VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 22

September 25, 2022

This week on Viterbi News Network: Students and sustainably engineered fashion, Robot talk at the UN, Robots for planetary terrain, and an Emmy award for a USC SAIL lab collaborator

VNN : Viterbi News Network Episode 21

September 18, 2022

This week on VNN: CAIS protecting species, DEN celebrates 50 years, new Games scholarships and advances in a memory prothesis.

Meta: Academic of the Month

September 13, 2022

Murali Annavaram, Director of the USC ECE-ISE – Meta Platforms, Inc. Center for Research and Education in AI and Learning, was featured on Meta’s blog

LA Times: Student information remains at risk after massive cyberattack on Los Angeles Unified

September 11, 2022

Cliff Neuman was quoted on about a recent LAUSD cyber attack and why the district was targeted

MIT Tech Review: A memory prosthesis could restore memory in people with damaged brains

September 11, 2022

Research by Ted Berger and Dong Song to improve memory via a prosthesis was highlighted

KCRW: Universal AC access? CA’s power grid likely can’t handle it

September 11, 2022

Kelly Sanders was interviewed regarding the heat wave’s strain on the region–on health and energy resources

NY Times: Embattled Nuclear Plant Is Cut Off From Main Power Line After Shelling

September 5, 2022

Najm Meshkati was interviewed about the safety of the Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine.

CNN: These robot engineers are inspired by cats (and dogs)

September 5, 2022

The labs of Francisco Valero-Cuevas and Quan Nguyen were featured in on “Techfor Good” segment on robots and biomimcry

VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 20

September 5, 2022

This episode: Football season, tracking a global tsunami, life outside the curriculum and a new award for the USC K-12 STEM office.

VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 19

August 29, 2022

USC campuses come to life as a new Fall 2022 semester begins, ISI celebrates its 50th-anniversary, VOX magazine interviews Viterbi’s Kelly Sanders on drought and heat waves impacting power plants, and a new language translation system to help refugees and asylum seekers.

Times of India: Both course and extracurricular activities impact choice of university abroad

August 28, 2022

AME Master’s student and competitive sailor Upamanyu Dutta was interviewed about his decision to attend USC.

Insight Into Diversity: The 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Awards

August 28, 2022

USC Viterbi K-12 Center was recognized with this annual award of the most inspiring STEM programs.

NY Times: The Future of California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant

August 28, 2022

Najm Meshkati was quoted about the future of Diablo Canyon.

VICE: Privacy Phone Network Intended to Mask Your Identity

August 28, 2022

A startup by Barath Raghavan and Paul Schmitt was featured.

The Conversation: Imperiled Ukrainian nuclear power plant has the world on edge

August 28, 2022

Najm Meshkati contributed a piece on the potential dangers around a Ukranian nuclear power plant

Vox: Western drought is pushing the power grid to the brink

August 21, 2022

Kelly Sanders was interviewed about how drought and heat waves will affect energy production.

CNBC: What’s in your drinking water?

August 21, 2022

Daniel McCurry was interviewed about the use of recycled wastewater to meet water demand.

VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 18

August 19, 2022

A PhD student plays piano in zero gravity space, Viterbi PhDs test new radar tech to track how subsurface water is moving, and the Aviation Safety Program’s 70th Bday.