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May 28, 2020
CIVS Presents Webinar Series to Die Casting Industry
CIVS researchers Kyle Toth and John “Jack” Moreland will present a series of webinars to members of the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) on June 2 & 3. The series is titled "Advanced Visualization Technology Used in Manufacturing", and will cover how Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and 360-degree Videos are being utilized to advance manufacturing industries. Training, maintenance, and process improvements can all benefit from these tools.
August 11, 2020
Congratulation to CIVS Graduate: Justin Heffron
Congratulations to Justin Heffron, former graduate research assistant CIVS of 3 1/2 years! He has just completed his M.S. in Computer Graphic Technology from Purdue West Lafayette this passing Spring 2020 semester.
April 3, 2020
CIVS Featured on Lakeshore PBS
CIVS was featured the eleventh episode of the first season of Friends & Neighbors on Lakeshore PBS. Friends & Neighbors is a half-hour long program that explores the diverse set of lives and workplaces […]
April 3, 2020
Purdue, PNW, CES and SOE Announcements on Dr. Zhou being the NIPSCO Distinguished Professor
Purdue University Northwest and Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) announced that NIPSCO has created an endowment to establish a professorship in Engineering Simulation. Dr. Chenn Zhou will be the first to serve in the newly endowed position.
June 6, 2018
Purdue University Northwest’s CIVS surpasses expectations for local manufacturer
Research partnership with Dwyer Instruments generates solution in less than three months.
February 17, 2020
Oak Forest and Hillcrest High Tour CIVS
CIVS welcomed Oak Forest and Hillcrest High Schools on February 14 for presentations on simulation and visualization.
April 1, 2020
CIVS Student Researchers at TMS 2020
CIVS Graduate Research Students John Resa and Edwin Mosquera attended TMS 2020 in San Diego in February. John presented his research paper on “Analysis of Solidification and Thermal-Mechanical Behaviors in […]
April 1, 2020
Record Number of Member Companies attend SMSVC Annual Meeting
The Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC) held its Fall Semi-Annual Meeting at PNW’s CIVS facilities on November 13-14, 2019. More than 65 attendees, including SMSVC members and CIVS […]
April 2, 2020
CIVS Participates in the PNW Rotary World Affairs Conference
On Feb 28th, approximately 200 High School Students from Northwest Indiana attended the Rotary World Affairs Conference hosted at PNW. CIVS was chosen as one of three locations on campus […]
February 7, 2020
CIVS Visited by Cleveland Cliffs
Director of Safety and Loss Control, Bryan Baird CMSP from (SMSVC Member) visited CIVS on Tuesday, January 28th to try out virtual safety training simulators and discuss they might be potentially used at Indiana Harbor.
