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I studied in the Institut of Metalforming, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg from October 1990 to September 1995, for Ph.D. TU Bergakademie Freiberg is the oldest school in the world in the area of metallurgy and mining.

Studied Areas. Computer simulation of a metal forming process (steel hot rolling for sections) with FEM. Thermomechanical models for flat rolling, angle steel rolling, H-beam rolling, and slab castrolling with liquid core;  excellent validation; establishment and validation of a simplified FEM model for rolling process simulation, which takes only 5% of regular computing time;  establishment of an Unix laboratory. <Read in Full>

Research Results. Results were highly praised by top researchers (like R. Kopp, O. Pawelski and A. Hensel in Germany) and established businesses (e.g. Mannesmann Demag in Germany, Danieli in Italy). Pioneer of the industrial application of FEM in section rolling; A book published. The model would reduce 70% of the rolling tests; ...  <Read in Full>

Research Funds and Environment. Scholarship from DAAD;  funds from DFG with workload for two full-time positions, though the work was done by myself; industrial funds from research partners (e.g.  then Mannesmann Demag, the then largest steel mill technology vendor in the world. The institute was the key research partner of Mannesmann Demag. <Read in Full>

Ph.D. Procedure. Research stages; 8 - 12 months necessary for thesis composition; 3 - 5 months average period of evaluation by the committee;  Rigorosums (oral examinations) for the main major (Metal Forming for me) and a secondary major (Industrial Management as my selection); ...  <Read in Full>

What I have learnt. More cultural than academic. Researchers took their work as food and drink and this deeply affected me; I started to like my major and this has life-long effects on me, though until then I had been disliking the steel rolling as my major. Others like how to write a book, to write something familiar and unfamiliar. Frequent one-to-one work with some of world's top scholars.  <Read in Full>

Others. Directed a Master student even in my early stage of Ph.D. study; maintained English language while learnt German; Frequently visited or received guests from, the world's top technology companies such as then Mannesmann Demag and Danieli, even with VPs and senior managers. Almost worked for Danieli, but was hired by Morgan with swift speed. <Read in Full>

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