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USC Viterbi Program Fosters Innovative Solutions to Urgent Global Needs

May 2nd, 2023

The yearlong, experiential “Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Crises” USC Viterbi course currently focuses on helping people in war-torn Ukraine.

USC Viterbi Professor Joins Team Investigating Turkey Earthquake Impact on Building

April 21st, 2023

Bora Gencturk at USC Viterbi School of Engineering traveled to Turkey to investigate the buildings impacted by earthquakes.

Eeri buildings earthquake reconnaissance team in front of a partially collapsed building in Adiyaman. Team members from left to right: Rupa Garai (SOM), Michael Mieler (Arup), Halil Sezen (Ohio State University), Morgan Griffith (Exponent), Bora Gencturk (USC), Parth Gudhka (IMEG).

USC Researchers Are Working On AI to Help Ethiopian Farmers Save Country From Famine

April 17th, 2023

AI will integrate and analyze date and models to make farming recommendations in Ethiopia, thanks to USC researchers.

USC researcher Yolanda Gil is using AI to help farmers in Ethiopia save their country from famine. (Illustration/Raymond Biesinger)

USC Viterbi Brings Online Program to National Polytechnic University of Armenia Students

March 9th, 2023

USC Viterbi collaborates with the National Polytechnic University of Armenia (NPUA) to offer an online program to students in Armenia.

Synchronous live session of Introduction of Cyber Security module by Professor Clifford Neuman

USC Viterbi DEN course offered in Ukraine hopes to rebuild space industry

October 21st, 2022

USC Viterbi online Distance Education Network (DEN) course is being offered in Ukraine in hopes of rebuilding the space industry.

USC Viterbi DEN Course Offered in Ukraine — Free, online astronautics course is a humanitarian effort to maintain Ukraine’s academic excellence in astronautics

Lost in translation at the border

August 29th, 2022

USC Viterbi student Katy Felkner is working on developing a machine translation system for Mexican and Central American Indigenous languages.

Katy Felkner Developing Machine Translation System — Many asylum seekers face long waits in Mexico due to a shortage of translators for indigenous language speakers. (Photo/iStock)

USC Trojan team headed to finals of “Coding Olympics”

August 1st, 2022

A team of USC Viterbi students has qualified for the American championship of the world’s most prestigious college coding olympics: ICPC.

USC Headed to 'Coding Olympics' ICPC Finals — Viterbi students Jeel Tejaskumar Vaishnav, Kangmin Tan and Adhyyan Sekhsaria compete with other American colleges at the International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Inaugural class of groundbreaking U.S.-China degree program arrives at USC

October 25th, 2021

Students from the USC and Tsinghua University in China degree program arrived in Los Angeles for its inaugural semester.

Inaugural U.S.-China degree program class arrives at USC — USC Vterbi Deans Yannis Yortsos and Erik Johnson sign an agreement with Tsinghua University to begin a joint dual degree program. Photo Credit: Tsinghua University.

USC students tackle climate change in Global Simulation Conference

October 4th, 2021

USC students joined other universities around the world to address climate change during APRU’s Global Simulation Conference.

USC students tackle APRU climate change simulation — USC students and faculty join peers from around the world in an online simulation to build consensus on global warming and climate change challenges. (Photo/iStock)

iPodia, the power of “i” learning brings together the largest global classroom to date

October 16th, 2017

iPodia, the power of “i” learning from USC Viterbi School of Engineering, brings together the largest global classroom to date.

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