Introduction to Steel - TenarisUniversity

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Explore the science, history, industrial and cultural significance of steel. With an apprenticeship you earn while you learn, you gain recognized qualifications, job specific skills and knowledge and this helps you stand out in the job market.With this course you earn while you learn, you gain recognized qualifications, job specific skills and knowledge and this helps you stand out in the job market.

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  • Engineering
  • Science
  • History
  • Industry
  • Steel

Course programme

This course is an introduction to steel, exploring its history and cultural context, where it comes from, how it works, why we use so much of it, and how we might use it in the future. The following concepts will be covered: The basics of steel smelting The properties of steel and their origins Its relationship with society The sustainability of a world underpinned by steel The course is delivered in a lively manner using everyday examples, demonstrations, and film footage of steel making.

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Mark Miodownik Mark Miodownik is the Professor of Materials & Society and the Director of Institute of Making at University College London where he teaches and runs a research group. He received his Ph.D in turbine jet engine alloys from Oxford University in 1996 and since then has published more than 100 research papers. His current research interests are smart materials, innovative manufacturing, and sensoaesthetic materials. Prof. Miodownik regularly presents BBC TV programmes on engineering, and he is the author of Stuff Matters which won the Royal Society Winton Prize. In 2014, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. 

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