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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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. 

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  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.

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  March 12, 2025

  CIVS Senior Research Scientist Presents VR-FUTURES Project at NWI Child Trauma Summit

  On February 28, CIVS Senior Research Engineer John “Jack” Moreland presented work on the VR-FUTURES project in a workshop at the NWI Child Trauma Summit at PNW’s Westville campus. The project title is short for “Virtual Reality For Understanding Trauma and Utilizing Regulation When Experiencing Stress” and provides a tool for clinicians to use when working with youth who have been affected by ACEs (adverse childhood experiences).

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  April 14, 2025

  CIVS Staff and Industry Collaborator Present Keynote at AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner

  On April 8, CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth, CIVS Senior Research Scientist Jack Morelalnd, and Steel North Trainer, U.S. Steel, Jeffrey Maxfield delivered the Keynote Presentation at the April AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner at Avalon Manor in Merrillville.

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  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”.

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  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”.

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  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.