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Events for March 26, 2010
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Mar 26, 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 12:00 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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IEEE USC-UCLA Broomball Showdown Signups
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 @ 08:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come out to the annual IEEE Broomball showdown between USC and UCLA on Saturday, April 3rd, at the Pasadena Ice Rink. We will be meeting in front of RTH at 5:00pm on Saturday (4/3) to carpool over to Pasadena. This event is FREE for USC students. Sign ups are available online at www-scf.usc.edu/~ieee/broomball/ until 5pm on Thursday (4/1). Hurry, spaces are limited!
Location: Paint Shop (PAS) - adena Ice Skating Rink
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engin
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Being an Engineer in the Private Industry
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Neil Siegel, Sector Vice-President and Chief Engineer of Information Systems Business at Northrop Grumman, will present "Being an Engineer in the Private Industry" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Admissions & Student Affairs
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Babak Daneshrad, UCLATopic: Research Stemming from the Development of a MIMO OFDM Testbed
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Title: SUPEROXIDE RADICAL AND UV IRRADIATION IN ULTRASOUND ASSISTED OXIDATIVE DESULFURIZATION (UAOD):
A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE FOR GREENER FUELSBy: Ngo Yeung Chan, Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering, USC ABSTRACT
This study is aimed at improving the current ultrasound assisted oxidative desulfurization (UAOD) process, developed in University of Southern California by Professor Yen's research group, by utilizing superoxide radical as oxidant. Research was also conducted to investigate the feasibility of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation-assisted desulfurization. These modifications can enhance the process with the following achievements: • Meet the upcoming sulfur standards on various fuels including diesel fuel oils and residual oils
• More efficient oxidant with significantly lower consumption in accordance with stoichiometry
• Energy saving by 90%
• Greater selectivity in petroleum compositionThe new system demonstrated over 98% desulfurization efficiency on diesel oils and more than 75% on residual oils with significantly less oxidant and energy consumption. The new process development has been supported by Eco Energy Solutions Inc., Reno, Nevada and Intelligent Energy Inc., Long Beach, California. The feasible applications of superoxide and UV irradiation in the UAOD process could provide deep-desulfurization on various fuels with practical cost.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Information-Power Tradeoffs for Biosensor Design
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Nicole Nelson, University of MarylandAbstract: Biosensors for lab on a chip and portable applications typically detect weak signals while having limited power resources. These sensors must therefore be carefully designed while accounting for the noise performance. I will show a methodology, based on the classical Shannon capacity, of formulating the tradeoffs in energy and power resources, intrinsic noise and signal power. In particular I model analog circuits as communication channels corrupted by noise and will show the model thus far for operational transconductance amplifiers as well as an active pixel sensor. In addition I will show results of a bioamplifier which measures weak extra- cellular signals of electrogenic cells as well as a handheld fluorometer that can be used for a variety of biological applications.Biography: Nicole Nelson received her Bachelor's and Master's degree from Howard University in 2001 and 2003 respectively and is currently completing her PhD at the University of Maryland,College Park. In 2007 she was the recipient of an outstanding TA award and future faculty fellowship from the engineering school. Her research interests include studying information and power efficiency tradeoffs in circuit design and development and testing of biosensor devices.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kim Reid
