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.
At ASM Student Night, two AME graduate
students win with their poster
presentations.
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AME Loses Senior Professor:
The AME Department is saddened by our loss
of Distinguished Professor Tony Maxworthy.
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Faculty Position Available in AME:
The AME Department is seeking a new faculty
member specializing in Autonomous
Systems.
Details...
Grad Student Commercializing Research:
Formula SAE Competition:
AME grad student Kanchana Gunasekera has
won a vonLeibig Fellowship to support
commercialization of his energy related
research.
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The USC Formula SAE team takes their car
to the collegiate design competition in
Lincoln, NE.
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Congratulations:
Predictions:
AME Professor Terry Langdon has received
Acta Materialia's Gold Medal for 2012 at
the Fall meeting of the European Materials
Research Society.
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In this LA Times article, AME adjunct professor
Jerry Lockenour
and his class study 1988 predictions for
technology in our 2013 lifestyle.
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Grad Students Win Design Competition:
AME's Distinguished
Professor:
A team of students from USC, UCLA, and
CalState LA has taken first place in the
AIAA's Graduate Team Aircraft Design
Competition for 2011-2012 with their
Ghost.
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AME's Tony Maxworthy, Smith
International Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, has recently been appointed
Distinguished Professor of Aerospace &
Mechanical Engineering.
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Faculty Honors:
Congratulations to our Prof
Fokion Egolfopoulos
on his appointment to an endowed chair. USC
President Max Nikias appointed him to the
William E. Leonhard Professorship in
Engineering on April 9.
Prof.
Mike Kassner has been awarded the
U.S. Navy's Meritorious Public Service
Medal for his recent service as Director
of Research for the Office of Naval
Research.
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AME faculty member
Andrea Hodge,
has won a DARPA Young Faculty Award and
an ONR Young Investigator Award. These
funds will fund her work in highly
nanotwinned (for high strength) aluminum
alloys and the formation of new states
of matter and interfaces at the
nanoscale.
read more about the
DARPA grant
and the
ONR grant
Congratulations to AME Prof.
Larry Redekopp on
his selection to receive a 2012 USC
Mellon Mentoring Award for
excellence in mentoring undergraduate
students. He received the award at the
USC Mellon Mentoring Awards ceremony on
April 23, 2012.
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