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Events for November 21, 2011
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...Mon, Nov 21, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Personal Admission Interviews are available to freshmen applicants throughout the Fall practically every weekday until December 9, 2011. Freshman applicant interviews are not required as part of the admission process, however we would like to meet as many of our applicants as possible. All interview appointments are scheduled online. http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2012
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Safety Management Systems for Managers (SMS MGR)
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is designed to explain the fundamentals of the SMS process to managers and supervisors. It focuses on the particular functions and responsibilities that managers have within a SMS. The specific benefits of an SMS are detailed. Additionally, potential issues which may cause friction as a result of an SMS are discussed.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jacques Van Dam, M.D., Professor of Clinical- Med (USC Keck School of Medicine)
Talk Title: Optical Biopsy: Fad or Fantastic?
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Model-Based Control and Optimization Challenges in Reservoir Engineering
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 @ 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Paul M.J. Van den Hof, Delft University of Technology & Eindhoven University of Technology
Talk Title: Model-Based Control and Optimization Challenges in Reservoir Engineering
Abstract: Due to urgent needs to increase efficiency in oil recovery from subsurface reservoirs new technology is developed that allows more detailed sensing and actuation of multiphase flow properties in oil reservoirs. One of the examples is the controlled injection of water through injection wells with the purpose to displace the oil in an appropriate direction. This technology enables the application of model-based optimization and control techniques to optimize production over the entire production period of a reservoir, which can be around 25 years. Large scale reservoir flow models are used for optimizing production settings, but suffer from high levels of uncertainty and limited validation options. One of the challenges is the development of reduced complexity models that deliver accurate long-term predictions, and at the same time are not more complex than can be warranted by the amount of data that is available. In this seminar an overview will be given of the problems and opportunities for model-based control and optimization in this field aiming at the development of a closed-loop reservoir management system.
Biography: Paul Van den Hof received the Ph.D. degree from Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands in 1989. Since 1986 he is with Delft University of Technology, where he was appointed as full professor in 1999. Since 2003 he has been founding co-director of the Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC), with appointments in the faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engingeering, and the faculty of Aplied Sciences. As of 2011 he holds a full professor position in the Electrical Engineering department of Eindhoven University of Technology. Since 2005 he is also scientific director of the national research and graduate school "Dutch Institute of Systems and Control" (DISC). His research interests are in issues of system identification, identification for control, and model-based control and optimization, with applications in industrial process control systems, including petroleum reservoir engineering systems, mechanical servo systems and physical measurement systems. He has been a member of the IFAC Council (1999-2005), the editorial board of Automatica (1992-2005), and the Board of Governors of IEEE Control Systems Society (2003-2005). He is IFAC Fellow and Fellow of IEEE.
Host: Prof. Antonio Ortega
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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Astani CEE Seminar
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ruchi Choudhary , Professor, Cambridge University, UK
Talk Title: Uncertainty Quantification of future energy consumption of buildings
Abstract:
We quantify uncertainties in energy consumption of the built environment using Bayesian approaches and demonstrate examples of recent applications on individual buildings and for an entire population of buildings. We use the Kennedy Oâ Hagan framework to calibrate energy models of representative buildings in a city, and argue that this approach is better suited than other existing protocols for evaluating retrofits of existing buildings. We consider alternative techniques, namely, Bayesian regression analysis and inverse methods to evaluate an entire set of buildings in a city. This work is driven by the need to quantify future energy demand of buildings in their urban context as a function of projected growth of buildings and populations, refurbishments, policies incentivizing energy efficiency measures, and changes in building operation.
Biography:
Dr Ruchi Choudhary specializes in building simulation with a particular interest in multicriteria modelling of energy demand and environmental characteristics of the built environment. Choudharyâs research is embedded within a wider multi-disciplinary project called the `Energy Efficient Cities Initiative', in which she leads the work on the built environment. Her recent research focuses on developing tools and methods for analysing energy consumption of large sets of buildings. These have resulted in two parallel investigations: one on how to represent and evaluate relevant and large-scale research and policy questions through physics-based models, and second, how to quantify uncertainties in model outcomes.
Host: Prof. Roger Ghanem
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209 Conference Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Astani CEE Department Seminar
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Ruchi Choudhary, Civil Engineering, Cambridge University, UK
Talk Title: Energy Efficient Cities Initiative
Abstract:
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Host: Prof. Roger Ghanem
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209 Conference Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
