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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, […]
December 10, 2020
John Resa, CIVS Research Assistant, Received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
John Resa, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, recently received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from PNW. His master’s thesis titled, “Numerical Study of Solidification and Thermal-Mechanical Behaviors in a Continuous […]
December 1, 2020
CIVS Receives AIST 2021 Digitalization Applications Technology Best Paper Award
CIVS and our collaborator, Steel Dynamics, Inc., were notified on November 25, 2020 that the paper titled, “Smart Ladle: AI-Based Tool for Optimizing Casting Temperature” has been selected for the […]
November 23, 2020
Purdue Joins National Manufacturing Cybersecurity Collaboration
Chenn Zhou, Purdue the national Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) to improve cybersecurity and energy efficiency for American manufacturing.Northwest's NIPSCO Distinguished Professor of Engineering Simulation and the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation are part of the Purdue team that is joining the national Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) to improve cybersecurity and energy efficiency for American manufacturing.
November 10, 2020
CIVS Special Event-Dr. Bryan Woosley Presentation
On October 30, 2020, we invited Dr. Bryan Woosley to give a talk at CIVS special event. Dr. Bryan Woosley is a civilian scientist employed at Naval Surface Warfare Center […]
November 10, 2020
CIVS Director Received the 2020 AIST Presidential Citation Award
CIVS Director, Dr. Chenn Zhou, is the recipient of the 2020 AIST Presidential Citation Award. This award was announced in the AIST September 2020 Newsletter. AIST President, Ronald J. O’Malley, […]
