ROBERT E. MOORE MEMORIAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF

THE REFRACTORY INDUSTRY

Michel Rigaud. Professor EmeritusEcole Polytechnique. Campus Université de Montreal

To UNITECR 2005 – ORLANDO – FLORIDA – USA – NOVEMBER 9-2005

SCOPE: EDUCATION AND RESEARCHThe Prosperity of the Refractories Industry

2. THE FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL FOR REFRACTORIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

2.1 What’s FIRE?

2.2 FIRE purposes

2.3 FIRE programs

2.4 FIRE membership

3. CONCLUSION

For Prosperity the Greatest Opportunities are Embodied in

1. THE PROSPERITY OF THE REFRACTORIES INDUSTRY

1.1 The basic rules.

1.2 The new business-education paradigm.

Human Ressources - Human Ressources - Human Ressources.

INTRODUCTION

1.GLOBALIZATION

2.RATIONALIZATION

3.MERGERS

4.OUTSOURCING

The main purpose of this talkTO CONSIDER OUTSOURCING AS IT APPLIES TO REFRACTORY EDUCATION

The hypothesis being thatEDUCATION—RESEARCH—AND PROSPERITY ARE CLOSELY LINKED

OUTSOURCING OF ENGINEERING

COST

CAPACITY(or lack of )

MANUFACTURING LOCUS

ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY/ INNOVATION

UNIVERSITIES

GOVERNEMENT LABORATORIES

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

COMPANIES RESEARCH CENTERS

ALLIANCES OF THOSE

I.1 PROSPERITY…THE BASIC RULES (1/2)

CONCENTRATE ON TECHNOLOGY

OFFER ADDED VALUE AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS TO CUSTOMERS

CONCENTRATE ON THE CAPACITY TO FOLLOW DELOCALIZING CUSTOMERS

CREATE STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT MEGACOMPANIES WITH BEST PRACTICE

PRODUCE AT LOWEST COST

MOVE TO GROWTH REGIONS

I.1 PROSPERITY…THE BASIC RULES (2/2)

HAVE A BALANCED FOREIGN EXCHANGE USAGE

(REORGANIZE AND BENCHMARK THE BUSINESS)

ECONOMIC ISSUES

TRANSPORT COSTS ▪ LOCAL-NATIONAL TAXES

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

MARGINAL PROFITS IN THE “CHAIN OF VALUES”

TECHNICAL ISSUES

PRODUCTIVITY

CONSISTENCY-QUALITY OF PRODUCTS

SERVICES PROVIDER VS MATERIALS SUPPLIER

MANAGERIAL ISSUES

PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

COPE WITH OUTSOURCING AND OFFSHORING

CENTRAL VERSUS LOCAL DECISIONS

I.2- THE NEW BUSINESS-EDUCATION PARADIGM

BUSINESSAPPROACH

EDUCATIONAPPROACH

OLD --------

MASS-PRODUCTION

VERTICAL INTEGRATION

PRODUCERS WILLS

CONSTRAINTS: GROWING SALES

--------- NEW

ORGANIZATION-DISTRIBUTION

COOPETITION

CUSTOMERS NEEDS

CONSTRAINTS: GROWING PROFITS

OLD --------

ANALYTICAL

DESCRIPTIVE

TECHNICAL

--------- NEW

MODELIZATION

SYSTEMIC

TECHNOLOGICAL

REFRACTORY EDUCATION IN 2006

MATERIALS APPROACH

Microstructure * Properties * Functions

FUNCTIONS PROPERTIES

MICROSTRUCTURE

TOTAL $

POLITICAL ECONOMICAL

LEGAL

SOCIOLOGICAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

ECOLOGICAL

PROCESS - MATERIALS DESIGN APPROACH

Including

-MATERIALS – INSTALLATION-

-MAINTENANCE – RECYCLABILITY-

- LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Using proper

MODELIZATION – SENSORS –

AUTOMATIC CONTROL DEVICES

REFRACTORY EDUCATION IN 2006

AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL:

INTERNATIONAL PROFILE

TO COPE WITH ALL CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

AND RESEARCH SENSIBILITY FOR INNOVATION

REFRACTORY EDUCATION IN 2006

REFRACTORY RESEARCH

OUTSOURCING R&D CENTERS

EXPENSIVE ANALYTICAL TOOLS REQUIRED

COMPETITION FOR FUNDS... AGAINST THE NANO… BIO… INFO… “EUPHORIA"

A STEP FORWARD

A FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL FOR REFRACTORIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

FIRE

FIRE Secretariat

École Polytechnique

Campus Université de Montréal

C.P. 6079, Succursale A

Montréal, Qc, H3C 3A7, CANADA

FIRE MISSION

TO FULFILL THE CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RESEARCH RELATED NEEDS OF THE REFRACTORIES INDUSTRY

TO PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN REFRACTORY MATERIALS ENGINEERING

WHAT’S FIRE?

A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION

INCORPORATED IN CANADA

MANAGED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS

-The initial Founders –

-Leoben - São Carlos -Limoges -Orléans -RHI-AG

-Rolla -Polytechnique -Pyrotek-INC. -Magnesita-SA

WHAT’S FIRE?

THAT IS TO TRAIN QUALIFIED

HUMAN RESOURCES TO FILL THE DEMANDS OF

THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE

FIRE IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING RESPONSIVE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS FOR THE REFRACTORY INDUSTRY.

FIRE PURPOSES (1/2)

TO BRING TOGETHER THE WORLD WIDE MOST COMPETENT PERSONS AND INSTITUTIONS IN REFRACTORY SCIENCES, BOTH FROM ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONS.

TO ESTABLISH QUALITY LEVELS FOR EDUCATION IN REFRACTORY SCIENCES AND GRANT CERTIFICATES TO STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVED THESE QUALIFICATIONS.

TO PROMOTE THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF ACADEMIC EDUCATION BY SUITABLE MEANS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMS AND STUDENT EXCHANGE.

FIRE PURPOSES (2/2)

TO MEDIATE BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO MEET THE DEMANDS IN THE FIELDS OF REFRACTORY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

TO ORGANIZE A NETWORK OF ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS, OPEN FOR MEMBERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD

TO COMBINE EDUCATION WITH STATE OF THE ART RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF REFRACTORIES, THUS HELPING TO GUARANTEE A QUALIFIED EDUCATION AND TO DEVELOP A PROGRESS OF SCIENCES.

FIRE MEMBERS

PRODUCERS OF REFRACTORIES

Any company manufacturing refractories

SUPPLIERS TO AND USERS OF REFRACTORIES

Any company engaged in supplying raw materials, equipments, products or services to the refractories industry.

ACADEMIC MEMBERS

Any Institutions responsible for students instruction in refractory engineering, and performing research and development meaning full for the refractories industry.

FIRE BYLAWS AND RULES

Soon to be available on

WWW.POLYMTL.CA/FIRE

FIRE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Master and Ph.D

REQUIREMENTS

ENGLISH + ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE

STUDY ABROAD + SIX TO TWELVE MONTHS

CO-DIRECTED-RESEARCH

FOR THE PROSPERITY OF OUR INDUSTRY

China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia

India, Australia, Iran, Egypt, South Africa

UK

Germany

Spain

Russia

Ukrainia

Chili

Argentina

Central America

Mexico

Canada

LEOBEN

LEOBEN

Montanuniversität Leoben – Austria

www.unileoben.ac.at/institute/ghi.htm

Department Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Chair for Ceramics

Peter-Tunner-Strasse 5, A-8700 Leoben, AUSTRIA

Professor: Harald Harmuth - ha@unileoben.ac.at

SÃO CARLOS

SÃO CARLOS

Universidade Federal de São Carlos – Brazil

www.gemm.usfcar.br and www.dema.usfcar.br

Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais

Rod.Washington Luiz km 235, Caixa Postal 676, 13565-905,

São Carlos,SP,BRAZIL

Professor: Victor Carlos Pandolfelli-vicpando@power.ufscar.br

LIMOGES

Pôle Européen de la Céramique – France

www.ensci.fr

Ester Technopole, B.P. 6911, 87069 Limoges, France

Professor : Christian Gault – c.gault@ensci.fr

ORLEANS

Pôle Européen de la Céramique – France

www.univ-orleans.fr/polytech

Ester Technopole, B.P. 6911, 87069 Limoges, France

Professor : Jacques Poirier – Jacques.poirier@univ-orleans.fr

MISSOURI-ROLLA

University of Missouri-Rolla – United States

www.umr.edu

Department of Ceramic Engineering, 222 McNutt, Hall 1870 Miner.

Circle Rolla, MO 65409-0330 USA

Professor: Jeffrey Smith - jsmith@umr.edu

FIRE RESEARCH PROGRAMS

TO FAVOR:

MULTINATIONAL RESEARCH

PROGRAMS

BASED UPON INTERNATIONAL

AGREEMENTS FOR PRE COMPETITIVE

RESEARCH IN A COOPERATION SPIRIT

ADMISSION TO FIRE HONOR PROGRAMS

Applicants ALREADY registered in

one of the FIRE institutions,at the

Master's and or the Ph.D's levels

PROGRAMS REQUIREMENTS

To complete at least one session at an other FIRE's Institution,during a master's program;and two sessions during a Ph.D,implying co-direction of thesis.

FIRE's certificates delivered to recognize the extra efforts

FEES AND EXPENSES

Students bound by policies and procedures of their own institution

Extra-costs to be covered by FIRE's Fellowships

REGULATIONS

Language instruction in any FIRE accredited courses is ENGLISH

Any other rules are those being enforced by the student's alma-mater

FIRE IMMEDIATE PLAN

SECOND AND OTHER COHORT OF STUDENTS

FOUR TO SIX OR MORE, DEPENDING UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

FIRST COHORT OF STUDENTS:

REGISTRATION-DEADLINE JUNE 1, 2006FOR ACADEMIC YEAR TO START SEPTEMBER 1, 2006FIRE FELLOWSHIPS TO COVER EXTRA COTS

AVAILABILITY FOR FIRST YEAR (AND FOR THREE YEARS) : FOUR TO SIX

FIRE FUNDINGS

1. MEMBERSHIPS FEES15,000 US DOLLARS PER YEAR

2. RESEARCH AGREEMENTSTHE 1/3 – 1/2 - 1/6 Rule

3. FIRE FOUNDATIONDonations from individuals and for companies

CONCLUDING REMARKS (1/2)

OBVIOUSLY HUMAN RESOURCES HENCE EDUCATION IS RELEVANT TO THE PROSPERITY OF OUR INDUSTRY…

NEW THREATS BRING ALONG NEW OPPORTUNITIES…

FINAL WORDS (2/2)

SUPPORTING IS

SUPPORTING OUR INDUSTRY ON THE LONG-TERM

SUPPORTING OUR “ACADEMICS” NOW!