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Events for March 04, 2015
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkWed, Mar 04, 2015
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
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. During the engineering session we will discuss the curriculum, research opportunities, hands-on projects, entrepreneurial support programs, and other aspects of the engineering 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 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please make sure to check availability and register online for the session you wish to attend. Also, remember to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Prospective Undergrads and Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Wed, Mar 04, 2015 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Kangwon Lee, Korea Polytechnic University
Talk Title: Longitudinal Driver Models & Driving Databases
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: This presentation will talk about how people drive their cars. More specifically about accel / brake pedals: the longitudinal human driver models and numerical evaluation of them using naturalistic human driving databases. First, driver model, car following situation and naturalistic driving databases will be described. Then longitudinal driver models and a evaluation configuration will be presented. Finally the Modified Gipps Model showing the best performance of the presented models will be analyzed more in detail and compared with real traffic flow rate data.
Biography: Kangwon Lee is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the Korea Polytechnic University. He received his Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2004. His research interests cover ground vehicle control systems including automotive active safety and driver assistant systems.
Host: Prof. Ashutosh Nayyar and the Ming Hsieh Institute
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Wed, Mar 04, 2015 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Xianyi Zeng, Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC
Talk Title: Multi-Robot Systems for Monitoring and Controlling Large Scale Environments A Variational Multiscale Finite Element Method for Nearly Incompressible Solids and Fluid-Structure Interactions
Series: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Abstract: We present a new approach to stabilize the finite element methods for explicit transient solid mechanics in the nearly incompressible regime using linear simplicial finite elements, and present its extension to fluid-structure interactions. In these problems, triangular/tetrahedral elements are usually preferred because they allow efficient and automated mesh generation for complicated geometries. However, standard Galerkin formulation typically leads to volume locking or instability on these elements in the case of nearly incompressible solid dynamics.
To overcome these difficulties, we describe a stabilized method that is based on a mixed formulation, in which the usual momentum equation is complemented by a rate equation for the evolution of the pressure field. The stabilization term is derived using a variational multiscale approach for isotropic linear elastic materials, and it is shown to greatly improve the stability of the methods without decreasing the order of the accuracy. Next we extend the methodology to nonlinear elastic materials by properly linearizing the variational form, and then to viscoelastic materials by introducing internal variables. Extensive numerical results in these contexts are presented to assess the accuracy and stability properties of the proposed methods for general solid mechanics.
Finally, we describe a similar VMS-based finite element method for shock hydrodynamics, and conclude the presentation by coupling the two methods to perform challenging shock-solid interaction computations.
Biography: Xianyi Zeng obtained a BS in mathematics and applied mathematics from Peking University, and a PhD in computational and mathematical engineering from the Stanford University. Before joining the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Duke University as a postdoc, he worked on his dissertation in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University while pursuing the doctoral degree. Dr. Zeng has broad interests in computational mechanics and their applications, including computational gas dynamics, computational solid mechanics, fluid-structure interactions, and numerical modeling of inelastic materials, among others.
Host: Paul Ronney
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Valerie Childress
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SHPE USC 8th GBM: Personality Types and Team Dynamics
Wed, Mar 04, 2015 @ 06:30 PM - 08:20 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Team projects can be one of two things: a great and productive learning experience OR a complete nightmare. Join SHPE as we cover the different personality types that you will encounter in college and in the workforce and how you can use that to your advantage when working in teams. Like always, there will be FREE FOOD!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
