News Articles
October 23, 2026
CIVS Hosts Seminar on Digital Twin Heart Research by Bryan Gan
On October 16, CIVS hosted a seminar where Bryan Gan, a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University, presented “Toward a Digital Twin of the Human Heart: Personalized Multiscale […]
October 23, 2026
Keynote presentation on CIVS AI & CFD research at AIST Digital Transformation Forum
On October 14, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Nicholas Walla was invited to deliver the keynote presentation, “Physics-Based and AI-Accelerated Rapid Modeling of Steelmaking,” at the Association for Iron & Steel […]
October 20, 2026
MCE & CIVS Co-Hosted ECUSA Midwest Keynote by NASA Engineer Iker Liceaga-Indart
On October 16, ECUSA Midwest’s keynote speaker Iker Liceaga-Indart spoke with students and staff in the CIVS theater. During his talk he discussed: engineering at mission scale, turning scientific concepts […]
October 16, 2026
CIVS Presents Reheating Furnace and Ladle Research at MS&T Technical Meeting
On October 4-7, 2026, CIVS presented two research topics at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) Technical Meeting and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA. One presentation by CIVS Graduate Research Assistant […]
October 12, 2026
CS Hosts Seminar Featuring NASA Senior Scientist Dr. Terry Fong at CIVS
On September 28, the PNW Department of Computer Science co-hosted the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series at Purdue University Northwest in the CIVS theater. We welcomed Dr. Terry Fong, NASA Senior […]
October 12, 2026
U. S. Steel Representatives Explore CIVS Crane Simulation
On September 17, representatives from U. S. Steel (USS), Jeffery Maxfield and David Kirtley, visited CIVS to test and provide feedback on the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) Crane Simulator being […]
October 9, 2026
CIVS Researchers Present at Fall AIST Ironmaking Technology Committee Meeting
On September 29, Prof. Tyamo Okosun and CIVS Research Engineer Samuel Nielson attended the Fall AIST Ironmaking Technology Committee Meeting in Graine City, MO. Professor Okosun gave a presentation discussing […]
October 7, 2026
CIVS Demonstrates Virtual Die Casting Training at NADCA Congress & Tabletop
From September 29 to October 1, CIVS Senior Research Scientist John Moreland demonstrated Virtual Die Casting Training and other VR applications at the NADCA – 2026 Congress & Tabletop, held […]
October 5, 2026
Dr. Zhou Shares Reheating Furnace Research at AFRC Symposium
On September 22nd, CIVS Director Dr. Chenn Zhou presented “CFD Exploration of an Industrial Reheating Furnace Retrofit for Improved Efficiency” at the 2026 the American Flame Research Committee (AFRC) Industrial […]
September 23, 2026
Dr. Brian Thomas Delivered Award-Winning AIST Elliott Lecture at CIVS
CIVS welcomed internationally recognized professor and researcher Dr. Brian Thomas for a Distinguished Speaker Seminar that brought together more than 70 PNW and CIVS faculty, staff, students, and industry collaborators […]









