First USC Research Prototype Launches for Testing on the International Space Station
CLINGERS, a unique docking system, is designed to facilitate sensing and docking operations in space.
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CLINGERS, a unique docking system, is designed to facilitate sensing and docking operations in space.
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New research at USC Viterbi School of Engineering seeks to upcycle waste materials by harnessing the power of microorganisms.
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The class of 2023 is “the best educated, the most representative in our history.”
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This year’s ceremony at Alumni Park was headlined by alumnus and venture capitalist, Mark Stevens, who praised the power and versatility of an engineering degree
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The 2023 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 133 new graduates and Jiaoyang Li, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis.
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Civil engineering major and sprinter Chioma Okonkwo hopes to medal in the NCAA Women’s Track and Field Championships and perhaps even run in the Olympics
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USC Viterbi’s ASCE student chapter competes in the “America’s Cup of Civil Engineering.”
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The Das Family Innovate x LA Student Competition challenges students to develop high-impact urban solutions and compete for a $15,000 prize.
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Small plasmids are considered mobile genetic elements and transmissible between different types of bacteria
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A father-son duo bond over their shared experience studying construction at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
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An interdisciplinary team, including three USC Viterbi researchers, recently received a $1.1M National Science Foundation grant for managing, mitigating on-the-job stress
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A new study spearheaded by the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering shows how on-site construction can go remote.
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Election to the National Academy of Engineering is considered the highest honor for engineers
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Ketan Savla is designing computational solutions to improve the flow of traffic in congested cities. “Smarter” stoplights may be just around the corner.
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New USC Viterbi assistant professor works to engineer “green” cement.
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A new air purification strategy by USC Viterbi researchers might reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in classrooms and other indoor spaces by as much as tenfold.
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The machine can take high-resolution pictures at the micron level, or one-millionth of a meter
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USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023
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USC researchers and colleagues track and document the tsunami impact of a recent event near Tonga
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Low cost, low impact construction on the moon: new CrafTram technology could aid the next generation of lunar explorers
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Electronic records startup Frontida Records raises funds to organize medical information in low resource settings across the world
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USC students gain funding for products that support portable medicine storage
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USC senior Kathryn Huang co-founded Madhatter Knits, a knitting group that provides resources for newborns across the globe.
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How USC researchers identified a new treatment for harmful aldehydes in wastewater
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At the 2022 commencement ceremony, undergraduates shared laughter, tears and hugs as they embark on a new journey
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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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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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The 2022 graduate was honored for research on the role of energy system decarbonization and land surface properties on urban air quality in Southern California.
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From playing on USC’s world-famous marching band to mentorship for USC’s female engineers, USC Viterbi graduating senior Elyse Pollack thrives on Trojan spirit and family.
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Inspired by a desire to safeguard coastal spaces, Lee moved from Taiwan to the U.S. to catapult the next generation of engineers at USC Viterbi.
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Pirhadi, now an air pollution specialist at the California Air Resources Board, was the second PhD in Professor Constantinos Sioutas’ lab to win the USC PhD Achievement Award in six years.
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Innovative USC Viterbi course unites interdisciplinary students to clean Fairbanks smoke pollution with “Chimney Cherries”
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Santanu and Kelly Das, B.S. ’95, B.S. ’96 met at USC. Now they’re kickstarting a CEE student innovation competition for a more sustainable Los Angeles
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USC Viterbi student Prathmesh Bakshhi translates his passion for discovery to impact communities and infrastructures across the globe.
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USC researchers create an alternate approach to self-healing concrete that is low cost and upholds the innate strength of the original material.
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Soibelman honored for his work on smart buildings and infrastructure with 2022 Peurifoy Construction Research Award
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Gift from Jonathan Emami, graduate of the construction management program, will help nurture the next generation of construction and development leaders
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The Min Family Challenge, a business model contest to develop startups that benefit the underprivileged, held its 2021-2022 kickoff
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$10 milk. Electricity six times the national average. An innovative course at USC partners with Alaska’s Tlingit indigenous community to find new answers.
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USC research show how blending water in desalination and wastewater reclamation facilities can increase potable water supply while minimizing environmental impact
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The Dean’s Professor and Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair was honored for her innovation and leadership in advancing user-centered built environments
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A world-class environmental researcher and virtuoso bassist, Ban-Weiss influenced public policy and touched lives
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Students are recognized for excellence by faculty, staff and students.
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USC researchers deepen understanding of membrane design to allow for desalination of high salinity streams using green or lower energy investment
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New USC Viterbi assistant professor seeks to make our cities more resilient in the face of natural disasters.
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USC Viterbi Associate Professor Adam Smith seeks to get rid of persistent chemicals found in nonstick pans by identifying bacteria that can consume them.
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Construction engineering senior Mayra Rodriguez is determined to lead construction teams to build cleaner and better by investing in the future.
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Audrey Olivier explores data analytics to identify potential risk factors and avoid future hazards in the structures that house and connect us.
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A triangle of giving: USC Viterbi alumnus Lucas Hu connects donors to global refugees and local stores
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Dean’s professor and expert in human-building interaction to begin three-year term July 1, 2021.
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Rehan Kapadia and Qiming Wang are two of only 38 recipients nationwide.
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An air sampling method created by USC Viterbi researchers has been adopted by the Department of Homeland Security to better understand COVID-19’s spread.
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USC researchers use wastewater to help predict and mitigate spread of COVID-19, with applications toward other highly contagious illnesses like the flu.
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USC researchers modeled complex subsurface water flow to help assess the risk of contaminants appearing in high, unsafe concentrations in variable water sources.
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In a return to in-person graduation, the Class of 2020 and 2021 celebrate “passage to a post-COVID new world”
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USC Viterbi graduate Harmita Golwala hopes California’s cutting edge research on sustainability can ultimately impact environmental progress in India.
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Inspired by the Hoover Dam’s grandeur, graduating USC Viterbi student Saumya Joshi is a trailblazer in her own right, fearlessly changing the face of construction engineering.
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Philip Fine combined his technical expertise with his negotiating savvy for his new role at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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USC Viterbi researchers develop innovative new method to analyze how shifts in the earth affect drinking water supply
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Annual event brings together talented students and the donors who support their pursuits.
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USC researchers harness the power of living organisms to make materials that are strong, tolerant and resilient.
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For Viterbi student Jessica Brown, engineering is about advancing well-being of our neighbors, in the places we call home.
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Chloroplast-Fortified 3D-Printer Ink May Strengthen Products Like Custom Sneaker Soles
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The USC professor joins 40 previously selected faculty members as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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As part of an 11-part lecture series, USC Viterbi researchers spoke on the role and influence of built environments on mental and physical health, and work productivity and satisfaction.
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USC Viterbi master’s student Maria Leos learns what fortifies structures, while bolstering her future one opportunity at a time.
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How virtual reality can help robots change the face of the construction industry.
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USC Viterbi’s Roger Ghanem and Xiaoshu Zeng have created models which predict daily, new COVID-19 cases.
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The 4th annual Sustain-A-Thon saw 57 students propose solutions for making the planet more livable and sustainable.
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Both lecture series launch the week after Labor Day, offering students a comprehensive faculty coverage of COVID-19 and a series on sustainable energy with Dean Yortsos
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Projects centered on precision agriculture, water modeling using AI, and smog-reducing architecture have been recognized in the USC Center for Sustainability Solutions’ latest grants.
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Interdisciplinary program from the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will create leaders of the built environment and sustainable cities
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Viry Martino, a USC Viterbi alumna and civil engineer, played a critical role in the construction of the Cross Border Xpress
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Ghena Alhanee is the first USC doctoral student to have made MIT Technology Review’s prestigious list twice
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Awards span research from machine learning to wastewater reuse to fluid dynamics and to self-healing materials.
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USC Viterbi’s Virtual Demo Day showcases student-designed products for the world’s hardest-to-reach people.
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USC Researchers Receive NSF RAPID grant to track coronavirus spread through wastewater samples.
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Hannah Walker, a graduating mechanical engineering major and winner of the USC Discovery Scholar Prize, has created a device to inexpensively map the ocean’s underwater topography.
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USC senior Julia Lind seeks to bring technology not just to the people who design buildings, but to those who build them.
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USC researchers 3-D-printed the next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage.
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Annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report also keep USC Viterbi among the top five private engineering schools
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USC Viterbi Ph.D. student Sophia Plata, the first woman in her family to attend college, works to meet the challenge of access to clean water.
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USC researchers create smart materials that can mimic electrical devices by triggering different responses to sound.
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Potable water reuse is a boon for sustainability, but USC researchers warn of potentially toxic byproducts.
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Duet is the world’s first student-built micro-philanthropy platform designed to connect donors with refugees and local stores in a more personalized and dignified way
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USC Researcher Discovers a New Approach to Stabilize Spinning Systems by Simultaneously Injecting and Removing Energy
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The award recognizes Ghena Alhanaee for her work to prevent a regional catastrophe by providing a linked emergency response plan across the Persian Gulf
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Researchers have designed a virtual environment to test how building features in schools and offices help or hurt occupants during active shooter incidents.
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A team led by Assistant Professor in the USC Viterbi Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Adam Smith has found that purified water returned to Southern California aquifers for storage and reuse blends with antibiotic-resistant bacteria already found in the aquifer, adding key data to the conversation on how we reuse water.
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Professors in the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lucio Soibelman and Burcin Becerik-Gerber will build knowledge networks in key fields to advance design, development and operation of national infrastructures.
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How two USC professors are mining historic disasters to build educational infrastructure reframing how we approach natural disaster preparation.
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USC researchers are drawing inspiration from mollusks to build lightweight, strong materials for wearable technology and more.
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Nan Li, Ph.D. ’14, was named a 2018 top “Innovator under 35” in China by MIT Technology Review for his work in resilient cities
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USC Viterbi Professors Pierluigi Nuzzo, Kelly Sanders and Mahdi Soltanolkotabi receive highly competitive National Science Foundation awards for their leadership and novel research.
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The Center for Intelligent Environments launches to advance human-centered building design and operation to increase well-being, safety, and even joy at work and beyond
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Antibiotic resistance is spreading from wastewater treatment plants
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The Sonny Astani Department celebrates their alumni’s accomplishments
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USC Viterbi faculty and students develop a 3D-printed material that can repair itself all on its own.
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USC Viterbi Students encouraged to apply
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Undergraduates in an environmental engineering microbiology course use brand-new lab space to study their own microbiomes