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Events for January 24, 2013
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Get Connected! Involvement Fair
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Student organizations will be on hand showcasing the various ways to get involved at Viterbi. Students can also find out how to participate in project teams and leadership opportunities. Come out and meet students from numerous engineering student organizations and GET CONNECTED!
For more information about Get Connected! visit: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/kiuel/leadership/get-connected.htmLocation: Bloom Walk
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Jenny Vazquez-Akim
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Chemical Loop Technology and CO2 Capture
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 12:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor L.S. Fan, Ohio State University
Talk Title: Chemical Looping Technology and CO2 Capture
Series: Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series
Abstract: The concept of chemical looping reactions has been widely applied in chemical industries, e.g., the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from hydrogen and oxygen using 9,10-anthraquinone as the looping intermediate. Fundamental research on chemical looping reactions has also been applied to energy systems, e.g., the splitting of water (H2O) to produce oxygen and hydrogen using ZnO as the looping intermediate. Fossil fuel chemical looping applications had been used commercially with the steam-iron process for coal from the 1900s to the1940s and had been demonstrated at a pilot scale with the carbon dioxide acceptor process in the 1960s and 1970s. There are presently no chemical looping processes using fossil fuels in commercial operation. A key factor that hampered the continued use of these earlier processes for fossil energy operation was the inadequacy of the reactivity and recycleability of the looping particles. This factor led to higher product costs for using the chemical looping processes, compared to the other processes that were petroleum or natural gas based. With CO2 emission control now being considered as a requirement, interest in chemical looping technology has resurfaced. In particular, chemical looping processes are appealing due to their unique ability to generate a sequestration-ready CO2 stream while yielding high energy conversion efficiency. Renewed fundamental and applied research since the early 1980s has emphasized improvement over the earlier shortcomings. New techniques have been developed for direct processing of coal or other solid carbonaceous feedstock in chemical looping reactors. Significant progress is underway in particle design, reactor development, and looping system integration, as demonstrated by the operation of several pilot or sub-pilot scale units worldwide, making it possible that chemical looping technology may be commercially viable in the future for processing carbonaceous fuels.
This presentation will describe the fundamental and applied aspects of modern chemical looping technology that utilizes fossil and biomass as feedstock. The presentation will discuss reaction engineering and solids flow issues associated with this technology. Specifically, it will highlight reactions, reactors and solids-gas issues associated with the optimum feedstock conversion and relationship among the metal oxide conversion, solids flux and reactor configurations. Opportunities and challenges for chemical looping process scale-up and commercialization will also be illustrated.
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ryan Choi
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Focused on parallel and distributed computingThu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA, TBA
Talk Title: TBA
Series: EE598 Seminar Course
Abstract: Weekly seminars given by researchers in academia and industry including senior doctoral students in EE, CS and ISI covering current research related to parallel and distributed computation including parallel algorithms, high performance computing, scientific computation, application specific architectures, multi-core and many-core architectures and algorithms, application acceleration, reconfigurable computing systems, data intensive systems, Big Data and cloud computing.
Biography: Prerequisite: Students are expected to be familiar with basic concepts at the level of graduate level courses in Computer Engineering and Computer Science in some of these topic areas above. Ph.D. students in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science can automatically enroll. M.S. students can enroll only with permission of the instructor. To request permission send a brief mail to the instructor in text format with the subject field ââ¬ÅEE 598ââ¬Â. The body of the mail (in text format) should include name, degree objective, courses taken at USC and grades obtained, prior educational background, and relevant research background, if any.
Requirements for CR:
1. Attending at least 10 seminars during the semester
There will be a sign-in sheet and a sign-out sheet at every seminar. All students must sign-in (before 2:00pm) and sign-out (after 3:00pm). The sign-in sheet will not be available after 2:00pm, and the sign-out sheet will not be available before 3:00pm.
2. Submitting a written report for at least 5 seminars
The written report for each seminar must be 1-page single line spaced format with font size of 12 (Times) or 11 (Arial) without any figures, tables, or graphs. The report must be submitted no later than 1 week after the corresponding seminar, and must be handed only to the instructor either on the seminar times or during office hours. Late reports will not be considered.
The report must summarize studentââ¬â¢s own understanding of the seminar, and should contain the following:
- Your name and submission date [1 line]
- Title of the seminar, name of the speaker, and seminar date [1 line]
- Background of the work (e.g., applications, prior research, etc.) [1 paragraph]
- Highlights of the approaches presented in the seminar [1-2 paragraphs]
- Main results presented in the seminar [1-2 paragraphs]
- Conclusion (your own conclusion and not what was given by the speaker) [1 paragraph]
Reviewing papers related to the topic of the seminar, and incorporating relevant findings in the
reports (e.g., in the conclusion section) is encouraged. In such cases, make sure to clearly indicate
the reference(s) used to derive these conclusions.
Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna
More Information: Course Announcement_EE598_Focused on parallel and distributed computing_(Spring 2013).pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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EE 598: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH SEMINAR 2
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Vikram Sorathia, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Electrical Engineering Systems, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: Big Data Integration and Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities
Series: EE598 Seminar Course
Abstract: Big data is popularly characterized using 3Vs: variety, volume, and velocity- indicating the heterogeneity of involved datasets, scales at which data is generated, and urgency in analysis. Prevailing definitions of big data also highlight the inability of current technologies in addressing these three requirements, thereby opening up new research challenges and opportunities for research community. This seminar will address complex interdependence issues currently faced by the big data community, particularly focusing on data integration and processing requirements related to textual, spatial, temporal, relational, multi-media, and graph data models that require novel storage, analysis and computation platforms.
Biography: Vikram Sorathia is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Electrical Engineering Systems department in Viterbi School of Engineering of University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is managing Integrated Optimization (IO) project at the Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies (CiSoft). His research interests are in the areas of big data, complex event processing, knowledge management, services science and software architecture frameworks. Before joining USC, he was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Twente in the Netherlands. He received his PhD degree from the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), India in 2009.
Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna
More Information: Course Announcement_EE598_Focused on parallel and distributed computing_(Spring 2013).pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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Spotlight on Electrical Engineering for Undergraduates
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Student Activity
Undergraduate Students: Come hear Viterbi Alumni share about the many ways they are using their degrees in Electrical Engineering! This is your opportunity to connect with alumni and industry professionals, ask questions about their experiences, and learn about the work they do.
RSVP at:
https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9pP38nUkQC4shcV
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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An Evening with Trimpin, Sound Artist
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
Trimpin, an internationally acclaimed artist, kinetic sculptor, sound artist, musician, engineer, inventor, composer and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, is one of the most stimulating one-man forces in music today. A specialist in interfacing computers with traditional acoustic instruments, he has developed a myriad of methods for playing trombones, cymbals and pianos with Macintosh computers. An evening with Trimpin will explore his work and the world of sound art. The evening will incorporate a lecture, a musical/sound-art performance and an excerpt from the film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention.
Trimpin was born in southwestern Germany, near the Black Forest. His early musical training began at the age of eight, learning woodwinds and brass instruments. In later years he developed an allergic reaction to metal that prevented him from pursuing a career in music, so he turned to electro-mechanical engineering. Afterwards, he spent several years living and studying in Berlin, where he received his master's degree from the University of Berlin. Eventually he became interested in acoustical sets while working in theatre productions with Samuel Beckett and Rick Cluchey, director of the San Quentin Drama Workshop. From 1985 to 1987 he co-chaired the electronic music department of the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Trimpin now resides in Seattle, where numerous instruments that defy description adorn his amazing studio. In describing his work, Trimpin sums it up as 'extending the traditional boundaries of instruments and the sounds they're capable of producing by mechanically operating them. Although they're computer-driven, they're still real instruments making real sounds, but with another dimension added, that of spatial distribution. What I'm trying to do is go beyond human physical limitations to play instruments in such a way that no matter how complex the composition of the timing, it can be pushed over the limits.
Organized by Karen Koblitz (Fine Arts) and Veronika Krausas (Music). Co-sponsored by the USC Thornton School of Music and the USC Roski School of Fine Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) - Alfred Newman Recital Hall
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
