USC Viterbi Student and Air Force Officer Makes Plans to Go to Space
U.S. Air Force officer and astronautical engineering graduate student, Edward Proulx, prepares to fly into space at USC.
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After a record-breaking deployment Navy Officer returns to USC for second graduate degree
Jonathan Messer, M.S. ’18, put his systems engineering degree to use during a global pandemic and a humanitarian mission in Central America. He’s now taking it to outer space.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 8: Misinformation Detection
Yan Liu shares how machine learning and AI could help combat COVID-19 by identifying and mitigating misinformation on social media.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 7: Vaccine Development
Zohrab A. Kaprielian fellow in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering Pin Wang discussed immunology behind the COVID-19 vaccine.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 6: Predictions on COVID-19 to the C.D.C.
USC Viterbi data scientists helping decision-makers see beyond the fog of data to provide better pandemic forecasts and save lives
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 5: Estimation of Risk
Bhaskar Krishnamachari shares how to visualize COVID risk over time for different communities using real data from L.A. County to illustrate the approach.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 4: Automation Technologies for Ensuring Human Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The fourth lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how automation can help enhance human productivity in industries such as manufacturing while keeping them safe during the global pandemic.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 3: Biology and Disinfection for COVID-19
Professor Andrea Armani, the Ray Irani Chair in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, discusses new approaches to sterilizing medical equipment to meet urgent needs during the pandemic.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 2: Fluid Dynamics of the Spread of COVID-19
The second lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how the virus spreads in droplets and what masks are most effective
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 1: Modeling Epidemics
Inaugural lecture in 10-part series focuses on modeling epidemics as a chemical reaction process
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Engineering Our Way Through a Global Pandemic
USC master’s students tackle robots, masks and droplet dispersion, to better understand how to live with COVID-19.
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USC Viterbi Offers Two New Short Courses: “Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” and “Sustainable Energy”
Both lecture series launch the week after Labor Day, offering students a comprehensive faculty coverage of COVID-19 and a series on sustainable energy with Dean Yortsos
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USC Viterbi Rolls Out New, Free Learning Modules for Enrolled Students and Recent Grads
Viterbi “All Access” modules created by Viterbi Executive Education will include topics such as AI and cryptography
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Student-Led Fund Supports Student Entrepreneurs
ITP 496 students under USC Viterbi lecturer Eric Chung build first student- led organization that will provide micro-grants to student projects.
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USC Computer Science Student Named Goldwater Scholar
From human-machine interaction to endangered language preservation, Leena Mathur’s research is putting the human into artificial intelligence
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The Engineering Bat Signal for COVID-19 Went Out. She Answered It.
How Julia Sircar, a Class of 2020 graduate, came to work with top engineers to combat a pandemic.
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A Global Ceremony: the 2020 USC Viterbi Ph.D. Awards
Accomplishments of USC Viterbi Ph.D. students were celebrated in this year’s virtual awards ceremony
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“Historic and Unprecedented” 2020 Master’s Awards Ceremony
The achievements of outstanding students were commemorated at the 2020 Viterbi Master’s Student Awards
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Illumin, Student-Run Engineering Magazine, Celebrates 20 Years
Twenty years ago, USC Viterbi launched the first student-produced online publication that examined the intersection of engineering applications and everyday life.
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USC Viterbi Listed Again Among the Nation’s Top 10 Engineering Graduate Programs
Annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report also keep USC Viterbi among the top five private engineering schools
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Jillian Khoo: A Coder for Social Change, Classical Violinist and USC’s First Neo Scholar
From classically trained concert violinist to all-star computer science student at USC, Jillian Khoo is determined to use her technical skills to code the change.
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Hard Work Pays Off
USC Viterbi freshman Jovani Esparza, a first-generation scholarship student, has worked since age 10 to support his family
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In A Season Of Giving, This Student Start-up Is Transforming The Way We Give
Duet is the world’s first student-built micro-philanthropy platform designed to connect donors with refugees and local stores in a more personalized and dignified way
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“Yes, And . . .”
Engineering students speed dating, telling wild tales and assuming martial arts stances in class!? Just another day in Writing 340, which injects a little bit of improv into the reading and writing.
