Behnam Jafarpour Receives Prestigious SPE International Data Science Award
Jafarpour is a professor in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and an expert in subsurface energy technology.
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New NSF-Funded Center Established to Lead Geologic CO2 Storage Innovation
Center will lead to new technologies and workforce development
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Do You Have A Mild Concussion? New AI Might Aid Diagnosis
A USC Viterbi undergraduate’s research could offer vital insights in diagnosing traumatic brain injury early with 99% accuracy.
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A New Method to Grow Materials for the Chips of the Future
USC Viterbi Ph.D student-led research has uncovered a novel way to grow thin films of electronic materials that could prove essential for the future of semiconductors.
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The Urbina Effect
How a Ph.D. student at USC Viterbi changes lives inside and outside the lab and inspires others to do the same
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ECET’s 2nd Annual Symposium Highlights Research
Event convenes industry and academics to showcase solutions
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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.
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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 integrity
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The Chemical Engineer Who Wants to Make a Difference in Healthcare
Alejandra Felix has been researching cancer cell behavior, to improve our fundamental understanding of this complex disease.
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USC Viterbi Strengthens Energy Transition Research with New Donald L. Paul Chair in Energy and Technology Management
Gift from Donald Paul, energy pioneer and USC Keck Professor of Energy Resources, creates a new USC endowed chair on sustainable energy transition
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AI Platform to Revolutionize the Discovery of the Materials of the Future
The $2 million NSF project will harness AI to generate new optimized superalloys for game-changing applications from aerospace to healthcare.
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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
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
The progressive pedagogy of the pioneering distance learning program has changed the lives of graduate students worldwide.
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Tackling Climate Change with the Help of “Coffee Filters for Molecules”
Luis Francisco Villalobos joins USC Viterbi, bringing expertise in separation technology for energy transition and water filtration.
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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.
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OSEM Wins Nucleate L.A. Pitch Competition
The USC Viterbi-led startup is creating a 3D printer to produce nanoparticles more efficiently and accurately
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Will Generative AI Become the Weapon of Choice for Fraudsters?
A panel for Los Angeles Tech Week discussed issues, opportunities and solutions surrounding generative AI in the cybersecurity world.
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From Synthesis to Symphonies: Blending Materials with Music
USC Viterbi Ph.D. student Claire Wu was recently awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for her materials research.
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Unfolding the Mystery of Proteins
Assistant professor Wade Zeno, an expert in proteins, wins the prestigious ESI MIRA award from the NIH
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E-CET Pushes the Frontiers of Energy Transition
The Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition Convenes Stakeholders and Funds Research Projects
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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.”
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“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 degree
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“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.
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The High-Flying Frisbee Ace on a Materials Research Path
Mork Class of 2023 senior and USC Ultimate Frisbee captain Hari Sridhara recently won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
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New Mork Faculty to Boost Capacity in Material Properties, Electron Microscopy and Sustainable Energy
The Mork Family Department welcomes new faculty members Yu-Tsun Shao, Jay H. Lee, Zhenglu Li and Charles F. Zukoski.
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Materials of the Future: I’ll Have My Nano-Sized Donuts with Extra Swirls
Yu-Tsun Shao is developing new ways to observe the changes in the properties of nano-scale particle-like objects that can be used to make next-generation computers.
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The Quiet Revolution of AI on the Edge
AI is running on mobile phones, sensors, and home appliances thanks to the engineering innovations that make the most of the limited memory, reduced computational power, and little energy available in these devices.
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Crafting a Superstar Enzyme that turns CO2 Emissions into Useful Products
Mork Family Department Assistant Professor Shaama Sharada was recently awarded a Sloan Fellowship and a Scialog grant for her CO2 reduction research.
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New Drilling Simulator Giving Students Hands-on Experience in the Energy Sector
The $150,000 Chevron-donated drilling simulator offers practical skills for careers in subsurface energy sources, including drilling geothermal wells and subsurface disposal of CO2.
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34 new hires, including the new biomedical engineering chair, join for fall and spring semesters
USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023
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Qiang Huang Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Huang is an expert in engineering-informed machine learning and data analytics for advanced manufacturing systems.
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: From Karachi to Los Angeles
Sister2Sister Program at USC Viterbi Welcomes Exchange Students
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Behnam Jafarpour is new Energi Simulation Chair in Subsurface Energy Data Science
New role will support essential research harnessing AI and data science to manage subsurface resources and energy transition.
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Viterbi Undergrads Brew Up a Storm… of Kombucha
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Design Challenge asked teams to harness their chemical engineering knowledge to craft the tastiest brew.
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“The Best Educated Class In Our History”
At the 2022 commencement ceremony, undergraduates shared laughter, tears and hugs as they embark on a new journey
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“The World Impatiently Waits For You”: 1100 USC Viterbi Master’s Students Graduate
First in-person, satellite ceremonies in two years feature four-star general and former CEO of Yahoo and Verizon Media as speakers
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“Do Better Than Us”: Three Years of USC Viterbi Ph.D.s Receive Their Hoods.
At the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony, 215 new graduates join Trojan forebears like Andrew Viterbi and Wanda Austin.
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Class of 2022 Mork Graduate Awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Stephen Quiton has been harnessing computers to simulate and predict chemical reactions. He will now pursue a Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry at UC Berkeley.
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Ershaghi Center on Energy Transition Launches
Gift from Gary and Mary Buntmann Launches Center to Lead the Energy Transition
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8 USC Viterbi Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty has now been received by 13 USC Viterbi faculty over the past two years
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New 3D Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a 3D printing technique to fabricate microfluidic devices for biomedical applications at a microscale not previously possible.
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Reeling in the Phishing Accounts
How a new USC Viterbi-led startup is using AI to fight malicious online impersonators.
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Using Machine Learning to Create Materials that Enable Energy-Efficient Electronics
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a neural network that can model a high-performing new material at a scale never-before seen.
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Michael Kassner Receives Oleg D. Sherby Award from the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
The Choong Hoon Cho Chair was honored for his research into the performance of materials at high temperatures.
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Gift from Gary and Mary Buntmann Establishes Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition at USC Viterbi
Center to develop innovations for renewable energy tech and low-carbon future
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Andrea Armani Receives the 2022 Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award
Honor awarded to individuals who served as leaders in their science communities
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Mork Family Department Student Honored at AIChE National Meeting
Ph.D. candidate Kareesa Kron’s presentation poster was selected as one of the best at the meeting.
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Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed
USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering the cell’s electric field, ushering in new possibilities for basic research
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Four Viterbi Faculty Receive DURIP Funding
Select projects focus on brain modeling, emerging materials, fuels, and electromagnetic devices
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Can Virtual Academic Conferences Makes STEM Fields More Inclusive?
New analysis shows that virtual conferences increase diversity and inclusion
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USC’s Cyrus Shahabi, Andrea Armani, and Shri Narayan Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
The trio joins a distinguished class of 175 new inductees who “demonstrate a prolific spirit of innovation”
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A Race Car Powered Only by the Sun?
USC Viterbi design team, SC Solar Car, is working to build a fully solar-powered vehicle with plans to compete in the 2022 American Solar Challenge.
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Mork Family Department ChemE Jeopardy Western Champions Compete in National Final
Fresh from taking out the western regional finals, a team from the USC student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers recently competed at the national titles in Boston.
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A T-Cell Power-up for Tumor Treatments
USC Viterbi Ph.D. student researchers have found a new way to enhance the cancer-killing properties of CAR T-cell therapies, to make them more effective in fighting tumors.
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Advanced Materials Research for Secure Communications Receives $3.75 Million in Funding
USC Viterbi researchers will explore cutting-edge materials thanks to support from the Department of Defense’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative.
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Creating the Materials of the Future Using Machine Learning
A new M.S. degree in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at USC Viterbi will prepare graduates to lead the creation of advanced materials using machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Ten USC Viterbi Students Honored with Aerospace Fellowship
A collaboration between the USC WiSE program and the Aerospace Corporation, this prestigious fellowship offers students the opportunity to gain real-life industry experience and develop their skills
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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
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Commencement 2021: Engineering Grads Take Center Stage at L.A. Coliseum For First Time in 71 Years
In a return to in-person graduation, the Class of 2020 and 2021 celebrate “passage to a post-COVID new world”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Donates SEM Microscope to USC Michelson Nanofabrication Lab
Microscope is changing its focus from space to atoms
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Watershield Victorious at Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition
At the 11th annual MEPC, the team’s vision for a silicone-based polymer shield to protect cancer patients wins the $50,000 grand prize
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Saving Clean Drinking Water…With Math!
USC Viterbi researchers develop innovative new method to analyze how shifts in the earth affect drinking water supply
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From DIY Toys to Cutting Edge Materials: Ph.D. Student Receives National SHPE Prize
Advanced materials researcher Emily Anne Vargas has been honored for her contributions to the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
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Breakthrough in Quantum Photonics Promises a New Era in Optical Circuits
A world-first method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons—light particles—heralds a new future for secure communication and quantum computing.
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“The Horse Whisperer of Oil and Gas”
In late 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed alumnus Uduak-Joe Ntuk as California’s oil and gas supervisor.
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PANTHER Program Receives $10 million in Funding from Office of Naval Research
Armani Lab to contribute to national effort to detect traumatic brain injuries
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Transforming Oil Wells into Batteries for the Sun and Wind
USC Viterbi researchers want to convert idle oil and gas wells into much-needed storage for sustainable energy, making California’s blackouts a thing of the past.
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Titanium Atom That Exists in Two Places at Once in Crystal to Blame for Unusual Phenomenon
Researchers discover why a perfect crystal is not good at conducting heat, although it seemingly should be.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 10: Protein Engineering by Directed Evolution
Richard Roberts’s lab invented mRNA display to design new peptides and proteins. He is now using this and other tools to help scientists develop therapies and diagnostics for COVID-19.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 7: Vaccine Development
Zohrab A. Kaprielian fellow in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering Pin Wang discussed immunology behind the COVID-19 vaccine.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 3: Biology and Disinfection for COVID-19
Professor Andrea Armani, the Ray Irani Chair in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, discusses new approaches to sterilizing medical equipment to meet urgent needs during the pandemic.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 1: Modeling Epidemics
Inaugural lecture in 10-part series focuses on modeling epidemics as a chemical reaction process
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Can Sunlight Convert Emissions Into Useful Materials?
USC Viterbi chemical engineers are developing an environmentally friendly way to upcycle carbon dioxide emissions into polymers and other materials, with some help from a high school student researcher.
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A Lifeline For Students During The Pandemic
Over 100 students have been aided by USC Viterbi’s Emergency Relief Fund; Ming Hsieh, alumnus and university trustee, offers an additional $50K match to donors
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Andrea Hodge Appointed as Chair of the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Materials science expert begins a three-year term on August 16, 2020.
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A Sugar Hit to Help Destroy Cancer Cells
Chemical engineers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have unlocked a fatal vulnerability in many cancer cells—sugar inflexibility.
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The 2020 Undergraduate Student Awards
Motivated to engineer a better world for all humanity, USC Viterbi celebrates graduates who have pursued academic excellence and impacted their communities.
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Research Team in Race to Develop COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatments
Researchers in the USC Viterbi Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science are joining the global research effort to develop a viable vaccine to halt the global pandemic.
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USC Viterbi Listed Again Among the Nation’s Top 10 Engineering Graduate Programs
Annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report also keep USC Viterbi among the top five private engineering schools
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A Potential New Weapon Against Deadly Brain and Soft Tissue Cancers
New drug combination hopes to exploit metabolic habits of glucose-hungry cancer cells
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Jayakanth Ravichandran Honored with TMS Young Leaders Award
Ravichandran has been presented with the professional development award from the Functional Materials Division of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
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New Nanoparticle Can Turn Carbon Emissions Into Fuel, Sustainably
USC Viterbi researchers partner with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on technology to convert CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels and usable materials.
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Making 3-D Printing Smarter With Machine Learning
Manufacturers, medical device companies and the general public will soon have access to powerful AI-driven 3-D printing software, the result of six years of research.
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History-Making Online Photonics Conference Draws Participants From Around The World
The free Photonics Online Meetup was co-chaired by Professor Andrea Armani from the University of Southern California and Dr. Orad Reshef from the University of Ottawa, along with global leaders in the field.
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Undergrads Win National Title in Chemical Engineering Jeopardy
USC’s Chem-E Jeopardy team proved their chem knowledge by besting MIT, University of Iowa and UT Austin to take home the top prize
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In A Season Of Giving, This Student Start-up Is Transforming The Way We Give
Duet is the world’s first student-built micro-philanthropy platform designed to connect donors with refugees and local stores in a more personalized and dignified way
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Molecular Vibrations Lead to High Performance Laser
Breakthrough method has implications for enhanced performance of lasers for communications, diagnostics and defense.
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“All Heart”
Alina Garcia Taormina, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, is named Graduate Student Role Model by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
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One of the world’s first global, online academic photonics conferences to be held January 13, 2020
Six photonics leaders join forces to encourage access and sustainability
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QuEST Brings Queer Visibility To Viterbi Engineering
Students create space for engineers to be queer, and queers to be engineers
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USC Viterbi’s SURE Program Offers Undergraduates Research Training Alongside Top Faculty
Sophomores and juniors from across the nation participate in cutting-edge research and get a taste for Trojan life
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Fighting Back Against the Ravages of Time
New USC Viterbi research tells us more than we’ve ever known about how and why our cells age, paving the way for a healthier, happier old age.
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Michael Kassner Announced as Interim Chair of the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Kassner succeeds Professor Richard Roberts and will commence in the role on July 1 2019.
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Student Excellence on Show at AICHE Western Region Student Conference
Three hundred visitors converged on campus as USC’s student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) hosted the 2019 Western Conference.
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Culture, Family, and Nanotechnology
Vanessa Pangbourne, chemical engineering graduate and president of SHPE-USC, adapts to new challenges in leadership and in engineering
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Of Life and Bread
Spencer Fox, chemical engineering graduate and Swim with Mike scholarship recipient, masters the art of bread baking and living life to the fullest