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 […]

CIVS students and staff had two separate visits to Steel Dynamics Butler in July to take videos of different processes to use for a virtual tour for recruiting and education for K-12 students. The videos will be deployed around September and rolled out to multiple locations over the next several months. Steel Dynamics is a […]

CIVS project “Crane Monitoring for Meltshop Safety: A Collaborative Study on Load Detection and Position Tracking” is featured in August’s Issue of Iron & Steel Technology. Authors include CIVS Senior Research Engineer and AIST Safety & Health Committee Chair Kyle Toth, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Monika Singhal, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Jay Polra, CIVS Director […]

On July 16, representatives from Merrillville Community School’s technology department and Superintendent visited CIVS. CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth and CIVS Senior Research Scientist John “Jack” Moreland showcased CIVS projects focused in AR/VR and also showcased the crane simulator in the simulation lab. Kyle and Jack offered the school corporation their expertise and discussed […]

On July 14, ASM Materials Camp for Teachers had a great time at CIVS to explore new digital technologies and their applications in industries and education. CIVS Senior Research Engineer, Kyle Toth presented CIVS overview and projects in CIVS’s Immersive Theater. The teachers also were given demonstrations of AR and VR projects in the CIVS […]

On June 13, CIVS welcomed PNW’s Chancellor’s Advisory Board. CIVS Director Chenn Zhou gave a presentation to board members and senior leadership in the Immersive Theater about CIVS’s projects and successes highlighting an overview of CIVS, virtual blast furnace, and virtual crane training. Following her presentation, John “Jack” Moreland (CIVS Senior Research Scientist) and Dr. […]

On July 8-10, CIVS Associate Director for Operations Armin Silaen presented “Numerical Investigation of Hydrogen Fuel in Steel Reheating Furnace” at the ASME 2025 Summer Heat Transfer Conference in Westminster, CO. Co-authors of the paper include CIVS Graduate Research Assistants Abhishek Kolakotla, Xipeng Guo, Veronica Pitt-Payne, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Nick Walla, Gerdau’s Kevin Kondrat, Linde’s Joe […]