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Events for December 14, 2012
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkFri, Dec 14, 2012
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) -
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen Students and Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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EE-Electrophysics Seminar
Fri, Dec 14, 2012 @ 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mina Rais-Zadeh, University of Michigan
Talk Title: Integrated Microsystems for Communication and Sensing Applications
Abstract: In the recent past, there has been growing interest in reconfigurable or software defined radios. One of the critical requirements of a software defined radio is to have the ability to reconfigure the RF front-end. RF MEMS capacitors, inductors, and tunable filters serve this need and can offer a wide tuning range while consuming very small power. In the first part of this talk, I will present the design and characterization of some high-performance reconfigurable RF modules and explain the challenges with implementing tunable components, specifically at the UHF range. In the second part of the talk, I will go over the design of acoustic filters, resonators and resonant sensors, and discuss the application of these devices and systems in timing and navigation units, night vision, and infrared sensing. I will explain the need for high-Q devices and discuss the physical phenomena that limit the performance and scaling of RF MEMS.
Biography: Professor Mina Rais-Zadeh received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees both in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 2005 and 2008, respectively. From August 2008 to 2009, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Integrated MEMS Group, Georgia Institute of Technology. Since January 2009, she has been with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Mina is the recipient of NASA Early Career Faculty Award (2012), NSF CAREER Award (2011), IEEE Electron Device Society Early Career Award (2011), and the finalist in student paper competitions at the SiRF (2007) and IMS (2011) conferences. She is a senior member of IEEE and serves as a member of the technical program committee of IEEE IEDM, IEEE Sensors, and Hilton Head workshop. She is the leader of the âHigh Frequency MEMSâ Thrust of the Center on Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems (WIMS2) at the University of Michigan.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Dec 14, 2012 @ 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Hermann Frieboes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville
Talk Title: Integrative Biocomputational/Experimental Modeling to Predict Tumor Growth and Treatment Response
Abstract: Cancer behavior at the system level is complex, involving multifaceted interactions of multiple cell and tissue types within a diverse environment. Many factors contribute to this complexity, including tissue micro-structure, inter- and intra-cellular signaling, angiogenesis, vascularization, and the immune response, all of which have effects across a wide range of time and length scales. Models that focus on processes at individual scales from basic science to patient bedside while neglecting to address this multiscale complexity have often proven inadequate for cancer treatment and prognosis, leading to therapies with sub-optimal results. To address this issue, we employ a multidisciplinary methodology that integrates biocomputational modeling with laboratory and clinical data to quantitatively study the effects of cellular and microenvironmental processes on cancers at the system level. This integrative process has led to progressively more accurate and biology-predictive 3D cancer models capable of representing tumor growth through the stages of avascular growth, vascularization, and tissue invasion, and that can be used to interrogate changes in the system dynamics including those related to therapeutic strategies. Our work suggests that tumor-scale growth, invasion, and drug response are predictable processes regulated by heterogeneity in the underlying interactions between genotypic, phenotypic, and microenvironmental parameters. Based on these studies, we conclude that applying a biocomputational approach can provide deeper insight into cancer behavior and treatment response, e.g., chemotherapeutic and anti-angiogenic, as well as nanotherapy. Incorporation of patient-specific data into this biocomputational modeling could enhance treatment prognosis as well as the design of more effective therapies.
Biography: USC was selected to establish a $16 million cancer research center as part of a new strategy against the disease by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and its National Cancer Institute. The new center is one of 12 in the nation to receive the designation. During the five-year initiative, the Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers will take new, nontraditional approaches to cancer research by studying the physical laws and principles of cancer; evolution and the evolutionary theory of cancer; information coding, decoding, transfer and translation in cancer; and ways to de-convolute cancer's complexity. As part of the outreach component of this grant, the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine is hosting a monthly seminar series.
Host: USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center
Location: CSC #250
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristina Gerber
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CEE Ph.D. Seminar
Fri, Dec 14, 2012 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Winnie Kam, ENE Ph. D. and Mehran Rahmani, CE Ph.D. Candidate,
Talk Title: Particulate Matter (PM) Exposure for Commuters in Los Angeles: Chemical Characterization and Implications to Public Health
Abstract: Particulate matter (PM) is a major airborne pollutant in urban areas and contributes to adverse health outcomes as well as environmental effects such as visibility. Sources of PM include both anthropogenic (vehicular emissions, industrial activity) and natural causes (crustal materials, sea salt). The composition of PM is highly complex and varies depending on local sources, source strength, and atmospheric processes such regional transport and gas-to-particle partitioning. This talk focuses on the exposure assessment size-fractionated PM for three private commute microenvironments in Los Angeles: a freeway with high drayage truck fraction (I-710), a freeway with the low drayage truck fraction (I-110), and major surface streets (Wilshire and Sunset Boulevards). A major sampling campaign was conducted to collect time-integrated PM for the purpose of a comprehensive chemical analysis including major PM components (organic carbon and elemental carbon), inorganic ions, metals and trace elements, and organic species. Depending on the mode of commute, commuters may be exposed to PM of various species and concentration levels. Thus, understanding the chemical composition of PM for various commute microenvironments is essential in assessing passenger exposure.
Advisor: Prof. Constantinos Sioutas
Second Speaker:
Mehran Rahmani, CE Ph.D.Candidate
Title: Recent Advances in Wave Travel Time Based Methodology for Structural Health Monitoring and Early Earthquake Damage Detection in Buildings
Abstract:
Recent advances in the development of a wave travel time methodology for earthquake damage detection in buildings, for use in rapid assessment of structural health following an earthquake, are reviewed. Its main advantages over the modal methods are the insensitivity to the effects of soil-structure interaction, local nature, and robustness when applied to real structures and strong earthquake response. Three algorithms are reviewed, which identify wave velocity profiles of vertically propagating shear and torsional waves through the building by fitting a layered shear beam/torsional shaft model in observed building earthquake response, and a selection of results of their application to three buildings: Los Angeles 54-story office building (steel), Millikan Library in Pasadena (RC), and Sherman Oaks 12-story office building (RC), damaged by the San Fernando earthquake of 1971. The appropriateness of the model for different types of buildings, and the accuracy of the identification are discussed.
Advisor Prof. Maria Todorovska
Biography:
Location: SLH 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
