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Nanovation podcast: How do you put a coating on a liquid?
Malancha Gupta discusses initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD), a relatively new processing technique for the depositing of functional polymer thin films.
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Newsweek : Children with Autism Saw Their Learning and Social Skills Boosted After Playing with this AI Robot
USC computer science researchers who designed an artificially intelligent robot that helped children with autism boost their learning and social skills hope such technology could one day aid others with the developmental disorder.
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Robohub: Haptics and Virtual Interactions, Podcast Interview with Heather Culbertson
In this podcast, Assistant Professor in Computer Science Heather Culbertson discusses haptics research, creating interactions that realistically mimic touch sensations experienced during interactions with the physical world.
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MIT LIDS Magazine: Jay Kuo’s Media Communications Lab Hits A Major Milestone
The Media Communications Lab at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering has graduated an astonishing 150 Ph.D. students.
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USC News: Mark Humayun Receives NSF Funding for Contact Lens that Uses Electric Stimulation to Heal Retina
The National Science Foundation’s innovation grant to ophthalmologist and engineer Mark Humayun will advance efforts to slow down or reverse retinal degeneration.
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Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT: An Interview with Robert Parke, 2020 Tapia Conference Program Chair
Robert Parke, Senior Lecturer of Information Technology and Art and Design at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, is the 2020 Tapia Program Chair. Rob has been attending the Tapia Conference since 2016. We interviewed Rob about his career and how he became involved with the Tapia Conference.
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Forbes: Holy Grail? Scientists Devise ‘Nanocatalysts’ To Recycle Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuels
Scientists at the University of Southern California and the National Renewable Energy Lab have announced an innovation that could someday lead us to a nirvana of near-endless carbon offsets.
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WIRED: Cheap Nanoparticles Pave the Way for Carbon-Neutral Fuel
A new way to produce nanoparticles—which convert carbon dioxide emissions into fuel—may help a niche green-energy technology go mainstream.
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Deadline: Universal, Geena Davis Institute collaborate w/ USC SAIL to pilot Spellcheck for Bias tool
Tool will be deployed to support increased authentic Latinx onscreen representation and casting opportunities during the early stages of the development process
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NAE: Mark Thompson Elected to NAE
Joint USC Dornsife/Viterbi professor recognized for the development of highly efficient electrophosphorescent materials for organic light emitting devices used in displays and lighting worldwide.
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From Detecting Lung Cancer to Spotting Counterfeit Money, a New Imaging Technology Could Have Countless Uses
The newly developed method is called SEER, which USC researchers say works up to 67 times faster and at 2.7 times greater definition than current techniques.
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USC News: Gift from Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg helps establish new computer science building
Support from ophthalmologist Allen Ginsburg and his wife, Charlotte, will help computer and data science programs continue their dramatic growth.
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Fast Company : This map shows where people on the coasts will flee to once sea levels rise
New AI-based research, led by Bistra Dilkina, projects migration patterns of people leaving coastal cities due to sea-level rise.
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Happy Lunar New Year 2020
From Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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LA Times: Why does an airplane need to dump fuel?
Thomas Anthony is quoted on the recent fuel dump by a commercial airplane
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KPCC: Airplane Fuel Dump
Thomas Anthony was interviewed about an airline fuel discharge over an area school playground
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Dow Jones Marketwatch: How AI Could Predict the Next Disaster
Bistra Dilkina was interviewed about how AI as tool could help with disaster preparation and mitigation
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BBC: Robots that Care: Making Tech that is a Force for Good
Maja Matarić was interviewed about the future for socially assistive robots as companions and coaches
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WHAT?! Engineers Make Music?
Hosted by Maria Camasmie, WHAT?! explores how engineering appears in our everyday lives!
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2019 AME Senior Project Showcase
USC Viterbi Seniors Show off their final projects for AME 441, testing concepts learned with over 35 real-life applications.
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Happy Holidays 2019
From Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Watch the premiere episode of WHAT?! Hosted by Maria Camasmie, WHAT?! explores how engineering appears in our everyday lives!
In this episode, Maria takes us across the pond to London, England, and behind the scenes of the Global Grand Challenges Summit
