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  • April 5, 2022

    Invited Presentation at the AIST Ladle Committee Meeting

    On March 30, 2022, at the invitation of Chase Ault, CIVS Ph.D. student Xipeng Guo presented the most recent research findings on the refining ladle project at AIST Ladle & Secondary Refining technology committee meeting at Hyatt House Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, VA.

  • April 4, 2022

    Chenn Zhou Recognized as an AIST Distinguished Member and Fellow

    Dr. Chenn Zhou has been selected as a Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST).

  • March 24, 2022

    Three Invited Talks on Digitalization and Decarbonization by CIVS Director

    Dr. Chenn Zhou was recently invited to give three talks: 1) “Digitalization and Decarbonization for Steel Industry” at the AIST Energy and Utilities Workshop: Roadmap to the Energy Efficient, Sustainable and Decarbonized Steel Industry at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from March 14-17; 2) “Digitalization for Advanced Manufacturing through Simulation, Visualization and Machine Learning: at REWAS 2022 (REcycling and WASte symposium) collocated with TMS 2022 in Anaheim, California on February 27–March 3; and 3) “Digitalization and Innovation for Steel Industry” at the SSAB Americas Strategy Summit in Rosemont, Illinois, on February 28 – March 1, 2022.

  • March 18, 2022

    CIVS Highlighed at AIST Digital Transformation Forum 2022

    CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth and Senior Research Scientist John (Jack) Moreland presented the CIVS’s latest Digital Twin and VR/AR Projects at AIST Digital Transformation Forum 2022 which was held in the Westin Downtown Indianapolis on March 14th -16th,2022. This event is organized by AIST’s Electrical Applications/Sensors Subcommittee and Digitalization Applications Technology Committees.

  • March 17, 2022

    NSF RET Teachers Influenced Students with the Research Experience at CIVS

    Five physics students from Bishop Noll High School came to see CIVS on Thursday, March 10, with their teacher Mrs. Mary Koster, who participated in the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Summer Research Experience for Teachers (RET).

  • March 17, 2022

    “Smart Ladle” Won AIST Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award

    AIST Board of Directors awarded CIVS Staff and Students 2022 Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award – third place (AIME) for the paper entitled “Smart Ladle: Al-Based Tool for Optimizing Casting Temperature.”

  • March 15, 2022

    CIVS Students Recognized at AIST Midwest Chapter March Meeting

    Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Midwest Chapter Dinner meeting was held on March 8th, 2022 at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville, Indiana with around 300 attendees from local industry.

  • March 10, 2022

    11 CIVS Students Received PNW Undergraduate Research Grant

    Congratulations to all CIVS Senior Design teams for receiving the PNW Undergraduate Research Grant in March 2022!

  • March 7, 2022

    Digital Twin Project Team Visited Burns Harbor

    On February 25, 2022, Kyle Toth, CIVS Senior Research Engineer, Aleeha Zafar, CIVS Graduate Assistant, and Yifan Fei, CIVS Senior Design student visited the Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor Casting Operations.

  • March 2, 2022

    Dr. Haibo Ma Started His Career at SSAB Americas

    Congratulations to Dr. Haibo Ma, who joined SSAB Americas as a Research Engineer – Casting on March 1, 2022. CIVS hosted a celebratory party for Dr. Ma on February 25 to congratulate him, all CIVS students and staff attended the party and sent their best wishes to Haibo.