WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Education
- 2022, Other, California Institute of Technology
- 2020, Other, Harvard University
- 2019, Doctoral Degree, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- 2017, Master's Degree, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- 2013, Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology
- 2011, Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology
Biography
Neda Maghsoodi joined USC as a WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in January 2023. Neda pursued her postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (2021-2022) and Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (2019-2020). She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2019) and M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Neda also earned her M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from AmirKabir University of Technology and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology.
Research Summary
Research areas: Solid mechanics; Dynamics and vibration; Soft materials; Biomechanics; Bioinspiration.
Awards
- 2024 Invited to the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering
- 2023 Charles Lee Powell Faculty Research Award, USC
- 2022 WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professorship, USC
- 2020 Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering, UC-Berkeley
- 2018 Rackham Graduate Research Grant, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- 2016 Best Paper Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2015 Rackham Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- 2012 Best B.Sc. Thesis of the Year, Iranian Society of Acoustics and Vibration
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