SUSTAIN Manufacturing Hub
Lead Research Organisation:
Swansea University
Department Name: College of Engineering
Abstract
SUSTAIN is an ambitious collaborative research project led by the National Steel Innovation Centre at Swansea University to transform the productivity, product diversity and environmental performance of the steel supply chain in the UK. Working with Warwick Manufacturing Group and the University of Sheffield, the SUSTAIN Manufacturing Hub will lead grand challenge research projects of carbon neutral steel and ironmaking and smart steel processing. Carbon neutral steel making will explore how we can transition the industry from using coal as its primary energy source to a mix of waste materials, renewable energy and hydrogen. Smart steel processing will examine how digital technology and sensors can be used to increase productivity and also explore how a transformation in the way in which steel is processed can add significant value and create new markets, in particular construction, whilst expanding the opportunities afforded by advanced steel products in the electrification of vehicular transport. The UK steel businesses cover different market sectors and are all engaged in this project committing >£13M in supporting funds. Tata Steel lead work on strip steel products used in automotive (inc electrical steels for generators and motors construction) and packaging applications. British Steel produce long products for key sectors such as rail transport and construction. Liberty Specialty produce unique steels for sectors such as aerospace and nuclear power, Sheffield Forgemasters manufacture products for power generation, defence and civil nuclear industries, and Celsa make section steels and reinforcement primarily for construction. This represents a key element of advanced materials that underpin a large proportion of the UK manufacturing sector. The increasing diversity and lower carbon intensity of UK made steel products together with greater productivity and efficiency will thus benefit the whole of UK manufacturing and create opportunities for manufacturing to make inroads into traditional areas for example by driving offsite manufactured construction alternatives to traditional low skill labour intensive routes. Steel is the world's most used and recyclable advanced material and this project aims to transform the way it is made. This includes approaches both to use and re-use it and harness opportunities to turn any waste product into a value added element for another industry. To illustrate, a steel plant produces enough waste heat to power around 300,000 homes. New materials can trap this heat allowing it to be transported to homes and offices and be used when required without the need for pipes. This then makes the manufacturing site an embedded component of the community and is clearly a model applicable to any other high energy manufacturing operation in other sectors. We will at each stage explore how our discoveries in transforming steel can be mapped onto other key foundation materials sectors such as glass, petrochemicals and cement. Implementation of the research findings will be facilitated via SUSTAIN's network of innovation spokes ensuring that high quality research translates to highly profitable and competitive processes.
Planned Impact
Industrial Impact: The six principal steel companies in the UK are aligned to support and implement the outputs of this ambitious programme and have committed almost £8M in support covering staff secondments, funded research positions, PhD and academic sponsorship and trial costs. It is also endorsed by the pan industry Steel Council. The effect on the wider manufacturing base of reducing the carbon intensity of steel production has massive value as do new steel products and processes that support key sectors requiring transformation including electrification of transport and manufactured buildings. We believe this will seed transformative growth in the UK manufacturing base as a whole and the grand challenge themes not only support steel but other foundation materials supply chains (glass, petrochemicals and cement) making the application of the research have truly global potential. These impacts will be realised via a structured approach to innovation that draws on transformative research in the hub and from the wider international academic community. SUSTAIN has a clear strategy for accelerating these impacts via the innovation hubs with SPECIFIC, WMG HVM Catapult and the Henry Royce Centre facilitating pan-supply chain innovation and the Materials Processing Institute upscaling novel processes. This will ensure sustainability for the industry, de-risking the processes by identifying technical pitfalls and future markets whilst bridging the valley of death.
Environmental Impact: The steel industry in the UK is a substantial energy consumer and producer of carbon dioxide. The ambition of SUSTAIN is to create an opportunity of radically reducing carbon emissions from production. With the traditional iron ore to steel route leading to around 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide released per tonne of steel, the opportunities for substantial carbon savings from the industry are clear since the projected demand for steel in the UK by 2020 is forecast to increase to 11Mt/y. This will represent a significant UK opportunity which, if successful, can be used globally in both developed and emerging economies allowing economic growth and global carbon emissions to be decoupled.
Economic Impact: The steel manufacturing sector supports 31,400 high skilled jobs in the UK. The ambition of this project is to create new opportunities that will allow the sector to grow to 35,000. The establishment of the NSIC at Swansea and the associated automotive focused hub at WMG has created 90 jobs in Tata alone within a newly re-invigorated R and D function and an additional 700 technical apprentices have been appointed within the sector in the last year. The recent Grant Thornton report into the future of the sector has identified potential to grow the GVA of the steel industry from £1.2bn to £2.4bn. This will require detailed research and training to be delivered by the UK HEI sector and SUSTAIN is the nucleation point for starting this ambitious delivery plan.
Environmental Impact: The steel industry in the UK is a substantial energy consumer and producer of carbon dioxide. The ambition of SUSTAIN is to create an opportunity of radically reducing carbon emissions from production. With the traditional iron ore to steel route leading to around 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide released per tonne of steel, the opportunities for substantial carbon savings from the industry are clear since the projected demand for steel in the UK by 2020 is forecast to increase to 11Mt/y. This will represent a significant UK opportunity which, if successful, can be used globally in both developed and emerging economies allowing economic growth and global carbon emissions to be decoupled.
Economic Impact: The steel manufacturing sector supports 31,400 high skilled jobs in the UK. The ambition of this project is to create new opportunities that will allow the sector to grow to 35,000. The establishment of the NSIC at Swansea and the associated automotive focused hub at WMG has created 90 jobs in Tata alone within a newly re-invigorated R and D function and an additional 700 technical apprentices have been appointed within the sector in the last year. The recent Grant Thornton report into the future of the sector has identified potential to grow the GVA of the steel industry from £1.2bn to £2.4bn. This will require detailed research and training to be delivered by the UK HEI sector and SUSTAIN is the nucleation point for starting this ambitious delivery plan.
Organisations
- Swansea University (Lead Research Organisation)
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Glasgow (Collaboration)
- Aluminium Federation Ltd (Collaboration)
- VESUVIUS UK LTD (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Collaboration)
- Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) (Collaboration)
- AESSEAL plc (Collaboration)
- Rockwool (Collaboration)
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Collaboration)
- ESA - ESTEC (Collaboration)
Publications
Aghadavoudi Jolfaei M
(2023)
Non-destructive evaluation of magnetic anisotropy associated with crystallographic texture of interstitial free steels
in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Al-Moftah A
(2021)
Thermal Decomposition Kinetic Study of Non-Recyclable Paper and Plastic Waste by Thermogravimetric Analysis
in ChemEngineering
Beden S
(2023)
Steelmaking Predictive Analytics Based on Random Forest and Semantic Reasoning
in Applied Sciences
Beden S
(2021)
SCRO: A Domain Ontology for Describing Steel Cold Rolling Processes towards Industry 4.0
in Information
Burton M
(2023)
Fully 3D Printed Tin Selenide (SnSe) Thermoelectric Generators with Alternating n -Type and p- Type Legs
in ACS Applied Energy Materials
Burton M
(2022)
Printed Thermoelectrics.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Cairns S
(2022)
Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments
in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Cao Q
(2022)
A core reference ontology for steelmaking process knowledge modelling and information management
in Computers in Industry
Cao Q
(2022)
KSPMI: A Knowledge-based System for Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0
in Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
| Description | In March 2023 SUSTAIN held its mid-term review, where it received a positive "no action" recommendation. It was praised for its impactful work with ECRs and encouraged to address EDI matters more proactively. During this time some of the early Tasks have come to an end, being replaced by phase 2 activities selected via a new process to independently evaluate and fund new Tasks. These include sustainable product metallurgy, decarbonised iron making, life cycle analysis and semantic digital technologies to help interface AI into steelmaking. Tasks are integrated into Themes that enable tighter relationships with industrialists beyond those already engaged on the project. Work is disseminated twice yearly at our internal conferences - updating invited academic and industrial communities, and our advisory board on progress/issues/next steps. This is reinforced by workshops (e.g. Digital Materials Passport, Data) and our "Inreach" initiative which promotes new idea generation guided by internal and invited external speakers. To support this, we have funded 4 ECR projects (in Warwick, Leicester, Imperial College London in the first expansion of our scheme eligibility to all Universities in the UK). This compliments our wider ECR support e.g. funding for the ECR Net Zero Conference. We have engaged internationally e.g. "Best Practices in Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation for the Indian Iron and Steel Sectors" and via visits to American scrap plants. Critically, SUSTAIN has been instrumental in establishing the UK based UN backed International Centre of Excellence for Sustainable resource Management (ICE-SRM). Additionally, Hub members have presented at prestigious international conferences e.g. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Gordon Research Conference 2023 & FAIM2023. We have continued our outreach to schools, colleges and national events with partners (e.g. Discover Materials, Energy Warriors etc.), and hosted a regional activity day with support from the Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ and the Engineering Development Trust. We have raised the profile of the Hub (e.g. BBC News, Steel Times, The Conversation, Parliamentary debates, IOM3 podcast) in what has been a busy year for the steel sector. Finally, and most importantly we have taken active steps to improve the diversity of our executive and advisory functions and ECR's we have funded. |
| Exploitation Route | Research outputs have been used in the last year by major steel manufacturers in the UK to inform their decarbonisation and associated investment plans, including those submitted to government including recent investments announced at Tata Steel and British Steel's decarbonisation plans. As highlighted above SUSTAIN's research and established expertise has been applied extensively in the last year to support policy development and has been taken forward by various government departments, NGOs and trade bodies. Our higher TRL activities are really starting to flourish at this stage of the project and we have worked closely with technology suppliers and manufacturers to upscale our research as evidenced by our collaboration between SUSTAIN the University of Sheffield and AESSEAL on the development and construction of a pilot scale low energy CO2 capture system. This system has now been demonstrated at industrial scale at Liberty Steel's Brinsworth Steelworks and shortly be trailed at British Steel's Scunthorpe works. Through the Innovate funded Flue2Chem project SUSTAIN is now exploring linking supply chains between the steel and chemicals sector. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Communities and Social Services/Policy Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Electronics Energy Environment Government Democracy and Justice Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Transport |
| Description | The SUSTAIN Hub is a unique network of partners across the community of industrialists, academics, trade bodies and RTOs that sit in the Advanced Materials Supply Chain and who have a vested interest in the UK. The network provides funding for small feasibility studies up to £100k (for our final call). To date, five £50k feasibility studies have been commissioned with our last call due to be released in May 2024. It also has technology Translation Fund which has been used to accelerate ideas to market including two different sensor technologies and a carbon capture system. All of these activities have drawn in additional non-academic partners who have benefited from their engagement in the program. SUSTAIN also provides mentoring and collaborative opportunities for early career academics within the UK Steel fraternity, access to innovative SMEs and wider funding opportunities within the UK framework. To date, there have been three ECR calls with eleven awards won. Steel is a key enabler of modern living standards and transportation, however the nearly 2Bn tonne global demand for this ubiquitous material generates huge amounts of greenhouse gases. Managing the embodied energy in materials is key to the future of the UK's decarbonisation strategy. Hence, sustainable, energy efficient produced steel is an important decarbonisation tool when complemented by an emphasis on steel's value in use, prioritising where possible maintenance and life extension over recycling. It has been working increasingly with upstream suppliers and technology providers to implement this understanding at higher TRLs as evidenced by its portfolio of aligned innovation funding with a range of new partners. Through SUSTAIN, the main UK Steel producers are regularly meeting to discuss how 2050 targets to make carbon neutral iron and steelmaking and resource-efficient UK steel supply chains can be met through combined sector effort and have recently refreshed their priorities for the coming years. Attendance at the Iron and Steel Board, UK Steel R&D Committee, Government Roundtables and regularly feeding information into Welsh and UK Government Parliamentary Committees ensures that SUSTAIN is starting to influence the future direction of de-carbonising the steel industry in the UK. |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Advised (by invitation) on the development of a consultation on national security for BEIS and HMT |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9353... |
| Description | CD at Parliamentary and Scientific Committee Meeting |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | CG attended a roundtable discussion on Digital Manufacturing 2050 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Contributed to SQW (Economic development and social development research and consultancy | SQW) who are contracted by InnovateUK on skills |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.sqw.co.uk/ |
| Description | Z Li Contribution to policy report |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://sandbag.be/index.php/2022/06/20/starting-from-scrap-the-key-role-of-circular-steel-in-achiev... |
| Description | Z Li: BEIS Scrap Working group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Zushu Li: Contribution to "Climate Bonds Standard Steel Criteria", Technical Working Group |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.climatebonds.net/standard/steel |
| Description | Zushu Li: reviewing "Green steel", UK parliament Post, Number 672 May 2022 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0672/ |
| Description | A circular economy approach for recycling electric motors in end-of-the life vehicles (RECYCEM) |
| Amount | £750,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | High Value Manufacturing Catapult |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Carbon dioxide capture linked with F4-Next-CC |
| Amount | £156,078 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | CarbonVue - integrated carbon and productivity end-to-end supply chain management |
| Amount | £1,327,337 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 88865 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 11/2022 |
| Description | Centre for Circular Economy > "Circular Metals" (EP/V011804/1) |
| Amount | £4,437,440 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V011804/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Circular economy proposal to Welsh Govt. for processing and analytical equipment |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Social Fund (Welsh Government/ EU) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Domestic Scrap Steel Recycling - Economic, Environmental and Social Opportunities BEIS/DEFRA |
| Amount | £39,964 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EV0490 |
| Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Electromagnetic Sensor Implementation |
| Amount | £72,136 (GBP) |
| Organisation | High Value Manufacturing Catapult |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Flue2Chem: building a UK value chain in converting industrial waste gases into sustainable materials for consumer products |
| Amount | £2,700,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10030637 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | High-temperature Electromagnetic Instrumentation for Metal Production (Hi-TEMP) |
| Amount | £503,138 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W024713/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Innovate Covid Recovery project |
| Amount | £118,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy (EP/V011863/1) |
| Amount | £4,436,401 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V011863/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Made Smarter Innovation - Materials Made Smarter Research Centre |
| Amount | £4,049,204 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V061798/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2021 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | Made Smarter Network+ |
| Amount | £4,885,886 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/W007231/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Practice and theory in the design of martensitic steels |
| Amount | £446,772 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V001809/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | RECTIFI - Reducing Embedded Carbon through Transformation In Foundation Industries |
| Amount | £3,435,231 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10030654 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 10/2024 |
| Description | Scale up of F4_MIL-140(Ce) for next generation carbon capture (F4-Next-CC) |
| Amount | £31,970 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Smart Steel Alloy Manufacturing (SSAM) |
| Amount | £895,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | High Value Manufacturing Catapult |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Transforming the Foundation Industries Network+ (EP/V026402/1) |
| Amount | £2,002,051 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V026402/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Visiting PDRA (Heriot-Watt) carbon capture material scale-up |
| Amount | £2,100 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | AESSEAL and Task 1 |
| Organisation | AESSEAL plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Initial designs from the 4CU project (TRL2) were developed into designs for a 40x scaled system which AESSEAL helped us to refine and build. We worked closely as a Sheffield Team with AESSEAL to build the demonstrator unit. |
| Collaborator Contribution | AESSEAL carried out the final design and build and also built a mobile unit and PLC control system. All new IP was assigned to the University of Sheffield. |
| Impact | PCT Patent Application PCT/GB2023/050173 |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ALFED (Aluminium Federation) |
| Organisation | Aluminium Federation Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | industry and knowledge share for AI and Circularity projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | industry and knowledge share for AI and Circularity projects. |
| Impact | too early to report |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Cardiff University - Task 2 |
| Organisation | Cardiff University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have been carried out thermal characterisation and drop tub furnace experiments at Cardiff with the support of Richard and Julian and we have run analysis for the Cardiff team at Swansea. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have been carried out thermal characterisation and drop tub furnace experiments at Cardiff with the support of Richard and Julian and we have run analysis for the Cardiff team at Swansea. |
| Impact | We have so far submitted a joint EPSRC proposal, we are discussing another one and we have a joint paper almost ready for submission. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ESSA |
| Organisation | ESA - ESTEC |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | ESTEP ESSA project: As part of its values and We have forged a partnership with engaging with skills vehicles in the UK and Europe. This is so that we can feed into future skills trends as new technologies are developed through the relevant projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | It has created a platform for new partnerships to be built with the directors of ESSA (ESTEP - European Steel Skills Agenda (ESSA) - Steel focus) where SUSTAIN is now an associate member and SPIRE SEIS (SPIRE-SAIS: Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis (SAIS) - A Cross-sectoral Blueprint for a Sustainable Process Industry (SPIRE) - Sozialforschungsstelle - TU Dortmund (tu-dortmund.de) - energy intensive industries). |
| Impact | Future outputs will enable SUSTAIN to feed into future skills trends as new technologies are developed through the relevant projects. SUSTAIN is now an associate member of ESSA |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Department | Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Process modelling > inter-manufacturing hub consortium between SUSTAIN, MAPP, Composites and LiME hubs, the STFC and on process modelling development. Output > Submission of "Materials Made Smarter" proposal to recent Made Smarter Hubs Call. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Process modelling > inter-manufacturing hub consortium between SUSTAIN, MAPP, Composites and LiME hubs, the STFC and on process modelling development. Output > Submission of "Materials Made Smarter" proposal to recent Made Smarter Hubs Call. |
| Impact | Output would be a successful application to "Materials Made Smarter" in the recent Made Smarter Hubs Call. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Glasgow University- Task 2 |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have been discussing the development of recyclable and fire-retardant plastics. Graeme has agreed to make some initial molecules for fire testing and we are working on an EPSRC proposal from this. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have been discussing the development of recyclable and fire-retardant plastics. Graeme has agreed to make some initial molecules for fire testing and we are working on an EPSRC proposal from this. |
| Impact | We are working on an EPSRC proposal from this. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Research Visit by Dr Brett Carlson from South Dakota School of Mines |
| Organisation | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | access to equipment and facilities to conduct experiments relevant to research |
| Collaborator Contribution | experiments relevant to research of SUSTAIN |
| Impact | ongoing collaboration |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Rockwool Ltd - Task 1 |
| Organisation | Rockwool |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | SUSTAIN Task 1 has developed novel CO2 capture materials for testing in the Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) unit developed within the Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions (RICE) WEFO-funded operation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Within RICE, Rockwool has provided access to their industrial manufacturing site for the installation of the PSA unit, through this the materials linked with SUSTAIN Task 1 research activity can be tested in an industrially relevant environment. |
| Impact | Further funding obtained from the UKCCSRC with the project F4-Next-CC "Scale up of F4_MIL-140(Ce) for next generation carbon capture |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | STFC |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Process modelling > inter-manufacturing hub consortium between SUSTAIN, MAPP, Composites and LiME hubs, the STFC and on process modelling development. Output > Submission of "Materials Made Smarter" proposal to recent Made Smarter Hubs Call. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Process modelling > inter-manufacturing hub consortium between SUSTAIN, MAPP, Composites and LiME hubs, the STFC and on process modelling development. Output > Submission of "Materials Made Smarter" proposal to recent Made Smarter Hubs Call. |
| Impact | Output: successful application to the "Materials Made Smarter" proposal to recent Made Smarter Hubs Call. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | South Dakota School of Mines, US - Task 2 |
| Organisation | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We supported Dr Brett Carlson to come back to SAMI to carry out some sintering tests on different metal oxides. We also discussed the possibility of seeking funding for future collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research visit from Dr Brett Carlson to look at metal oxide sintering |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | UKAEA - Task 9 |
| Organisation | UK Atomic Energy Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Partnership on Reduced Activity Ferrite/Martensite (RAFM) steels. The design of new RAFM steels for use in the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) reactor. Partnership with British Steel through a EngD programme to develop new steel grades for high strength wire applications. A new wire composition and associated process route is being developed. Partnership with Liberty Steel to understand the mechanisms of austenite formation and stability during heat treatment of Super 13Cr steels. This is expected to result in a new steel composition. Partnership with TWI to develop coatings for steel tube for hydrogen applications to prevent loss of hydrogen" |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partnership on Reduced Activity Ferrite/Martensite (RAFM) steels. The design of new RAFM steels for use in the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) reactor. Partnership with British Steel through a EngD programme to develop new steel grades for high strength wire applications. A new wire composition and associated process route is being developed. Partnership with Liberty Steel to understand the mechanisms of austenite formation and stability during heat treatment of Super 13Cr steels. This is expected to result in a new steel composition. Partnership with TWI to develop coatings for steel tube for hydrogen applications to prevent loss of hydrogen |
| Impact | British Steel EngD programme - a new wire composition and associated process route is being developed. Liberty Steel Partnership- This is expected to result in a new steel composition |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Vesuvius- Task 6 |
| Organisation | Vesuvius UK Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | X-ray micro-CT and 3D volume analysis of refractory samples investigating pore size and distribution resulting from different mixing processes. X-ray micro-CT, 3D volume analysis, and optical microscopy of refractory samples investigating the distribution of fibres subjected to different mixing processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supply of various refractory samples subjected to different mixing processes Any outputs/outcomes/impact from this |
| Impact | Draft publication in progress. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Title | PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL OF CO2 FROM AIR |
| Description | A method for refining carbon dioxide from an input mixed gas stream comprising carbon dioxide, the method comprising: introducing a compressed first portion of the input mixed gas stream into a first adsorption vessel containing carbon dioxide sorbent material to provide a first compressed gas mixture within the first adsorption vessel; venting, from the first adsorption vessel, a carbon dioxide depleted fraction of the first compressed gas mixture; venting, from the first adsorption vessel, an intermediate fraction of the first compressed gas mixture; venting, from the first adsorption vessel, a carbon dioxide enriched fraction of the first compressed gas mixture, wherein the intermediate fraction of the first compressed gas mixture has a concentration of carbon dioxide higher than that of the input gas mixture but lower than that of the enriched fraction of the first compressed gas mixture; collecting the carbon dioxide enriched fraction of the first compressed gas mixture; introducing the intermediate fraction of the first compressed gas mixture and a compressed second portion of the input mixed gas stream into a second adsorption vessel containing carbon dioxide sorbent material to provide a second compressed gas mixture within the second adsorption vessel; venting, from the second adsorption vessel, a carbon dioxide depleted fraction of the second compressed gas mixture; venting, from the second adsorption vessel, a carbon dioxide enriched fraction of the second compressed gas mixture; and collecting the carbon dioxide enriched fraction of the second compressed gas mixture. |
| IP Reference | WO2023144540 |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2023 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | The IP has been licensed to an international company |
| Description | 7th IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 7th IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration, 15th - 18th December 2023, Hangzhou, China. Pengfei Su (FS2, Task 14) presented WP1 results: "Optimal Scheduling of Steelmaking Process Considering Multiple Electricity Bill Components" in a special session titled "Local Energy Systems with Flexible Resources and Energy Transaction" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://attend.ieee.org/ei2-2023/ |
| Description | ATF Professional article - SS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Stephen wrote an article for ATF Professional titled "Automotive recycling - can we stop downcycling our materials?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://atfpro.co.uk/automotive-recycling-can-we-stop-downcycling-our-materials |
| Description | Ajitesh Sharma | Task 7 | presentated a poster at the 6th MPI Postgraduate Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ajitesh Sharma presented a poster on "The influence of cooling rate during solidification on segregation behaviour in low alloy steels with and without residual elements" at the 6th MPI Postgraduate Symposium, in London on the 28th February 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/6th-postgraduate-research-symposium-on-ferrous-metallurgy-2023-regist... |
| Description | Andrew Barron, Task 1, UK CCUS & Hydrogen Decarbonisation Summit:Delivered a presentation on our research on hydrogen technology. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended the 3rd UK CCUS & Hydrogen Decarbonisation Summit in Birmingham, and delivered a presentation on our research on hydrogen technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/RICE_Cymru/status/1521817217494618113 |
| Description | April 23 Inreach Session on Managing a Closed Carbon Cycle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Internal April 23 Inreach Session on Managing a Closed Carbon Cycle 3x presentations presentated on/by below; - Alternative (solid) Carbon Sources - Prof Peter Holliman/Dr Eurig Jones, Swansea University - Carbon Recycling for BF & DRI - Prof Yulong Ding, University of Birmingham - CO2 to Products - Prof Peter Styring/Dr Enrico Andreoli/Dr George Dowson/Dr Craig Armstrong, Swansea & Sheffield Universities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Arnold Beckman, Task 4-Talk on Digital Material Passports and Blockchain at MMSC workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Digital Material Passports and Blockchain at MMSC workshop on 23 June 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/SustainSteel/status/1539926817699684352 |
| Description | Arnold Beckman, Task 4: Seminar on Hybrid AI approaches for Knowledge-Intense Manufacturing at Innsbruck University's Computer Science Department |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar by Arnold Beckmann on Hybrid AI approaches for Knowledge-Intense Manufacturing at Innsbruck University's Computer Science Department in June 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arnold Beckmann & Cinzia Giannetti, Task 4:Academic Workshop on AI and Autonomous Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Academic Workshop on AI and Autonomous Systems 12th October 2022 co-organised by Arnold Beckmann and Cinzia Giannetti |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arnold Beckmann, AISB Workshop, Task 4:talk on Hybrid AI approaches for Knowledge-Intense Manufacturing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk by Arnold Beckmann on Hybrid AI approaches for Knowledge-Intense Manufacturing at AISB Workshop on Explainability and Transparency in AI, Swansea University in October 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://va7.myqnapcloud.com/WordPress/xtai-2022/ |
| Description | Article in The Engineer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | New steel manufacturing method could lower emissions - an article in The Engineer following a paper in Nature by Professor Mark Rainforth detailing a new method of making lightweight, high strength steel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theengineer.co.uk/new-steel-manufacturing-method-could-lower-emissions/ |
| Description | Aurash Karimi and Michael Auinger, Task 5:Warwick - Tata Steel PhD and researcher days |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Warwick - Tata Steel PhD and researcher days (12.09. & 13.09.2022) - 2 presentations (by Aurash Karimi and Michael Auinger) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Azita Etmenan | Task 2 | Presented a poster at 6th MPI Postgraduate Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Azita Etman presented a poster on "Capture and reduction of carbon emissions to maximize circularity in the steelmaking process" at the 6th MPI Postgraduate Symposium, in London on the 28th February 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/6th-postgraduate-research-symposium-on-ferrous-metallurgy-2023-regist... |
| Description | BBC Great Coastal Railway Journeys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | On-camera interview, filming and participation via a tour of facilities (Active Building and Steel focus) in the latest (broadcast Feb 2022) Great Coastal Railway Journeys series for the BBC. The outcome is increased enquiries for advice on Active Buildings, steel products and industrial de-carbonisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0014t9k/great-coastal-railway-journeys-series-1-23-port-talbo... |
| Description | Becky Waldram & Cam Pleydell-Pearce | EDT Industrial Cadets Challenger Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Inspiring the next generation of manufacturing leaders in South Wales South Wales school pupils recently had the chance to learn about Sustainability and Manufacturing in South Wales and an event hosted at Swansea University. On July 2023, Swansea University welcomed the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) to deliver the first South Wales Challenger Day workshop on Innovation and Sustainability, funded by Innovate UK. A total of 80 students from Llangatwg Community School, Bryn Celynnog School, Ebbw Fawr Learning Community, Olchfa School and Willows High School took part in the event. Pupils were joined by industrial representatives from Vale Europe and Tata Steel UK at the event which was held at Swansea University Bay Campus, sponsored by the Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ and the SUSTAIN Future Steel Manufacturing Research Hub. The event, developed by the Engineering Development Trust, introduced pupils to the foundation industries and examples of why they are so crucial in South Wales through a series of fun activities. Pupils learned about what fossil fuel are and how they are impacting climate change, as well as some of the option local industries are considering to decarbonise their operations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Becky Waldram -Big Bang Fair with Discover Materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Designed specifically with 11 to 14 year olds in mind, to provide the best careers inspiration, advice and opportunities to meet with real scientists and engineers. Attended and assisted with the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/BeckyWaldram/status/1539508499759128577 |
| Description | Becky Waldram attended Learned Society of Wales ECR event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Becky attended Learned Society of Wales ECR event and met ECR's from across Wales. SUSTAIN sponsored poster prizes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.learnedsociety.wales/colloquium2023/ |
| Description | Becky Waldram | Article in "The Conversation" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article in "The Conversation" titled "Electric arc furnaces: the technology poised to make British steelmaking more sustainable Lots of follow up posts on LinkedIn and X (Twitter) from SU, Specific and more. Has led to interview requests from media outlets including BBC, Ingenia and more. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/electric-arc-furnaces-the-technology-poised-to-make-british-steelmaking-... |
| Description | Becky Waldram | Seren Outreach event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seren outreach event hosted by Becky Waldram. 5 A level students from the Seren Network attended a taster session on Materials for Renewable energy. They participated in a workshop making and testing dye-sensitised solar cells, and had a tour of the Active Buildings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Becky Waldram | Swansea Science Festival. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Becky organised and ran two tables at Swansea Science Festival. Activities included microscopy, smart materials (ferrofluid and UV beads), Lego car dissasembly as an introduction to circualr economy and hydrophobic materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7125112730507698177/ |
| Description | Becky Waldram | Tata Magnet group (young professionals) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Becky gave a talk on SUSTAIN to the Tata Magnet group (young professionals) at Port Talbot. Lots of interest in Inreach and the Bi-Annual Conference next year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Becky Waldram | We are Energy Warriors STEM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Becky delivered an online session at We are Energy Warriors STEM Ambassadors Swansea University Battery Coin Experiment Oct 23. It consisted of a short presentation on renewable energy/active buildings/battery storage, followed by an in-classroom activity to create a voltaic pile from zinc washers and pennies, followed by a Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Becky Waldram, Cam Pleydell-Pearce, Richard Curry, Task 0:UK Metals Expo 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "UK Metals Expo 2022 14th-15th Sept 2022 CPP on panel ""Transforming foundation industries challenge"" with Bruce Adderley, Christopher Pilgrim and Mark Jolly SUSTAIN also hosted an exhibition stand" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ukmetalsexpo.com/ |
| Description | Becky Waldram, Cam Pleydell-Pearce, Sarah Roberts:MRE 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "MRE 2022 4th-5th October 2022 BW delivered 2 min SUSTAIN pitch on 4th Oct which resulted in several additional visitors to the stand CPP hosted a panel seminar (with Laura Baker, Richard Warren and Khalil Khan) on SUSTAINing UK Manufacturing - Steel's contribution to a Net Zero UK on 5th Oct. Covered areas including Steel's Contribution to a Net Zero UK, Product Design for Low Carbon Solutions and The Role of Skills in Delivering Net Zero. Cam asked questions such as Is there a place for steel in a low carbon economy?, Can we use other, less carbon intensive materials?, Why do we need to retain steelmaking in the UK? The audience asked some questions during the panel and several made contact after the event" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/materials-research-exchange-mre-2022/ |
| Description | Becky Waldram, Ran a table for an evening careers and engagament event at the Royal Institute titled "For Your Inspiration: Powering our sustainable future". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Careers and engagement event at the Royal Institute Ran a table for an evening careers and engagament event at the Royal Institute titled "For Your Inspiration: Powering our sustainable future". Demonstrated microscopy, perovskite solar cells, resistive heating and voltaic piles. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.faraday.ac.uk/powering-our-sustainable-future/ |
| Description | Becky Waldram, Stand at the Royal Institution in London for event "For Your Inspiration: Powering our sustainable future" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Hosted a stand at the Royal Institution in London for event "For Your Inspiration: Powering our sustainable future" in collaboration with SUSTAIN, SPECIFIC IKC and Faculty of Science and Engineering at Swansea University. Attendees were 13-18 year olds and their parents. Visitors were introduced to microscopy, perovskite solar cells, resistive heating and early battery technologies. Our team increased the awareness of Materials Science and Engineering and how this subject can help to power a sustainable future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/your-inspiration-powering-our-sustainable-future |
| Description | Becky Waldram, Task 0 -Energy Warriors Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 50 pupils from 3 schools visited Swansea University as part of a series of workshops/visits as part of the Energy Warriors scheme. They participated in 2 workshops (making solar cells using tea and making basic batteries from coins and washers), listen to some short talks and had a tour of the Active Buildings on the Bay Campus. BW assisted with both workshop activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Becky Waldram: Talk about Materials and Career at Rendcomb College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk about Materials and Career at Rendcomb College for around 40 year 11, 12 and 13 students. Lots of good questions, and significant interest in materials show by one student. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Best Practices in Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation for the Indian Iron and Steel Sectors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Richard Curry presented on Novel Research into the Decarbonisation of Integrated and EAF Steelmaking Plants SUSTAIN was invited to give a 15 minutes talk about the expertise of SUSTAIN and the work the Hub has done around innovation and best practices in the metals space, covering energy efficiency/decarbonisation/innovation within iron and steel production. It should be an excellent opportunity to showcase some of your work and capabilities, and engage with leading stakeholders from across India. Background: Carbon Trust is currently delivering the ASPiRE India programme for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), currently focused on developing energy efficiency and decarbonisation knowledge within the Indian iron and steel sectors. A key focus of the programme is the facilitation of opportunities for UK and international organisations interested in sharing their industrial energy efficiency/decarbonisation experiences and knowledge with Indian industrial stakeholders, and explore partnership opportunities where relevant. In partnership with the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), we are delivering an industry best practices workshop on energy efficiency and decarbonisation for the Indian iron and steel sectors, on Wednesday 19th April 2023. This will be attended by the majority of leading organisations within Indian iron and steel production, discussing progress, challenges and knowledge sharing from international best practice on industrial decarbonisation and energy efficiency within the sector. The event is an in-person workshop, hosted by Goadawari Power and Ispat Limited in Raipur India, and will have a virtual session for UK and international organisations with relevant expertise to present to the Indian sector. There were request for more information about the Hub following this presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | British Science Week 2021 | Circular Economy - BW |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Becky gave a 20 minute introductory talk on the principles of circular economy for Discover Materials during British Science Week event. There were 25 live viewers and 40 views of the recording. Viewers knowledge of sustainability and the principles of circular economy increased following the talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/HG4teybr8nc |
| Description | Cam Pleydell-Pearce, Becky Waldram: Visit to Swansea University Bay Campus from the UK Climate Change Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Swansea University Bay Campus from the UK Climate Change Committee, NPTCBC, Carmathenshire CC and C&C Swansea. Tour of site followed by workshop on "Skills for net zero. Challenges and Opportunities Skills for net zero. Challenges and Opportunities". Covered topics of Future Skills Needs, Current and Future Skills Delivery and How to Inclusively Engage the Workforce on the Journey to Net-Zero. All parties were engaged, the conversation was dynamic and flowing, and the outcomes productive. Relationships have been formed, refreshed and strengthened. There is a final action to post a live online conversation board between participants to continue the discussion . Also included wider Materials Portfolio staff. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Cam Pleydell-Pearce, Task 6:SteelCast mini-serie |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "In this SteelCast mini-series, Tata Steel's host, Tim Rutter, talked to a variety of industry experts who presented at the UK Metals Expo. In this episode, he caught up with Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Tata Steel sponsored lecturer at Swansea University, who not only shared a stand at MetalsExpo representing the Sustain initiative alongside the Transforming Foundation Industries network, but was also a keynote speaker at the event." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3RhdGFzdGVlbHVrL2ZlZWQueG1s/episod... |
| Description | Cameron Pledydell-Pearce- Visit to the House of Lords |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to the House of Lords with TFI Network+ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/SustainSteel/status/1540250288124301312 |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce on panel of breakout session: A Material World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Make UK Conference. CPP on panel of breakout session: A Material World |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/i/status/1521507561022885889 |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce & Richard Curry | SMEA dinner & Bessemer Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SUSTAIN hosted a table and the SMEA dinner & Bessemer Lecture in Sheffield. The team invited guests from MPI, Henry Royce Institute, Tata Steel, Liberty Steel, World Steel, KTN & Innovate UK. Bringing representatives from these different organisation together helped to foster the relationships between themselves and SUSTAIN. There have been follow up meetings since this event to discuss future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.iom3.org/group/sheffield-metallurgical-engineering-association-smea/meeting.html?id=BE04... |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce | BBC Wales article "Tata: Doubt over Port Talbot's ability to make new steel" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Comments from Cameron Pleydell-Pearce featured in BBC Wales article "Tata: Doubt over Port Talbot's ability to make new steel" which led to multiple additional interviews in early 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67691050 |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce | Oxford Institute of Environmental Studies Green Steel Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Cameron spoke on the panel of "Supply, demand and value chain implications of greening steel". Multiple connections made to try and establish a global SUSTAIN. For example Claire Broadbent head of sustainbility at World Steel, Dr Rizwan Janjua (WS in sheffield), Arcelor Mittal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7121867035017400320/ |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce | Podcast IOM3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | IOM3 Investigates...the importance of the foundation industries" The foundation industries have innovated and evolved separately over the years, yet they share many commonalities. In this podcast the guests discuss the benefits that come from a joined up approach such as the TFI Network+. Graham Hillier of the Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium, Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce of Swansea University and Chris McDonald of the Materials Processing Institute give their perspectives on the industries and discuss exciting futures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.iom3.org/resource/iom3-investigates-the-importance-of-the-foundation-industries.html |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Becky Waldram: attended SWIC/ESSA Workshop on the skills and resource required for industrial decarbonisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended SWIC/ESSA Workshop on the skills and resource required for industrial decarbonisation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Task 0:Launch of the CCC report on "2022 Progress Report to Parliament, The CCC's annual assessment of UK progress in reducing emissions" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Met politicians and policy makers. Follow up from Rachel Brisley at Ipsos regarding a report written by Ipsos and the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) on Net Zero Living and public opinion of climate change and their reactions to potential green policies Intend for more follow up discussion in the future. Also made contact in Green Alliance, where follow up meeting have happened to discuss how work in SUSTAIN aligns with other existing projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/2022-progress-report-to-parliament/ |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Task 6, Materials in Manufacturing the Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Cam talked about SUSTAIN from a global perspective, in terms of global warming and consumption, and well as providing an overview of the main research areas covered in SUSTAIN. He mentioned the existing FS2 call, and encouraged anyone interested in SUSTAIN to get in touch with the Hub for potential collaborations. There were lots of questions around scrap avaialbility, steelmaking routes of the future in the UK and how policy can be influenced in this area. Audience mainly students and PDRA's. CPP also had short tour of the facilities. Feedback has been positive |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/eb93b3a8b5a268cd92d4a041fcd72231/76bcfe2b-aaee-4e05-9a83-cd... |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Task 6- Workshops with Made Smarter and School of Materials Science Engineering Sheffield University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted two days of workshops with Materials Made Smarter UK centre colleagues from and with mse sheffield on digital solutions for steel processing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/DrCGPP/status/1540312850031427585 |
| Description | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Task 6:Contributions to Energy Transitions Commission insight report "Unlocking the First Wave of Breakthrough Steel Investments" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributions to Energy Transitions Commission insight report "Unlocking the First Wave of Breakthrough Steel Investments" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.energy-transitions.org/publications/breakthrough-steel/ |
| Description | Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Faraday Discussion - PS, GD & WT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 7-9th April Chair Prof. Peter Styring, presentations Dr George Dowson (08.04.21) Reactive capture using metal looping: the effect of oxygen Dr Waqas Hassan Tanveer (09.04.21). Waqas also presented a poster at this event. There were lots of questions and good discussions following the talks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/40002/carbon-dioxide-utilisation-faraday-discussion |
| Description | Careers video |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Recorded 2 minute video on Materials Science and Engineering for a virtual school careers fair (https://swanseauniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/r_k_waldram_swansea_ac_uk/EWcpm61wbupFnZMi3fkiGBkBxHh4_VKRiy9Oc2CnAK88NA?e=UoddI1) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://swanseauniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/r_k_waldram_swansea_ac_uk/EWcpm61wbupFnZM... |
| Description | Cinzia Giannetti & Arnold Beckmann | DSIH Knowlege Exchange workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DSIH Knowlege Exchange workshop took place on 06th June 2023. The vision for the Sustain Phase II project "Semantic Technologies for Steel Manufacturing" was presented and engaged in discussion around the adoption of semantic technologies in the Steel Industry. Participants from industry and academia will be involved in interactive activities to mutually learn and reflect on the following topics: • Knowledge-Driven AI in steel • Interoperability, data sharing in supply chain The oucome was there is now a better understand between academic and industrial teams on the goal of this work, leading to increased collaboration and development of the technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Cinzia Giannetti | 32nd International Conference in Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cinzia Giannetti, Eugenio Borghini, Alex Carr, James Raleigh, Ben Rackham attended the 32nd International Conference in Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM2023, Portugal on 18-22nd June 2023. Cinzia gave a presentation titled: Deep Learning for robust forecasting of Hot Metal Silicon in a Blast Furnace. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.flickr.com/photos/149114984@N07/53009273459/in/album-72177720309414174/ |
| Description | Cinzia Giannetti:Video for British Science week March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Cinzia developed a video which was released during British Science week March 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Claire Davis, Task 8:Parlimentary Visit-what can APPG do for influence with change in leadership? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | "Claire in parliament - what can APPG do for influence with change in leadership? UK Steel update on surveys/public opinion on net zero, carbon capture, energy prices Slot to talk about Steel industry challenges from innovation, what can support this going forward. Very UK focused so added so international pace of change etc. to put UK in perspective." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Craig Armstrong, Enrico Andreoli, Task 1:Presented poster at RSC Electrochem - Edinburgh University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented poster at RSC Electrochem - Edinburgh University. 4 September 2022 18:00 - 6 September 2022 17:00 Gaseous-Fed Falling-Film Electrolyser for Pressure-Balanced Electrochemical CO2 reduction at copper gas-diffusion electrode |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Craig Armstrong, Task 1, Great Western Electrochemistry, Bath: "Improving carbon dioxide reduction gas diffusion electrodes with lessons learned from chlor-alkali electrolysers" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Improving carbon dioxide reduction gas diffusion electrodes with lessons learned from chlor-alkali electrolysers" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dave Worsley: SteelCast episode 'School of thought' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SteelCast episode 'School of thought' Host Tim Rutter is joined by Dr Sumitesh Das, Director of Research & Development for Tata Steel UK, and Professor Dave Worsley, Head of Materials Science and Engineering at Swansea University to talk about how industry and academia can work hand-in-hand to solve some of society's most pressing issues such as decarbonisation. "It is the very act of something not being possible that drives R&D", says Sumitesh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dave Worsley: Witness at the Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Green Steel inquiry, held by the Environmental Audit Committee. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Witness at the Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Green Steel inquiry, held by the Environmental Audit Committee. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/7740edc0-61f5-4afb-81fd-21b24ab9487b |
| Description | Delivering Net Zero - "A steely solution" - Press article by Dr Richard Curry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Richard Curry essay In Bright Blue - Delivering Net Zero (pg 144 in attached PDF) - "A steely solution" http://brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Final-Delivering-net-zero.pdf page 144 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Final-Delivering-net-zero.pdf |
| Description | Digital Materials Passport event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Digital Materials Passport event, organised by MMSC with support from SUSTAIN. Academics and Industrialists gathered at the Village hotel in Swansea for a day of presentations and workshops on the topic of Digital Materials Passports. This workshop examines how organisations can support the introduction of digital materials passports in materials intensive industries and wider supply chains, considering: • What new technologies are required for a digital materials passport. • How jobs, work processes and business models might be designed to support materials intensive industries, and their supply chains, through this digital transition. • Consider new opportunities and engaging, satisfying and effective new ways of working. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Dr Becky Waldram: Blog on SUSTAIN for Swansea Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Becky Waldram: Blog for Swansea Science Festival 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.sustainsteel.ac.uk/blog/2021/swansea-science-festival-2021 |
| Description | Dr Richard Thackray Presented at the Warwick Manufacturing Group Colloquium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Warwick Manufacturing Group Colloquium - Dr Richard Thackray is a Lecturer in Steelmaking at the University of Sheffield. In this presentation he gives an overview of recent, current and future steel research in Sheffield, including examples of new steels for automotive applications, advances in thermomechanical processing, improving the quality of continuously cast steel products, and plans for sustainable steel production. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Dr Yukun Hu gave a talk at The Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ online workshop, 8 Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yukun Hu gave a talk at The Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ online workshop, 8 Feb 2022, titled 'Next generation and intelligent heating processes for the foundation industries' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | ECR Net Zero conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The ECR Net Zero Conference took place in Birmingham on 27th& 28th February 2024. It was an amazing experience for our researchers to convene with over 200 representatives from 14 different research centres in the UK. The conference covered a wide range of topics, from EDI to Public Engagement, Net Zero Buildings to Multidisciplinary Research and so much more. Several of our core and ECR funded researchers took the opportunity to participate in the poster reception and share their work with the community. The event also offered a unique opportunity to expand networks within the Net Zero research area with participants from across the UK. It's been fantastic to work with and make so many connections with other research groups in the Net Zero space. The event would not have been possible without the support and hard work of all the amazing people from: C-DICE, CO2RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, EDI+, Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC), Energy Research Accelerator (ERA), HI-ACT, UK-HyRES - UK Hub for Research Challenges in Hydrogen and Alternative Liquid Fuels, Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), IGNITE Network+, Supergen Bioenergy Hub, Transforming Foundation Industries Network+, UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) and the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) SUSTAIN attendees: Becky Waldram, Craig Armstrong, Azita Etminan, Sam Reis, Maryam Ghalati, Edis Glogic, Wadah Elagbash, Carol Maddock, Guangling Zhao Outputs - connections made with other research centres |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ukccsrc.ac.uk/ecr-net-zero-conference-birmingham-27-28-february-2024/ |
| Description | Enrico Andreoli | Climate crisis: Coca-Cola trial to make bottle tops from CO2 emissions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media article on "Climate crisis: Coca-Cola trial to make bottle tops from CO2 emissions" by Enrcio Andreoli. Research project on CO2-to-ethylene electrolysis fully funded by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) - Looking into possibly using point source carbon emissions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67060151 |
| Description | Enrico Andreoli, Task 1, BEIS:Next Generation Capture Technologies: 3rd Stakeholder Engagement Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Next Generation Capture Technologies: 3rd Stakeholder Engagement Workshop - BEIS Review 23 June 2022 (Enrico) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Enrico Andreoli, Task 1, KTN Circular Economy Innovation Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KTN Circular Economy Innovation Network - Transforming Industrial Waste Gases into Value Added Chemicals: Community Workshops 27 July 2022 (Enrico) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Enrico Andreoli, Task 1:EA - SUSTAIN CO2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EA - SUSTAIN CO2 electrolysis work reported in "The Chemical Engineer" featuring "Electrochemistry for greener steel", "Electrolysing CO2 to useful chemicals" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/electrochemistry-for-greener-steel/ |
| Description | Eurig Wyn Jones: Poster at FERIA 2021: Pyrolysis of alternative low carbon blast furnace reductants towards reprocessing unrecyclable waste |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster display at FERIA 2021, 6th-8th Sept. Pyrolysis of alternative low carbon blast furnace reductants towards reprocessing unrecyclable waste. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | European Electric Steelmaking conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | European Electric Steelmaking conference 2021, SUSTAIN hosted booth in exhibitor hall and ran conference workshop, helped by Peter Holliman & Eurig Jones. Richard Thackray chaired a session. Z. Li, W. Zhang, J. Duan, R. Hall, S. Spooner, T. Ibn-Mohanmmed, C. Davis and J. Godsell: Research and Development to enable the conversion of low quality scrap into high quality steel in the UK. Presentation in EEC 2021 conference (12th European Electric Steelmaking Conference), Sheffield, UK. 13~15/09/2021. (Hybrid conference) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.iom3.org/events-awards/events-archive/12th-european-electric-steelmaking-conference.html |
| Description | Expert Interview by Dr Becky Waldram for Discover Materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | As part of our Discover Materials this Winter 2021 Becky Waldram (Swansea University) discusses the world of Materials Science with our panel of experts and finds out why they love the subject and why they chose a career in it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/tY9CpEYBLMI?list=PLWP1l7PByRYunwl4MfmZloHy5ciT9zl9M |
| Description | Expert Interview by Dr Becky Waldram for Discover Materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | As part of our Discover Materials this Winter 2021 Becky Waldram (Swansea University) discusses the world of Materials Science with our panel of experts and finds out why they love the subject and why they chose a career in it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/tY9CpEYBLMI?list=PLWP1l7PByRYunwl4MfmZloHy5ciT9zl9M |
| Description | Fanfu Wu | Frank Zhou | 13th European conference on Non-Destructive Testing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Fanfu Wu and Frank Zhou attended the 13th European conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ECNDT 2023) at the Lisbon Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal on 3-7 July 23. Fanfu Wu gave a presentation titled: In-situ microstructure monitoring during tempering of quenched AISI4340 steels using a high temperature electromagnetic sensor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ecndt2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ECNDT-2023_DetailedScientific-Programme_website-FIN... |
| Description | Frank Zhou talk at 16th International Workshop on One- and Two-Dimensional Magnetic Measurement and Testing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 29-30th September Frank Zhou talk: Electromagnetic Sensors for In-Situ Monitoring of Steel Microstructure During Annealing and Tempering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://2dm2021.com/ |
| Description | ICCDU 2021 - 18th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ICCDU (International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilisation) 2021, hosted by KAIST Daejeon South Korea Speakers: Peter Styring: Transport Fuels from CO2: Avoiding a Social Underclass in a Just Energy Transition George Dowson: Decarbonising UK Steel Production: Pressure Swing CO2 Capture and Fuel Synthesis Challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Inreach Feb 24 on LCA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Inreach Feb 24 on LCA. Presentations from Lisa Ahmad and Pete Hodgeson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Inreach Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | February 2024 Inreach Session on LCA. Presentations given by Lisa Ahmad and Pete Hodgeson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Inreach Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SUSTAIN December 23 Inreach Session on Sensors. Presentations given by Professor Alton Horsfall (Durham University), Mohammed Kamran (Swansea University) & Nick Parry (Materials Processing Institute) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview for Fortune Magazine (International Press) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Press article: Fortune - From concrete to steel, how construction makes up the 'last mile' of decarbonization https://fortune.com/2021/02/16/concrete-steel-construction-design-climate/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://fortune.com/2021/02/16/concrete-steel-construction-design-climate/ |
| Description | Interview: Zero Carbon Tour Interview | Dr Waqas Hassan Tanveer from Sustain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Waqas Hassan Tanveer from Sustain captured as part of Planet Mark's Zero Carbon Tour. Discover more here: www.zerocarbontour.com |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVB1QyMwWQ |
| Description | Iron and Steelmaking Technical Online Review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Iron and Steelmaking Technical online Review - with Tata Steel, Port Talbot, on 7th March 2023. Decarbonisation - volatile matter versus fixed carbon - Review given by Peter Holliman, Sam Reis and Eurig Jones. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Joint Webinar with Liberty Steel for the Future Steel Forum 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Joint webinar with Liberty Steel for the Future Steel Forum (event date 1st July) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Kayal Lakshmanan | 27th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kayal attended and presented at 27th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Sept 2023 Athens, Greece |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://kes2023.kesinternational.org/ |
| Description | Keynote Lecture: Dr Zushu Li at 2021 China Symposium on Sustainable Iron- and Steelmaking Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Z. Li: Research and development for decarbonisation of the UK steel industry (Keynotes). CSST 2021 (2021 China Symposium on Sustainable Iron- and Steelmaking Technology). 14-16/12/2021. Changsha, China. (Hybrid Conference) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://csst2021.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/10982_ |
| Description | Keynote Lecture: International Student Conference in Metallic Materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce Keynote: International Student Conference in Metallic Materials 13-17.July 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Lei Zhou, Task 8: 20th International Symposium on Computational Methods in Electromagnetics and Multiphysic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "20th International Symposium on Computational Methods in Electromagnetics and Multiphysics, 19th - 21st Sep 2022 Grain size and magnetic properties relationship in steels at room and high temperature Lei Zhou, Fanfu Wu, John Wilson, Claire Davis" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://wp12688559.server-he.de/symp22/ |
| Description | Lei Zhou, Task 8:20th International Symposium on Computational Methods in Electromagnetics and Multiphysic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "20th International Symposium on Computational Methods in Electromagnetics and Multiphysics, 19th - 21st Sep 2022 Grain size and magnetic properties relationship in steels at room and high temperature Lei Zhou, Fanfu Wu, John Wilson, Claire Davis" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://wp12688559.server-he.de/symp22/ |
| Description | Lei Zhou, Task 8:Presentation at East Midlands Materials Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Presentation at East Midlands Materials Society Nov 2022, ""Magnetic NDT for Microstructures in Steels"" A talk by Dr Lei (Frank) Zhou, WMG, Advanced Steel Research Centre (ASRC), University of Warwick. Synopsis Globally steel is the most used material by value and the second most used by weight (after concrete) due to its excellent physical and mechanical properties. The superb properties of steels are controlled by microstructural parameters developed by their chemical composition and thermo-mechanical processing but largely checked post-processing and destructively. The application of non-destructive testing (NDT) for steel microstructures can significantly benefit steel processing and their applications by optimisation of processing parameters and lowering the energy usage, achieving desired microstructures with less alloying, allowing greater recovery of downgraded products, and increasing the range of applications met by a grade to improve recyclability. The talk discussed several Magnetic NDT sensors that are used online for in-situ monitoring of phase transformations and offline measurements for precipitation in power generation steel, decarbonisation in rails and potential in residual stress measurement. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.iom3.org/group/east-midlands-materials-society-emms/meeting.html?id=83A3F3A4-356C-4FFA-B... |
| Description | Make UK conference 24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Make UK conference 2024 27th Feb There were lots of interesting perspectives on manufacturing in the UK, and lots of representatives from government in attendance. Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security, Nusrat Ghani mention SUSTAIN in her speach as a key project for UK manufacturing in general. There was lots of engagement with end users of steel and interest in SUSTAIN. Cam participating in breakout session titled "UK Steel - Securing our supplies - Is the UK sitting on a materials goldmine?". Professor Pleydell-Pearce shared key technical insights and highlighted the UK's competitive advantage in having access to an abundance of scrap with a high proportion of good quality ferrous content. Innovations in scrap segregation, as well as the steelmaking process itself, could unlock much more than what is currently accessible. Cam made some useful contacts and several have already been in touch for more information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.makeuk.org/news-and-events/events/national-manufacturing-conference/2024 |
| Description | Mark Rainforth, Keynote speaker- Thermec: "The effect of ageing on the microstructural evolution in a new design of maraging steel with carbon" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This was the 11th International Conference on the advanced materials series. Impact not known. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Materials Research Exchange (MRE) 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and participation in the MRE 2020 Event organised by the KTN in London. The intended purpose was to demonstrate critical mass in Materials led research at Swansea University. Bringing together all similarly related projects at Swansea under one umbrella. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/materials-at-swansea/ |
| Description | Materials Research Exchange (MRE) 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | https://www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/materials-at-swansea/ Attendance and participation in the MRE 2020 Event organised by the KTN in London. The intended purpose was to demonstrate critical mass in Materials led research at Swansea University. Bringing together all similarly related projects at Swansea under one umbrella. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/live-materials-research-exchange-2020 |
| Description | Media activity related to the Tata Steel EAF annoucement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce giving talks related to the Tata Steel EAF annoucement. - BBC Newsnight https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001qj20/newsnight-half-a-billion-to-secure-steel-making-at-port-talbot 04:25 - Wales Online article https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/big-unanswered-questions-impact-tatas-27723899 - BBC Radio Wales Breakfast (16th) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qk09 01:09:30 - https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/welsh-government-backs-union-call-27833762?utm_source=businesslive_newsletter&utm_campaign=wales_newsletter2&utm_medium=email&pure360.trackingid=e38c6c46-d291-4e3a-83eb-51253c068ee2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Media activity related to the Tata Steel EAF annoucement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Multiple Media activity related to the Tata Steel EAF annoucement given by Cameron Pleydell-Pearce + Becky Waldram BBC Network News clip on EAF BBC Network News BBC Wales News article by Steffan Messenger, "Tata steel: What do plans mean for UK's carbon footprint" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68017180 BBC Wales Tata announcement live feed comments at 12:24 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-wales-68023528 iNews article with Becky Waldram comment - https://inews.co.uk/news/tata-port-talbot-thousands-jobs-lost-2862998 Impact: Coverage from Swansea University made Network news and strengthened the Hub's position as a leader in steel research in the UK. Subsequently, requests for additional interviews and expert comment have been received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://inews.co.uk/news/tata-port-talbot-thousands-jobs-lost-2862998 |
| Description | Michael Auniger, Task 5:keynote talk at the European Oxide Scale Conference / OXI2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | MA gave a keynote talk at the European Oxide Scale Conference / OXI2022 in Dec 2022 (Selective Oxidation by experiment and simulation) 5th and 6th December |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.iom3.org/events-awards/oxi-2022.html |
| Description | Mo Ji | Thermec'2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mo Ji, Zushu Li, Claire Davis attended Thermec'2023 between 2nd - 7th July 23. Dr Mo Ji presented: In-situ high temperature tensile study of deformation mechanism of free cutting steels with Cu addition. (Mo Ji, Zushu Li, Claire Davis). The event took place at TU Graz, Vienna, Austraia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.tugraz.at/events/thermec-2023/home/ |
| Description | Mo Ji, Task 3:OXI 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | OXI 2022 - European Oxide Scale Conference 2022. 5-6th Dec 22, London Effect of residual element Cu on hot shortness behaviour of free cutting steels. Mo Ji |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.iom3.org/events-awards/oxi-2022.html |
| Description | Mo Ji, Task 3:TMP 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "TMP 2022 - 6th International Conference on ThermoMechanical Processing 6th-8th Sept 2022 Contributed talk: Understanding the role of residual element Cu on hot shortness behaviour of the free cutting steels Mo Ji; Ishwar Kapoor; Zushu Li; Claire Davis; University of Warwick, United Kingdom" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://tmp2020.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/ |
| Description | Northern Energy Transition Conference 2021 "Carbon Neutrality in Steelmaking" - RC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | lecture given by Dr Richard Curry as part of the two-day Northern Energy Transition Conference in April 2021, jointly held by the Durham Energy Institute (Durham University) and the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME).In this lecture Richard gives an overview of the SUSTAIN Steel project, the importance of steel to the UK economy, the options available to decarbonise UK steel production and what the steel plant of the future might look like. Also on expert panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/YpPOo_DUVKU?list=PLWP1l7PByRYunwl4MfmZloHy5ciT9zl9M |
| Description | November Inreach on Construction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SUSTAIN November Inreach Session on Construction Those below gave presentations: Connor Blake Hurley & Rahulan Radhakrishnan: Digital Materials Passports for Construction Katherine Adams: The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products Eoin Bailey: BAM case study: Re-bar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Pengfei Su | ISGT 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pengfei Su presented the WP1 research results at IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) EUROPE 2023, which was held in France during 23rd-26th October, 2023. Impact shows success of SUSTAIN funded Feasibility study project, and communicated with with a wider academic audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7124286458256896000-q3FS/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member... |
| Description | Peter Holliman, Eurig Jones, Fawaz Ojobowale, Richard Thackray, Lisa Ahmad: "Engineering materials energy harvesting to ironmaking" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "SUNRISE conf talk, 10th & 11th Feb 2022 --"Engineering materials energy harvesting to ironmaking" Surface engineering materials - from energy harvesting to water treatment to ironmaking, Peter Holliman, Eurig Jones, Fawaz Ojobowale, Richard Thackray, Lisa Ahmad, Invited paper presented to SUNRISE IV - Transition to Net Zero (SUNRISE IV), online conference, 10-11th February 2022." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Peter Holliman, Task 2 :inaugural World Materials Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PJH attended inaugural World Materials Forum, Cambridge on Friday 18.11.22 (steel & glass session). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Peter Holliman, Task 2:Challenges and Approaches to Plastics Recycling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Challenges and Approaches to Plastics Recycling - Now and the Future. Diana Meza-Rojas, Stuart Cairns, Peter Holliman, Invited talk presented at Smarter Housing Summit 2022, ICC Newport, 16 November 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.southwales.ac.uk/news/news-2022/usw-experts-address-smarter-homes-summit/ |
| Description | Peter Holliman, Task 2:Fuel characterisation, up-grading and carbonisation/electricity generation and storage interest group seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "FUEL CHARACTERISATION, UP-GRADING and CARBONISATION/ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND STORAGE INTEREST GROUP SEMINARs. WEDNESDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2022. IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, Roderic Hill Building. Invited talk at FERF conference (Sept 2022) at ICL - ""Decarbonising the steel industry - what is the role of carbon?" Peter Holliman, Eurig Jones, Fawaz Ojobowale, Matthew Wilcox, Invited paper presented to Fuel and Energy Research Forum (FERF) conference, Imperial College London, 21st Sept 2022." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.tferf.org/past-meetings |
| Description | Peter J. Holliman, Sam Reis, Ciaran Martin, Eurig Jones | 2nd FERIA Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Fuel and Energy Research Forum has been created to bring together all those with interests in fuel and energy research, particularly biomass, waste and fossil fuels and to promote and integrate these interests in the UK and worldwide. 4th - 6th Sept 2023, University of Sheffield, UK A route to a net zero iron ore sintering: Fuel switching and waste heat utilisation. Sam Reis, Peter J. Holliman, Ciaran Martin, Eurig Jones, 2nd FERIA Conference, The European Conference on Fuel and Energy Research and its Applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.tferf.org/2ndferia |
| Description | Peter Styring & George Dowson | 20th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 20th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization On June 25-29, 2023 in Bari Italy. George: Integrated Capture and conversion of CO2 to high value-added chemicals and consumer products Peter (Keynote): Custodians of Carbon: Project Flue2Chem was well attended and increased interest in his work in SUSTAIN. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.iccdu2023.com/ |
| Description | Peter Styring, George Dowson, Task 1, Princeton University: International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | P. Styring SUSTAIN Project (Keynote ) and G. Dowson (Contributed Oral) George- Presentation and discussion with many others through the course of the conference about the capture approach. Presentation was focused on the technology concept, describing high pressure swing adsorption and included potential layouts of flexible capture units based on the same footprint as the existing trailer unit. Lots of questions were received during the panel session, and directed several interested parties to attend Peter's talk which was the following day. There are some additional photos that are posted on the ICCDU Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICCDU2022 and Peter took photos during most of our talks." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iccdu2022.princeton.edu/ |
| Description | Peter Styring, Task 1:Media on project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Media on project: Twitter, LBC, many media events (search CO2Rail). Hopefully this will use FluRefin technology e.g. https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/turning-trains-into-carbon-capturing-machines/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/turning-trains-into-carbon-capturing-machines/ |
| Description | Poster at Gordon Research Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 2023 Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage GRC Gordon Research Conference, 28th May - 2nd June 2023. Poster "Falling Film CO2 Electrolysis" Author(s): Enrico Andreoli, Craig Armstrong, Sandra Hernandez-Aldave |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.grc.org/carbon-capture-utilization-and-storage-conference/2023/ |
| Description | Presentation about SUSTAIN to MP Stephen Kinnock to feed into Cross Party Parliamentary Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Stephen Kinnock meeting - intro presentation to SUSTAIN/NCMRI/greater Dave W portfolio and feed into All-Party Parliamentary Group for Steel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to MakeUK by Dr Richard Curry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Richard Curry - June Assistance/presentation to MakeUK re future Steel prices and potential for meetings with SUSTAIN members |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to UKAEA (Nuclear project consortium) by Prof Cameron Pleydell-Pearce and Dr Richard Curry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to UKAEA (Nuclear project consortium) by Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce and Dr Richard Curry about collaborating with SUSTAIN partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Promotional Video made by Welsh Government for International Women's Day 2022 - Dr Becky Waldram was featured |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Becky Waldram featured in Welsh Government social media video for International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022 talking about SUSTAIN: https://twitter.com/WelshGovernment/status/1492076054722355223 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/welsh-government_stem-idwgs-womeninscience-activity-6897796360503201792-5W2A https://fb.watch/bb7Yot6AJc/ so far the above links have attracted over 14000 views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/welsh-government_stem-idwgs-womeninscience-activity-68977963605032017... |
| Description | Public Lecture by Dr Richard Curry for the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers in Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Richard Curry gave a Public lecture for North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers in Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5o4V_a6AM0&t=345s |
| Description | Quarterly review for EM sensors - CD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Quarterly review for EM sensors held on 20th May with University of Manchester, attendees from Tata Steel, Liberty Steel, British Steel and Primetals Technology Limited |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | R. Hall, M. Jolfaei, L. Zhou and C.L. Davis, Steel Sim 2021: 'Steel strip hot runout table simulation and high temperature electromagnetic measurement for phase transformation monitoring' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R. Hall, M. Jolfaei, L. Zhou and C.L. Davis 'Steel strip hot runout table simulation and high temperature electromagnetic measurement for phase transformation monitoring' SteelSim 2021, Austria, Oct 4-7th 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | REPORT by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce was invited to contribute to a report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) which was subsequently picked up by the Chemical Engineer and distributed wider. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/report-says-uk-falling-behind-eu-in-clean-steel-development... |
| Description | Richard Curry - EPSRC Net Zero week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EPSRC Net Zero week in person 21st and 22nd |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://swanseauniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/r_k_waldram_swansea_ac_uk/EvuJQJoXfJRHlUT... |
| Description | Richard Curry | Steel Times International |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Richard Curry wrote an article titled "Local Scrap: A Sustainability Enabler for Europe" in the Steel Times International |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://issuu.com/quartzbusinessmedia/docs/steel_times_international_digital_december_2023?fr=xKAE9_... |
| Description | Richard Curry, Cam Pleydell-Pearce, Task 6, Article in the Metal Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article in the Metal Magazine "The Role of Steel in a Decarbonised Society" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.themetalmagazine.com/june-2022/ |
| Description | Richard Curry, Sarah Roberts:Make UK regional dinner Wales. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Make UK regional dinner Wales. Networking opportunities with Ben Fletcher Richard had a chat with colleagues sat at the Tata Steel table. Sarah introduced herself and what she does on SUSTAIN to Ben Fletcher - COO of Make UK. Sarah asked about the politics he talked about in his speech and how it all works in Westminster, and introduced Richard to Ben. Richard had a lengthy discussion with Ben about the Business Plan for the i-SPACE project and the vision going forward to develop the scrap industry in South Wales. Ben confirmed that MAKE UK would be very interested to receive details of the plans and explained the various funding opportunities available for certain business developments that fit specific criteria. Richard will pursue developing a suitable document to send in to Gareth Stace and Richard Warren." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.makeuk.org/news-and-events/awards-and-competitions/manufacturing-awards |
| Description | Richard Curry, Task 0:Article in the Metal Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article in the Metal Magazine "Can the UK achieve energy sustainability with Wind and Photovoltaic energy?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.themetalmagazine.com/2022/09/can-the-uk-achieve-energy-sustainability-with-wind-and-phot... |
| Description | Richard Curry, Task 0:The Metals Guys Talk Business Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "The Metals Guys Talk Business Podcast S2E2 Amongst other things we talk about: * The circular steel economy * Scrap, and the competitive position the UK finds itself in * Energy and the issue of a green energy agenda * The key deliverables of the SUSTAIN project" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://share.transistor.fm/s/e45830cb |
| Description | Richard Curry, The Engineer: Expert Q&A: Green steel production |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "The Engineer: Expert Q&A: Green steel production Whilst steel is key to our low carbon future, its production is a leading cause of global CO2 emissions. The Engineer spoke to a panel of experts about progress in the development of so-called green steel production methods. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/in-depth/expert-q-a-green-steel-production-1 |
| Description | Richard Curry, The Metal Magazine: Article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Metal Magazine: Article on "Green Steelmaking: The critical global resource and practical technical challenge" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.themetalmagazine.com/january-2023/ |
| Description | Richard Curry- Climate Conference The UK Pathway to Net-Zero |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Climate Conference - The UK Pathway to Net-Zero Audience - primarily representatives from Science Council member organisations (such as ourselves, IOM3, Geological Society and (Royal Society, IChemEng, Institute of Environmental Sciences), government officials (e.g. Defra, BEIS, Scottish govt), industry (e.g. Rolls Royce) and various academics. Our breakout session had various plenary contributions, including from Patrick Vallance, Carole Mundell, BEIS and CBI. RC session: our colleagues from the Geological Society managed to get someone from the Innovate UK Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge to cover the 'middle' of the steel lifecycle, and IOM3 are finalising who covered the raw material aspects. c. End-of-life, recovery, closing the loop - SUSTAIN SUSTAIN were invited to the in Science Council Climate change conference to present on the UK's status and opportunities wrt circularity. The audience consisted mainly of officials from the Science Council member organizations and government representatives. The circularity work within SUSTAIN and the iSPACE project was received extremely well, with representatives from the geology society being particularly interested in the wealth of high value and industry critical materials that are currently lost to industry and the economy given current recycling practices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-conference-tickets-362953482637?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailo... |
| Description | Richard Thackery, Task 5 - presented at Materials Made Smarter workshop June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presented at Materials Made Smarter workshop June 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Richard Warren, Task 0 , UK Steel Weekly Newsletter 22.07.22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Piece on SUSTAIN Operational Committee meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://r.services.makeuk.org/mk/mr/ib11V_ZHN23Gg0QQ_3sbwZoVx2LMURYzQ6JrrIskSycECxY7mIV21FDW-sMozF5E... |
| Description | SMEA lecture "The SUSTAIN Project - From Nothing to Now" CPP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cameron virtually presented an evening lecture to the SMEA (Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering Association) on the instigation of and the future activities of The SUSTAIN project. There was interest from the audience in finding out more about the SUSTAIN Hub and opportunities for involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/T2Qy3us_sRk?list=PLWP1l7PByRYunwl4MfmZloHy5ciT9zl9M |
| Description | SUSTAIN Inaugural Engagement Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Formally launching the SUSTAIN project and presenting work and work plans for the project tasks. Providing a workshop platform for industrialists and academics currently involved with the project to meet and collaborate with industrialists, academics, focus groups etc who are not yet involved directly with SUSTAIN or steelmaking but could make huge contribution in terms of chemistry/physics/bioscience etc with respect to emissions/energy/circular economy. The scope for the SUSTAIN proof of concept proposals were also developed in these sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-events/news/2020/02/smarter-cleaner-greener-steel.php |
| Description | SUSTAIN Leveraging Funds session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 35 people attended a session for all academics from SUSTAIN, invited academics from other institutions and SUSTAIN PDRA's which encouraged people to capture and share information for the purpose of leveraging further funding into the SUSTAIN community. The aim of the session was for people to showcase how they have previously been able to leverage within the programme and to use their own examples to encourage junior academics and PDRA's to follow suit. There are already several examples of new projects that have spun out of SUSTAIN or are leveraging SUSTAIN funding. Attendees were interested in the various ways fund have been leveraged and have been in contact with the presenters following this event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SUSTAIN Team:Held Task updates in Sheffield (OEC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Held Task updates in Sheffield (OEC) for an audience of 60. Presentations from existing Phase 1 tasks (1, 2, 3, DSIH, 6, 8, 9), ECR2 projects and new FS2 projects. Also streamed on Zoom using OWL camera. Lots of good presentations and questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | SUSTAIN Team:SUSTAIN Phase 2 panel meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SUSTAIN Phase 2 panel meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | SWMA lecture "Driving the Circular Economy with Steel" PJH |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Peter delivered a virtual evening lecture to the SWMA (South Wales Mining Association) on Driving the Circular Economy with Steel. The audience were interested to hear and understand more about how steel can be a key material to developing a circular economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sam Reis | Task 2 | Presentation given at 6th MPI Postgraduate Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 6th MPI Postgraduate Symposium, London Sam Reis (T2) gave a presentation titled "The road to net zero, the testing of a new hybrid fuel for sintering" at the 6th MPI Postgraduate Symposium, in London on the 28th February 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/6th-postgraduate-research-symposium-on-ferrous-metallurgy-2023-regist... |
| Description | South Wales Materials Association | Elemental Analysis in Scanning Electron Microscopy - AIM Technique Talk by Dr Tom Dunlop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SUSTAIN hosted the webinar on behalf of SWMA A closer look at the techniques available to staff, students and industry at Swansea University. Elemental analysis within Scanning Electron Microscopy was covered in this session. This included both Elemental and Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS and WDS), covering basic principles, how they work and when you might want to use the specific techniques for your R&D processes. Following this event, there were lots of questions about accessing the equipment, and other techniques available in AIM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/SWMA_IOM/status/1758173571921146314 |
| Description | Sustain team:Held workshop for existing academics in SUSTAIN to dicuss and develop ideas for the next phase of SUSTAIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Held workshop for existing academics in SUSTAIN to dicuss and develop ideas for the next phase of SUSTAIN |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/SustainSteel/status/1538840701320019969 |
| Description | Sustainability in Steel | SUSTAIN Bi-Annual Conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SUSTAIN's FREE virtual conference, taking place on 1st & 2nd December, aims to raise awareness of the ongoing work in the Hub; how the research is supporting the steel industry and its supply chains in the UK, and to share best practice. The event will comprise of talks related to the five SUSTAIN themes from both internal and external experts, accompanied by interactive workshop sessions. SUSTAIN conference highlights: • Talks from experts across the five SUSTAIN themes • Interactive workshops • Online chat with experts from academia and industry • Access to Virtual exhibitor booths • Downloadable resources Over 300 people registered to attend the event, with around 200 who attended on the two live days. The audience rated the content of the conference 8/10 and gave the event an average rating of 4.3/5. 47 companies were represented at the event, with particpants attending from 10 different countries. From our post event survey, it was found, that of those who made new connnections, 80% said they were likely to go on to collaborate with thier new connections. The event has led to a significant increase in traffic to the SUSTAIN website. Many of the talks form the conference have now been published on YouTube, attracting over 350 combined views in the first week after publishing. 13 Hub members presented/chaired/spoke on panels during this event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sustainsteel.vfairs.com/ |
| Description | Sustainable metals: science and systems event 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 5th & 6th Feb Claire Davis attended the Royal Society event "Sustainable metals: science and systems", with all invited speakers and with hybrid attendance. The focus was on mining sustainability in construction sector, science on hydrogen and iron making. Outcome - discussion with editor for Nature Reviews Clean Technology who has asked CD to put together a review article on SUSTAIN. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2024/02/sustainable-metals/ |
| Description | Swansea Engineering "A Call for Engineers" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Short article on SUSTAIN for potential undergraduate students (https://online.flippingbook.com/view/572041/16-17/) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://online.flippingbook.com/view/572041/16-17/ |
| Description | Swansea Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 8 minute video on 'A World of Metal' for the 2020 virtual Swansea Science Festival. Look at finding metal objects in the home and identifying what metal they could be made from |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/Z8wGgB5X3H4 |
| Description | Talk & Workshop for British Science week 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Becky Waldram delivered talk & workshop for British Science week 23 on the theme of "Connections" Becky gave an introduction to Materials Science & Engineering, how Becky got into Engineering, her work with SUSTAIN and a presentation on "Renewable Energy & Active Buildings". The children then completed an activity in the classroom, building voltaic piles from copper coins and zinc washers, to illuminate an LED bulb. There were lots of questions from the classes about engineering, batteries, IWD and why Becky likes engineering. There were 6 classes attending, around 250 pupils in total, from school years 5/6, including: Grange Primary, Newton Primary (x2), Dunvant Primary (x3), St Helen's Primary (x3), Penclawdd. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk at 1st FERIA Conference, the European Conference on Fuel and Energy Research and Its Applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Eurig Jones gave a talk to the 1st FERIA Conference, the European Conference on Fuel and Energy Research and Its Applications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cathyhillevents.co.uk/feria/index.html |
| Description | Talk given by Dr Zakiah Suhaimi on a webinar for WMG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Zakiah Suhaimi presented at Supply Chain Productivity: Moving from Theory to Practice webinar at WMG |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/research/scip/networking/supplychainproductivity/ |
| Description | Talk given by Qiushi Cao to Strasbourg University, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Qiushi Cao gave an online talk at Strasbourg University, France: ''Knowledge graph and blockchain for the digitalisation of the UK steelmaking industry'' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk: Zushu Li to AIST Australia and New Zealand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | "Li, Zushu (2021) Challenges and opportunities for steel scrap utilisation in the UK. In: 3rd AIST Australia and New Zealand Steelmaking Symposium, Australia (Virtual), 03 Nov 2021 The Australia Member Chapter hosted their 3rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Steel Symposium virtually on Wednesday, 3 November 2021. The symposium brought together academic researchers and engineers to discuss recent advances in iron- and steelmaking technology. Seventeen leading researchers and practitioners gave presentations on recent advances in the field and answered questions for the audience of 91 attendees. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.aist.org/local-member-chapters/find-a-chapter/australia-chapter/past-events/ |
| Description | Talks given to School Children by Dr Becky Waldram at Techiquest, Cardiff |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Becky Waldram gave two 15 minute online talks for Techniquest as part of International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022. Ages 11-17 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Team Theme Meeting - Theme 3: Data Driven Innovation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Theme researchers presented in technical detail on their research to other researchers, academics and representatives from the industrial partners Industry partners presented on key data related challenges/opportunities for application of AI There were also discussions on the future direction of modelling work Outputs: better understanding between the academic and industrial teams regarding the ongoing research and how it can support the industy needs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Team Theme Meeting - Theme 4: Smart Low Energy Production |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Theme researchers presented in technical detail on their research to other researchers, academics and representatives from the industrial partners Outputs: better understanding between the academic and industrial teams regarding the ongoing research and how it can support the industy needs. Futher information has been shared by the industry partners to help researchers align work with industry needs. Next Theme meeting to be held in May 24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | UK Metals Expo - 13th-14th Sept 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cameron Pleydell-Pearce was on the panel "How can the UK steel industry decarbonise and achieve Net Zero?" Richard Curry was on the panel "When it comes to sustainable metals we need both eyes open" SUSTAIN also hosted an exhibition stand Cameron Pleydell-Pearce & Becky Waldram recorded podcast sections with Tata Steel UK (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDD-DZWQdIw) - Cam & Rich contributed to panel discussions which resulted in many networking opportunities with a range of businesses present at the event. - The exhibition stand resulted in many new connections with steel supply chain businesses. - The podcast recoding had been widely shared on LinkedIn and has raised the profile of SUSTAIN on this platform. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ukmetalsexpo.com/exhibit/uk-metals-expo-audience-analysis/ |
| Description | UK Steel newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Short piece in UK Steel newsletter on SUSTAIN events Nov 23 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://r.services.makeuk.org/mk/mr/sh/WCPxRrNLV1LttiIeYmsCWRKIN54vKYEM/nDKNu7RQwI3J |
| Description | Video for Get up to Speed event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 10 minute video for Get up to Speed (Work-wise) event on Materials Science and Engineering and the types of roles which are needed for the steel industry now and in the future (https://swanseauniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/r_k_waldram_swansea_ac_uk/EfRPl8Ua9H5OvQUq7M7qkvMBdwmoQ5hXEZWZSGIdIDgGjg?e=g2kxA4) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://swanseauniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/r_k_waldram_swansea_ac_uk/EfRPl8Ua9H5OvQU... |
| Description | Video for Techniquest British Science Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 10 minute video for Techniquest on Materials and microscopy for British Science Week (https://swanseauniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/r_k_waldram_swansea_ac_uk/EZ0jpp6jR8dFnUUa7sYW9d8BvdLi0vwU5hcJJa6-Gglhkg?e=VkUinm) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://swanseauniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/r_k_waldram_swansea_ac_uk/EZ0jpp6jR8dFnUU... |
| Description | WES Lottie Doll Tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Series of Tweets on steel and materials in everyday life (e.g. https://twitter.com/BeckyWaldram/status/1323192852424306696) aimed at encouraging girls to consider STEM study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/BeckyWaldram/status/1323192852424306696 |
| Description | Warwick Manufacturing Group Steel group colloquium lecture "Reduction of greenhouse emissions due to ironmaking" JS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Julian delivered a virtual invited Lecture in 2021 - University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group Steel group colloquium on the "opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the ironmaking process". The lecture was well attended live and has received over 450 views on YouTube. There has been increased interest in Julian's work and the audience developed a greater understanding of this work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/15ZUfG92ngE |
| Description | Webinar on supporting a greener UK steel industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This Webinar 'Green Steel: the role of scrap' will provide a great opportunity to hear some of the research findings, but also to share views with the wider community for shaping future relevant research and thinking to support a greener UK steel industry. Speakers: Dr Zushu Li, Dr Richard Thackray, Dr Frances Zhang, Dr Russ Hall, Prof Claire Davis, Frank Schrama Registration: 119 from 39 organisations Attendance: 89 from 38 organisations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO0SVhmjJ08 |
| Description | Webinar presentation "Steeling for a sustainable future: How could the UK steel industry compete through the supply chain?" JG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Jan presented at 'Steeling for a sustainable future: How could the UK steel industry compete through the supply chain?' webinar 06.05.2021. There was a good discussion with the audince following the talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/research/scip/eventspage/futureviabilitywebinar/ |
| Description | Zushu Li, Peng Gong, Lei (Frank) Zhou, Ajitesh Sharma, | SteelSim 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SteelSim 2023 11th-13th September 2023 at Warwick University 3 x 10 minute sections as follows: • Introduction to the SUSTAIN Hub (slides attached) and presentation of the Poster Prize (Prof. Zushu Li) • Talk 1 from SUSTAIN ECR Call funded researcher (Dr Peng Gong) • Talk 2 from SUSTAIN ECR Call funded researcher (Dr Lei (Frank) Zhou) Frank presented at SteelSIM 2023 In-situ dynamic monitoring of phase transformation in steels using a multi-frequency electromagnetic sensor and as an SUSTAIN ECR perspective presentation. Ajitesh also presented at the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Zushu Li, Sandbag Smarter Climate Policy: contribution to policy report "Starting from scrap - the key role of circular steel in meeting climate goals". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Z. Li: contribution to policy report "Starting from scrap - the key role of circular steel in meeting climate goals" by Sandbag Smarter Climate Policy. June 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://sandbag.be/index.php/2022/06/20/starting-from-scrap-the-key-role-of-circular-steel-in-achiev... |
| Description | Zushu Li, Task 3, BEIS Scrap Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Z. Li: Domestic steel scrap recycling - current state of play (presentation). BEIS Scrap Working Group, 26 July 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Zushu Li, Task 3:Sustainable steel strategies summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Sustainable steel strategies summit (20/Sep- 21/Sep) - Online webinar-fundamental research for decarbonising the steel industry Fundamental Research for Decarbonizing the Steel Industry by Professor Zushu Li, Advanced Steel Research Centre, WMG, University of Warwick, UK." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.steeltimesint.com/conference-programme |
| Description | invited participant at the UKRI Town Hall meeting - Manufacturing the Future utilising the Uks Large Facilities, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | invited participant at the UKRI Town Hall meeting - Manufacturing the Future utilising the Uks Large Facilities, London. Fed into UK Treasury |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | invited speaker at the IoM3: cross cutting technologies Programme - 150th year celebration, Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | invited to speak at the IoM3: cross cutting technologies Programme - 150th year celebration, Sheffield on the theme of Active Buildings and the wider supply chain (steel component) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | online talk at Shandong Normal University, China by Qiushi Cao |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | QC gave an online talk at Shandong Normal University, China: ''From AI to Industry 4.0: a hybrid predictive maintenance approach based on knowledge graph and machine learning'' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |