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Welcome to the ViterbiEXPO at Discover USC

You can expect a full day of fun! Check out the timetable below for the agenda of the day and use the buttons to see descriptions and information for everything we have planned.

October 29, 2023

This is a rain-or-shine event

Check-In Begins

9:00AM

Guests can begin to check-in to the event at the center of campus in on Trousdale and McCarthy Quad.

Viterbi Keynote: Engineering A Better World for All Humanity

10:00AM

The first of two identical keynote sessions covering the Viterbi School programs and admission.

Faculty Breakout Sessions

11:30AM

Further detail on your major, classes, curriculum, and research

EXPO Fair

12-2:30PM

Meet students from our student organizations, design teams and professional societies, continue faculty conversations (or meet more), visit the Admission Tent for a session in the photo booth, and even get some Viterbi Swag, and tour the Maker Space.

Viterbi Keynote: Engineering A Better World for All Humanity

3:00PM

Repeat keynote session covering our academic programs, student life, and admission.

It’s All Part of Discover USC

In addition to the ViterbiEXPO, there are campus-wide activities such as campus tours, student panels, financial aid presentations, and academic unit sessions from other schools at USC.

Two Ways to Schedule Your Day

*Note: There are two ways to experience the ViterbiEXPO: you can attend the morning keynote, and then explore the EXPO in the afternoon, or you can attend the afternoon keynote after the EXPO. Keep in mind, the keynotes are the same presentation. Since they are very popular, and we only have 320 seats available, we ask that you give priority to our student visitors who wish to view the presentation.

Option 1

  • 9:00 am: Check-in at Alumni Park and explore campus
  • 9:30am: Doors Open for Keynote 1
  • 10:00 am: Keynote* in Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) 123
    Demand is typically high for our first session and we cannot guarantee a seat in the main room for everyone.  Beyond 320 guests, we will fill an overflow, satellite room broadcasting the main room’s session.
  • 11:30 am: Faculty Breakout Sessions
  • 12:00 pm- 2:30 pm: ViterbiEXPO Fair
  • 3:00 pm: Attend another academic unit’s session

Option 2

  • 9:00 am: Check-in at Alumni Park and explore campus
  • 10:00 am: Attend another school’s academic session
  • 11:30 am: ViterbiEXPO Faculty Breakout Sessions
  • 12:00 – 2:30 pm: ViterbiEXPO Fair
  • 2:30pm: Doors Open for Keynote #2
  • 3:00 pm: Viterbi Keynote* in Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) 123

ViterbiEXPO Keynotes

Keynotes include everything you need to know about the USC Viterbi School of Engineering before applying.

Paul Ledesma, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission, will give a comprehensive presentation detailing everything from the application process to the opportunities you can expect as a student at USC Viterbi. Current engineering students will also be there to share some of their experiences.

Paul Ledesma
Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission

Keynote 1 – 10:00 AM
Keynote 2 – 3:00 PM
Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) 123
Each session covers exactly the same material, so feel free attend the presentation either before or after you experience the #ViterbiEXPO.

ViterbiEXPO Keynote
Engineering A Better World For All Humanity

The USC Viterbi School of Engineering provides a collaborative, hands-on experience for students interested in innovation, communication and the use of engineering to solve societal problems. Your strengths in math and science may have you looking at the world and noticing challenges you want to solve: new and renewable forms of energy, space exploration, modern medicine and devices, extreme events such as tsunamis and earthquakes, more efficient ways to get business done, creating new software, making robotic systems that make our lives easier, or many others.

Please join us and a panel of students as we review our four-year engineering and computer science programs and how USC Viterbi students do more than just engineering: We call this Engineering +. We will discuss required high school preparation for our programs as well as the unique co-curricular programs available to our students — such as our Career Connections Program, Center for Engineering Diversity, Women in Engineering, Undergraduate Research, and more.

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Academic Department Breakouts With Faculty

Faculty Breakout Sessions

Learn about your future major and get to know the faculty that will be teaching you. Faculty will be assigned to specific rooms during the Faculty Breakout sessions as listed below! Beginning at 12:30pm, you can find faculty in the Epstein Family Plaza to chat.

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

with Dr. Saakar Byahut, Professor

SGM 124

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineers design complex mechanical, thermal, fluid, acoustic, optical, and electronic systems, with characteristic sizes ranging from microns to tens of kilometers. Such systems are used everywhere, from the depths of the ocean and far underground, to near-earth, planetary, interplanetary, and galactic space.

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Astronautical Engineering

with Prof. Dave Barnhart

SGM 124

Astronautical engineers design, build, and operate space vehicles for exploration and applications beyond the earth’s atmosphere. This program prepares students for engineering careers in the space and defense industries, space research, development, and operations in industry and government centers and laboratories, as well as for graduate study.

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Biomedical Engineering

with Dr. Peter Wang, Professor and Chair

SGM 101

The interdisciplinary field of biomedical engineering (BME) combines elements of engineering (electronics, systems analysis, mechanics) with the life sciences (biology, physiology, biochemistry) to define and solve problems in biology and medicine.

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Chemical Engineering

with Dr. Andrea Hodge, Professor and Chair

OHE 136

Chemical Engineers design, control, and optimize large-scale chemical, physiochemical and biochemical processes. They are also involved in the development and design of new materials ranging from advanced composites used in automotive and space-related industries to materials used in the biomedical and electronics fields.

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Civil Engineering

with Dr. Najm Meshkati, Professor

OHE 122

Civil and Environmental Engineers create, construct, and manage the infrastructure systems we use in our everyday lives: transportation, water, power distribution, waste disposal, environment, and residential, industrial, and commercial structures.

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Computer Science

with Dr. Andrew Goodney, Professor

SGM 123

Computer scientists design and implement efficient software solutions to computer-solvable problems. They are involved in the development of areas such as high-speed networks, multimedia and creative technologies, systems design, virtual reality, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics.

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

with Dr. Richard Leahy, Professor and Chair

OHE 132

Electrical & Computer Engineering is the enabling technology driving many of today’s most crucial industries and a critical field in advancing the future. It is a diverse discipline encompassing computer and information systems, digital media, telecommunications and wireless technologies, nanoelectronics, lasers, robotics, display technologies, circuit design, and more.

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Environmental Engineering

with Dr. Adam Simpson, Professor

OHE 122

Environmental Engineering covers engineering approaches required to provide safe drinking water, maintain air quality, control water pollution, and remediate sites contaminated due to spills or improper disposal of hazardous substances.

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Industrial and Systems Engineering

with Dr. Kurt Palmer, Professor

OHE 120

Industrial and systems engineers work to improve processes, systems, and organizations. An industrial and systems engineering education provides the skills and foundations to design, analyze, and optimize complex systems. They are productivity catalysts, managing the combination of physical, capital, and human resources needed to produce and deliver valuable goods and services.

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Student Organizations & Teams

There are many ways to get involved at Viterbi.

Many of our student organizations will be in attendance to tell you what their group does and share their experiences with you. This is a great way to see how students spend some of their free time on campus. We will have student organizations that are committed to diversity, passionate about innovation, compete in design competitions and more.

Diversity Organizations

The Center for Engineering Diversity is the home of our diversity related organizations in engineering and stem related focuses.

Innovation Organizations

Got an idea? Interested in start-ups and entrepreneurship? We many student organizations that focus on fresh ideas and bring those ideas to life.

Design Teams

Many students spend their free time building tangible products in student led design teams.  Our EXPO will showcase a number of design teams and in the Baum Family Maker Space to show off their workspace and projects.

Check out the awesome student organizations in that will be in attendance at the ViterbiEXPO:

  • 3D Printing 4 Everyone (3D4E)
  • Advanced Spacecraft Propulsion and Energy Lab (ASPEN)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering (ASBME)
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Center for AI in Society Student Branch (CAIS++)
  • Code the Change (CTC)
  • ColorStack
  • Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Club (CybOrg)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
  • Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
  • Field Robotics Lab (FRL)
  • MEDesign Medical Device Design Team
  • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
  • Project Athena (AthenaHacks)
  • Recumbent Vehicle Design Team (RVDT)
  • Rocket Propulsion Lab (RPL)
  • SC Formula Electric (SCFE)
  • SC Racing
  • SC Solar Car Team
  • Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE)
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Baum Family Maker Space

A place for innovation and collaboration.

During the EXPO fair, the Baum Family Maker Space will be open for you to explore. It is a design and fabrication center for use by undergraduate students in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.  It supports a wide range of innovative activities by engineering students and also serves as a home for numerous student design and competition teams. Some of the design and competitions teams will be present to show off their creations!

  • 3D Printing 4 Everyone (3D4E)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
  • Field Robotics Lab (FRL)
  • Recumbent Vehicle Design Team (RVDT)
  • SC Formula Electric (SCFE)
  • SC Racing (SCR)
  • Tikkun Olam Makers University of Southern California (TOM USC)
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Photobooth

Capture the fun!

This is going to be a long, fun filled day for you and your family. Be sure to the capture the memories at our photobooth that will be located near the admission staff table in the Epstein Plaza!