Students compete to innovate for a better future in L.A.
The Das Family Innovate x LA Student Competition challenges students to develop high-impact urban solutions and compete for a $15,000 prize.
Understanding the catastrophic impact of the earthquakes in Turkey
USC Viterbi Professor Bora Gencturk to Turkey to investigate the resilience of buildings impacted by the recent earthquakes.
How the nature of dangerous construction work is radically changing
A USC Viterbi study shows how on-site construction can go remote.
USC Viterbi professors, Board of Councilors member elected to National Academy of Engineering
Professor Costas Synolakis, Emeritus Professor Gérard Medioni and technology entrepreneur Fariborz Maseeh, a Viterbi Board of Councilors member, join the prestigious academy.
Pipe dreams: We take plumbing for granted, but it’s a ‘modern miracle’ with roots more than 6,000 years old
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.
A team of USC students is helping to clear the air in Alaska
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.
Building lasting bonds and memorable structures, one relationship at a time
Persistence and a love of math and science led first-generation college student Mayla Rodriguez to USC Viterbi’s civil engineering program.
How the Hoover Dam inspired Saumya Joshi to break boundaries
Inspired by an episode of TV’s Megastructures, Joshi went all in on construction and engineering.
Even machines need their greens
Chloroplast-fortified 3D-printer ink may strengthen products like custom sneaker soles.
What if airplanes could repair their own damage?
USC researchers 3D-printed the next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage.
USC-trained engineer builds bridge from San Diego to Tijuana
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.
Reducing the environmental impact of desalination and wastewater treatment
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.
Some wastewater reuse processes can lead to undesired byproducts, USC experts find
Potable water reuse is a boon for sustainability, but USC Viterbi researchers warn of potentially toxic byproducts.
Two long-lost brothers, both USC Viterbi alumni, find each other — and a part of themselves
Encouraged by his daughters, a Trojan digs into his roots — and gets the most joyous surprise of his life.
Chemical-forming carcinogen in recycled water revealed by USC engineers
USC Viterbi team began its study on NDMA after contradictory findings surface in the environmental research community.
Who should be held responsible for the Aliso Canyon gas leak?
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.
The Alaskan tsunami that created waves as high as Seattle’s Space Needle
By studying the aftermath of a 2015 event, a member of the USC Tsunami Research Center plans to apply his findings closer to home.
U.S. News ranks USC No. 1 in two key online graduate programs
Both engineering and computer science programs place highest in the nation.
Can you make a material that doesn’t react to heat? USC research team thinks so, and is proving it
Qiming Wang’s team designed a unique manufacturing technique using 3-D printing.
At 100, ‘Mr. Freeway’ looks back at his concrete creations
A USC engineering alum built the highways that ushered in a new era across America.
Fukushima disaster was preventable, new study finds
Critical backup generators were built in low-lying areas at risk for tsunami damage — despite warnings from scientists.
USC senior and budding engineer sees clean water as his passion
Cyrus Maroofian finds purpose in his life by giving low-cost water filters to mountain dwellers and African schools.
Two jobs in one: recycling water and producing energy
USC Viterbi engineer Adam Smith conducts research on microbes that consume waste in water.
A can-do spirit fuels passion for music and engineering
Bassist and USC Viterbi professor George Ban-Weiss sets himself apart on musical and academic levels.