Dr. Bernd Kleimt studied Electrical Engineering with a focus on automation at Wuppertal University and achieved a PhD in 1994. In 1989, he joined VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut (BFI), Duesseldorf, Germany and is Head of the Department “Measurement and Automation Steelmaking”. Since 2008, he has been a member of the TGS2 / TGA1 Group “Steelmaking” of the European Research Fund for Coal and Steel. His main working areas are the development and application of measurement, devices and dynamic models for primary and secondary steelmaking processes, and the characterization and optimal use of steel scrap.