News Articles

  • April 9, 2024

    PNW Women in STEM held in CIVS Immersive Theater

    On March 20, 2024, celebrating Women’s History Month, the College of Engineering & Sciences and the College of Technology hosted a Women in STEM event held in the CIVS Immersive Theater.

  • April 9, 2024

    CIVS Director Presents at AIST Energy Seminar

    On March 13, 2024, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou was invited to present “Saving Energy Using Simulation and Visualization” at the Energy Reduction Fundamentals in the Steel Industry program in Nashville, TN.

  • April 3, 2024

    CIVS Hosts International Visitors from ArcelorMittal

    On March 4th, 2024 CIVS Associate Directors Armin Silaen and Tyamo Okosun hosted international members of ArcelorMittal’s research and development team to showcase CIVS’s capabilities and the long-time collaboration efforts between CIVS and ArcelorMittal, as well as to explore further collaboration into the global industry.

  • April 1, 2024

    8th Best Paper Award for CIVS Research of Blast Furnace Models

    CIVS blast furnace research received another AIST Best Paper Award in addition to seven other best papers from AIST and AISI in the past.

  • April 2, 2024

    CIVS Research Presented at ArcelorMittal Global CFD Days

    On March 20, 2024, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou and CIVS research students Shiyu Wang and Abhishek Kolakotla were invited to showcase CIVS’ research achievements in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics at the 9th bi-annual ArcelorMittal Global R&D CFD & Thermo-Mechanics Days.

  • August 30, 2022

    Invited talk on Decarbonization at Argonne National Laboratory

    CIVS Director, Dr. Chenn Zhou, delivered a seminar organized by the Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center at Argonne National Laboratory

  • February 8, 2024

    NLMK-Indiana Representative Presents EAF Processes at CIVS Seminar

    On January 5th, 2024, Steve Ryan, Manager of Process Technology at NLMK-Indiana, presented “EAF Practice and Evolution – Where We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We Are Going.” to CIVS research students, staff, and faculty in the Immersive Theater during the Friday student seminars held every semester.

  • March 14, 2024

    Steel Industry Expert Presents Future of Blast Furnace Ironmaking

    On March 1st, 2024, Joe Morey, Senior Technical Consultant at Morey Industrial Consulting, presented “A Possible Future for Blast Furnace Ironmaking” to CIVS research students, staff, and faculty in the Immersive Theater during the Friday student seminars held every semester.

  • February 13, 2024

    CIVS Researchers Present Industry Innovations in Safety and Hydrogen

    On February 1, 2024, CIVS research staff presented an overview of digital technologies for safety training and workforce development at the 2024 Winter Conference organized by the Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association in Pittsburgh, PA.

  • February 20, 2024

    CIVS EAF Research Team Gains Invaluable Training through AIST

    On February 5, 2024, through February 9, 2024, CIVS researchers Orlando Ugarte, Sathvika Kottapalli, and Shiyu Wang attended Modern Electric Furnace Steelmaking - A Practical Training in Louisville, KY.