On November 19, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou participated in a panel discussion titled “Forging the Future: AI’s Impact on the Steel Industry — Realities, Trends and Lessons Learned” at the AIST Leadership Conference in Scottsdale, AZ.  Dr. Zhou highlighted the critical role of academia–industry partnerships and emphasized the value of integrating AI with other advanced […]

CIVS simulator “King of the Sea” was shown at Tropic Cinema in Key West, Florida at the Jaws 50th Anniversary Event on November 14. The VR shark simulator, developed for the National Science Foundation (NSF) DREAMSTEM project, lets learners experience the ocean through the unique senses of a shark. Project PI, Patrick Rice, said attendees […]

Three CIVS research papers were presented at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) in Memphis, TN on November 17-20. Orlando Ugarte, CIVS Research Scientist, presented “CFD Modeling of Steel-Slag Interactions in Industrial EAF Refining Operations”. Co-authors include CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun, and CIVS Director Chenn Zhou. Armin Silaen, CIVS […]

Two CIVS collaborative projects were awarded at the Purdue University Seed for Success Acorn Awards on November 19 in West Lafayette. CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun and CIVS Sr. Research Scientist John “Jack” Moreland were in attendance to receive the recognition for the below projects.     Tyamo Okosun, Armin Silaen, Chenn Zhou. […]

CIVS had the pleasure of co-sponsoring a Distinguished Speaker Seminar with the PNW CS department on November 14. Shafkat Islam, Ph.D., PNW Assistant Professor of Computer Science, presented “Towards Robust & Secure AI Agents in Open-World” to CIVS and PNW students, staff, and faculty. His talk was very well received and concluded with a productive […]

Over 40 industry leaders, engineers, and researchers attended the AIST Cranes and Safety & Health committee meetings held at CIVS on October 28-29. CIVS Director Chenn Zhou and CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun gave an overview of CIVS/SMSVC and CIVS graduate students Qingyun Pu, Jay Polra, and Dhwanil Chauhan presented CIVS projects in […]

In October, U. S. Steel SVP – Sustainability and CTO Christian Gianni and other U. S. Steel leaders visited CIVS to review and discuss ongoing and future potential projects through the CIVS and SMSVC. Discussions included long-term blast furnace research and new initiatives such as IVBF, casting-rate sensing, AI & CFD-based Reduced Order Model (ROM), […]

Approximately 90+ industry collaborators and CIVS faculty, staff and students met at CIVS for the SMSVC Annual Meeting on November 5 and 6. The events included 1) technical presentations by CIVS staff and students in 6 topics (safety, ironmaking, EAF, Continuous Casting, Ladle and Reheating Furnace), 2) A Dinner Keynote, 3) Project Technical Committee meetings […]

On November 5, CIVS was honored to host a dinner keynote speech by U. S. Steel Senior Vice President for Sustainability and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Christian Gianni at the SMSVC Annual Meeting. He addressed a very important topic on “The Value of Partnerships” to more than 90 steel industry professionals, CIVS students, staff, faculty, […]

Thanks to Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor for hosting a plant tour for PNW Provost Marie Mora and other leaders on October 10th.  The visit started with a presentation, featuring an overview of the Company and the plant, followed by a virtual plant tour developed in collaboration between Indiana Harbor and CIVS.   An eye-opening tour provided exciting, first-hand experience on iron […]