University of Southern California

The Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering aims to build advanced mechatronic systems through the interaction of mechanical, optical and electronic systems to boost the capability of aerospace systems and components. The department’s faculty includes associate professors, lecturers, adjunct faculty and Emeritus faculty. Prof. Ivan Bermejo-Moreno received the prestigious 2008 GALCIT, Caltech The William F. Ballhaus Prize. In 2018, the strength of Master's students was 382 and that of Full-Time faculty was 29 the department.

The key research areas of the department include Bio-inspired engineering, combustion and heat transfer, computational engineering, design and manufacturing, dynamical systems and controls, fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, materials, solid and applied mechanics, and robotics. The department has two students’ project labs – AeroDesign and Formula SAE. 

The Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering offers B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (BSAE)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (BSME)

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (MSAE)

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)

Energy Conversion; M.S. in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering (MSAME)

Computational Fluid & Solid Mechanics

M.S. in Product Development Engineering

MSAE / M.S. in Engineering Management

MSME / M.S. in Engineering Management Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.

Areas of Expertise:

Combustion physics

Controls and dynamical systems

Solid mechanics and materials

Computer-aided design

Fluid dynamics and mechanics

List of Labs (Aerospace):

Space Engineering Research Center (SERC)

Pratt & Whitney Institute for Collaborative Engineering (PWICE)

List of Labs (Mechanical):

TCC (Tai Chong Cheang (TCC) Institute for Emissions Reduction in Marine Diesel Engines

The USC Chemical Engineering Program under the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science grants BS in Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering.

It also offers:

MS in Chemical Engineering

MS in Materials Science

MS in Materials Engineering

MS in Petroleum Engineering

MS in Petroleum Engineering (Geoscience Technologies)

MS in Petroleum Engineering (Smart Oilfield Technologies)

Dual Degree Program: M.S. Petroleum Engineering / M.S. Engineering Management.

The department received $15 million from energy entrepreneur John Mork and his family in 2005. Michael Ernest Kassner, the Choong Hoon Cho Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering, received the 2015 TMS Structural Materials Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award.

The department has a grand total of 20 research laboratories.

The faculty and students conduct research in diverse fields including:

Energy

Structural and functional materials

Reaction engineering,

Nanotechnology,

Polymers,

Bioengineering,

Advanced computing.

The department has done some noteworthy work in the field of

Synthesizing novel cell phone

Phosphors

Implantable biomimetics

Synthetic cells

Constructing new human therapies.

Area of Expertise:

Reaction engineering & catalysis, membrane processes & separation

Polymer science and engineering, composite materials

Heterogeneous materials and porous media

Computational simulations, atomistic and molecular

Electronic/photonic nanostructures, crystal growth

Process optimization and control

Smart oilfield technologies, enhanced recovery and monitoring

Biochemical engineering of surfaces and interfaces, cell culture, bioreactor modeling

List of Labs (Chemical): USC-Chevron Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies
List of Labs (Materials): Airbus Institute for Engineering Research

The Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers:

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Engineering

Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering

Master’s of Science in Environmental Engineering

Master of Construction Management

Master’s of Science in Transportation Systems Management

Ph.D. in Civil or Environmental Engineering.

MS in Civil Engineering offers the following concentrations:

 General Option (Environmental Engineering, Water Resources, and Geotechnical Engineering);

Construction Engineering and Management;

Structural Engineering;

Transportation Engineering;

Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (interdisciplinary programs) Transportation Systems, Water and Waste Management.

Transportation Systems,

Water and Waste Management.

Roger Georges Ghanem who is the Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Civil Engineering received the 2009 International Association for Structural Safety IASSAR Senior Research Prize.

The key research areas of the department (Civil) include:

Construction Engineering

Earthquake Engineering

Informatics for Intelligent Built Environments

Structural Engineering and Design

Structural Mechanics

Water Resources Engineering

Coastal Engineering

The Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering aims to promote teaching and research in the discipline that is oriented towards creating solutions, structures, and spaces of the future with the sustainability goals of humanity in sight. Prof. Kelly Sanders of the Department was chosen as one of MIT Technology Review's “35 Innovators Under 35” in 2016.

The key research areas of the department in the field of Environmental Engineering are: Energy and Sustainability, Environmental Air Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Global Warming, Transport of Environmental Contaminants: Water, Air, and Land, Water Quality Control. 

The department has around 7 laboratories and research centers. 

Areas of Expertise:

Structural engineering

Disaster and Extreme Event Analysis

Transportation engineering

Geotechnical engineering

Complex Systems Engineering

Environmental engineering

Construction management

Sustainable Development

Water Quality, Access and Distribution

List of Labs: Arid Climate and Water Research Center (AWARE)

The Department of Computer Science provides various programmes in Computer Science which are as follows:

BS in Computer Science (CSCI)

BS in Computer Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)

BS in Computer Science (Games)

BS in Computer Science and Business Administration (CSBA)

Master of Science in Computer Science (General) with specializations in Data Science

Game Development

Computer Security

Computer Networks

Software Engineering

Intelligent Robotics

Multimedia and Creative Technologies

High-Performance Computing and Simulation

Master of Science in Computer Science for Scientists and Engineers.

The Department of Computer Science is also home to the USC Viterbi Data Science Program, which offers graduate degrees such as:

Master of Science in Applied Data Science

Master of Science in Cyber Security Engineering

Master of Science in Communication Data Science

Master of Science in Healthcare Data Science

Master of Science in Public Policy Data Science

Master of Science in Spatial Data Science.

An optional thesis option is also available to students pursuing the master's program.

The department faculty specializes in algorithms, computational complexity, computer viruses, cryptography, and quantum computing. Leonard M Adleman received the prestigious IEEE Kobayashi Award in 2000. The department has more than 90 faculty members, 360 Ph.D. students, 2,000 master’s students, and 1,200 undergraduates.

The key research areas of the department comprise:

Artificial Intelligence (Ai), Machine Learning, Privacy and Security

Systems, Databases, Software Engineering and Cyber-Physical Systems

Theory and Computation

Computer Vision, Graphics, Robotics, and Human-computer Interaction

The department has 10 research centers and institutes which include :

Information Sciences Institute (ISI)

Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT)

Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS)

The Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering provides programs such as:

MS Electrical Engineering (EE)

Computer Engineering

EE-Computer Architecture

EE-Computer Networks

EE-Electric Power

ECE-Machine Learning and Data Science

EE-Multimedia and Creative Technologies

EE-VLSI Design

EE-Wireless Health Technology

EE-Wireless Networks

Financial Engineering

Electrical Engineering/ Engineering Management (dual degree). 

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at USC allows students to pursue research in virtually all branches of EE/CE. Ph.D. candidates have the chance to work in the labs with leading researchers in fields including Communication Sciences, Controls, Electromagnetics, etc. Prof. Murali Annavaram received the prestigious NSF CAREER AWARD in 2010. 
The department has over seventy research centers and labs.

Areas of Expertise:

Computer engineering and networks

Control systems

Plasma and Pulsed Power

Photonics and Quantum Electronics

Communications

Integrated Circuits and Hybrid Systems Integration

Signal and Image Processing

Nanotechnology and Microelectromechanical Systems

Electromagnetics, Energy Conversion, and Management

List of labs:

Signal and Image Processing Institute (SIPI)

USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center

Communication Sciences Institute (CSI)

The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering provides

BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)

MS in Engineering Management

Industrial & Systems Engineering

MS Industrial & Systems Engineering/MBA

Analytics

Manufacturing Engineering

Operations Research Engineering

Product Development Engineering

Systems Architecting and Engineering

Engineer’s degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering.

The faculty is engaged in the following areas for research: informatics, manufacturing, production, transportation, decision analysis, and systems modeling. Prof. Ali Abbas received the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS: Decision Analysis Best Publication Award in 2010.

Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)

Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM)

Center for Interdisciplinary Decisions and Ethics (DECIDE)

Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT)

Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)

Center for Sustainable Cities (CSC)

Are some of the major research centers of the department.  

The faculty and students conduct research in diverse fields including energy, structural and functional materials, reaction engineering, nanotechnology, polymers, bioengineering, and advanced computing. The department has done noteworthy work in the field of synthesizing novel cell phone phosphors, implantable biomimetics, and synthetic cells and constructing new human therapies.

Areas of Expertise:

Health Systems

Manufacturing and Automation

Risk and Economic Analysis

Transportation and Logistics

Engineering Systems Design

Operations Research: Models and Algorithms

List of Labs: DoT National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS)