News Articles

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  September 26, 2023

  CIVS Team Gains Valuable Insight during Gerdau Reheat Furnace Tour

  On September 22, CIVS staff and students were invited by Gerdau’s Kevin Kondrat to tour the reheating furnace at the Gerdau Special Steel facility in Monroe, Michigan.

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  September 22, 2023

  Senior Research Engineer Serves as Vice Chair for AIST Safety Committee

  CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth officially became the Vice Chair of the AIST Safety & Health Committee, who was nominated in May at AISTech 2023 in the committee meeting on September 13th.

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  September 21, 2023

  NADCA Customized Simulator Demonstrated by CIVS

  On September 19-21, 2023, Senior Research Scientist John “Jack” Moreland demonstrated the virtual die-casting simulator customized for NADCA by CIVS at The Die Casting Congress and Exhibition.

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  September 20, 2023

  EAF Models Presented at SteelSim 2023

  On September 12th, Dr. Chenn Zhou, Director of CIVS, presented at SteelSim 2023 at The University of Warwick, UK.

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  September 12, 2023

  US Cold Storage Visits CIVS During PNW Tour

  On September 6th, representatives from US Cold Storage visited CIVS during their campus tour of Purdue University Northwest.

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  September 7, 2023

  CIVS Staff Awarded AIST Digital Technologies for Steel Manufacturing Grant

  Congratulations to CIVS Senior Research Scientist John “Jack” Moreland for receiving the AIST Digital Technologies for Steel Manufacturing Grant for research and development in Hazard Recognition Scenario Builder for On-Site Customizable Virtual Training.

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  September 6, 2023

  CIVS Students Receive Graduate and Undergraduate Research Grants

  Congratulations to the CIVS graduate students who received research grants this semester

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  September 5, 2023

  CIVS Welcomes Students Through Several Events

  New and returning CIVS students and staff participated in various campus and department events at the start of the Fall term. Events help to welcome new students and help them settle into their new home on campus. Returning students have the opportunity to reorient themselves as well as get acquainted with new students. These activities are vital to student success at CIVS.

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  August 18, 2023

  SMSVC Welcomes New Member: Bloom Engineering

  Bloom Engineering is officially a new member of the Steel Manufacturing Simulation & Visualization Consortium (SMSVC).

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  August 15, 2023

  2023 NSF RET Summer Program Successfully Completed

  On July 20, the Research Experience for Teachers Summer session concluded with the RET Teacher Ceremony