In early August, several members of the CIVS “Smart Ladle” team were invited by Chase Ault of Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) Butler Division to tour their steelmaking plant in Butler, Indiana.  The tour covered the entirety of the process, including an in-depth look at the steel refining ladle and the casting processes, and a walkthrough […]

A CIVS virtual reality project for die casting industry workforce development and skill preparation is getting a lot of attention in its final year of development. This project is sponsored by Defense Logistics Agency through the American Metalcasting Consortium’s Innovative Casting Technologies program, and will be featured at two conferences and in an upcoming journal […]

CIVS Director, Dr. Chenn Zhou, delivered a seminar organized by Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center at Argonne National Laboratory, on August 17, 2022. The title of the invited talk was ”Decarbonization for Advanced Steel Manufacturing”. The steel industry plays a vital role in our national security and the economy, supplying one of the most critical materials […]

CIVS Director, Dr. Chenn Zhou, delivered a seminar organized by Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center at Argonne National Laboratory, on August 17, 2022. The title of the invited talk was ”Decarbonization for Advanced Steel Manufacturing”. The steel industry plays a vital role in our national security and the economy, supplying one of the most critical materials […]

Congratulations to the following 5 CIVS Students who received Graduate Research Grant Awards: Ogochukwu Duruiheme – “Numerical Simulation of Alloy Addition in Ladle Metallurgy Furnace” Neel Busa – “Flow optimization for steel refining process in an Electric arc furnace” Emily Higley – “Can We Beat the Heat? Induction vs. Combustion for Steel Reheating” Rashed Al […]

Congratulations to the following 5 CIVS Students who received Graduate Research Grant Awards: 1)    Ogochukwu Duruiheme – “Numerical Simulation of Alloy Addition in Ladle Metallurgy Furnace” 2)    Neel Busa – “Flow optimization for steel refining process in an Electric arc furnace” 3)    Emily Higley – “Can We Beat the Heat? Induction vs. Combustion for Steel […]

CIVS is working on a new project regarding performance optimization and greenhouse gas mitigation with a long-time collaborator and SMSVC member, Cleveland Cliffs. The virtual kick-off meeting took place on July 25, 2022. CIVS staff, Dr. Tyamo Okosun, Research Associate Professor, Dr. Chenn Zhou, CIVS Director, Dr. Orlando Ugarte, Post-doctoral Researcher and Sam Nielson, Ph.D. […]

CIVS is working on a new project regarding performance optimization and greenhouse gas mitigation with a long-time collaborator and SMSVC member, Cleveland Cliffs. The virtual kick-off meeting took place on July 25, 2022. CIVS staff, Dr. Tyamo Okosun, Research Associate Professor, Dr. Chenn Zhou, CIVS Director, Dr. Orlando Ugarte, Post-doctoral Researcher and Sam Nielson, Ph.D. […]

In early August, several members of the CIVS “Smart Ladle” team were invited by Chase Ault of Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) Butler Division to tour their steelmaking plant in Butler, Indiana. The tour covered the entirety of the process, including an in-depth look at the steel refining ladle and the casting processes, and a walkthrough […]

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) faculty, staff, students, and collaborators with PNW’s Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the summer to attend the Association for Iron & Steel Technology 2022 conference and exposition (AISTech 2022). They presented eight technical papers, demonstrated CIVS projects, and won three prestigious awards at the […]