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Events for June 11, 2012
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SAP TERP 10 Student Certification AcademyMon, Jun 11, 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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EE-Electrophysics Seminar
Mon, Jun 11, 2012 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: H. J. Ryoo, Ph.D, Pulsed Power World Class Lab, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, University of Science & Technology
Talk Title: KERIâs Solid State Modulator Technology
Abstract: In this seminar, the solid state pulsed power modulators
developed in KERI, based on Power Electronics technologies are
overviewed. During last ten years, several kinds of solid state
modulators were developed in KERI such as IGBT stacks with step
up transformer, full IGBT stack based marx generator, modified
IGBT marx generator and high repetitive solid state modulator.
Basic principle of the design is described and each pros and cons are compared. KERI's solid state pulsed power modulators have a lot of advantages for industrial pulsed power application focused on everlasting life cycle and high repetitive, and shows superior arching protection ability.
Host: Dr. Andras Kuthi
Location: Frank R. Seaver Science Center (SSC) - 604
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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Oral Dissertation Defense
Mon, Jun 11, 2012 @ 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Songyoung Son, CE Ph.D, Candidate
Talk Title: Wave Induced Hydrodynamic Complexity and Transport in the Nearshore
Abstract: In the coastal area, defined as the region between the shoreline and some offshore limit where the depth can no longer influence the waves, complex behavior of waves is expected due to various physical effects such as turbulence, wave-structure interaction, wave-current interaction, wave breaking and fluid-density variations.
In this study, depth-integrated numerical models used in long wave simulation are developed for better understanding of complicated hydrodynamics at the nearshore.
First, a non-dispersive shallow water model and dispersive Boussinesq model are two-way coupled to develop a seamless model for long wave evolution from deep to shallow water with fine scale resolution, without the loss of locally important physics.
Second, a set of depth-integrated equations describing combined wave-current flows are derived mathematically and discretized numerically. To account for the effect of turbulent interaction between waves and underlying currents with arbitrary profile, new additional stresses are introduced, which represent radiation stress of waves over the ambient current field.
Finally, numerical model for gravity waves propagating over variable density fluids is developed by allowing horizontal and vertical variation of fluid density. Throughout the derivation, density change effects appear as correction terms while the internal wave effects on the free surface waves in a two-layer system are accounted for through direct inclusion of internal wave velocity component.
For each of the studied topics, numerical tests are performed to support its accuracy and applicability. Consequently, we developed a comprehensive tool for numerical simulation of complex nearshore hydrodynamics.
Advisor: Dr. Patrick Lynett
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
