2013

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USC Viterbi research on artificial synapses brings non-biological brains closer

Gerald Loeb discusses SynTouch's advances in robotic fingertips

Ewald Schuster endeavors to build the first successful RC Harrier jet

Najmedin Meshkati comments the role culture may have played in the crash

Behrokh Khoshnevis explains how we could 3D-print buildings on other planets

USC Viterbi's tribute to Trojan and astronaut Neil Armstrong

Tom Anthony comments on air safety since the Jet Age

Tom Anthony comments on the Asiana crash investigation

USC Viterbi students put classroom concepts in action with gliders and rockets for their end-of-term project

Ted Berger chosen by FP for his innovation in biomedical engineering

DEN@Viterbi allows students to attend class from a distance

Michael Barr comments on pilot dependence on automated flying technology

James Moore comments on legal ruling regarding High-Speed Rail Authority

Cyrus Shahabi pitches ClearPath, a traffic navigation solution

James Moore comments on the fate of the Terminal Island Freeway

How the first engineering-based startup accelerator in Los Angeles is an answer to stimulate the recovering economy

Alumnus Ming Li drawn back to China for career and family

Morteza Dehghani's online survey gauges Iranians' perceptions

Behrokh Khoshnevis works to revolutionize construction

Humayun leads transformative research and eye care services at USC

Ted Berger's brain implants restore the ability to create memories

Mark Humayun's artificial retina named as a top invention by CNN

Terry Benzel and ISI's DeterLab develop security to thwart hackers

Greatest number of international USC grad students attend USC Viterbi

Chris Kyriakakis' audio app brings studio-quality music to headphones

Costas Synolakis calls for more preparedness in coastal communities

James Moore comments on the decline of carpooling

Behrokh Khoshnevis' Contour Crafting included in TechCrunch list

Aviation Safety & Security Program instructor Glen Winn offers solutions

Constantinos Sioutas and team find that Greek financial crisis affects air quality

A summary of USC Viterbi in national rankings

U.S. Army and ICT have been leading the way in military simulation since 1999

HTE@USC team StemJet wins the Most Innovative Award at 2013 Innovator Showcase

Rajiv Maheswaran and Yu-Han Chang analyze data to improve performance

ISE & ITP professor recognized for his dedication, innovation and engagement

Tom Anthony explains why the problem is hard to fight

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USC Viterbi Startup Garage accelerates Silicon Beach companies

Behrokh Khoshnevis' Contour Crafting included in article on 3D printing

Gaurav Sukhatme's work on human-robot collaboration receives funding

No. 1 Ranked Online Graduate Engineering Program Provides the Tools to Develop the Global Engineer

Machine to machine (M2M) technology makes flying safer

Ramesh Govindan and team find a 600% expansion of Google activity

Research will improve freight movement and metropolitan transportation

USC Viterbi students and alumni demo their startup tech products

Gerald Loeb discusses robot mobility and manipulation capabilities

Daniel Lidar explains quantum annealing and more

Retired General Petraeus briefed on various USC Viterbi projects

Yong Chen and ISE team's machine can 3D-print on irregular, curved surfaces

USC Viterbi-launched company's BioTac sensor demonstrated live

SynTouch LLC, co-founded by Gerald Loeb, recognized for robotics work

ISI's Jelena Mirkovic explains what bitcoins are and how they work

Paul Rosenbloom talks about his interest and work in Artificial Intelligence

Nora Ayanian is recognized for her work in automatic multi-robot coordination

Jason Silverman, 2011 Unionville High graduate, receives a $10,000 merit award

Ted Berger's research on memory implants is highlighted

Andrea Hodge encourages kids to use their imagination for engineering

USC's BME team wins 1st place and "People's Choice" Award at BMES 2013

BME professor Gerald Loeb and SynTouch team develop robot sensors

Hao Li's work in computer-generated visual effects benefits movies and medicine

USCRPL attempts to send the first student-built rocket to space

Behrokh Khoshnevis is developing 3D printing technology to construct buildings

USC Viterbi EE professor John Silvester and team to develop new data network

Chemical Engineering's Andrea Armani is recognized for inventing new scientific tools

A stop-motion animated explanation of quantum computing

Cyrus Shahabi talks about his participation with Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF)

Petros Ioannou comments on the possibility of using zeppelins to transport cargo

Iridescent CEO Tara Chklovski talks about inspiring young female engineers

Paul Debevec and his team develop a faster way to create 3D facial models

A stop-motion animated explanation of solar cells

USC Viterbi Electrical Engineering team control the atomic structure of nanotubes

USC Viterbi professor and SynTouch CEO Gerald Loeb comments on disruptive technologies

New upgrades improve and expand USC Viterbi's online program

Ben Reichardt and team make progress in measuring quantum systems

Hao Li is named one of MIT Technology Review's 35 top innovators under 35

USC Viterbi students Jens Windau and Kai Chang develop the Zeus 3D printer

USC Viterbi-USC Dornsife research team view changes to neurons in real time

USC Energy Institute's Donald Paul addresses online security as a matter of safety

USC ISI's Winnie Callahan discusses the growing field of cyber security

USC scientists use underwater robots to scour the seas for toxic conditions

James Moore comments on how ridesharing apps could impact the transportation market

At the Viterbi Startup Garage, GymFlow works to solve the crowded gym

High school students participate in 2013 USC/Chevron Frontiers of Energy Resources Summer Camp

USC Viterbi Assistant Professor makes waves both in and outside the research lab.

Alan Willner and team find that novel optical fibers could enhance data capacity

Costas Synolakis comments on erosion of Malibu's Broad Beach

Q&A with Dean Yortsos in the NEF's newsletter, touching on innovative education and Capacity, Capability and Competitiveness

SC Racing Team shares music of choice when building race cars

The symposium will cover cutting-edge developments in four areas: Designing and Analyzing Social Networks, Cognitive Manufacturing, Energy: Reducing our Dependence on Fossil Fuels, and Flexible Electronics

Alan Willner and team find that novel optical fibers could enhance data capacity

Ten USC teams are developing their products at this summer's tech accelerator

UAE students from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology visit USC Viterbi

USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center's new research gets us closer to quantum

Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and colleagues talk about the NAE Grand Challenges

Theodore Berger's research on the brain's hippocampus may lead to memory restoration

Qizhe Shao's company prints 3-D figurines of customers in China

USC Viterbi's office in Beijing builds strong relationships in China

USC BS ’70 and MS ’12 alumnus is the next Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Costas Synolakis and team find that littoral islands can exacerbate tsunami effects

Michael Zyda comments on the pricing competition between Microsoft and Sony

Najmedin Meshkati comments on the waste to be stored at the plant after the closure

Madhu Thangavelu discusses space architecture visionary design and getting to Mars

Maja Matarić comments on robots that help convalescing students keep up with schoolwork

James Moore comments on potential extension of the Grove's trolley to LA streets

Prof. Milind Tambe's ARMOR software calculates optimum patrol patterns

Rich DeMuro takes a look at USC CRES robotics research

Students may now simultaneously earn master's degrees from both institutions

USC alumnus and trustee “M.C.” Gill ’37, founder and chairman emeritus of the M.C. Gill Corporation

Slideshow: USC hosts a panel about Online Learning

Maja Matarić is announced as the 2013 Women of Vision Award Winner for Innovation by the Anita Borg Institute

KCAL9 talks to Dr. Navid Nastar and Dr. James Moore about the I-5 bridge collapse

Dr. Navid Nastar speaks to KCAL9 about the bridge collapse in Washington State

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USC Viterbi, Airbus, Inha University and Korean Aerospace University partner on institute

Bandit, from the USC Interaction Lab, part of the Robotics Research Lab, listed in the Fiscal Times as one of 7 robots that help aging Americans

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Crossing cultural divides with No-Distance Education

USC Viterbi and ISI to work with Northrop on cyber security issues

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LT Thomas Saenz earns his USC Viterbi degree from the other side of the world

Students recognized for outstanding academic achievement, leadership and service

The gift will establish the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.

In recognition for his outstanding, continuous research in cortical prosthetics

Ashish Soni talks about the creation and goals of the Viterbi Startup Garage

The Discovery Files explains how USC Viterbi-developed “Privacy-Preserving Photo Sharing" works

Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson lead the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) cluster hire

Mark Humayun discusses his development of the Argus II to help restore sight to the blind

Ted Berger and a team of neuroscientists are getting closer to repairing memory damage

Robert Downey Jr., Dean Yortsos, and others award student finalists at Marvel's nationwide science competition

James Moore talks about the new system to synchronize LA's 4,300 traffic lights

ITP's Trina Gregory talks about the new mobile app development curriculum starting in Fall 2013

USC Viterbi School of Engineering namesake is recognized for his innovations in communications technology.

Ben Reichardt discusses his co-authored Nature journal article on classical command of quantum systems

Retired Gen. David Petraeus is named Judge Widney Professor at USC, an appointment affiliated with USC Viterbi and other USC schools

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation finance a study for the Norman Lear Center and USC Viterbi to measure the actual impact of media

German researchers find that our love for robots, like Bandit from the USC Interaction Lab, is natural

The David Packard Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Neuroscience and Director of the Center for Neural Engineering is helping to define the way we think about experimentation showing it is possible to correct for memory loss with implanted electrodes

USC Viterbi Team of Aditya Vaidyanathan, David Kingman and Theresa Kurth rises to the top among 11 Institutions with the paper “When do Endplates Work?”

Dr. Andrea Armani, a chemical engineering professor in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, is able to peer into the molecular world of reactions by using lasers.

Show hosts ride hands-free electric skateboard developed by USC Viterbi alumni

Professor Maja Matarić on AirTalk with Larry Mantle

A 1000 visitors, mostly K-12 kids, visited the Viterbi School's robots, students, and faculty on April 11, 2013

USC Viterbi research team develops tool to control photo privacy online

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Tech Accelerator will Boost USC Involvement in Building the Southern California Technology Ecosystem

Saturday, May 4th - 8am to 5pm - Shrine Expo Hall

USC Viterbi Professor Mike Gruntman was inducted as a new member of the International Academy of Astronautics during their spring meeting.

The Grainger Grants give Frontiers of Engineering participants the opportunity to pursue ideas stimulated at the U.S. FOE symposium and allow for collaboration and the execution of innovative projects aimed at improving our quality of life.

Dr. Daniel Lidar delivers the opening remarks at the American Physical Society's 2013 Meeting

USC research team uses an algorithm similar to the Google PageRank and to the Viterbi Algorithm for digital communication to map the spread of lung cancer in the body

Professor Jerry Lockenour's students see how the LA Times' 25-year old predictions about 2013 panned out

Prof. Daniel Lidar's work in quantum computing is #30 in Discover's 100 Top Stories of 2012

The Princeton Review names the USC Viterbi - USC Cinematic Arts graduate game design program the best in the US and Canada.

CREATE director Steve Hora talks about keeping ports safe with ARMOR-PROTECT on CBS Radio.

Prof. Cyrus Shahabi's ClearPath program analyzes road conditions to help commuters avoid traffic.

Thomas Anthony directs a program that teaches students how to investigate aviation accidents and help prevent future ones.

Seniors Steve Wolfsohn and Emily Schubert vie for the titles of King and Queen of the Viterbi Ball, the final event of E-Week, a week long celebration of engineering for USC Viterbi's undergraduate students.

Shrikanth Narayanan researches the complexities of human vocal ability by scanning beatboxers with MRI's

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Fei Sha has been selected as a Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Developed over 20 years by Mark Humayun and his NSF sponsored ERC at USC, the bionic eye Argus II has been approved by the FDA

3D printers could feed astronauts in space one day, thanks to Michelle Terfansky's astronautical engineering master's thesis. Photo Credit Fab@Home.

EPISODE 4. Students must pick one product-based solution for challenges they've observed in the health care system and pitch it to their peers.

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EPISODE 3. Students get comfortable talking to patients through simulated interviews in which questions are asked about patients' medical and sexual history.

Assistant Professor Andrea Hodge, two-time AFOSR Young Investigator, discusses her meteoric rise as an engineer.

Ray Suarez visits Maja Matarić's lab to report on how she and her team are using robots as friendly facilitators of stroke and autism therapy.

Dean Yannis C. Yortsos Lends Expert Observations on U.S.'s "Reverse Brain Drain" Conundrum

EPISODE 2. We meet individual engineering and medical students from the program and learn about the skills and interests that make them strong team players.

EPISODE 1. Engineering and medical students break ground in a new program that trains both disciplines side-by-side.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and doubled Internet outages, USC ISI's John Heidemann leads his team on improving coverage techniques

Happy New Year Message to the Viterbi family of students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends!

Terry Benzel addresses safety concerns with Snapchat app

Maja Mataric guest stars on KPCC's AirTalk and discusses the Roboy project and its implications on our future