News Articles
November 25, 2024
CIVS Director Presents Joint Keynote at North American Green Steel Summit
On October 28-29, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou presented a joint keynote at the North American Green Steel Summit in Detroit, MI. Dr. Zhou presented “Accelerating Energy Efficiency and Use of Hydrogen for the Green Transition of Steel Production”. Co-contributor to the presentation is Dr. Joachim von Schéele, Global Director Commercialization at Linde. Linde is a charter member in the Steel Manufacturing Simulation & Visualization Consortium (SMSVC) and also a team member for multiple DOE decarbonization projects led by CIVS.
November 25, 2024
Successful SMSVC Annual Meeting
Approximately 80+ industry collaborators and CIVS faculty, staff, and students met at CIVS for the SMSVC Annual Meeting on November 6 and 7. The events included 1) technical presentations by CIVS staff and students in 6 topics (safety, ironmaking, EAF, Continuous Casting, Ladle, and Reheating Furnace), 2) A Dinner Keynote, 3) Project Technical Committee meetings, and 4) the SMSVC board meeting. Active discussions were held throughout the two-day event, with excellent feedback on the project progress and outcomes as well as the quality of presentations.
November 25, 2024
MachH2 Chief Integration Officer Delivered SMSVC Dinner Keynote
Neil Banwart, MachH2 Chief Integration Officer, was the keynote speaker at the SMSVC annual meeting dinner on November 6. His speech was an overview of the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2).
November 21, 2024
CIVS Hosts Students to Showcase Simulation and Steel-Related Research
CIVS hosted multiple groups of students from area schools with teachers who participated in the 6-week NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program at CIVS this summer.
November 18, 2024
CIVS Senior Research Engineer Presents at Industrial Combustion Symposium
On September 30-October 3, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Nicholas Walla attended and presented at the AFRC Industrial Combustion Symposium in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Nicholas presented “Large Eddy Simulations of Hydrogen Burner”.
November 18, 2024
Thirteen PNW faculty and staff members are being recognized by Purdue University’s Office of Research for impactful scholarly initiatives that have earned millions of dollars in external funding.
November 13, 2024
CIVS Director Presents Hydrogen Research at European Coke and Ironmaking Congress
On October 16-18, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou presented at the 2024 European Coke and Ironmaking Congress (ECIC) in Bardolino, Italy. She presented “On the Influence Hydrogen-Bearing Injected Fuels in the Ironmaking Blast Furnace”. Co-authors of the paper include CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Samuel Nielson, CIVS Associate Director of Research Tyamo Okosun, CIVS Research Scientist Orlando Ugarte, and U.S. Steel collaborators Kosta Leontaras and Jason Entwistle.
October 31, 2024
5 CIVS Projects Presented at MS&T Technical Meeting
On October 5-9, 5 CIVS research projects were presented at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) Technical Meeting and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA.
October 23, 2024
CIVS Director Delivered a Plenary Talk at GLSIAM Annual Meeting
On October 12, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou was the first plenary speaker presenting “Integration of Computational Simulation and Visualization for Industrial Applications” at the 2024 GLSIAM Annual Meeting in the CIVS Immersive Theater. The conference was organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at PNW on behalf of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
October 18, 2024
CIVS Associate Director Delivered a Keynote at AIST Digital Transformation Forum
On October 9, CIVS Associate Director for Research Tyamo Okosun gave a Keynote Presentation “Digital Transformation for Ironmaking: An Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace for Operational Guidance and Process Improvement” at the AIST Digital Transformation Forum for the Steel Industry in Pittsburgh, PA.
