AI Unlocks Earth’s Subsurface Mysteries for Smart Energy Applications
As global energy challenges continue to escalate, a pioneering AI-driven study by USC Viterbi researchers offers timely solutions to CO₂ storage and resource management.
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Could Open-Source Medical Devices Transform Healthcare?
USC Viterbi researchers examine how an open-source approach is changing the game for the medical device sector, accelerating research and bringing benefits to patients.
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Turning Research Into Reality: USC Launches New Tech Innovation Fellowship
Two visionary company founders set the stage for groundbreaking research to become thriving startups
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Harnessing Creativity in Crisis: USC’s “Lives, Not Grades” Responds to Los Angeles Fires
When wildfires swept across Los Angeles, students in USC’s Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Challenges program – better known by its motto Lives, Not Grades – quickly shifted their focus from international projects to urgent needs at home
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CaseFlo Wins the 2025 Min Family Challenge
The 2025 Min Family Challenge Winner, USC student startup CaseFlo, seeks to streamline case management for homelessness to support both case managers and clients in need.
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Students Pitch Transformative Ventures for Los Angeles and Beyond
The 2025 Das Family Innovate x LA Student Competition challenges students to develop high-impact urban solutions and compete for a $20,000 prize.
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Milestones and Memories at the 46th Viterbi Awards
The annual gala celebrated major USC Viterbi accomplishments and inspirational honorees
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USC Undergrad Tackles Political Polarization at SXSW EDU 25
Isabel Epistelomogi, a computer science and business administration major, is making waves with her research exploring how political polarization plays out in real life.
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Celebrating 20 Years of USC Viterbi Astronautical Engineering
The academic program and its record-breaking student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab are celebrating 20 years of advancing space exploration through stellar research and teaching.
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Hype and Vice: Transforming Collegiate and Sports Apparel for Women
Former student in USC Viterbi’s Technology and Applied Computing (TAC) program turns USC tailgate idea into a $15 million company.
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Newly established Antevy Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund Empowers the Solution of Grand Challenges Addressed with the Civil and Environmental Engineering Disciplines
The newly established fund inspires students and faculty at the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) to transform their research into high-impact solutions.
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From Fungi to Fuel: Student Startups Tackle Environmental Challenges
USC Civil and Environmental Engineering students are harnessing the powers of the natural world to develop innovative technologies that solve real-world problems.
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MEPC 2024-2025: Innovation Meets Imagination
The annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition kicks off with 20 new teams and its largest grand prize yet.
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USC Viterbi-led CA DREAMS Hub is awarded $31.9 million in funding under the Microelectronics Commons
Two projects led by Northrop Grumman will focus on maturing advanced gallium nitride (GaN) and on the development of 5G/6G-relevant prototypes.
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USC Viterbi AI Startups Thrive
Defying rollercoaster AI investment trends, startups founded by alumni and faculty at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have consistently seen success in VC funding.
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USC at RSS 2024
Topics explored by USC researchers at this year’s Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference include innovative perspectives on manipulation, locomotion, and control.
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Entrepreneurial Engineers Pitch Ideas for Social and Environmental Startups
The Das Family Innovate x LA Student Competition challenges students to develop high-impact urban solutions and compete for a $20,000 prize.
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Imagine Hearing A Distant Relative Telling Stories in a Nearly Forgotten Language. What Would You Do?
For Jared Coleman, Ph.D. ’24, it meant developing AI tools to help revitalize Owens Valley Paiute, a critically endangered Indigenous language.
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No GPS, No Problem
USC ISI researchers are trying to make quantum sensing tools, like atomic accelerometers, more compact and accurate so they can replace GPS.
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Launching an Astronautics Startup: A Student Entrepreneur’s Journey
Graduating engineer James Austin went from small-town roots to becoming a startup founder developing a new space launch system.
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Preventing Diabetic-Induced Foot Ulcers and Amputations
Burgeoning startup DiabeTECH won this year’s MEPC with a vision of creating stylish, high-tech footwear that would continuously monitor diabetics patients’ feet and share important data with their podiatrists
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Heather Culbertson and Marco Paolieri Receive Viterbi Faculty Awards
Faculty members honored for faculty mentorship and teaching at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Faculty and Staff Annual Awards
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BioFlare Wins The 2024 Min Family Challenge
The USC student startup is developing a device that would transform most organic food waste into cooking gas and reduce indoor pollution for millions
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Creating Quantum Materials in Bulk
USC computer scientist Aiichiro Nakano wants to produce quantum materials at scale, with help from Argonne supercomputers.
