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Events for September 16, 2015
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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process ImprovementWed, Sep 16, 2015
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Abstract: Learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results. Master the use of Six Sigma to quantify the critical quality issues in your company. Once the issues have been quantified, statistics can be applied to provide probabilities of success and failure. Six Sigma methods increase productivity and enhance quality. As a Six Sigma green belt, you will be equipped to support and champion a Six Sigma implementation in your organization. To earn the Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, you will be required to pass the Institute of Industrial Engineer's green belt exam (administered on the final day of the course).
This course is available on-campus and online.
More Info: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial-systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, and Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 16, 2015
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. During the engineering session we will discuss the curriculum, research opportunities, hands-on projects, entrepreneurial support programs, and other aspects of the engineering 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 make sure to check availability and register online for the session you wish to attend. Also, remember to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mahdi Soltanolkotabi, Assistant Professor, USC
Talk Title: Structured signal recovery without the shackles of convexity
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: Many problems in science and engineering ask for solutions to underdetermined systems of linear equations. The last decade has witnessed a flurry of activity in understanding when and how it is possible to solve such problems using convex programming. Structured signal recovery via convex methods has arguably revolutionized signal acquisition, enabling signals to be measured with remarkable fidelity using a small number of measurements. In this talk I will argue that the over insistence on convex methods has stymied progress in this field. I will review my past and ongoing research efforts to "unshackle" structured signal recovery from the confines of convexity opening the door for new applications. This is based on joint work with collaborators who shall be properly introduced during the talk.
Biography: Dr. Soltanolkotabi obtained his B.S. in electrical engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2009. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford University in 2011 and 2014, respectively, under the supervision of Emmanuel Candes. He was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley from August 2014 - August 2015. He joined the EE Department at USC in 2015 as an assistant professor.
Host: Dr. Ashutosh Nayyar
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Al Bowers, Senior Aerodynamicist, NASA Dryden
Talk Title: Spanload Implications for the Flight of Birds: On the Minimum Induced Drag of Wings
Series: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Abstract: Birds do not require the use of vertical tails. They do not appear to have any mechanism by which to control yaw. The solution requires aerodynamic efficiency, minimum structural weight, and for coordination of roll and yaw. Until now the solution has eluded researchers, and remained unknown. The solution has far reaching effects on the design of aircraft and promises efficiency improvement. This solution requires discarding the elliptical spanload. The new solution uses a three-dimensional downwash and is manipulated by birds to control roll and yaw with superior aerodynamic performance and minimum structure.
Biography: Al Bowers is the Chief Scientist at the NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center located at Edwards Air Force Base. Al spent 20 years as a research aerodynamicist and as chief engineer of many aircraft projects including the NASA F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle, the NASA SR-71s, and the NASA Kelly Eclipse Aerotow F-106 project. Al was an aerodynamicist on the F-8 Oblique Wing, the X-30 National Aerospace Plane, and the X-29 Forward Swept Wing. Al has also served at NASA Armstrong as the Chief of Aerodynamics, the Deputy Director of Research, the Special Assistant to the Associate Director of Aeronautics in Washington DC, the Director of Aeronautics Projects, and now as the Chief Scientist. He has been awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and the NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal. Al has spent 20 years working on the problem of flying wings, and how birds are able to fly without vertical tails.
Host: Prof. Geoffrey Spedding
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Valerie Childress
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 @ 04:00 PM - 04:50 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Auroop Gunguly, Associate Professor of CE Northeatern University, Boston
Talk Title: Climate Extremes Impacts on Critical Infrastructures and Key Resources
Abstract: Weather and hydrological extremes exhibit what has been called nonstationarity with deep uncertainty under the backdrop of natural climate variability and global climate change. Non stationary trends and patterns motivate fundamental changes in hazards preparedness, infrastructures operations, resource management, engineering design and sustainable planning. Deep uncertainties may be epistemic and aleatory, or inherent systemic variability, which challenge traditional design and planning principles based on likelihood based risks. Critical infrastructures and key resources, ranging from urban lifelines, global logistics chains, and coastal ecosystems, to hydraulic structures, and the water-energy nexus, are under increasing stress from climate extremes, as well as changes in population and economy. The growing interconnected nature of these systems may exacerbate their fragility to disruptions and change. Data, computational and network science methods offer innovative ways to characterize the robustness of these interdependent systems and develop effective restoration strategies. A quick summary of prior research by the Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory (SDS Lab) of Northeastern University is presented. This includes intensifying heat waves together with persisting cold snaps, changes in design curves based on evolving statistics of precipitation extremes, meteorological droughts and wind extremes, coastal upwelling and ecosystems restoration, climate networks and teleconnections as well as sensor diagnostics and transportation security. Case studies in hazards resilience of transportation infrastructures and water stress on power production highlight how climate change acts as a threat multiplier and how data and network science can help guide adaptation and resilience.
Biography: uroop R. Ganguly is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Northeastern University in Boston since August 2011, where he directs the Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory. He has seven years experience at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, about five years at Oracle Corporation and a year at a best of breed startup subsequently acquired by Oracle, besides several years as visiting and joint faculty. He has published in Nature, PNAS, Nature Climate Change, Nature's Scientific Reports and in journals related to climate change, water resources, nonlinear dynamics, civil and electrical engineering, supply chain, statistics and computer science. He has won multiple best paper awards at peer-reviewed computer science conferences and workshops, co-invented two (pending) patents, and published edited books on Knowledge Discovery from Sensor Data. He is an associate editor of AGU's Water Resources Research and the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, and on the editorial board of Nature's Scientific Reports.
Host: Dr. Kelly Sanders
Location: 200
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Navigating the Internship Search
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Are you looking for an industry position and want to know where to begin? This workshop will give you the tips needed to help you find an engineering internship and co-op opportunities!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Google Tech Talk
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Come hear from a Google engineer about YouTube
emerging markets and opportunities at Google.
Swag & food provided!
6:00pm & 7:30pm (identical, repeated
talks to accommodate all students)More Information: USC Viterbi Google Info Session.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ASBME GM 1: BME Student Panel: Summer Activities
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Wondering what your fellow classmates have been up to this summer? Interested in academic opportunities and events for the fall? Have questions for our fabulous BME academic advisor, Chris Noll? You are invited to ASBME's GM 1: Evening with Chris Noll and BME Student Panel on Wednesday, September 16 at 7pm in TCC 227. It will be a great opportunity to hear about student experiences with internships, summer research, and studying abroad through Viterbi. For dinner, we will have Panda! We hope to see you there!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 227
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
