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including the Interactive Steel Wheel, which will help you learn each step of the steelmaking process without stepping foot inside a mill.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nav-item dropdown"> <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink-48" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" href="/Publications-Advertising">Publications & Advertising</a> <div class="dropdown-menu collapse"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Publications-Advertising/Iron-Steel-Technology" >Iron & Steel Technology</a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Publications-Advertising/Advertise" >Advertise</a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Publications-Advertising/AIST-Resource-Center-(formerly-Bookstore)" >AIST Resource Center (formerly Bookstore)</a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Publications-Advertising/Directory-Iron-and-Steel-Plants" >Directory—Iron and Steel Plants </a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Publications-Advertising/Steel-News" >Steel News</a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Publications-Advertising/Safety-First" >Safety First</a></div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 featuredNav"> <img src="/getmedia/c4b06b39-4e69-48de-8cbd-0dd6cdc0b836/24_December-30.jpg?width=130&height=174&mediaprotectionhash=ee46455764c6cfe0307a457356ea426ae5990c9137f14170bd0544431e62afbd&ext=.jpg" alt="Publications & Advertising" /> <p class="featureText">Iron & Steel Technology is the premier technical journal for metallurgical, engineering, operating and maintenance personnel in the iron and steel industry. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nav-item dropdown"> <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink-49" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" href="/Students-Faculty">Students & Faculty</a> <div class="dropdown-menu collapse"> 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& Faculty" /> <p class="featureText">Through the AIST Foundation, AIST has a number of scholarships, grants and programs addressing the needs of the industry's next generation.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nav-item dropdown"> <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink-77977" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" href="/Foundation">Foundation</a> <div class="dropdown-menu collapse"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Foundation/About-the-Foundation" >About the Foundation</a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Foundation/Leadership-Governance" >Leadership & Governance</a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Foundation/Faculty-Grants-and-Programs" >Faculty Grants and Programs</a></div> <div class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/Foundation/Internships-and-Scholarships" >Internships and Scholarships</a></div> <div 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