Viterbi Newswire 4/26/11

TOP STORIES

• Orna Berry, Ronald Tutor and Chengyu Fu honored at 33rd Viterbi Awards Banquet
• Inaugural Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition Ends with a Spectacular Finale
• Viterbi School honored by Mellon Foundation Grant for Culture of Mentoring

RESEARCH

• Constantinos Sioutas measuring particulate smog effects on mouse brain tissue
• Milind Tambe TEAMCORE makes Coast Guard patrol schedules unpredictable
• Massoud Dessouky working with California growers to engineer fresher flowers
• Metrolink partners with USC Engineering faculty for rail safety

FACULTY HONORS

• Dorit Hochbaum installed in Epstein Family chair
• Yannis Yortsos elected to Engineering Deans Council Executive Board
• James Moore and Massoud Dessouky METRANS achievements recognized

EVENTS

• Commencement 2011: Elon Musk to address undergrads, William Wang grads
• Costas Synolakis' tsunami team and Naj Meshkati brief press after Japan catastrophe
• High school students come to USC for MESA math and science day
• Viterbi students take top honors at AIAA regional competition, will go to nationals

IN THE NEWS

• PE Magazine feature on NAE Grand Challenges quotes Yortsos and fellow engineering deans
• Naj Meshkati on Japan reactor issues AND Costas Synolakis on tsunami aftermath
• L.A. Weekly profiles Viterbi School 'bots in photo coverage of National Robot Week