USC Studies Aim to Advance Self-Driving Cars, Transform Robot “Brains” and Understand Workplace AI Use
3 USC faculty will lead research projects funded by the Toyota Research Institute
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What If We Could See Disinformation Coming? USC Scientists Say We Can
USC Viterbi researchers can now predict when a false rumor will jump from one social media platform to another, giving journalists and fact-checkers a chance to step in before it goes mainstream.
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Researchers Seek to Catch Money Launderers By Building a Machine That Out-Thinks Them
A DARPA-funded team at USC Viterbi aims to generate fictional but realistic schemes to stress-test the algorithms that may one day make dirty money impossible to hide.
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A New Way to Control How Fluids Move Through Rock
USC Viterbi researchers have proved that fracture geometry can suppress unstable flow patterns and enhance fluid mixing, with implications for groundwater remediation, carbon storage, hydrogen storage and energy production.
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Students Design and Build a Rocket to Carry Payloads to Space
USC Rocket Propulsion Lab’s third successful spaceshot, Daybreak, carried payloads for other student organizations and validated new technologies that expand the team’s ability to return to space on repeat.Â
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Smarter, Safer Cancer Fighters
USC engineers have developed a new CAR T-cell therapy that can adapt to almost any solid tumor, attack with precision and spare healthy tissue.
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Electron Microscopy Enters a New Dimension
Materials science researchers at USC Viterbi School of Engineering have addressed a longstanding problem in ferroelectric materials measurement, with implications for next-generation technologies including quantum communication and advanced photonic devices.
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USC Researcher to Lead $2.4M AI Core for Raynor Cerebellum Project Treating Cerebellar Disorders
USC Viterbi’s Maryam Shanechi aims to develop AI models to improve neuromodulation and enable adaptive treatment for cerebellar disorders
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Unlocking the Inner Ear: Transforming How Scientists Study Hearing and Balance
A collaboration between USC/ISI, Ostrow School of Dentistry, and the National Institutes of Health is creating the first national database for hearing and balance research.
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From 5G to ‘seeing around the corner’: USC Engineer Shapes the Present and Future of Wireless Communication
Andreas Molisch’s research advances modern wireless systems by improving how signals are modeled, transmitted and understood – from smartphones to autonomous vehicles.
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To the Classroom and Beyond: USC Viterbi Students Develop Highly Accurate Spinal Disc Teaching Models
A novel teaching tool built by USC engineering students in collaboration with USC Keck Physical Therapy Professionals enables enhanced modeling and understanding of spinal cord mobility.
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10 Projects, 10 Solutions: Student Engineers Tackle Everyday Problems
From self-driving skateboards to robot butlers and more, USC Makers Hosted Spring 2026 Showcase turning ideas into reality and celebrating its 10-year anniversary
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Three Materials Science PhD Students Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) supports emerging researchers who demonstrate exceptional potential to advance science and engineering
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A pacemaker without surgery? USC Viterbi’s Qifa Zhou and team’s ultrasound breakthrough could change heart care
A wearable, noninvasive device uses sound waves and gene therapy to regulate the heartbeat, no implants required
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USC Scientists Built a Tiny System That Thinks Like a Brain and Runs on Thin Air
Inspired by how the brain processes sight and touch simultaneously, a new device born in a Viterbi lab senses, encodes, and learns from the world around it using nothing but the energy that world provides.
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USC Engineers to Present 32 Papers in Robotics: From Safer Autonomous Navigation and Dexterous Manipulation to VLMs and AI-Driven Learning for Robots
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Tiny Particles in Urine Could Be the Key to Treating a Deadly Childhood Kidney Disease
USC Viterbi researchers have discovered that a naturally occurring nanoparticle found in urine shows early promise as a treatment, and potentially a prenatal intervention, for a rare disease that kills newborns and has no approved therapy.
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A Robot Hand That Taught Itself to Play Piano Could Change the Future of Machines
USC researchers built a robotic hand that hears a melody once and plays it back after just two minutes of self-taught practice on a keyboard. They say the implications go far beyond music.
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Sheep, Spacecraft and a World That Knits Itself Back Together: USC Games Turns 10
USC’s top-ranked game design program marks a decade with sixty student games and no shortage of ambition.
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USC Researchers Develop 3D-Printable MRI Coils for Low Cost Improved Dynamic Imaging
New study introduces silver coils with flexible design and improved signal strength, enabling customized production for patient-specific scans
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Class Of 2026 Trojan Engineers Tasked As Trustworthy Problem-Solvers As They Launch Next Chapter
From 35 countries and equipped with the skills to advance their chosen field of engineering, the Viterbi Class of 2026 gathered to celebrate degrees earned across oceans, languages, and cultures.
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Ingenuity and Perseverance: USC Viterbi Master’s Graduates Are Ready For The Toughest Challenges
More than 3,500 engineering students gathered at the Galen Center on May 15 to celebrate the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Class of 2026 master’s commencement ceremonies, marked by keynote addresses.
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At USC Viterbi, 170 newly minted Ph.Ds. stepped forward toward a bright future
The Class of 2026 gathered at Bovard Auditorium to celebrate years of research, discovery and impact.
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USC Graduates From Amazon, Google and IBM Shared Insights at the Department’s First Alumni Panel
Alumni panel showcased power of USC Viterbi’s Trojan network, helps students navigate software engineering careers