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August 18, 2023
SMSVC Welcomes New Member: Bloom Engineering
Bloom Engineering is officially a new member of the Steel Manufacturing Simulation & Visualization Consortium (SMSVC).
August 15, 2023
2023 NSF RET Summer Program Successfully Completed
On July 20, the Research Experience for Teachers Summer session concluded with the RET Teacher Ceremony
August 14, 2023
H2 Combustion Presented at SHTC 2023
Senior Research Engineer, Nicholas Walla presented at the Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2023 held in Washington DC, on July 10-12, 2023.
August 11, 2023
CIVS Demonstration at ArcelorMittal’s Global Health and Safety Day
On April 28, ArcelorMittal’s Global Health and Safety Day events included a demonstration of a CIVS virtual reality (VR) simulator that lets users experience fire safety scenarios. This simulator includes a real site and scenarios in a virtual environment. It implements the industry standard PASS method (Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the flame, Squeeze the lever, Sweep back and forth) to extinguish a virtual fire.
August 11, 2023
CIVS Presents Steel Research Results at METEC
CIVS attended the European Steel Technology and Application Days (ESTAD) conference in Dusseldorf, Germany to present exciting new results in steel research. The 6th European Steel Technology and Application Days (ESTAD) 2023 ran in parallel with the METEC Trade Fair.
August 10, 2023
Student Success Story: John Rosser
Former CIVS graduate research assistant John Rosser, joined Raytheon Technologies in Tucson, Arizona as a Systems Engineer II.
August 4, 2023
NSF RET Teachers Program Presented at ASEE National Conference
CIVS Researcher John Moreland presented at the annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Baltimore, MD on June 28. The research poster focused on the 2022-23 year of the ongoing "Research Experiences for Teachers" program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
July 18, 2023
U. S. Steel Visits CIVS to Trial New Crane Simulator For Operator Training
Representatives from United States Steel Gary Works visited CIVS for a demonstration of the ongoing crane training simulator project in June.
July 5, 2023
$7M IVBF Project Highlighted in DOE Review Meeting & Approved for Phase II
CIVS was selected to provide one of two oral presentations to U.S. Department of Energy peer reviewers on the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office’s ongoing efforts in steelmaking research. Project PI, Research Associate Professor Tyamo Okosun, traveled to Washington D.C. on May 17th, 2023, to summarize efforts and activities in the $7M Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace project during performance period #1.
June 27, 2023
CIVS Research Engineer Elected AIST Safety Committee Vice Chair
Kyle Toth, Senior Research Engineer at CIVS, was elected Vice Chair of the Safety and Health Technology Committee during the committee’s meeting at AISTech2023.