Research Fellow - Scrap Optimiser (109998-1224)

WMG, a world-renowned department at the University of Warwick, are recruiting a Research Fellow on developing metallic charge models for the scrap-based EAF steelmaking ("Scrap Optimiser"). Increasing scrap usage in steel manufacturing including transition to the scrap-based EAF steelmaking is a strategy to help decarbonise the steel industry and achieve the steel sustainability.

The steelmakers must make the right choice of scrap mix from tens of scrap types with varying quality to make high-quality steel products at low cost, which is often supplemented with OBMs (ore-based metallics) such as CDRI (carbon direct reduced iron), HDRI (hydrogen direct reduced iron), and pig iron. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop metallic charge models to use the right mix of steel scraps and OBMs for the typical steel grades to be produced at Tata Steel UK (the industry sponsor) via the scrap-based EAF steelmaking route. This will support the transition of Tata Steel UK to the scrap-based EAF steel manufacturing.

This role is jointly funded by Tata Steel UK and High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC). You will work with leading, multidiscipline academics and industry experts for the impactful research.