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October 18, 2024
CIVS Associate Director Delivered a Keynote at AIST Digital Transformation Forum
On October 9, CIVS Associate Director for Research Tyamo Okosun gave a Keynote Presentation “Digital Transformation for Ironmaking: An Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace for Operational Guidance and Process Improvement” at the AIST Digital Transformation Forum for the Steel Industry in Pittsburgh, PA.
October 15, 2024
CIVS Staff and Students Attend AIST Kickoff Dinner
On October 8, 18 CIVS staff and students attended the AIST Midwest Chapter Kickoff Dinner at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. They Keynote Presentation was given by Traci Forrester, Executive Vice President, Environmental and Sustainability at Cleveland-Cliffs.
October 4, 2024
CIVS Students and Staff Tour ArcelorMittal Global R&D
On September 27, 20 CIVS students and staff had a wonderful opportunity to visit ArcelorMittal Global R&D in East Chicago organized by PNW Society of Innovation and ArcelorMittal. The event included luncheon presentation and a lab tour to showcase state-of-art laboratories and a behind-the-scenes look at how ArcelorMittal is driving innovation in the workplace.
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.
