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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.
June 12, 2025
Crane Training Solutions Presented at AIST Crane Symposium
On June 11, Rohit Kovvuri (CIVS Research Engineer) presented at the AIST Crane Symposium in Indianapolis, IN. His presentation was titled “Effective Training Solutions for New Crane Operators”.
June 10, 2025
CIVS Representatives Visit NLMK Facility for EAF Operations
On June 3, CIVS members Shiyu Wang (Graduate RA), Shishir Aryal (Graduate RA), Sathvika Kottapalli (Graduate RA) and Orlando Ugarte (Research Scientist) visited NLMK facility in Portage, IN to observe EAF operations. Steve Ryan, Manager of Process Technology, explained key activities performed by NLMK operators during the last EAF heat, before a down day.
June 5, 2025
CIVS Senior Research Scientist Participates at ManuFuture Event
CIVS Senior Research Scientist, John Moreland, participated in a ManuFuture event on May 14 at the Indiana Manufacturing Institute at Purdue West Lafayette. The event included speakers from various manufacturing companies, Purdue and other academic partners, and other organizations focused on advanced manufacturing technologies such as industrial applications of AI and IoT sensors.
June 5, 2025
CIVS Representatives Visit Testing Site at Linde’s Germany Combustion Lab
Thank you to Rafat Hirmiz and Martin Adendorff from Linde for hosting a testing site visit at the combustion lab in Munich, Germany for CIVS representatives Nick Walla (Senior Research Engineer) and Veronica Pitt-Payne (Student Research Assistant).
May 30, 2025
On Friday, May 23, CIVS welcomed Rudolf Moravec of U.S. Steel, to give a seminar to CIVS students and staff and PNW College of Engineering students. Rudolf’s presentation was very well received and was followed by a productive Q&A. His presentation was titled “Theory & Application of Continuous Casting Process at U.S. Steel”.