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August 15, 2025
CIVS Welcomes New Post-Doctoral Research Associate
CIVS is pleased to welcome Prasanth P. Nair as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate.
August 13, 2025
EAF Research Receives AIST Sustainable Technologies for Steel Manufacturing Grant
Congratulations to CIVS Research Scientist, Orlando Ugarte, on receiving the AIST Foundation Sustainable Technologies for Steel Manufacturing (STSM) Grant as PI. The project is titled “Advancing Supersonic Injection of Oxygen and Soft-Oxidizers for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Industrial-Scale EAFs”. Co-PIs include CIVS Director Chenn Zhou and CIVS Associate Director for Research Ty Okosun. Industry collaborators include Manager of Steelmaking Technology at Nucor, Eugene Pretorius and R&D Associate Director, Metals Applications at Linde, Joe Maiolo.
August 8, 2025
CIVS Welcomes New Post-Doctoral Research Associate
CIVS welcomes new Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mario Herrera-Ortega.
August 8, 2025
CIVS Staff and Students Visit SDI Butler for Collaboration Project
CIVS students and staff had two separate visits to SDI Butler in July to take videos of different processes to use for a virtual tour for recruiting and education for K-12 students.
August 5, 2025
Crane Safety Featured in August Issue of Iron & Steel Technology
CIVS project “Crane Monitoring for Meltshop Safety: A Collaborative Study on Load Detection and Position Tracking” is featured in August’s Issue of Iron & Steel Technology. Authors include CIVS Senior Research Engineer and AIST Safety & Health Committee Chair Kyle Toth, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Monika Singhal, CIVS Graduate Research Assistant Jay Polra, CIVS Director Chenn Zhou, Steel Dynamics Quality Manager Chase Ault, Steel Dynamics Safety Coordinator Garrett Page, and Steel Dynamics Plant Manager Conrad Fisher.
July 24, 2025
On July 14, ASM Materials Camp for Teachers had a great time at CIVS to explore new digital technologies and their applications in industries and education.
July 23, 2025
Chancellor’s Advisory Board Visits CIVS
On June 13, CIVS welcomed PNW’s Chancellor’s Advisory Board.
July 23, 2025
CIVS Hydrogen Research Presented at ASME Summer Heat Transfer
On July 8-10, CIVS Associate Director for Operations Armin Silaen presented “Numerical Investigation of Hydrogen Fuel in Steel Reheating Furnace” at the ASME 2025 Summer Heat Transfer Conference in Westminster, CO.
July 23, 2025
CIVS Hosts Representatives from Merrillville School Corporation
On July 16, representatives from Merrillville Community School’s technology department and Superintendent visited CIVS.
July 17, 2025
Cleveland-Cliffs Managers Have Successful Visit to CIVS
Eight Managers from Cleveland Cliffs visited CIVS on June 11. The group, led by Stephen Palmer (Enterprise Director of Engineering), spent several hours to thoroughly review past and current projects conducted at CIVS & and Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC). The topics covered Blast Furnace, DRI, EAF, Ladle, Reheating Furnace, Casting, Safety including AI Hazard Recognition, Crane Training, and other VR & AR simulators.