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Events for December 14, 2007
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LEAPFROG Lunar Lander Project Invitation to Submit Resumes for Spring 2007 Team Members
Fri, Dec 14, 2007
Information Sciences Institute
Student Activity
USC Astronautics and Space Technology Division (ASTD) and Information Sciences Institute (ISI) will work in the 2008 Semester on continuation of the next generation vehicle development and flight testing of a lunar lander prototype vehicle.We are looking for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in All Engineering Disciplines to join the flight team. We are also looking for one outstanding candidate to serve as the Marketing/Business Manager for the team and the project.This is a two-semester project, continuing from the Fall Semester. Students involved may enroll in ASTE 291, ASTE 491 or Directed Research. (3-unit directed research roughly corresponds to a 9-hr/week work.) Students will be competitively selected for this project.The overall goal of the project is development and flight testing a lunar lander prototype vehicle, powered by a jet engine. The vehicle will then be flown repeatedly to test out multiple landing profiles and different descent and landing sensors. Each student of the flight test project will work within a subsystem area as well as gain system knowledge of flight vehicle design and test. This is a "hands on" project, you will be expected to participate in actual construction and integration of the flight test article, within a team environment.The lunar lander prototype vehicle project will be supervised by David Barnhart, Associate Director of the Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) from USC's Information Sciences Institute (ISI), and Professor Joseph Kunc of ASTD. If interested, please send an e-mail to David Barnhart (barnhart@isi.edu) and cc Joseph Kunc (kunc@usc.edu) with attached one-page resume. David will kickoff next semesters project activities the first week of January.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: David Barnhart
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Spacecraft Design Project Invitation for Spring 2008 Team Members
Fri, Dec 14, 2007
Information Sciences Institute
Student Activity
USC Astronautics and Space Technology Division (ASTD) and Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is working an intensive multi-semester design activity for a low cost low earth orbit satellite mission to address important science objectives relative to earth and climate science. This effort includes the opportunity to work with a major aerospace company.We are looking for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Astronautical Engineering (ASTD), Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME), Electrical Engineering (EE) and Systems Engineering (ISE) to join the flight team. The specific disciplines we are looking to support include attitude determination and control, electrical power systems, telemetry/tracking and control, thermal, mechanical and electrical ground station equipment design, flight software development, hardware in the loop testing, avionics and command and data handling development, and assembly/integration and test.There will be varying levels of student participation in the project (enrollment in ASTE 291, ASTE 491 or Directed Research, as well as other opportunities, including compensation).Students will be competitively selected for this project and will work with External industrial team members and mentors in each subsystem. This project is managed and run out of ISI in Marina del Rey, travel to ISI will be required at least once per week to support. Additionally, the project will require ITAR training ISI.The project will be supervised by David Barnhart, Associate Director of the Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) and Professor Joseph Kunc of ASTD. If interested, please send an e-mail to David Barnhart (barnhart@isi.edu) and cc Joseph Kunc (kunc@usc.edu) with attached one-page resume. David will kickoff the project and interview applicants the first week of January 2008.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: David Barnhart
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Meet USC (AM session)
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/events/meet_usc/ 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 Admission
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Internationalizing the Engineering Curriculum
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker:
Larry Shuman,
Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Industrial Engineering,
School of Engineering,
University of PittsburghAbstract:
Three years ago, Tom Friedman proclaimed that the "World is Flat." In doing this, Friedman delineated ten "flatteners" that converged around 2000 to both level the playing field for the design of products and services, and bring three billion new players onto the scene. Friedman, among others, emphatically proposes that it is now essential for U.S. engineering students to not only become more innovative, but equally important, learn to work collaboratively with colleagues across the globe. We have taken this message to heart and are creating innovative courses and programs to internationalize engineering education.We have done this in two ways. First by creating a series of innovative, short-term courses, and second, through a focus on sustainability, we have been able to leverage a growing relationship with a Brazilian partner to not only integrate more extensive international experiences into research and education, but to also do this at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Further, we have been able to obtain funding to do much of this. Both ways will be addressed; current achievements and future plans will be presented, and challenges will be identified and discussed.Relative to the former, we have built upon a very successful study abroad experience for rising engineering and business students that combines coursework with a two week study visit focusing on manufacturing in an international setting. Using variations of this model we have developed upper level international courses that combine study at Pitt with international field visits. Three will be described: INNOVATE (ENGR 1600) that focuses on globalization and is taught simultaneously at Pitt, Rice and Tulsa using closed circuit TV to share lectures and bring students together. During the spring break, everyone plus other students and faculty from the US and India, Japan, Singapore and China participate in the INNOVATE symposium. This year's symposium will focus on Singapore and Vietnam. EMPOWER (ENGR 1620) focuses on the development of sustainable energy in Brazil. After a preparatory series of lectures students from Pitt and other US universities visit various sites in Brazil including the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Product Realization for Global Economies (ENGR 1610) also brings together engineering and business students to develop a product (through prototype) for Brazilians living in public housing. Students travel to Brazil during the spring break; this year they will be joined by UNICAMP students as part of a course within a course. The latter effort has been headed by our Mascaro Sustainability Initiative (MSI) whose initial focus was on sustainable water usage and green building, but has recently expanded to include other sustainability problems. MSI has enabled us to build integrated educational and research programs in sustainability with a solid international component. Funding has been received from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), International Research Experiences for Students (IRES), and REU programs; the US Department of Education's Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) and FIPSE-CAPES programs; and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliances (NCIIA) as well as private foundations. The interdisciplinary initiative involves faculty and students from across the University as well as international partners.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Meet USC (PM session)
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 @ 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM
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. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/events/meet_usc/ 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 Admission
