Former CIVS graduate research assistant John Rosser, joined Raytheon Technologies in Tucson, Arizona as a Systems Engineer II. John graduated with a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University Northwest. He conducted research at CIVS since the fall semester of his senior year. His many accomplishments include: Second Place in the Undergraduate Student […]

CIVS Researcher John Moreland presented at the annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Baltimore, MD on June 28. The research poster focused on the 2022-23 year of the ongoing “Research Experiences for Teachers” program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The 6-week summer program and follow-up academic-year activities give teachers from […]

Representatives from United States Steel Gary Works visited CIVS for a demonstration of the ongoing crane training simulator project in June. The simulator will allow workers to experience and work hands-on with a virtual version based on the crane(s) that they actually work on in the plant. This unique hands-on experience creates a way for […]

CIVS was selected to provide one of two oral presentations to U.S. Department of Energy peer reviewers on the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office’s ongoing efforts in steelmaking research. Project PI, Research Associate Professor Tyamo Okosun, traveled to Washington D.C. on May 17th, 2023, to summarize efforts and activities in the $7M Integrated Virtual Blast […]

Kyle Toth, Senior Research Engineer at CIVS, was elected Vice Chair of the Safety and Health Technology Committee during the committee’s meeting at AISTech2023. Kyle was nominated into the vice chair position after serving as the Papers Chair of the Safety and Health Technology Committee over the last year. The first committee meeting where Kyle […]

CIVS has kicked off its third year of hosting the NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program on Monday, June 12. The program is hosting STEM teachers from around the region and the country for six weeks as they learn to carry out research using advanced simulation and visualization tools to work on real world […]

CIVS hosted Morton High School Juniors and Sophomores on May 18. The demonstration included simulation and visualization applications as well as hands-on VR experiences. The students were accompanied by their teacher, Shermaine Brown-Wade, who participated in CIVS’s NSF Research Experience for Teachers program last summer. During the RET program, Shermaine researched at CIVS for 6-weeks […]

CIVS Researchers and collaborators delivered various technical papers and participated in a panel session at AISTech 2023 in Detroit, MI, from May 8 to May 11, 2023. AISTech 2023 featured technologies from all over the world that help steel producers to compete more effectively in today’s global market. The following is the list of the […]

Congratulations to the CIVS research assistants who won 6 awards: all three awards in the Graduate Student Poster Contest, one award in the Undergraduate Student Project Presentation Contest, an AIST Foundation Video Contest award, and Material Advantage Student Chapter winner for the AISTech Attendance Challenge. These awards were presented at AISTech 2023 in Detriot, Michigan, […]

Mr. Wendell Carter, Executive Vice President of Technology at Cleveland-Cliffs delivered a very insightful keynote speech at the SMSVC Annual Meeting dinner at PNW. His speech, entitled “A Discussion on Cleveland-Cliffs Steelmaking, CO2 Capture, & Electrification,” covered many vital points, including a decarbonization roadmap to reduce emissions, significant technologies such as Carbon capture, hydrogen production, […]