USC Viterbi Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
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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Professor Fokion Egolfopoulos Receives the AIAA Propellants and Combustion Award
Students Present Papers at the 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC)
AME Professor Yan Jin Receives ASME Design Theory and Methodology Award
Associate Professor Mitul Luhar Engages with National Academies
New AME Student Commencement Stories
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Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering News and Media Coverage
CLASS OF 2026 – When Duke and Wellington Bristow cross the stage this May, they’ll be completing something their father started decades ago – a family tradition of engineering that’s now four members deep.
CLASS OF 2026 – From building LEGO airplanes as a kid to winning back-to-back AIAA regional awards and co-founding USC’s Human-Powered Flight Research Team, Long Beach native Nicholas Lototsky is finishing his bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering at USC Viterbi the same way he started it: full throttle.