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Events for June 05, 2012
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SAP TERP 10 Student Certification AcademyTue, Jun 05, 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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MRI Coils: Theory and Practice
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Cecil Hayes, University of Washington
Talk Title: MRI Coils: Theory and Practice
Abstract: Radio frequency coils provide the interface between patient and the electronics in an MRI scanner. All the information conveyed between the subject and the scanner passes through and is conditioned by the RF coils. Thus, the design of the RF coils is a critical element in the overall performance of an MRI scanner. Transmit coils produce the radio frequency field B1, which excites and manipulates the nuclear spins. Most often, the transmit coil is a large volume coil that produces a homogeneous RF field so that all spins are excited equally. The primary function of a receive coil is to pick up the magnet field generated by the precessing spins and convert it to an electronic signal. The receive coil also picks up noise emanating from the sample material such as tissue. A well designed receive coil and its preamplifier should add very little additional noise to the desired signal. A small surface coil can produce a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) than a larger volume coil but only in localized region. The surface coil couples strongly to the signal locally but not to the noise originating from more distance tissue. The larger field-of-view of a volume coil can be recovered by using a phased array of smaller coils that retain their higher SNR. The amplitude and phase of the signal induced in a surface coil is dependent on the relative location of the voxel and the coil. A technique called parallel imaging exploits this added spatial information of an array to shorten the imaging time by substituting for some of the gradient encoding.
Biography: Prof. Cecil Hayes obtained his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard in 1973. His thesis used NMR to study internal fields in zinc chalcogenides. Post doctorates at Rutgers and University of Utah applied NMR to critical phenomena of xenon and ionic motion in sodium beta alumina. While at Utah, he built a small magnetic resonance imager to quantify lung water in rats. In 1982, he joined GE Medical Systems in Milwaukee and helped developed their 1.5T Signa scanner. He is best known as the inventor of the birdcage coil that is commonly used as the volume coil in most scanners. Since 1991, he has been at University of Washington, where he developed specialized phased arrays for diagnostic imaging and research on humans and animals.
Host: Professor Krishna Nayak and Dr. Yoon Chul Kim
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mary Francis
