2019 Alumni Awards
The Sonny Astani Department celebrates their alumni’s accomplishments
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Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering News Back to News Archive
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Broke your shoe? What if it could repair itself?
USC Viterbi faculty and students develop a 3D-printed material that can repair itself all on its own.
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The Fleischer Prize in Green Technology
USC Viterbi Students encouraged to apply
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Students investigate a microscopic community
Undergraduates in an environmental engineering microbiology course use brand-new lab space to study their own microbiomes
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USC Hosts the 4th Annual Le Val Lund Lecture
In honor of Le Val Lund, Jr., ASCE, USC and Caltech hold an annual lecture on lifeline infrastructure and community resilience and award an individual who greatly contributes to this field. This year, the event was held at USC.
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USC Viterbi Selected as Partner Institution for State Department’s Diplomacy Lab
USC Viterbi leads initiative to bring research and technology innovation to foreign policy challenges
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Piezoelectric Membranes for Water Filtration
Researchers optimize new method of cleaning filtration membranes used in wastewater treatment
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Clean Water and Sanitation For All
Tranice’ Warner, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue her research in wastewater treatment
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The Recipients of 2018 RA/TA Awards
The Sonny Astani Department honors its exceptional research and teaching assistants
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USC students go into refugee camps in Greece to volunteer and research solutions to the global refugee crisis
New USC Viterbi course focused on engineering solutions for social good takes students from seven USC schools in a close encounter with problems inside refugee camps
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A Desk That Knows You
Burcin Becerik-Gerber leads an effort to create a smart desk that encourages a healthy and productive work environment.
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How much water is used to fulfill the energy needs of the US?
Study analyzes how much water is used by oil, coal, natural gas, wind and other energy sources
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A Powerful Touch
USC Viterbi alumnus PJ Wilson moved to Puerto Rico bringing solar kits and advocating for renewable energy on the hurricane-ravaged island
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USC Viterbi-Saudi Aramco Master’s Program sees its first graduating class
16 Saudi Aramco employees completed a unique master’s degree in construction management
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Eureka! Eureka! The Class of 2018 Has Found It
After long nights that muddled into early mornings in SAL, CED, and Leavey, they’re ready to set sail
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Master’s Class For The Ages
2018 USC Viterbi master’s students shared hugs, laughs and memories at graduation ceremonies.
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2018 Viterbi Master’s Student Awards
Accomplishments of Viterbi Master’s students celebrated at the second annual event
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Marie Curie Dropped the Ph.D. Mic 115 Years Ago. These Trojans Picked It Up.
At the 2018 USC Viterbi Ph.D. Hooding and Awards ceremony, the intellectual descendants of Curie, Drexler and Viterbi took the stage.
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USC Women In Science and Engineering (WiSE) helps junior female faculty share their research
The annual WiSE Research Horizons Symposium at USC brought together some of the best minds in academic research
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Meet Celeris, the first interactive coastal wave modeling software that runs faster than real-time
While currently available models can take hours to run, this open-source nearshore modeling software runs faster than real-time with concurrent visualization and an interactive environment
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Winning Big
USC Viterbi faculty, students receive multiple awards at the 2018 OCEC Awards and Honors Banquet.
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Keeping Her Promise
Glenda “Milly” Rodriguez, president of the USC chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, assured her parents she would become the first in her family to graduate from college. That day is coming soon.
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USC Viterbi announces its 2018 NSF CAREER Award Winners
Three USC Viterbi Assistant Professors receive a National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for outstanding, innovative and promising approaches to research
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3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control
A team led by USC Viterbi researchers developed 3-D printed acoustic metamaterials that can be switched on and off remotely using a magnetic field
