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Short Course: Six Sigma Green Belt for Process ImprovementWed, Mar 11, 2015
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Abstract: This program, an introductory course in Six Sigma, will give you a thorough understanding of Six Sigma and its focus on eliminating defects through fundamental process knowledge. Topics covered in addition to DMAIIC and Six Sigma philosophy include basic statistics, statistical process control, process capability, financial implications and root cause analysis. This program is offered both in the classroom and online.
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Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Mar 11, 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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Beyond Prosthetics: Turning Science Fiction into Science, and Science into Technology
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Phillip Alvelda, Program Manager, Biological Technologies Office; DARPA
Talk Title: Beyond Prosthetics: Turning Science Fiction into Science, and Science into Technology
Abstract: Dr. Alvelda's vision is to take the latest neural engineering science and technology out of the laboratory and seed the creation of new mind-enabled industries. The purpose of this seminar is to have discussions to explore highly-scalable direct neural interface technologies in order to design and develop complete systems that can go beyond simply restoring lost function. This research will require collaboration across multiple disciplines, including optics/photonics, medical materials and packaging, and neuroscience. This seminar is intended to be an opportunity for discussion with 40 minutes allocated for Q&A.
Biography: A scientist, engineer, serial entrepreneur, and educator, highlights of Dr. Alveldaâs career include developing sensors that have flown throughout the solar system, establishing an entirely new infrastructure in telecommunications and media at companies that he founded, including the DARPA-funded MicroDisplay, and MobiTV, and founding the non-profit Westminster Institute for K-12 Science Education reform (wiseteachers.org). Dr. Alvelda holds over 50 technical publications and numerous patents, a Technical Emmy award from the Academy of Motion Pictures, a Bachelorâs degree in Physics from Cornell University, and Masters and PhD degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ryan Choi
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Computer Science Faculty Meeting
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
Event details will be emailed to invited attendees.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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LinkedIn Headshots
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
You are invited to attend our event that is completely free for Viterbi students! Pictures will be taken on a first come, first serve basis during the time of the event.
Suggested Attire: Professional attire.
***Please bring USC ID card to sign in.Location: E-Quad Fountain
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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VSi2 Startup Office Hours
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 01:30 PM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Working on a startup idea? Want to get feedback/guidance/support?
Schedule a 30 min appt with VSi2 Staff to get guidance and help.
You can schedule an appointment hereLocation: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 330D
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Student Innovation Institute
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Spring 2015 Environmental Engineering Seminar Series
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Jeanne VanBriesen, Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: Effects of Fossil Fuel Extraction and Utilization Wastewaters on Drinking Water Treatment Processes
Host: Katie Russo
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kaela Berry
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mac Schwager, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Systems Engineering at Boston University, Boston, MA
Talk Title: Multi-Robot Systems for Monitoring and Controlling Large Scale Environments
Series: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Abstract: Groups of aerial, ground, and sea robots working collaboratively have the potential to transform the way we sense and interact with our environment at large scales. They can serve as eyes-in-the-sky for environmental scientists, farmers, and law enforcement agencies, providing critical, real-time information about dynamic environments and cityscapes. They can even help us to control large-scale environmental processes, autonomously cleaning up oil spills, tending to the needs of crop lands, and fighting forest fires, while humans stay at a safe distance. This talk will present an overview of research toward the realization of this vision, giving special attention to recent work on distributed optimization-based control algorithms for groups of aerial robots to monitor large-scale environments. I will describe a general optimization-based control design methodology for synthesizing practical, distributed robot controllers with provable stability and convergence properties. I will also describe low-level control techniques based on differential flatness to coordinate the motion of teams of quadrotors in an agile and computationally efficient manner. Experimental studies with groups of quadrotor robots flying both outdoors and indoors using these controllers will also be discussed.
Biography: Mac Schwager is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Division of Systems Engineering at Boston University. He obtained his BS degree in 2000 from Stanford University, his MS degree from MIT in 2005, and his PhD degree from MIT in 2009. He was a postdoctoral researcher working jointly in the GRASP lab at the University of Pennsylvania and CSAIL at MIT from 2010 to 2012. His research interests are in distributed algorithms for control, perception, and learning in groups of robots and animals. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2014.
Host: Paul Ronney
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Valerie Childress
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EE Pioneer Series – Robert W. Hellwarth
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Robert W. Hellwarth, University Professor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics and Astronomy
Talk Title: TBD
Series: Pioneer Series
Biography: Professor Robert W. Hellwarth, University Professor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, and holder of the George T. Pfleger Chair in Electrical Engineering, joined the University of Southern California in 1970. Over the past 45 years, Professor Hellwarth has made numerous outstanding research contributions in the areas of quantum electronics; nonlinear optics; design and employment of lasers to aid a variety of practical and scientific efforts, from adaptive optics for astronomy to electro-optic modulators for communications. Professor Hellwarth has received several honors including the Charles Hard Townes Award of the Optical Society of America, the Quantum Electronics Award of the IEEE, and he is member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Host: Ming Hsieh Institute
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/about/news/2015/02/18/ee-pioneer-series-robert-w-hellwarth/
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elise Herrera-Green
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/about/news/2015/02/18/ee-pioneer-series-robert-w-hellwarth/
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Jeanne VanBriesen, Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: Effects of fossil fuel extraction and utilization wastewaters on drinking water treatment processes
Abstract:
Changes in human activities associated with fossil fuel extraction and utilization can alter source waters in ways that affect treatment choices, costs, and the quality of the finished water distributed for human consumption. Produced waters from oil and gas extraction, especially those associated with shale formations, are often high in salts and bromide. Discharge of these wastewaters, even after partial treatment, can increase surface water concentrations of dissolved solids and bromide. Similarly, coal-fired power plants can produce wastewater with high dissolved solids, where the bromide concentration depends on the source coal, the addition of bromide for mercury control, and the use of pollution control devices such as flue-gas desulfurization units. These new or increasing sources of bromide have the potential to affect drinking water treatment plants. Several areas of the country not traditionally associated with high source water bromide levels (including the Ohio River Basin) have been reporting increasing bromination of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in treated drinking water. These changes may require changes to treatment at the drinking water plant or new methods for DBP control in the distribution system. This represents a significant challenge for drinking water infrastructure in the United States. A recently completed three year field study, and an analysis of state and industry reports for produced water quantity and quality, along with power plant discharge data, enables an assessment of the effect of fossil fuel extraction and utilization activities on source water quality and finished water disinfection by-products in the Monongahela River in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Biography:
Dr. Jeanne M. VanBriesen is the Duquesne Light Company Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. VanBriesen holds a B.S. in Education and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University. She is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Delaware. Her research focuses on biotransformation of recalcitrant organics, detection of biological agents in drinking water and natural water systems, and speciation-driven biogeochemistry of chelating agents and disinfection by-products. Dr. VanBriesen has published fifty scientific papers and given more than 100 professional presentations. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Colcom Foundation, the Heinz Endowments, the Packard Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance. Dr. VanBriesen has served on the boards of the Association for Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and the Ohio River Basin Consortia for Research and Education. She is currently serving on the U.S.EPA Science Advisory Board.
Host: Dr. Amy Childress
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Viterbi Spotlight Series- Aerospace, Mechanical, and Astronautical Engineering
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Spotlight Series is your opportunity to connect with USC alumni and industry professionals that have been in your shoes and will share their experiences on how they got to where they are in their career.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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SHPE E-Board Elections
Wed, Mar 11, 2015 @ 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Elections are here and the time has come to shape next year's Executive Board! Come by to see the beginning of a new era in SHPE as the upcoming generation steps up to become the leaders they have aspired to become. Come listen to each candidates' speech and stay for the free food.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
