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Steelmaking, Refining, Casting Expert Consultant
Expertise in process technology research and development, including steelmaking, refining and casting, including integrated, minimill and foundry operations. Known as an international authority in the thermodynamics and kinetics of liquid steel reactions, slag-metal reactions, and plasma-steel reactions. Provides strategic planning, and problem solving for the base metal industries and their suppliers.

This KKAI Associate offers expertise specific to research, development and application of new products and processes for slag-metal refining of steel, intellectual property and expert consulting for the base metals industries, instrument development and software integration in the steel, aluminum and foundry industries, evaluation of technologies for the ferrous and non-ferrous metals industries, and development of plasma process for electric arc furnace dust processing and metal recovery.

As a renowned process technology expert, this KKAI associate holds numerous patents and has published extensively in areas including the making, shaping and treating of steel, continuous casting of steel, plasma coupled induction furnace refining, clean steel, gas-slag-metal reactions in plasma-arc induction furnace refining, synthetic ladle slag engineering, electrolysis effects in DC arc processes, control of nitrogen during arc furnace steelmaking, plasma-arc slag heating, plasma processing of aluminum dross, EAF dust treatment, and slag control

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Aluminum, Foundry, Metals, Legal, Steel

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Metallurgy, University of Toronto
MS, Metallurgy, University of Toronto
BS, Engineering Science, University of Toronto

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.

Providing expertise in metallurgy, process technology, steelmaking, refining, casting, thermodynamics and kinetics consulting, forensic analysis, expert testimony, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.

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Vice President of Technology, refining technology development firm

Provided research, development and application of new products and processes for slag-metal refining of steel.

President, process engineering firm

Engaged in research, process development, intellectual property and expert consulting for the base metals industries.

President, Steel, Aluminum and Foundry process development firm

Engaged in research, process development, instrument development and software integration in the steel, aluminum and foundry industries.

Principal Consultant, Aluminum and Foundry process development firm

Engaged in research, process development, instrument development and software integration in the steel, aluminum and foundry industries.

Consultant, Advent Process Engineering, Inc., Oakville, Ontario

Provided consulting and process development for the steel and foundry industries.

Senior Process Engineer, Hatch Assoc. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario

Provided evaluation of technologies for the ferrous and non-ferrous metals industries.

Director of Research, Tibur-Howden Ltd., Scarboro, Ontario

Provided development of plasma process for electric arc furnace dust processing and metal recovery.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Gary Medal, American Iron and Steel Institute
R&D Magazine's prestigious R&D 100 Award
Innovators with EPRI Technology Award
Iron and Steel Society of the AIME, Best Paper Award in the Special Arcs Group of the Electric Furnace Conference
Steel Founders Society of America, Best Paper Award, Technical and Operating Conference
Iron and Steel Society of the AIME, Best Paper Award in the Ingot and Continuous Casting Group of the Electric Furnace Conference
Iron and Steel Society of the AIME, Jerry Silver Memorial Award, Best Paper at the Society Student Technical Session

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario

PUBLICATIONS
Holder of numerous patents relative to making Mg treated iron for improved machinability, treating steelmaking slags, controlling the stirring energy delivered by a gas flowing through a liquid, a degasser guide, measuring the thickness of materials, measuring the thickness of hot slag in steelmaking, treating liquid metals, high temperature indirect plasma-arc processing for aluminum dross, synthesizing ladle slags, treating liquid metals, and more.
Author of numerous publications on topics including the making, shaping and treating of steel, slab caster, plasma coupled induction furnace refining, clean steel, gas-slag-metal reactions, synthetic ladle slag engineering, electrolysis effects in DC arc processes, control of nitrogen during arc furnace steelmaking, plasma-arc slag heating, aluminum dross, EAF dust treatment, slag control, and more.

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