George Samaras, a former student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly and contributor to Alloyneering, presented his diploma thesis at the Junior Euromat 2016 Conference in Lausanne, on July 12, 2016. He presented his work on the creep and carburization of heat-resistant steels used in oil refineries, a work that he completed under the supervision of Prof. G.N. Haidemenopoulos at the Laboratory of Materials. George is now pursuing a Ph.D. degree at EPFL.