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August 30, 2022
Invited talk on Decarbonization at Argonne National Laboratory
CIVS Director, Dr. Chenn Zhou, delivered a seminar organized by the Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center at Argonne National Laboratory
February 8, 2024
NLMK-Indiana Representative Presents EAF Processes at CIVS Seminar
On January 5th, 2024, Steve Ryan, Manager of Process Technology at NLMK-Indiana, presented “EAF Practice and Evolution – Where We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We Are Going.” to CIVS research students, staff, and faculty in the Immersive Theater during the Friday student seminars held every semester.
March 14, 2024
Steel Industry Expert Presents Future of Blast Furnace Ironmaking
On March 1st, 2024, Joe Morey, Senior Technical Consultant at Morey Industrial Consulting, presented “A Possible Future for Blast Furnace Ironmaking” to CIVS research students, staff, and faculty in the Immersive Theater during the Friday student seminars held every semester.
February 13, 2024
CIVS Researchers Present Industry Innovations in Safety and Hydrogen
On February 1, 2024, CIVS research staff presented an overview of digital technologies for safety training and workforce development at the 2024 Winter Conference organized by the Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association in Pittsburgh, PA.
February 20, 2024
CIVS EAF Research Team Gains Invaluable Training through AIST
On February 5, 2024, through February 9, 2024, CIVS researchers Orlando Ugarte, Sathvika Kottapalli, and Shiyu Wang attended Modern Electric Furnace Steelmaking - A Practical Training in Louisville, KY.
February 28, 2024
Hydrogen Utilization in the Reheat Furnace Presented at AIST Detroit Chapter Dinner
On February 13, 2024, a new DOE-funded CIVS project, “Hydrogen Utilization in the Reheat Furnace,” was presented by Kevin Kondrat, Improvement Facilitator for Gerdau Special Steel, joined by CIVS Senior Research Engineer Nick Walla, at the AIST Detroit Chapter monthly dinner meeting.
February 26, 2024
NLMK USA Visits CIVS to Develop Custom-Designed Smart Ladle
On February 9th, 2024, representatives from NLMK USA's automation team visited CIVS to learn the methods used to develop and deploy the SMSVC Smart Ladle.
June 23, 2021
NSF RET Teachers Visit Cleveland-Cliffs Steelmaking Plant
On June 16th and June 23rd, participants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program and their mentors from PNW visited Burns Harbor, which is a fully integrated steelmaking plant of CLEVELAND-CLIFFS Inc. Burns Harbor is located on Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana, 50 miles southeast of Chicago.
February 21, 2024
Federal officials tout recent multimillion dollar research grants for CIVS during tour
In celebration of several recent multimillion dollar research grants from the U.S. DOE, Geri Richmond, DOE Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, and Rep. Mrvan toured the CIVS space and listened to brief presentations emphasizing the far-reaching impacts CIVS projects serve for industrial innovation, decarbonization, digital transformation, workforce development and community and industry relations.
February 8, 2024
CIVS Students Compete in AIST Real Steel Video Competition
Two CIVS students have produced videos for the AIST Real Steel Video Competition! View and "like" their entries to help them advance to the next round.
