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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Aug27Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Aug 27, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Xiaojing (Ruby) Fu, California Institute of Technology Talk Title: Ice sculpturing with laminar flow Abstract: This talk examines the physics of unsaturated water flow through subfreezing porous media and its role in shaping ice...

Sep03Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Sep 03, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: Amin Ghadami, University of Southern California Host: AME Department

Sep10Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Sep 10, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Host: AME Department

Sep17Wed
AME Seminar

Wed, Sep 17, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSL 202
Speaker: David J. Reinkensmeyer,, University of California at Irvine Host: AME Department

Sep24Wed
AME Seminar - Laufer Lecture

Wed, Sep 24, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: MCB 101
Speaker: Parviz Moin, Stanford Talk Title: TBD Host: AME Department

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on August 12th, 2025