News Articles
April 5, 2021
CIVS Students Win Awards For Days of Discovery
Congratulations to CIVS Students and their mentors! We are pleased to share that the following CIVS Students received awards for their Student Presentations during the Days of Discovery on Thursday, […]
May 3, 2021
AIME Honorary Membership Award
Chenn Zhou, NIPSCO Distinguished Professor of Engineering Simulation, as well as the Director of the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) and the Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization […]
June 24, 2021
CIVS Kicks off Three New Research Projects
Three new CIVS projects recently kicked off with the SMSVC members. First, long-time CIVS partner and SMSVC member company Stelco met with CIVS researchers on June 2nd to kick off […]
May 14, 2021
Student Success Story: Haibo Ma
Haibo Ma, a CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, recently received a Doctoral Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University West Lafayette. His Ph.D. thesis titled “On Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Secondary […]
June 30, 2021
Local Teens Learn VR and Simulation at Engineering Camp
Over 40 teens from around Northwest Indiana visited CIVS in June as part of Purdue Northwest’s Mechanical and Civil Engineering 2021 Summer Camp. While at CIVS, the students learned about […]
May 21, 2021
CIVS Student Honored with the Chancellor’s Medallion
Emily Higley, CIVS undergraduate Research student worker, recently received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from PNW with the Chancellor’s Medallion. She is the graduating senior with the highest grade […]
June 20, 2021
Cleveland Cliffs Gift Enables Cutting Edge Student Research
The Cleveland Cliffs Campus Partnership Program gifted CIVS with funds to purchase cutting-edge simulation and visualization hardware for student researchers to develop projects related to the steel industry and smart […]
April 28, 2021
SMSVC Hosts Successful Virtual Semi-Annual Meeting
The Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC) held its second virtual semi-annual meeting via web conferencing on April 21st and 22nd, 2021. Professionals, researchers, engineers, and managers totaling more […]
May 12, 2021
CIVS Senior Design Students Receive PNW Awards
This year the Spring 2021 Semester Senior Design Competition was held virtually. Congratulations to the following CIVS Senior Design Students who received awards for their projects. First Place: Annealing Furnace […]
June 10, 2021
Presentation: Virtual Reality Die Casting at NADCA Meeting
CIVS Researcher John “Jack” Moreland presented at the North American Die Casting Association’s (NADCXA) R&D meeting on June 10 at Arlington Heights, IL. The presentation included the latest progress of […]


