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Welcome to the AME web site! During your visit I believe you will discover the enthusiasm that we have for the wide variety of exciting opportunities forming the future of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
  AME Students win at symposium. Viterbi School seniors Joel Linke and Kristin Swihart won first place in the most innovative category at the USC Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work for their research on surface wave generation.
Read about their project
Rhodes Scholar in AME: Summer Interns:
AME Mechanical Engineering major and Trojan varsity basketball player, Reed Doucette, has won a Rhodes Scholarship AME students describe their experiences as interns during the Summer.
In memoriam: Endowed Chair for AME:
On July 11, AME lost Distinguished Professor Emeritus H.-K. Cheng, who had been with USC for 42 years. Though retired for the last 14 years, Cheng continued to come in to work regularly and obtain research grants until recently sidelined by illness. A memorial service for Prof. Cheng was held Nov. 5. Larry Dickinson of Boeing, Y.H. Cho, chairman of Korean Airlines, Yannis Yortsos, Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and President Steven B. Sample announce the establishment of The Choong Hoon Cho Chair of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, named after the founder of Korean Airlines.
Faculty Honors:
AME Professor Ron Blackwelder has received a USC-Mellon Mentoring Award in recognition of his continuing efforts in guiding undergraduate engineering students and promoting their extracurricular engineering projects.
The National Science Foundation has honored AME faculty member Tait Pottebaum with an NSF CAREER grant. The foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program is the NSF's most prestigious award supporting the early career development of junior faculty members.
AME's own Prof. Satwindar Singh Sadhal has been awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' James Harry Potter Gold Medal for 2007. This medal "recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished service in the science of thermodynamics in mechanical engineering." Congratulations, Prof. Sadhal! read more...
AME professor Terry Langdon has been selected to receive the Albert Sauveur Achievement Award for 2007 from ASM International. This is the most prestigious award offered by any of the materials societies. read more...
Announcements:
10/10/06 Faculty Positions:
The AME Dept. is looking for qualified people to fill faculty openings.
4/21/08 Screening Exam:
The Spring Ph.D. Screening Exam will be offered Friday, April 25, 2008. A sample exam is available.
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