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Events for March 30, 2011
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ASBME E-Board Applications: Run for a position for 2011-2012!Wed, Mar 30, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
ASBME E-Board Applications: Run for a position for 2011-2012!
DEADLINE: April 2nd, 1PM
E-Board Applications are now out for the 2011-2012 school year!
We hope you have enjoyed being a part of ASBME this past year, and if you would like to help improve it even more next year, we highly encourage you to run for a position by filling out this application: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/usc.edu/viewform?formkey=dHRrTnR0Z01xOC0zdnpuek5VUmZXR1E6MQ
The current E-board has put together a list of E-Board position responsibilities (on our website: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asbme/), so that you can determine which one(s) fit you best.
The application is due Saturday, April 2nd by 1pm. We greatly look forward to the opportunity to have you be a part of next year's ASBME E-Board team, and we will be sending out election logistics in one week after applications have closed.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Mar 30, 2011
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. 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 visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ 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: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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CENG Seminar
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Janet Roveda , University of Arizona, Tucson
Talk Title: Conquering Variability for Robust VLSI Circuit Design
Abstract: Growing variability has been observed in nanometer CMOS due to limits in design and manufacture technology. The resulting diminished accuracy has caused a significant reduction in the parametric yield. In the presence of significant variations, the worst-case-based analysis is too pessimistic and the simulation based sampling schemes require excessive computation time due to the large parametric space. A new, efficient approach that models variability in the polynomial chaos domain through a set of orthogonal polynomials is proposed. The new method provides a functional presentation of circuit response in terms of process variations. The approach significantly reduces turnaround time for the pre-silicon stage, and provides accurate full chip verification down to 40nm technology. The presentation addresses a range of techniques that have been developed by Dr. Rovedaâs group: second order cone for robust optimization, fast probability collocation method, Principal Hessian Direction, and Chebyshev probability bound estimation. Looking forward, we focus our efforts on the creation of a unified framework that maps quality of applications to quality of circuit design. Additional comments on present efforts in Interface Models for smart grid, Nano-Sim for CNT based circuit design, and self-tuning techniques for robust and low power multi-core systems will conclude the discussion.
Biography: Janet Roveda received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from The East China Institute in 1991, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998 and 2000, respectively. She was a recipient of the NSF career award and the PEACASE award in 2005 and 2006, respectively. She received the best paper award in ISQED 2010 as well as best paper nominations in ASPDAC 2010, ICCAD 2007, and ISQED 2005. She is the recipient of the 2008 R. Newton Graduate Research Project Award from DAC, and the 2007 USS University of Arizona Outstanding Achievement Award. Her primary research interests focus on robust circuit design, VLSI circuit modeling and analysis, and low power multi-core system design.
Host: Massoud Pedram
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Field measurements and numerical modeling of energy transport in urban areas
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Zhihua Wang, Princeton University
Talk Title: Field measurements and numerical modeling of energy transport in urban areas
Abstract: Changes of surface landuse types, resulting from rapid global urbanization and anthropogenic stressors, have significant impacts on urban environmental and engineered systems such as heat island formation and modification of the hydrological cycle and air quality. A better understanding of the transport and storage of energy in urban areas, in particular, is essential to the long term sustainability of cities. The last few decades have seen increasing efforts to characterize the energy transport in the lower urban atmosphere; one of the useful tools that have emerged is the physically-based urban canopy model (UCM). We developed an energy transport model based on the single-layer UCM used in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Our implementation does not require coupling to an atmospheric flow model and features several improvements in the urban surface energy exchange scheme including: (1) derivation and implementation of a spatially-analytical method that captures surface temperatures and heat storage better, (2) statistical characterization of uncertainties in the surface input parameter space using Markov-Chain Monte Carlo simulations, and (3) coupling to a hydrological model to better parameterize the water transport and evaporation from urban surfaces. Intensive field measurements are also carried out through a large wireless network of sensors deployed over the campus of Princeton University. Data collected from the sensor network are used to provide input parameters as well as to validate the proposed numerical scheme.
Host: Sonny Astani Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Erin Sigman
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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jay Kudva, President, NextGen Aeronautics Inc.
Talk Title: 25 Years of Adaptive Structures â A Subjective Perspective
Abstract: While âsmart materials,â particularly piezoelectrics, have been known and used by the scientific community for more than a century, the term âsmart structuresâ came into vogue in the 1980s. The impetus for the research at that time was sparked by the initial demonstration of embedded fiber optic sensors in a composite laminate. Since then, hundreds of millions of dollars of R&D investment has been made in the broad area of smart or multi-functional materials and structures. This presentation traces the historical development of this field, starting from about the mid-80s to the present, in three areas:
1. Health monitoring, mainly for structures, wherein sensors are attached or embedded in the structures to monitor its (internal) health, to increase safety, reliability and possibly increase the flight envelope;
2. Integration of antennas and other sensors to provide multi-function capabilities at the component level â for instance provide optimal structural and antenna performance, enhancing overall system capability;
3. Adaptive structures where sensors and actuators are integrated in the structure or the overall system to change shape or state to optimize its performance for differing external conditions such as loads and flight regimes. The rationale in this case is to provide multi-point optimization at the system level, for example to realize wing shapes which could be optimal across a wide speed range, resulting in multi-mission capabilities.
While much fundamental and applied research has been conducted in all three areas, transition of the developed technologies with demonstrated performance improvements has been limited. The reasons for this are many and varied; the presentation provides a broad brush, subjective, assessment of the overall R&D commercialization efforts in the field and a speculative vision of the future of smart structures.
Host: Dr. F. Udwadia
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
