Catching Smoke: How a USC Team is Helping Clear the Air in Alaska
Innovative USC Viterbi course unites interdisciplinary students to clean Fairbanks smoke pollution with “Chimney Cherries”
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Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering News Back to News Archive
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Alumni Couple Supports Student Innovation
Santanu and Kelly Das, B.S. ’95, B.S. ’96 met at USC. Now they’re kickstarting a CEE student innovation competition for a more sustainable Los Angeles
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Becoming an Engineer, One Extreme Hike at a Time
USC Viterbi student Prathmesh Bakshhi translates his passion for discovery to impact communities and infrastructures across the globe.
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Can Concrete Heal Its Own Cracks Without Losing Its Strength?
USC researchers create an alternate approach to self-healing concrete that is low cost and upholds the innate strength of the original material.
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Professor Lucio Soibelman Awarded 2022 ASCE Research Award
Soibelman honored for his work on smart buildings and infrastructure with 2022 Peurifoy Construction Research Award
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Viterbi Alumnus and Construction Executive Establishes $1 Million Endowment in Construction Management
Gift from Jonathan Emami, graduate of the construction management program, will help nurture the next generation of construction and development leaders
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Startups for A Better Tomorrow
The Min Family Challenge, a business model contest to develop startups that benefit the underprivileged, held its 2021-2022 kickoff
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When Basics are a Luxury, How Do You Promote Sustainability?
$10 milk. Electricity six times the national average. An innovative course at USC partners with Alaska’s Tlingit indigenous community to find new answers.
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Can We Coordinate Water Sources to Recover More Water Sustainably?
USC research show how blending water in desalination and wastewater reclamation facilities can increase potable water supply while minimizing environmental impact
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Burcin Becerik-Gerber Elected to National Academy of Construction
The Dean’s Professor and Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair was honored for her innovation and leadership in advancing user-centered built environments
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In Memoriam: “Renaissance Man” George Ban-Weiss
A world-class environmental researcher and virtuoso bassist, Ban-Weiss influenced public policy and touched lives
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The Sonny Astani Department Honors its Exceptional Research and Teaching Assistants
Students are recognized for excellence by faculty, staff and students.
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How Do You Clean Salty Water Better? By Keeping Desalination Tools Dry.
USC researchers deepen understanding of membrane design to allow for desalination of high salinity streams using green or lower energy investment
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Is L.A. Like a City Built on Jell-O? Can Enzymes Be the Key to Replacing Concrete? Chukwuebuka Nweke May Have the Answers
New USC Viterbi assistant professor seeks to make our cities more resilient in the face of natural disasters.
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How do we Erase Forever Contaminants?
USC Viterbi Associate Professor Adam Smith seeks to get rid of persistent chemicals found in nonstick pans by identifying bacteria that can consume them.
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Building Lasting Bonds and Memorable Structures One Relationship at a Time
Construction engineering senior Mayra Rodriguez is determined to lead construction teams to build cleaner and better by investing in the future.
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Assessing the Health of Buildings
Audrey Olivier explores data analytics to identify potential risk factors and avoid future hazards in the structures that house and connect us.
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9 Questions With Data Scientist and Duet CTO Lucas Hu
A triangle of giving: USC Viterbi alumnus Lucas Hu connects donors to global refugees and local stores
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Burçin Becerik-Gerber to Chair the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dean’s professor and expert in human-building interaction to begin three-year term July 1, 2021.
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Two USC Viterbi Faculty Win Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Awards
Rehan Kapadia and Qiming Wang are two of only 38 recipients nationwide.
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Can Measuring Air Pollutants Help Us Combat COVID-19?
An air sampling method created by USC Viterbi researchers has been adopted by the Department of Homeland Security to better understand COVID-19’s spread.
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An Opportunity to Mitigate Student Health Outbreaks Through Wastewater
USC researchers use wastewater to help predict and mitigate spread of COVID-19, with applications toward other highly contagious illnesses like the flu.
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As Water Sources Become Scarce, Understanding Emerging Subsurface Contaminants is Key
USC researchers modeled complex subsurface water flow to help assess the risk of contaminants appearing in high, unsafe concentrations in variable water sources.
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Commencement 2021: Engineering Grads Take Center Stage at L.A. Coliseum For First Time in 71 Years
In a return to in-person graduation, the Class of 2020 and 2021 celebrate “passage to a post-COVID new world”
