CIVS Sr. Research Scientist John “Jack” Moreland showcased CIVS projects at the 2025 Die Casting Congress and Tabletop that was held in Milwaukee, WI October 7-9. He hosted hands-on demonstrations of the virtual die casting simulator for operator training and the fire safety training simulator. The simulators were developed in collaboration with NADCA (North American […]

Over 60 industry leaders, engineers, and researchers attended the AIST Rolls Committee Meeting held at CIVS on September 30. CIVS Director Chenn Zhou presented an overview of CIVS and CIVS graduate students Qingyun Pu, Jay Polra, and CIVS Ph.D. student Dianzhi Meng presented research in topics of digital twin software for caster, AI hazard recognition […]

On September 28-29, CIVS presented two research topics at the MS&T Conference in Columbus, OH. One was focused in the area of reheating furnace degasser presented as a technical paper by CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Nihal Saji. The other topic was focused in the area of ladle as a poster presented by CIVS Graduate Research […]

On Friday, September 26, CIVS welcomed Rudolf Moravec of U.S. Steel, to give a seminar to CIVS students and staff and PNW College of Engineering students. Rudolf’s presentation was very well received and was followed by a productive Q&A. His presentation was titled “Theory & Application of Continuous Casting Process at U.S. Steel”. Introduction to […]

On September 22-24, CIVS Ph.D. students Dianzhi Meng and Shiyu Wang attended the AIST – Association for Iron & Steel Technology Women in Steel Conference in Indianapolis. This annual event supports the recruitment, engagement and professional development of women in the global steel industry. The event featured breakout sessions, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and networking […]

Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS), in coordination with One Region, Inc., hosted several quantum and defense-focused leaders and researchers during fall 2025 to discuss the Midwest’s future and role with the quantum economy and national security. Participants representing several leading defense primes and federal agencies; Purdue Quantum Science […]

On September 17, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Nick Walla presented “CFD Modeling of Burner Retrofits for Hydrogen Fuel and Oxygen Enrichment in a Reheating Furnace” at the AFRC Industrial Combustion Symposium in San Antonio, TX. Co-authors include CIVS Graduate Research Assistants Veronica Pitt-Payne and Sohail Hannure, CIVS Director for Operations Armin Silaen, Industry Collaborator from […]

Congratulations to 7 CIVS Graduate Research Assistants on being selected as recipients of PNW Graduate Research Grant Awards for the 2025-2026 Academic Year, sponsored by Graduate Studies Office at PNW. The students and their projects are listed below: Abdul Mateen Mohammed (Mechanical Engineering): “Computational Study of Iron Ore Fines Reduction with Microwave-Generated Hydrogen Plasma” Jay […]

On September 2 and 4, CIVS EAF and casting research was presented at the SteelSim International Conference in Třinec, Czech Republic. On September 2, CIVS Research Scientist Orlando Ugarte delivered a plenary talk “Integrated CFD Models for Optimizing Scrap Melting in DC EAF”. The paper is co-authored by CIVS Ph.D. student Shiyu Wang, CIVS Associate […]

CIVS staff and students enjoyed welcoming back the Purdue University Northwest community for the fall semester at the PNW Faculty & Staff Resource Fair and Westville and Hammond Welcome Rallies. CIVS offered demonstrations of projects as well as informing students and staff about CIVS’s work. PNW hosts these events each year to kick-off the new […]