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  • October 3, 2024

    Research Analysts from Argonne National Laboratory Present at CIVS Seminar

    On September 27, CIVS welcomed Dr. Doris Oke and Dr. Saurajyoti Kar from Argonne National Laboratory to be our guest speakers at the weekly CIVS Seminar held in the CIVS Immersive Theater. Drs. Oke and Kar are Energy Systems Analysts in the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Analysis division.

  • September 20, 2024

    CIVS Senior Research Scientist Attends NSF EEC Grantees Conference

    On September 10-12, CIVS Senior Research Scientist John (Jack) Moreland attended the NSF EEC Grantees Conference in Washington, D.C. to meet with other researchers and discuss CIVS's ongoing RET project (Research Experience for Teachers).

  • September 11, 2024

    CIVS Staff Attend Hydrogen-based Ironmaking Project Meeting at Carnegie Mellon University

    On August 21, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou, CIVS Associate Director for Research Tyamo Okosun, and CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Samuel Nielson attended the Scaling H2 DRI Year 1 Project Meeting at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. The meeting was focused on the DOE-funded project "Scaling Hydrogen-Direct Reduced Iron Pathways to Decarbonize Iron and Steelmaking."

  • August 22, 2024

    Student Success Story: Misbahuddin Syed

    Congratulations to CIVS RA Misbahuddin Syed on receiving his MSME degree and starting a new job at a company in NW Indiana.

  • August 20, 2024

    New State-of-the-Art CIVS Immersive Theater

    CIVS recently upgraded its Immersive Theater, enabling exciting state-of-the-art visualization capabilities, while supporting the center's long-term mission of conducting cutting edge research in Visualization and Simulation.

  • August 13, 2024

    CIVS Welcomes New and Returning Research Students

    On August 12, new and returning CIVS research assistants gathered in the Immersive Theater for the Fall 2024 student orientation.

  • August 13, 2024

    CIVS Staff and Students Visit NIPSCO Generating Station

    On August 7, CIVS staff and students visited NIPSCO’s Michigan City Generating Station. This included visits to the boiler, bag house, and FGD systems, among others.

  • August 9, 2024

    CIVS Associate Director Attends ARPA-e ROSIE Kick-off Meeting

    On June 13, CIVS Associate Director for Research Tyamo Okosun attended the ARPA-e Revolutionizing Ore to Steel to Impact Emissions (ROSIE) Kick-off meeting in Chicago, IL. CIVS will be collaborating with Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, Starfire Industries, and ArcelorMittal on a newly awarded project to explore methods of using microwave-generated hydrogen plasma for ironmaking without generating CO2 emissions.

  • August 8, 2024

    Stelco Representatives Have Productive Visit to CIVS

    On July 24, CIVS welcomed SMSVC member company Stelco from Canada. 

  • August 5, 2024

    NSF RET Teachers Successfully Complete Program in CIVS

    Congratulations to the 7 teachers who completed the six-week NSF Research Experience for Teachers summer program at CIVS. At the end of the summer program, the teachers presented their research projects and how their research will be implemented in their course curriculum over the school year.