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Building Engineers: Inside USC’s Hands-On Mechoptronics Lab
At USC Viterbi's Mechoptronics lab, 190 students learn measurement, troubleshooting, and hands-on engineering skills they'll carry for life. From soldering capacitors to dissecting cameras, students say the course is challenging, time-consuming, and ultimately the most useful class they take.Read More
Where Flow Becomes Science: Inside the Fabulous Fluids Facility
A tour with Paul Ronney, Chair of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, through three laboratories that ask the same fundamental question: how does fluid move, and why?Read More
Where Mechanical Engineers Are Made: Inside the Baum Family Maker Space
A tour with Paul Ronney, Chair of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, through the facility where AME students build, test, compete, and learn that sometimes your best asset isn't speed, it's reliability.Read More
No Brain, No Problem: What Robots Can Learn from Sea Stars
USC Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab borrows a trick from nature's toolkit that can be applied to optimize robot locomotion.Read More
Ambitious Seniors Design and Build Solutions to the Toughest Engineering Problems
The annual Senior Design Showcase at the USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering is a chance for students to transform ideas into innovations, tackling some of the most pressing technological challenges facing industry today.Read More
Three USC Viterbi Professors Named Fellows of National Academy of Inventors
Shang-Hua Teng, S.K. Gupta and Massoud Pedram receive the prestigious honor in recognition of their contributions to innovation, invention and technology.Read More
Azad Madni Honored by ASME with Spirit of St. Louis Medal
Azad Madni to receive ASME’s Spirit of St. Louis Medal at 2026 ASME SSDMRead More
Researchers Invent New AI Tool to Automate Detection of Cancer in Blood Samples
Innovation detects cancer cells in blood samples (liquid biopsies) in as little as 10 minutes and identifies hard-to-find cells without humans in-the-loopRead More
Medical Electronics that Match the Stretchability of Human Tissue
Researchers at USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a novel method for fabricating highly precise and stretchable electronics that conform seamlessly to the body.Read More
Gaming the cancer-immunity cycle by synchronizing treatment schedules
What if cancer treatment could be made more effective and less toxic - not by inventing new drugs, but by rethinking the timing strategy of existing therapies?Read More
What’s Cooking in the Advanced Materials and Metallurgy Labs?
From the perspective of USC researcher Wen Chen, human history is a tale of material transformation.Read More
Hangbo Zhao Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award for Advanced Manufacturing Research
The $546,713 award will support Zhao’s pioneering work in high-resolution manufacturing of stretchable electronics.Read More
Excellence, Curiosity, Character: The Graduates of the USC Viterbi Class of 2025
At the USC Viterbi undergraduate commencement ceremony, the next generation of engineers are encouraged to advance technology that solves the world's grand challenges.Read More
“You Are Agents of Change”: The USC Viterbi Master’s Class of 2025
At the USC Viterbi master's commencement ceremonies, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos praised graduates on the "singular achievement" of earning their master's degree.Read More
Fascinated by Flow
Oliver Khan, a graduating student in aerospace engineering, dreams of a sustainable future for supersonic air travel.Read More
From Lego, to Electric Racecars, to SpaceX
Graduating mechanical engineering student PJ Morgan's involvement with USC Formula Electric led to a prestigious internship at SpaceX.Read More
New research reveals how organisms are shaped to optimize feeding
A major transition in the evolution of life on Earth can be traced to how ciliates have adapted to maximize nutrient intake.Read More
USC Recumbent Vehicle Design Team Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation
What are the secrets of the student-run design team’s track record of success?Read More
USC Viterbi’s CURVE Program Hosts Annual Student Research Showcase
135 student presentations address health, security, sustainability and how to enrich lifeRead More
Milestones and Memories at the 46th Viterbi Awards
The annual gala celebrated major USC Viterbi accomplishments and inspirational honoreesRead More
Are Autonomous Robots Ready to Navigate Under Water?
New research from Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab at USC uses on-board flow sensors to enable robots to learn, adapt and move fluidly in underwater environments.Read More
New Research Reveals the Origins of Cooperation
A groundbreaking study by USC Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab reveals fundamental insights into the selective forces favoring the early evolution of multicellular organization.Read More
USC Viterbi Faculty Elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows
Two leading researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering join the ranks of AAAS fellows, one of the most prestigious honors in academia.Read More
Five Things You Can Do to Help Fireproof Your House
USC Viterbi Professor Fokion Egolfopoulos on how to fireproof existing homes and build back better and saferRead More
When Words Fail, She Just Builds
Elisa McCormick, president of USC's Recumbent Vehicle Design Team (RVDT), explains her philosophy of creation and fun in engineering through surprising innovation.Read More
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.Read More
Why Do Wildfires Increase Flood Risk?
An expert on fluid dynamics shares how engineers can help mitigate flooding after major wildfires.Read More
Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 1
As Angelenos brace for "fire years" rather than "fire seasons," USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.Read More
USC Viterbi Hosts Honeywell Hypersonics & Emerging Technologies Industry Day
Leading industry representatives, academics and students gathered on campus to discuss the future of hypersonic technology.Read More
Senior Design Projects Tackle Today’s Top Engineering Problems
Students in the USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering apply their learning to address some of the most pressing technological challenges facing industry today.Read More
From Invention to Innovation: Alumnus’ Journey to Becoming an Engineer-Entrepreneur
Matt Petros, co-founder of 3DEO, returned to his alma mater to speak as part of the Startup Stories event series hosted by USC Viterbi Office of Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE).Read More
Three USC Viterbi Professors Named 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Wei Wu and Theodore Tsotsis received the prestigious honor in recognition of their exceptional contributions to innovation, invention and technology.Read More
USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record
Aftershock II is believed to be the world’s first civilian-built rocket to reach an altitude of 470,000 feet.Read More
The Moving Parts Behind Making Memories
How one USC student is using his engineering background to create new realities.Read More
New Behaviors Emerge from Schooling Fish In Confined Space
New paper, for perhaps the first time, identifies how topology of environment affects collective animal behaviorRead More
Evidence of Vaping’s Harmful Effects on Blood Vessels and the Left Ventricle of Heart
Researchers develop smartphone-adaptable tools to determine the impact of nicotine-infused e-cigarettesRead More
How Are Stretch Reflexes Modulated During Voluntary Movement?
New computational theory sheds light on a longstanding questionRead More
Professor Satwindar Singh Sadhal Honored with National Award
Professor Sadhal has received the Donald Q. Kern Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).Read More
From the Ground Up
Additive-manufacturing executive and three-time USC graduate Melissa Orme is helping to build the future one layer at a time.Read More
Carpets and Flames: Design Rules for the Morphology of Ciliated Organs
New research from USC Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab proposes a radical new perspective on the cilia-powered fluid pumps that keep us alive.Read More
USC Viterbi Students Present at the International Electric Propulsion Conference in France
Students attended the 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC) held in Toulouse, France, where they presented a paper about their project to develop a low-power solid-fuel plasma thruster for de-orbiting CubeSats.Read More
Azad Madni Receives Prestigious National Awards
University professor elected as AIAA honorary fellow and receives Distinguished Career Award from the Washington Academy of Sciences.Read More
Ph.D. Student Tackles the Environmental Impact of Spacecraft Re-Entry
José P. Ferreira, a doctoral candidate in astronautical engineering, has received the prestigious Space for Sustainability Award from the European Space Agency (ESA).Read More
From Dreams to Degrees: USC Viterbi Class of 2024 Graduates Shape Tomorrow, Today
At the forefront of engineering and technology, graduates like Christian Bryan redefine potential with degrees in cutting-edge fields and a commitment to lifelong exploration.Read More
Master’s Class of 2024: “The Best So Far”
At the USC Viterbi master’s commencement ceremonies, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos praised graduates’ resilience, ingenuity and integrityRead More
From the Maker Space to SpaceX: Why Engineering is Far More than Fundamentals
Victoria Pinkett, hands-on learner and student leader, shares how she's made the most of her USC experience.Read More
A Graduating Engineer’s Secret to Success: Just Dance
Dancer, roboticist and race car engineer Kaitlyn Kumar reveals a surprising strategy for academic excellence.Read More
Health at Hand: Smartphone-Powered Dementia Detection
Soha Niroumandi, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, receives an American Heart Association award to develop a non-invasive, smartphone-based diagnostic toolRead More
No More Needle Phobia: Personalized Medicine Just Got More Flexible
Hangbo Zhao presents findings on highly stretchable and customizable microneedles for application in fields including neuroscience, tissue engineering, and wearable bioelectronics.Read More
Device designed at USC aims to provide warnings of super-silent heart attacks
AI-informed platform could increase chance of survivalRead More
AME and ASTE Students Awarded at the 2024 AIAA Conference
AME teams received 2nd and 3rd place in the Undergraduate Teams category.Read More
From Biology to Batteries: Professor Krishna Garikipati is Changing the Way we Use AI to Predict Patterns
The USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering welcomes Professor Krishna Garikipati, a leader in the field of computational mechanics.Read More
Ready for Takeoff: USC Viterbi Aviation Safety and Security Program Rolls Out New Course Based on Emotional Intelligence
Students learn to promote safety and resilience in organizations through a mix of theoretical modules and hands-on exercisesRead More
Mitul Luhar joins the National Academies’ New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Luhar will be part of the 2024-26 cohort of 26 outstanding early and mid-career scientists, engineers and medical professionals selected by National Academies.Read More
Three USC Schools Collaborate to Reimagine the LA River
Researchers in landscape architecture, fluid mechanics and augmented reality have created an interactive hydraulic model installed alongside the Los Angeles River.Read More
Innovation and Imagination at the Annual AME Senior Design Project Showcase
Seniors in the USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering (AME) demo ingenious solutions to real-world engineering problems.Read More
Behind the Scenes at a National Renewable Energy Laboratory Internship
Mechanical Engineering PhD student Morgan Jones reports on his experience at the leading government research lab.Read More
Professor Azad Madni Awarded ASME Honorary Membership
Professor Azad Madni is awarded Honorary Membership by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).Read More
Too Close for Comfort: USC Viterbi Students Use AI to Prevent Aircraft Collisions
USC had two teams among top 10 finalists in national FAA Data Challenge 2023.Read More
Iris Critchell, 102, Learned to Fly at USC. She Then Taught Hundreds of Others.
Competing in the 1936 Olympics, flying military planes in World War 2 - Critchell helped make aviation as safe as it is today.Read More
Speeding into a New Era of Hypersonic Flight
Associate Professor Ivan Bermejo-Moreno receives a NASA Early Career Faculty Award for computational studies of hypersonic flight.Read More
Hangbo Zhao Receives Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award
The highly competitive program supports outstanding early career researchers developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by the Navy and Marine Corps.Read More
Beneath the Waves
Rusty Jehangir empowers thousands to pursue underwater robotics and exploration with startup Blue RoboticsRead More
USC Viterbi at The Economist Space Economy Summit
USC Viterbi leadership and alumni join global thought-leaders in debate about the economic growth of a multi-billion dollar industry.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
Qian, Bansal study the way robots move, interact with the world around them
The researchers share some commonalities in their work, apart from winning an NSF CAREER Award.Read More
Designing an Engine Ready for Hydrogen Combustion
The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting a major USC research initiative to advance the next stage of the clean energy revolution.Read More
Origami-Inspired Strain Sensors for Stretchable Soft Robotics
USC researchers have developed an innovative solution to measure the motion of soft components in robotics.Read More
Aaron McCloud Was a Student With Bad Grades and Deep Potential. He Created a Company to Help Kids Just Like Him.
Intervene K-12 serves over 30,000 students in more than 20 school districts to provide high-impact tutoring for K-12 students within the school day.Read More
Paul Plucinsky Receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Plucinsky’s theory-guided approach explores the interplay between geometry and complex material behavior.Read More
Six USC Viterbi Faculty Honored with NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty will boost USC research in disease modeling, groundwater systems, machine learning and robotics.Read More
From Safety to Wellness: What the AME Instructional Labs Do Differently
The approach to hands-on learning at the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) sets the tone for the 2023 Student Shop Managers Conference.Read More
First USC Research Prototype Launches for Testing on the International Space Station
CLINGERS, a unique docking system, is designed to facilitate sensing and docking operations in space.Read More
Onward and upward with the USC AeroDesign Team
The USC AeroDesign Team has a stellar track record of success. Now, they're setting their goals even higher.Read More
So You’d Like a Job at the Largest Aerospace Company in the World?
Unique partnership between Boeing and USC Viterbi allows paid summer internships, tuition expenses and a full time position after graduation.Read More
Wide Awake and Dreaming: USC Viterbi’s 2023 Master’s Commencement Ceremonies
The class of 2023 is "the best educated, the most representative in our history."Read More
“At Heart, We’re Problem Solvers:” USC Viterbi Undergraduate Commencement 2023
This year’s ceremony at Alumni Park was headlined by alumnus and venture capitalist, Mark Stevens, who praised the power and versatility of an engineering degreeRead More
“Attention is All You Need”: New Ph.D.s Urged to Attend to “Challenges of Earth’s Eight Billion People.”
The 2023 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 133 new graduates and Jiaoyang Li, winner of this year's best Ph.D. thesis.Read More
NAE’s 2023 Gordon Prize Ceremony Celebrates the Career of Azad Madni
For the second year in a row, USC hosts the top award in engineering education.Read More
Welcome to the Fabulous Fluids Facility!
The renovation of USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Dryden Wind Tunnel celebrates the phenomenon of "beautiful flow."Read More
Assad Oberai Honored as 2022 Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics
Assad Oberai applies computation and data-driven modelling to solve some of the toughest questions in science and engineering.Read More
More Debris, More Problems: Building Technology to Clean Up Space
Researchers at USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute are building machines to help rid junk from the atmosphere.Read More
Engineering, Empowerment and Art: Introducing AME Faculty Member Neda Maghsoodi
Maghsoodi works at the intersection of mechanical engineering, biology and material science, and she’s equally committed to creating a culture of human flourishing.Read More
First 3D Printed Rocket, Created by Trojan Engineers, Soars Into the Upper Atmosphere
The co-founders of Relativity Space eye their next big steps: investing in space start-ups and reaching Earth orbit.Read More
Engineer Your Daily Life: USC Students are Maestros of Optimization Hacks
For students in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, the senior design project is a chance to apply their knowledge and get creative.Read More
Six Weeks to Mars? Viterbi Alums Are Building Powerful, Versatile Rocket Engines
Ursa Major, a company with 13 alumni, seeks to democratize access to spaceRead More
Fish Don’t Dither: A New Study Investigates Danger-Evasion Tactics
New USC research on zebrafish has implications for understanding animal behaviorRead More
USC Races UCLA at NASCAR’s L.A. Coliseum Takeover
The two universities trialed their student-designed racecars as part of a weekend-long NASCAR launch event at the legendary stadium, home of the USC TrojansRead More
Azad Madni Receives NAE’s 2023 Gordon Prize
For second year in a row, a Trojan receives top award in engineering educationRead More
USC’s Petros Ioannou, Gérard Medioni and J. Joshua Yang Elected as National Academy of Inventors Fellows
The trio joins a distinguished class of 169 new inductees whose innovations have tangibly impacted society.Read More
Clearing the (Classroom) Air
A new air purification strategy by USC Viterbi researchers might reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in classrooms and other indoor spaces by as much as tenfold.Read More
New Wheel-Legged Robots Navigate Terrain and Combat Obstacles Like Never Before
Research team engineers new wheel-legged robots with advancements in speed, rolling and leverage legged motionsRead More
34 new hires, including the new biomedical engineering chair, join for fall and spring semesters
USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023Read More
New $11.7 Million USC Center to Create Open-Source Implantables for the Nervous System
The USC-led center will develop cutting-edge devices that send stimulating pulses to the autonomic nervous system to treat and monitor a vast range of conditions.Read More
Haylee Mota Can Only See Light and Shadows. Yet She Sees So Much More.
USC Viterbi sophomore reimagines telepresence robots for the visually impairedRead More
Legged Robots to Aid with Planetary Research
Feifei Qian is the lead researcher for a NASA grant that could significantly aid planetary explorations.Read More
What’s the Temperature, Traveler?
How a faulty thermometer at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum became a pet project of USC ViterbiRead More
