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  August 6, 2021

  CIVS Celebrates the Success of NSF Summer Research Experience for Teachers

  CIVS concluded a 6-week National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) summer program with 11 High School and Community College Teachers from Northwest Indiana and Illinois on July. […]

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  July 22, 2021

  Samuel Nielson Received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

  Samuel Nielson, a CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, recently received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University Northwest.

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  July 21, 2021

  Wiz Kids Camp Experiences Simulation and VR at CIVS

  Nineteen middle and high school students from Illinois and Northwest Indiana visited CIVS as part of the 2021 Wiz Kids Camp Escape.

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  July 1, 2021

  CIVS Shines at AISTech 2021 Conference in Nashville

  CIVS had a record-high number of presentations and awards at the annual AISTech – The Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition from June 29 to July 1 2021 in […]

• June 30, 2021

  Local Teens Learn VR and Simulation at Engineering Camp

  Over 40 teens from around Northwest Indiana visited CIVS in June as part of Purdue Northwest’s Mechanical and Civil Engineering 2021 Summer Camp. While at CIVS, the students learned about […]

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  June 29, 2021

  CIVS Students Won Three AIST Student Contest Awards

  CIVS research students won three out of six contest awards. Congratulations to the following students! Graduate Student Poster Contest: First place: Vitalis Anisiuba, Numerical Investigation of Air-Mist Spray Cooling and […]

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  June 24, 2021

  CIVS Kicks off Three New Research Projects

  Three new CIVS projects recently kicked off with the SMSVC members. First, long-time CIVS partner and SMSVC member company Stelco met with CIVS researchers on June 2nd to kick off […]

• June 24, 2021

  Promotion of Dr. Tyamo Okosun Dr. Armin Silaen

  Congratulations to Dr. Armin Silaen and Dr. Tyamo Okosun for being promoted from Senior Research Engineer to Research Associate Professors at Purdue Northwest University. Dr. Armin K. Silaen joined CIVS […]

• June 24, 2021

  Invited Talk: SSAB R&D Monthly Seminar Series

  CIVS Director Dr. Chenn Zhou was invited to present virtually at the SSAB R&D Monthly Seminar Series on June 23rd.  Her presentation title is “Application of Simulation and Visualization in […]

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  June 23, 2021

  NSF RET Teachers Visit Cleveland-Cliffs Steelmaking Plant

  On June 16th and June 23rd, participants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program and their mentors from PNW visited Burns Harbor, which is a fully integrated steelmaking plant of CLEVELAND-CLIFFS Inc. Burns Harbor is located on Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana, 50 miles southeast of Chicago.