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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.”

Yannis Yortsos
Dean

“The new face of engineering is not that of Dilbert in the cartoons. It is the face of bright women and men, spanning societal, racial and ethnic divides. Diversity is not a political slogan, it is an essential ingredient for innovation.”

Tajinder Singh
M.S. Computer Science, 2016

“I have met people from all around the world, worked with them and listened to their point of view and realized how one small point can be looked at through so many different angles.”

Rhea Choudhury
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2019

“At USC Viterbi, I’ve already discovered a new sport, conducted engineering research abroad and explored all over LA with some of the most diverse people I’ve ever met, just in my first three semesters alone.”

Rebecca Peer
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2018

“I have felt encouraged to strive for truly unique and scientifically relevant research with the support of my fellow students, my advisor, and my Engineering department.”

Academic Departments

Aerospace &
Mechanical Engineering

Better, Faster, Smarter: Making Agile Robots - USC Center for Advanced Manufacturing team comes in first at the Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIAC)

Astronautical
Engineering

Collaborate Through Stories: Using Interactive Storytelling to Bridge the Gap Between Engineers and Stakeholders - Professor Azad Madni uses model-based, data-driven stories to enhance collaboration, engagement, and decision making in complex systems engineering

Biomedical
Engineering

Postdoc Wins Prestigious K99 Award - Sangpil Yoon is the first USC biomedical engineering postdoctoral fellow to receive the NIH-administered award.

The Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Renowned Chemical Engineer
and Nanomedicine Pioneer Joining USC - Mark E. Davis to join faculties of USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Keck School of Medicine of USC, and USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Sonny Astani Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Tsunami CSI - Waves as high as the Space Needle wreaked havoc in uninhabited Taan Fiord, Alaska and a group of scientists find out how it happened and what to look for before the next one hits

Computer
Science

Pirouettes and Programming - Natalie Monger, a Presidential Scholar earning a combined computer science-business administration degree with a minor in dance performance, sets the stage for technology and art.

Ming Hsieh Department of
Electrical Engineering

How Central are Female Characters to a Movie? - New automated analysis of nearly 1000 scripts by USC finds stereotypes of women, race, and aging are created and reinforced in films

Daniel J. Epstein Department of
Industrial & Systems Engineering

Engineering a Better World - Top researchers gather at USC this summer to work towards using AI to improve the world.