News Articles

  • Smart Ladle logo

    April 21, 2022

    Smart Ladle Plant Tour at Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor

    CIVS Researchers visited Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor for the Smart Ladle project on Tuesday, April 19th.

  • NWI Logo

    April 19, 2022

    CIVS Awards Highlighted in the NWI Times

    “Purdue Northwest researchers win Association for Iron & Steel Technology awards.”

  • AIST Dinner Meeting Graphic

    April 18, 2022

    PNW Material Advantage Students Network at AIST Dinner

    PNW Materials Advantage Group students are very active in attending Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Midwest Chapter Monthly dinners.

  • Student standing and talking in front of academic poster in presentation hall with rows of other people and posters in the background

    April 15, 2022

    CIVS Students Showcased Their Research Work

    CIVS researchers and students participated in the PNW Days of Discovery event on April 7, 2022, with 22 posters and an oral presentation.

  • 3 MT/ Three Minute Thesis logo. Features a green clock with a white "3" taking up the right half of the clock

    April 7, 2022

    CIVS Students Won Four 3MT Competition Awards

    CIVS research students won four out of the five awards in the PNW Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition held on April 6. Congratulations to all of the following students!

  • Individuals in business attire stand together in a hallway

    April 5, 2022

    Invited Presentation at the AIST Ladle Committee Meeting

    On March 30, 2022, at the invitation of Chase Ault, CIVS Ph.D. student Xipeng Guo presented the most recent research findings on the refining ladle project at AIST Ladle & Secondary Refining technology committee meeting at Hyatt House Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, VA.

  • Chenn Zhou professional portrait

    April 4, 2022

    Chenn Zhou Recognized as an AIST Distinguished Member and Fellow

    Dr. Chenn Zhou has been selected as a Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST).

  • Individual standing and talking in front of screen featuring PowerPoint slide in conference room

    March 24, 2022

    Three Invited Talks on Digitalization and Decarbonization by CIVS Director

    Dr. Chenn Zhou was recently invited to give three talks: 1) “Digitalization and Decarbonization for Steel Industry” at the AIST Energy and Utilities Workshop: Roadmap to the Energy Efficient, Sustainable and Decarbonized Steel Industry at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from March 14-17; 2) “Digitalization for Advanced Manufacturing through Simulation, Visualization and Machine Learning: at REWAS 2022 (REcycling and WASte symposium) collocated with TMS 2022 in Anaheim, California on February 27–March 3; and 3) “Digitalization and Innovation for Steel Industry” at the SSAB Americas Strategy Summit in Rosemont, Illinois, on February 28 – March 1, 2022.

  • Student in a casual business attire standing in front of conference signage in presentation hall

    March 18, 2022

    CIVS Highlighted at AIST Digital Transformation Forum 2022

    CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth and Senior Research Scientist John (Jack) Moreland presented the CIVS’s latest Digital Twin and VR/AR Projects at AIST Digital Transformation Forum 2022 which was held in the Westin Downtown Indianapolis on March 14th -16th,2022. This event is organized by AIST’s Electrical Applications/Sensors Subcommittee and Digitalization Applications Technology Committees.

  • Visitor participates in hands-on experiences of AR & VR projects in the visualization lab. Participant is standing while wearing a tethered VR headset and manipulating had held controllers

    March 17, 2022

    NSF RET Teachers Influenced Students with the Research Experience at CIVS

    Five physics students from Bishop Noll High School came to see CIVS on Thursday, March 10, with their teacher Mrs. Mary Koster, who participated in the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Summer Research Experience for Teachers (RET).