Richard J. Fruehan

Co-Director, Center for Iron & Steelmaking Research

Bio

R. J. Fruehan received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Imperial College London and spent 12 years at U. S. Steel before joining Carnegie Mellon University. He established the Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research (CISR) in 1985 and serves as Co-Director. He has published over 200 papers, three books and the holder of seven patents. He is the recipient of numerous international awards and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Education

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Research

1. Primary metal production with the goal of reducing energy and emissions.
2. Fundamentals of gas-metal and slag-metal reactions.
3. Refining of metals for high quality products.
4. Examining competitive, economic, and environmental issues related to metal production.

Publications

“Investigation into the Cause of Spontaneous Emulsification of a Free Steel Droplet; Validation of the Chemical Exchange Pathway”, Stephen Spooner, Andre N. Assis, Jason Warnett, Richard Fruehan, Mark A. Williams, Seetharaman Sridhar, (2016) Metallurgical and Materials Transactions.

“Nature of MgO and Al2O3 Dissolution in Metallurgical Slags”, Yan, P., Webler, B., Pistorius, P. C., & Fruehan, R. J. (2015). Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 46(6), 2414-2418.

“Phosphorus Equilibrium Between Liquid Iron and CaO-SiO2-MgO-Al2O3-FeO-P2O5 Slag Part 1: Literature Review, Methodology, and BOF Slags”, Assis, A. N., Fruehan, R. J., Tayeb, M. A., & Seetharaman, S. (2015). Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 46(5), 2255-2263.

“MgO Solubility in Steelmaking Slags”, Tayeb, M. A., Assis, A. N., Seetharaman, S., & Fruehan, R. J. (2015). Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 46(3), 1112-1114. 

“Spontaneous Emulsification of a Metal Drop Immersed in S due to Dephosphorization: Surface Area Quantification”, Assis, A. N., Warnett, J., Spooner, S., Williams, M. A., Fruehan, R. J., & Seetharaman, S. (2015). Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science.

“Ladle and Continuous Casting Process Models for Reduction of SiO2 in SiO2-Al2O3-CaO Slags by Al in Fe-Al(-Si) Melts”, Jiwon, P., Seetharaman, S., & Fruehan, R. J. (2015). Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 46(1), 109-118.