News Articles

  • March 17, 2022

    “Smart Ladle” Won AIST Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award

    AIST Board of Directors awarded CIVS Staff and Students 2022 Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award – third place (AIME) for the paper entitled “Smart Ladle: Al-Based Tool for Optimizing Casting Temperature.”

  • March 15, 2022

    CIVS Students Recognized at AIST Midwest Chapter March Meeting

    Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Midwest Chapter Dinner meeting was held on March 8th, 2022 at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville, Indiana with around 300 attendees from local industry.

  • March 10, 2022

    11 CIVS Students Received PNW Undergraduate Research Grant

    Congratulations to all CIVS Senior Design teams for receiving the PNW Undergraduate Research Grant in March 2022!

  • March 7, 2022

    Digital Twin Project Team Visited Burns Harbor

    On February 25, 2022, Kyle Toth, CIVS Senior Research Engineer, Aleeha Zafar, CIVS Graduate Assistant, and Yifan Fei, CIVS Senior Design student visited the Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor Casting Operations.

  • March 2, 2022

    Dr. Haibo Ma Started His Career at SSAB Americas

    Congratulations to Dr. Haibo Ma, who joined SSAB Americas as a Research Engineer – Casting on March 1, 2022. CIVS hosted a celebratory party for Dr. Ma on February 25 to congratulate him, all CIVS students and staff attended the party and sent their best wishes to Haibo.

  • February 28, 2022

    CIVS Ph.D. Student Won Best Student Presentation in a Global Research Event

    Yuchao Chen, CIVS Ph.D. student, won the “Best Student Presentation” Award at the 7th ArcelorMittal Global R&D CFD & Thermo-Mechanics Days. Yuchao delivered a presentation titled “Integrated CFD Model for the EAF” on February 24th, disseminating his research to expert iron and steelmaking researchers as a part of the event.

  • February 28, 2022

    CIVS Showcased at the 7th ArcelorMittal Global R&D CFD & Thermo-Mechanics Days

    CIVS Director and students had the opportunity to showcase CIVS’ research achievements in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics at the 7th annual ArcelorMittal Global R&D CFD & Thermo-Mechanics Days. This virtual event took place between February 22nd and February 25th, 2022, with the goal of sharing information about iron and steelmaking research with expert research colleagues across the world, from Canada, Brazil, Belgium, France, and more.

  • February 24, 2022

    CIVS Hydrogen Research Published in JOM

    JOM, The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), published a CIVS research paper entitled “Blast Furnace Hydrogen Injection: Investigating Impacts and Feasibility with Computational Fluid Dynamics” authored by CIVS Research Associate Professor Tyamo Okosun in collaboration with CIVS graduate student, Samuel Nielson, and CIVS Director, Prof. Chenn Zhou.

  • February 23, 2022

    CIVS Seminar – Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Sunday Abraham

    More than 50 PNW students, faculty, and staff attended CIVS weekly seminar, virtually and in-person at CIVS Immersive Theatre on Friday, February 18, 2022.

  • February 10, 2022

    CIVS Presents at AIST Safety and Health Technology Committee Meeting

    On February 8th to 9th, 2022, Kyle Toth, CIVS Senior Research Engineer presented at the AIST Safety and Health Technology Committee meeting in Corpus Christi, TX. The presentation is entitled “Augmented Reality for Safety and Education in the Steel Industry”.