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Events for October 22, 2008
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Meet USC
Wed, Oct 22, 2008
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
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 9:00 a.m. and again at 1:00 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/meet_usc.html 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 Undergraduate Admission
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Identifying and Quantifying the Impact of Air Pollution Source Areas by...
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Nonparametric Trajectory AnalysisOral Defense by:Chien-Cheng Pan, PhD candidateSonny Astani
Dept. of Civil and Environmental EngineeringABSTRACT:In order to improve air quality, it is necessary to identify and quantify the sources of airborne pollution. Local emissions are more easily to control compared to regional emissions since multiple agencies and states are not involved in the regulatory process. Generally two types of air quality models, source – oriented models and receptor – oriented models, are used to evaluate the impact of emission on air quality on a local, regional, and global scale. Source – oriented models require detailed information on emission composition, rates and local meteorological data. Therefore, they are not suitable for sources of fugitive emissions and intermittent or temporary emissions, which cannot easily be quantified. On the other hand, receptor models need chemical composition data to identify and quantify sources affecting the monitoring sites. However, pollutants without distinguishable "fingerprints", such as SO2, O3 cannot be apportioned by this method. A new hybrid source – receptor model was previous develop and is called Nonparametric Trajectory Analysis (NTA). It is based on nonparametric kernel smoothing and backtrajectory analysis. NTA was developed to identify and quantify local sources of species measured on a very short time scale, i.e, minute, and it has gotten some encouraging results. However, NTA sometimes produces artifacts areas that appear to be sources but not, this is especially true for sources very close to the receptor. A major objective of this study is to address this difficulty.The NTA gives a map of the average concentration at the receptor when the air passes over each point on the map. This NTA map is obviously related to the local sources affecting the receptor, but it is not a map of the sources. One way to extend the NTA method is the Point Source Response (PSR) method. The NTA map can be considered a linear combination of responses to number of point sources. The NTA map for a point source at each point on a grid is calculated. Next, the weighted sum of the PRS maps that best fits the NTA map for the real data is estimated by principal components regression. In this way, the size and location of source affecting the receptor are estimated.This method is illustrated by application to 1- minute SO2 data from Long Beach, and 1-minute PM10 data for Rubidoux along with meteorological data from nearby monitoring stations in South Coast Air Basin of Southern California. The result identified offshore ships in the Long Beach harbor and transportation hubs close to the intersection of freeway 710 and freeway 405 as major SO2 sources. For the Rubidoux area, aggregate, and asphalt factories, and construction sites are identified as source of PM10.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Fred S. Grodins Keynote Lecture
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the
USC Viterbi School of Engineering would like to invite you to the Fred S. Grodins Keynote Lecture:Can Ultrasound Become the Dominant Molecular Imaging Modality Matthew O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering & Professor of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Washington, SeattleLocation: Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center
Audiences: Graduate Students/Department Only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Department of Biomedical Engineering Keynote Lecture
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 @ 04:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
The Department of Biomedical Engineering presents: The Fred S. Grodins Keynote Lecture 2008 Speaker:
Matthew O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering & Professor of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Washington, SeattleTopic:
Can Ultrasound Become the Dominant Molecular Imaging Modality?Date:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
4:00 - 5:00 PM Lecture
5:00 - 6:30 PM RefreshmentsTo RSVP: http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/professionalprograms/rsvp/index.php.Location: Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Google Inc. Information Session
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori (GFS) 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Deloitte Consulting Information Session
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION (ISA) PRESENTS:What: Deloitte Consulting Information SessionWhen: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 6:30 PMWhere: HOH 303This Wednesday is your last opportunity to meet and talk with company representatives. This is our last meeting because it marks the end of the recruiting season for this semester. This will be another great opportunities not only to network with recruiters and associates from the company, but to gain possible job opportunities as well. This week, Deloitte Consulting is coming to our event. Here's the information regarding our last meeting.Representatives from Deloitte Consulting will give us valuable information about their company and offer possible opportunities for students. And as always: Free Catered Food! Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at uscisa.usc.edu. You can also find information regarding our future events at our website http://www.uscisa.net.Tony Paek, VP of Membership
Location: H. Leslie Hoffman Hall Of Business Administration (HOH) - 303
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
