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  • December 16, 2022

    Student Success Story: Ogochukwu Duruiheme

    Congratulations to Ogochukwu Duruiheme who recently defended her thesis entitled: “Numerical Analysis of Dissolution Behavior of Microalloying Elements in Ladle Metallurgy Furnace.”

  • December 15, 2022

    Students Visit Site for Caster Digital Twin Project

    CIVS Graduate students Aleeha Zafar and Xibin Zhou, Senior Design students Qingyun Pu and Shiyu Wang, and CIVS mentor Kyle Toth, Senior Research Engineer, had the opportunity to spend a day touring Caster #1 at Burns Harbor, Cleveland-Cliffs’ second-largest U.S. facility, as part of their 3-D modeling work for the Continuous Caster Digital Twin project.

  • December 14, 2022

    CIVS Helps Steel Industry Tackle Decarbonization Issues

    PNW’s Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) is at the forefront for researching two of the most important topics in manufacturing: digitalization and decarbonization. Read The Times of Northwest Indiana’s coverage of recent CIVS projects and how researchers use cutting-edge tools for innovation with industry partners.

  • November 21, 2022

    Students Network at AIST Young Professionals Night

    On November 8th, about 30 PNW students attended AIST Midwest Member Chapter Annual Young Steel Professionals' Night at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville.

  • November 17, 2022

    CIVS Senior Research Scientist presents VR Fire Safety Simulator

    CIVS Senior Research Scientist, Jack Moreland presented at the NADCA Research & Development Meeting on October 27, 2022.

  • November 15, 2022

    SMSVC Meeting Highlights Decarbonization and Digitalization

    Thank you to over 60 SMSVC industry attendees for a very productive Annual Meeting on November 9th & 10th at CIVS. The meeting was opened with the CIVS & SMSVC overview by Dr. Chenn Zhou, followed by SMSVC project technical presentations by CIVS students and staff. The session included comments by project technical committee industry members.

  • November 14, 2022

    SSAB Americas VP Delivers Keynote at SMSVC Meeting

    Mr. Ben Kowing, VP Environment & Sustainability and Chief Technical Officer for SSAB Americas, delivered a dinner keynote speech at the SMSVC Annual Meeting at PNW.

  • November 11, 2022

    Student Success Story: Chukwunedum Uzor

    Congratulations to CIVS Research Assistant, Chukwunedum Uzor for receiving multiple job offers in specialty engineering positions.

  • November 10, 2022

    “Numerical Study and Validation of Hot Metal Desulfurization using Calcium Carbide in the Ladle” presented at IMECE

    Xipeng Guo, CIVS Ph.D. student presented his research paper on November 3, 2022 at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE).

  • November 9, 2022

    AIST Published Magazine Interviews Dr. Chenn Zhou

    Dr. Chenn Zhou, director of CIVS was recognized by Iron and Steel Technology Magazine as an AIST distinguished member and fellow for her commitment to making a direct impact on greener and smarter steel manufacturing. The three page article was published in Volume 19, October 2022.