Viterbi/Dornsife Machine Shop
The shop is here to provide machine and instrumentation work for research in the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. We have a four-person team with experience spanning machining, fabrication, and design, allowing us to support complex projects requiring diverse processes.
The shop has multiple CNC lathes and vertical machining centers, plus equipment for sheet metal fabrication, welding, and mechanical inspection and metrology. We also keep a basic supply of metals and plastics.
Our current shop rate is $50/hour. A valid USC Workday worktag (including cost center and PPGG codes) is required for payment.
Location: KAP B-1B; basement of Kaprielian Hall, left as you exit the elevator
Business hours: 6:30am-2:30pm M-F
For more information please contact Seth Wieman, foreman, at 213-740-6111 or wieman@usc.edu.
To submit a work request ticket and reserve a spot in our work queue, please email a description of your project, the name of the project PI, and a valid USC Workday worktag (including cost center and PPGG codes) to machineshop@usc.edu.
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Published on January 24th, 2017
Last updated on January 27th, 2026