Baum Family Maker Space
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
It’s What’s Inside that Counts, Unless You’re a Robotic Fish - Mechanical engineering students challenged themselves to make a robotic fish that not only swims like a real fish, but looks the part too, demonstrating the possibilities inherent to soft robotics. 
USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory Shatters Student Altitude Record - Traveler IV is reportedly the first entirely student-designed and built rocket to pass the Kármán line into outer space
Student Research Shines at Grodins Symposium - Around 90 biomedical engineering students presented their research to industry and research professionals at the annual Fred S. Grodins Research Symposium.The Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Seeing Through Rain and Fog - Materials developed by USC Viterbi Professor Jayakanth Ravichandran could allow autonomous vehicles to peer through the elements to improve safety. Sonny Astani Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Future of Artificial Intelligence Comes Alive in Our Buildings - The Center for Intelligent Environments launches to advance human-centered building design and operation to increase well-being, safety, and even joy at work and beyond
Robotics and American Sign Language - USC Viterbi research team develops technology that may help deaf children better learn sign languageMing Hsieh Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering
From Viruses to Social Bots, Researchers Unearth the Structure of Attacked Networks - A new statistical machine learning framework gleans the invisible and unobservable structure of any attacked network Daniel J. Epstein Department of
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Student Wins HackLA Mobility with App to Solve LA Traffic Woes - Jake Beaudin and his team created the app in 24 hours. They recently launched it to the tech industry at CES Las Vegas and will soon present it in Germany.
