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NAE Grand Challenges
Engineering problems exist in the real world, and our obligation is to help solve them, in real time.
Academic Departments
Aerospace &
Mechanical Engineering
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Can the Movement of Tiny Hairlike Structures Tell Us How Healthy We Are?
Researchers determine triggers for transitions between coordinated movement of organelles called cilia, identifying a potential diagnostic tool for cancer and other illnesses.
Astronautical
Engineering
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Smallest Dwarf Planet
JPL Engineer and Adjunct USC Viterbi Professor Ryan Park confirms that dwarf planet Ceres is water-rich and geologically active.
Biomedical
Engineering
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Brain Development and Disorder Research Receives $1.5 Million NSF Boost
Megan McCain, Giorgia Quadrato and Leonardo Morsut have been awarded a four year National Science Foundation grant to develop better organoids, to help us understand human brain development and disease.
The Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
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Can Sunlight Convert Emissions Into Useful Materials?
USC Viterbi chemical engineers are developing an environmentally friendly way to upcycle carbon dioxide emissions into polymers and other materials, with some help from a high school student researcher.
Sonny Astani Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Building Buildings that Survive Generations
USC Viterbi master’s student Maria Leos learns what fortifies structures, while bolstering her future one opportunity at a time.
Computer
Science
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Teaching Robots Self-Awareness of their Own Bodies
Jasmine Berry is grappling with the big questions: What does it mean to be self-aware and what would it take for a robot to satisfy those criteria?
Ming Hsieh Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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How To Prevent A 3-Ton Laundry Robot That Runs Up Your Energy Bill
Professor Joshua Yang creates novel devices for brain-like computers using the least amount of energy and physical space possible
Daniel J. Epstein Department of
Industrial & Systems Engineering
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The Secretive Networks Used to Move Money Offshore
Researchers at USC Viterbi have uncovered a highly unusual network pattern within the Panama Papers, showing how fortunes can be easily hidden in secretive offshore shell corporations, and how these remain difficult to trace and take down.
