October 20, 2005 — The Viterbi School of Engineering celebrated its centennial in parallel
with USC's Festival 125 in October. Engineering activities included
technology demonstrations, special lectures, exhibits and Oktoberfest before the Trojan-Arizona Wildcats football game.
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The “Hands Off” physical therapy assistant robot is designed to help nurses care for cardiac patients. |
Explore, invent, have fun was the mantra for USC’s Festival 125 anniversary celebration in the pavilion. |
A Viterbi School's Expression Synthesis Project (ESP), lets users “drive" a
piece of music, using a wheel and foot controls. The interface was
designed by Elaine Chew of the Epstein Industrial and Systems Engineering Department . |
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USC’s Formula SAE team and its 2005 entry placed 36 out of
140 in this year’s national competition and was on display in the engineering quad. |
The Viterbi School
Admission and Student Affairs Office hosted a breakfast for
parents, faculty and staff attending Festival 125 festivities. |
Kevin Jones, left, sends
commands via his laptop to a robotic submarine navigating rough waters
in Archimedes fountain during Festival 125 activities. |
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Demonstrations in the pavilion
attracted a crowd and kept visitors glued to computer screens and
technology demos during USC’s anniversary festival.
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Stephan Themis, a graduate
student in electrical engineering, watches a 360-degree panoramic video
of a USC football half time, shown on the
Integrated
Media
System
Center’s five-screen experimental panochamber. |
Panayiotis Georgiou explains the Transonics Spoken Dialog Translator, which turns a
doctor's spoken English questions into spoken Persian.
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A Trojan mom gives a roaming photographer the ‘V’ for victory during the
Viterbi
School’s Oktoberfest, a few hours before the USC Trojan-Arizona Wildcats football game.
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Festival 125 students and
friends program a robo-chopper, built in the Robotic Embedded Systems
Lab, to fly, hover and land without human intervention.
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Engineering students on an aero design team explain their design to inquisitive onlookers during Festival 125 activities in the
Viterbi
School engineering quad.
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Tiny robots, no bigger than the palm of your hand, can communicate
with each other and work as a team to solve problems. The
demonstration was part of a centennial celebration in Tutor Hall.
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A youngster ‘drives’ a
piece of music, tying to stay on the road with a twist of the steering
wheel, using Elaine Chew’s Expression Synthesis Project interface.
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Photos by Irene Fertik and USC!
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