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Industry Night with HATCI (Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center Inc.)
Wed, Nov 09, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
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Speaker: Michael Csakan, Senior Engineer of Vibration & Noise
Talk Title: Industry Night with HATCI (Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center Inc.)
Abstract: Are you interested in the auto industry? Love cars? Want to know what itâs like to work for one of the biggest automobile companies out there? Then be sure to bring yourself to this monthâs Industry Night presented by Pi Tau Sigma and Sigma Gamma Tau:
Michael Csakan
Senior Engineer of Vibration & Noise
HATCI (Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center Inc.)
Wednesday, November 9th 6:30-7:30 pm
SGM 101
Michael is an SC alumnus, and has worked for other major car companies in the past. He will be giving an overview of the automotive process, from styling to development to production. He will be focusing on the NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) aspect of vehicle development, and may also answer questions you have about specialties in the auto industry.
Be sure to take advantage of this great opportunity!
Host: Pi Tau Sigma
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Felipe Figueroa
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Seminar with AME Chair Geoffrey Spedding
Tue, Nov 29, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Geoffrey Spedding , AME department chair
Talk Title: Bird Design and Aircraft Evolution
Abstract: Alternative flying machines (in the sense that they differ from our usual designs) can be invented, or studied. In all cases, it is reasonable to wonder whether a particular design is optimal, or perhaps what it is optimal for. Definitions of optimality quickly become complex: âminimum drag:lift ratio for n passengers that allows our company to outcompete our rival(s)â or âsomething that can be grown fast, still works when 50% of
the aft surfaces are missing, and that fits in a nestâ. We will consider two examples of flying devices, one evolved and one invented, and we will look for parallels that exist
between them, or perhaps ought to. The talk will also attempt to make specific connections with basic classes we teach/learn from at USC.
Biography: Education:
1981 Ph.D. in Zoology (with Civil Engineering Department) from the Department of Zoology, University of Bristol, Bristol, England.
1978 B.Sc.(Hons, 1st class) in Zoology from the Department of Zoology, University of Bristol, Bristol, England.
USC Academic Positions:
2010-: Professor and Chairman, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
2005-2008: Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
1998-2005: Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
1994-1998: Research Associate Professor, Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
1988-1994: Research Assistant Professor, Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; Member of Center for Neural Engineering
1981-1988: Research Associate, Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Other Professional Positions:
2008-2009: Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
1998-: Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Sweden.
1997: Stagiaire, Coriolis Research Laboratories, Institute de Mécanique Grenoble, France.
Host: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics with co-host Sigma Gamma Tau
More Information: USC_AIAA_GRS_Abstract_Nov29.pdf
Location: SAL 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: -- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
