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<title>02-10-2012 Timing is Everything:  How to Manage Your Schedule </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7859</link>
<description><![CDATA[This workshop will help students identify obstacles to good time management, and to develop time management skills and strategies for Spring 2012.  Lunch will be provided.  

RSVP here: https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/SID=SV_cXVvjlp9YLwBQb2

For more info: e-mail viterbi.ced@usc.edu 
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<title>02-10-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7496</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Stephen L. Durden, Principal Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes

Abstract: Dr. Stephen Durden, Principal Engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present "Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>02-14-2012 University Grad Fair </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8123</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grad Fair is your one-stop way to get all the information you need about Commencement. All soon-to-be graduates are encouraged to stop by Grad Fair for answers to questions, or to purchase Commencement-related products. Students will have the opportunity to pre-order caps, gowns, stoles, flowers and DVDs.

This year's Grad Fair is bigger than ever before - the USC Bookstore will be hosting a blowout sale in the ballroom, so all Trojans are encouraged to stop by! ]]></description>
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<title>02-14-2012 Albert Dorman Distinguished Lecture Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7438</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jared L. Cohon, President of Carnegie Mellon University, will be speaking about “The Hidden Costs of Energy.” Last year, Dr. Cohon chaired the U.S. National Academies’ Committee that produced the report, “The Hidden Costs of Energy” (The National Academies Press, 2010).  Using the most advanced economic methodology and the best available data, the Committee estimated a lower bound of $120 billion per year in non-climate damages to Americans from producing and using energy in America.  Taking into account impacts of climate change would conservatively double this number.  Furthermore, this was just damages to Americans from energy use in America, and the estimate did not include a wide range of ecological and other impacts.  The world is incurring enormous uncompensated and largely unrecognized damages from its production, distribution and use of energy.  

Dr. Cohon believes that sustainability in energy or anything else will not and cannot be attained until external effects are internalized.  Doing so is relatively straightforward in a conceptual sense, with taxes or other policy measures.  He doesn’t know of a single economist who would dispute this; but, he also doesn’t know of a single Republican member of Congress and relatively few Democrats who would publicly support a carbon tax or cap and trade.  We clearly have a political and governance problem or at least a disconnect between what we know to be correct and what we’re able to achieve in national policy.

The lecture series honors Albert Dorman, an architect and civil engineer who is a USC alumnus and the founding chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation. He is the first person to become both a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the winner of the ASCE Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Leadership.

Please RSVP to http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/specialevents/esvp/index.php
(event code 2012) by January 25, 2012
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<title>02-15-2012 University Grad Fair </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8124</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grad Fair is your one-stop way to get all the information you need about Commencement. All soon-to-be graduates are encouraged to stop by Grad Fair for answers to questions, or to purchase Commencement-related products. Students will have the opportunity to pre-order caps, gowns, stoles, flowers and DVDs.

This year's Grad Fair is bigger than ever before - the USC Bookstore will be hosting a blowout sale in the ballroom, so all Trojans are encouraged to stop by! ]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 BRIGHTIDEAS 2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8109</link>
<description><![CDATA[Do you thrive under pressure?  
Have you always wanted to be a reality show contestant? 
Do you watch Project Runway?  Top Chef? The Apprentice? Iron Chef?
Do you have 2 hours free at 6 pm on Wednesday, February 15th to compete for $100?

Sounds like you’re up for the challenge! 

Join us Wednesday, February 15th from 6-8 pm for BRIGHTIDEAS 2012, an interactive research presentation competition.  No preparation or research experience required just an adventurous, competitive spirit.

Upon check in at 6 pm, you’ll grab your free dinner, be assigned a group, and given a research topic.  You and your group will have 1 hour to create a Powerpoint presentation.  You’ll present to a small panel of judges and the winning group will be announced at Viterbi E-Week Kick Off Carnival sponsored by Cisco on the E-quad from 1-3 pm on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012.

Register before midnight Sunday, February 12th here: https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1LEoe9dyZGkLWOE

Questions? E-mail viterbi.ced@usc.edu 
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<title>02-16-2012 University Grad Fair </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8125</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grad Fair is your one-stop way to get all the information you need about Commencement. All soon-to-be graduates are encouraged to stop by Grad Fair for answers to questions, or to purchase Commencement-related products. Students will have the opportunity to pre-order caps, gowns, stoles, flowers and DVDs.

This year's Grad Fair is bigger than ever before - the USC Bookstore will be hosting a blowout sale in the ballroom, so all Trojans are encouraged to stop by! ]]></description>
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<title>02-17-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out? </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7560</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Richard O'Toole, Manager Office of Legislative Affairs, JPL

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out?

Abstract: Dr. Richard O'Toole, Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Manager Office of Legislative Affairs, will present "The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out?" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

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<title>02-24-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7470</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Marcus Young, Director of Advanced Concepts, Edwards Air Force Research Laboratory

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches

Abstract: Dr. Marcus Young, Director of Advanced Concepts at Edwards Air Force Research Laboratory, will present "An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>02-24-2012   Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8130</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Wing Kam Liu, Walter P. Murphy Professor, Director of NSF Summer Institute of Nano Mechanics and Materials Northwestern University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Talk Title: Multiresolution Mechanics for Materials Design

Abstract: 
Nanomechanics and nanomaterials have an overall potential for the betterment of our society, for example in national defense, homeland security and private industry. These fields can make our manufacturing technologies and infrastructure more sustainable in terms of reduced energy usage and environmental pollution.  

Optimized material performance and lower material design cycle times can be achieved by establishing a clear link between a material’s underlying microstructure and the resulting material properties such as strength and toughness. Material properties are inherently a function of the microscale interactions at each distinct scale of deformation. We are developing the next generation of computer-aided design (CAE) simulation software that integrates nano and micro mechanisms into CAE capabilities for life-cycle design and manufacturing of products. 

The multiscale method starts at the most fundamental level of material behavior, the strength of the bonds between atoms which is used to determine sub micro-scale behavior in important regions. Progressively coarser and larger domains are concurrently solved by performing in-situ atomic scale homogenization or by using a preformulated homogenized constitutive relation. In this manner, the deformation and constitutive behavior become more highly resolved as more scales of analysis are included. This facilities a smooth transition between a purely continuum treatment at coarser scales and an atomic scale resolution at finer scales.  Hence, the estimation of the overall strength and toughness of the material is performed in terms of the important microstructural features and mechanisms. 



Biography: 
Dr. Wing Kam Liu, Walter P. Murphy Professor at Northwestern University and Director of NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials, received his Ph.D. from Caltech. His research activities include bridging scale computational mechanics and materials, multi-scale analysis, and computational biology. Selected Liu's honors include the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal and the Melville Medal, all from ASME; the Thomas J. Jaeger Prize by the International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology; the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award; the Computational Structural Mechanics Award and Computational Mechanics Award from USACM and IACM, respectively; and the JSME Computational Mechanics Award. Liu serves on both the executive committee of the ASME applied mechanics division (Chair 2005-2006) and the International Association for Computational Mechanics. He was the past president of USACM. Liu is cited by Institute for Scientific Information as one of the most highly cited, influential researchers in Engineering, and an original member, highly cited researchers database. He is the editor and honorary editors of many Journals. Dr. Liu has acted as a consultant to many organizations.



Host: Prof. Roger Ghanem

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