News Articles

• February 9, 2022

  Info Session on 2/15 for Teacher Funding Opportunity!

  A virtual info session will be held Tuesday, February 15 at 3:30pm about an NSF-sponsored funding opportunity for High School STEM teachers. A $6,150 stipend is available for teachers to participate in a 6-week "Research Experiences for Teachers" program at Purdue Northwest's Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS).

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  January 31, 2022

  CIVS announces Second Round of RET Program in Summer 2022

  After highly successful Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program in 2021, CIVS will once again open its doors to the High School and Community College teachers in the summer of 2022. The second RET Program, sponsored by National Science Foundation through a three-year grant, will take place from June 13th – July 22nd, 2022 at the RET site established at CIVS on the Purdue University Northwest Hammond Campus.

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  January 20, 2022

  US Steel in Gary, IN Hosts Researchers from CIVS and Purdue West Lafayette

  CIVS and PUWL researchers came together on Thursday, January 13, 2022 to visit U.S. Steel Gary Works in Gary, IN.

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  December 22, 2021

  CIVS Annual Graduation and Holiday Party

  On December 17, 2021, CIVS hosted an annual graduation and holiday party for all CIVS members and graduates.

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  December 21, 2021

  CIVS Senior Design Students Win Senior Design Awards

  Congratulations to CIVS groups for winning the Fall 2021 Senior Design Poster Competition!

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  December 15, 2021

  CIVS Researchers visit Chicago White Metal Casting, Inc.

  CIVS Senior Research Scientist, John Moreland and graduate students, Cristina Cabascango and John Estrada visited Chicago White Metal to gather information from the die caster related to melting furnace operations and maintenance.

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  December 15, 2021

  AR Project Visit at Burns Harbor

  CIVS researcher John Moreland and graduate student Myriam Changoluisa met with safety instructors at Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor’s Deer field training center on December 13, 2021.

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  December 10, 2021

  CIVS Researchers Visit NLMK Indiana for Burner Melting Trial

  SMSVC member company NLMK Indiana hosted CIVS Researchers in their facility in Portage, IN.

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  December 4, 2021

  CIVS Kicks off a New Project with Cleveland-Cliffs

  On December 2, 2021, CIVS has a virtual kick-off meeting for the project with Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor collaborated with M. N. Dastur & Company (P) Ltd.

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  December 3, 2021

  CIVS Highlighted at 23rd IAS Steel Conference 2021

  On December 1, 2021, CIVS researcher Haibo Ma and his co-presenter, CIVS graduate research assistant, Vitalis Anisiuba, presented virtually at 23rd IAS Steel Conference 2021.