Technical Recognition Awards 2024

The best technical-scientific papers presented in 2023 will be awarded at the opening ceremony of the 8th ABM Week, which will take place from

September 3 to 5 at Pro Magno Convention Center, in São Paulo - Brazil.


See below for the categories and sponsors:

THEMATIC AWARDS

AIMED AT THE BEST PAPERS RELATED TO THE THEMES CHOSEN BY THE SPONSORS


Aperam Award

Stainless steels

Sponsor: Aperam

ArcelorMittal Award Quality and Productivity

Sponsor: ArcelorMittal

CBMM Award

Niobium Steels

Sponsor: CBMM

Gerdau Award

Digital Steel

Sponsor: Gerdau

Antônio Mourão Guimarães Award Refractories

Sponsor: RHI Magnesita

Usiminas Award Innovation

Sponsor: Usiminas

Luiz Dumont Villares Award Special Steels

Sponsor: Villares Metals

Aço Verde do Brasil Award Sustainability

Sponsor: Aço Verde Brasil

EVENTS AWARDS

AIMED AT THE BEST PAPERS FROM EACH OF THE EVENTS AT ABM WEEK

Vesuvius Award

Seminar on Automation & IT

Sponsor: Vesuvius

Karlheinz Pohlmann Award

Seminar on Molds, Dies & Tools

Sponsor: ABM

ArcelorMittal Award

Seminar on Circular Economy

and Sustainability

Sponsor: ArcelorMittal

DME Engenharia Award

Seminar on Maintenance and Project Engineering

Sponsor: DME Engenharia

Henri Meyers Award

Seminar on Rolling, Metal Forming and Products

Sponsor: Meyers Family

Jean-Pierre Meyers Award

Seminar on Ore Reduction and Raw Materials

Sponsor: Meyers Family

Samarco Award

Mining Seminar

Sponsor: Samarco

Marc André Meyers Award

Annual Congress / Polymer, Composite and Ceramic Materials

Sponsor: Sérgio Neves Monteiro

Ternium Brasil Award

Seminar on Steelmaking, Casting and Non-Ferrous Metallurgy

Sponsor: Ternium Brasil

Vale Award

Seminar on Ore Agglomeration

Sponsor: Vale

Waelzholz Brasmetal Award

Enemet – National Meeting of Metallurgical, Materials and Mining Engineering Students

Sponsor: Brasmetal Waelzholz

White Martins Award

Seminar on Energy, Utilities and

Industrial Gases

Sponsor: White Martins

CBMM Award

Annual Congress / Fundamentals and

Metallurgical Processes

Sponsor: CBMM

ABM Award

Seminar on Logistics,

Procurement and PCP

Sponsor: ABM

Requirements

• Only papers that have received a minimum score of 70% of the total possible points and have at least one author who is a current ABM member, both in the year of the paper's presentation and in the year of the award, are eligible for the award.



• The winners are chosen after a rigorous evaluation conducted by a committee of professionals from industry, academy, and representatives of the sponsors.



• The monetary award is divided only among the authors who are current ABM members, both in the year of the presentation and in the year of the award.



• In the Undergraduate Research area (ENEMET), only papers that have at least one undergraduate student who is a current ABM member among the authors and whose responsible author and presenter are also undergraduate students can be submitted and awarded.






Frequent Questions

How to compete for the technical recognition awards?

By being an ABM member and presenting a technical paper at one of the events during ABM Week.


When are the awards given?

The awards are given at the ABM Week of the year following the year of the paper’s presentation.


What are the awards?

Each award is determined by the sponsor, but it is currently R$ 12,000.00, except for the ENEMET award, which is R$ 6,000.00. The gross amount is subject to Income Tax withholding, according to current legislation.


How is the award divided among the authors?

The value of each award is divided only among the authors who are current ABM members, both in the year of the paper's presentation and in the year of the award, and is deposited by ABM into each author’s account.


Can a submitted but not presented paper compete for the awards?

No. Only presented papers are eligible for the awards.


If an author of an award-winning paper was not an ABM member in the year of presentation but joined later, are they eligible for the award?

No, the author must be an ABM member both in the year of the paper's presentation and in the following year, when the award is given.


If an author of an award-winning paper was an ABM member in the year of presentation but did not renew their membership in the following year, are they eligible for the award?

No, the author must be an ABM member both in the year of the paper's presentation and in the following year, when the award is given.


Besides the monetary award, is there any other form of recognition?

ABM issues an Award Certificate to all authors of the winning papers, regardless of their membership status. For each award, one of the authors receives a registration to attend the award ceremony at the following year’s ABM Week.


How will I know if I’ve won an award?

The event organizers will contact the author(s) of the winning paper.

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