Five CIVS Graduate Research Assistants Receive PNW Grant Awards

Congratulations to CIVS Graduate Research Assistants on being selected as recipients of PNW Graduate Research Grant Awards for the 2024-2025 Academic Year, sponsored by Graduate Studies Office at PNW.

The students and their projects are listed below:

• Abhishek Kolakotla: “Simulating Hydrogen Fuel Blends in Reheating Furnace”
• Rohit Kumar Kovvuri: “Virtual Crane Training Simulation for Enhancing Safety and Training”
• Sai Bhuvanesh Nandipati: “Centerline Segregation in a Cast Slab”
• Sowjanya Yelluripati: “CFD Analysis of Novel Alternative Injected Fuels in Blast Furnace”
• Sathvika Kottapalli: “CFD Prediction and Validation of Refining Stage of Industry-Size EAF”

Proposals were evaluated by the review committee on:

• Completeness of application
• Project eligibility
• Student eligibility
• Quality of proposal overall
• Budget/budget justification
• Goals and significance
• Project design/approach
• Bibliography/literature review
• Any previous research