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USC Catalogue 2015-2016 
    
USC Catalogue 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering


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Student Services Office
Robert Glenn Rapp Engineering Research
Room 101
(213) 821-3155
FAX: (213) 740-7774
Email: ame@usc.edu

Faculty and Business Office
Olin Hall of Engineering
Room 430
(213) 740-8762
FAX: (213) 740-8071
Email: ame@usc.edu

Chair: Geoffrey R. Spedding, PhD*

Faculty

Choong Hoon Cho Chair in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering: Michael Kassner, PhD

Philip and Cayley MacDonald Early Career Chair: Andrea Hodge, PhD

William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering: Fokion Egolfopoulos, PhD

Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Engineering Technology: Roger Ghanem, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering: Eva Kanso, PhD

Professors: Charles Campbell, PhD; Julian Domaradzki, PhD**; Fokion Egolfopoulos, PhD*; Henryk Flashner, PhD; Roger Ghanem, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering); Yan Jin, PhD; Paul K. Newton, PhD; Larry G. Redekopp, PhD*; Paul Ronney, PhD; Satwindar S. Sadhal, PhD; Geoffrey Spedding, PhD*; Firdaus E. Udwadia, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Data Science and Operations, Systems Architecting and Engineering and Mathematics); Bingen Yang, PhD

Associate Professors: Eva Kanso, PhD; Geoffrey R. Shiflett, PhD*

Assistant Professors: Ivan Bermejo-Moreno, PhD; Veronica Eliasson, PhD; Mitul Luhar, PhD; Nestor Perez-Arancibia, PhD

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice: M. Oussama Safadi, PhD*

Senior Lecturers: Charles Radovich, PhD; Takahiro Sakai, PhD; Yann Staelens, PhD

Research Associate Professor: Adam Fincham, PhD

Research Associate: Anita Penkova, PhD

Joint Appointments: Yong Chen, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Daniel Erwin, PhD* (Astronautics); Mike Gruntman, PhD (Astronautics); Andrea Hodge, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Petros Ioannou, PhD (Electrical Engineering — Systems); Michael Kassner, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Berok Khoshnevis, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Joseph Kunc, PhD (Astronautics, Physics); Stephen C-Y Lu, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Sami F. Masri, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering); Steven Nutt, PhD (Materials Science); Constantinos Sioutas, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering); Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)

Emeritus Professors: Ron Blackwelder, PhD*; Fred Browand, PhD; Clarke Howatt, MS; S. Lampert, PhD; Terence Langdon, PhD; Robert Mannes, MS, PE*; Donald E. Shemansky, PhD

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

**Recipient of university-wide or school research award.

Mechanical Engineering Honor Society: Pi Tau Sigma

Aerospace Engineering Honor Society: Sigma Gamma Tau

Degree Requirements

Educational Mission

The degree programs of the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering provide the educational foundation for success in all walks of life whether or not one’s career path includes employment as a professional engineer, work in a field outside of engineering, or pursuit of further education.

Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives

Graduates of the undergraduate programs in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering are expected to attain the following objectives within a few years after graduation:

  • Work as professionals within engineering or a related area in both small- and large-scale businesses;
  • Pursue further education through graduate school or professional development courses; and
  • Become leaders within their chosen profession whether it be industry, academia or service.

Undergraduate Program Criteria

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering prepares graduates to have a knowledge of aerodynamics, aerospace materials, structures, propulsion, flight mechanics, and stability and control. The program also prepares graduates to have design competence that includes integration of aeronautical topics.

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering requires students to apply principles of engineering, basic science and mathematics (including multivariate calculus and differential equations); to model, analyze, design and realize physical systems, components or processes; and prepares students to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areas.

Aerospace Engineering Degrees

Master of Science in Product Development Engineering

See the listing under Product Development Engineering .

Master of Science in Systems Architecting and Engineering

See the listing under Systems Architecting and Engineering .

Engineer in Aerospace Engineering

Requirements for the Engineer in Aerospace Engineering are the same as the general requirements. Also, 3 to 6 of the units required for the degree must be AME 690 . Prior approval must be obtained from the qualifying exam committee before registration in AME 690 .

Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering

The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in aerospace engineering is also offered. See general requirements for graduate degrees.

Mechanical Engineering Degrees

The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Additionally, petroleum engineering exists as an emphasis within the mechanical engineering program. An area of emphasis appears in parenthesis after the primary major name on the transcript.

Minor in Music Recording

A minor in music recording is offered through the USC Thornton School of Music to provide undergraduate students with the background necessary to enter the field of recording engineering and to familiarize them with the design needs of modern recording equipment. The minor is recommended to mechanical engineering majors with extensive musical training who would like to combine their technical and musical abilities while learning the engineering applications of physical and mathematical principles to the art of music recording. See the listing under the USC Thornton School of Music .

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Energy Conversion)

See Sustainable Infrastructure Systems .

Master of Science in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics)

See listing under Aerospace Engineering Degrees.

Engineer in Mechanical Engineering

Requirements for the Engineer in Mechanical Engineering degree are the same as set forth in the general requirements. Six of the units required for the degree must be AME 690 . Prior approval must be obtained from the committee before registration in AME 690 .

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering

The Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering is also offered. See general requirements for graduate degrees.

Programs

    Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s Degree

    Courses

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