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  • Man standing at podium in front of screen in conference room

    August 14, 2023

    H2 Combustion Presented at SHTC 2023

    Senior Research Engineer, Nicholas Walla presented at the Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2023 held in Washington DC, on July 10-12, 2023.

  • An individual wearing a VR headset and operating handheld controls stands in the middle of a conference room. The screen next to them shows what the individual sees in the VR headset: the fire extinguisher simulator.

    August 11, 2023

    CIVS Demonstration at ArcelorMittal’s Global Health and Safety Day

    On April 28, ArcelorMittal’s Global Health and Safety Day events included a demonstration of a CIVS virtual reality (VR) simulator that lets users experience fire safety scenarios. This simulator includes a real site and scenarios in a virtual environment.  It implements the industry standard PASS method (Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the flame, Squeeze the lever, Sweep back and forth) to extinguish a virtual fire.

  • Man standing in front of screen featuring PowerPoint slide at podium in conference room

    August 11, 2023

    CIVS Presents Steel Research Results at METEC

    CIVS attended the European Steel Technology and Application Days (ESTAD) conference in Dusseldorf, Germany to present exciting new results in steel research. The 6th European Steel Technology and Application Days (ESTAD) 2023 ran in parallel with the METEC Trade Fair.

  • John Rosser professional headshot photo

    August 10, 2023

    Student Success Story: John Rosser

    Former CIVS graduate research assistant John Rosser, joined Raytheon Technologies in Tucson, Arizona as a Systems Engineer II.

  • Several people seated in a row at the front of a conference room, a lady speaks while the others face her

    August 4, 2023

    NSF RET Teachers Program Presented at ASEE National Conference

    CIVS Researcher John Moreland presented at the annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Baltimore, MD on June 28. The research poster focused on the 2022-23 year of the ongoing "Research Experiences for Teachers" program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

  • An individual operates a crane training simulator in the CIVS visualization lab while giving instruction to another individual

    July 18, 2023

    U. S. Steel Visits CIVS to Trial New Crane Simulator For Operator Training

    Representatives from United States Steel Gary Works visited CIVS for a demonstration of the ongoing crane training simulator project in June.

  • July 5, 2023

    $7M IVBF Project Highlighted in DOE Review Meeting & Approved for Phase II

    CIVS was selected to provide one of two oral presentations to U.S. Department of Energy peer reviewers on the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office’s ongoing efforts in steelmaking research. Project PI, Research Associate Professor Tyamo Okosun, traveled to Washington D.C. on May 17th, 2023, to summarize efforts and activities in the $7M Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace project during performance period #1.

  • Man in business casual attire handing certificate to program participant and shaking their hand

    June 27, 2023

    CIVS Research Engineer Elected AIST Safety Committee Vice Chair

    Kyle Toth, Senior Research Engineer at CIVS, was elected Vice Chair of the Safety and Health Technology Committee during the committee’s meeting at AISTech2023.

  • Woman standing in front of screen in auditorium with several people seated in rows of chairs

    June 19, 2023

    CIVS Hosts NSF RET Teachers for Third Year

    CIVS has kicked off its third year of hosting the NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program on Monday, June 12. The program is hosting STEM teachers from around the region and the country for six weeks as they learn to carry out research using advanced simulation and visualization tools to work on real world problems from industry.

  • A large group of young individuals stand together in an office lobby

    June 1, 2023

    RET Teacher Leads Area High School Visit to Promote STEM Opportunities

    CIVS hosted Morton High School Juniors and Sophomores on May 18. The demonstration included simulation and visualization applications as well as hands-on VR experiences.