News Articles
August 5, 2025
Crane Safety Featured in August Issue of Iron & Steel Technology
CIVS project “Crane Monitoring for Meltshop Safety: A Collaborative Study on Load Detection and Position Tracking” is featured in August’s Issue of Iron & Steel Technology. Authors include CIVS Senior Research Engineer and AIST Safety & Health Committee Chair Kyle Toth, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Monika Singhal, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Jay Polra, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou, Steel Dynamics Quality Manager Chase Ault, Steel Dynamics Safety Coordinator Garrett Page, and Steel Dynamics Plant Manager Conrad Fisher.
July 24, 2025
On July 14, ASM Materials Camp for Teachers had a great time at CIVS to explore new digital technologies and their applications in industries and education.
July 23, 2025
Chancellor’s Advisory Board Visits CIVS
On June 13, CIVS welcomed PNW’s Chancellor’s Advisory Board.
July 23, 2025
CIVS Hydrogen Research Presented at ASME Summer Heat Transfer
On July 8-10, CIVS Associate Director for Operations Armin Silaen presented “Numerical Investigation of Hydrogen Fuel in Steel Reheating Furnace” at the ASME 2025 Summer Heat Transfer Conference in Westminster, CO.
July 23, 2025
CIVS Hosts Representatives from Merrillville School Corporation
On July 16, representatives from Merrillville Community School’s technology department and Superintendent visited CIVS.
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.
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.