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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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Oct04Wed

AME Seminar - no seminar this week

Wed, Oct 04, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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...

Oct18Wed

AME Seminar

Wed, Oct 18, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University Talk Title: Soft-Matter Engineering for Robotics and Wearables Abstract: Progress in soft lithography and soft materials integration have led to extraordinary new classes of soft-matter...

Oct25Wed

AME Seminar

Wed, Oct 25, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Binil Starly, Arizona State University Talk Title: Cyber-Manufacturing: Delivering Manufacturing Services Over Web 3.0 Abstract: Cybermanufacturing enables the shared use of networked manufacturing infrastructure to deliver...

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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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USC at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

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

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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