News Articles
April 23, 2025
CIVS Students and Staff Attend AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner Meetings
CIVS students and staff attended AIST Midwest Chapter Dinners January-April. Over 20 students attended the dinners to network with industry professionals and hear important Keynote presentations.
February 19, 2025
Dr. Tyamo Okosun Awardee of Purdue’s Researcher Recognition Program
Congratulations to CIVS Associate Director for Research, Dr. Tyamo Okosun, for being an awardee of Purdue University's Researcher Recognition Program for Fiscal Year 2025.
February 18, 2025
CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, Xipeng Guo, Successfully Passes Ph.D. Dissertation Exam
Congratulations to CIVS Graduate Research Assistant, Xipeng Guo, on successfully passing his Ph.D. dissertation exam on February 5 at Purdue University West Lafayette.
April 18, 2025
Steel Industry Expert Speaks at CIVS Seminar on Ladle Metallurgy Furnace and Casting Processes
On Friday, April 18, CIVS welcomed Randy Beardsley of NLMK, to give a seminar to over 40 CIVS staff, students and PNW College of Engineering students and faculty. Randy's presentation was very well received and was followed by a productive Q&A. His presentation was titled “Ladle Metallurgy Furnace and Casting Processes".
April 22, 2025
9th Best Paper Award for CIVS Blast Furnace Research
CIVS Blast Furnace research received the 2025 AIST Josef S. Kapitan Award – Ironmaking for the paper titled “The Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace: Enabling Physics-Based Operational Guidance.” This is the 9th best paper received in the last 20 years in this research topic.
April 16, 2025
Successful SMSVC Semi-Annual Meeting
Approximately 80+ industry collaborators and CIVS faculty, staff and students met at CIVS for the SMSVC Annual Meeting on April 9 and 10.
April 22, 2025
CIVS Research Highlighted in NWI Business Magazine
In the April issue of NWI Business Magazine, CIVS research was highlighted in the article “Future of Energy is Bright”. CIVS collaborates with energy providers and industrial partners to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs and enhance workforce training. It uses advanced simulation, visualization, AI tools and 3D digital twins.
April 22, 2025
Student Success Story: Abhishek Kolakotla
Congratulations to CIVS RA Abhishek Kolakotla, who will receive his MSME degree with Thesis Option in May 2025.
April 15, 2025
CIVS Director Presents CFD Research at TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
On March 24-27, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou presented 2 papers at TMS 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada.
April 14, 2025
CIVS Staff and Industry Collaborator Present Keynote at AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner
On April 8, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth, CIVS Senior Research Scientist Jack Morelalnd, and Steel North Trainer, U.S. Steel, Jeffrey Maxfield delivered the Keynote Presentation at the April AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner at Avalon Manor in Merrillville.
