USC Viterbi School of Engineering

"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

A close up photo of a starfish on a beach

How Does a Sea Star Bounce? - What USC researchers uncovered about sea star locomotion could help scientists design simpler, decentralized systems in robotics and beyond.

Astronautical
Engineering

Is There Life on Mars? With the Right Tools, There Could Be. - A team of USC students is one of 10 finalists awarded $10K to build a water extraction tool for NASA’s Moon to Mars challenge.

Biomedical
Engineering

Inventing a Stroke Rehabilitation Device in 48 Hours - This year’s ASBME Makeathon saw 10 student teams battling the clock to build biomedical devices to help stroke survivors recover their hand and wrist movement.

The Mork Family Department of
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

New Nanoparticle Can Turn Carbon Emissions Into Fuel, Sustainably - USC Viterbi researchers partner with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on technology to convert CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels and usable materials.

Sonny Astani Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering

What If Airplanes Could Repair Their Own Damage? - USC researchers 3-D-printed the next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage.

Computer
Science

USC Researchers Analyze Coronavirus Misinformation on Twitter - By analyzing millions of tweets, USC computer science researchers are investigating how false information about the coronavirus spreads on social media.

Ming Hsieh Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Negar Golestani, wearables, magnetic induction

My Belt Listens to My Watch, Glasses and Necklace: What’s Next in Wearable Technology - USC Viterbi researchers develop new prototype to better recognize human activity

Daniel J. Epstein Department of
Industrial & Systems Engineering

Keeping Them Honest: Jong-Shi Pang Honored for Career Achievements - Pang was recognized with the 2019 John von Neumann Theory Prize by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

Academic Departments

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Five Things You Can Do to Help Fireproof Your House

USC Viterbi Professor Fokion Egolfopoulos on how to fireproof existing homes and build back better and safer

Astronautical Engineering

Celebrating 20 Years of USC Viterbi Astronautical Engineering

The academic program and its record-breaking student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab are celebrating 20 years of advancing space exploration through stellar research and teaching.

Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

New “Smart” Immune Cells: A Breakthrough for Long-Lasting Tumor Destruction

USC Viterbi researchers have engineered a new immune cell that when activated by ultrasound can continuously sense and destroy cancer cells for extended periods.

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

The Science of Sweet Treats

Students conjure up a slice of pure imagination as part of USC Viterbi’s new confectionery manufacturing class.

Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

A Naming Gift for USC Viterbi’s Construction Management Program

Alumnus Jonathan Emami has made a contribution to transform the Construction Management Program

Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

A Natural Approach to Wildfire Prevention: Banana Trees and AI

How two innovative approaches – nature-based fire buffers and AI-powered wildfire detection – show promise in tackling the growing wildfire risk.

Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

C.-C. Jay Kuo Honored as the Ming Hsieh Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

President Folt, Dean Yortsos and Ming Hsieh himself attend ceremony honoring Dr. Kuo and his decades’ worth of accomplishments.

Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

How a Ham Sandwich Can Solve Our Package Delivery Problems

Award-winning USC Viterbi research develops streamlined last-mile delivery solutions, improving delivery times and easing workloads for busy drivers.

Recent Highlights

The Most Ambitious Initiative in USC Computing History

Introducing the

USC School of
Advanced Computing

Rooted in an interdisciplinary approach, the School of Advanced Computing, a unit of USC Viterbi, serves as the hub for advanced computing research and education at USC.

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

USC Researchers Develop Plastic Substitute from Mineral Found in Seashells

What I Learned at the White House

Drones That Go Where You Shouldn’t

New Insight into Unique Kagome Superconductors that Could Advance Applications of Quantum Materials

How Alex Gasca Went From Building Islands on Earth to Infrastructure for Space

Investigating State-Backed Information Operations

New Research Reveals the Origins of Cooperation

Mapping Our Emotionally-Divided Society

Nurture More Important than Nature for Robotic Hands

USC Launches School of Advanced Computing

The Circuit: National Engineering News from USC Viterbi and the NAE

Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall

Shana DouglasB.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018

Keyue Shen Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Arynn O. Gallegos B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2020

A.C. Mike Markkula B.S. ’64; M.S. ’66 Co-founder, Apple Inc.

Jose Juan Ruiz B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2019

Academic Departments

Academic Departments

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Astronautical Engineering

Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Recent Highlights

Related Stories

Shana Douglas
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018

Keyue Shen
Assistant Professor
of Biomedical Engineering

Arynn O. Gallegos
B.S. Electrical
Engineering, 2020

A.C. Mike Markkula
B.S. ’64; M.S. ’66
Co-founder, Apple Inc.

Jose Juan Ruiz
B.S. Electrical
Engineering, 2019