Professor Kirk Shung becomes Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair
Dean’s Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kirk Shung assumes the mantle of department chair for BME.
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Eureka! Eureka! The Class of 2018 Has Found It
After long nights that muddled into early mornings in SAL, CED, and Leavey, they’re ready to set sail
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Master’s Class For The Ages
2018 USC Viterbi master’s students shared hugs, laughs and memories at graduation ceremonies.
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Student’s globalized upbringing informs USC journey
From D.C. to Los Angeles via Lagos, graduating biomedical engineer and USC Viterbi flag bearer reflects on his impressive accomplishments.
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2018 Viterbi Master’s Student Awards
Accomplishments of Viterbi Master’s students celebrated at the second annual event
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Marie Curie Dropped the Ph.D. Mic 115 Years Ago. These Trojans Picked It Up.
At the 2018 USC Viterbi Ph.D. Hooding and Awards ceremony, the intellectual descendants of Curie, Drexler and Viterbi took the stage.
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Talented Trio Take Graduation By Storm
Alexa, Brock and Olivia Hudnut are the ultimate Trojan trio.
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USC Women In Science and Engineering (WiSE) helps junior female faculty share their research
The annual WiSE Research Horizons Symposium at USC brought together some of the best minds in academic research
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Driven to Help Others
USC Viterbi junior Rhea Choudhury combines entrepreneurship, tutoring and academic research to make the world a better place.
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Winning Big
USC Viterbi faculty, students receive multiple awards at the 2018 OCEC Awards and Honors Banquet.
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Startup Central
The 2018 Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition showcased several burgeoning firms with strong technology and prospects.
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Are we getting closer to a complete brain mapping? New devices explore more regions safely
Researchers have developed thin, flexible polymer-based materials that record activity in more subregions of the brain with safer, more specific placement.
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How do you upgrade an archaic biomedical device? Make it “self-aware”
USC start-up Senseer has developed microsensing technologies to improve care for patients with hydrocephalus.
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Engineers Assemble!
Building Prosthetic Arms for Children in 30 Hours or Less (And a Dash of “Iron Man” Inspiration)
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USC’s Chapter of National Society of Black Engineers Named Best in the Nation
The national honor reflects USC NSBE’s strength in “academic excellence, professional development, and community outreach.”
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Prosthetic Memory System Successful in Humans, Study Finds
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and USC have demonstrated the successful implementation of a prosthetic system that uses a person’s own memory patterns to facilitate the brain’s ability to encode and recall memory
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What makes a perfect free throw – it’s madness
Researchers in the Brain-Body Dynamics Lab decode the shot that makes and breaks games to learn how bodies break and heal
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What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up and microfluidics
Engineers create nature-inspired 3-D printed solutions for one of the worst manmade dilemmas.
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Andrea Armani Named Inaugural Holder of the Ray R. Irani Chair in Engineering
The chair adds to the legacy of the Irani family at USC
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USC MEDesign Team wins 2018 UC Davis Makeathon
The team tackles coccidioidomycosis head on in this 48-hour battle of the engineers
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3D4E takes printing to another level
USC Viterbi’s 3D Printing Club presents a heavily detailed three-dimensional map of USC’s campus.
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How a tumor grows can predict response to cancer therapy
A new USC study finds that tumor growth traits play a key role in cancer drug effectiveness
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Combating eye injuries with a reversible superglue seal
Scientists and engineers at USC develop an on-the-spot, temperature-sensitive gel that could seal eye injuries on the battlefield
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She’s Out of This World
Nina Singh BME ’19 receives an Astronaut Scholarship, an honor reserved for the best and brightest STEM college students
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Nanofab Lab Dedicated to Former USC Viterbi Executive Vice Dean John O’Brien
Michelson Center based facility expected Opening in 2018
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Let It Glow
Cristina Zavaleta aims to better detect and treat cancer using some “dye”-namic imaging methods
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Can AI Help to Detect and Cure Cancer?
At the USC Michelson Center, Fei Sha will bring an expertise in AI and commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle some of the most vexing issues in healthcare.
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A Spotlight Shines On Generosity
USC Viterbi’s 2017 Scholarship and Fellowship Dinner connects donors to the students they so enthusiastically champion
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Peeking into the Science World
Eun Ji Chung, an assistant biomedical engineering professor at USC Viterbi, works with the 32nd Street School to incorporate science with social media.
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Perseverance Pays Off
Three BME undergraduate students will present their research at the 2017 BMES Annual Meeting in Phoenix this October
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Envisioning a New World
IEEE has recognized USC’s Mark Humayun as being at the forefront of cutting-edge research in the field of biomedical engineering
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Can Stem Cells Be Tricked?
Engineering and Medicine faculty team up to address a longstanding stem cell problem – their inability to thrive and expand in vitro
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Eun Ji Chung Receives 2017 AIChE 35 Under 35 Award
The goal-setting Assistant Professor rounds out a successful 2017 with an early career honor from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Postdoc Wins Prestigious K99 Award
Sangpil Yoon is the first USC biomedical engineering postdoctoral fellow to receive the NIH-administered award.
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2017 Viterbi Master’s Student Awards
Accomplishments of Viterbi Masters students celebrated in inaugural event
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USC Viterbi 2017 Undergraduate Awards
Graduating students from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering were recognized on May 10th at the 2017 Undergraduate Viterbi Awards for their academic, leadership, and service achievements.
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Fred S. Grodins Graduate Symposium Turns 21
USC Viterbi Department of Biomedical Engineering lauded students in its annual graduate student research symposium.
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Up, up and away at the 2017 faculty and staff awards
Honoring the work and dedication of USC Viterbi faculty and staff
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New Early Career Chair Appointments
Four distinguished junior USC Viterbi faculty appointed to Early Career Chairs
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Strength in the numbers behind cancer research
Stacey Finley is awarded the inaugural Leah Edelstein-Keshet Prize for her mathematical models in cancer research.
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For Love Of Country
INTRAM, a USC Viterbi student-led team making an app to improve post-stroke care, will represent USC and the U.S. at the NAE’s Grand Challenge business model competition this July.
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Winners of the 2017 OCEC Awards
Viterbi faculty and students receive awards from the Orange County Engineering Council.
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Ten-Year-Olds Tackle Biomedical Engineering
The Project in a Box initiative brings hands-on biomedical engineering lessons to local elementary schools
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Making meaningful devices under pressure
Undergraduate students flexed their hands-on engineering skills at the 2017 ASBME Makeathon, a competition to develop real-world biomedical devices.
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‘One life saved is huge, but I know it can be far more than that’
Deepika Bodapati’s low-cost, blood imaging device Athelas has already saved the lives of patients with early-stage leukemia
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Bioengineering models for muscular dystrophy research
Megan McCain receives a Rising Star Award for her innovative research on musculoskeletal disorders.
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Living in a Biomaterial World
Eun Ji Chung receives a Broad Innovation Award for her research proposal to use biologically inspired scaffolds in urethral tissue regeneration.
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Calling all “Makers”… are you ready for Makeathon 2017?
All students with biomedical interests are encouraged to participate in the annual engineering design team competition held in February.
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Beating the Spread
Knowing how cancer cells interface with surrounding cells may be key to preventing metastasis.
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Accessory Power
At 20 years old, USC Viterbi Biomedical Engineering student Nikita Dhesikan founded IDENTITI, a custom gemstone bracelet company that empowers women one gem at a time.
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They 3D Printed Hands for Children in Syria; Now They’re 3D Printing Eyewear for Children in Los Angeles
3D printed projects by students get ready to go from lab to market, including one ‘Spectacles Squad’.
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Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs
Members of 17 burgeoning startups and their mentors recently met for the kickoff of the seventh annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition.
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Sam McBirney, Superbug Sleuth
A USC Viterbi Ph.D. student uncovers a flaw in research on the two biggest culprits in hospital-acquired bloodstream infections—and she knows how to fix it.
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It gets ‘Real’ for USC startups
Innovators at ‘The Real Deal @ USC’ meet their matches with Gen. David Petraeus and fellow investors
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It Takes A Village To Educate A Child
The USC Viterbi STEM Spotlight on the Department of Biomedical Engineering illuminates STEM subjects for local middle and high school students.
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What if this protein holds the key to a new dimension in cancer immunotherapy?
Assistant Professor Stacey Finley uses mathematical modeling in her novel research on LCK protein regulation in cancer immunotherapy.
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Rosa’s Choice
A trailblazing alumna and surgeon-engineer describes how she lived in two countries and between two dreams at once
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Eva Kanso Awarded $1 Million NSF INSPIRE Grant
AME Associate Professor Eva Kanso receives NSF INSPIRE grant to study bacteria-host interaction
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Megan McCain receives American Heart Association Faculty Award
Megan McCain awarded 2016 AHA Scientist Development Grant
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From High School Dropout to Engineer
High school “dropout” comes to USC to solve today’s biomedical challenges