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December 16, 2025
CIVS Students and Staff Attend AIST Kick-off and Monthly Dinners
CIVS students and staff attended AIST Midwest Chapter dinners for their Kickoff event and Young Steel Professionals Night.
December 16, 2025
Tyamo Okosun Delivered a Keynote at PNW Order of the Engineer Ceremony
Around 100 students and parents attended a keynote from Ty Okosun, Ph.D. at a ceremony for the PNW's Order of the Engineer on December 11. He highlighted engineering as a field defined by problem-solving, integrity, and collaboration that will have a lasting impact on society. He also encouraged new engineers to use their skills ethically to help shape a better future.
December 16, 2025
Student Success Story: Qingyun Pu
Congratulations to CIVS RA Qingyun Pu, who will receive her MSCS degree (thesis option) in December 2025. She successfully defended her thesis “Human-In-The-Loop Digital Twins for Industrial Safety and Process Understanding: Integrating Visual Analytics, Immersive Training, and LLM-Based Incident Structuring”.
December 16, 2025
Distinguished Speakers Present at CIVS Seminars
CIVS hosted four Distinguished Speaker Seminars in the areas of AI, 3-D printing, & casting, presenting to PNW and CIVS students, faculty, and staff. The speakers were 1) Rudolf Moravec from U. S. Steel, 2) Shafkat Islam, PNW Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 3) Sumedh Sharma, PNW Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, and 4) Yang Ni, PNW Assistant Professor of Computer Science.
December 16, 2025
Purdue’s Executive Vice President for Research & Leadership Have Productive Visit to CIVS & PNW
On December 3, CIVS welcomed Purdue’s Executive Vice President for Research Dan DeLaurentis, Chief Program Development Officer Lawrence Buja, Associate Vice President of Research Integrity, Compliance & Care, Research Integrity Officer Jamie Mohler, and Associate Vice President, Sponsored Program Services, Senior Intellectual Property Officer Ken Sandel. CIVS’s Journey in Smart Manufacturing and effective structure of the steel consortium SMSVC were highlighted, followed by demos and discussions of multiple CIVS & SMVC projects for the steel industry, workforce development, and safety.
December 15, 2025
Purdue Northwest’s Roberts Impact Lab to start hosting innovation and research initiatives in 2026
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) leaders look forward to opportunities for innovation and workforce development enterprises to begin in 2026 at the university’s highly anticipated Roberts Impact Lab.
December 12, 2025
CIVS hosted five AIST events this fall; Rolls Technology Committee, Cranes Committee, Safety & Health Committee, Ironmaking Committee, and AIST Student Programs Presentations
December 9, 2025
Nucor CFD Experts Have Successful Visit to CIVS
CIVS was pleased to welcome Mark Davis, Rod Dry, and Eugene Pretorious from Nucor during the first two weeks of September. Mark, a CFD expert, and Rod, a process specialist, traveled from Perth, Australia, where they are actively engaged in Nucor’s HIsarna work.
December 9, 2025
BP Representatives had Successful Visit to CIVS
Three leadership members from BP had a successful visit to CIVS on October 3. The group spent time in the CIVS Immersive Theater to review past projects in partnership with BP.
December 9, 2025
CIVS Director Presents in Panel on AI’s Impact on the Steel Industry at AIST Leadership Conference
On November 19, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou participated in a panel discussion titled “Forging the Future: AI’s Impact on the Steel Industry — Realities, Trends and Lessons Learned” at the AIST Leadership Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Dr. Zhou highlighted the critical role of academia–industry partnerships and emphasized the value of integrating AI with other advanced digital technologies.