Catalogue 2005-06

• USC Viterbi School of Engineering
• Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
  • Degree Requirements
  • Aerospace Engineering Degrees
  • Mechanical Engineering Degrees
  • Courses of Instruction

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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering Headquarters:
Robert Glenn Rapp Engineering Research
Building 101
(213) 740-5353
FAX: (213) 740-7774
Email: ame@usc.edu

Mechanical Engineering Headquarters:
Olin Hall of Engineering 430
(213) 740-5353
FAX: (213) 740-8071
Email: ame@usc.edu

Chair: Michael E. Kassner, Ph.D.

Faculty

Arthur B. Freeman Professorship in Engineering: E. Phillip Muntz, Ph.D.** (Radiology)

William E. Leonhard Professorship in Engineering: Terence G. Langdon, Ph.D. (Materials Science and Geological Sciences)

Smith International Professorship in Mechanical Engineering: Tony Maxworthy, Ph.D.**

Professors: Ron F. Blackwelder, Ph.D.*; Frederick K. Browand, Ph.D.; Charles Campbell, Ph.D.; Julian Domaradzki, Ph.D.**; Marijan Dravinski, Ph.D.; Fokion Egolfopoulos, Ph.D.; Henryk Flashner, Ph.D.; Roger Ghanem, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering); Mike Gruntman, Ph.D. (Astronautics); Michael E. Kassner, Ph.D., Joseph Kunc, Ph.D. (Astronautics; Physics); Terence G. Langdon, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Materials Science and Geological Sciences); Stephen C-Y Lu, Ph.D. (Industrial and System Engineering); Sami F. Masri, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering); Tony Maxworthy, Ph.D.**; E. Phillip Muntz, Ph.D.** (Radiology); Paul K. Newton, Ph.D.; Steven Nutt, Ph.D. (Materials Science); Larry G. Redekopp, Ph.D.*; Paul Ronney, Ph.D.; Satwindar S. Sadhal, Ph.D.; Donald E. Shemansky, Ph.D.; Costas Synolakis, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering); Firdaus E. Udwadia, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering and Decision Systems); Bingen Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Daniel Erwin, Ph.D.* (Astronautics); Yan Jin, Ph.D.; Geoffrey R. Shiflett, Ph.D.*; Geoffrey Spedding, Ph.D.; Hai Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Denis Phares, Ph.D.; Tait Pottebaum, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professors: John McIntyre, Ph.D.; M. Oussama Safadi, Ph.D.; Eugene H. Trinh, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professors: Jianbang Liu, Ph.D.; Adam Fincham, Ph.D.; Hussein Youssef, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professors: Mohamed Abid, Ph.D.; Sergey Gimelshein, Ph.D.; Andrew Ketsdever, Ph.D.; Xianming Liu, Ph.D.; Maria Teresa Perez Prado, Ph.D.; Steve Wojtkiewicz, Jr., Ph.D.

Research Associates: Mustafa Andac, Ph.D.; Peter Diamessis, Ph.D.; Hongli Ding, Ph.D.; Yufei Dong, Ph.D.; Janet Tew Hallett, Ph.D.; Chiaoying Jiao, Ph.D.; Phailaung Phohomsiri, Ph.D.; Youngjin Son, Ph.D.; Cheng Xu, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: P. Roy Choudhury, Ph.D.*; C. Roger Freberg, Ph.D.*; Melvin Gerstein, Ph.D.; Clarke Howatt, M.S.; S. Lampert, Ph.D.; Robert Mannes, M.S., P.E.*; Eberhardt Rechtin, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering); Martin Siegel, M.S., P.E.; B. Andreas Troesch, Ph.D.; James Vernon, N.I.S.M.E.; Hsun-Tiao Yang, Ph.D.

Distinguished Emeritus Professor: Hsien Kei Cheng, Ph.D.

Mechanical Engineering Honor Society: Pi Tau Sigma

Aerospace Engineering Honor Society: Sigma Gamma Tau