Merrillville High School Field Trip Tours CIVS

On October 29, CIVS Researchers John “Jack” Moreland and Rohit Kovvuri hosted a tour of the CIVS Visualization Lab during a student field trip from Merrillville High School organized by their teacher Aaron Longacre. During the tour students were led through hands-on demonstrations of several simulation technologies such as the Crane Training Simulator, VR Fire Extinguisher Training, VR Tour of Steel Mill, VR NADCA Die Casting Simulator, and the Integrated Virtual Reheat Furnace (IVRF).

Aaron Longacre was a teacher in National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program at CIVS for several years. Mr. Longacre has brought students to tour CIVS for many years. During the tour of the Visualization Lab, he showed his students the research he did at CIVS during the RET program which involved testing 3D-printed materials and designs for a custom controller used as part of the Crane Training Simulator for the steel industry.