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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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The Four-Legged Robot That Can Crawl, Crouch, Clean and Fight COVID
A team of USC master’s students creates a disinfection robot to use on COVID-19 prevention.
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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Breakthrough in Quantum Photonics Promises a New Era in Optical Circuits
A world-first method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons—light particles—heralds a new future for secure communication and quantum computing.
Sonny Astani Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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USC Junior Advances Communities By Engineering Infrastructures That Serve The People
For Viterbi student Jessica Brown, engineering is about advancing well-being of our neighbors, in the places we call home.
Computer
Science
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Wearable Fitness Trackers Useful in Cancer Treatment, Study Finds
Chemotherapy is a powerful tool in the fight against cancer, but so is data, according to a new study led by USC computer science researchers.
Ming Hsieh Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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A New Realm of Personalized Medicine with Brain Stimulation
Researchers’ “skeleton key” can unlock a brain.
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.
