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Events for January 19, 2007
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TransFormations II: The Perceptions of Perception
Fri, Jan 19, 2007
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
TransFormations is a yearlong series of events formed around four specific topics, each at the crossroads of four larger umbrella themes: art, technology, cognition and perception. From big-budget Hollywood to a 19th-century panorama, The Perception of Perception will feature a series of speakers, panels, workshops and exhibits tracing three interwoven strands through the fields of cognition, perspective and stereoscopy--no one attending these events will see the world the same way again. This event is designed to appeal to both experts and amateurs, contributing substantially to academic discourse surrounding the study of perception, while simultaneously appealing to undergraduate students and their interests in emerging directions in digital media.For more information, please visit:http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861487&active_category=Upcoming
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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USC Transfer Day
Fri, Jan 19, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The program includes a campus tour and special presentations for transfer students about admission, financial aid, transfer credit, and engineering programs. Reservations are required. To make the most of the visit, students are encouraged to bring copies of their college transcripts. Please call (213) 740-6616 for more information and to make a reservation.
Location: USC
Audiences: Prospective Transfer Students
Contact: Undergraduate Admission
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Honors Program Colloquium: Restoration of Hearing by Electrical Stimulation
Fri, Jan 19, 2007 @ 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Lecture given by Dr. Bob Shannon, Department Head of Auditory Implants and Perception in the House Ear Institute, and Adjunct Professor at USC.
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Faculty and Honors Program Students
Contact: Erika Chua
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Alternative Sources of Energy: Identifying and studying the feasibility of promising sources
Fri, Jan 19, 2007 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker:Dr. Matin Lackpour
Ph.D., P.E.
DWP, Fleet Engineering, Los Angeles, CAAbstract
The alternative sources of energy are renewable energy sources which have been proven to be technically and economically feasible for commercial production. They are mainly available as nonpollutant electric power source. Nevertheless, quantifying the cost of energy from power generating technologies such as alternative source of energy is very essential to comparing their economic characteristics to those of competing technologies such as fossil fuels, and to determine the impact on consumers. Although a great deal has been done to determine the feasibility of alternative sources of energy, there is a degree of confusion regarding which source is the most feasible source for a particular climate, and which methodology should be practiced to compute cost of energy, how different methodologies compare and differ, how cost of energy is presented, and how these cost estimates are applied or utilized. This presentation will illustrate and aim at a quick review of the feasibility, commercial availability, environmental issues, possible political, legal and ethical issues, as well as institutional management issues of wind energy as a viable alternative source of energy which environmentally is friendly and benign.To achieve the goal of this seminar, the presentation will try to identify three compelling issues regarding wind energy as the most promising source of energy. The three major questions which will be addressed are: (a) What is the most promising alternative source of energy of Southern California among wind energy, ocean energy, solar energy, and geothermal energy? (b) Does the most promising source of energy identified have economic feasibility? (c) Does the most promising source of energy identified have commercial availability?
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Electrophoresis of Highly Charged Colloids
Fri, Jan 19, 2007 @ 02:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
THE MORK FAMILY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE Presents a Joint Seminar with the
USC Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics
ByDr. Apratim ChatterjiUniversity of TorontoELECTROPHORESIS OF HIGHLY CHARGED COLLOIDSABSTRACTUsing computer simulations, the electrophoretic motion of a positively charged colloid (macroion) in an electrolyte solution is studied in the framework of the primitive model. In this model, the electrolyte is considered as a system of negatively and positively charged microions (counterions and coions, respectively) that are immersed into a structureless medium. Hydrodynamic interactions are fully taken into account by applying a hybrid simulation scheme, where the charged ions (i.e., ~ macroion and electrolyte), propagated via molecular dynamics (MD), are coupled to a Lattice Boltzmann (LB) fluid. In a recent electrophoretic experiment by Martin-Molina et al. [J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 6881 (2002)], it was shown that, for multivalent salt ions, the mobility µ initially increases with charge density reaches a maximum and then decreases with further increase of . The aim of the present work is to elucidate the behavior of µ at high values of . Even for the case of monovalent microions, we find a decrease of µ with . A dynamic Stern layer is defined that includes all the counterions that move with the macroion while subject to an external electrical field. We find that the number of counterions in the Stern layer, q0, is a crucial parameter for the behavior of µ at high values of . The previous contention that the increase in the distortion of the electric double layer (EDL) with increasing leads to the lowering of µ does not hold for high . In fact, we show that the deformation of the EDL decreases with increase of . The role of hydrodynamic interactions is inferred from direct comparisons to Langevin simulations where the coupling to the LB fluid is switched off. Moreover, systems with divalent counterions are considered. In this case, at high values of the phenomenon of charge inversion is found.January 19, 2007
2:00 PM
(Refreshments will be served at 1:45 PM)
SSL 150**ALL FIRST YEAR MATERIALS SCIENCE MAJORS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND**
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Alpha Omega Epsilon: Info Night
Fri, Jan 19, 2007 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Find out what USC's professional and social engineering sorority is all about.
Location: Tommy Trojan
Audiences: Undergraduate Female Engineers
Contact: Alpha Omega Epsilon
