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
Up, Up and Away! - L.A. Youth Gain Hands-On Engineering Experience at Three-Day Camp Hosted by the USC Viterbi Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 
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
Fighting Back Against the Ravages of Time - New USC Viterbi research tells us more than we’ve ever known about how and why our cells age, paving the way for a healthier, happier old age. Sonny Astani Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Meet The Trojan Engineer Helping Chinese Cities Bounce Back After Disaster - Nan Li, Ph.D. ’14, was named a 2018 top “Innovator under 35” in China by MIT Technology Review for his work in resilient cities 
USC researchers receive $12.5M grant for craniofacial research data-sharing endeavor - The project, FaceBase III Data Management and Integration Hub, would put USC on the map as the data epicenter for the craniofacial research community.Ming 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.
