The foundry industry was able to meet some of the best young foundry researchers identified in USA, Finland, Japan, Spain ,China, India and Germany through a competition organized by The WFO (World Foundry Organization). The WFO (World Foundry Organization) announces the 2024 Best Young, Foundry Professionals as a result of the final stage of the Young Researchers Conference taking place in Germany on June 11th.

The authors acknowledged are next:
-1st Yasuhiko Okimura (Japan), Assistant Professor in Waseda University
-2nd Jianyue Zhang (United States), Postdoctoral Researcher in The Ohio State University
-3rd Shrivatsav Shankar (United States), PhD Student Researcher, Material Science and Engineering Dept. in UC Irvine, Advanced Casting Research Centre

The Top 3 have been invited to travel to the World Foundry Congress 2024 in Deyang, China where they will be introduced to the global industry through the WFO and will take part in some networking activities. Congrats to these promising professionals and their universities for this great achievement!

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