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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Are Autonomous Robots Ready to Navigate Under Water?
Are Autonomous Robots Ready to Navigate Under Water?

New research from Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab at USC uses on-board flow sensors to enable robots to learn, adapt and move fluidly in underwater environments.

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New Research Reveals the Origins of Cooperation
New Research Reveals the Origins of Cooperation

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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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on April 9th, 2025