Pello Uranga is the Associate Director of the Materials and Manufacturing Division at CEIT and Associate Professor at Tecnun (Univ. of Navarra). Currently, his research activity is mainly focused on the thermomechanical processing and the microstructural evolution modeling of steels. He has published over 150 technical papers in international journals and conferences, receiving six international awards. He has participated in more than 60 research projects, most of them industrial projects. He is an active member of the AIST (Association of Iron and Steel Technology) and TMS (The Mineral, Metals, and Materials Society) professional associations, as well as university program evaluator for ANECA and ABET (USA)
Gilbert R. Speich Award 2016
AIST
Best paper award: "“Relevance of Time Between Last Deformation Pass and Accelerated Cooling on the Microstructural Refinement in Nb and Nb-Mo Microalloyed Steels “"
Gilbert R. Speich Award 2013
AIST
Best paper award: “Control of Carbide Distributions by Modifying Heating Rates in Induction Tempering Treatments“
Gilbert R. Speich Award 2012
AIST
Best paper award: "“Carbide spheroidization kinetics in a low alloy medium carbon steel: Relevance of deformation after transformation“
Young Leader Professional Development Award 2008
TMS
Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division
Charles Hatchett Award 2003
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK).
For the best paper (from September 2000 to August 2002) on the science and technology of niobium and its alloys. Paper title: “Improvement of Microstructural Homogeneity in Thermomechanical Processed Nb Steels by Thin Slab Casting”