Monthly Archives: Febbraio 2025

Docent Miko Helle is a senior lecturer in Process and Systems Engineering at ÅAU. He has a doctoral thesis from the same university in 2009 on data-driven analysis of conditions in the blast furnace high-temperature region, and a Docent position on Modeling and Optimization of Iron and Steelmaking at Aalto University, Helsinki.  As a postdoctoral fellow he has participated in many national and European projects on iron- and steelmaking and with companies in the steelmaking sector, including SSAB, Tata Steel, POSCO and Danieli Corus. In 2019-2024 he was Key Account Manager of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at ÅAU

Dr. Carl Haikarainen is a postdoctoral fellow at ÅAU. He has a M.Sc. degree in chemical engineering from the same university with a thesis on blast furnace modelling and analysis carried out in cooperation with Tata Steel, Jamshedpur. His doctoral thesis from ÅAU in 2020 was on energy systems optimization. As a postdoctoral fellow he has participated in many research projects related to hydrogen-based ironmaking optimization and the green transition in the steelmaking industry, including national projects (Towards Fossil-Free Steel 1 & 2) and projects funded by Horizon Europe (MaxH2DR)

M. Sc. Guanwei Zhou is a doctoral student at ÅAU since 2022. He has a M.Sc. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Shanghai University in 2021. His present research is on the application of machine learning for interpretation and prediction of blast furnace variables. He is at the final stages of his doctoral work and will submit his thesis in 2025

M. Sc. Guanwei Zhou is a doctoral student at ÅAU since 2022. He has a M.Sc. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Shanghai University in 2021. His present research is on the application of machine learning for interpretation and prediction of blast furnace variables. He is at the final stages of his doctoral work and will submit his thesis in 2025

Dr. Eng. Valentina Colla, professor in Metallurgy, works at SSSA since 1998, where She established and currently coordinated the ICT-COISP research team. Her research interests comprise modelling, simulation and monitoring and control systems for application in steel industry. She is author and co-author of more than 400 scientific publications. She is an active member of the European Steel Technology Platform, where She chairs the Focus Group “Smart Factory” and co-chairs the Focus Group “Circular Economy”.

Dr. Henrik Saxén is professor in Heat Engineering at ÅAU since 1997. He has held different positions at the university since 1983. His main research is on process modelling, simulation and optimization of industrial processes, with special emphasis on the iron- and steelmaking sector. He has published about 250 international journal papers and has given keynote lectures at many international conferences. He has supervised 20 PhD theses on iron- and steelmaking and has been a reviewer of numerous papers, for PhD theses, funding applications and academic positions.