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ROBERT E. MOORE MEMORIAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM

ROBERT E. MOORE MEMORIAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM. EDUCATION AND RESEARCH THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF THE REFRACTORY INDUSTRY Michel Rigaud. Professor Emeritus Ecole Polytechnique. Campus Université de Montreal To UNITECR 2005 – ORLANDO – FLORIDA – USA – NOVEMBER 9-2005.

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ROBERT E. MOORE MEMORIAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM

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  1. ROBERT E. MOORE MEMORIAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM EDUCATION AND RESEARCH THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF THE REFRACTORY INDUSTRY Michel Rigaud. Professor Emeritus Ecole Polytechnique. Campus Université de Montreal To UNITECR 2005 – ORLANDO – FLORIDA – USA – NOVEMBER 9-2005

  2. SCOPE: EDUCATION AND RESEARCHThe Prosperity of the Refractories Industry 1. THE PROSPERITY OF THE REFRACTORIES INDUSTRY 1.1 The basic rules. 1.2 The new business-education paradigm. 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 Human Ressources - Human Ressources - Human Ressources.

  3. INTRODUCTION • GLOBALIZATION • RATIONALIZATION • MERGERS • OUTSOURCING • The main purpose of this talk TO CONSIDER OUTSOURCING AS IT APPLIES TO REFRACTORY EDUCATION • The hypothesis being that EDUCATION—RESEARCH—AND PROSPERITY ARE CLOSELY LINKED

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. I.1 PROSPERITY…THE BASIC RULES(2/2) • PRODUCE AT LOWEST COST • MOVE TO GROWTH REGIONS • HAVE A BALANCED FOREIGN EXCHANGE USAGE • (REORGANIZE AND BENCHMARK THE BUSINESS)

  7. ECONOMIC ISSUES • TRANSPORT COSTS ▪ LOCAL-NATIONAL TAXES • FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES • MARGINAL PROFITS IN THE “CHAIN OF VALUES”

  8. TECHNICAL ISSUES • PRODUCTIVITY • CONSISTENCY-QUALITY OF PRODUCTS • SERVICES PROVIDER VS MATERIALS SUPPLIER

  9. MANAGERIAL ISSUES • PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS • COPE WITH OUTSOURCING AND OFFSHORING • CENTRAL VERSUS LOCAL DECISIONS

  10. I.2- THE NEW BUSINESS-EDUCATION PARADIGM OLD -------- MASS-PRODUCTION VERTICAL INTEGRATION PRODUCERS WILLS CONSTRAINTS: GROWING SALES BUSINESS APPROACH --------- NEW ORGANIZATION-DISTRIBUTION COOPETITION CUSTOMERS NEEDS CONSTRAINTS: GROWING PROFITS --------- NEW MODELIZATION SYSTEMIC TECHNOLOGICAL OLD -------- ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTIVE TECHNICAL EDUCATION APPROACH

  11. MATERIALS APPROACH Microstructure * Properties * Functions TOTAL $ FUNCTIONS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE REFRACTORY EDUCATION IN 2006 POLITICAL ECONOMICAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL

  12. REFRACTORY EDUCATION IN 2006 • PROCESS - MATERIALS DESIGN APPROACH Including • MATERIALS – INSTALLATION- • MAINTENANCE – RECYCLABILITY- • LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT • Using proper • MODELIZATION – SENSORS – • AUTOMATIC CONTROL DEVICES

  13. REFRACTORY EDUCATION IN 2006 AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL: INTERNATIONAL PROFILE TO COPE WITH ALL CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND RESEARCH SENSIBILITY FOR INNOVATION

  14. REFRACTORY RESEARCH • OUTSOURCING R&D CENTERS • EXPENSIVE ANALYTICAL TOOLS REQUIRED • COMPETITION FOR FUNDS... AGAINST THE NANO… BIO… INFO… “EUPHORIA"

  15. A STEP FORWARD A FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL FOR REFRACTORIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

  16. FIRE FIRE Secretariat École Polytechnique Campus Université de Montréal C.P. 6079, Succursale A Montréal, Qc, H3C 3A7, CANADA

  17. FIRE MISSION • TO PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN REFRACTORY MATERIALS ENGINEERING • TO FULFILL THE CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RESEARCH RELATED NEEDS OF THE REFRACTORIES INDUSTRY

  18. 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

  19. WHAT’S FIRE? FIRE IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING RESPONSIVE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS FOR THE REFRACTORY INDUSTRY. THAT IS TO TRAIN QUALIFIED HUMAN RESOURCES TO FILL THE DEMANDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE

  20. FIRE PURPOSES (1/2) • TO PROMOTE THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF ACADEMIC EDUCATION BY SUITABLE MEANS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMS AND STUDENT EXCHANGE. • 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.

  21. FIRE PURPOSES (2/2) • 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. • 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

  22. 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.

  23. FIRE BYLAWS AND RULES Soon to be available on WWW.POLYMTL.CA/FIRE

  24. FIRE EDUCATION PROGRAMS Master and Ph.D REQUIREMENTS ENGLISH + ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY ABROAD + SIX TO TWELVE MONTHS CO-DIRECTED-RESEARCH

  25. FOR THE PROSPERITY OF OUR INDUSTRY China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia Chili Argentina Central America Mexico Canada UK Germany Spain Russia Ukrainia India, Australia, Iran, Egypt, South Africa

  26. LEOBEN

  27. 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

  28. SÃO CARLOS

  29. 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, SãoCarlos,SP,BRAZIL Professor: Victor Carlos Pandolfelli-vicpando@power.ufscar.br

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. FIRE RESEARCH PROGRAMS TO FAVOR: MULTINATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS BASED UPON INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS FOR PRE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH IN A COOPERATION SPIRIT

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. FEES AND EXPENSES • Students bound by policies and procedures of their own institution • Extra-costs to be covered by FIRE's Fellowships

  37. REGULATIONS • Language instruction in any FIRE accredited courses is ENGLISH • Any other rules are those being enforced by the student's alma-mater

  38. FIRE IMMEDIATE PLAN • FIRST COHORT OF STUDENTS: REGISTRATION-DEADLINE JUNE 1, 2006 FOR ACADEMIC YEAR TO START SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 FIRE FELLOWSHIPS TO COVER EXTRA COTS AVAILABILITY FOR FIRST YEAR (AND FOR THREE YEARS) : FOUR TO SIX • SECOND AND OTHER COHORT OF STUDENTS FOUR TO SIX OR MORE, DEPENDING UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

  39. FIRE FUNDINGS 1. MEMBERSHIPS FEES 15,000 US DOLLARS PER YEAR 2. RESEARCH AGREEMENTS THE 1/3 – 1/2 - 1/6 Rule 3. FIRE FOUNDATION Donations from individuals and for companies

  40. CONCLUDING REMARKS (1/2) NEW THREATS BRING ALONG NEW OPPORTUNITIES… OBVIOUSLY HUMAN RESOURCES HENCE EDUCATION IS RELEVANT TO THE PROSPERITY OF OUR INDUSTRY…

  41. FINAL WORDS (2/2) SUPPORTING IS • SUPPORTING OUR INDUSTRY ON THE LONG-TERM • SUPPORTING OUR “ACADEMICS” NOW!

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