News Articles
August 18, 2025
CIVS Showcases Crane Simulator at U.S. Steel Family Day
U.S. Steel Gary Works invited CIVS to their Family Day on August 16 to demonstrate the steel consortium’s latest developments. Rohit Kovvuri (CIVS Research Engineer) and Mario Herrera-Ortega (CIVS Post-Doc Research Associate) showcased the crane simulator. U.S. Steel family members learned about crane controls and got to operate a virtual overhead crane.
August 15, 2025
CIVS Welcomes New Post-Doctoral Research Associate
CIVS is pleased to welcome Prasanth P. Nair as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate.
August 8, 2025
CIVS Welcomes New Post-Doctoral Research Associate
CIVS welcomes new Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mario Herrera-Ortega.
August 13, 2025
EAF Research Receives AIST Sustainable Technologies for Steel Manufacturing Grant
Congratulations to CIVS Research Scientist, Orlando Ugarte, on receiving the AIST Foundation Sustainable Technologies for Steel Manufacturing (STSM) Grant as PI. The project is titled “Advancing Supersonic Injection of Oxygen and Soft-Oxidizers for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Industrial-Scale EAFs”. Co-PIs include CIVS Director Chenn Zhou and CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun. Industry collaborators include Manager of Steelmaking Technology at Nucor, Eugene Pretorius and R&D Associate Director, Metals Applications at Linde, Joe Maiolo.
August 8, 2025
CIVS Staff and Students Visit SDI Butler for Collaboration Project
CIVS students and staff had two separate visits to SDI Butler in July to take videos of different processes to use for a virtual tour for recruiting and education for K-12 students.
August 5, 2025
Crane Safety Featured in August Issue of Iron & Steel Techology
CIVS project “Crane Monitoring for Meltshop Safety: A Collaborative Study on Load Detection and Position Tracking” is featured in August’s Issue of Iron & Steel Technology. Authors include CIVS Senior Research Engineer and AIST Safety & Health Committee Chair Kyle Toth, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Monika Singhal, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Jay Polra, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou, Steel Dynamics Quality Manager Chase Ault, Steel Dynamics Safety Coordinator Garrett Page, and Steel Dynamics Plant Manager Conrad Fisher.
March 12, 2025
CIVS Senior Research Scientist Presents VR-FUTURES Project at NWI Child Trauma Summit
On February 28, CIVS Senior Research Engineer John “Jack” Moreland presented work on the VR-FUTURES project in a workshop at the NWI Child Trauma Summit at PNW’s Westville campus. The project title is short for “Virtual Reality For Understanding Trauma and Utilizing Regulation When Experiencing Stress” and provides a tool for clinicians to use when working with youth who have been affected by ACEs (adverse childhood experiences).
November 18, 2024
Thirteen PNW faculty and staff members are being recognized by Purdue University’s Office of Research for impactful scholarly initiatives that have earned millions of dollars in external funding.
July 23, 2025
CIVS Hosts Representatives from Merrillville School Corporation
On July 16, representatives from Merrillville Community School’s technology department and Superintendent visited CIVS.
July 23, 2025
Chancellor’s Advisory Board Visits CIVS
On June 13, CIVS welcomed PNW’s Chancellor’s Advisory Board.
