Crafting a Superstar Enzyme that turns CO2 Emissions into Useful Products
Mork Family Department Assistant Professor Shaama Sharada was recently awarded a Sloan Fellowship and a Scialog grant for her CO2 reduction research.
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New Drilling Simulator Giving Students Hands-on Experience in the Energy Sector
The $150,000 Chevron-donated drilling simulator offers practical skills for careers in subsurface energy sources, including drilling geothermal wells and subsurface disposal of CO2.
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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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Qiang Huang Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Huang is an expert in engineering-informed machine learning and data analytics for advanced manufacturing systems.
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: From Karachi to Los Angeles
Sister2Sister Program at USC Viterbi Welcomes Exchange Students
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Behnam Jafarpour is new Energi Simulation Chair in Subsurface Energy Data Science
New role will support essential research harnessing AI and data science to manage subsurface resources and energy transition.
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Viterbi Undergrads Brew Up a Storm… of Kombucha
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Design Challenge asked teams to harness their chemical engineering knowledge to craft the tastiest brew.
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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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Class of 2022 Mork Graduate Awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Stephen Quiton has been harnessing computers to simulate and predict chemical reactions. He will now pursue a Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry at UC Berkeley.
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Ershaghi Center on Energy Transition Launches
Gift from Gary and Mary Buntmann Launches Center to Lead the Energy Transition
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8 USC Viterbi Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty has now been received by 13 USC Viterbi faculty over the past two years
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New 3D Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a 3D printing technique to fabricate microfluidic devices for biomedical applications at a microscale not previously possible.
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Reeling in the Phishing Accounts
How a new USC Viterbi-led startup is using AI to fight malicious online impersonators.
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Using Machine Learning to Create Materials that Enable Energy-Efficient Electronics
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a neural network that can model a high-performing new material at a scale never-before seen.
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Michael Kassner Receives Oleg D. Sherby Award from the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
The Choong Hoon Cho Chair was honored for his research into the performance of materials at high temperatures.
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Gift from Gary and Mary Buntmann Establishes Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition at USC Viterbi
Center to develop innovations for renewable energy tech and low-carbon future
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Andrea Armani Receives the 2022 Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award
Honor awarded to individuals who served as leaders in their science communities
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Mork Family Department Student Honored at AIChE National Meeting
Ph.D. candidate Kareesa Kron’s presentation poster was selected as one of the best at the meeting.
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Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed
USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering the cell’s electric field, ushering in new possibilities for basic research
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Four Viterbi Faculty Receive DURIP Funding
Select projects focus on brain modeling, emerging materials, fuels, and electromagnetic devices
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Can Virtual Academic Conferences Makes STEM Fields More Inclusive?
New analysis shows that virtual conferences increase diversity and inclusion
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USC’s Cyrus Shahabi, Andrea Armani, and Shri Narayan Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
The trio joins a distinguished class of 175 new inductees who “demonstrate a prolific spirit of innovation”
