Student Project Teams

USC Viterbi School of Engineering junior, Jessica Aftosmis, received the 2021 John Young Memorial Scholarship. NASA’s College Scholarship Fund is awarded to six students each year–up to five in the amount of $8K each and up to one John Young Memorial scholarship in the amount of $10K. Aftosmis is studying aerospace engineering with a minor in painting. 

USC Viterbi Ph.D. candidate Hiba Kahouli received AIAA’s 2021. Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award. Kahouli, who is studying aerospace engineering, was one of 20 AIAA scholarship winners (undergraduate and graduate) this year. Said John Langford, chair of the AIAA Foundation: “Preparing the next generation of aerospace innovators is part of our community’s commitment to bringing the best minds … Read More

Professor Yan Jin and doctoral candidate Zijian Zhang received the 2021 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Best Paper Award for their paper “Toward Computer Aided Visual Analogy Support: Augmenting Designers Through Deep Learning.” The paper was presented at the virtual International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference on August 18th.