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Events for October 28, 2009
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
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 Admission
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Spatial correlation of earthquake ground motion intensities: ...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
...measurement and implications for regional infrastructure risk.Speaker: Dr. Jack W. Baker, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford UniversityAbstract:Risk assessment of spatially distributed building portfolios or infrastructure systems requires quantification of the joint occurrence of ground-motion intensities at several sites, during the same earthquake. This talk will present an overview of techniques to quantify the needed joint distributions using observations from past earthquakes, and describe how these distributions can be used in probabilistic seismic risk assessments of spatially-distributed lifelines. Lifeline risk assessment presents challenges related to describing ground-motion intensity over a region, and related to the computationally expensive task of repeatedly analyzing performance of a lifeline system under many damage scenarios. A simulation-based framework will be presented that develops a small but stochastically-representative catalog of earthquake ground-motion intensity maps that can be used for lifeline risk assessment. The approach dramatically reduces required computational expense, while also maintaining a set of simulations that is consistent with all conventional probabilistic seismic hazard analysis calculations. The feasibility of the proposed approach is illustrated by using it to assess the seismic risk of a simplified model of the San Francisco Bay Area transportation network. A catalog of only 150 intensity maps is generated to represent hazard at 1,038 sites from ten regional fault segments causing earthquakes with magnitudes between five and eight.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Effect of Plasma Discharges on Spacecraft: An Experimental View
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Timothy P. Graves Electric Propulsion and Plasma Science SectionThe Aerospace Corporation2310 E. El Segundo Blvd.El Segundo, CA 90245-4609 Abstract:Successful satellite design and operation requires proper understanding of the many plasma phenomena associated with spaceflight. Various types of plasma discharges affect satellite components on-orbit, and in some cases, they can lead to critical failures in susceptible hardware. Some key examples of these phenomena are electrostatic discharge (ESD), plasma propulsion effects, and RF/microwave plasma discharges. The Aerospace Corporation's Electric Propulsion and Plasma Science Section continues to experimentally research these areas to improve current understanding and provide necessary data to avoid potential satellite failures. In this talk, the plasma physics and mitigation strategies associated with the aforementioned plasma discharges will be discussed. Additionally, the unique experimental capabilities and techniques developed in Aerospace laboratories will be described with specific emphasis on how the data are used to improve satellite design and operation. Recent experiments include laboratory ESD formation and measurement on solar panel coupons, NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) plume measurements, satellite communication and plasma thruster electromagnetic interference, and the effect of surface contamination on multipactor discharge.
Location: Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH), Rm 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
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Biomedical Engineering Dept. 2009 Grodins Keynote Lecture
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Computing with Neural EnsemblesMiguel A. L. Nicolelis, MD, PhDAnne W. Deane Professor of Neuroscience
Depts. of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering,
and Psychology and Neuroscience
Co-Director
Duke Center for NeuroengineeringAbstractIn this talk, I will review a series of recent experiments demonstrating the possibility of using real-time computational models to investigate how ensembles of neurons encode motor information. These experiments have revealed that brain-machine interfaces can be used not only to study fundamental aspects of neural ensemble physiology, but they can also serve as an experimental paradigm aimed at testing the design of modern neuroprosthetic devices. I will also describe evidence indicating that continuous operation of a closed-loop brain machine interface, which utilizes a robotic arm as its main actuator, can induce significant changes in the physiological properties of neurons located in multiple motor and sensory cortical areas. This raises the hypothesis of whether the properties of a robot arm, or any other tool, can be assimilated by neuronal representations as if they were simple extensions of the subject's own body.
Location: Davidson Conference Center
Audiences: Students/Viterbi Faculty
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Lockheed Martin
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 @ 06:00 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: All Engineering Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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SWE 4th General Meeting - Pumpkin Carving!
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Location: TBA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) General Body Meeting
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Email us at nsbe@usc.edu A representative from the United States Air Force ROTC will be giving a presentation at the General Body Meeting at 6:30 P.M. in our regular meeting room, Kaprielian Hall (KAP) room 144.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 144
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
