USC Viterbi Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Innovating the fututre of Flight and Machines

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering @ USC

Aerospace and mechanical engineers design and build unique, complex mechanical-optical-electronic (mechoptronic) systems, ranging in scale from the International Space Station to microscale electric generators and pumping systems.

A broad range of engineering science research is critical to developing novel, complex mechoptronic systems. As a consequence, aerospace and mechanical engineers conduct extensive basic and applied research within and crossing their usual disciplinary boundaries, they also synthesize research from many other disciplines.

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Oct16Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Oct 16, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Ananya Balakrishna, UC Santa Barbara Talk Title: Phase Transformations in Multifunctional Materials Abstract: Phase transformation materials are characterized by their ability to rapidly and reversibly switch between distinct...

Oct23Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Oct 23, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Jian Cao, Northwestern Talk Title: TBD

Oct28Mon
AME Special Seminar

Mon, Oct 28, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: OHE 406
Speaker: Petia Vlahovska, Northwestern University Talk Title: TBD Abstract: TBD Host: AME Department

Oct30Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Oct 30, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Luis Sentis, The University of Texas at Austin Talk Title: TBD Abstract: TBD   Host: AME Department

Nov13Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Nov 13, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Robert Kohn, New York University Talk Title: Mechanism-based mechanical metamaterials Abstract: The design and analysis of mechanism-based mechanical metamaterials is arelatively new and rapidly growing research area. It studies...

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on October 3rd, 2024