News Articles
August 26, 2025
EAF Research Presented at EASES Conference
On June 12, EAF research was presented at the EASES (European Academic Symposium on EAF Steelmaking) 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Hamzah Alshawarghi from Linde presented "An Integrated CFD Modeling Approach Towards an Entire EAF Operation Process". The presentation is co-authored by CIVS Director Chenn Zhou, CIVS Research Scientist Orlando Ugarte, CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun, CIVS Ph.D. student Shiyu Wang, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Sathvika Kottapalli, and Linde's Joe Maiolo.
August 26, 2025
CIVS Staff Had A Productive Visit to Finkl Steel
On August 7, CIVS staff had a productive visit to Finkl Steel in Chicago. CIVS presented research and projects in areas of safety, EAF, ladle, casting, and reheating furnace. The visit was organized by Dan Stewart, Sr. Melt Shop Process Metallurgist. Thank you to Dan and the Finkl Steel team for hosting the wonderful visit.
August 22, 2025
Congratulations to CIVS graduate, undergraduate, and senior design students on receiving the multiple awards and grants.
August 19, 2025
CIVS Staff and Students Visit U.S. Steel Gary Works and Charter Steel for Collaboration Projects
CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth traveled with senior design and other CIVS student workers to U.S. Steel Gary Works to observe BOF process operations to learn what should be targeted for activities for training as part of the senior design work being performed.
August 18, 2025
CIVS Showcases Crane Simulator at U.S. Steel Family Day
U.S. Steel Gary Works invited CIVS to their Family Day on August 16 to demonstrate the steel consortium’s latest developments. Rohit Kovvuri (CIVS Research Engineer) and Mario Herrera-Ortega (CIVS Post-Doc Research Associate) showcased the crane simulator. U.S. Steel family members learned about crane controls and got to operate a virtual overhead crane.
August 18, 2025
The U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS for America program has awarded $285 million to Semiconductor Research Corp. to establish the Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins (SMART) USA Institute. CIVS, with proven record in developing and implementing digital twins for manufacturing, was invited to participate during the proposal stage for a national competition for the Institute. CIVS has been active in various activities as part of the team at Purdue University, which is a lead academic member of the institute.
August 15, 2025
CIVS Welcomes New Post-Doctoral Research Associate
CIVS is pleased to welcome Prasanth P. Nair as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate.
August 13, 2025
EAF Research Receives AIST Sustainable Technologies for Steel Manufacturing Grant
Congratulations to CIVS Research Scientist, Orlando Ugarte, on receiving the AIST Foundation Sustainable Technologies for Steel Manufacturing (STSM) Grant as PI. The project is titled “Advancing Supersonic Injection of Oxygen and Soft-Oxidizers for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Industrial-Scale EAFs”. Co-PIs include CIVS Director Chenn Zhou and CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun. Industry collaborators include Manager of Steelmaking Technology at Nucor, Eugene Pretorius and R&D Associate Director, Metals Applications at Linde, Joe Maiolo.
August 8, 2025
CIVS Welcomes New Post-Doctoral Research Associate
CIVS welcomes new Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mario Herrera-Ortega.
August 8, 2025
CIVS Staff and Students Visit SDI Butler for Collaboration Project
CIVS students and staff had two separate visits to SDI Butler in July to take videos of different processes to use for a virtual tour for recruiting and education for K-12 students.