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Events for January 24, 2007
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Marshall School of Business Deans Business Breakfast Series with Ronald Sugar
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
The USC Marshall School of Business has extended a special invitation to all Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni to atted their Dean's Business Breakfast Seminar.This month's seminar has a very special Engineering twist featuring Ronald Sugar, Chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corporation, as the guest speaker. Please join Dean Gilligan and local business leaders at this lively monthly forum to discuss business and industry trends with top CEOs.To RSVP or for more information please call the Marshall Events information line at 213-821-5277 or visit http://www.marshall.usc.edu/web/corporateRelations.cfm?doc_id=7122
Location: Tower Hall (TOW) - n and Gown
Audiences: VSoE and Marshall School of Business Alumni
Contact: Kirstin Strickland
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Writing Effective Resumes
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Does your resume highlight the skills that will land an interview? Learn how to create a resume that will serve as the marketing tool that will get your foot inside industry's door!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Anemonphilous (Wind-Dispersed) Pollen: Allergenic and Dynamic Bioaerosol Particles
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker:Dr. Richard Flagan,
Department of Chemical EngineeringCaltechAbstract:Pollen has long been linked to asthma, but pollen grains are too large to penetrate beyond the nasal region when inhaled. We have been investigating the mechanisms that enable the allergens found in these large particles to enter the lower airways where they can trigger asthmatic attacks. Botanists have observed that pollen ruptures when immersed in water, spilling its cytoplasmic material. They further hypothesized that the pollen fragments released in this process can be entrained into the air to form an allergenic, respirable aerosol. This rupture, which was observed by Brown in the early investigations of Brownian motion, results from osmotic pressure differences between the cytoplasmic fluids and the surrounding water. Our investigations have identified the special circumstances that allow such small particles to be entrained into the air. Our studies of pollen and pollen allergen release mechanisms have also revealed remarkable mechanisms of pollen release that challenge previous understanding of the limits to forces and motions attainable by living organisms.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - rielian Hall, Room 203
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Walk-In Wednesdays: Career Services Advising
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Student Activity
Please feel free to come in during these walk-in hours! No appointment is necessary. Come in for resume reviews, internship information, or general engineering career advice.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 218
Audiences: Current Engineering Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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In Search of Fast and Robust Adaptation
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Dr. Naira HovakimyanDepartment of Aerospace and Ocean EngineeringVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstract: The history of adaptive control systems dates back to early fifties, when the aeronautical community was struggling to advance aircraft speeds to higher Mach numbers. In November of 1967, X-15 launched on what was planned to be a routine research flight to evaluate a boost guidance system, but it went into a spin and eventually broke up at 65,000 feet, killing the pilot Michael Adams. It was later found that the onboard adaptive control system was to be blamed for this incident. Exactly thirty years later, fueled by advances in the theory of nonlinear control, Air Force successfully flight tested the unmanned unstable tailless X-36 aircraft with an onboard adaptive flight control system. This was a landmark achievement that dispelled some of the misgivings that had arisen from the X-15 crash in 1967. Since then, numerous flight tests of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) weapon retrofitted with adaptive element have met with great success and have proven the benefits of the adaptation in the presence of component failures and aerodynamic uncertainties. However, the major challenge related to stability/robustness assessment of adaptive systems is still being resolved based on testing the closed-loop system for all possible variations of uncertainties in Monte Carlo simulations, the cost of which increases with the growing complexity of the systems. This presentation will give an overview of the limitations inherent to the conventional adaptive controllers and will introduce a new thinking for adaptive control design that leads to fast and robust adaptation with provable control specifications and guaranteed stability/robustness margins. Various applications will be discussed throughout the presentation to demonstrate the tools and the concepts.
Location: Seaver Science Library, Room 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
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PriceWaterHouseCoopers Meeting/Information Session
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
ISA will be hosting PriceWaterHouseCoopers at our next meeting!WHAT: PriceWaterHouseCoopers Meeting/Information SessionWHEN: Wednesday, January 24TIME: 6:30 PMWHERE: HOH 306You do not need to be a member to attend. This meeting is FREE and open to all USC students and majors. Don't forget: Free Catered Food!Don't miss this chance to network with professionals. PWC will be presenting on the topic of resumes and cover letters geared toward the IS industry.
With the summer approaching, they are looking to hire summer interns.We are now accepting applications to become a member for Spring 2007. Come to this week's meeting for more information or visit the ISA website at www.uscisa.net. Only members can attend firm socials, so apply today! If you are interested in a leadership role, we are now looking to fill director positions. Director applications are available on the website and are due by January 24.Members: Please email Ariel at saldin@usc.edu with your resume to be part of the resume book as well as if you are interested in attending the Ernst & Young social on 1/30 or the KPMG social on 1/31.Upcoming Event: Industry Night, January 25 6-9 pm Radisson HotelPlease contact me at saldin@usc.edu with any questions or for more information.Ariel Saldin,
VP of Membership,
Information Systems Association,
http://www.uscisa.netLocation: H. Leslie Hoffman Hall Of Business Administration (HOH) - 306
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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The Mathematics in Music: A Performance and Conversation with Elaine Chew
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 07:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Featuring pianist-engineer Elaine Chew, this event demonstrates mathematical principles in music through performance of contemporary pieces, illustrations of their analyses using computing tools and interactive discussion interspersed between the pieces. Chew is a pioneer building a career at the intersection of music and engineering. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with dual training in operations resarch and music performance, having received her Ph.D. and S.M. degrees in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and her B.A.S. degree in music and in mathematical and computational sciences from Stanford University. For more information, please visit:http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861434&active_category=Upcoming
Location: Alfred Newman Recital Hall
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
