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Events for May 10, 2013

• May

  10

  Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk

  Fri, May 10, 2013

  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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!

  Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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  • Fri Apr 26, 2013
  • Fri May 3, 2013
  • Fri May 10, 2013

  Contact: Viterbi Admission

  

• May

  10

  CEE Ph.D. Seminar

  Fri, May 10, 2013 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

  Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars

  
  

  Speaker: Dr. Leon Alkalai, , Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  
  Talk Title: “Solar Systems Exploration - Mission Formulation Systems Engineering” by Leon Alkalai, JPL
  
  Abstract: TBA
  
  Biography: Dr. Leon Alkalai received his MSc and PhD degrees from the UCLA Computer Science Department in 1986 and 1989 respectively and has since then been working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
  He is currently a program manager at JPL responsible for the next NASA Discovery and New Frontiers program mission portfolios as part of JPL’s Solar System Exploration Program Directorate.
  For the first 14 years of his career at JPL, Leon worked on technology development of advanced micro-avionics and micro-systems technologies for deep-space exploration.
  For the past 10 years, Leon has been in the forefront of mission formulation activities at JPL.
  From 2005 – 2007 he was the JPL Capture Lead for the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission proposal which won the NASA Discovery-11 competition and successfully launched in September 2011 to the Moon.
  In 2012, Leon was the Capture Lead for the InSight mission to Mars, which won the NASA Discovery-12 competition and is scheduled to launch in 2016.
  Last year, NASA awarded Dr. Leon Alkalai the Individual Distinguished Achievement Medal for the successful formulation of GRAIL and for winning the Discovery-11 competition.
  Leon Alkalai is an active Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).
  
  
  
  
  

  Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Evangeline Reyes