Engineers Of The World, Unite!
USC Viterbi has played a leading role in bringing together engineers at the Global Grand Challenges Summits, including the most recent gathering in London.
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USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory Receives Special Honor
The AIAA recognized students from the rocket lab for being the first undergraduate student team to design, build and successfully launch a rocket into space.
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USC Student Club Harnesses AI for Social Good
The rise and rise of CAIS++, the student branch of USC’s Center for AI in Society, where undergraduate students are using artificial intelligence to tackle projects with environmental and social impact.
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Tackling Pressing Social Issues with AI: A Conversation with PhD candidate Aida Rahamattalabi
USC computer science PhD candidate Aida Rahamattalabi is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and social network-based interventions aimed at reducing suicidality among homeless youth, college students, and active duty military members.
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Rising Star Honored for Early Achievements and Promise
Computer science PhD student Yixue Zhao will participate in the 2019 Rising Stars Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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Thriving in an exponential world: Changing the conversation, adapting to change and the importance of trust
In his 2019 State of the School address, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos highlighted several milestones, including record enrollments in women engineering students, the Engineer of 2020 and the importance of trust in our world of exponential changes.
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Virtual Human Hand Simulation holds Promise for Prosthetics, Virtual Reality, Medical Education
Working with a clinical radiologist, USC computer scientists combined visual effects techniques and medical imaging to create precise model of the human hand in motion
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QuEST Brings Queer Visibility To Viterbi Engineering
Students create space for engineers to be queer, and queers to be engineers
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Undergrad Course Teaching Students How to Use AI for Social Good
By studying artificial intelligence techniques in the context of applications with high environmental and social impact, USC undergraduates are learning to develop innovative solutions to pressing social issues.
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Talking to Robots…Under the Sea
A team of USC Viterbi undergraduates that is developing underwater wireless communication technology will represent the U.S. at the Global Grand Challenges Summit student competition finals
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In Space or in the Classroom, Fun is a Top Priority
Garrett Reisman’s USC micro-seminar convenes incoming undergraduates to help navigate expectations and pressures and mitigate stress
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Come Together
Atomus, a fledgling USC Viterbi startup, is developing technology that would make it easier for the Marines to 3-D print spare parts for ships, military vehicles and planes, benefitting the Corps, defense contractors and the nation.
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USC Viterbi Startup Garage and Amazon Alexa Fund Announce Support for Voice Tech Startups
Amazon Alexa Fund and Alexa Fellowship will work with USC’s Silicon Beach Accelerator, Viterbi Startup Garage to cultivate the next generation of voice startups
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USC Viterbi’s SURE Program Offers Undergraduates Research Training Alongside Top Faculty
Sophomores and juniors from across the nation participate in cutting-edge research and get a taste for Trojan life
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Making Children’s Voices Heard in the Courtroom
USC computer science undergraduate student Zane Durante is using artificial intelligence to identify truthful language in child forensic interviews.
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Students Build App That Empowers Teachers in Remote Corners of the World
A U.S. State Department-funded project will allow Mobile Teacher to reach more educators without Internet
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The End of an Era
A blended family of eight, six of whom attended USC, bids farewell to the school as the youngest graduates
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USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory Shatters Student Altitude Record
Traveler IV is reportedly the first entirely student-designed and built rocket to pass the Kármán line into outer space
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It’s What’s Inside that Counts, Unless You’re a Robotic Fish
Mechanical engineering students challenged themselves to make a robotic fish that not only swims like a real fish, but looks the part too, demonstrating the possibilities inherent to soft robotics.
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Master’s Students Shine
At the 2019 USC Viterbi master’s commencement, graduates shared hugs, smiles and selfies.
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Culture, Family, and Nanotechnology
Vanessa Pangbourne, chemical engineering graduate and president of SHPE-USC, adapts to new challenges in leadership and in engineering
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Changing the Narrative
Avri Parker, president of the National Society of Black Engineers USC Chapter, lands dream job at Microsoft, sets sights on chief technology officer roles—and aims to start a school for black girls in technology.
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Dreaming Big Pays Off
Computer science student turned entrepreneur Drake Rehfeld is flying high with five ventures under his belt before he’s even graduated—but it didn’t happen without hard work.
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Of Life and Bread
Spencer Fox, chemical engineering graduate and Swim with Mike scholarship recipient, masters the art of bread baking and living life to the fullest
