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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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Katherine Shing Appointed Associate Professor Emerita

Congratulations to Katherine Shing, who has been appointed associate professor emerita of chemical engineering and materials science.

Shing, whose research spans classical and statistical thermodynamics, computer simulation and fluid phase equilibria, first joined USC Viterbi as assistant professor of chemical engineering in 1982. She served as chemical engineering chair from 1998 – 1999, director of USC’s chemical engineering program from 2003 – 2010 and director of graduate programs in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from 2010 – 2012.  [Read more]

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Materials Discovery to Enable Computers that Think More Like Humans

Materials Discovery to Enable Computers that Think More Like Humans

New USC Viterbi-led research has uncovered a novel semiconductor with an unusual material property that can enable energy-efficient computing hardware that functions like the human brain.

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Putting Cancer Under A Bright Light

Putting Cancer Under A Bright Light

A new fluorescent probe illuminates protein clusters found in a subset of breast cancers.

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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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Published on February 23rd, 2017

Last updated on November 14th, 2023