Awards & Scholarships

Brian G. Thomas

Brian G. Thomas (AIST)

Benjamin F. Fairless Award for Distinguished Achievement in Iron and Metallurgy* in
2019

For his dedication to the steel industry in developing and sustaining industrial and academic collaborations both nationally and internationally. A globally recognized expert in continuous casting and tireless researcher, his work in partnership with industry has provided countless impactful scientific publications, innovations and tremendous insight for the industry over the past 30 years.

Dr. Brian G. Thomas is Director of the Continuous Casting Center and Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.  He is also Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus and Research Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research efforts focus on computational modeling of continuous casting of steel and related processes.  Dr. Thomas is a Distinguished Member and Fellow of AIST, Fellow of ASM International, and Baosteel Honorary Professor. He has been recognized with the Presidential Young Investigator Award from NSF, Xerox Award from UIUC, Distinguished Scientist and Application to Practice Awards from TMS, Benjamin Fairless Award from AIST, HPC Innovation Award, and more than 15 best paper awards (from AFS, AIME, ISS, AIST, TMS, CIM, ASM International, and ASME).  He has coauthored over 450 papers and given over 250 presentations worldwide and co-instructed many short courses to industry, including the annual Brimacombe Continuous Casting Course.

 

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