USC Viterbi Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

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Researchers in landscape architecture, fluid mechanics and augmented reality have created an interactive hydraulic model installed alongside the Los Angeles River.
A groundbreaking study by USC Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab reveals fundamental insights into the selective forces favoring the early evolution of multicellular organization.
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Innovation detects cancer cells in blood samples (liquid biopsies) in as little as 10 minutes and identifies hard-to-find cells without humans in-the-loop
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The renovation of USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Dryden Wind Tunnel celebrates the phenomenon of "beautiful flow."
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What if cancer treatment could be made more effective and less toxic - not by inventing new drugs, but by rethinking the timing strategy of existing therapies?
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USC Viterbi Professor Fokion Egolfopoulos on how to fireproof existing homes and build back better and safer

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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Researchers Invent New AI Tool to Automate Detection of Cancer in Blood Samples
Researchers Invent New AI Tool to Automate Detection of Cancer in Blood Samples

Innovation detects cancer cells in blood samples (liquid biopsies) in as little as 10 minutes and identifies hard-to-find cells without humans in-the-loop

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Medical Electronics that Match the Stretchability of Human Tissue
Medical Electronics that Match the Stretchability of Human Tissue

Researchers at USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a novel method for fabricating highly precise and stretchable electronics that conform seamlessly to the body.

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on October 16th, 2025