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November 13, 2026
CIVS Students and Staff Attend AIST Midwest Chapter Kick-off and Monthly Dinner Meetings
On October 13, CIVS staff and students attended the AIST Midwest Chapter Kickoff Dinner at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. The Keynote Presentation was given by Taylor W. Murphy, Senior General […]
November 11, 2026
CIVS and Linde Visit Gerdau Monroe to Gather Reheat Furnace Data for IVRF Research
On November 6, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth met with Kevin Kondrat, Improvement Facilitator for Gerdau, and Rafat Hirmiz, Metals Research Engineer for Linde, at Gerdau Special Steel in […]
November 10, 2026
NIPSCO President Parisi Visits CIVS to Celebrate Decades of Digital Technology Innovation
On November 2, PNW CIVS was honored to welcome Vince Parisi, the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), as well as Rick Calinski, […]
November 9, 2026
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 […]
November 6, 2026
Successful SMSVC Annual Meeting
90+ industry collaborators and CIVS faculty, staff and students met at CIVS for the SMSVC Annual Meeting on November 4 and 5. The event included 1) Technical presentations by CIVS staff and students in 6 topics (safety, ironmaking, EAF, continuous casting, ladle and reheating furnace), 2) Dinner Keynote presentation, 3) Project Technical Committee meetings, 4) SMSVC board meeting. Active discussions were held throughout the two-day event, with excellent feedback on the project progress and outcomes as well as the quality of presentations.
November 3, 2026
CIVS Researchers Visit Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor to Discuss Future Collaborations
On October 26, CIVS Senior Researchers Kyle Toth and John “Jack” Moreland visited Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor in Portage, Indiana and met with Ryan Mccoy, the Ports of Indiana Director, […]
November 2, 2026
CIVS Researchers Visit NIPSCO Generating Station to Advance VR Safety Training Development
On October 27, CIVS Senior Researchers Kyle Toth and John “Jack” Moreland visited the NIPSCO R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield, Indiana, to meet with Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization […]
October 29, 2026
Dr. Zhou Presents Saving Energy Using Simulation and Visualization at AIST Energy Conference
On October 8, Dr. Chenn Zhou was invited to present “Saving Energy Using Simulation and Visualization” at the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) seminar, Energy and Its Efficient […]
October 28, 2026
CIVS Visits SDI Butler to Advance Physics-Based AI Simulation Research
On October 23, CIVS Senior Researcher Kyle Toth, Graduate Students Jay Polra and Priyusha Kilaru, and Senior Design Student Emilio Villanueva visited Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) in Butler, Indiana. During […]
October 27, 2026
CIVS Visits Charter Steel to Discuss Research Collaboration and AI Applications
On October 22nd, CIVS Researchers Kyle Toth (Senior Research Engineer) and Yang Ni (Assistant Professor of Computer Science) along with CIVS Graduate Students Jay Polra, and Priyusha Kilaru visited Charter […]