Federation for International Refractory Research and Education

Academic Partners

  • Montanuniversität Leoben – Austria
  • Universidade Federal de São Carlos – Brazil
  • McGill University – Canada
  • Wuhan University of Science and Technology – China
  • ENSCI – Limoges, France
  • Polytech’Orléans – Orleans, France
  • Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg – Germany
  • RWTH – Aachen, Germany
  • Nagoya Institute of Technology – Japan
  • University of Missouri-Rolla – Rolla, USA

Last news

Highlight of FIRE Alumni - Mariana de Albuquerque L. Braulio - Brasil

FIRE internship was my first experience abroad.

Feb 3, 2026
Highlight of FIRE Alumni - Bruno Luchini - Tata Steel Nederland

Humans have been gathering around fire for hundreds of thousands of years — for warmth, protection, food, and simply to talk. In a funny way, my own career also began around “fire,” just a far more engineered version of it. I first heard about FIRE during my Master’s in São Carlos, Brazil, thanks to Prof. Pandolfelli. I joined without imagining that this decision would quietly shape my entire professional path.

Jan 28, 2026

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