USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Upcoming Events

Aug 23 Tue

[Virtual] First-Year Admission Information Session

Tue, Aug 23, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an...

Aug 23 Tue

[Virtual] First-Year Admission Information Session

Tue, Aug 23, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an...

Aug 23 Tue

[Virtual] First-Year Admission Information Session

Tue, Aug 23, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an...

Aug 23 Tue

[Virtual] First-Year Admission Information Session

Tue, Aug 23, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an...

Aug 23 Tue

[Virtual] First-Year Admission Information Session

Tue, Aug 23, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an...

Aug 23 Tue

[Virtual] First-Year Admission Information Session

Tue, Aug 23, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an...

Engineering+

Studying more than engineering makes for better engineers

SCilicon Beach

Our community is unique and groundbreaking… plus we have the beach!

NAE Grand Challenges

Engineering problems exist in the real world, and our obligation is to help solve them, in real time.

Shana Douglas
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018

"My passion is volunteering and inspiring the future generation to go into STEM fields. I'm so happy to be apart of a school that shares those values."

Keyue Shen
Assistant Professor
of Biomedical Engineering

“I think the exciting part for me, as an engineer, is that we’re making something possible that was impossible in the past to help patients.”

Arynn O. Gallegos
B.S. Electrical
Engineering, 2020

"Working in my research lab has provided me with mentorship that has profoundly shaped my career and professional goals and to find opportunities I couldn't even dream of before starting college."

A.C. Mike Markkula
B.S. ’64; M.S. ’66
Co-founder, Apple Inc.

"There is no way a student can graduate from the engineering school at USC without learning how to think through a problem and come to a correct and proper answer. That has served me well in everything I've done."

Jose Juan Ruiz
B.S. Electrical
Engineering, 2019

"Coming from community college, I was worried about transferring into a major university, but once I got to USC all my doubts were put to rest. From the professors, career opportunities, organizations, events, and friends I made here, I know I made the right choice in choosing USC"

Academic Departments

Aerospace &
Mechanical Engineering

How Does a Sea Star Bounce? - What USC researchers uncovered about sea star locomotion could help scientists design simpler, decentralized systems in robotics and beyond.

Astronautical
Engineering

Is There Life on Mars? With the Right Tools, There Could Be. - A team of USC students is one of 10 finalists awarded $10K to build a water extraction tool for NASA’s Moon to Mars challenge.

Biomedical
Engineering

Inventing a Stroke Rehabilitation Device in 48 Hours - This year’s ASBME Makeathon saw 10 student teams battling the clock to build biomedical devices to help stroke survivors recover their hand and wrist movement.

The Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

New Nanoparticle Can Turn Carbon Emissions Into Fuel, Sustainably - USC Viterbi researchers partner with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on technology to convert CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels and usable materials.

Sonny Astani Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering

What If Airplanes Could Repair Their Own Damage? - USC researchers 3-D-printed the next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage.

Computer
Science

USC Researchers Analyze Coronavirus Misinformation on Twitter - By analyzing millions of tweets, USC computer science researchers are investigating how false information about the coronavirus spreads on social media.

Ming Hsieh Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Negar Golestani, wearables, magnetic induction

My Belt Listens to My Watch, Glasses and Necklace: What’s Next in Wearable Technology - USC Viterbi researchers develop new prototype to better recognize human activity

Daniel J. Epstein Department of
Industrial & Systems Engineering

Keeping Them Honest: Jong-Shi Pang Honored for Career Achievements - Pang was recognized with the 2019 John von Neumann Theory Prize by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

Academic Departments

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Folding, Cutting and Bending Our Way into a More Adaptable Future

USC researchers create new models to predict how new metamaterials behave, opening the door for applications in soft robotics and even space

Astronautical Engineering

USC Students Compete in Augmented Reality NASA SUITS Challenge

The team was one of 10 selected by NASA to design an AR interface for lunar, Martian exploration.

Biomedical Engineering

How Does the Nervous System Develop?

New model demonstrates how the nervous system learns to control the body and has implications for medical treatments and developing agile robots

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Behnam Jafarpour is new Energi Simulation Chair in Subsurface Energy Data Science

New role will support essential research harnessing AI and data science to manage subsurface resources and energy transition.

Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Student Startup Remedy Addresses Healthcare for Unhoused

USC students gain funding for products that support portable medicine storage

Computer Science

USC Department of Computer Science Names New Chair

An internationally recognized leader in software engineering, Neno Medvidović will begin his new role on July 1.

Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Creating Power Without Power: New USC Viterbi Technology Improves the Speed of Data Processing

Jonathan Habif and Alan Willner’s team uses light, first of its kind optical technology to make sharing data on our devices less energy intensive

Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

New Academic Program for Healthcare Professionals to Lead the Urgent Redesign of America’s Healthcare Systems

Program is the First Master of Science in Health Systems Management Engineering Program on the West Coast

2021 Year in Review

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2022, USC Viterbi dean Yannis C. Yortsos received the prestigious Gordon Prize of the National Academy of Engineering for his role in founding the Grand Challenges Scholars Program

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2022, 3 USC Viterbi researchers have been named AAAS fellows: Andrea Armani, Mark Humayun and Yannis Yortsos

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2021, 2 USC Viterbi Faculty have been named National Academy of Inventors Fellows: Andrea Armani and Cyrus Shahabi

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2021, USC Viterbi had 5 NSF CAREER Award Recipients: Heather Culbertson, Jyo Deshmukh, Xiang Ren, Constantine Sideris and Phebe Vayanos

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2020, USC Viterbi came close to reaching gender parity again in its entering freshman class.

DID YOU KNOW?

USC Viterbi is ranked #4 in the nation in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Master’s Information Technology Programs (consisting of MS in CS and Data Sciences and related fields).

DID YOU KNOW?

USC Viterbi is ranked #5 in the nation in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Master’s Engineering Programs (consisting of MS in more than 40 engineering sub-fields and specializations). The USC Viterbi program has been ranked Top 5 in the Nation for 10 consecutive years.

Busting Anti-Queer Bias in Text Prediction

Medical Imaging in Living Color – With 26 New Shades to Detect Disease

‘Bekey Changed My Life’

A Grand Day: Dean Yortsos Receives Top Award for Engineering Education

Finding Bugs Faster Than Hackers

Machines can learn from fables

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: From Karachi to Los Angeles

“Where Can I Buy Such a Laser?” USC, Amazon Program Excites Underrepresented Students to STEM

Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall

Upcoming Events

Engineering+

SCilicon Beach

NAE Grand Challenges

Shana DouglasB.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018

Keyue Shen Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Arynn O. Gallegos B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2020

A.C. Mike Markkula B.S. ’64; M.S. ’66 Co-founder, Apple Inc.

Jose Juan Ruiz B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2019

Academic Departments

Academic Departments

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Folding, Cutting and Bending Our Way into a More Adaptable Future

Astronautical Engineering

USC Students Compete in Augmented Reality NASA SUITS Challenge

Biomedical Engineering

How Does the Nervous System Develop?

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Behnam Jafarpour is new Energi Simulation Chair in Subsurface Energy Data Science

Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Student Startup Remedy Addresses Healthcare for Unhoused

Computer Science

USC Department of Computer Science Names New Chair

Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Creating Power Without Power: New USC Viterbi Technology Improves the Speed of Data Processing

Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

New Academic Program for Healthcare Professionals to Lead the Urgent Redesign of America’s Healthcare Systems

2021 Year in Review

Computing @ SC

Shana Douglas
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018

Keyue Shen
Assistant Professor
of Biomedical Engineering

Arynn O. Gallegos
B.S. Electrical
Engineering, 2020

A.C. Mike Markkula
B.S. ’64; M.S. ’66
Co-founder, Apple Inc.

Jose Juan Ruiz
B.S. Electrical
Engineering, 2019