USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Viterbi Newswire 7/19/10

July 19, 2010

The Viterbi Newswire is a digest of recent USC Viterbi School of Engineering news stories. For a complete listing of recent news and events visit the Viterbi Website

	TOP STORIES Andrew Viterbi receives IEEE Medal of Honor Alan Willner elected to United Kingdom Royal Academy of Engineering Barry Boehm receives IEEE Simon Ramo Medal Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) gives $500,000 gift to Viterbi honoring Ken Dahlberg
	FACULTY HONORS Iraj Ershaghi receives Society of Petroleum Engineers John Franklin Carll Medal Najmedin Meshkati appointed to NAE/National Research Council "Top Engineer" group to probe oil spill ISI cyberdefense specialist Terry Benzel honored by IEEE peers
	RESEARCH Engineering and Theatre faculty partner to develop science around human behavior Chongwu Zhou lab creating solar cells that can be printed onto fabric HP Labs will support Gérard Medioni's facial expression recognition technology
	STUDENTS Grad students win $100,000 Qualcomm grant to model non-neuron brain functions Mork Department's Marjan Jamshidi wins best paper prize for cleaner extraction of methane from coalbeds CS undergrads build electronic aids to help people with special needs ride buses and shop FAA honors Capstone student voice-recognition system to aid air controllers
	EVENTS Barbara Myers hailed at retirement gathering honoring years of brilliant service to Viterbi School USC Chinese students meet with Chinese and U.S. Diplomats and Experts in D.C.
	IN THE NEWS Michelle Povinelli's work on optic switching profiled in Technology Review Daniel Feil-Seifer/Maja Mataric's Bandit robot pictured on New York Times front page Diesel Power magazine focuses on Viterbi initiative for cleaner ship emissions ISI translation expert Kevin Knight turns computer tools on ancient texts Cognitive radio adds intelligence to wireless technology, says ISI's Preston Marshall