Dr. Joonho Lee is a Materials Science and Engineering Professor at Korea University. Before joining Korea University, he was an Assistant Professor at Osaka University and a Research Associate at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Lee is a top leader of the steel society in Korea. He has been a POSCO Professor from 2007 to 2023, working for new ironmaking and steelmaking technology developments and steel coating technology development. He also developed a new grade seismic safety reinforced bar and received the Minister Award for New Technology, MOTIE, in 2021. He has served as Director of the Center for Research and Education of Metallurgy, a joint education system with Yonsei and Hanyang universities. He also serves as a Member of Steel Forum, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. Thanks to his outstanding commitment to this field, he was presented with a “Presidential Citation” from the President of South Korea at the occasion of Steel Korea 2019. Many awards, including the Dongkuk Songwon Academic Award from the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials in 2022, recognized his academic achievement. He is the Organizer of the Calphad 2025 Conference in Busan.

Xue Feng is a research fellow in ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Innovation based at the University of Wollongong. His research practices cover multiple disciplines including multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer, computational fluid dynamics and metallurgical engineering, which have been conducted in both industrial and academic settings.

Xue Feng is a research fellow in ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Innovation based at the University of Wollongong. His research practices cover multiple disciplines including multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer, computational fluid dynamics and metallurgical engineering, which have been conducted in both industrial and academic settings

2020 Bachelor of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan 2022 Master of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan