USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Turning Brainwaves Into Biomarkers: How a USC Grad Is Using Code to Improve Early Autism Intervention

USC Recumbent Vehicle Design Team Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation

Leaping Lizards! Class of 2025 Grad Looks to Reptiles to Help ACL Injuries

Imagining the Future of Deep Space Habitats

What it Means to Engineer with Empathy

The Student Senator Making an Impact in Women’s Health

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

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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."

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

New Research Reveals the Origins of Cooperation

A groundbreaking study by USC Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab reveals fundamental insights into the selective forces favoring the early evolution of multicellular organization.

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 Insight into How the Brain Switches Gears Could Help Parkinson’s Patients

Biomedical engineering research at USC has unraveled a mystery of motor control that could be a game-changer for disorders like Parkinson’s and could aid in the development of bio-inspired systems.

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

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

Computational materials research offers a breakthrough in our understanding of the superconducting behavior of metals with a woven-basket-like atomic structure that houses electrons with exotic properties.

Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

What I Learned at the White House

After a whirlwind year advising the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), USC researcher Kelly Sanders returns to campus with new knowledge and experience to share with her students.

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

How Can Computing for AI and Other Demands Be More Energy Efficient?

A look at different approaches by USC Viterbi and School of Advanced Computing faculty

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.

2024 Year in Review

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

2025 USC Viterbi Commencement Information

“Building A Better World:” Dean Yannis C. Yortsos Tells Graduates They Will Make A Difference

Viterbi Undergraduate Ceremony Live Stream - Friday, May 16, 2025 - 9AM - 11 AM PST

An Adventurer’s Approach to Academic Achievement

A USC Swim Team Captain Dreams of Space Travel

Harnessing the Power of Ocean Energy

From Scratch to Cybersecurity: Lavanya Sharma’s USC Journey

He Rode 103 Roller Coasters. Now He’s Building the Next One.

Graduate Matthew Fontaine Honored With 2025 USC Ph.D. Achievement Award

Raising the Stakes of Sustainability

From Lego, to Electric Racecars, to SpaceX

From Space Camp to NASA Mission Control

The Biomedical Engineer Inspired by her Grandfather to Make a Difference

Sisters In Sync

How to Design a Competitive Concrete Canoe

Turning Brainwaves Into Biomarkers: How a USC Grad Is Using Code to Improve Early Autism Intervention

USC Recumbent Vehicle Design Team Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation

Leaping Lizards! Class of 2025 Grad Looks to Reptiles to Help ACL Injuries

Imagining the Future of Deep Space Habitats

What it Means to Engineer with Empathy

The Student Senator Making an Impact in Women’s Health

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

2024 Year in Review

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B.S. Electrical
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B.S. ’64; M.S. ’66
Co-founder, Apple Inc.

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Engineering, 2019