Presentation title: Modelling of hydrogen reduction of iron oxides in a shaft furnace

Professor Govind S. Gupta received his PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Wollongong, Australia in 1991. From 1990 to 1997 he was with The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia as a Postdoctoral fellow, Research Associate and Associate Lecturer before joining to Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. His research interests are in the broad area of modelling of chemical/metallurgical processes and fundamental study of solid, liquid, gas and powder interactions. He has published about 90 and 80 international journal and conference papers respectively. He has 5 international and 1national patents as well as authoured 8 books/book chapters. His SiC production technology and gas carburising software for heat treatment have been commercialised. He was a visiting professor at The University of Queensland, Tohoku University, AGH University of Science and Technology, and State Univ. of Campinas. He is a Member of Editorial board of International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation (IJESMS), UK. He has also received Metallurgist of the Year Award from Government of India in 2005. He is a Fellow of Indian Institute of Metals (FIIM). He is also a Director of Rescons Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore.