News Articles
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.
March 19, 2025
You’re Invited! CIVS Seminar: Dr. Sara Hornby “The Green Steel Revolution”
CIVS is honored to welcome Dr. Sara Hornby on April 8, 2025. We invite you to attend her award-winning AIST John F. Elliott Lecture, “The Green Steel Revolution”.
March 26, 2025
CIVS Director Presents at AIST Combustion and Thermal Systems Training Conference
On March 5, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou gave a lecture at the AIST Steel Mill Combustion and Thermal Systems Training Conference in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Zhou’s lecture was titled “Use of Data Verified Tools and Visualization for System Troubleshooting and Optimization”.
May 21, 2022
CIVS Researchers Present 8 Technical Papers at AISTech 2022
CIVS Researchers and collaborators delivered 8 technical papers and presentations at AISTech 2022 in Pittsburgh, PA from May 16th to May 18th, 2022.
January 17, 2023
Research Tools Discussed at Weekly Student Seminar
On January 13th, CIVS PhD student Sam Nielson presented a student seminar to discuss tools for literature reviews and reading journal papers.
March 17, 2025
Steel Industry Expert Speaks at CIVS Seminar on Electric Steelmaking
On Friday, March 7, CIVS welcomed Steve Ryan to give a seminar to CIVS staff and students and PNW College of Engineering staff and students. His lecture was titled “Electric Steelmaking”. He spoke about Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking, covering key chemical and physical processes that enhance efficiency and quality.
