Eighteen interns from all over the U.S. spending the summer doing individual research with Viterbi School professors reported on their research.

The Viterbi summer intern program brings undergraduate students to USC on the basis of competitive applications, and this year attracted a strong group from numerous elite institutions, along with current USC students. "Many of these students return to the Viterbi School as grad students," said Associate Dean for Doctoral Programs  Margery Berti.

The intensive work with Viterbi professors in many departments led to tangible reseearch results, presented in an intense session attended by deans Berti and Raghu Raghavendra, along with program facilitator Tracy Charles.

Seated, from left: David Chartash, U of Western Ontario, Prof. Krishna Nayak, "Assessment of Tissue Blood Flow in Humans Using Arterial Spin Labelled Magnettic Resonance Imaging;" Thomas Cummins, USC, Prof. Chongwu Zhou, "Microfluidic-Microfilter Device Integration;" Devraj Dasgupta, George Mason, Prof. Krishna Nayak, "Optimization of Echo Times in Fat-Water MRI;" Collin Edington, Carnegie Mellon, Prof Tzung Hsiai, "Implementation of Electro-Impedance Spectroscopy for the Detection of Atherosclerosis:" Matthew Fedynyshyn, USC , Prof Murali Annavaram "The KNOWME Project;" Jenna Kelleher, U.C. Berkeley, Prof. Tzung Hsiai, "Development of a 3-Sensor Polymer System for Fluid Shear Stress Analysis;" Brian Kim, Duke, Prof Ellis Meng, "An Exploration and Characterization of the Measurement of Impedance of Liquids in Microdevices;" Jason Kim, Northwestern, Prof. Ellis Meng, "Canula Material Testing for the Implantable Drug Delivery Device;" Joshua Lee, USC, Prof Murali Annavaram, "Reorganizing Processors Internal Memory Structures for Improved Power and Performance Behavior"

Standing, from left; Garrett Marcotte, Princeton, Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme, "Robot Sensor Networks with Compressed Sensing;" Mrinal Pahwa, U Minnesota-Twin Cities,  Prof Ellis Meng , "Theoretical Modeling of Impedance of Liquids in MEMS Devices;" Aadarsh Patel, USC, Prof. Michael Zyda , COSMOPOLIS-Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) Social and Cultural Model Embedding Technologies;"   Cauligi "Raghu" Raghavendra, Viterbi School Associate Dean for Strategic Inititatives; Sabrina Porter, Carnegie Mellon, Prof. Jean-Pierre Bardet, "A Review of Risk Strategies for Megacities;" Jose Andres Sanchez, M.I.T., Prof. Jean-Pierre Bardet, "Synthetic Sporting Surfaces;" Jordan Talia, U Michigan Ann Arbor, Prof Ellis Meng, "Modeling the Rabbit and Rat Eye for use in Intraocular Drug Delivery;" Nan Wang, U.C. Berkeley, Prof. Amy Rechenmacher, "Evolution of Force Chains in Shear Bands in Sands Grain-scale processes;" Sky Wang, U.C. Berkeley, Prof. Tzung Hsiai, "Investigation of the role of shear stress and calcification in plaque vulnerability;" Christopher Wolla, Clemson, Prof. Tzung Hsiai,  "Electrocardiographic Characterization of Embryonic Zebrafish and Neonatal Mice;" Tracy Charles. Viterbi School Doctoral Programs Coordinator and Summer intern facilitor.