News - January 2022

Yannis C. Yortsos Receives Prestigious Gordon Prize of the National Academy of Engineering

USC Viterbi's dean is the co-recipient of the award, the nation's most celebrated for engineering education, for his role in founding the Grand Challenges Scholars Program.

USC's Cyrus Shahabi, Andrea Armani, and Sri Narayan Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

The trio joins a distinguished class of 175 new inductees who "demonstrate a prolific spirit of innovation".

DISTINCTION

Creating Trustworthy Engineers

The recently launched Engineering in Society Program aims to equip USC Viterbi students with the ethical and communication skills to flourish in an ever-accelerating world.

ACADEMICS

Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed

USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering the cell's electric field, ushering in new possibilities for basic research.

RESEARCH

Meisam Razaviyayn Awarded Young Investigator Grant by Air Force Office of Scientific Research

The Assistant Professor in the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is an expert in the area of large-scale optimization.

DISTINCTION

USC Team Shows How Memories Are Stored in The Brain, With Potential Impact on Conditions Like PTSD

Fish that glow; a tailor-made microscope; a new way to catalog science. After six years, researchers produce the first snapshots of memory in a living animal.

RESEARCH

Machine Communicates Emotion with Nearly 80% Accuracy of Human Touch

New haptic device can communicate attention, gratitude, happiness, calming, sadness, or love.

RESEARCH

Viterbi Alumnus and Construction Executive Establishes $1 Million Endowment in Construction Management

Gift from Jonathan Emami, graduate of the construction management program, will help nurture the next generation of construction and development leaders.

GIVING

Esports: The Future of Gaming

Computer science major, Youngju Shin, a member of the executive board for SC Esports, believes video games can bring people together.

STUDENTS