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LAST CHANCE: Viterbi Ball Ticket SalesThu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Tickets are selling quickly, so buy your tickets for Viterbi Ball NOW! $25 each, checks made out to USC or cash accepted.
Visit the Facebook event for more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170374009672457Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) -
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: VSC
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Updating our conceptual model for fine particle emissions from combustion systems
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Allen L. Robinson, Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: Updating our conceptual model for fine particle emissions from combustion systems
Abstract: Atmospheric particles play an important role in the Earthâs engergy balance; they are also strongly
associated with adverse human health effects. Motor vehicles, wood stoves, and other
combustion systems are major sources of atmospheric particles. However, quantifying the
impact of these sources on air quality and global climate remains a major uncertainty.
This talk will describe recent field, laboratory, and modeling results on organic particle
emissions from combustion systems. The results reveal a dynamic picture in which low
volatility organics evaporate, oxidize, and recondense as they are transported away from the
source. This new picture alters our understanding of the contribution of combustion sources to
urban and regional pollution and brings chemical transport model predictions into better
agreement with field observations. The talk will conclude with a brief discussion of future
research needs and the implications of this new conceptual model for our understanding of
source contributions to human exposures and the design of regulations to control organic
aerosols.
Biography: Allen Robinson: Dr. Allen Robinson is a Professor in the Departments of Mechanical
Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy and the director of the Center for Atmospheric
Particle Studies at Carnegie Mellon University. His research examines the impact of emissions
from combustion systems on urban and regional air quality and global climate, with a focus on
fine particulate matter. He was a visiting faculty fellow at the Cooperative Institute for
Research in Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado and NOAA in Boulder,
Colorado and a postdoctoral fellow at the Combustion Research Facility at Sandia National
Laboratories in Livermore, California. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at
Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Stanford
University in 1990. He received the Carnegie Institute of Technology Outstanding Research
Award in 2010, the Ahrens Career Development Chair in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 and
the George Tallman Ladd Outstanding Young Faculty Award in 200. He is the author of more
than 80 peer-reviewed publications on air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, and biomass
energy.
Host: Sonny Astani Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Erin Sigman
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Intel Tech Talk for PhD Students
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
âProcess Technology Development at Intelâ
Speaker: Dr. Jeanne Luce is a Senior Technical Contributor in Logic Technology Development at Intel Corporation. She received her PhD in Chemistry from UC Berkeley, and has been with Intelâs Logic Technology Development (LTD) group since 1999. Jeanne leads the LTD technical development in dielectric gapfill. Jeanne and her colleagues are currently focused on transistor technology development for Intel's 22nm CMOS logic node. Dr. Luceâs presentation will discuss the process technology development cycle in LTD, specific challenges going forward, and job opportunities at Intel, and use selected cases from Intelâs 32nm technology node by way of example.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi CHE, EE, MASC, as well as Chemistry & Physics
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 12:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor David R. Clarke,
Talk Title: uminescence of Oxides for Sensors and New Laser Gain Materials
Series: Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series
Abstract: Luminescence is one of the most distinctive properties of a material and consequently continues to attract both artistic and scientific interest. And, although the underlying physics has been well established for many years it remains difficult to predict in detail the luminescence spectra of luminescent ions doped in complex oxide hosts and its dependence on temperature, doping concentration and strain. Consequently, the subject provides a wonderful play ground for those of us interested in tailoring, for instance, new phosphor materials, sensors or adding multi‐functionality to existing materials. In my talk I will describe two quite different examples of exploring doping schemes, one to create a luminescence sensor for sensing temperature (and damage) in thermal barrier coatings and the other for identifying a new class of high‐power laser gain material. These exemplify the necessity of combining an understanding of the essential physics with knowledge of crystal chemistry and materials processing, the synthesis of scientific knowledge required in developing new materials today.
Biography: Professor at School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Host: Professor Goo
More Info: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/l-02-10-11.htmLocation: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
Event Link: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/l-02-10-11.htm
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Photonics Seminar Series
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Eric P. Y. Chiou, UCLA
Talk Title: Photothermal Excitation for Ultrafast Micro and Nanofluid Systems and Biomedical Applications
Abstract: Short pulse lasers have broad applications across broad fields including optical communication, imaging, laser machining, laser surgery, and recently in actuating microfluid and nanofluid devices. It has been shown that a tightly focused laser beam is capable of inducing localized hot plasma for rapid heating and creating cavitation bubbles that expand at high speed in the micro and nanometer scale. Through proper engineering design, such ultrafast actuation mechanism can be spatially patterned and synchronized in time domain to achieve novel microfluidic functions such as ultrafast microfluidic cell sorting, droplet generation, and single cell encapsulation. By coupling this photothermal effect with metallic nanostructures, the threshold energy for exciting cavitation bubbles can be greatly reduced and the bubble explosion pattern can be controlled in the nanometer scale. This enables a novel photothermal nanoblade that permits patterned cutting of 3D fragile mammalian cell membranes for large cargo delivery into mammalian cells with high efficiency and high cell viability.
Biography: Prof. Eric P. Y. Chiou received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department from the University of California at Berkeley in 2005. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering Department in the University of California at Los Angeles and B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering Department from National Taiwan University in Taiwan in 1998. He joined the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of California at Los Angeles in 2006. His research interest is Optical MEMS, BioMEMS, laser manufacturing, and biophotonics. He has received the NSF CAREER award in 2008.
Host: Prof. Michelle Povinelli
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/photonics/Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jing Ma
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/photonics/
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2011 NAE National Meeting
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The Viterbi School Hosts the 2011 NAE National Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, 1:00pm â 5:00pm
Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center Auditorium (SAL 101)
The important topic of MEGACITIES will be addressed by six experts on infrastructure, energy, the environment, transportation and natural disasters.
You can see the talks live @ http://viterbi.usc.edu/nae2011
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gloria Hayes
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CS Distinguished Lecture
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. James O'Brien, UC Berkeley
Talk Title: Sparse Matrix Factorization, Mesh Modification, and Real-Time FEM Simulation
Abstract: This talk will discuss the use of dynamic remeshing and sparse matrix factorization in the context of real-time dynamics simulations. The first part of the talk will focus on two systems that have been developed for specific applications: destructible environments in "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" and interactive modeling of prostate brachytherapy. Although dynamic remeshing is often dismissed as impractically slow, in both cases it plays a key part to making the simulations work effectively in a real-time setting. The second part of the talk will focus on an incremental update method for the Cholesky factors of sparse matrices that out-performs standard iterative methods for solving elastodynamic problems. The factors are not recomputed at each time step, but the nonlinearities that normally compel refactoring are not ignored either. Instead, the algorithm makes local incremental updates to the Cholesky factors to maintain error limits on the solution. The results presented will include captured footage from the live game, comparisons of simulated needle insertion to footage with gel tissue phantoms, and demonstrations of the sparse direct solver on large meshes.
Biography: James F. O'Brien is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His primary area of interest is Computer Animation, with an emphasis on generating realistic motion using physically based simulation and motion capture techniques. He has authored numerous papers on these topics. In addition to his research pursuits, Prof. O'Brien has worked with several game companies on integrating advanced simulation physics into game engines, and his methods for destruction modeling were recently used in the film Avatar. He received his doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000, the same year he joined the Faculty at U.C. Berkeley. Professor O'Brien is a Sloan Fellow and ACM Distinguished Scientist, Technology Review selected him as one of their TR-100, and he has been awarded research grants from the Okawa and Hellman Foundations. He is currently serving as ACM SIGGRAPH Director at Large. http://obrien.berkeley.edu/
Host: Prof. Jernej Barbic, USC
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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ASBME's 15th Annual Corporate Dinner!
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The 15th Annual Corporate Dinner has finally arrived!!
For those attending the event this Thursday evening, remember:
1. The Corporate Dinner will be this Thursday, February 10th, 5:30-8:00PM in Grand Ballroom A at the Tutor Campus Center. Check-In will begin at 5PM.
2. Turn in your resumes to asbme.events@gmail.com by Monday, February 7th, at 4PM in order to be included in the Resume CD
3. Enter your seating preferences into the Google doc. If you did not receive the e-mail about the Resume CD and seating arrangements, please let us know!
4. Print out some resumes to hand out at the dinner if you want.
5. Be ready to dress to impress! (Business professional)
We hope you are all excited to meet and network with fellow students, BME department faculty and staff, and corporate representatives from Accenture, Amgen, AMI, Edwards Lifescience, Medtronic, Med Exec, Neotech, St. Jude Medical, Kleinberg & Lerner, and others at this delicious free dinner. Look forward to raffle prizes as well, including an iPod nano! We will be resuming all regular ASBME activities after the corporate dinner concludes.
Thanks! Please e-mail us at asbme@usc.edu if you have any questions.Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Ballroom A
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Intel Info Session with Intel Interns
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Changing the game. Just another day at the office.
Please join us to hear Intel Interns talk about their unique experiences in computer architecture, audio development applications, manufacturing development, and to talk about opportunities for internships and full time positions at Intel.
Please bring your resume - we'll raffle off an Intel based netbook!
Intel is hiring BS, MS, and PhD students with backgrounds in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Material Science.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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An Evening with James Conlon and the USC Thornton Symphony
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission
FREE for USC students, staff and faculty with valid ID. One free ticket per ID. To RSVP, visit the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873353 beginning Tuesday, January 18, at 9 a.m.
$12, Seniors, Alumni and Non-USC Students
$18, General Public
Tickets will be available for purchase at the USC Ticket Office. For more info, go to www.usc.edu/tickets or call (213) 740-GOSC.
One of todayâs preeminent conductors, James Conlon, music director of L.A. Opera, has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire, and developed enduring relationships with the worldâs most prestigious symphony orchestras and opera houses. He will lead a discussion from the podium and perform selected works with the USC Thornton Symphony.
Since his New York Philharmonic debut in 1974, Conlon has appeared as a guest conductor with virtually every major North American and European orchestra and has frequently been a guest conductor at the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to serving as the music director of L.A. Opera, he is the music director of the Ravinia Festival, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati May Festival. In 2009, Conlon won two Grammy Awards (Best Classical Recording and Best Opera Album) for conducting L.A. Operaâs production of Kurt Weillâs Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
