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Events for September 09, 2011
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Rags to Hitches: log "sexy" startup (stiff corporate) = systems engineering
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ryan Charles, Director of Business Development, Hire-a-Helper
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
Abstract: Ryan Charles, Director of Business Development for Hire-a-Helper, will present "Rags to Hitches: log 'sexy' startup (stiff corporate) = systems engineering" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
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Center for Engineering Diversity Open House
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 @ 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Stop by and get acquainted with The Center for Engineering Diversity, Viterbi Career Services, Viterbi Acaemic and Support Services, and members of our Industry Advisory Board, along with studnet members of The Minority Engineering Graduate Association (MEGA, The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), The
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and The Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
The Center for Engineering Diversity (CED) exists to support the recruitment, retention and graduation of African-American, Latino, and Native American students pursuing engineering degrees. Partnering with the Viterbi Admission and Student Affairs division, industry, and alumni affords CED the opportunity to provide a supportive environment that prepares students academically, professionally, and personally for success as professional and academic engineers. Our goal is to foster a community of scholars focused on professional excellence.
Anyone that is committed to this mission is welcome to join CED.
Deadline to register is Monday, September 12th, 2011. Register here: https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bpDS0qnJZ4ryXpa
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 2nd Floor
Audiences: Registered Members of Center for Engineering Diversity
Contact: Traci Thomas Navarro
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Firooz Aflatouni, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Electronic-Photonic Co-Design: RF Assisted
Abstract: The relative phase control of semiconductor lasers is the basis for many applications including RF assisted coherent power combining of semiconductor lasers and laser beamforming.
Also, absolute phase control of semiconductor laser (where the laser phase noise is reduced) is highly desired in many applications such as coherent optical communication (long-haul or chip-to-chip), interferometric sensing, LIDAR, and mmwave
and THz signal generations.
These are examples of Electronic-Photonic Co-Design which can be categorized into two main aspects: (a) RF Assisted Photonics where RF and mm-wave circuits and techniques are employed to improve the performance of photonic systems, and (b) Photonic Assisted Electronics where photonic systems and devices are used to improve the performance of the RF and mm-wave systems.
In this talk, I will present my work on RF assisted phase control of semiconductor lasers in both relative sense (coherent power combining) and absolute sense (laser phase noise reduction) and will discuss its advantages and limitations.
Biography: Biography: Firooz Aflatouni received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the K.N.T. University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, in 1998 and 2005, respectively. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree at USC. In 1999, he co-founded Pardis Bargh Company, where he was involved in the designing of inclined- orbit satellite tracking systems.
From 2004 to 2006, he was a Design Engineer with MediaWorks Integrated Circuits Inc., Irvine, CA. He is currently a research assistant in the Electrical Engineering Department at USC. His research interests include RF-inspired photonics and low power mm-wave and RF integrated circuits.
He was the recipient of the 2011 USC department of electrical engineering best research presentation award, 2010 USC Ming Hsieh top 5 PhD student scholarship, 2010 NASA Tech Award for his work on development of a Ka-Band SiGe receiver front-end MMIC for space transponder applications, and the best B.S. thesis award for design and implementation of a non-geostationary satellite tracking system. He is the Silver medal winner of the nationwide Mathematics Olympiad in 1993.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/calendarLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/calendar
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ASBME: Mentoring Program Meeting Part 2
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Welcome to USC, Viterbi, and the Trojan Family! We know freshman year can be a little overwhelming, so why not get a some upperclassman mentors to help show you the ropes? Your mentoring group, typically consisting of two upperclassmen and a handful of freshmen, will be available to answer any questions you have about academics, advising, college life, etc. You will have the opportunity to pick what group you want to belong to after our meet&greet event during the 3rd week of school. Based on interests and your personal preference we will match you with your mentoring group. We hope that this group can serve as your home-base during your academic career at USC, and help you
meet others in your department in a social setting prior to working with them throughout your coursework at USC.
If you have questions, contact asbme.mentoring@gmail.com
This event specifically will be a Matchup Night. Come enjoy some ice cream and meet your new mentors!
Location: Lawn in front of Marks Hall
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Lost Lounge: A Performance by Split Britches
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Ah, nostalgiaânot what it used to be. Even the most wistful memories of a bygone time seem threatened by the wrecking ball of a greed-driven culture and sped-up lives. What does it mean to miss something? Who are we when the very geography we remember is no longer around to orient us? Split Britches, one of the first professional feminist theatre companies, will consider such questions with deconstructive charm and comely defiance in Lost Lounge, a behind-the-scenes peek into the labor and romance of two lounge-act performers, accompanied on keyboards by Vivian Stoll. Retrieving and repurposing long-forgotten source material, including songs from the 1950s lounge duo Louis Prima and Keely Smith and text from the 1971 film Le Chat, they locate the place of memory, and the memory of place, in our need to look toward the future.
Split Britches, founded in 1980 by Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver with Deb Margolin, formulated a groundbreaking postmodern practice that inspired a generation of artists and scholars. Since 1994 Shaw and Weaver have been the primary members of the company and have become known for âa long line of smart, thrillingly well-executed performance piecesâ (Katherine Dieckmann, The Village Voice). They tour throughout the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe and have conducted residencies at universities throughout the United States, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Taiwan Womenâs Theatre Festival. An anthology of their scripts, Split Britches: Lesbian Practice/Feminist Performance, edited by Sue-Ellen Case, was published by Routledge in 1996 and won a Lambda Literary Award.
Related Event:
Performing Gender: A Workshop with Split Britches
Wednesday, September 7, 3 p.m.
Doheny Memorial Library, Intellectual Commons, Room 233
Admission is free. Reservations required.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=175 beginning Tuesday, August 23, at 9 a.m.
Focusing on the performance of gender, Split Britches will lead a hands-on workshop designed to give participants the tools to create their own performance based on the ordinary details of our lives and the extraordinary fantasies of our imaginations.
Organized by Jack Halberstam (English) and Macarena Gómez-Barris (Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Ground Zero Performance Cafe
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
