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February 22, 2021
Purdue Northwest Selected for $7 Million Grant by Department of Energy for Blast Furnace Research
Purdue University Northwest researchers at the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) are leading a team selected for a $7 million federal grant to improve steelmaking processes.
February 19, 2021
Wind Technician Simulator Presented at National Science Foundation Conference
CIVS Research Engineer Kyle Toth, and Research Scientist John Moreland, presented the most recent version of the “Troubleshooting and Safety Simulator for Wind Turbine Technicians” project at NSF’s annual Advanced […]
February 15, 2021
CIVS Presents Simulator at Die Casting R&D Meeting
CIVS researchers showcased the latest developments on the die casting process simulator at the February 11 Die Casting R&D Meeting hosted by the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA). The […]
February 14, 2021
Caster Digital Twin Presented at a CESMII Meeting
On Feb. 2nd, 2021, CIVS researchers presented the Caster Digital Twin developed through a grant from the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII). The project is in collaboration with […]
February 9, 2021
PNW Materials Advantage Chapter & CIVS Host AIST Scholarship and Benefit Information Session
PNW students and CIVS Staff attended the virtual Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) Information Session regarding scholarships and benefit’s available to students. These opportunities are available to students […]
February 1, 2021
2021 RET Summer Program for Teachers Application Deadline is Approaching – March 12
Application (View full details at: https://www.pnw.edu/civs/ret/) The application must be submitted online by 5 PM on March 12, 2021. The application should include: a resume showing the courses the applicant […]
January 27, 2021
CIVS receives grant to optimize Gopher Resource’s reverberatory furnace
CIVS, in collaboration with Gopher Resource, recently received an exciting new grant entitled “Numerical Simulation of a Secondary Lead Reverberatory Furnace.” The work on this grant is a component of […]
January 13, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced that PNW Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium housed at CIVS was selected for developing a next- generation Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace for real-time energy efficiency improvement.
January 8, 2021
CIVS Senior Design Students Receive Awards
On Friday, December 11, 2020 the Senior Design Competition was held virtually. Congratulations to the following CIVS Senior Design Students who received awards for their projects. First Place: Design of […]
December 15, 2020
Dr. Zhou Gave an Invited Talk at DOE Thermal Process Intensification: TPI Workshop
CIVS Director Dr Chenn Zhou was invited to present at the DOE Thermal Process Intensification: Transforming the Way Industry Uses Thermal Process Energy – Transformative Supplemental Technologies on Dec. 2nd, […]
