CIVS Updates
July 16, 2026
CIVS & SMSVC EAF Research Presented at TMS Specialty Congress
On July 9, CIVS Ph.D. student Shiyu Wang presented at the 4th World Congress on Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing (AIM 2026) in Anaheim, CA. AIM 2026 is a series conference a part of the 2026 TMS Specialty Congress.
July 15, 2026
CIVS Undergraduate Research Student Presented at Korean International Conference
Congratulations to CIVS undergraduate research student Seongchan Oh for receiving a Certificate of Commendation for Excellence in Presenting at the 7th International Cultural Academic Conference held at the Korea International Culture Association (KICA).
July 10, 2026
CIVS Welcomed Purdue’s Chief of Staff
On June 8, CIVS welcomed Purdue’s Chief of Staff Trent Klingerman.
July 8, 2026
MCE Summer Camp Students Visit CIVS
On July 6, over 20 high school students visited CIVS to learn the state-of-the-art technologies in simulation & visualization and their applications. This is part of activities of the one-week engineering summer camp for middle school students hosted by the by the PNW Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
July 2, 2026
CIVS Hosts Steel Dynamics Managers for CIVS & SMSVC Projects
On June 12, Conrad Fisher (Melting Manager) and Eric Murray (Safety Coordinator) from Steel Dynamics visited CIVS to gain insight on CIVS and SMSVC safety and workforce development projects.
July 1, 2026
MCE Summer Camp Students Visit CIVS
On June 22, over 20 middle school students visited CIVS to learn the state-of-the-art technologies in simulation & visualization and their applications. This is part of activities of the one-week engineering summer camp for middle school students hosted by the by the PNW Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
July 1, 2026
CIVS Welcomes Faculty from PFW Center of Excellence in System Engineering
On June 11, the CIVS welcomed David Cochran, Professor of Systems Engineering and Director of Systems Engineering and Director of the Master of Science in Engineering degree program in Systems Engineering at and Joseph Smith, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence in Systems Engineering at Purdue Fort Wayne.
June 26, 2026
Representatives from AugMend Health Visit CIVS to Gain Insight on VR Projects
On June 9, representatives from Augmend Health visited CIVS to gain further insight on the VR-FUTURES project. VR-FUTURES is being developed by a team made up of researchers from CIVS, PNW Psychology, collaborators and clinicians from the Shepherd Community Center in Indianapolis, the Institute for Creative Technologies at USC, and others.
June 19, 2026
CIVS Researchers in Computer Science Presented at International Computer Vision Workshop
CIVS computer science research was presented at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2026 Workshop in Denver, CO on June 3. CIVS Graduate Research Assistants Jay Polra and Dhwanil Chauhan presented a poster for the paper “Visual Geometry Grounded Novel-View Acoustic Synthesis”.
June 10, 2026
CIVS Members Enjoyed Celebrating at PNW’s 10-Year Anniversary Gala
On May 29, CIVS staff enjoyed celebrating at the PNW 10th Anniversary Gala at the Hard Rock Casino in Gary.