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Oleg Ostrovski
Professor of Metallurgical Engineering
School of Materials Science and Engineering
University of New South Wales
NSW 2052, Australia
Education
- DipIng(Met) Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute (MISiS), Moscow, Russia, 1971
- PhD, MISiS, 1975
- DSc(Eng), MISiS, 1987
Current Appointment
- ARC (Australian Research Council) Professorial Fellow (from 1 August 2007)
Recent Appointments
School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW
- Head of School, 1 January 2004-31 July 2007
- Professor, 2001-2003
- Associate Professor, 1996-2000
- Senior Lecturer, 1993-1995
Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute
- Professor, 1990-1993
- Head of Metallurgical Research Laboratory, 1986-1991
- Research positions: 1975-1986
Research Interests
- Pyrometallurgical processes; reduction of iron, manganese, titanium and chromium ores; smelting and refining,
- Technologies for iron, steel and ferroalloy making,
- Environmental issues in pyrometallurgy,
- Physico-chemical properties of metallurgical melts, thermodynamics and kinetics of metallurgical processes
Awards and Distinctions
- Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship, 2007
- 2004 Benjamin F Fairless award (Association for Iron and Steel Technologies, USA) for “Excellence in the application of fundamental research to the improvement of steelmaking processes and for energetic and innovative leadership to steelmaking community”.
- Soviet Union Government award “The Council of Ministers of the USSR Prize” for development of cost-efficient technologies for high alloy steels, 1985.
Professional Societies
- Institute of Engineers, Australia, Member 1994-
- Iron & Steel Society, 1997-
Membership of Editorial Boards
- High Temperature Materials and Processes
- Electrometallurgy
Advisory Board Member
Selected Publications
- O. Ostrovski, V.A. Grigoryan, and A.F.Vishkarev, Properties of Liquid Metals, Moscow, Metallurgiya, 1988 (book, in Russian).
- O. Ostrovski, Remelting of Scrap Containing Tungsten and Nickel in the Electric Arc Furnace, Steel Research, 1994 (10), 429-432.
- O. Ostrovski, Dephosphorization and Desulphurization of Stainless Steel, The 6th AusIMM Extractive Metallurgy Conference, Brisbane, 3-6 July 1994, 311-315.
- D. Belashchenko, O. Ostrovski, and Yu. Utochkin, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Dilute Solutions of MeO and MeF2 in the CaO-CaF2 System, ISIJ International, 1998, 38 (7), 673-679.
- G. Zhang and O. Ostrovski, Reduction of Titania by Methane-Hydrogen-Argon Gas Mixture, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2000, 31B (2), 129-139.
- J. Zhang, O. Ostrovski, and K. Suzuki, Effect of Temperature on Cementite Formation by Reaction of Iron Ore with H2-CH4-Ar Gas, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2000, 31B (6), 1139-1142.
- G. Tranell, O. Ostrovski, and S. Jahanshahi, The Equilibrium Partitioning of Titanuim Between Ti3+ and Ti4+ Valency States in CaO-SiO2-TiOx Slags, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2002, 33B (1), 61-68.
- N. Anacleto, O. Ostrovski, and S. Ganguly, Reduction of Manganese Ores by Methane-Containing Gas, ISIJ International, 2004, 44, 1615-1622.
- O. Ostrovski and G. Zhang, G. Energy and Exergy Analyses of Direct Iron Smelting Processes, Energy, 2005, 30, 2772-2783.
- Ostrovski, O. and Zhang, G. Reduction and Carburization of Metal Oxides by Methane Containing Gas, AIChE Journal, 2006, 52, 300-310.
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