Instructors
Gudrun Saevarsdottir
Reykjavik University (Lead Instructor)
Bio coming soon.
Mark Dorreen
CSIRO
About the Instructor
Mark Dorreen is a chemical and materials engineer with a background spanning academia, research & development, consulting, and technology commercialization over 25 years, with a particular focus on primary aluminum smelting. His PhD, received in 2000, focused on current efficiency and the changing nature of pot gases approaching anode effect in an aluminum smelting cell. He joined the Light Metals Research Centre at the University of Auckland in 2008, and was Centre Director from 2014 to 2019. He joined CSIRO in Melbourne, Australia as Group Leader for Process Innovations in the Mineral Resources Research Unit in 2022. He has published and presented widely, including speaking at most aluminum conferences and events, and consulted at aluminum smelters on issues ranging across reduction technology, carbon plants, process control, emissions treatment and reduction, and energy efficiency, and delivered customized training courses at a number of smelters.
Halvor Kvande
Formerly Norsk Hydro and NTNU
About the Instructor
Halvor Kvande received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and in 1979, defended his thesis for the Norwegian degree of Doctor Technicae from the same university. He started his career with Hydro Aluminum in 1980. His major field of interest has been research and development on the Hall-Héroult process for primary production of aluminum. From 1990 to 2005, he also served as an adjunct professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. From 2009 to 2011, he was professor and Qatalum Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar. In 2012, he retired from his position as chief engineer at Hydro in Oslo, Norway.
Kvande is the author or co-author of more than 150 scientific and technical papers, as well as five books on aluminum electrolysis and related topics. His research work has been appraised in the form of several TMS awards and honors, including his contribution (as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Stephen Lindsay
Alcoa/Hatch
About the Instructor
Stephen Lindsay has been a practitioner in the primary aluminum industry for 45 years. His first 40 years were with Alcoa. Since 2019, he has been working as a Technical Specialist Consultant. His background includes experience in operations and in advisory roles in; anode, cathode, and electrolysis with specializations in; emissions control, metal purity, bath plant management, alumina quality, and electrolyte additives. He served as the editor for Light Metals 2011 and has authored or co-authored more than three dozen publications.
Pablo Navarro
EGA
About the Instructor
Pablo Navarro holds a degree in physics from the Balseiro Institute of the National Atomic Energy Commission and has completed several specialization courses throughout his career. With over 32 years of experience in the aluminum industry, he has established himself as an expert in the research and development of the smelting process, including the design, retrofit, and optimization of aluminum reduction cells and their control systems. Currently, Navarro serves as the Senior Manager of Smelting R&D at Emirates Global Aluminium, where he leads the team responsible for designing the company’s next-generation smelting technology, driving innovation and efficiency in the aluminum industry.
Barry Welch
Welbank Consulting
About the Instructor
Barry Welch has co-authored texts on aluminum smelting and has a lifetime of experience between industrial application, research, and development on topics of importance to improving smelter performance, and academic and industrial teaching and training. He has also co-authored a significant number of papers spanning almost all areas of importance to aluminum smelting technology. A 2015 TMS Fellow, Welch is also the 2014 recipient of the James Douglas Gold Medal from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), among many other awards and honors.
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