Looks like the Purdue University Calumet will be getting some nice upgrades at the Center for Innovation through Visualization & Simulations (CIVS), courtesy of a $50k award from BP. Planned for equipment acquisition and activity development, they’ll be merging simulations with 3d visualization and VR techniques.
“Over the years, Purdue Calumet and BP have collaborated in technology development in ways that improve the quality of life in our region,” Purdue Calumet Chancellor Howard Cohen said. “This gift, for which we are extremely appreciative, will enable us, through our CIVS facility, to build on our capability for responding to challenges in ways that benefit our region.”
Some will say that this is just BP trying to ‘repair’ their image after the Gulf disaster, but anything to bring more visualization support to the issue would be welcome. And who knows, maybe this will help prevent a sequel:
As a CIVS supporter, BP has benefited from the facility’s capabilities. In fact, Purdue Calumet faculty and students and BP research and design engineers have used CIVS computational fluid dynamics modeling to address corrosion and other concerns at BP’s Whiting refinery.
