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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Books

Jan. 01, 2023

Stress, Strain, and Structural Dynamics: An Interactive Handbook of Formulas, Solutions, and MATLAB Toolboxes, 2nd Edition

By Bingen Yang

Jan. 01, 2023

Elementary Vibration Analysis

By Oussama Safadi

Jan. 01, 2022

Dynamic Systems: Modelling, Simulation, and Analysis

By Bingen Yang and Inna Abramova

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Recent Publications

Aug. 01, 2023 / Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Development and Experimental Verification of an Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Method for Non-Invasive Sensing

By Bozhou Zhuang, Bora Gencturk, Iman Asareh, Assad Oberai, Harisankar Ramaswamy, Ryan Meyer, Morris Good, Matthew Taubman

Jul. 15, 2023 / Chemical Engineering Journal

Flexible capacitive sensor based on Miura-ori structure

By Hong Sun, Yuxuan Sun, Chayut Buranabunwong, Xingxiang Li, Shiwu Zhang, Yong Chen, and Mujun Li

Jul. 03, 2023 / Physics of Living Systems

Spontaneous body wall contractions stabilize the fluid microenvironment that shapes host-microbe associations

By Janna C Nawroth, Christoph Giez, Alexander Klimovich, Eva Kanso, and Thomas CG Bosch

Jun. 24, 2023 / Dynamic Games and Applications

Bernstein polynomial approximation of fixation probability in finite population evolutionary games

By Jiyeon Park and Paul Newton

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Sep27Wed

AME Seminar

Wed, Sep 27, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Sam Tawfick, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Talk Title: Nonlinear Mechanics and Robotic Mechanisms using Coiled Muscles and Snapping Beams Abstract: My group is developing a roadmap for elastic actuating materials to...

Sep30Sat

SoCal Solids Conference 2023

Sat, Sep 30, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Location: TCC 450
Speaker: Grace Gu, Megan Valentine, Assad Oberai, UC Berkeley, UCSB, USC Talk Title: SoCal Solids Conference 2023 Abstract: The SoCal Solids Conference will be held at the University of Southern California (USC) on Saturday, September 30,...

Oct04Wed

AME Seminar

Wed, Oct 04, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Aaron Ames, Caltech More Info: ame.usc.edu Webcast: usc.zoom.us Meeting ID: 981 2114 1178 Passcode: NhXrDOqQU8

Oct09Mon

DEI: Women of AME Panel

Mon, Oct 09, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: EEB 132
Speaker: Inna Abramova, Eva Kanso, Neda Maghsoodi, Anita Penkova, Emma Singer, Alejandra Uranga, AME Talk Title: Women of AME Panel Abstract: By popular demand, the women of AME's Faculty are gathering to reflect on and discuss their...

Oct11Wed

AME Seminar

Wed, Oct 11, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Michael Yip, UCSD Talk Title: Teaching a Robot to Perform Surgery: From 3D Image Understanding to Deformable Manipulation Abstract: Robot manipulation have made massive strides in the past few years, especially in grasping for...

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Announcements

Assistant Professor Paul Plucinsky Receives NSF CAREER Award

Congratulations to Paul Plucinsky, Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME), for receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Award for the Effective Continuum Modeling of Mechanism-Based Metamaterials! Dr. Plucinsky joined USC AME in January 2020 after being a Postdoctoral Scholar in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota. His research interests lie at the interface … Read More

Professor Emeritus Terence Langdon Recognized with Senior Career Award

Congratulations to Terence Langdon, Professor Emeritus of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, for receiving the 2023 Senior Career Award from the Journal of Materials Research and Technology (JMRT). This recognition is awarded “annually to an individual with outstanding accomplishments in materials science and engineering that [is] globally recognized.” Dr. Langdon is an accomplished metallurgist with … Read More

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