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Events for February 21, 2007
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Earnings and Truck Financing Among Port Owner Operators
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
METRANS Seminar - Seminars are held on Wednesdays, over the lunch hour, in Lewis Hall. Bring your lunch if you like. Speaker: Dr. Kristen MonacoProfessor, Department of Economics, California State University Long BeachABSTRACT: Using data from two data sets of truck drivers working at the San Pedro ports, we analyze wages and working conditions of drivers. We extend a prior study of port drivers by examining driver expenses in detail and use this to infer the likely costs of the truck replacement and retrofitting program proposed by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.For more information, please contact Hossein Ataei "ataei@usc.edu** Bring a bag lunch. Refreshments will be served. **WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007, 12:00-1:30 PM, LEWIS HALL (RGL) ROOM 215
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 215
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Physical Chemical and Toxicological Characteristics of Ultrafine Particulate Matter (PM).....
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Physical, Chemical and Toxicological Characteristics of Ultrafine Particulate Matter (PM): Summary of 6 years Research by the US EPA Southern California Particle Center Speaker:
Prof. Costas Sioutas,
USC- Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringIncreasing epidemiological and toxicological evidence links cardio-respiratory health effects with exposures to ultrafine particles (diameter < 0.1 µm). Emission inventories suggest that motor vehicles may be primary direct emission sources of ultrafine particles to urban atmospheres. Given the amount of traffic in the Los Angeles Basin, it is important to understand how ultrafine particles behave after emission as they are transported away from busy roadways. Understanding the characteristics of ultrafine particle volatility and how these traffic-emitted ultrafine particles penetrate indoor environments is also vitalThe goals of our research undertaken by the Southern California Particle Center and Supersite were to create an extensive inventory on what is known about the physical and chemical characteristics of atmospheric ultrafine particles. Utilizing a mobile particle concentrator, researchers set about characterizing the physical and chemical PM characteristics and volatility on/near freeways, in source and receptor areas of the Los Angeles Basin, the impact of mobile sources on indoor environments as well as ultrafine PM characteristics and emission factors in roadway tunnels with light-duty or heavy-duty vehicles.The data provided an increased understanding of how physical and chemical characteristics of ultrafine particles change on/near heavily trafficked areas; this information is necessary to better understand exposure outcomes. Relative concentrations of CO, black carbon and particle number decreased exponentially and tracked each other well as one moves away from the freeway. Our studies also showed that particles emitted from vehicles are externally mixed; different particles of the same size can have different chemical compositions. Depending on ambient conditions, between 70-90% of the particles by number, and 10-30% by mass consisted of semi-volatile material originating from condensation of organic vapors from fuel and lube oil. The non-volatile portion is known to primarily consist of elemental carbon, which is often coated with more volatile organic species. The volatility of these particles explains the more rapid decay in their concentration with respect to distance from a roadway, compared to that of non-labile PM species (such as EC) or gaseous co-pollutants such as CO and NOx, the concentration decrease of which would be affected mostly my atmospheric dilution. Our studies also showed that the volatile component of these particles may likely be present in its gaseous phase in indoor environments, causing particle shrinkage and-or compete evaporation as they infiltrate indoors. In future research, given that the majority of people's exposure during commute will be dominated (at least based on particle numbers) to these particles, it would be useful to know whether the non-volatile or semi-volatile material is more toxic.A better understanding of ultrafine particle characteristics and their volatility allows for the narrowing of the search for the most toxic PM components, and would also suggest new emissions control technologies that better protect the public health. Current particle traps remove non-volatile soot particles but not the precursors of the smaller semi-volatile particles. An unintended result of this reduction of the larger, non-volatile particles from the exhaust is the potential increase in the formation/emission of the smaller, semi-volatile PM as seen in our experiments performed at the Caldecott tunnel in which we determined size fractionated emission factors for heavy and light duty vehicles and compared them to those of previous studies in the same location.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - rielian Hall, 203
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Optimization, Equilibrium and Games
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
EPSTEIN ISE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR - "Optimization, Equilibrium and Games"Professor Jorge NocedalElectrical Engineering/Computer Science and Industrial Engineering/Management Science Departments, Northwestern UniversityABSTRACT: We discuss applications in economics, engineering and computer games in which optimization and equilibrium are closely related. After presenting the mathematical concepts that tie them together, we discuss the need to solve problems of this form very quickly -- often in real time. To illustrate the challenges in this area, we discuss in some detail two applications: physical simulations used in many popular computer games and the pricing of American options.Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 3:30 PM, GER 309
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 309
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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NanoSystems Biology and New Technologies for in vitro and in vivo Diagnostics of Cancer
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 03:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
THE MORK FAMILY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCEPresents the The First
William G. Spitzer LecturebyProfessor James R. Heath
Department of Chemistry
The California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CAonNanoSystems Biology and New Technologies for
in vitro and in vivo Diagnostics of Cancer
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Andrus Gerontology Center (GER 124)
University Park Campus
The emerging world of personalized, preventative, predictive, and
participatory (P4) medicine will likely be enabled by the developing field of
systems biology. Systems biology and P4 medicine are both data driven and,
accordingly, both require new tools for making large numbers of measurements
rapidly, quantitatively, and inexpensively. Microfluidics, chemical, and
nanotechnologies will revolutionize our ability to generate comprehensive data sets
that span from individual cells to patients, and will allow us to build
multiparameter analysis tools (quantitating genes, proteins, and cells) for achieving
an informative in vitro disease diagnosis, as well as in vivo molecular imaging
probes for spatially localizing specific diseases. Using cancer as a theme, I will
describe the state-of-the-art in terms of network models of human diseases, and I
will describe how those models may be harnessed for information that can impact
clinical care of cancer. I will then describe a suite of in vitro and in vivo
multiparameter diagnostics technologies that we are developing in my lab in
concert with other groups, in the context of both near term and far term
applications.Reception 5:00-5:45 PM
Host: Anupam Madhukar, (213) 740-4325.Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - ontology Auditorium, GER 124
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Collective Motion and Decision-Making in Animal Groups
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Iain Couzin Royal Society University Research Fellow
Department of Zoology
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK and Visiting Research Fellow
Pew Program in Biocomplexity
Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Our research focuses on understanding collective behavior; how large-scale biological patterns result from the actions and interactions of the individual components of a system. We study self-organised pattern formation in a wide range of biological systems, including ants, fish schools, bird flocks, locust / cricket swarms and human crowds.Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) Room 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
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USC Association of General Contractors Student Chapter Symposium XIII
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 05:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
The theme of the 13th Annual Symposium is "L.A. Live," the nearby development in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District and L.A. Live is a civic center currently under development and construction in the City of Los Angeles. It will feature six city blocks of apartments, ballrooms, bars, concert theaters, condominiums, restaurants and movie theaters. The centerpiece of the district will be a 50+ story, 1,100 room hotel constructed in the parking lot directly north of the Staples Center. Our guest speakers will talk about the project from their perspective of involvement.Guest Speakers include: Ed Reynolds of the Reynold's Group; Adriana Maritnez, the L.A. Business Team and M.O.H.E.D director; Steve Dell'Orto, the project manager from Clark Construction Group LLC; Andrew Cohen the Gensler and Associates Executive Director; and TedTanner the Executive V.P. of Real Estate, AEG. Register before February 10th and your entrance fee is $75 per person and $25 per student. (After February 10th the entrance fee is $85 per adult and $25 per student)For more information or to register please contact Cesar Aviles or Arturo Diaz at usc.agc.symposium@gmail.com.
Location: Tower Hall (TOW) - n and Gown
Audiences: Civil Engineering Students/Alumni
Contact: Kirstin Strickland
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AGC: 13th Annual Symposium
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 05:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join hundreds of Contractors, Architects, Developers & Engineers and enjoy dinner and a presentation on the new LA LIVE project downtown. Email USC.AGC.Smposium@gmail.com for more info.
Location: Tower Hall (TOW) - n & Gown Foyer
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated General Contractors
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Evening With Industry
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Here is your opportunity to network with the following companies: Abbott Vascular, Accenture, Advanced Medical Optics, BP
Cisco, HP, Infosys, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman. Starsys, Turner Construction and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts BEFORE the career fair. The event will include a three course dinner where you will dine with corporate representatives along with 6 - 8 other students.Register here: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~sweusc/ewi/students.html$10 for non-SWE members.
FREE for SWE members. You can join SWE for only $20 and you get great benefits like being on our Resume CD, going to off-campus events for free and much more!Location: Radisson Hotel (Across from USC)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: SWE
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Engineering Idol
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come watch the Idols performing at the first-ever Engineering Idol! There will be a wide range of talents. Raffles will be held throughout the event, so don't miss out on a chance to win something! Refreshments will be served.Sponsored by STA Travel, GPSS, and PALM.http://viterbi.usc.edu/egsa for more information
Location: Ground Zero
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: EGSA
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E-Week: Evening With Industry (SWE)
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Want a chance to have dinner with industry representatives the day before the career fair?Well, here's your chance. At SWE's Evening with Industry you can network with 11 different companies. All majors will be represented.Priority registration will be given to SWE members and then general registraton will begin in early February.
Location: Radisson Hotel
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: SWE
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Protiviti Meeting / Information Session
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
The Information Systems Association (ISA) will be hosting Protiviti at our next meeting!WHAT: Protiviti Meeting/Information Session, http://www.protiviti.com/WHEN: Wednesday, February 21TIME: 6:30 PMWHERE: HOH 305From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protiviti"Protiviti is an international provider of independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting services. Protiviti has become recognized worldwide as a top expert in internal audit and risk management, as well as a thought leader in areas that include the complexities and challenges of complying with corporate governance regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.The company operates in 28 major US markets and 5 international markets.
Protiviti has been featured in publications such as Businessweek as a leader in providing consulting services related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.The name of the company is a coined term:[It] communicates our key brand attributes -- professionalism and proactivity as well as independence and integrity. The unique spelling with three "I's" represents "Independence," which is perhaps the most important concept.The name of the firm was chosen as a part of the branding studies done at the firms founding. Beyond the terms linguistic aspects it was found to be free to be established as a unique trademark world-wide.The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half International, Inc., a specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 Index.The firm offers three distinct lines of service: Technology Risk, Business Risk and Internal Audit. The firm was established in 2002 when Robert Half International, Inc. 'hired more than 700 professionals who had been affiliated with the internal audit and business and technology risk consulting practice of Arthur Andersen LLP, including more than 50 individuals who had been partners of Andersen. These professionals formed the base of the Company's new Protiviti Inc. subsidiary.'Milestones: Protiviti named by BusinessWeek as one of the best places to launch a career. At just over four years old, Protiviti was one of the youngest organizations ranked by BusinessWeek. Protiviti ranked number 52 out of 100. BusinessWeek magazine will only publish the top 50, however, the website will publish the top 55."You do not need to be a member to attend. This meeting is FREE and open to all USC students and majors. 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. Please contact Ariel at saldin@usc.edu with any questions or for more information.Ariel Saldin, VP of Membership, Information Systems Association, http://www.uscisa.net
Location: H. Leslie Hoffman Hall Of Business Administration (HOH) - 305
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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AIChE: Capture the Flag
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 09:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come play Capture the Flag during E-Week! Email aiche@usc.edu to join a team with all your friends. Coldstone gift certificates will be distributed to each member of the winning team.
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: AIChE
