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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Feb12Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Feb 12, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: ZHS 252
Speaker: Pedro Ponte Castaneda, University of Pennsylvania Talk Title: Soft Elastic Composites: Microstructure evolution, macroscopic multi-physics response, instabilities and associated soft modes Abstract: Soft elastic composite...

Feb19Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Feb 19, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: ZHS 252
Speaker: Kyriakos Vamvoudakis , Georgia Tech Host: AME Department More Info: ame.usc.edu Webcast: usc.zoom.us

Feb26Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Feb 26, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: ZHS 252
Speaker: Jessica Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University Host: The School of Advanced Computing More Info: ame.usc.edu Webcast: usc.zoom.us

Mar12Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Mar 12, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: ZHS 252
Speaker: Mohand Saed, University of Cambridge, UK Host: AME Department More Info: ame.usc.edu Webcast: usc.zoom.us

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Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 2
Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 2

From fire response robots to retardant firing artillery, USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on January 15th, 2025