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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Haylee Mota Can Only See Light and Shadows. Yet She Sees So Much More.
USC Viterbi sophomore reimagines telepresence robots for the visually impaired
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Fish Don’t Dither: A New Study Investigates Danger-Evasion Tactics
New USC research on zebrafish has implications for understanding animal behavior
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Recent Publications
By Bozhou Zhuang, Bora Gencturk, Iman Asareh, Assad Oberai, Harisankar Ramaswamy, Ryan Meyer, Morris Good, Matthew Taubman
Flexible capacitive sensor based on Miura-ori structure
By Hong Sun, Yuxuan Sun, Chayut Buranabunwong, Xingxiang Li, Shiwu Zhang, Yong Chen, and Mujun Li
By Janna C Nawroth, Christoph Giez, Alexander Klimovich, Eva Kanso, and Thomas CG Bosch
Bernstein polynomial approximation of fixation probability in finite population evolutionary games
By Jiyeon Park and Paul Newton
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USC at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
USC researchers present 14 papers at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), showcasing leading-edge research in robotics.
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DEN@Viterbi celebrates 50 years of high-impact distance learning
The progressive pedagogy of the pioneering distance learning program has changed the lives of graduate students worldwide.
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