STEELUNIVERSITY.ORG WINS EASA AWARD

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STEELUNIVERSITY.ORG WINS EASA AWARD
22 October 2004 - International Iron and Steel Institute

Steeluniversity.org has been selected as one the winners of the 2004 European Academic Software Awards (EASA). steeluniversity.org is a highly interactive e-learning resource on steel processing, products and applications, supported by the underlying metallurgical, scientific and engineering principles.

Steeluniversity.org has been created by the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) and is aimed at undergraduate students, their teachers and employees in the steel industry supply chain.

EASA is a biennial competition for academic software and the use of education technology, arranged by the European Knowledge Media Association. It is intended to stimulate the understanding, development and use of knowledge media within higher education across Europe.

Almost 160 entries were received for the 2004 EASA award. 30 projects were selected to attend the finals held in Le Locle and Neuchâtel, Switzerland from 25 to 27 September 2004. The jurors selected the ten best entries and the results were announced at an award ceremony at the University of Neuchâtel. The jury commended steeluniversity.org for '...its innovative and excellent graphical simulations, its use of open-ended problems and its integrated educational approach.'

Dr David Naylor, Project Director of steeluniversity.org said 'IISI is delighted and honoured that steeluniversity.org was selected for this prestigious award, especially when considering the very high quality of the other 29 software projects. The EASA 2004 award is a significant recognition of the support that the global steel industry and its partners have committed to this ground-breaking project.' Dr Naylor went on to thank the storyboard writers from around the world and the MATTER team at the University of Liverpool who are responsible for coding the storyboards.

Steeluniversity.org already contains modules on steel applications, steel processing and ferrous metallurgy. New modules on steel in construction, continuous casting, electric arc steelmaking, steel properties and strengthening mechanisms, engineering steels, sustainability, and steel and the environment (including life cycle assessment) are currently under development.

http://www.Steeluniversity.org

About: International Iron and Steel Institute
The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) aims to establish steel as a major foundation of a sustainable world. For the world steel industry this means valuing the interdependence of environmental, social and economic aspects in all decision making, with the aim of improving life for everyone, now, and for generations to come.

IISI was founded in 1967. It is a non-profit research organisation with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. IISI is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations and serves as a world forum for the international steel industry.

A sustainable world steel industry could not be achieved without the active participation of IISI's membership. IISI currently has a membership of more than 115 steel producing companies and over 60 national and regional steel federations and steel research organisations. The members come from more than 50 countries around the world. The countries in which IISI member companies are located account for over three-quarters of total world steel production. Nearly all the world's major steel producers are members of the Institute. Both publicly and privately owned enterprises, using both basic oxygen or electric arc process routes, are members.

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