On February 28, CIVS Senior Research Engineer John “Jack” Moreland presented work on the VR-FUTURES project in a workshop at the NWI Child Trauma Summit at PNW’s Westville campus. The project title is short for “Virtual Reality For Understanding Trauma and Utilizing Regulation When Experiencing Stress” and provides a tool for clinicians to use when […]

CIVS is honored to welcome Dr. Sara Hornby on April 8, 2025. We invite you to attend her award-winning AIST John F. Elliott Lecture, “The Green Steel Revolution”. Time: 11:00 AM | Location: CIVS Theater, Powers 123 “The Green Steel Revolution” The green steel revolution is the most exciting era in the steel industry since […]

On February 18-19, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth was invited to the AIST Safety and Health Technology Committee (SHTC) / Cranes Committee (CTC) meeting in Mobile, Alabama. This joint session covered committee activities, AISTech 2025 planning, and discussions on safety in crane operations. Kyle is currently the sitting Vice Chair of the SHTC. Collaboration […]

On February 25-26, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant & Ph.D. student Dianzhi Meng was invited to present at the AIST Continuous Casting Technology Committee Spring Meeting in Louisville, KY. Approximately 30 people attended the meeting. There were 6 talks, 5 of which were student presentations to industry professionals. Attendees also toured Nucor Brandenburg’s new casting shop. […]

On Friday, February 21, CIVS welcomed Joe Morey of Morey Industrial Consulting, to give a seminar to over 40 CIVS staff, students, and PNW College of Engineering students and faculty. Joe’s presentation was very well received and was followed by a productive Q&A. His presentation was titled “Do Better Things! – What we all can […]

Congratulations to CIVS Associate Director for Research, Dr. Tyamo Okosun, for being an awardee of Purdue University’s Researcher Recognition Program for Fiscal Year 2025. He was awarded as the Principal Investigator for $7.2 million Doe-Er-conservation & Renewable Energy, “Technical Development and Industrial Demonstration of Net-Zero Carbon EAF Steelmaking with Alternative Injection and Stirring Technologies”. In […]

Congratulations to CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, Xipeng Guo, on successfully passing his Ph.D. dissertation exam on February 5 at Purdue University West Lafayette. His research is entitled “Modeling of Flow Field, Inclusion Removal, Arc Heating and Hot Metal Desulfurization in the Gas Stirred Ladle” under supervision of CIVS Director Dr. Chenn Zhou, who is Professor […]

How Digital Twin Technology — and a Virtual Blast Furnace — Are Helping to Bridge the Manufacturing Skills Gap CIVS research was recently featured on MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) website with an article titled “How Digital Twin Technology — and a Virtual Blast Furnace — Are Helping to Bridge the Manufacturing Skills Gap”. The article […]

On December 10-18, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou was invited to visit Taiwan for the activities below: A keynote presentation on “Reducing Carbon Emissions for Blast Furnace through Advanced Digital technologies” at the International Conference on Low Carbon Emission Technologies for Blast Furnace Ironmaking Process in Tainan Presentations and discussions on “CFD Modeling of Electric Arc […]

Congratulations to Armin Silaen (CIVS Associate Director for Operations) and John “Jack” Moreland (CIVS Senior Research Scientist) on being winners in the DOE IEDO Framing the Future: Industrial Technologies Photo Contest. The contest features photos of the innovative technologies, processes, and people that will increase competitiveness of the U.S. industrial base and strengthen America’s economy. […]