News Articles
October 8, 2025
AIST Rolls Technology Committee Meeting Held at CIVS
Over 60 industry leaders, engineers, and researchers attended the AIST Rolls Committee Meeting held at CIVS on September 30. CIVS Director Chenn Zhou presented an overview of CIVS and CIVS graduate students Qingyun Pu, Jay Polra, and CIVS Ph.D. student Dianzhi Meng presented research in topics of digital twin software for caster, AI hazard recognition for an SMSVC project, and casting, The meeting was organized by AIST Staff Engineer Ken Landau and led by Committee Chair Mike Reidy from Nucor CSI, and Committee Vice Chair Dan Grenough from Cleveland Cliffs.
October 2, 2025
CIVS Research Presented at MS&T Conference
On September 28-29, CIVS presented two research topics at the MS&T Conference in Columbus, OH. Prof. Zhou also took part in the University-Industry Relations Round Table.
September 29, 2025
On Friday, September 26, CIVS welcomed Rudolf Moravec of U.S. Steel, to give a seminar to CIVS students and staff and PNW College of Engineering students. Rudolf’s presentation was very well received and was followed by a productive Q&A. His presentation was titled “Theory & Application of Continuous Casting Process at U.S. Steel”.
September 26, 2025
CIVS Ph.D. Students Attend AIST Women in Steel Conference
On September 22-24, CIVS Ph.D. students Dianzhi Meng and Shiyu Wang attended the AIST - Association for Iron & Steel Technology Women in Steel Conference in Indianapolis.
September 25, 2025
Quantum and defense experts convene at PNW’s CIVS
Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS), in coordination with One Region, Inc., hosted several quantum and defense-focused leaders and researchers during fall 2025 to discuss the Midwest’s future and role with the quantum economy and national security.
September 18, 2025
CIVS Reheating Furnace Research Presented at AFRC Combustion Symposium
On September 17, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Nick Walla presented “CFD Modeling of Burner Retrofits for Hydrogen Fuel and Oxygen Enrichment in a Reheating Furnace” at the AFRC Industrial Combustion Symposium in San Antonio, TX.
September 12, 2025
7 CIVS Graduate Research Assistants Receive PNW Grant Awards
Congratulations to 7 CIVS Graduate Research Assistants on being selected as recipients of PNW Graduate Research Grant Awards for the 2025-2026 Academic Year, sponsored by Graduate Studies Office at PNW.
September 4, 2025
CIVS Delivered Plenary Talk and Technical Presentation at SteelSim 2025
On September 2 and 4, CIVS EAF and casting research was highlighted with one plenary talk and two technical papers at the SteelSim 2025 International Conference in Třinec, Czech Republic.
September 3, 2025
CIVS Showcases at PNW New Semester Events
CIVS staff and students enjoyed welcoming back the Purdue University Northwest community for the fall semester at the PNW Faculty & Staff Resource Fair and Westville and Hammond Welcome Rallies. CIVS offered demonstrations of projects as well as informing students and staff about CIVS's work. PNW hosts these events each year to kick-off the new semester to network and discover resources and organizations across campus.
August 27, 2025
CIVS Safety Research Presented at TMS Specialty Congress
On June 18, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Monika Singhal presented "Architecture for Developing an Image Recognition Model Workflow for Workplace Safety Application" at the TMS Specialty Congress in Anaheim, CA.