2026 Scholarship Dinner Celebrates Impact, Connection and the Future of Engineering
The annual event brings together students and donors for an evening of gratitude, storytelling and shared purpose.
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Multi-fingered Robots Could Transform Shipboard Operations and Autonomous Maintenance
USC Viterbi Researcher Received Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Program Award With Upcoming Study on Dexterous Robotics
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Professor Yan Liu Receives Two Top Honors – In One Hour
The multitalented USC Viterbi professor was recognized by both the AAAI and IEEE in late November.
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A USC Doctoral Student Solves a Longstanding Problem in Quantum Cryptography
Miryam Huang is the first USC student to win the prestigious Machtey Award, recognized for solving a cryptographic problem first posed in 1976 and later asked as an open question in the quantum setting, with important implications for quantum cryptography.
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Your Company Could be Buying the Wrong Information
A new award-winning paper argues that a decades-old standard for measuring the value of information yields inconsistent results and that companies, hospitals, and government agencies may be systematically misprioritizing how they gather data.
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USC Professor Elected to Prestigious Academies for AI and Systems Engineering Work
Neil Siegel elected to prestigious academies for research on when artificial intelligence is ready for critical systems.
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AI for Soldiers, Movies, and Children: USC Engineer Elected to National Academy
Professor Shrikanth Narayanan recognized by the NAE for pioneering contributions to human-centered AI and speech technologies with wide-ranging societal impact
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Closing the Gap in Water Reuse: USC Engineer Elected to National Academy
Professor Amy Childress recognized by the NAE for transforming wastewater into clean water and bridging academia with the real world
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ASTE Instructors Honored at NASA Awards Ceremony
NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medals are awarded to researchers and engineers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of space exploration.
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Three USC Viterbi Professors Named Fellows of National Academy of Inventors
Shang-Hua Teng, S.K. Gupta and Massoud Pedram receive the prestigious honor in recognition of their contributions to innovation, invention and technology.
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Azad Madni Honored by ASME with Spirit of St. Louis Medal
Azad Madni to receive ASME’s Spirit of St. Louis Medal at 2026 ASME SSDM
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USC Researcher Wins Prestigious Computing Award for Scientific Workflow Innovations
USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute computer scientist Ewa Deelman, whose software has helped detect gravitational waves and map earthquake risks, has been honored with one of the field’s most prestigious awards.
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Maral Mousavi Wins Prestigious International Award in Electroanalytical Sciences
Mousavi, an expert in electrochemical sensors for at-home and point-of-care testing, has been honored with the 2026 Royce W. Murray Young Investigator Award.
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Hangbo Zhao Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award for Advanced Manufacturing Research
The $546,713 award will support Zhao’s pioneering work in high-resolution manufacturing of stretchable electronics.
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Two USC Professors Win Inaugural Google Junior Faculty Awards
Robin Jia and Ibrahim Sabek among 50 assistant professors nationwide to receive $100,000 grants for computing research.
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Qifa Zhou Honored for Contributions to the Biomedical Ultrasound Field
The 16th International Conference on Ultrasound Engineering for Biomedical Applications in South Korea recognized Zhou, an expert in high-frequency ultrasound imaging technology.
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Zhenglu Li Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award for Materials Research
The $595,000 award will support Li’s pioneering work in complex quantum materials.
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Spotlight on Extraordinary Achievements
The 2025 Faculty and Staff Awards celebrated anniversaries, major milestones and faculty and staff achievements
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USC Viterbi Faculty Elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows
Two leading researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering join the ranks of AAAS fellows, one of the most prestigious honors in academia.
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Three USC Viterbi Professors Named 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Wei Wu and Theodore Tsotsis received the prestigious honor in recognition of their exceptional contributions to innovation, invention and technology.
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Victoria Stodden Receives Prestigious International Awards, Including the Humboldt Prize
The USC Viterbi data science expert has been recognized with top Australian and German research prizes, enabling her work as a visiting scholar at the Karlsruhe of Technology, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Melbourne.
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Undergraduate Faith Colon Wins Prestigious AIAA Scholarship
The USC Viterbi junior received the Lockheed Martin Marillyn Hewson Scholarship for excellence in astronautical engineering
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USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record
Aftershock II is believed to be the world’s first civilian-built rocket to reach an altitude of 470,000 feet.
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C.-C. Jay Kuo Honored as the Ming Hsieh Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
President Folt, Dean Yortsos and Ming Hsieh himself attend ceremony honoring Dr. Kuo and his decades’ worth of accomplishments.