Students Compete to Innovate for a Better Future in LA
The Das Family Innovate x LA Student Competition challenges students to develop high-impact urban solutions and compete for a $15,000 prize.
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Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering News Back to News Archive
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Bacteria Resistant to Last Resort Antibiotic Found for First Time in Los Angeles County Wastewater
Small plasmids are considered mobile genetic elements and transmissible between different types of bacteria
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Alumna Builds Her Alma Mater
Nhu Nguyen returns to USC to lead the construction of Ginsburg Hall.
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Like Father, Like Son? What It Feels Like to Attend College with Your Dad
A father-son duo bond over their shared experience studying construction at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
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Stressed at work? USC Researchers Aim to Change That
An interdisciplinary team, including three USC Viterbi researchers, recently received a $1.1M National Science Foundation grant for managing, mitigating on-the-job stress
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The Nature of Dangerous Construction Work is Radically Changing
A new study spearheaded by the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering shows how on-site construction can go remote.
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Professors Costas Synolakis and Gérard Medioni and Viterbi Board of Councilors Member Fariborz Maseeh Elected to the NAE
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is considered the highest honor for engineers
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Gridlock Warrior
Ketan Savla is designing computational solutions to improve the flow of traffic in congested cities. “Smarter” stoplights may be just around the corner.
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Concrete Built Half Our World, But May Be Harming It. Thomas Petersen Wants to Change That.
New USC Viterbi assistant professor works to engineer “green” cement.
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Clearing the (Classroom) Air
A new air purification strategy by USC Viterbi researchers might reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in classrooms and other indoor spaces by as much as tenfold.
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Micro CT Scanner – One of Just Two on the West Coast – Comes to Campus
The machine can take high-resolution pictures at the micron level, or one-millionth of a meter
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34 new hires, including the new biomedical engineering chair, join for fall and spring semesters
USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023
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The Surprising Powerful Global Tsunamis Driven by Underwater Volcanic Eruptions
USC researchers and colleagues track and document the tsunami impact of a recent event near Tonga
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Need Help Building a Moon Base? USC Viterbi Researchers Partner with NASA
Low cost, low impact construction on the moon: new CrafTram technology could aid the next generation of lunar explorers
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Going Digital, With Low Code and Low CostÂ
Electronic records startup Frontida Records raises funds to organize medical information in low resource settings across the worldÂ
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Student Startup Remedy Addresses Healthcare for UnhousedÂ
USC students gain funding for products that support portable medicine storageÂ
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Engineering Communities, One Stitch at a Time
USC senior Kathryn Huang co-founded Madhatter Knits, a knitting group that provides resources for newborns across the globe.
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Going Platinum: A Non-Toxic Catalyst for Clean, Re-Usable Water
How USC researchers identified a new treatment for harmful aldehydes in wastewater
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“The Best Educated Class In Our History”
At the 2022 commencement ceremony, undergraduates shared laughter, tears and hugs as they embark on a new journey
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“The World Impatiently Waits For You”: 1100 USC Viterbi Master’s Students Graduate
First in-person, satellite ceremonies in two years feature four-star general and former CEO of Yahoo and Verizon Media as speakers
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“Do Better Than Us”: Three Years of USC Viterbi Ph.D.s Receive Their Hoods.
At the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony, 215 new graduates join Trojan forebears like Andrew Viterbi and Wanda Austin.
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2022 Graduate Yun Li Awarded Top PhD Honor for Exemplary Research
The 2022 graduate was honored for research on the role of energy system decarbonization and land surface properties on urban air quality in Southern California.
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For Graduate Elyse Pollack, There’s Nothing Better Than Being a Trojan
From playing on USC’s world-famous marching band to mentorship for USC’s female engineers, USC Viterbi graduating senior Elyse Pollack thrives on Trojan spirit and family.
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Professor J.J. Lee retires after changing students’ lives at USC for over 50 years
Inspired by a desire to safeguard coastal spaces, Lee moved from Taiwan to the U.S. to catapult the next generation of engineers at USC Viterbi.
