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  • Congressman Peter Visclosky Tours CIVS

    February 14, 2020

    Congressman Pete Visclosky Returns to CIVS

    Purdue Northwest made an investment — over a decade ago — and has built on it.” – Congressman Pete Visclosky

  • A small group of individuals in rows stand together in a conference room

    February 14, 2020

    PNW Hosts ASM Trustee Night

    On Thursday February 13th, Purdue University Northwest hosted the ASM Trustee Night in Hammond, Indiana. Dr. Raymond V. Fryan was the keynote speaker during the dinner. He spoke on, “How Materials Information and Design Integrates with Manufacturing”.

  • A person wearing reflective goggles looks at a blast furnace simulation

    February 13, 2020

    NIPSCO Representatives Visit CIVS

    Vice President of Safety Technology at NIPSCO, Russ Viater visited CIVS on Wednesday, February 12th. The purpose of his appointment was for reviewing the virtual safety training simulators and discuss they might be potentially used at NIPSCO.

  • February 12, 2020

    PNW Students Network at AIST Dinner

    Students from CIVS and the Purdue Northwest attended the monthly AIST Dinner Meeting held at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville, Indiana, on Tuesday, February 11, 2020

  • CIVS researchers stand in a row in the visualization lab holding different types of VR headsets

    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.

  • Visitors participates in hands-on experiences of AR & VR projects in the visualization lab. Participants are standing while holding VR goggles.

    February 5, 2020

    ArcelorMittal Visits CIVS

    Safety personnel from ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor visited CIVS on Monday, Feburary 3 to try out virtual safety training simulators and discuss they might be potentially used at Indiana Harbor.

  • Visitors participates in hands-on experiences of AR & VR projects in the visualization lab. Participants are standing while holding VR goggles.

    February 3, 2020

    Safety personnel from ArcelorMittal Visit CIVS

    Safety personnel from ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor visited CIVS on February 3rd to learn about virtual safety training simulators that are being developed through the Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium […]

  • logo: NSF: National Science Foundation

    January 28, 2020

    First NSF RET Site in Northwest Indiana

    A Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site will be established at Purdue University Northwest (PNW)’s Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) and Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC). 

  • A large group of Boy Scouts in uniform stand together in rows in front of the Immersive Theater at CIVS

    January 27, 2020

    CIVS Demos for Boy Scouts and NWI Middle School Students

    CIVS students Joel Godinez and Lei Zhou gave a walk through to Boy Scout Troop 276 on January 21st. Joel discussed simulation and visualization and how they can be used together to solve real world problems in a PowerPoint presentation.