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July 25, 2008
Undergraduate engineering students fulfill course requirements while getting a taste of Rome's timelessness, turbulent history and engineering marvels in overseas study program.
Hsieh Professor and Collaborators Win IEEE Award for Sensornet Algorithm
July 24, 2008
Professor P. Vijay Kumar's EE-Systems team took the best paper prize at a recent conference on Distributed Computing Systems.
ISI To Play $1.5 Million Role in NIH Genetic Epidemiology Initiative
July 17, 2008
A team from the Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute will structure data to allow health scientists to quickly and consistently test hypotheses.
Robot Interaction May Help Children With Autism
July 16, 2008
Viterbi School studies document that kids with ASD are attracted to and interact with robots; creation of therapy tools is next step.
High Marks for USC-IIT Kharagpur Exchange Program
July 16, 2008
Students in this year's USC-IIT Kharagpur summer exchange program said the hands-on work was valuable and, in some cases, helped them decide whether to pursue an advanced degree.
Following in Galileo's Footsteps
July 11, 2008
The Viterbi School's summer MESA science-mathematics-physics institute brings the laws of gravity, motion and celestial orbits into focus for middle and high school teachers.
Nine Faculty Will Join Viterbi School of Engineering
July 10, 2008
Newly appointed faculty in electrical engineering, chemical and materials science, astronautics and civil engineering will join the professorial ranks beginning this fall.
Viterbi School Signs Unique Accelerated M.S.
July 04, 2008
As many as five outstanding seniors studying electrical or biomedical engineering at the San Luis Obispo college will this fall be able to speed their paths to USC MS degrees through the new Viterbi Integrated Masters of Science Program
Epstein School Scholar Puts O.R. Tools to Work on Music
June 30, 2008
In a new paper called "Math and Music: The Perfect Match," pianist/computational engineer Elaine Chew proposes applications of the increasingly powerful discipline of Operations Research to the ancient art of pitched and rhythmic sound.
Viterbi AME Faculty Member Is Pioneer Award Winner in New NSF Program
June 26, 2008
Andrea Hodge has received a $175,000 two-year grant to carry on advanced research in a sophisticated manufacturing process used to coat targets with thin films of various materials.
USC HPCC Supercomputer Ranks in U.S. Top 10
June 25, 2008
Viterbi contributes expertise and leadership to the university's High Performance Computing Center
Airbus Research Projects Take Flight
June 24, 2008
The Aerospace Institute for Engineering Research has embarked on three ambitious, collaborative aerospace research projects that could benefit commercial aviation worldwide.
Hsieh Professor Wins ASEE Terman Award
June 22, 2008
Keith Chugg's prize honors his achievements in textbook writing, teaching, research and student guidance
Designing a Safe Light Rail Crossing
June 20, 2008
An industrial and systems engineering student will examine the safety issues involved in the design of a new Expo Light Rail crossing near Dorsey High School.
BMES Organizes $200K Biomed R&D Challenge
June 19, 2008
Research center's business director brings together Army, industry, academia and a foundation to create a lab-bench-to-marketplace competition judged by a blue-ribbon panel
MySpace Looks to USC to Help Servers Keep Up with Users
June 18, 2008
How do you keep a potential half-billion social networkers current? A Viterbi School expert tackles the growth problems of one of the world's largest computing systems.
Prominent Viterbi Emeritus Keynotes Systems-of-Systems Conference
June 17, 2008
George Bekey drew on his vast experience in a wide range of engineering disciplines in his speech at the recent IEEE SOSE conference in Monterey, California
Charles L. Weber Appointed Professor Emeritus
June 17, 2008
A distinguished radar and communications technologist in the Ming Hsieh Department has been appointed professor emeritus in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the field.
2008 Millennium Technology Laureate Andrew J. Viterbi Feted in Finland
June 12, 2008
Nikias, Yortsos and Golomb journey with him to Helsinki to be part of events honoring the School's namesake and three illustrious colleagues.
Langdon Wins Honors from Both European and Chinese Academies
June 12, 2008
Terence G. Langdon has won a 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Material Science from the European Academy of Sciences, and will deliver the Lee Hsun Lecture at a Chinese Academy Institute of Materials Science