Federation for International Refractory Research and Education
Alumni Students
In 2024, FIRE celebrated its 100th Student granted! We asked to 6 of them to share their experience and what FIRE brought them!
Video 1 - How was your FIRE experience?
Video 2 - What is fire to you?
Video 3 - What recommandations would you offer to future FIRE students?
Watch the full video here:
The list of the 100 students granted will be soon available on the website!
Last news
Meet us at ICR 2026 in Aachen in September!
We are pleased to inform the community that FIRE is media partner of the 2026 ICR Conference that will take place on 16th and 17th September in Aachen, Germany.
Highlight of FIRE Alumni - Mathilda Derensy - Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, RWTH Aachen University - Germany
My interest in refractories began during my engineering studies in ceramics at ENSCI Limoges, when I discovered that the refractory specialisation offered an international research experience through the FIRE program. I quickly realised that refractories are far more complex and fascinating than simple bricks.
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