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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
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.
