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Events for October 20, 2010
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 01:00 AM
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://usconnect.usc.edu/ 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: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Expand Your Brand (Networking)- Presented by Lockheed Martin
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Networking 101 for College Students
Wondering how to get noticed by a potential employer? Have you always wondered what to say in order to stand out from a crowd?
This session will help you learn how to network and conduct yourself in front of employers. Spend real time with an industry recruiter and ask every question youâve always wanted to know. Get real insider tips to land your next opportunity!
Food and Door Prizes!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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San Diego Miramar College Transfer Fair
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the San Diego Miramar College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: Miramar Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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A new solution for an old-age problem: biosolids as a renewable energy resource
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Homayoun Moghaddam, Division Manager and Director, Regulatory Affairs of the City of Los Angeles. Dept. of Public Works
Talk Title: A new solution for an old-age problem: biosolids as a renewable energy resource
Abstract: Terminal Island Renewable Energy (T.I.R.E.) Project
The Terminal Island Renewable Energy project (T.I.R.E.) Project is the nation's first and only full scale application of deep well injection technology to convert wastewater residual solids, biosolids into green power while simultaneously sequestering greenhouse gases. The earth's high temperature biodegrades the organic compounds to generate methane for producing renewable energy.
The City of Los Angeles and it partners, GeoEnvironment Technologies, and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) has embarked on a new innovative technology to convert a valuable organic resource biosolids into clean energy by deep well injection and geothermal biodegradation. The T.I.R.E uses depleted subsurface oil and gas formations where the earthâs high temperature would biodegrade the organic compounds to generate methane gas that can ultimately be used to produce a safe renewable energy. The TIRE project is a five-year demonstration project and has been in operation for over 2 years. So far, large quantities of gallons of bio-slurry which includes wastewater by-products such as brine, treated effluent, digested sludge, and biosolids have been successfully injected. A monitoring system provides real-time data on the subsurface activities, including seismic, to a Technical Advisory Committee for evaluation.
There are the environmental benefits that come from the local subsurface anaerobic treatment and sterilization of biosolids in a confined environment. The biodegradation of the injected biosolids and brine as a slurry ultimately produces methane that is captured to generate green energy, and carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, that is sequestered. Also other air contaminants (NOX and CO) are reduced and potentially the discharge of concentrated brine to the Los Angeles harbor is eliminated.
The T.I.R.E. project provides an innovative solution to an environmental challenge, while simultaneously providing economic and environmental benefits. The project outcomes are a diversified biosolids management program that saves money while producing positive environmental results. The project improves air quality, protects water quality, and reduces the greenhouse gases. The most important achievement of TIRE project is introducing an innovative way to utilize wastewater treatment byproducts as a renewable resource in an environmentally safe manner.
Biography: Homayoun R. Moghaddam, Ph.D.
â¢30 years of experience in the areas of power, refinery, gas plants, water & wastewater, biomass, biogas, renewable energy technologies, climate change and Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) issue, air quality and biosolids management, and regulatory and legislative affairs.
â¢27 years with the City of Los Angeles. Started his City career with the Department of Building & Safety. Promoted to Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, and has been with the Department
Currently: Division Manager and Director of Regulatory Affairs of the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Computation Over Networks
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Nikhil Karamchandani, University of California at San Diego
Talk Title: Computation Over Networks
Abstract: The general problem of computation over networks can be used to model many different scenarios, ranging from environmental monitoring to intrusion detection. The goal in such problems is to design efficient schemes for computing different target functions over various network topologies.
In the first part of the talk, we will model the problem as a generalization of ânetwork codingâ and attempt to characterize the maximum ârate of computationâ. A cut-based upper bound is proposed and we study the tightness of this bound for different target functions and network topologies.
The second part of the talk will focus on a model more suitable for real dynamic networks. In such networks, it is infeasible to continuously adapt the operations at all nodes according to the changing network topology or demand function. Hence, we will restrict most nodes in the network to always perform the same operation (in particular, randomized linear network coding) and only some nodes will change operations depending on the the current target function/topology. We will study efficient computation schemes for different functions in this model.
Biography: Nikhil Karamchandani received the B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2005, the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego in 2007, and is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at San Diego. His research interests are in communication theory and include network coding, information theory, and random graphs. He received the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2) fellowship in 2005.
Host: Alex Dimakis
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 222
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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AME Seminar
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Harry Dankowicz , Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: Friction-Induced Reverse Chatter in Rigid-Body Mechanisms with Impacts
Abstract: This talk reviews recent work on the possibility of formulating a consistent and unambiguous forward-simulation model of rigid-body mechanical systems with isolated points of intermittent or sustained frictional contact. The analysis considers paradoxical ambiguities associated with the coexistence of sustained contact and one or several alternative forward trajectories that include phases of free-flight motion. The presentation documents the original discovery of an apparently irresolvable, infinitely degenerate ambiguity known as reverse chatterâa transition to free flight through an infinite sequence of impacts with impact times accumulating from the right on a limit point and with impact velocities diverging exponentially away from the limit point, even where the contact-independent normal acceleration supports sustained contact. The conclusions of the theoretical analysis are illustrated through everyday examples of chattering contact.
Biography: Harry Dankowicz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has held faculty positions in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and in the Department of Mechanics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. He received his M.S. degree (1991) in Engineering Physics from KTH; and his Ph.D. degree (1995) in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics with minors in Mathematics and Astronomy from Cornell University. Prof. Dankowicz is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including a Junior Individual Grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from NSF. As director of the Applied Dynamics Laboratory at UIUC, he conducts dynamical systems research at the intersection of engineering, math and physics. This work involves studying a wide range of complex systems that are governed by differential equations and learning the behavior of those systems through theory and experiments. His research efforts further seek to make original and substantial contributions to the development and design of existing or novel devices that capitalize on system nonlinearities for improved system performance.
Host: Dr. E. Kanso
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - , Room 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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BMEStart Meeting 3: Team Updates and Guidance
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
This will be the fourth general meeting. Now that we have formed separate competition groups, we will come together and discuss progress and problems with their own projects and offer suggestions for others.
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 320A
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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CANCELLED- Yahoo Information Session
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This Information Session Has been CANCELLED!
Please stay tuned, Yahoo will be back on campus later this semester.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ASBME Yearbook Photo--We Want YOU! (Tentative)
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come help represent ASBME in the 2011 Rodeo Yearbook! Location and time are pending but we will let you know on Monday. The time will likely be from 6-6:15pm or 6:15-6:30pm on Wednesday, 10/20. We would like to have all of you come out, so please try to come if you are available! It should only take about 15 minutes. And wear your ASBME shirt if you have one, or come to get one!! :)
Location: TBA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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AIChE: US Navy Info Session
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Come out to learn about how chemical engineers can contribute to the US Navy! The Navy is currently searching for Chem-Es, so come out to network with representatives and to just mingle with other students. Find out more at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159340217428474
Location: Waite Phillips Hall Of Education (WPH) - B27
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
