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Threat and Error Management Development (TEM)
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
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Threat and Error Management Development is being implemented by operators throughout the world. This course is designed to train those who wish to develop a TEM program within their own organizations. Taught by a leader in TEM development, this course provides an applied, practical approach to explaining TEM principles.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Aviation Safety Management Systems (ASMS)
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
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This course is designed for the individual responsible for planning or directing aviation Safety Management System programs. Fundamentals in systems organization and structure provide the individual with the essential skills and methodology needed to plan and manage an effective program.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series: by Prof. Ada Poon from Stanford
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Title: Autonomous and Miniature Implantable Systems
Speaker: Prof. Ada Poon, Stanford University
Location: EEB 248
Date: Friday, September 16, 2011
Time: 3pm â 4pm
Abstract:
In his famous lecture from 1959, âThere's plenty of room at the bottom,â Richard Feynman presented a wild idea of âswallowable surgeonsâ where tiny surgical robots are put inside a blood vessel, travel into the heart, look around, and send the information back to an external controller. These robots can even perform operations and might be permanently incorporated in the body for continuous monitoring. The idea seems like a science fiction dream. In recent years, however, researchers have made major progress on implantable systems that support most of the swallowable surgeon functionalities. Nevertheless, these devices remain mostly restricted to research, in part due to limited miniaturization and power supply constraints.
In this talk, I will address these limitations and show, both theoretically and experimentally, that higher frequency (GHz-range) RF power transmission leads to dramatic receiver miniaturization. I will describe a prototype implementation in CMOS that realizes the above theoretical results. Once it is feasible to continuously supply power to micro implants safely, this opens up new clinical applications of implantable systems. I will introduce some of these new applications.
More Information: 9.16.11 Seminar_Speaker_Poon.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
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IIE First Annual Meeting
Thu, Sep 22, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
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Join the Institute of Industrial Engineers for our first annual meeting as we go over what to expect from our organization, upcoming events, and what IIE has to offer for you as an Engineer. Food will be provided!
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC Institute of Industrial Engineers
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series, Dr. Earl McCune, RF Communications Consulting
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Speaker: Dr. Earl McCune, RF Communications Consulting
Talk Title: Breaking the PA Energy Efficiency vs. Linearity Tradeoff, Using Polar Signal Processing Systems
Abstract:
In the century-old art of power amplifier design, the tradeoff between excellent circuit linearity vs. good energy efficiency is a well established headache. In this presentation we explore a reverse approach: instead of designing a linear circuit and then working to improve its energy efficiency, we will start from a maximally efficient circuit and make it work very well with âlinearâ signals. This reverse approach leads to switch-based RF circuit design and polar coordinate signal processing, which is quite different from linear circuit design and quadrature (Cartesian) signal processing. Extensions to the concept of circuit gain when nonlinearity is present are developed. Applicability of FET and Bipolar transistors to this approach is discussed, along with a wide range of new circuit design issues that arise. Wide dynamic range power control and wide bandwidth phase modulation are also addressed.
Biography:
Earl is a serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley with over 35 years of experience in design of wireless circuits, modulations, and systems. In recent years he has focused on breaking the standard tradeoff between power amplifier linearity and energy efficiency, which led him to switch-based circuit design techniques and polar signal processing. He has learned across this career that a thorough understanding of physical fundamentals is essential to avoid making huge mistakes, providing an extremely useful check on mathematical derivations and computer simulations.
Earl holds over 50 US patents, and is frequently an invited speaker at conferences worldwide. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, Stanford, and UC Davis. He has been a Silicon Valley entrepreneur since 1986, starting up two groundbreaking technology companies that both provided successful exits to the investors. His work experience includes NASA, Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent), Watkins-Johnson, Cushman Electronics, Digital
RF Solutions (start-up #1), Proxim, Tropian (start-up #2), and Panasonic. At Panasonic, he was named a Technology Fellow in 2008. Having retired from industry in 2008, he is now a consultant, instructor, and visiting professor at multiple universities.More Information: Seminar_Speaker_McCune_2011_9_23.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
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USC NSBE Pre-College Initiative Event at Hillcrest Elementary School
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 @ 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
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USC NSBE will be traveling to Hillcrest Elementary School to run their after-school program for an afternoon of fun engineering projects.
Meet at the Lyon Center at approximately 3:30 for transportation to Hillcrest. Email nsbe@usc.edu if you have any ideas for projects for the kids!
http://www.lausd.net/Hillcrest_Dr_EL/Welcome.htmlLocation: 4041 Hillcrest Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90008
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
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Human Factors in Aviation Safety (HFH)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
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This course presents human factors information in a manner that can be readily understood and applied by aviation practitioners. Emphasis is placed on identifying the causes of human error, predicting how human error can affect performance, and applying countermeasures to reduce or eliminate its effects.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
