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  • June 30, 2021

    Local Teens Learn VR and Simulation at Engineering Camp

    Over 40 teens from around Northwest Indiana visited CIVS in June as part of Purdue Northwest’s Mechanical and Civil Engineering 2021 Summer Camp. While at CIVS, the students learned about […]

  • June 29, 2021

    CIVS Students Won Three AIST Student Contest Awards

    CIVS research students won three out of six contest awards. Congratulations to the following students! Graduate Student Poster Contest: First place: Vitalis Anisiuba, Numerical Investigation of Air-Mist Spray Cooling and […]

  • June 24, 2021

    CIVS Kicks off Three New Research Projects

    Three new CIVS projects recently kicked off with the SMSVC members. First, long-time CIVS partner and SMSVC member company Stelco met with CIVS researchers on June 2nd to kick off […]

  • June 24, 2021

    Promotion of Dr. Tyamo Okosun Dr. Armin Silaen

    Congratulations to Dr. Armin Silaen and Dr. Tyamo Okosun for being promoted from Senior Research Engineer to Research Associate Professors at Purdue Northwest University. Dr. Armin K. Silaen joined CIVS […]

  • June 24, 2021

    Invited Talk: SSAB R&D Monthly Seminar Series

    CIVS Director Dr. Chenn Zhou was invited to present virtually at the SSAB R&D Monthly Seminar Series on June 23rd.  Her presentation title is “Application of Simulation and Visualization in […]

  • 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.

  • June 20, 2021

    Cleveland Cliffs Gift Enables Cutting Edge Student Research

    The Cleveland Cliffs Campus Partnership Program gifted CIVS with funds to purchase cutting-edge simulation and visualization hardware for student researchers to develop projects related to the steel industry and smart […]

  • June 16, 2021

    Presentation: Oxygen-Enrichment in a Reheat Furnace at ASME SHTC 2021

    CIVS researcher Dr. ArminSilaen presented the research paper titled “Reduction of Fuel Utilization through Oxygen-Enriched Combustion in a Pusher-Type Reheat Furnace” at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Virtual conference on […]

  • June 14, 2021

    NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Welcomed for Six Week Summer Program at CIVS

    Welcome NSF RET teachers! The opening ceremony for the high school and community college teacher’s summer program was held at the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) immersive […]

  • June 10, 2021

    Presentation: Virtual Reality Die Casting at NADCA Meeting

    CIVS Researcher John “Jack” Moreland presented at the North American Die Casting Association’s (NADCXA) R&D meeting on June 10 at Arlington Heights, IL. The presentation included the latest progress of […]