Former PhD student (Axe 4, IRCER) received the 1st Price 2019 of Gustav-Eirich-Award
We would like to congratulate Mr. Andrzej WARCHAL, who got the 1st Price 2019 of Gustav-Eirich-Award during the International Colloquium on Refractories, which was held at EUROGRESS, Aachen, Germany, from September 25th to 26th. The aim of this award is to promote ideas and, at the same time, to support young talents in technical disciplines dedicated to refractories. The Eirich Award is a contribution to the long-term success of companies in the refractories production and application industries.
Andrzej was working at IRCER (Axe 4) within the framework of a CIFRE PhD in partnership with Vesuvius and his PhD work was dedicated to “Study of the influence of additives (antioxidants) on the thermomechanical properties of carbon-bonded refractory composites”
Since October 2018, Andrzej is working as R&D Engineer at Vesuvius in Ghlin, Belgium.