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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.
October 13, 2023
Purdue University Northwest to play significant role in $1 billion Midwest Hydrogen Hub
Purdue University Northwest (PNW), through its Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation, is a major partner from Indiana in an alliance awarded up to $1 billion in funding to develop a regional clean hydrogen production and distribution hub in the Midwest, as announced by President Biden on Oct. 13.
January 11, 2024
CIVS-Purdue Continue Developing IVBF Casting Rate Sensor through Onsite Data Collection
On November 28th, 2023, CIVS staff members completed a site visit to U. S. Steel Gary Works #14 Blast Furnace.
January 8, 2024
CIVS Welcomes New and Returning Research Assistants
On January 3rd, 2024, new and returning CIVS research assistants gathered in the Immersive Theater for the Spring 2024 student orientation.
