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WIRED: Do These Gadgets Actually Protect You? We Asked the Experts

Wired featured Andrea Armani on the dangers of using UVC light as a primary disinfectant.

Viterbi K-12 STEM Outreach: From Molecular Modeling to Addressing Social Problems Using AI to Fighting Hate Speech

Even in the midst of the pandemic, USC Viterbi professors continued to prioritize K-12 outreach, engaging in projects aimed to foster learning and incite passion for science and engineering

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Donates SEM Microscope to USC Michelson Nanofabrication Lab

Microscope is changing its focus from space to atoms

Goldie Roth: Chemical Engineering Graduating Student Q&A

The graduating senior in the Mork Family Department won best chemical engineering senior design project with her team. Roth will now pursue a Ph.D. at Stanford University.

Cyrus Ashayeri: Petroleum Engineering Graduating Student Q&A

Ph.D. graduate Ashayeri’s research focuses on the energy industry and the application data science and advanced machine learning techniques.

Mike Shao: Chemical Engineering Graduating Student Q&A

Shao has worked in Professor Andrea Armani’s lab researching core-shell nanoparticles and will now take on a role in BP’s Trader Development Program in Houston.

Mork Family Department @ USC

At the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science (MFD), our graduates are provided with a well-rounded engineering education to meet the needs of industry, academia and government labs; to conduct pioneering research; and to play an integrating and leadership role to the multi-disciplinary community of science and engineering.

The MFD fosters and cultivates synergies among the three degree programs, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Petroleum Engineering, to further research and development in energy production and delivery, nanotechnology, biochemical processes and medical devices.

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The Fifteenth Annual Mork Family Department Student Symposium – Save the Date

We are excited to announce that the 2021 MFD Student Symposium will be held on Friday, February 19th 2021. The event will be virtual and held over Zoom. Abstract submission details and deadlines will follow soon.

There are many, many, many more presentation and poster awards to be won this year (thanks to Prof. Ershaghi and Chevron)! We look forward to your participation. [Read more]

Birendra Jha Honored with Distinguished Achievement Award from Society of Petroleum Engineers

Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering in the Mork Family Department Birendra Jha has been recognized with a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western North America Region of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. [Read more]

Temporary Waiver of GRE Requirement for Graduate Admission

Attention graduate student applicants: GRE scores are no longer needed for admissions into any MFD graduate program for the 2021 admissions cycle. A waiver has been granted by the Provost office. [Read more]

USC Center for Advanced Petroleum Data Science

By sharing well records and performance data, you can benefit from the on-going research on the application of machine learning to economic optimization of drilling and production.

Please see the video below and make contact to set up a zoom meeting for further information. [Read more]

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