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Events for February 20, 2008
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Meet USC
Wed, Feb 20, 2008
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
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/events/meet_usc/ 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: Viterbi Admission
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The Changing Effect of HMO Market Structure: An Analysis of Penetration, Concentration, ...
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
School of Policy, Planning, and Development SeminarTHE CHANGING EFFECT OF HMO MARKET STRUCTURE: AN ANALYSIS OF PENETRATION, CONCENTRATION, AND OWNERSHIP BETWEEN 1994-2005 Vivian Wu, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, 650 Childs Way, RGL 305, Los Angeles, CA 90089, vwu@nber.orgABSTRACT: We analyze the role of three aspects of HMO market structure -- HMO penetration, HMO plan concentration, and HMO for-profit share on explaining hospital cost and revenue growth during the HMO expansion period (1994-1999) and backlash period (2000-2005). We find that HMO penetration effects differ over time: a 10 percentage point increase in HMO enrollment leads to 2.5 percent reduction in cost and revenues in the expansion period but only 0.4-1 percent reduction in the backlash period. Furthermore, this HMO backlash effect can be attributed to HMO dis-enrollment as well as the changing nature of HMO product. We find that revenue increases at a slower rate (by about 5 percent) in markets with relatively concentrated HMO markets power and more competitive hospital markets. Finally, increased for-profit HMO presence is associated with smaller cost and revenue growth, and the effect differs between low and high penetration markets.This work is joint with Yu-Chu Shen, Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School, 555 Dyer Road, Monterey, CA 93943, yshen@nps.edu and Glenn Melnick, University of Southern California, gmelnick@usc.eduWednesday, Febrary 20, 2008, RGL 219, Noon. RVSP required. Please contact Elsie Ang, eang@usc.edu.
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 219
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Tau Beta Pi Speaker Luncheon, featuring Prof. Larry Redekopp
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
(on USC campus, see UPC map for location)
Sign up: Space is limited, sign up soon!
Dress: Business casual.Free 3-course meal will be served! If you are interested in attending to hear Prof. Redekopp speak, you must leave a $15 check deposit made out to "Tau Beta Pi" at RTH 110 - this deposit will be returned to you at the event. With your check, please specify if you want the chicken or vegetarian entree. There are a limited number of seats available for this event - RSVP soon! Attending this event will earn you a point towards your active membership!About Professor Redekopp: Dr. Redekopp has been a member of the Viterbi faculty for more than 36 years, after joining the Department of Aerospace Engineering in 1970. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University, and a Master of Science and Doctor of Science in Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Redekopp's research interests include: theoretical fluid mechanics, nonlinear waves and stability, and geophysical fluid dynamics. He is also a three-time award winner for excellence in teaching at the University of Southern California.Location: Davidson Conference Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF MULTIPHYSICAL PROCESSES IN PARTICULATE MEDIA
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Tarek Zohdi, California State University-BerkleyAbstract:
Recently, several applications, primarily driven
by micro-technology, have emerged where a successful
analysis requires the simulation of flowing particulate media involving simultaneous near-field interaction between charged particles and momentum exchange through mechanical contact. For example, industrial processes such as Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP), which involves using chemically-reacting particles embedded in fluid (gas or liquid) to ablate rough small-scale surfaces flat, have become important for the success of many micro- and nano- technologies. Charged material can lead to inconsistent ``clean'' manufacturing processes, for example, due to difficulties with dust control, although intentional charging of particulate material can be quite useful in some applications, for example involving electrostatic copiers, inkjet printers, powder coating machines, etc. The presence of near-field interaction forces can produce particulate flows that are significantly different than purely contact-driven scenarios. The determination of the dynamics of such materials is important for the accurate description of the flow of powders, which form the basis of micro-fabrication. Near-field forces can lead to particle clustering, resulting in inconsistent fabrication quality.
Therefore, neglecting such near-field effects can lead to a gross miscalculation of the characteristics of such flows.
Thus, an issue of overriding importance to the successful characterization of such flows is the development of models and reliable computational techniques to simulate the dynamics of multibody particulate systems involving near-field interaction and contact simultaneously (including thermal effects).Ideally, in an attempt to reduce laboratory expenses, one would like to make predictions of a complex particulate flow's behavior by numerical
simulations, with the primary goal being to minimize time-consuming
trial and error experiments. A central objective of this presentation is to provide basic models and numerical solution strategies for the direct simulation of flowing particulate media that can be achieved within a relatively standard desktop or laptop computing environment. Also, if time permits, the closely related topic of ``swarms'' is discussed.
The topics to be touched upon are:(1) Particulate flows(2) Related problems in swarm modeling(3) Optical (electromagnetic energy) propagation(4) Acoustical (mechanical energy) propagation(5) Degradation/aging of particulate continua and(6) Related problems in electromagnetic materialsLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Liquid Nitrogen Ice-Cream
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Want to try some homemade ice-cream? Taste the power of liquid nitrogen!! Stop by E-quad to see us make the liquid nitrogen ice-cream and try some. It'll be yummy and fun, so don't miss out!
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: ASBME
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Computer Games and BBQ!
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
NSBE and Intel want to offer you a chance to take a break from classes in the E-Quad. We will have 40" Plasmas playing all your favorite comupter games. Come out get a bite and play a game and then get some info. At 5 we will have a panel discussion with some of Intel's engineers. Bring your resume if you are looking for an internship or full time employment.
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE/Intel
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Heterostructures: From Physics to Devices and Back (A Personal Perspective)
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Dr. Herbert KroemerUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraNobel Laureate, Physics, 2000Abstract
In semiconductor heterostructures the basic semiconductor itself– not just the doping– changes with position, and the transition region between the different semiconductorsplays an essential role in the operation of the device. The underlying physics is that in the transition region the forces acting on electrons and holes are no longer of purely electrostatic
origin, but contain an essentially quantum-mechanical component that is decoupled from the electrostatic forces. In fact, the resulting net forces can act in the same direction for electrons and holes, something fundamentally impossible with purely electrostatic forces.
The added forces give the device designer a powerful new degree of freedom that ranges from performance improvements
in already-existing devices, to the creation of devices that are fundamentally unachievable in homostructures, like the double-heterostructure laser. Today, all compound semiconductor devices of importance are heterostructure devices, and Si-Ge heterostructures have invaded mainstream silicon technology.
In addition to their importance in practical devices, heterostructures are playing a similarly dominant role in basic semiconductor physics. The best-known example–recognized by the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics–is the fractional quantum Hall effect in the 2D electron gas at certain hetero-interfaces. Numerous other research areas in semiconductor
physics involve heterostructures in an essential way. Examples are nanostructures like quantum wires and quantum dots, superlattice Bloch Oscillators, and induced superconductivity in InAs quantum wells.Bio
Herbert Kroemer was born in 1928 in Weimar, Germany. He received a Doctorate in Theoretical Solid-State Physics
in 1952 from the University of Göttingen, Germany. Since then, he has worked on the physics and technology of semiconductors and semiconductor devices in a number of research laboratories in Germany and the U.S. Since 1976, he has been with the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Dr. Kroemer is the originator of several device concepts, including the heterostructure bipolar transistor, the double-heterostructure laser, and other heterostructure topics. During the '60s, he also worked on microwave device problems,
and in 1964 he was the first to publish an explanation for the Gunn Effect. With the emergence of molecular beam epitaxy in the mid-'70s, he returned to heterostructure devices, and he was one of the first to apply the emerging new technology to new and unconventional materials combinations, such as GaP-on-Si, GaAs-on-Si, and InAs/(Al,Ga)Sb structures, making several contributions to the development of MBE itself.
Dr. Kroemer is a Fellow of the IEEE and of the APS, and a Member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences. He holds honorary doctorates from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany,
the University of Lund, Sweden, the University of Colorado, and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He has received numerous awards, most recently, in 2000, the Nobel Prize in Physics, "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed and optoelectronics," and in 2002 the IEEE Medal of Honor.
His research interests continue to be in the physics and technology of semiconductor heterostructures.http://ee.usc.edu/munushianLocation: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 124
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ericka Lieberknecht
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Impact of sea-salt aerosol on the weekend effect
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Donald DabdubProfessor of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Advanced Power and Energy ProgramUniversity of California, IrvineABSTRACT:The weekend effect has become an important issue in regulation as it may suggest that controlling NOx would be counter productive to reducing ozone concentrations. Current hypotheses suggest that the dynamics of NOx (changes of quantities and timing NOx emissions rates) explain in part the increase in ozone concentrations. In the past few years there have been new discoveries of atmospheric processes such as the chemistry of sea-salt aerosol in coastal areas. This study quantifies the impact that sea-salt aerosol has on air quality in urban regions. The focus area of this study is the South Coast Air Basin of California.
Particular emphasis will be placed to the impact of sea-salt aerosol to the weekend effect.Location: Seaver Science Library, Rm 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
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Goldman Sachs Information Session
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori (GFS) 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ISA - Accenture Information Session
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
The Information Systems Association (ISA) will be hosting Accenture at our next meeting!WHAT: Accenture Informational SessionWHEN: Wednesday, February 20, 2008TIME: 6:00 PMWHERE: HOH 422You do not need to be a member to attend. This meeting is FREE. Don't forget: Free Catered Food!It's not too late to become a member! Come to this week's meeting for more information or visit the ISA website at www.uscisa.net.If you have any questions please feel free to contact Alex Kim,VP of Membership at alexjkim@usc.edu.
Location: H. Leslie Hoffman Hall Of Business Administration (HOH) - 422
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Evening with Industry
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
This is your opportunity to meet with corporate representatives all over industry BEFORE the Spring Career Fair. These companies are specifically seeking to network with SWE-USC members. The event will include a three course dinner where you will sit with corporate representatives along with 6 - 8 other students.This event is FREE for SWE-USC national members and will cost $10 for non SWE-USC national members. So take advantage of this great opportunity now!A $20 refundable deposit is required. Please drop it off at the front desk of RTH 210 (Center for Engineering Diversity) as soon as possible! Registration deadline: February 6th for paid SWE members For more information and a detailed description go to: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~sweusc/ewi/students.html
Location: Downtown Radisson Hotel
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
