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Events for February 16, 2011
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San Diego Lunch and Learn
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for lunch to learn more about the engineering programs available for working professionals at USC! Representatives from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering will give a short presentation, followed by Q&A, while you enjoy a hosted lunch with other industry professionals.
Who Should Attend:
Professionals interested in learning more about USC's engineering Master's degrees & continuing education offerings available on-campus or online through the Distance Education Network. Interested friends and colleagues also welcome (all attendees must complete the registration form below).
To RSVP: Please visit http://mapp.usc.edu/lunchandlearnAudiences: RSVP Only
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Robert Dudley , Professor, University of California at Berkeley
Talk Title: From Gliding Ants to Andean Hummingbirds and Giant Dragonflies: The Origins and Evolution of Animal Flight
Abstract: Unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms underpinning animal flight have recently been intensively studied, but less well understood are those evolutionary pathways leading to the acquisition and subsequent elaboration of flapping flight. Recently discovered behaviors in Neotropical canopy ants demonstrate directed aerial descent in the complete absence of wings; controlled aerial behavior appears to have preceded the origin of wings in insects and other flying animals. Variation in atmospheric composition during the late Paleozoic may have influenced the initial evolution and subsequent diversification of insects, as well as the widespread phenomenon of arthropod gigantism, including but not limited to dragonflies with a 70 centimeter wingspan. For fully flighted forms, judicious use of helium to create physically variable gas mixtures permits decoupling of physiological from aerodynamic constraints on hovering performance. Such constraints are revealed in natural contexts through the study of hummingbird and bumblebee flight capacity across steep altitudinal transects.
Host: Prof. G. Spedding
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/2-16-11-dudley.shtmlLocation: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/2-16-11-dudley.shtml
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CS Colloquium
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dieter Gawlick, Oracle
Talk Title: Classification based data base management
Abstract: Patient care - as IT support in other domains - is typically managed by several incompatible programs in terms of their data models and semantics. These programs are focused on specific situation and give doctors a limited view at patient data. The IT technology, however, has evolved to a point that it is now possible to develop a generic patient care application that manages all patient data for all situations requiring none or little domain specific procedural code. This application provides also a framework for capturing medical knowledge. With this knowledge the application is able to extract in real time medically relevant information from data, even if the extraction is outside of the medical expertise of a doctor or if the extraction is outside of the capability of the human brain. By transforming (quantitative) data into (qualitative) information, applications adjust to the way humans absorb and use information. Provisioning - covering data, information, and knowledge - ensures that the fuzziness of qualitative information is always backed by the precision of quantitative data. This approach depends heavily on the classification of data and the management of these classifications; it also requires a new look at event processing, which is used as a major underlying technology.
Biography: Dieter is an architect in Oracle's database division; he has developed key concepts for high-end OLTP, storage management, messaging, workflow, and information dissemination. He is currently focusing on the evolution of data base based event processing, history management, and provenance. He has written numerous papers and served in numerous program committees. Before joining Oracle, he worked at IBM, Ahmdahl (Fujitsu), and Digital (HP).
Talk will be held between 3:30 - 4:30 pm, followed by reception at 4:30 pm
Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh
Location: RRI 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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A Bright Future for The Sonny Astani Department of Civil and
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Stanley Grant, Professor, University of California, Irvine
Abstract: With this talk I would like to initiate a dialog among faculty, students, staff, alumni, and the professional community about the future of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USCâ where it should be going, and how best to get there. Much effort and thought has gone into crafting the departmentâs Megacities theme, which I believe is pitch perfect for this time and place. Translating the theme into action will require, sine quo non, departmental consensus and commitment, and I suspect willingness to partner with other successful urban research programs at USC, such as the USC Sea Grantâs Urban Ocean Program, and the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies. By adopting the Megacities theme, the department has taken a bold step toward redefining civil and environmental engineering education, and becoming a campus and international leader in this exciting new research domain.
Biography: Dr. Stanley Grant is a Professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (primary) and Civil and Environmental Engineering (courtesy) at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Grant also has a summertime appointment as a Visiting Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Melbourne (Australia). Dr. Grant received a B.S. in Geology from Stanford University, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Science (minor in Applied Biology)from the California Institute of Technology. His professional interests include coastal water quality, environmental dispersion of pathogens, and fate and transport modeling. Professor Grant served on the US EPAâs Science Advisory Board (Drinking Water Panel, Science and Technological Achievement Awards Panel) from 2000 to 2009.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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AIChE Joint SoCal Meeting
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come out to meet students from other AIChE chapters and also professional members at this Joint SoCal AIChE meeting.
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Time: 5:30-8:00pm
Location: KAP 156
Event Speaker Topic:
Producing biofuel Ethanol from lingocellulosic feedstocks is still a potential alternative to conventional petroleum based transportation fuels. In this presentation we will discuss the different feedstocks, overall process and touch couple of potential routes to achieve it.
As the need and production of biofuels ramps up, it will raise concerns about expected conflicts and challenges. Some of these are political, economical, social or technological. Briefly we will illustrate some of these conflicts and challenges in this presentation.
Hatem Harraz's Profile:
Over 14 years of Experience in Oil/Gas and energy as a process engineer
4 years of R&D in Biomass-to-Ethanol
Master's of Science (MSc.) In Chemical Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn AL, 2007
MSc. in Chemical Engineering from Salford University, Salford England, 1995
BSc. In Chemical Engineering from Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt 1992
US Patent; Production of Non-Crystalline Cellulose (NCC)
Dinner will be provided and there will be time to network with other AIChE members and industry contacts.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Tau Beta Pi El Cholo Dinner
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come have dinner with your favorite Tau Bates at El Cholo. Bring your student IDs to get a student discount. RSVP to tbp@usc.edu.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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AIChE Joint SoCal Meeting
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Location: TBA (on campus)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
