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Events for February 17, 2010
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Engineering Spirit Day
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Challenge your peers to a little friendly competition!This year, E-week will be sponsoring Dodgeball and Tug-of-War challenges between engineering groups and students on Wednesday, 2/17. For two hours, the E-quad will be reserved for the sole purpose of a little friendly competition. Participants will then receive meal tickets for a delicious BBQ lunch sponsored by the E-week Planning Committee. Learn more at http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/eweek/feature-events/engineering-spirit-day.htm
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: E-WEEK 2010
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 9:00 a.m. and again at 1:00 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/meet_usc.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Admission Intern
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SWE Evening with Industry
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
This year, EWI will be held Wednesday, February 17th, on the night before the Engineering Career Fair. Don't miss your chance to make that strong first impression with representatives from Microsoft, Amgen, Intel, and more, while enjoying a free dinner at the lovely USC Town & Gown Banquet Hall! Find more information at: www-scf.usc.edu/~sweusc
Audiences: Reservation Required
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Intel Lunchtime Workshop
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Environmental Photochemistry of a-Ketocarboxylic Acids
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Marcelo I. Guzman, Ph.D., Origins Postdoctoral Fellow - Environmental Chemistry Group, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard UniversityAbstract: The reductive tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle has been proposed as a candidate mechanism for carbon fixation and energy storage at the time life originated. An intriguing search is for a chemical pathway to start the rTCA cycle from inorganic precursor compounds. In this seminar, the reaction of CO2 with a-ketocarboxylic acids in order to produce metabolites of the rTCA cycle will be presented. The reactions are promoted by irradiated zinc sulfide (200 to 400 nm light) that serves as a model system for colloidal mineral semiconductors present on early Earth. The results describe a plausible production scheme on early Earth for the compounds of the rTCA cycle (i.e., through a series of non-enzymatic cascading reactions starting from CO2).A second focus of the presentation will be on the direct photochemistry of pyruvic acid, a representative a-ketocarboxylic acids present in tropospheric aerosol. Model organic aerosol matter is produced via photoinduced and thermal reactions. The low volatility products have optical and structural properties reminiscent of environmental aerosol samples. The studies aim to understand the daily cycles of aerosol absorption observed in the field, and that may introduce a key feedback in the Earth's radiative balance.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209 (On Webex. Call for more information)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Turbulence in the Stratified Ocean
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Sutanu Sarkar Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DepartmentUniversity of California at San DiegoLa Jolla, CAABSTRACT:Background fluid stratification, often prevalent in the environment, inhibits vertical turbulent motion, allows wave-like motion, and promotes the formation of coherent structures. Quantification of the dynamical pathways that lead to mixing in spite of stable stratification is of critical interest to environmental modeling including local and regional impact of climate change. Our work utilizes high-resolution numerical resolution to understand links between turbulence, internal waves and coherent vortices. We will discuss the following examples from our recent work on turbulent flows in the ocean: a jet with non-uniform stratification as a model for vertical mixing in Equatorial Under Currents, a boundary layer on a sloping bottom as a model for mixing on a continental slope and finally the wake of a self-propelled submersible.
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Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) Rm 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
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KIUEL SHOWCASE: Meet the Artist
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Have a talent for music, film, dance, or art? SHOWCASE offers an opportunity for Viterbi's undergraduate students and faculty to display their artistic talents to the Viterbi community. Film screenings, music performances, art displays, and dance performances are presented during this event and attendees vote for their favorites. To learn more about KIUEL, visit viterbi.usc.edu/kiuel. Also, view previous SHOWCASE winners on the KIUEL website.
Location: Viterbi Museum
Audiences: All students, faculty, staff
Contact: KIUEL
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Microsoft Undergrad Event
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.There will be a panel with USC alumni/former interns and then a networking mixer
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Undergraduate Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
