of Science and Technology | China | 449.411 |
| 5 | Shijie DONG | Tangshan Vocational and Technical College of Science and Technology | China | 449.426 |
Asia – East and Oceania – Student Category
| Position | Person | Affiliation | Country | Price |
| 1 | Ji Hyeok LEE | Dong-A University | South Korea | 449.619 |
| 2 | Min Woo OH | Dong-A University | South Korea | 449.646 |
| 3 | Seung Been KANG | Dong-A University | South Korea | 449.707 |
| 4 | Jung Uk JIN | Dong-A University | South Korea | 449.825 |
| 5 | Jongseong PARK | Pukyong National University | South Korea | 449.862 |
steelChallenge-18 is generously sponsored by the following companies:
