Presentation title: Oxide Metallurgy Technology for Improving Weldability of HSLA Steel Plates 

Jian YANG is a professor and the director of Department of Materials Engineering in Shanghai University. In Chinese Society for Metals, he serves as the deputy director of Foreign Exchange Working Committee, the deputy director of Metallurgical Artificial Intelligence Branch, the deputy director of Metallurgical Reaction Engineering Branch, and the member of Steelmaking Branch. He is also the editorial board member of Ironmaking and Steelmaking, ISIJ International, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, etc. From 2006 to 2007, he was an associate professor in Nagoya University in Japan. From 2007 to 2016, he was a Chief Researcher of Central Research Institute of Baosteel Group Corporation. From 2010 to 2016, he served as the leader of steelmaking technology team of Baosteel Group Corporation. Jian YANG’s research mainly focuses on steelmaking, continuous casting, inclusion control technology and oxide metallurgy technology. He has authorized 7 international invention patents, applied for and granted 45 Chinese invention patents, and published 420 journal or conference papers. In 2015, he won the Nishiyama Memorial Award from Iron and Steel Institute of Japan(ISIJ). In 2002 and 2007, he won the Sawamura Best Paper Award from ISIJ. In 2021, he was awarded the Excellent Paper Award by Journal of Iron and Steel Research International.