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Events for November 17, 2006
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CED Canned Food Drive
Fri, Nov 17, 2006
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
CED is sponsoring a canned food drive starting Monday, Nov. 13, and continuing until Wednesday, Nov. 29. For every can that is brought in, a student will be receive a ticket to be entered into a drawing for prizes, including a $100 gift certificate to Best Buy.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 210
Audiences: Undergraduates
Contact: CED
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Meet USC (AM session)
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 @ 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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. Please call the USC Admission Center at (213) 740-6616 to check availability and to make an appointment. Be sure to tell them you are interested in Engineering!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC (PM session)
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 @ 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM
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. Please call the USC Admission Center at (213) 740-6616 to check availability and to make an appointment. Be sure to tell them you are interested in Engineering!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Viterbi Museum Open Today 12:30-2:00
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 @ 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The Viterbi Museum is located on the 2nd Floor of RTH near the elevators. For more information please visit: http://viterbi.usc.edu/about/viterbimuseum/
Location: 2nd Floor RTH near the elevators
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jason Dziegielewski
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Engineering New Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease Via Optimal Design and Physiologic Simulation
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Alison L. Marsden, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
Stanford, CA Rigorous modeling and optimization of treatments for cardiovascular disease according to engineering principles provide a framework for testing new surgeries and interventions at no risk to patients. Ultimately these tools have the potential to complement doctors' clinical judgement and experience to improve outcomes for patients suffering from both congenital and acquired heart disease. In this talk I will discuss the application of computational fluid dynamics to the Fontan surgery, a treatment for severe congenital heart defects in which a patient is born with only one functioning ventricle. Patient specific geometric models were used to evaluate the performance of current Fontan surgical designs by quantifying fluid-mechanical efficiency under physiologic conditions including rest, graded exercise, and respiration (Marsden, et. al, Ann Biomed Eng, to appear). This work inspired a new "y-graft" design of the Fontan surgery. Evaluation of the new design demonstrates improved efficiency and lower Fontan pressures. Optimization is commonly used in engineering industry for design, but neither simulation or optimization are currently used to test surgical designs in advance of trying them on patients. Optimization of new surgical designs for patient specific models such as the Fontan surgery requires methods that are appropriate for expensive fluid mechanics problems with little or no gradient information. Efficient derivative-free surrogate-based optimization methods have been previously successful in reducing aerodynamic noise generated by airfoils in turbulent flow (Marsden, et. al J Fluid Mech, to appear). A similar set of tools is now being applied to fully couple optimization algorithms with time-dependent simulations of blood flow. I will present two model problems for optimization that are representative of important cardiovascular problems, a vessel bifurcation and an end-to-side anastomosis. Next, I will discuss the application of optimization tools in future work for the design of the Fontan surgery. Finally, I will describe the potential broad impact of optimization in designing devices and surgical procedures for congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease, and peripheral vascular disease.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall (GFS), Room 107
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
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Using Advanced Site Diagnostics and In-Situ Treatment Technologies...
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Using Advanced Site Diagnostics and In-Situ Treatment Technologies to Optimize Environmental RemediationSpeaker:Stephen S. Koenigsberg, Ph.D.
Vice President
WSP Environmental Strategies
www.wspes.com
www.wspgroup.comAbstractSite remediation has evolved from energy intensive, mechanically driven remediation processes to more effective and cost efficient in situ processes. In situ remediation is best served when it incorporates advanced technologies, such as molecular biology, stable isotope analysis, and advanced geophysical methods. These advanced technologies assure the optimization of in situ bioremediation, chemical oxidation, chemical reduction, treatment trains thereof, and even monitored natural attenuation. Furthermore, there is a great deal of variation within the remedial methods themselves, which can also be optimized with the proper information and understanding to serve the ultimate goal of site closure.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - rielian Hall, Room 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Engineering Honors Colloquium Lecture
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Engineering Honors Colloquium lecture, speaker TBA
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Faculty and Honors Program Students
Contact: Erika Chua
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Looking Out/Looking In: Guess Whos Coming to Dinner
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 @ 06:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for a screening and discussion of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (directed by Stanley Kramer, 1967), a classic and provocative film that challenges our conscious and unconscious beliefs and prejudices about each other. USC School of Social Work's Ralph Fertig, who has been on the forefront of human rights and political and social issues since the Civil Rights era, will lead a conversation following the screening. Dinner will be provided.
Location: George Lucas Instructional Building, Room 108
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
