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Events for April 04, 2011
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkMon, Apr 04, 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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Northrup Grumman Site Tour - Signups Due
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Signups for this event are due on Sunday night by 1159 PM.
US Citizens or Green Card only
Where: Northrop Grumman Space Park (Redondo Beach)
Date: Friday, 4/8/11
Time: 10am - midafternoon (back by about 3pm).
Lunch will be served. Meet outside RTH for carpool at 9am
Sign up online NOW at http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ieee/ngco/
LIMITED number of attendees on a first-come-first-served basis. Sign ups end on Sunday (4/3) at 11:59pm or when spots are filled -- don't miss out! You will get a confirmation e-mail to ensure that you have a spot for the event.
Northrop employees will talk about the company and showcase their products and facilities. There will be two tours, lunch, and an opportunity to talk to network with current Northrop Grumman employees, who are especially interested in those focusing or interested in communication systems!
Please indicate on the online form if you can drive; student drivers will be reimbursed.Location: Off Campus
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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System Safety (SSC)
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
Instruction is given in both system safety engineering and management with emphasis on complex, high technology systems. Engineering methods are illustrated with practical, numerical examples.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Multi-Disciplinary Technology Applications in the Energy Industry
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Fred Aminzadeh, Research Professor, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Talk Title: Multi-Disciplinary Technology Applications in the Energy Industry
Abstract: What are the significant technology advances in the energy industry in the past decade? What are current trends? What advanced computing technologies are continuing to have an impact on oil and gas exploration? How best we can use new signal processing and pattern recognition techniques to get the most out of the seismic data? Where do we want to be within the next ten years? What do we need to do to address challenges associated with declining oil fields and how the EE discipline can help? These questions will be addressed in conjunction with our most challenging exploration and field development problems. The need for cross disciplinary research and true integration will be discussed.
Some of the answers to the above questions may have a direct impact on the direction of the Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) being launched at USC. The RMC, with input from faulty from many departments, will look at the whole value chain in reservoir monitoring. It will focus on the data integration and data mining (eg 4D seismic, production data, passive seismic data), visualization and updating of reservoir model and real time reservoir management. It will also look into new techniques in soft computing signal and image processing to analyze and interpret the time lapse seismic and passive seismic data. Some of such applications will be demonstrated by a few recent real life examples, including a recently funded $2 million dollars DOE project for geothermal applications.
Biography: Fred Aminzadeh is a research professor at the Petroleum Engineering program at USC. Upon receiving his PhD in Control Theory in 1979 from USC, he went to Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. Subsequently he joined Unocal with both technical and management responsibilities. He also was an adjunct professor of Geosciences department at Rice University and held many position with different National Laboratories including LBNL, LANL, ORNL and LLNL. He has served as a member of DOEâs Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee. He has three US patents and an extensive list of publications in diverse areas including 12 books such as those on Reservoir Characterization, Petroleum Geology of South Caspian Basin, 3-D Seismic Modeling Advances in Seismic Data Processing, Geophysics for Engineers, and Petroleum Industry Applications of Pattern Recognition and Soft Computing. Many of his books have been translated into Chinese. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and served as president of Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 2007-2008. Currently, he is serving as the Lead Guest Editor for the special issue of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine on Geophysical Signal Processing.
Host: Dr. Alexander A. Sawchuk
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/calendar.htmLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/calendar.htm
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Robert Shannon, House Ear Institute
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Fifth Annual Eberhardt Rechtin Keynote Lecture
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Denis Cortese, Foundation Professor, W.P. Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering / Director, Health Care Delivery and Policy Program, Arizona State University and Emeritus President and Chief Executive Officer, Mayo Clinic
Talk Title: "A System of Healthcare for the USA" **
Abstract: Dr. Cortese describes a view of health care in terms of three mega-domains: the knowledge domain â the world of medical research, where new ideas inventions and medical approaches are developed, such the concept of individualized medicine based on our unique genetic blueprint; the care delivery domain - the world of physicians and hospitals, where patients are treated; and the payer domain â the world of insurance, governments and others that pay for the delivery of health care. Each of these domains is huge in its own right, their flawed interactions with each other is one of the main reasons why our health care system is so dysfunctional.
** 3:00 - 4:00 PM - Meet Dr. Cortese / Refreshments will be served in the Andrus Gerontology Courtyard
Biography: Dr. Denis Cortese assumed academic positions as a Foundation Professor in January 2010 at Arizona State University (ASU) in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. He is also the director of ASU's Health Care Delivery and Policy Program. He currently serves on the board for Pinnacle West, RAND Health, and the National Coalition for Healthcare Information (NCHI). In addition he is chair of IOM Roundtable on Value and Science Driven Healthcare and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering's Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Dr. Cortese is Emeritus President and Chief Executive Officer of Mayo Clinic. His memberships include: The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (US) and chair of the Roundtable on Evidence Based Medicine; Healthcare Leadership Council, chair for 2007-2009; Harvard/Kennedy Healthcare Policy Group; Academia Nacional de Medicina (Mexico); and Division on Engineering and Physical Science (DEPS), National Research Council.
Some of Dr. Cortese's honors and awards include, National Healthcare Leadership Award - National Center for Healthcare (2009); Leo Black Award for Excellence in Healthcare Information Technology - Mayo Clinic (2009); Commencement address - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (2009); Commencement address - Luther College (2009); Honorary Doctor of Science Degree - Luther College (2009); Medal of Merit - American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2008); Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2007); Top 50 Physician Executives in Healthcare (2006_2008); and Honorary Fellow - Royal College of Physicians (2005).
Host: Viterbi School of Engineering, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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ENH Seminar Series
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Samantha Butler, Assistant Professor/ University of Southern California
Talk Title: Regulated axon outgrowth as a mechanism for axon guidance
Abstract: Commissural spinal axons extend away from the roof plate (RP) in response to a chemorepellent mediated by the Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs). Previous studies have focused on the ability of commissural axons to translate a spatial gradient of BMPs into directional information in vitro. However, a notable feature of this system in vivo is that the gradient of BMPs acts from behind the commissural cell bodies, making it possible for the BMPs to have a continued effect on commissural axons as they grow away from the RP. We have demonstrated that BMPs activate the cofilin regulator Limk1 to control the rate of commissural axon extension in the dorsal spinal cord. By modulating Limk1 activity in both rodent and chicken commissural neurons, the rate of axon growth can either be stalled or accelerated. Altering the activation state of Limk1 also influences subsequent guidance decisions: accelerated axons make rostrocaudal projection errors while navigating their intermediate target, the floor plate. These results suggest that a preceding guidance cue can specify information about the rate of growth, to ensure that axons reach subsequent signals either at particular times or speeds during development.
Host: Carolee Winstein
More Info: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH-Schedule_1011.phpLocation: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Adriana Cisneros
Event Link: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH-Schedule_1011.php
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Be a VSA :: Deadline to Apply for Viterbi Student Ambassadors
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Please visit http://viterbi.usc.edu/vsa/join.htm for more information and the online application.
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Paul Ledesma
