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Events for February 14, 2012
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ASBME Logo Competition
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
ASBME will be changing our logo for the website, banner and other current materials. Please submit your design ideas to asbme@usc.edu by February 14th. $20.00 gift card will be rewarded to the winning designer!
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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EWB Corral de Piedras (CDP) Project Meeting
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 05:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join EWB's Corral de Piedras (CDP) Project Meetings! In CDP, we are building a rainwater catchment system on a schoolhouse for the kids to drink water during school, with plans on expanding the system further.
Questions/Comments? Feel free to email us at EWB@usc.edu!
*Note: Location is listed as "KAP" and it just means to meet in the lobby and we'll find a room together! It's usually KAP 164 or the few rooms around it. See you there!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Meet in Lobby
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
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Reshaping the Mind: The Benefits of Bilingualism
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Ellen Bialystok, York University
Talk Title: Reshaping the Mind: The Benefits of Bilingualism
Abstract: A growing body of research using both behavioral and neuroimaging data points to a significant effect of bilingualism on cognitive outcomes across the lifespan. The main finding is evidence for the enhancement of executive control at all stages in the lifespan, with the most dramatic results being maintained cognitive performance in elderly adults, and protection against the onset of dementia. A more complex picture emerges when the cognitive advantages of bilingualism are considered together with the costs to linguistic processing. I will review evidence for both these outcomes and propose a framework for understanding the mechanism that could lead to these positive and negative consequences of bilingualism, including protection against dementia in older age.
Biography: Ellen Bialystok is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University and Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1976 studying the relation between childrenâs conceptual and linguistic development, especially as it applied to spatial cognition. Her subsequent research investigated issues in second language acquisition, metalinguistic awareness, and literacy acquisition in young children. Much of her research in the past 20 years has focused on the effect of bilingualism on childrenâs language and cognitive development, showing accelerated mastery of specific cognitive processes for bilingual children. This research was then extended to investigations of adult processing and cognitive aging, showing the continuity of these bilingual advantages into adulthood and the protection against cognitive decline in healthy aging for bilingual older adults. She is the author or editor of 7 books and over 100 scientific papers in journals and books. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and among her awards are a Killam Research Fellowship, Walter Gordon Research Fellowship, Deanâs Award for Outstanding Research, the Donald T. Stuss Award for Research Excellence at the Baycrest Geriatric Centre, the Presidentâs Research Award of Merit at York University, the Donald Hebb Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology, and the Killam Prize for the Social Sciences.
Host: Professor Shrikanth Narayanan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mary Francis
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University Grad Fair
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
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!Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) -
Audiences: Graduating Students
Contact: Julie Phaneuf
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Interview Tips
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Discover tips on how to prepare for both technical and behavioral interviews, as well as the proper steps for follow-up!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 651 Seminar
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Robert C. Leachman, Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California at Berkeley
Talk Title: "Asia â USA Import Supply Chains: Current Practices, Trends and Recommendations"
Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series
Abstract: Imports from Asia to the United States amount to more than 7 million forty-foot containers per year. Increasingly sophisticated systems are applied by importers to manage their supply chains for such imports, integrating ocean carriers, port terminals, dray and truck companies, railroads, third party logistics operators, and in-house distribution centers. The most cost-effective supply chain varies widely depending on the inventory costs of the products imported and the scale and scope of the importer. In this talk I will provide a âbig-pictureâ view of the mix of supply chain strategies employed by large and small importers of various types of goods, and the consequent import volumes by port and landside channel. I will highlight the trends we can expect in the mix of preferred supply chain strategies. Next I will describe the large-scale optimization and queuing models used to predict the overall flows of imports by ports and landside channels. I will discuss the results of my analysis of the impacts of changing rates through the Panama Canal and increasing shares of imports accounted for by large, âbig-boxâ retailers. Considering the current challenges impeding supply chain efficiency in Southern California, I will conclude with specific recommendations for local ports, transportation and logistics service providers and for public policy.
Biography: Rob Leachman is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Leachman is the author of more than 80 technical publications concerning operations management and transportation planning. He received the AB degree in Mathematics and Physics, the MS degree in Operations Research and the PhD degree in Operations Research, all from U. C. Berkeley, and has been a member of the U C Berkeley faculty since 1979. Selected academic publications and consulting reports are provided at
http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/People/Faculty/leachman.htm.
Dr. Leachman is a two-time Finalist and one-time Winner of the Franz Edelman Award Competition sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The Edelman Award is the highest accolade from INFORMS, recognizing outstanding industrial practice of the management sciences.
In addition to his academic career, Rob is President and CEO of Leachman and Associates LLC, a consulting and software firm providing systems for supply chain and factory management to international corporations and providing engineering and economic analyses for governmental agencies. Prior to academic employment, during the period 1970 â 1975 Rob worked in the Operating and Marketing Departments of Union Pacific Railroad.
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
More Information: Seminar-Leachman.doc
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Room 309
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Albert Dorman Distinguished Lecture Series
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University Calendar
Dr. Jared L. Cohon, President of Carnegie Mellon University, will be speaking about âThe Hidden Costs of Energy.â Last year, Dr. Cohon chaired the U.S. National Academiesâ Committee that produced the report, âThe Hidden Costs of Energyâ (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 doesnât know of a single economist who would dispute this; but, he also doesnât 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 weâre 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
More Information: Albert Dorman Distinguished Lecture Series.pdf
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cassie Cremeans
