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April 14, 2023
NSF RET Teacher Presented at Engineering Education Summit
Tiffany White, mathematics and engineering teacher at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, presented in the Innovation Poster Session at the 2023 ASCE Civil and Environmental Engineering Education Summit at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. Tiffany’s presentation, "Using 3D Modeling and Simulation to Virtually Test Material Performance under Specified Conditions", was created as part of the 2022 PNW NSF RET six-week summer research session at CIVS.
August 18, 2023
SMSVC Welcomes New Member: Bloom Engineering
Bloom Engineering is officially a new member of the Steel Manufacturing Simulation & Visualization Consortium (SMSVC).
July 5, 2023
$7M IVBF Project Highlighted in DOE Review Meeting & Approved for Phase II
CIVS was selected to provide one of two oral presentations to U.S. Department of Energy peer reviewers on the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office’s ongoing efforts in steelmaking research. Project PI, Research Associate Professor Tyamo Okosun, traveled to Washington D.C. on May 17th, 2023, to summarize efforts and activities in the $7M Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace project during performance period #1.
April 20, 2023
SMSVC Semi-Annual Meeting Highlights Digitalization and Decarbonization
Thank you to over 60 SMSVC industry attendees for a very productive Semi-Annual Meeting on April 12th & 13th at CIVS. The meeting was opened with the CIVS & SMSVC overview by Dr. Chenn Zhou, followed by seven SMSVC project technical presentations by CIVS research students and staff.
August 14, 2023
H2 Combustion Presented at SHTC 2023
Senior Research Engineer, Nicholas Walla presented at the Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2023 held in Washington DC, on July 10-12, 2023.
May 9, 2023
Cleveland-Cliffs Executive VP Delivers Keynote on Decarbonization
Mr. Wendell Carter, Executive Vice President of Technology at Cleveland-Cliffs delivered a very insightful keynote speech at the SMSVC Annual Meeting dinner at PNW.
July 18, 2023
U. S. Steel Visits CIVS to Trial New Crane Simulator For Operator Training
Representatives from United States Steel Gary Works visited CIVS for a demonstration of the ongoing crane training simulator project in June.
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.
April 12, 2023
Dwyer Instruments Experience VR Technologies at CIVS
To enhance research partnerships, six managers and engineers from Dwyer Instruments visited PNW on April 4th. The visit was led by Matt Dougherty, Vice President of Engineering and organized by […]
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
