On May 11-13, CIVS Research Scientist Orlando Ugarte presented a Keynote at the EEC & EMECR Conference held in Milan, Italy with over 600 participants from all around the world in attendance. His Keynote “Optimization of Electric Arc Furnace Refining via CFD Simulation of Steel, Slag, and Freeboard Dynamics” was very well received by the […]

On May 4–6, CIVS staff and students delivered a variety of technical presentations at AISTech 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AISTech is the premier annual international iron and steel technology conference and exposition, attracting more than 9,000 attendees from around the world. CIVS contributions included 10 technical presentations, 2 undergraduate oral presentations, and 13 graduate poster […]

Congratulations to the CIVS students Anna Eshenbaugh, Shiyu Wang, Calvin Mahida, Nadeem Jaffer Mohammed, and Abdul Mateen Mohammed who earned four competition awards at the premier annual iron and steelmaking conference, AISTech 2026, held May 4–6 in Pittsburgh, with more than 9,600 attendees, a record-high, from around the world. Purdue University Northwest was also selected […]

On April 28 and 30, PNW Civil Engineering students had a virtual lab in the CIVS Immersive Theater as part of the CE 34200—Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics course. Students used the CIVS Virtual Flood Simulator to learn about flood mitigation strategies. The simulator was created under an NSF grant led by Professor Chandra Chandramouli in […]

90+ SMSVC members and PNW faculty, staff and students gathered together at CIVS for the SMSVC Semi-Annual Meeting on April 22 and 23. The events included 1) SMSVC 10 year anniversary celebration, 2) a workshop of Introduction to AI in manufacturing, 3) technical presentations by CIVS staff and students in 6 topics (safety, ironmaking, EAF, […]

20 CIVS graduate and undergraduate students participated in the PNW Days of Discovery on April 16. Their research topics included simulation of ironmaking & steelmaking processes such as Blast Furnace, Electric Arc Furnace, Reheating Furnace, Ladle, Casting, and Safety and Workforce Development Simulators (e.g. AI Hazardous Recognition, safety Chatbot, and VR-FUTURES for trauma). PNW Days […]

On April 22, SMSVC celebrated its 10 year anniversary with around 120 attendees from industry, community, and PNW. Warm remarks were given by Chancellor Holford, SMSVC Board Chair Dave Bormet, ArcelorMittal VP and CTO Pinakin Chaubal, and PNW Senior Fellow for Economic Development and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Castillo. […]