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November 6, 2020
SMSVC Hosts Successful Virtual Annual Review Meeting
The Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC) held its second virtual annual meeting via web conferencing on November 3rd and 4th, 2020. More than 110 attendees, including professionals, engineers, […]
November 1, 2020
Prof. Zhou Gave an Invited Lecture and Panel Talk at AIST Conference
Prof. Chenn Zhou was an invited speaker and panelist at the AIST Steel Mill Combustion and Thermal Systems conference on October 27 & 28. She gave a lecture on CFD […]
October 30, 2020
Purdue Northwest, Munster High School Partner To Provide Engineering Internships
Experiencing engineering at a college campus while still in high school is a unique opportunity, and Purdue University Northwest is proud to collaborate with Munster High School to bring an innovative internship program to its students at the PNW Hammond Campus.
October 27, 2020
Ph.D. Student, Yuchao Chen, Presented at AIST Electric Steelmaking Committee Meeting
CIVS Ph.D. Student, Yuchao Chen, was invited to present his research findings at the AIST Electric Steelmaking committee meeting on October 20, 2020. The Association for Iron & Steel Technology […]
October 23, 2020
Undergraduate Research & Indiana Space Grants Awarded to CIVS Students
16 CIVS Students were awarded Undergraduate Research and Indiana Space Grants to support their Senior Design Research projects on October 16, 2020. We would like to congratulate the following students: […]
October 13, 2020
Research Paper on EAF Arc Melting – Published in Frontiers in Materials Journal
Yuchao Chen, a CIVS Ph.D. student, recently published his full-length research paper entitled “Multi-Physics Modeling of Steel Ingot Melting by Electric Arc Plasma and its Application to Electric Arc Furnace” […]
October 8, 2020
Congressional Candidate Frank Mrvan Visits CIVS
Frank J. Mrvan, a candidate for Indiana’s 1st Congressional District, visited CIVS on October 7th to learn about current, past, and future technological innovation and applied research taking place at […]
September 28, 2020
Senator Todd Young Visits CIVS
U.S. Senator for Indiana, Todd Young, visited CIVS on July 6 to learn about the technological innovation and commercialization happening through the center and the benefits for Northwest Indiana’s economic development. […]
September 28, 2020
CIVS Develops Underwater VR with College of the Florida Keys
CIVS is developing a series of underwater VR lab modules for Marine Science and Technology courses through the NSF-sponsored DREAM STEM project (Developing Reliable Educational Avenues to STEM Careers). The […]
September 21, 2020
CIVS Receives HPC4Mfg Supercomputing Grant in Electric Arc Furnace Project
NLMK USA, PNW CIVS and Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) received a DOE HPC4Mfg Supercomputing grant for the project entitled “Optimization of Scrap Melting Using an Electric Arc in Steel […]
