News Articles
July 17, 2025
Cleveland-Cliffs Managers Have Successful Visit to CIVS
Eight Managers from Cleveland Cliffs visited CIVS on June 11. The group, led by Stephen Palmer (Enterprise Director of Engineering), spent several hours to thoroughly review past and current projects conducted at CIVS & and Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC). The topics covered Blast Furnace, DRI, EAF, Ladle, Reheating Furnace, Casting, Safety including AI Hazard Recognition, Crane Training, and other VR & AR simulators.
July 16, 2025
CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, Shiyu Wang, Successfully Defends Master’s Thesis
Congratulations to CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, Shiyu Wang, on successfully defending her Master’s thesis “Numerical Simulation of AC/DC EAF Operations: Validation and Performance” on July 15.
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.
July 22, 2024
CIVS Showcase to ASM Materials Camp for Teachers
On June 26, ASM Materials Camp for Teachers had a great time at CIVS to explore new digital technologies and their applications in industries and education. CIVS Associate Director for Operations, Armin Silaen and CIVS Senior Research Engineer, Kyle Toth presented CIVS overview and projects in CIVS's newly renovated Immersive Theater. The teachers also were given demonstrations of AR and VR projects in the CIVS visualization lab.
July 8, 2025
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Summer Camp Students Visit CIVS
The mechanical and civil engineering (MCE) department hosted two one-week summer camps. On June 23 and July 7, approximately 40 middle and high school students visited CIVS to learn the state-of-the-art technologies in simulation and visualization and applications.
July 3, 2025
CIVS Showcases Crane Simulator at NLMK Family Day
NLMK invited CIVS to the Portage plant’s Family Day on June 28 to demonstrate the steel consortium’s latest developments. John Moreland (CIVS Senior Research Scientist) demoed the crane simulator.
July 2, 2025
CIVS Director Participates in a Round Table Discussion at ARPA-E ROSIE Annual Meeting
Dr. Chenn Zhou was invited to participate in a round table discussion on Process Design and Development at the annual DOE ARPAE ROSIE meeting in Washington, DC on June 9. Dr. Zhou made a presentation and answered questions on the use of advanced Multiphysics simulation, visualization, and AI as enabling technologies with multiple CIVS project examples.
June 12, 2025
Crane Training Solutions Presented at AIST Crane Symposium
On June 11, Rohit Kovvuri (CIVS Research Engineer) presented at the AIST Crane Symposium in Indianapolis, IN. His presentation was titled “Effective Training Solutions for New Crane Operators”.
May 23, 2025
CIVS Showcases Steel Research at AISTech 2025
On May 5-7, 17 CIVS staff and students delivered various technical presentations at the AISTech 2025 Conference in Nashville, TN, which is the major Annual International Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition.
June 10, 2025
CIVS Representatives Visit NLMK Facility for EAF Operations
On June 3, CIVS members Shiyu Wang (Graduate RA), Shishir Aryal (Graduate RA), Sathvika Kottapalli (Graduate RA) and Orlando Ugarte (Research Scientist) visited NLMK facility in Portage, IN to observe EAF operations. Steve Ryan, Manager of Process Technology, explained key activities performed by NLMK operators during the last EAF heat, before a down day.
