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Events for November 12, 2008
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Meet USC
Wed, Nov 12, 2008
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
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 9:00 a.m. and again at 1:00 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/meet_usc.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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USC Blood Drive
Wed, Nov 12, 2008 @ 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The USC Blood Donor Center we will be holding 2 blood drives on the Engineering Quad (between Olin Hall/Hedco at Bloom Walk) from 11 AM - 5 PM sponsored by the Viterbi School of Engineering.For more information visit:
http://www.usc.edu/health/uscblood/Location: Engineering Quad near Bloom Walk
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC Blood Donor Center
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Supporting Behavior Change and Enabling Patient Self-Management Through Technology
Wed, Nov 12, 2008 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
DANIEL J. EPSTEIN DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINARTitle: "Supporting Behavior Change and Enabling Patient Self-Management Through Technology"Speaker: Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, DPS Health, Los Angeles, CaliforniaABSTRACT: This seminar will give an overview of how Information Technology can help clinicians provide cost-effective approaches to enable patients to adopt and sustain health promoting behaviors. Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H., UCLA Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, will describe the key components and functionalities needed for clinically-linked Technology Enabled Behavior Change Interventions to be successful. He will describe how these approaches, based on how master clinicians support patients, fit into healthcare and public health approaches. Dr. Kaufman will describe a state-of-art internet-based platform he and his team created that when coupled with research proven behavior change protocols creates effective and scalable interventions….all designed to mimic the best approaches used by master clinicians/communicators. The approach allows web-based management and support for the patient, the coach (clinician), the administrator/quality assurance person and individuals supporting the patient (e.g. friends, family, co-workers). It also allows a complete and time based behavioral intervention to be customized based on the individual's personal characteristics, performance over time and time on the intervention.He will demonstrate an innovative approach to weight management based on the NIH's Diabetes Prevention Program, which his company created in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh.WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008, ANDRUS GERONTOLOGY ROOM 309, 12:00-1:30 PM****************************************BIO: Dr. Kaufman is Co-Founder of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, and Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2004, after a 27 year career in academic medicine and public health, Dr. Kaufman left Pediatrics and founded DPS Health to create technology solutions that enable clinicians to help their patients adopt and sustain health promoting behaviors.
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 309
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Co-Ops and Internships: The Gateway to Industry Experience!
Wed, Nov 12, 2008 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Are you interested in participating in a Co-op Program or obtaining an internship? Attend this workshop and learn the benefits of each program and how you can begin your quest for engineering industry experience.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Minimal Mass Structures for Control
Wed, Nov 12, 2008 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Minimal Mass Structures for ControlRobert SkeltonProfessor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California
San Diego, CA 92093An optimization of a structure before, and independent of, control design leads to high energy controllers with little cooperation between the dynamics of the controller and the dynamics of the structure. Some optimization problems have been solved to minimize mass while maintaining a high degree of controllability. Two examples are given: Optimal structures under compressive loads and optimal structures under bending loads. The bending case solves a problem that has been open since the work of Michell in 1904, when he solved the infinitely complex case (a continuum of material), leaving the optimal discrete case open.Location: Stauffer Science Lecture Hall, Room 102 (SLH 102)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
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Webcor Information Session
Wed, Nov 12, 2008 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori (GFS) 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
