P. Chris Pistorius

Co-Director, Center For Iron and Steelmaking Research; POSCO Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Bio

Pistorius' work focuses on metal production and processing, including energy requirements and efficiency of ironmaking, steelmaking and titanium production.

Dr. Pistorius received his bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Pretoria in 1987, his master's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Pretoria in 1988, and completed his Ph.D. in corrosion at the University of Cambridge in 1991. He was an Associate Professor and then Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa, from 1991 to 2008; he served as Head of that department from May 2002 to June 2008. He is a Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering.

Education

Ph.D., University of Cambridge

Research

Dr. Pistorius conducts research in the Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research, focusing on steel cleanliness, reaction kinetics, ironmaking, and electrochemistry. As a member of the NextManufacturing Center, Dr. Pistorius studies porosity measurement and prediction in additively manufactured (AM) metal components.

Publications

M Tang, PC Pistorius and JL Beuth: Prediction of lack-of-fusion porosity for powder bed fusion. Additive Manufacturing, vol. 14, pp. 39-48 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2016.12.001

SPT Piva, D Kumar and PC Pistorius: Modeling Manganese Silicate Inclusion Composition Changes during Ladle Treatment Using FactSage Macros. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 48, pp. 37-45 (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s11663-016-0764-0

M Tang and PC Pistorius: Oxides, porosity and fatigue performance of AlSi10Mg parts produced by selective laser melting. International Journal of Fatigue, vo. 94, pp. 192-201 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2016.06.002; corrigendum DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2016.11.017

P Yan, YJ Jeong, MF Islam and PC Pistorius: Real time and in situ observation of graphene growth on liquid metal surfaces via a carbon segregation method using high-temperature confocal laser scanning microscopy. RSC Advances, vol. 6, pp. 101235-101241 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C6RA22505E

Y He and PC Pistorius: Laboratory Carburization of Direct-Reduced Iron in CH4-H2-N2 Gas Mixtures, and Comparison with Industrial Samples. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 47, pp. 1538-1541 (2016). DOI: 10.1007/s11663-016-0619-8

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Chris Pistorius, POSCO Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Co-Director of the Center for Iron & Steelmaking Research, explains how we can reduce CO2 emissions from metals production, ironmaking and steelmaking by including natural gas in the process.