Adviser’s faith in USC AeroDesign Team pays off with impressive win
The team’s preparation for annual student competition results in narrow victory for its unmanned electric plane.
Alumna works on navigational instruments that boost space flight
Chemist who holds 14 U.S. patents and two trade secrets helps develop key components for gyroscopes and Mars rovers.
Drones deliver packages and back up Lady Gaga. What’s next?
USC experts discuss how unmanned machines in the sky are shaping ethics, privacy, public safety, flight and storytelling.
Turbulence ahead for USC team: How to control hypersonic airflow
Aerospace researcher develops simulations to enhance an engine’s stability and life span.
U.S. News ranks USC No. 1 in two key online graduate programs
Both engineering and computer science programs place highest in the nation.
USC study of turbulence could make a difference in flight time, fuel efficiency
Engineer Mitul Luhar receives funding from program at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Podcast highlights scientist’s journey from behind the Iron Curtain to the frontiers of space
Bogdan Marcu shares his amazing story — one that involves another USC alum in a key role — on the latest episode of USC Viterbi’s “Escape Velocity.”
USC Viterbi, nonprofit collaborate on STEM education
The engineering school aims to build a pipeline for underserved students in science and technology who will build and launch a rocket.
New 3D printing process could lead to construction on Mars and the moon
USC Viterbi professor’s invention uses lunar and Martian dust to develop material for a zero-gravity environment.
3-D Printing Takes Engineers Out of This World
USC Viterbi researchers aim to spread their 3-D printing technology throughout our world—and beyond.
Shooting Rockets into Space? There’s a School for That
In Los Angeles, the aerospace industry gets a boost from USC grads with hands-on experience.
Can a tree grow in space?
A living satellite might not be such a space oddity.
It’s no Back to the Future hoverboard, but USC student’s skateboard flies
Engineer upcycles carbon fiber from spacecraft for a smooth ride.
Air Force pilot is flying high thanks to USC Viterbi online program
DEN@Viterbi allows captain to pursue a master’s degree from the other side of the world.
LA lands access to $1.3 billion for manufacturing thanks to USC-LA effort
Mayor Eric Garcetti and President C. L. Max Nikias announce federal designation with big implications for Southern California.
Student engineers shoot to No. 1 in airplane design-and-fly contest
USC AeroDesign Team creates remote-controlled aircraft that’s lighter, stronger and faster than the rest.
In memoriam: Allen E. Puckett, 94
He was committed to the advancement of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Former Naval research director installed as new chair
The USC Viterbi professor is an expert in the mechanical behavior of metals and thermodynamics.
He took his hobby into the jet age
When he was 9 years old, Ewald Schuster saw a Harrier jet scream over Lake Ontario.
Astronaut Scholarship winner shoots for the stars
USC Viterbi Jason Silverman received a $10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation scholarship, presented by Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham.
Firsts abound for USC rocket launch
Aptly named after the university’s mascot, a rocket dubbed Traveler was launched in the Nevada desert by the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab.
The ancient incendiary art of fireworks goes high-tech
Could the future bring swarms of pyrotechnics?
Gadgets galore
Lugging a weightlifting bar, a woman in a white summer dress walked in, her expression a mix of relief and exhaustion.