Biography
Ville-Valtteri Visuri
Associate Professor
Process Metallurgy Research Unit
University of Oulu
Finland
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Ville-Valtteri Visuri is an Associate Professor and leader of the Primary Metallurgy Research Group at the University of Oulu. He also serves as the Deputy Head of the Process Metallurgy Research Unit and as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Advanced Steels Research (CASR). Additionally, he is an Academy Research Fellow (2023–2027) funded by the Research Council of Finland.
Previously, he worked as R&D Manager at Outokumpu Stainless Oy (2020–2022) and held various academic positions at the University of Oulu. He completed research visits at RWTH Aachen University. He completed two research visits at RWTH Aachen University in 2014 and 2019. He holds the Title of Docent in Process Metallurgy (2020), a doctoral degree in Process Engineering (2017), as well as master's (2011) and bachelor's (2009) degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management, all from the University of Oulu.
His research focuses on the chemical and physical fundamentals of steelmaking processes, particularly electric arc furnaces, converters, and ladles, using mathematical modeling, computational thermodynamics, and high-temperature experiments. He has worked extensively on argon-oxygen decarburisation, electric arc furnace steelmaking, and hot metal desulphurisation. Recently, he has initiated research on hydrogen plasma smelting reduction. Visuri has contributed to several large projects focusing on process development and sustainability in the steel industry, most recently to Towards Carbon Neutral Metals 2. His research has lead to the adoption of new operating practices and monitoring systems in the steel industry. Visuri has published over 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
Visuri's teaching focuses on master's level courses and doctoral education at the University of Oulu. He offers lectures on EAF steelmaking and converter metallurgy as well as on modelling and simulation of metallurgical processes. He has served as a principal or co-supervisor in over 10 ongoing or finished doctoral theses and examined doctoral theses in several countries. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and symposia on metallurgy and sustainable steelmaking. In 2023, he co-chaired the 5th European Academic Symposium on EAF Steelmaking. He has performed peer reviews for 25 scientific journals and serves as a member of the editorial board of the journal Materia.
In addition to his research work, Visuri currently serves as a board member of the Finnish Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, an industry-wide association with approximately 2600 members. He is also a member of the management board of the University of Oulu Chapter at the Finnish Union of University Professors. Additionally, he holds the position of Vice-Chairman of the Board at the University of Oulu Association. His diverse professional engagements also include affiliations with three SMEs: Luxmet Oy, Teknoventure Oy, and Hannu Luukinen Oy. Most recently, he has served as an expert witness for a steelmaking company in the Court of Arbitration in Austria. His professional working languages are Finnish, English, and German, for the latter of which he holds the C2-level Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom from the Goethe-Institut Düsseldorf.