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Events for October 22, 2014
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkWed, Oct 22, 2014
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://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure 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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CANCELLED: Computer Science Tenured Faculty Meeting - EEB 248
Wed, Oct 22, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
CANCELLED
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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How to Prepare for an Academic Position
Wed, Oct 22, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Programs
Workshops & Infosessions
The workshop panel will cover topics including: how to best spend one’s postdoc time, assemble a research statement, teaching statement, acquire and prepare reference letter writers, apply for academic jobs, prepare for an academic job interview, follow up the interview, and select a position. The workshop will be presented by a panel of faculty members, and moderated by Dr. Maja Mataric. The faculty panel will briefly present their insights and advice, followed by ample time for questions, answers, and examples.
Organizers:
Maja Mataric: Professor of Computer Science and Vice Dean for Research, Viterbi School of Engineering
Panelists:
Maja Mataric: Professor of Computer Science and Vice Dean for Research, Viterbi School of Engineering
Surya Prakash: Professor, Dorsnife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sarah Hamm-Alvarez: Professor and Vice Dean of Research
RSVP requested by October 15 via
https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bNTzClnDfGmBt65Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jennifer Gerson
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Wed, Oct 22, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Kevin Chen, Viterbi Fellow in Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Talk Title: Vortex Breakdown, Instability, and Sensitivity of a T-Junction Flow
Series: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Abstract: The fluid flow through a T-shaped pipe bifurcation (with the inlet at the bottom of the "T") is a very familiar occurrence in both natural and man-made systems. Everyday examples include industrial pipe networks, microfluidic channels, and blood flows near the heart and brain. Yet, many questions about the flow physics remain, and prior analyses have been rudimentary. This seminar addresses three important questions: 1) How does the flow evolve with Reynolds number? 2) What are the important flow structures? 3) Lastly, where in the flow do the stability eigenvalues exhibit high sensitivity to dynamical perturbations? Much of this research focuses on the relation between vortex breakdown in the outlet pipes and the regions of stability, receptivity, and sensitivity as defined by linear global stability theory. The vortex breakdown, which occurs above a Reynolds number of 320, gives rise to recirculation regions near the junction; a supercritical Hopf bifurcation first occurs at a Reynolds number of 556. Regions of growth are concentrated in the outlet pipes, but regions of receptivity to initial conditions and external disturbances are confined to small regions near the walls of the inlet and junction. Finally, the flow is most sensitive to localized feedback and to base flow modifications in the recirculation regions, which we explain using an inviscid Lagrangian short-wavelength theory. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most complicated flow for which anyone has observed the relation between sensitivity and recirculation.
Biography: Kevin Chen is presently a Viterbi Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California, in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering department. He attended Caltech as an Axline Scholar, where he received a B.S. with Honor in Engineering and Applied Science, with a focus in Aeronautics, in 2009. At Caltech, he conducted research in experimental and computational fluid dynamics with Mory Gharib, Beverley McKeon, and Tim Colonius. He attended Princeton University as a Gordon Y. S. Wu fellow, where he received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2011 and 2014, respectively, under the advising of Clancy Rowley and Howard Stone. He has received support from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the DOD NDSEG and NSF GRFP fellowships, and awards from Caltech and Princeton University. Kevin's primary research interest is the development of feedback flow control, where fluid mechanics intersect with modern control theory, stability theory, dynamical systems, and computational methods.
Host: Professor Paul Ronney
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Valerie Childress
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University of Michigan Graduate School Info Session
Wed, Oct 22, 2014 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Have you ever considered pursing a master’s or Ph.D. degree? There are many things to consider when making the choice to attend graduate school. Which graduate school is right for me? Should I enter the work force immediately following undergraduate studies or continue my education?
Please join several University of Michigan College of Engineering staff and graduate students for an informal gathering to learn more about the benefits of pursuing an advanced degree in engineering. University of Michigan College of Engineering, one of the nation’s top ranked graduate programs, provides competitive financial funding packages to all admitted Ph.D. students and some funding for master’s students. We hope you can join us!
RSVP Here: http://bit.ly/michigan1022
Dinner will be provided!
If you cannot attend and would like more information about University of Michigan engineering graduate programs, email Shira Washington, sjwashin@umich.edu.
www.engin.umich.edu/college/about
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Christine D'Arcy
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Halliburton Energy Services Information Session
Wed, Oct 22, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Please join Halliburton for an information session to learn more about our company, the position you are interviewing for and meet the hiring managers.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
