USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Viterbi Newswire 2/10/09

February 10, 2009

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SPECIAL EVENT REMINDER Viterbi School co-hosting NAE Grand Challenges Summit March 2-3
	TOP STORIES George Olah and Robert Scholtz elected to NAE; second year in a row in which two USC faculty members attain the honor. Carl Kesselman awarded $22.2M NIH National BioMedical Informatics contract
	RESEARCH Terry Benzel’s ISI DETER team to work on DARPA National Cyber Range Alice Parker co-leads NSF-funded Synthetic Brain 3D neural testbed study ISI East’s Brian Schott helping small manufacturers use sophisticated high performance computing design tools.
	FACULTY HONORS ACM names Craig Knoblock and Massoud Pedram 2008 "Distinguished Members" IEEE names three Viterbi School faculty members as fellows, four as senior members Sanjit Mitra wins Athanasios Papoulis Award for excellence in engineering education Terry Langdon named 'Most Cited' author for 2005-2008 by Progress in Materials Science journal. Fokion Egolfopoulos new editor-in-chief of Combustion and Flame trade journal Viktor Prasanna receives Penn State “Outstanding Alumnus" award IEEE Region 6 honors Peter Beerel as “2008 Outstanding Engineer” PhD Candidate Weiqiang Wang wins ‘Best Poster’ prize
	UNDERGRADUATES Engineers Without Borders Honduras water project nears milestone Viterbi School students win Women’s Transportation Seminar scholarships
	EVENTS Fred Browand feted for 41 years of AME excellence at retirement gathering Five Viterbi School alumnae share workplace experiences with current students Plaque honoring Ming Hsieh Department namesake unveiled. Theodore Tsotsis invited speaker at University of Houston's Luss Lectures
	IN THE NEWS “From Immigrant to Bioengineer:” Francisco Valero-Cuevas interviewed in La Opinión. CNN Highlights Gerald Loeb's hand research Viterbi School grad students develop bestselling iPhone application Najmedin Meshkati and former student speak out on L.A. Light Rail design safety

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