CIVS Updates
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 Hosted SDI Managers for CIVS & SMSVC Projects
On June 12, Conrad Fisher (Melting Manager) and Eric Murray (Safety Coordinator) from Steel Dynamics (SDI) had a productive visit to CIVS.
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, CIVS welcomed Purdue University Fort Wayne Center of Excellence in Systems Engineering leaders David Cochran (Professor and Director) and Joseph Smith (Associate Director) at Purdue Fort Wayne.
June 26, 2026
Representatives from AugMend Health Visit CIVS for VR-FUTURES Project
On June 9, AugMend Health staff visited CIVS for the VR-FUTURES (Virtual Reality For Understanding Trauma and Utilizing Regulation When Experiencing Stress), a VR tool for clinicians to use for youth who have been affected by adverse childhood experiences.
June 19, 2026
CIVS Researchers in Computer Science Presented at International Computer Vision Workshop
On June 3, CIVS research was presented at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2026 Workshop in Denver, CO. CIVS faculty collaborator Professor Yang Ni (PNW Assistant Professor of Computer Science) and two CIVS Research Assistants Jay Polra and Dhwanil Chauhan, who are pursuing their MS in computer science, presented their paper titled “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.
June 10, 2026
CIVS Welcomed Northwest Indiana Forum Representatives
On June 1, CIVS welcomed Kay Nelson, Environmental Affairs Director, and Michele Murday Pariso, Environmental and Public Policy Director from Northwest Indiana Forum.
June 5, 2026
CIVS Crane Training Paper Featured in Iron & Steel Technology
CIVS paper "Effective Training Solutions for New Crane Operators" was featured in the June Issue of Iron & Steel Technology as a technical article.