Chris Digiovanni
Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolChris Digiovanni is a research scientist and materials engineer with 13 years of experience focused on steel metallurgy, welding and decarbonization technologies. He leads pilot-scale EAF development, biocarbon integration, and slag valorization efforts at CanmetMATERIALS, bridging lab-scale alloy and welding metallurgy with industrial partners like Stelco. Holding a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, he has authored over 30 peer-reviewed papers and studies embrittlement, thermomechanical processing, and heat/mass transfer with a strong modeling skillset. Chris balances applied research with teaching and editorial roles—Adjunct Assistant Professor appointments at McMaster and Waterloo and an associate editor role for Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly—demonstrating influence across academia and policy-oriented research. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, he brings practical industry collaboration experience and a knack for translating metallurgical fundamentals into scalable decarbonization pathways. An unexpected thread in his profile is the combination of welding metallurgy expertise with large-scale process design, enabling novel approaches to both alloy performance and carbon reduction in steelmaking.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Materials Engineering, Master’s Degree, Materials Engineering at University of AlbertaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at University of WaterlooProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
chrisdevisser/ff12-tza-guide
Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:6 releases, 72 commits, 27 pushes in 6 months
chrisdevisser/schluOS
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:234 commits, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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