From the communal baths of Rome to the Great Stink of London and the fortuitously named sanitary engineer Thomas Crapper, USC scholars tell the history of plumbing through the ages.
EARTH WEEK: Wood burning stoves are fouling the air in Fairbanks. USC Viterbi is bringing together students from across the university to clean the city’s air with “chimney cherries” that filter out smoke particles.
Persistence and a love of math and science led first-generation college student Mayla Rodriguez to USC Viterbi’s civil engineering program.
Inspired by an episode of TV’s Megastructures, Joshi went all in on construction and engineering.
Chloroplast-fortified 3D-printer ink may strengthen products like custom sneaker soles.
USC researchers 3D-printed the next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage.
USC alum Viry Martino played a critical role in the construction of the Cross Border Xpress, the first bridge to connect the U.S. to a foreign airport terminal.
USC Viterbi PhD student Sophia Plata, the first woman in her family to attend college, works to meet the challenge of access to clean water.
Potable water reuse is a boon for sustainability, but USC Viterbi researchers warn of potentially toxic byproducts.
Encouraged by his daughters, a Trojan digs into his roots — and gets the most joyous surprise of his life.
USC Viterbi team began its study on NDMA after contradictory findings surface in the environmental research community.
SoCalGas’s corporate dysfunction and a lack of oversight for underground gas storage facilities are responsible for the largest methane gas leak in American history, USC-led study finds.
By studying the aftermath of a 2015 event, a member of the USC Tsunami Research Center plans to apply his findings closer to home.
Both engineering and computer science programs place highest in the nation.
Qiming Wang’s team designed a unique manufacturing technique using 3-D printing.
A USC engineering alum built the highways that ushered in a new era across America.
Critical backup generators were built in low-lying areas at risk for tsunami damage — despite warnings from scientists.
Cyrus Maroofian finds purpose in his life by giving low-cost water filters to mountain dwellers and African schools.
USC Viterbi engineer Adam Smith conducts research on microbes that consume waste in water.
Bassist and USC Viterbi professor George Ban-Weiss sets himself apart on musical and academic levels.
Airliner activity affects air quality over a larger area than previously known, Keck School scientists say.