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  • 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 28, 2024

    Hydrogen Utilization in the Reheat Furnace Presented at AIST Detroit Chapter Dinner

    On February 13, 2024, a new DOE-funded CIVS project, “Hydrogen Utilization in the Reheat Furnace,” was presented by Kevin Kondrat, Improvement Facilitator for Gerdau Special Steel, joined by CIVS Senior Research Engineer Nick Walla, at the AIST Detroit Chapter monthly dinner meeting.

  • February 27, 2024

    CIVS Associate Director Presents Steel Industry Overview at C-STEEL

    On February 13, 2024, CIVS Associate Director for Operations Armin Silaen presented “Steel Industry Overview” at Argonne National Labs as part of the Center for Steel Electrification by Electrosynthesis (C-STEEL)'s first Full Program Meeting.

  • February 26, 2024

    NLMK USA Visits CIVS to Develop Custom-Designed Smart Ladle

    On February 9th, 2024, representatives from NLMK USA's automation team visited CIVS to learn the methods used to develop and deploy the SMSVC Smart Ladle.

  • February 21, 2024

    Federal officials tout recent multimillion dollar research grants for CIVS during tour

    In celebration of several recent multimillion dollar research grants from the U.S. DOE, Geri Richmond, DOE Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, and Rep. Mrvan toured the CIVS space and listened to brief presentations emphasizing the far-reaching impacts CIVS projects serve for industrial innovation, decarbonization, digital transformation, workforce development and community and industry relations.

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • February 6, 2024

    Gerdau-PNW CIVS Digitalization and Decarbonization Partnership Presented to Industry 4.0

    On November 16th, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou and CIVS Associate Director for Operations Armin Silean were invited to present the Gerdau-PNW CIVS Partnership at the Gerdau’s virtual seminar on “the 4.0 Best Projects GAB/GSB/GLN/GSN”.

  • January 16, 2024

    DOE Funded Projects Presented by CIVS at AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner

    On January 9th, 2024, CIVS staff members Tyamo Okosun, Associate Director for Research, and Nicholas Walla, Senior Research Engineer, along with Kevin Kondrat, Improvement Facilitator at Gerdau Monroe, jointly presented “Energy Efficiency and Hydrogen Utilization for Blast Furnace and Reheating Furnace” to over 250 attendees at the AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner held at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville.