News Articles
August 18, 2020
CIVS Virtual Fall Orientation and Operation Update
The CIVS Staff hosted a virtual fall semester orientation for all of our student workers and research assistants on August 17. We had over 30 attendees to review CIVS policies […]
August 12, 2020
Reheat Furnace Modeling Presentation to the Linde International Organization
CIVS researchers presented modeling and simulations of reheating furnace in the steel industry for Linde managers and engineers in Europe, Asia and North America on August 11th, 2020. The purpose […]
August 11, 2020
Congratulation to CIVS Graduate: Justin Heffron
Congratulations to Justin Heffron, former graduate research assistant CIVS of 3 1/2 years! He has just completed his M.S. in Computer Graphic Technology from Purdue West Lafayette this passing Spring 2020 semester.
August 2, 2020
CIVS is Developing a Digital Twin for CESMII and ArcelorMittal’s Zero Defect Slab Casting
CIVS is part of a group collaborating on an ArcelorMittal and CESMII-hosted project titled “Production of Zero-defect (ZD) Slabs through the Implementation of Smart Manufacturing Technologies in Steel Continuous Casting”. […]
June 21, 2020
Graduate Student Starts Career at ArcelorMittal
Bethany Worl graduated from Purdue Northwest in December 2019 with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. She completed the thesis option of the program, and the title of her thesis […]
June 18, 2020
Lifetime Prediction for Electronics Funded by NSWC Crane Division
CIVS was awarded a DoD grant from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) – Crane Division for the study of lifetime prediction in electronics components in Spring 2020. Using the […]
May 30, 2020
CIVS Presented a Webinar on Simulator for Wind Turbine Technician Education
CIVS will present a webinar on a project being developed for wind turbine technician education on Friday, May 29th, at 1:00PM CST. The webinar is being hosted by the Center For Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education (CREATE).
May 28, 2020
CIVS Presents Webinar Series to Die Casting Industry
CIVS researchers Kyle Toth and John “Jack” Moreland will present a series of webinars to members of the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) on June 2 & 3. The series is titled "Advanced Visualization Technology Used in Manufacturing", and will cover how Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and 360-degree Videos are being utilized to advance manufacturing industries. Training, maintenance, and process improvements can all benefit from these tools.
May 14, 2020
CIVS Students Win Virtual Senior Design Day
Congratulations to CIVS Senior Design Students and their mentors! In spite of unprecedented challenges the likes of which none of us has experienced in our lives, our senior design students […]
May 13, 2020
CIVS Continues Developing Virtual Simulators for Education and Training
Since 2008, CIVS has developed more than 80 cutting-edge simulators for academic instruction and industry training including safety and operator training. With the COVID-19 Pandemic forcing […]
