On June 18, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Monika Singhal presented “Architecture for Developing an Image Recognition Model Workflow for Workplace Safety Application” at the TMS Specialty Congress in Anaheim, CA. The paper is co-authored by CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Monika Singhal, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou, Steel Dynamics’ Chase Ault, […]

On June 12, EAF research was presented at the EASES (European Academic Symposium on EAF Steelmaking) 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Hamzah Alshawarghi from Linde presented “An Integrated CFD Modeling Approach Towards an Entire EAF Operation Process”. The presentation is co-authored by CIVS Director Chenn Zhou, CIVS Research Scientist Orlando Ugarte, CIVS Associate Director for Research […]

On August 7, CIVS staff had a productive visit to Finkl Steel in Chicago. CIVS presented research and projects in areas of safety, EAF, ladle, casting, and reheating furnace. The group also had comprehensive tour to the plant, followed by energetic and engaging discussions with their managers and engineers, including possible collaborative projects. The visit […]

Congratulations to CIVS graduate, undergraduate, and senior design students on receiving the following awards and grants: Senior Design Award: 1st place poster competition: Luke Aune, Elizabeth Cortes, Lukas Dallas, “Design of Hydraulic Nozzle Spray Cooling in a Steel Continuous Caster” Project Advisor: Senior Design Grants: Priscilla Ndukaife, Yao Huang “Design of Diluted Combustion for Greenhouse […]

CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth traveled with senior design and other CIVS student workers to U.S. Steel Gary Works to observe BOF process operations to learn what should be targeted for activities for training as part of the senior design work being performed. The project will be completed this fall and presented to the […]

U.S. Steel Gary Works invited CIVS to their Family Day on August 16 to demonstrate the steel consortium’s latest developments. Rohit Kovvuri (CIVS Research Engineer) and Mario Herrera-Ortega (CIVS Post-Doc Research Associate) showcased the crane simulator. U.S. Steel family members learned about crane controls and got to operate a virtual overhead crane. The event was […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS for America program has awarded $285 million to Semiconductor Research Corp. to establish the Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins (SMART) USA Institute. CIVS, with proven record in developing and implementing digital twins for manufacturing, was invited to participate during the proposal stage for a national competition for […]

CIVS is pleased to welcome Prasanth P. Nair as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), specializing in high-speed propulsion and air–fuel mixing enhancement strategies. He was a Prime Minister’s Research Fellow (PMRF) at IITGN and an ANRF Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellow at […]

Congratulations to CIVS Research Scientist, Orlando Ugarte, on receiving the AIST Foundation Sustainable Technologies for Steel Manufacturing (STSM) Grant as PI. The project is titled “Advancing Supersonic Injection of Oxygen and Soft-Oxidizers for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Industrial-Scale EAFs”. Co-PIs include CIVS Director Chenn Zhou and CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun. Industry collaborators […]

CIVS welcomes new Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mario Herrera-Ortega. Mario received his PhD in Engineering Sciences from Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia with a focus on metallurgical and process engineering. His main areas of expertise include computational fluid dynamics (CFD), heat transfer and numerical simulation of steelmaking processes such as ladle refining and electric arc furnaces. He […]