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The Birth of Aerospace in Southern California:
A Conversation about Engineering, History & Art

For the last century, Southern California has provided the primary home for the U.S. aerospace industry. This panel considers some of the consequences for USC, the engineering profession, and for Southern California itself, as aerospace influence ranged from art and architecture to pop culture.

Panelists:
Ron Blackwelder, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, USC
Robert McEliece, Allen E. Puckett Professor, Electrical Engineering, CalTech
Ken Richardson, former President & COO, Hughes Aircraft Company
Laif Swanson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jason Weems, History of Art, UC Riverside
Peter Westwick, History, USC

Organized by Bill Deverell, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West and Urbashi Mitra, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering

Sponsored by the the Center for Excellence in Research, Ming Hsieh Institute, and the Viterbi School of Engineering.

Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - auditorium

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Eric Mankin