CIVS Student Win the 1st Place at AISTech 2022

Congratulations to CIVS master’s student John Rosser for winning first place in the AIST graduate student poster contest! John’s poster, “Reducing Blast Furnace CO2 Emissions with H2,” focused on the injection of hydrogen gas into the blast furnace with the aim of reducing the process’s significant carbon footprint. His research was awarded the grand prize by a panel of judges at AISTech 2022 in Pittsburgh, PA in competition with student research from universities including Carnegie Mellon University, Missouri S&T, and the University of Alabama.

The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) is a non-profit organization with 15,500 members from more than 70 countries. With 30 Technology Committees and 22 Local Members Chapters, AIST represents an incomparable network of steel industry knowledge and expertise. The Graduate Student Poster Contest at AISTech provides students the opportunity to present their research in a forum for all conference attendees to enjoy.

Please refer to the following AIST link to get more information on the competition:

https://www.aist.org/students-faculty/contests/graduate-student-poster-contest