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SWE Starts With Me!
Sun, Nov 09, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Nov 10, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
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 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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SWE Starts With Me!
Mon, Nov 10, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 10, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Terence Sanger, Provost Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology and Biokinesiology
Talk Title: TBA
Biography: http://bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/core-faculty/terence-sanger/
Host: David D'Argenio
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Seminars in Engineering, Neuroscience & Health (ENH)
Mon, Nov 10, 2014 @ 03:50 PM - 04:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Meng Law, , Professor of Radiology, Neurology, Neurological Surgery (Keck School of Medicine) and Biomedical Engineering (Viterbi School of Engineering) Director of Neuroradiology, Director of Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Director of Alzheimhers Disease Neuroi
Talk Title: Neuroimaging in Neurogeneration, Neurotrauma and Neurorestoration
Series: Seminars in Engineering, Neuroscience & Health (ENH)
Abstract: Insights into the pathophysiology, possible etiology and ultimately the therapeutic options for debilitating neurological diseases such as epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsonâs disease and Alzheimerâs disease may be provided by neuroimaging. Understanding the underlying molecular, genetic, functional, and immunological basis for disease can allow us to look towards concepts such as diapeutics (diagnosis and therapeutics) or theranostics (therapy and diagnostics) in one single approach towards making a diagnosis and then therapy.
There are many advanced neuroimaging tools now such as PET imaging, functional MRI, diffusion tensor MRI, perfusion/permeability MRI, MR spectroscopy, which allows us to investigate these underlying mechanisms. This, combined with a modeling, machine-learning approach to incorporate âbig data,â gives us an all-encompassing understanding of what provides the most accurate diagnosis for individual patients and ultimately the most optimal theory.
Biography: http://www.keckmedicine.org/doctor/meng-law/
Host: Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Charles Liu, Christianne Heck
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 100D
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Evening with Faculty
Mon, Nov 10, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Enjoy an evening with student members of NSBE, SHPE, SWE, QuEST and CED as we network with faculty and key affiliates of the Viterbi School of Engineering. The dress is BUSINESS CASUAL.
Please RSVP for the event here: tinyurl.com/USC-EWF
Our goal for this event is to give students an opportunity to mingle with esteemed USC faculty in an informal setting. The Viterbi Organizations of Diversity hope to encourage personal relationships between our professors and our membership by hosting this friendly mixer. Heavy h'ordeuvres will be served.
If you would like to nominate a faculty member for invitation, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GgZ23toujBoLy2tpzUgfSZMi-2ONMrQfO9CnxngO5Us/viewform?edit_requested=true
We hope to see you there!Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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SWE Starts With Me!
Tue, Nov 11, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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CS Colloquium: Sachin Patil (UC Berkeley) -Coping with Uncertainty in Robotic Navigation, Exploration, and Grasping
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sachin Patil , UC Berkeley
Talk Title: Coping with Uncertainty in Robotic Navigation, Exploration, and Grasping
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: A key challenge in robotics is to robustly complete navigation, exploration, and manipulation tasks when the state of the world is uncertain. This is a fundamental problem in several application areas such as logistics, personal robotics, and healthcare where robots with imprecise actuation and sensing are being deployed in unstructured environments. In such a setting, it is necessary to reason about the acquisition of perceptual knowledge and to perform information gathering actions as necessary. In this talk, I will present an approach to motion planning under motion and sensing uncertainty called "belief space" planning where the objective is to trade off exploration (gathering information) and exploitation (performing actions) in the context of performing a task. In particular, I will present how we can use trajectory optimization to compute locally-optimal solutions to a determinized version of this problem in Gaussian belief spaces. I will show that it is possible to obtain significant computational speedups without explicitly optimizing over the covariances by considering a partial collocation approach. I will also address the problem of computing such trajectories, given that measurements may not be obtained during execution due to factors such as limited field of view of sensors and occlusions. I will demonstrate this approach in the context of robotic grasping in unknown environments where the robot has to simultaneously explore the environment and grasp occluded objects whose geometry and positions are initially unknown.
Biography: Sachin Patil is a postdoctoral researcher working with Prof. Pieter Abbeel and Prof. Ken Goldberg at the University of California at Berkeley. He previously completed his PhD with Prof. Ron Alterovitz at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on developing rigorous motion planning algorithms to enable new, minimally invasive medical procedures and to facilitate reliable operation of robots in unstructured environments.
Host: Gaurav Sukhatme
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Evening with Faculty
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Enjoy an evening with student members of NSBE, SHPE, SWE, QuEST and CED as we network with faculty and key affiliates of the Viterbi School of Engineering. The dress is BUSINESS CASUAL.
Our goal for this event is to give students an opportunity to mingle with esteemed USC faculty in an informal setting. The Viterbi Organizations of Diversity hope to encourage personal relationships between our professors and our membership by hosting this friendly mixer. Heavy h'ordeuvres will be served.
If you would like to nominate a faculty member for invitation, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GgZ23toujBoLy2tpzUgfSZMi-2ONMrQfO9CnxngO5Us/viewform?edit_requested=true
We hope to see you there!Location: RTH 526
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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DEN@Viterbi Information Session: San Francisco, CA
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will be hosting a DEN@Viterbi Information Session in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, November 11th.
Why Attend?
- Discover the 40+ graduate programs offered completely online through USC Viterbi’s Distance Education Network [DEN@Viterbi]
- Learn about non-degree continuing education opportunities offered on-campus, online and on-site, including short courses and custom programs
- Find out how you can start classes as early as this spring
REGISTER NOW
For questions on this event or DEN@Viterbi, please contact DEN@Viterbi.usc.edu.Location: USC San Francisco Office
Audiences: RSVP Required
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Viterbi Spotlight Series- Industrial and Systems Engineering
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Spotlight Series is your opportunity to connect with USC alumni and industry professionals that have been in your shoes and will share their experiences on how they got to where they are in their career.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Baxter Networking Event
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join ASBME and SWE for an exclusive Baxter Lifesciences Networking Event to discuss the Baxter Operations Development Program. Focused in Baxter's BioScience division, this rotational program allows aspiring engineering and science professionals to explore a range of cross-functional experiences and grow their leadership potential-- and they're looking for students just like you! Baxter representatives will be present to answer all questions you might have, and more information about the program can be found here: http://www.careers.baxter.com/us/development_programs/bioscience_operations.html. Food will be provided, and we can't wait to see you there!
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 301
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
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Baxter Networking Session
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Join SWE and ASBME for a Baxter Networking Event and Health Sciences spotlight, along with an exclusive info session on the Baxter Operations Development Program. Check out the Facebook page for more details! https://www.facebook.com/events/875611325784609/
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 301
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Nov 12, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
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 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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SWE Starts With Me!
Wed, Nov 12, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Computer Science Faculty Meeting
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
Event details will be emailed to invited attendees.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Online Information Session - Discover Viterbi: Petroleum Engineering
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is a top ranked graduate engineering program by U.S. News and World Report. Join us for an online information session to learn about the exciting opportunities in Petroleum Engineering. Professor Iraj Ershaghi will be joining the session to highlight important information about the program.
Register NowAudiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Rajgopal Kannan, Louisiana State University
Talk Title: Balancing Delay and Congestion Costs in Scheduling and Computing Bottleneck Congestion Equilibria
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: We consider the problem of minimum cost scheduling of an arbitrary sequence of packet arrivals over a given time frame where the cost of transmission during a slot is the sum of an arbitrary function of the congestion (number of packets transmitted) during that slot and the delay incurred by these packets. This problem could arise in various contexts such as wireless link transmissions where both congestion costs and scheduling delays must be balanced as well as in transactional memory systems where one can complete a transaction during a slot by paying a cost proportional to the number of interfering transactions during that slot (the congestion) or defer by some slots and try again. We find the offline optimal solution to this problem given the exact sequence of packet arrivals and then develop algorithms with constant factor competitive ratio for the online version of the problem in which the sequence of packet arrivals is unknown. For the second part of the talk, we consider the problem of computing bottleneck congestion equilibria in networks. This problem has been shown to be PLS complete and we describe an algorithm for finding logN approximate equilibra.
Biography: Rajgopal Kannan is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Louisiana State University. He obtained his PhD from the University of Denver and a B.Tech from IIT-Bombay. His areas of interest are in wireless network algorithms, game-theory and cybersecurity. He is currently on sabbatical at the ANRG group at USC with Prof. Bhaskar Krishnamachari.
Host: Prof. Ashutosh Nayyar and the Ming Hsieh Institute
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Emmanuel Gdoutos, Professor in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL & School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Talk Title: Failure Modes of Sandwich and Cellular Materials
Series: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series
Abstract: Sandwich structures consisting of strong and stiff facings and light weight cores offer improved stiffness and strength to weight ratios compared to monolithic materials. Under flexural loading the facings carry almost all of the bending, while the core takes the shear loading and helps to stabilize the facings. Facing materials include metals and fiber reinforced composites. The latter are being used in advanced applications due to the large strength-to-weight ratio. The core materials mainly include honeycombs, cellular foams and wood. In the present seminar the failure behavior of composite sandwich beams subjected to three- and four-point bending will be presented. The beams were made of unidirectional carbon/epoxy facings and various core materials including PVC closed-cell foams, a polyurethane foam and an aluminum honeycomb. Various failure modes including facing wrinkling, indentation failure and core failure were observed and compared with analytical predictions. It was established that the initiation, propagation and interaction of failure modes depend on the type of loading, constituent material properties and geometrical dimensions. The crack growth behavior of polymeric foams under mixed-mode loading conditions will also be presented. Polymeric foams are anisotropic materials and crack kinking occurs even though the applied load is perpendicular to the crack plane. The stress analysis of the plate was performed by finite elements. Crack trajectories for various angles of the orientation of the axes of orthotropy of the material with respect to the applied load were obtained.
Biography: Emmanuel Gdoutos is Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Director of the Laboratory of Applied Mechanics at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, and Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University. His interests and experience include many areas of mechanics of materials with emphasis on experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, composite materials and nanotechnology. He serves on the editorial board of eight international journals. He has awarded two Fulbright fellowships and an excellent teaching award from the University of Toledo. He has held numerous lectureships and visiting professorships (Lehigh Univ., Univ. of California at Santa Barbara and Davis, Toledo Univ., Michigan Technological University. and Northwestern University). He served as chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering of the Democritus University of Thrace. He authored over 240 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, 15 books and edited 14 books. His book titled "Fracture Mechanics - An Introduction" is a widely used textbook for fracture mechanics courses.
Host: Professor Paul Ronney
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Valerie Childress
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Laserfiche Information Session
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 05:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
You are invited to join Laserfiche representatives to learn more about their company and upcoming opportunities.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Viterbi EE, ME, ASTE, AE, CS, CECS, and ISE Majors
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session: London
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to the top ranked graduate engineering programs at the University of Southern California.
The information session will include a presentation on: Master's & Ph.D. programs available at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, how to apply, scholarships, student life, and more. Students will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
More information and register to attendLocation: St. Ermin's Hotel, London
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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DEN@Viterbi Information Session: Silicon Valley, CA
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will be hosting a DEN@Viterbi Information Session in Belmont/Redwood Shores, CA on Wednesday, November 12th.
Why Attend?
- Discover the 40+ graduate programs offered completely online through USC Viterbi’s Distance Education Network [DEN@Viterbi]
- Learn about non-degree continuing education opportunities offered on-campus, online and on-site, including short courses and custom programs
- Find out how you can start classes as early as this spring
REGISTER NOW
For questions on this event or DEN@Viterbi, please contact DEN@Viterbi.usc.edu.Location: Belmont/Redwood Shores, CA
Audiences: RSVP Required
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SWE Starts With Me!
Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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DEN@Viterbi Information Session: Manhattan Beach, CA
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will be hosting a DEN@Viterbi Information Session in Manhattan Beach, CA on Thursday, November 13th.
Why Attend?
- Discover the 40+ graduate programs offered completely online through USC Viterbi’s Distance Education Network [DEN@Viterbi]
- Learn about non-degree continuing education opportunities offered on-campus, online and on-site, including short courses and custom programs
- Find out how you can start classes as early as this spring
REGISTER NOW
For questions on this event or DEN@Viterbi, please contact DEN@Viterbi.usc.edu.Location: Tiin Roof Bistro
Audiences: RSVP Required
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CS Colloquium: Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley) - Learning to Move: Machine Learning for Robotics and Animation
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sergey Levine , UC Berkeley
Talk Title: Learning to Move: Machine Learning for Robotics and Animation
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: Being able to acquire new motion skills autonomously could help robots build rich motion repertoires suitable for tackling complex, varied environments. I will discuss my work on motion skill learning for robotics, including methods for learning from demonstration and reinforcement learning. In particular, I will describe a class of "guided" policy search algorithms, which combine reinforcement learning and learning from demonstration to acquire multiple simple, trajectory-centric policies, with a supervised learning phase to obtain a single complex, high-dimensional policy that can then generalize to new situations. I will show applications of this method to simulated bipedal locomotion, as well as a range of robotic manipulation tasks, including putting together two parts of a plastic toy and screwing bottle caps onto bottles. I will also discuss how such techniques can be applied to character animation in computer graphics, and how this field can inform research in robotics.
Biography: Sergey Levine is a postdoctoral researcher working with Professor Pieter Abbeel at the University of California at Berkeley. He previously completed his PhD with Professor Vladlen Koltun at Stanford University. His research areas include robotics, reinforcement learning and optimal control, machine learning, and computer graphics. His work includes the development of new algorithms for learning motor skills, methods for learning behaviors from human demonstration, and applications in robotics and computer graphics, ranging from robotic manipulation to animation of martial arts and conversational hand gestures.
Host: Fei Sha
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Computer Science Doctoral Program Information Session
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering, a top ranked graduate engineering program by U.S News and World Report, will host an information session and Q&A for prospective doctoral students interested in Computer Science. The host of this session is Gaurav Sukhatme, the Chair of USC’s Department of Computer Science. Learn more about the exciting research in this area, and requirements for applying for doctoral programs.
Register to attendLocation: ONLINE EVENT
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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CANCELLED- Microsoft Corporation Information Session
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This Session has been cancelled
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session: Liverpool
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to the top ranked graduate engineering programs at the University of Southern California.
The information session will include a presentation on: Master's & Ph.D. programs available at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, how to apply, scholarships, student life, and more. Students will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
More information and register to attendLocation: Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Nov 14, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
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 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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SWE Starts With Me!
Fri, Nov 14, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, a top ranked graduate engineering program by U.S News and World Report, is located Los Angeles and offers Master's and Doctoral programs in a variety of engineering disciplines. Join us for an information session and Q&A to learn about the academic programs available, application criteria, and scholarships.
Register to attendLocation: ONLINE EVENT
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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Hand-portable NMR Instrument for Point of Care Diagnostics
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Pablo Prado, One Resonance, LLC
Talk Title: Hand-portable NMR Instrument for Point of Care Diagnostics
Series: Medical Imaging Seminar Series
Abstract: Open-concept NMR sensors have been used in the oil industry for over 20 years. Single-sided NMR probes are effective tools for in-situ material assessment for large objects. This has been demonstrated in applications such as moisture in wood, near surface water content in soil and rubber cross-linking in tires. Similar concepts can be utilized to inspect skin tissue and even fat content in the human liver. During this presentation we will discuss general aspects of open-concept NMR instrumentation.
Biography: Dr. Prado is the President of One Resonance LLC and co-founder and CEO of One Resonance Sensors, LLC. He has more than 20 years of experience with NMR instrumentation. In previous positions he was Senior Department Manager and New Product Introduction Lead at GE; VP Development at T2 Biosystems; VP Engineering at Quasar Federal Systems; and CTO at Progression, Inc.Dr. Prado is inventor for 9 issued patent and author of 2 book chapters and over 40 peer-reviewed articles.
Host: Professor Krishna Nayak
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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DEN@Viterbi Faculty Forum
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi
Workshops & Infosessions
DEN@Viterbi invites you to our Fall 2014 DEN@Viterbi Faculty Forum
Friday, November 14th, 2014
12:00PM - 1:00PM
RTH 115
Light Lunch to be served
To RSVP: Please go to the following page:
o RSVP: Please go to the following page:
https://gapp.usc.edu/about/events/denviterbi-fall-2014-faculty-forum
DEN@Viterbi Faculty Forums are intended for faculty to meet and share their experiences with their colleagues on various instructional strategies, or specific tools used in their classes.
Topics to be discussed:
Using automated proctoring to safeguard against cheating in online test taking
Professor Nitin Kale discusses his experiences with automated proctoring for his DEN course.
Leveraging DEN@Viterbi Resources to improve and maximize course instruction and delivery
Professor Gandhi Puvvada will be going over his favorite tools that have helped him conduct his courses and have helped increase engagement and interactivity with on campus and DEN@Viterbi students.
To RSVP: Please go to the following page:
https://gapp.usc.edu/about/events/denviterbi-fall-2014-faculty-forum
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 115
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jairo Delgado
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jeff Stibel and Aaron Stibel, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp
Talk Title: Engineering Entrepreneurs for the 21st Century
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, a top ranked graduate engineering program by U.S News and World Report, is located Los Angeles and offers Master's and Doctoral programs in a variety of engineering disciplines. Join us for an information session and Q&A to learn about the academic programs available, application criteria, and scholarships.
Register to attend
Location: ONLINE EVENT
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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Integrated Seminar Series
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Zach Griffith, Teledyne Scientific
Talk Title: TBA
Biography: Hosted by Prof. Hossein Hashemi, Prof. Mike Chen and Prof. Mahta Moghaddam
Organized and hosted by Masashi Yamagata
For questions or additional details, please email myamagat@usc.edu
Host: Hosted by Prof. Hossein Hashemi, Prof. Mike Chen, Prof. Mahta Moghaddam, and Masashi Yamagata
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/events/event-details/?event_id=910781
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elise Herrera-Green
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/events/event-details/?event_id=910781
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NL Seminar - Machine Reading of the Biomedical Literature: It's All About Data
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Gully Burns, USC/ISI
Talk Title: Machine Reading of the Biomedical Literature: It's All About Data
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: Like most scientific disciplines, cancer biology involves performing experiments and interpreting them. At present, most modeling efforts center on trying to bring together collections of interpretations as 'pathway diagrams' but do not attempt to capture the semantics of supporting experimental data. Here, I will describe a new strategic approach for machine reading of scientific articles based on a generic representation of experimental data with explicit examples within the field of cancer biology. I will also discuss this effort in the context of the Abstract Meaning Representation (AMR) and present an informal generative story for your consideration and feedback.
Biography: Gully Burns develops pragmatic biomedical knowledge engineering systems for scientists that provide directly useful functionality in their everyday use and is based on innovative, cutting edge computer science. He was originally trained as a physicist at Imperial College in London before switching to do a Ph.D. in neuroscience at Oxford. He came to work at USC in 1997, developing the 'NeuroScholar' project in Larry Swanson's lab before joining the Information Sciences Institute in 2006. He is now works as project leader in ISI's Information Integration Group.
Host: Aliya Deri and Kevin Knight
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 6th Flr Conf Rm # 689, Marina Del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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Astani CEE Seminar
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Dominiki Asimaki, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Caltech
Talk Title: Site effects in three dimensions: Theory, experiments and numerical simulations
Abstract:
This seminar will cover a series of studies on site effects, ranging from semi-ana¬lytical solutions of wave propagation in infinite wedges, to centrifuge experiments on topo¬graphy effects, to numerical simulations of idealized and true ground surface features subjected to seismic loading. Starting from the simplest configuration, I will first discuss our work on the response of infinite wedges, which comprises a semi-analytical solution and numerical simulations of wedge response to incident in-plane shear (SV) and compressional (P) waves. I will present results, focusing specifically on the insight that idealized features provide into the physics of wave focusing and scattering by non-flat surfaces in the context of earthquake ground motion simulations. I will then summarize results of a collaborative project that used cen¬trifuge experiments to study site effects for single, step-like slopes on the surface of shallow granu¬lar soils overlaying stiff bedrock; and I will present in detail our validated nonlinear numerical simulations of the said experiments, which we have extended to study the effects of soil stiffness and thickness, and the effects of bedrock-soil velocity contrast on the ground motion characteristics near the slope crest. Our results have shown that the inelastic response of pressure-dependent soils near the surface has a significant impact on the manifestation of topographic amplification, which may differ substantially from viscoelastic model predictions traditionally used in studies of site effects on the surface of non-flat ground. In the last part of the talk, I will present a system of dimensionless parameter¬s that we have synthesized from our semi-analytical, experimental and numerical results for the study of 3D site effects; a systematic parametric investigation of 3D site effects for idealized features; and a series of site-specific simulations at strong motion station sites in Southern California with irregular ground surface topography.
Biography: Dominiki Asimaki is a Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Caltech. She has a bachelorâs diploma in civil engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (1998), and an MS (2000) and PhD (2004) from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. Her research combines geotechnical engineering, computational mechanics, and structural dynamics to study how natural and man-made geotechnical systems (ridges, valleys, dams, tunnels, building foundations, and offshore structures) respond to dynamic loading induced, for example, by earthquakes, hurricanes, and blast. She then uses results from these studies to develop predictive models for resilient design procedures for geotechnical systems, and for hazard assessment and mitigation in urban environments. Domniki is associate editor for the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (ASCE), for Earthquake Spectra (EERI), and for Soils and Foundations (Japanese Geotechnical Society); and she is the recipient of the 2009 Arthur Casagrande Award from the ASCE Geo-Institute and the 2012 Shamsher Prakash Research Award in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
Host: Dr. Maria Todorovska
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session: Birmingham
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to the top ranked graduate engineering programs at the University of Southern California.
Each information session will include a presentation on: Master's & Ph.D. programs available at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, how to apply, scholarships, student life, and more. Students will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
More information and register to attendLocation: Birmingham Marriott Hotel
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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SWE S'Mores Galore
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Come join the Society of Women Engineers to learn more about our organization and eat some delicious S'mores! We will be right next to the BBQ pits by McCarthy Quad from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm on November 14, 2014 :) SWE can't wait to see you there!
For more info, visit the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/598487526922171/Location: McCarthy Quad BBQ Pits
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session: Busan, South Korea
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to the top ranked graduate engineering programs at the University of Southern California.
Each information session will include a presentation on: Master's & Ph.D. programs available at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, how to apply, scholarships, student life, and more. Students will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
More information and register to attendLocation: Park Hyatt Busan
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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SWE Starts With Me!
Sat, Nov 15, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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SWE's Fall Badge Day
Sat, Nov 15, 2014 @ 09:15 AM - 03:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Get ready for SWE's largest community event; our annual Fall Badge Day! Held on Saturday, November 15th, from 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM, young girls will swarm VKC to explore different engineering major-themed topics. Volunteers will meet in VKC Courtyard for sign-in.
There are two volunteer shifts:
9:15 AM - 12:30 PM (breakfast included)
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (lunch included)
Sign up to volunteer at tinyurl.com/fallbadgeday
For the morning shift, the workshops will be Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Computer Science based activities. In the afternoon, they will be Aerospace, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering themed activities. We do encourage volunteers to step outside their comfort zone and sign up for activities based outside their major.
There will be a volunteer teach-in on the Friday prior to Fall Badge Day, on November 14th, at 4 PM. Volunteers will get the chance to look over materials/instructions and go through the day to get any questions they have answered before the day of the event.
Visit the Facebook event page here:https://www.facebook.com/events/667610673357491/Location: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers