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Events for September 15, 2010
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 15, 2010
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 http://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: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Festival de Flor y Canto: Yesterday, Today, TomorrowWed, Sep 15, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement. One of the recurring themes was the contrast between great Mesoamerican civilizations of the past and the indignities suffered by those chasing the elusive âAmerican Dream.â This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festivalâincluding Alurista, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rolando Hinojosa, José Montoya and Ron Ariasâto share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.
Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.
Admission is free.
For festival schedule, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873308
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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METRANS SEMINAR SERIES
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Peter Gordon , Professor, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Talk Title: Peak â Load Pricing on L.A.âs Freeways: Modeling and Simulations
Abstract: Peak-load pricing has been seen as a way to internalize externalities and, at the same time, as a set of incentives to shift some peak-hour trips to off-peak periods. The policy has also been viewed as a mechanism to generate revenues. But it is an open question how travelers trade off time for money and respond to peak-off-peak pricing differentials. This generates some timely and related questions, including: 1) How can we model the activity location and traffic implications for multiple time-of-day periods in a major metropolitan area? 2) What are the network level-of-service and urban development effects of implementing peak-load pricing on selected routes? It is possible to conduct simulations on actual highway networks to treat these questions, but none of the many existing basic urban models are able to examine the issues of simultaneous route choice and time-of-day choice involving millions of travelers, thousands of traffic network zones, and hundreds of thousands of network links in an equilibrium system.
Lewis Hall(RGL) Room 209
12:00 Noon - Lunch / 12:20-1:30 PM - Seminar
Our research addresses these questions by extending the Southern California Planning Model (SCPM) so that it can be used to determine the time-of-day, trip distribution, and network traffic effects of various pricing plans for the greater L.A. (five-county) metropolitan area. The model estimates improvements in levels of services throughout the highway network for various toll charges. It examines how drivers trade off route-choice with time-of-day choice against the option of traveling less. Our approach estimates the implied revenues by local jurisdiction as well as possible land use effects in terms of altered development pressures throughout the region. The effects for two different toll scenarios are compared and policy implications are discussed.
RSVP* for lunch to Shawn Gong, TGong@usc.edu by Noon, Tues. Sept. 14
The seminar will start promptly at 12:20 pm.
Biography: Peter Gordon is a Professor in the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. His research interests are in applied urban economics. Dr. Gordon and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models that they apply to study the effects of infrastructure investments, disruptions from natural events, or terrorist attacks.
In addition, he continues to be interested in urban structure and economic growth along with the associated policy implications. Peter Gordon has published in many of the major urban planning, urban transportation and regional science journals. His recent papers are available at www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon. He has consulted for local, state and federal agencies, the World Bank, the United Nations and many private groups. Gordon received the Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.
Host: METRANS
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Load & Resistance Factor Design and its Application in Highway Bridges Foundation Design
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sharid Amiri, Ph.D. , P.E., California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) Irvine, CA
Talk Title: Load & Resistance Factor Design and its Application in Highway Bridge Foundation Design
Abstract: The design of highway bridge foundation has been evolving and has gone through major changes especially in the recent years. All new highway bridges in California are being designed using the Load & Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methodology. An overview of the methodology is presented where advantages and disadvantages are also discussed. The geotechnical and structural aspects of deep foundation design along with its seismic response using the LRFD approach are presented.
Biography: Dr. Amiri is a senior transportation engineer with expertise in highway bridge foundation design and analysis. He has received his PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Southern California. His area of research was in earthquake response of bridge pile foundations.
Dr. Amiri has over 20 years of experience in transportation engineering with emphasis in design of highway bridge foundations. He has been involved with mega projects throughout Southern California in design and construction of major highway projects.
Dr. Amiri is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a registered civil engineer with State of California. He is also a member of Caltrans Deep Foundation Committee, an affiliate of Caltrans General Earthquake Committee and Caltrans Post Earthquake Investigation Team. He is also active with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) committees on Bridge Seismic Design and Bridge Foundation.
Host: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Multi-Dimensional EXIT Analysis and Optimization for Multi-User Receivers
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bathiya Senanayake, Australian National University, Australia
Talk Title: Multi-Dimensional EXIT Analysis and Optimization for Multi-User Receivers
Abstract: For the first time we develop a multi-dimensional extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) analysis for a power allocated multi-user detectora s a tool to better understand the convergence behavior of iterative decoding schemes. We derive a K dimensional EXIT chart in order to analyze a system with K power levels. We state a theorem that predicts the convergence point of the system. The presented analysis is used to perform power optimization. We show through simulation our analysis closely matches the simulation results. The multi-dimensional EXIT analysis discussed here provides new insight in to receiver performance analysis and can be used to design near capacity achieving multi-user systems.
Biography: Mr. Bathiya Senanayake was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering/IT degree from the Australian National University in 2006 (with honours 1), and a Masters of ICT from the ANU in 2007. Now he is a PhD student in the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, the Australian National University, Australia. His research interests are in the area of iterative receiver design, multiple-access communications, digital signal processing, DSP synthesis in hardware (HDL), with emphasis on CDMA/IDMA systems.
Host: Keith Chugg
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Hansel Phelps Information Meeting with AGC/CMAA
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
AGC & CMAA are hosting the first of many information sessions to be held throughout the school year. This first meeting is set to highlight the Hansel Phelps Construction Co.
Hansel Phelps Construction Co has been delivering great service to the construction industry since 1937. Hensel Phelps builds a diverse range of project types, including new construction and renovation of commercial office, airport, industrial, correctional, public assembly, health care, educational, residential, mixed use, retail, hospitality, mass transportation, research and development, and laboratory facilities.
In the year of 2009 Hansel Phelps was ranked by Engineering News Records as :
#19 - Top 400 Contractors
#9 - General Building
#1 - Government Offices
#14 - Education
#3 - Correctional
#6 - Hotels, Convention centers
#15 - Multi-Unit Residential
#24 - Healthcare
#5 - Airports
#3 - Top 100 Green Contractors
If you are interested in learning more about Hansel Phelps or are interested in a career come check them out. Please come with questions and bring your resume. The HP Representative will be collecting resumes for future reference. The room is TBD but an email will be sent out later.
Pizza will be provided!
For more information about Hansel Phelps visit http://www.henselphelps.com
and visit www.uscagc.com and www.usccmaa.com for more information about our clubs.
Thanks and Fight on!
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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Presentation to ISE 508 Class
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 06:40 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Pete Delgado, Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network
Talk Title: Health Care Operations Improvement
Abstract: The Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network gives a presentation to the Epstein ISE 508 Class on Health Care Operations Improvement.
Date/Time/Place: Wednesday, 9/15/10, Studio C, Olin Hall (DEN) 6:40 PM
Biography: Pete Delgado, a health care administrator with a broad range of experience in running medical centers in Texas and California, was selected as the chief executive officer of the LAC+USC
Healthcare Network in 2003. Previously, Delgado operated his own independent healthcare consulting firm that worked on the
development of affordable healthcare products for small employers.
He has also served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital System in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to that, Delgado was the CEO of the
Columbia Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas.
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - Studio C
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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SWE General Meeting - Meet & Mingle with Cisco
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join SWE for our 2nd General Meeting of the year!
Enjoy free sandwiches, good company, and an exciting workshop with representatives from Cisco, one of SWE's corporate sponsors. They will be hosting a Getting Started workshop to give you an idea of how to start the year off right, talking about what you can do RIGHT NOW to ensure your success throughout the academic year!Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 252
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
