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  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.

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  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.

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  August 25, 2022

  Purdue Northwest CIVS researchers awarded at AISTech conference

  PNW’s Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) won three prestigious awards at the Association for Iron & Steel Technology 2022 conference and exposition.

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  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.

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  October 19, 2022

  CIVS Students Get Industry Exposure at AIST Kickoff Dinner Meeting

  CIVS graduate students had the opportunity to attend the keynote presentation given by David Burritt, the President and CEO of the United States Steel Corporation at the AIST Kickoff Dinner Meeting. Dave Burritt presented initiatives for decarbonization, the evolution of the workplace, and U. S. Steel's strategy.

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  October 20, 2022

  EAF Steel Refining Modeling presented at Materials Science Annual Conference

  CIVS Masters student, Neel Busa presented research at the MS&T22 Exhibition as part of the Iron and Steel technical program.

• October 21, 2022

  Research Ethics Discussed at Weekly Student Seminar

  On September 30th, CIVS welcomed guest speaker Sean Courtney, the Senior Compliance Officer for Purdue University West Lafayette campus to discuss research ethics and the tools, services, and procedures in place at Purdue that help researchers approach allegations and instances of research misconduct.

• October 27, 2022

  U.S. Department of Energy Managers Commended CIVS-Industry partnerships

  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representatives Dr. John ‘Nick’ Lalena (R&D Projects Technology Manager) and Kristen McDaniel (Technical Project Officer, Advanced Manufacturing Office) had a productive visit on October 4th, 2022 to review the progress of the Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace (IVBF) project.

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  November 4, 2022

  CIVS Simulation Joins Iron Industry Exhibit

  At the Alleghany Highlands Industrial Heritage and Technology Discovery Center, visitors have the opportunity to experience the process of placing a blast furnace into operation and witness raw ore being smelting into pure iron.

• November 7, 2022

  CIVS Highlights Decarbonization Collaborations with SSAB Senior Leadership

  Fourteen Senior Leadership team members from SSAB visited CIVS on October 26th. They were presented with CIVS & SMSVC overviews by Dr. Chenn Zhou.