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Events for May 15, 2012
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SAP TERP 10 Student Certification AcademyTue, May 15, 2012 @ 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Richard Vawter, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: SAP TERP 10 Student Certification Academy
Abstract: The University of Southern California, being an active member of SAPâs Global University Alliances program since its inception in 1996, has been chosen to offer the TERP10 Academy to its students in early Summer 2012. The TERP10 Academy, and its certification, is a direct response to the global forecast of needed SAP skills in the market, estimated at between 30,000 and 40,000, in the next several years.
Students completing the TERP10 Academy and passing SAPâs certification exam will have the advantage of being equipped with a good understanding of business processes adopted by companies around the world. They will also get insights into best business practices and how SAP can be used to optimize business processes. Students will find that the TERP10 Certification will open internship opportunities as well as full time jobs with consulting firms such as Deloitte, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Hitachi, and other SAP partner companies.
There will be two offerings of the SAP TERP10 Student Certification Academy in 2012. Both offerings will run for 9 full days, with the the certification examination to be given on the morning of the 10th day.
Biography: Although Prof. Richard Vawter hasn't flown for over a decade, he's had plenty of experience in the cockpitâespecially as a college student! His undergraduate degrees at both Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona and UCLA were accomplished by literally flying between classes.
Upon completing his Engineering degree at UCLA, Richard Vawter started work at Rockwell International analyzing the dynamic loads placed upon the Space Shuttle during the launch and entry phases of a mission. After the Challenger incident, Richard Vawter was chosen to be part of NASAâs Crew Egress Team and assigned the task to design a system and method for the crew to escape the shuttle during a controlled emergency descent.
Following the resumption of the Space Shuttle flights, Prof. Vawter began taking graduate classes at the School of Engineering. After only one graduate class, Prof. Vawter became hooked on USC, completing Masters degrees in both Aerospace Engineering and Business Administration. After two years as a computer consultant, Prof. Vawter returned to USC and worked for the Marshall School of Business as a Computer Systems and Applications Specialist. During that time, he had the opportunity to fill in for a week teaching an ITP class and discovered his teaching talents when the students started clamoring for him to come back. Prof. Vawter began teaching officially at ITP in 1996 and currently focuses on SAP.
Host: Corporate and Professional Programs
More Info: http://mapp.usc.edu/professionalprograms/ShortCourses/TERP10.htm
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
Event Link: http://mapp.usc.edu/professionalprograms/ShortCourses/TERP10.htm
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Tue, May 15, 2012 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yujie Ying, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: Data-Driven Ultrasonics for Pipe Monitoring
Abstract: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the continuous assessment of structural integrity through permanently installed sensors. SHM complements traditional nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques that are time and labor intensive and hence infrequent. SHM allows condition-based structural maintenance to replace the current practice of economically inefficient schedule-based maintenance. However, a major challenge for SHM lies in distinguishing the damage induced changes in the sensed signal from the changes produced by benign environmental and operational variations (such as temperature, air pressure in pipes, fluid flow, etc.).
In this talk, I will present a data-driven methodology for infrastructure monitoring that is robust to ambient environmental variability. I will focus on demonstrating the effectiveness of an integrated machine learning and signal processing approach for damage detection in pipe structures with surface-mounted piezoelectric wafers that generate and sense ultrasonic waves. Ultrasonic waves can propagate long distances with high sensitivity to damage. However, it is difficult to recognize a defect due to the presence of multiple dispersive wave modes and the influence of environmental and operational factors. Laboratory experiments and field tests were conducted on a pipe specimen with randomly-controlled internal air pressure levels, and on an operating hot-water pipe with large and uncontrollable environmental fluctuations, respectively. The sensed ultrasonic data are characterized and mapped onto a high dimensional feature space using various signal processing techniques. Machine learning algorithms are then applied to automatically identify effective features and to detect a weak scatterer on the pipes under complex and highly dynamic operating conditions.
This data-driven monitoring methodology involves an integrated process of sensing, data acquisition, signal analysis, and pattern recognition, for continuous tracking of the structural functionality in an adaptive and cost-effective manner. The techniques developed in this work are expected to have broader applications related to the regular inspection, maintenance, and management of critical infrastructures not limited to pipes.
Host: Astani CEE Department
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cassie Cremeans
