讲座名称：周惠久论坛——Aluminum, Carbon and Global Warming: The Importance of Recycling

讲座时间：2025年4月21日 上午10:30

讲座地点：兴庆校区 仲英楼材料学院第一会议室（A245-247）

讲座人：Robert E. Sanders 教授

讲座人介绍：Robert Sanders is an industry consultant, with more than 40 years of experience in metallurgy and applications of aluminum alloys and products. Rob received his PhD in Metallurgy from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1978 where he studied fatigue and fracture behavior of high strength aluminum alloys. He worked at the Alcoa Technical Center near Pittsburgh, PA in aluminum alloy research and development, technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing, and metallurgical training from 1978 until 2011. His experience includes aluminum can sheet, aerospace and automotive products, armor plate, foil, continuous casting, and extrusions. From 2005-2010 Rob was Technology Director for Alcoa, Inc. in Beijing, where he hired and trained a technical team to support Alcoa’s business objectives in China. From 2012-2024, Rob has served as a Senior Technical Advisor for the Novelis Global Technology team, based in Kennesaw, GA. He has advised senior R&D management, mentored young scientists and introduced several general and specialized training courses to support Novelis’ global talent development objectives. Since 2010, Rob has been a visiting Professor at Chongqing University in China. He supervises students working on aspects of microstructure and mechanical behavior of aluminum alloys and teaches a general class in aluminum metallurgy. He has also consulted for various industrial clients in the packaging, and transportation markets in the US, Europe, Korea, and China.In 2020, Rob co-authored a chapter in the ASM Handbook, titled, “A History of Wrought Aluminum Alloys and Applications”. In 2023, the American Society for Metals published Aluminum: Technology, Industry, and Applications, a 437-page book Rob co-authored.

讲座内容：

The reality of global climate change has focused the attention of the aluminum industry and our customers on the sustainability of our products. Does the life cycle benefit of aluminum outweigh the environmental impact of aluminum production. This presentation will focus on the carbon footprint for several important aluminum markets and the prospects for moving to lower carbon/more sustainable alloys in the industry. The use of electrical power to produce virgin aluminum is an important portion of the carbon footprint and can be dramatically reduced (by ~95%) when recycled material is used for manufacture of new products. The impurities introduced during recycling can lead to problems such as reduced formability or corrosion susceptibility in aluminum products. Understanding and controlling the microstructures of alloys used in the can and automotive industries will be key to the success in improving the sustainability of our products without a compromise in performance.

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主办单位：

材料学院

金属材料强度国家重点实验室