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Moving To A
Leadership Position
Dean Leonard M. Silverman Nn we end another. academic year,
I'm proud to say it was a great
ne and very excited to say that
next year looks even more promising
for the School of Engineering.
Student interest in engineering is
booming! The number, and quality, of
our applicants continues to grow. In
fact, our graduate level applications
are up more than 20% over the past
two years and the average SAT score
of our incoming freshmen is over 1300.
Moreover, the variety and volume of
OUf research funding has taken anoth­er
jump. The U.S. News & World
Report has us ranked first in the
nation in the amount of research
funding per faculty member.
This increase in research funding
has been helped particularly by the
Information Sciences Institute and the
Integrated Media Systems Center. In
fact, recent data shows that awards
over the last 12 months to the School
of Engineering, including the lSI, sur­passed
the $90 million mark - setting
a new record! This is up 25 percent
from the same period last year.
The new ran kings also showed that
our faculty are the second most pro­ductive
relative to the number of
PhD. students they advise, just
behind Berkeley. Moreover, the excel­lence
of our faculty is clear from our
membership in the National Academy
of Engineering, where the School is
ranked 6th in active members.
These facts are a tribute to the hard
work and reputation of our faculty and
research staff. It is specifically because
of these three component ran kings
that the School of Engineering has
moved up to number 12 in the U.S.
News & World Report graduate school
rankings. We moved up four ranks
from 16th last year where we were tied
with UCLA This year UCLA placed
20th - so go ahead and indulge in a
little Trojan Pride!
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QUALCOMM
Founder
Andrew Viterbi
Endows
Professorial
Chair at USC
Digital Communications
Authority Solomon Golomb
to Be First Holder
Andrew Viterbi
Communications pioneer Andrew J. Viterbi and his wife, Erna, have given $2
million to endow a professorial chair in communications at the University of
Southern California's School of Engineering. Dr. Viterbi, a resident of La
Jolla, Calif., is founder and vice chairman of QUALCOMM Incorporated.
"As one of the first electrical engineering PhD.'s from USC," Dr. Viterbi said. "I
have observed with great satisfaction the School of Engineering's growth over
nearly 40 years to become one of the premier research and teaching institutions in
the country, particularly in my field of telecommunications. Through this endowed
chair, Erna and I wish to help preserve and even improve this outstanding record."
"We are deeply appreciative that Dr. and Mrs. Viterbi are establishing the
school's very first chair in the critical field of communications - a field central to
the university's strategic plan," said Leonard Si lverman, Ph.D. , dean of the School
of Engineering.
Dr. Silverman has appointed Solomon W. Golomb, Ph.D., an expert in digital and
space communications, as first holder of the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Chair in
Communications. Golomb and Viterbi have been friends and colleagues since the
latter was a member of the former's research section at Caltech's Jet Propulsion
laboratory in the 1950s.
"I am pleased," Dr. Viterbi said, "that the first holder of the chair will be my men­tor
and our longtime friend, Prof. Solomon Golomb, whose achievements and rep­utation
helped launch the rise of the USC School of Engineering."
Golomb's worldwide fame in communications theory rests on the continuing sig­nificance
of work he began more than 40 years ago - and has been at the fore­front
of developing ever since. What started as an exercise in pure mathematics
has become a front- line communication tool in applications ranging from radar to
cellular phones to cryptography.
In the early 1950s, Golomb, then a graduate student at Harvard University, began
investigating the algebraic structure and possible signal-carrying applications of a
mathematical curiosity called shift register sequences, seemingly random ("pseudo­random")
strings of ones and zeros that actually exhibit a hidden, subtle order.
An electronic message, he realized, could be modulated onto the ones and
zeros of a shift register sequence produced at a transmitting device. He saw that if
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QUALCOMM Founder Andrew Viterbi Endows Professorial Chair at USC
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an identical generator for the same
sequence were built into the receiver,
it would be possible to receive much
fainter signals than would otherwise
be detectable. Specifically, the signal
could be extended over a longer time
span, allowing more total signal ener­gy
to be concentrated at the receiver.
Over time, the true signal could build
while the random noise largely can­celed
itself out
The feasibility of this idea was
demonstrated spectacularly in 1961,
when Golomb was supervising com­munications
research at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory. The technique
was successfully used to detect a
radar signal bounced off Venus, the
first successful contact with another
planet.
One of the most eminent
researchers and developers in the
field of shift register sequence appli­cations
is Golomb's former junior col­league
and QUALCOMM founder
Viterbi, inventor of the Viterbi
Algorithm used in most wireless digi­tal
communications systems.
San Diego-based QUALCOMM pio­neered
the use of a shift register
sequence-based technique - Code
Division Multiple Access (COMA) - in
its current standard (IS-95) for digital
cellular telephony.
In 1997, QUALCOMM was the first
company outside Greater Los Angeles
to participate in the School of
Engineering's Instructional Television
Network. QUALCQMM chairman and
CEO Irwin M. Jacobs has also been
Golomb's friend and research collabo­rator
since the late 1950s.
Golomb was the first USC faculty
member elected to the National
Academy of Engineering. He is a fel­low
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science (AMS)
and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a
foreign member of the Russian
Academy of Natural Sciences.
Golomb earned his bachelor's
degree from the Johns Hopkins
University and his master's and doc­toral
degrees from Harvard, all in
mathematics. He worked at the Jet
Propulsion laboratory in Pasadena
from 1956 to 1963. Throughout his
career, he has served as a consultant
to numerous government agencies,
including NASA, the U.S. Army and the
U.S. Department of Transportation.
At USC, Golomb was president of
the Faculty Senate (1976-77), vice
Solomon Golomb
provost for research (1986-89) and a
recipient of the Presidential Medallion
(1985). The Presidential Medallion is
the highest honor the university
bestows on a member of the USC
community.
Since joining the USC faculty in
1963, Golomb has held joint appoint­ments
as professor of electrical engi­neering
in the School of Engineering
and professor of mathematics in the
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
In 1993, he was awarded the title of
University Professor - a title reserved
for professors who have made signifi­cant
contributions to USC in many
disciplines.
Golomb has received medals,
awards and honorary degrees in
recognition of his many research
accomplishments. In 1985, he
received the Shannon Award, named
for the late Claude E. Shannon, the
creator of modern communications
theory. The Shannon Award is the
highest honor bestowed by the IEEE's
Information Theory Society.
Viterbi is also a recipient of the
Shannon Award, which he won in 1991
for his invention of the Viterbi
Algorithm. He has been a member of
the National Academy of Engineering
since 1978, and he was elected to the
National Academy of Sciences in 1996.
Viterbi is a recipient of the 1990
Marconi International Fellowship
Award, the 1994 Eduard Rhein Basic
Research Prize and the 1994 NEC
Communication and Computer
Foundation Award.
He was also awarded honorary
doctorates from the University of
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and from
the University of Rome, Tor Vergata,
Italy. He has been a member of the
USC School of Engineering's board of
councilors since 1993 and won the
school's Alumni Award in 1986. He
won the Diamond Jubilee Alumni
Award from the USC Graduate School
in 1995.
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umn, we cannot rest on our laurels.
We are working hard on the school­wide
and department strategic plans
that I wrote about, and we are push­ing
ahead to modernize our under­graduate
education and utilize excit­ing
new technologies.
You have read about Ron Tutor's
support for our new engineering aca­demic
center. This state-of-the-art
building will be devoted to multimedia
classrooms, laboratories and under­graduate
student services. In the
interim since Ron's generous gift, the
University has announced the plan­ning
for an even more ambitious pro­ject
- a major complex for both sci­ence
and technology.
The complex will house Ronald
Tutor Hall, a building for both the
Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical
Engineering and the Department of
Biomedical Engineering, and a facility
for the University's expanding pro­gram
in molecular biology and related
fields.
The science and technology center
in total will go a long way to help USC
meet its newly defined strategic initia­tives
in both the life sciences and
communications, and position USC as
one of the leading universities in these
fields. In the life sciences,
Engineering's primary thrust in bio­engineering
will be greatly enhanced
by the new Mann Institute.
Ronald Tutor Hall will also include a
major research facility for the
Integrated Media Systems Center -
a key component of the School's
thrust in the communication area.
Inclusion of the Tutor Engineering
Academic Center in the new science
and technology complex will ensure
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Engineering Rises to 12th in U.S. News Ranking
TIe 1999 U.S. News & World Report Annual Guide to Best
Graduate Schools has ranked the USC School of
Engineering among the nation's leading graduate schools.
The school's graduate program made an impressive jump,
rising from 16th last year to a tie this year
faculty, with 11.9 percent of our faculty in the academy."
Silverman said that his school's high-quality faculty is
especially productive in graduate education. With 4.8 Ph.D.
students per faculty member, the school trails only UC
Berkeley in the Ph.D. student-faculty
(with the University of Wisconsin) for
12th place.
"I am very pleased with our steady
increase in the rankings over the past
five years," said Leonard M. Silverman,
dean of the engineering school. "Driving
this has been our extraordinary ability to
attract external research funding."
USC led all graduate engineering
schools with an average of $752,700 in
research funding for each member of the
':4.s both president of usc and
a member of the engineering
schoolS foculty, Ifn delighted by
the increasing recognition for
the school ... "
USC President Steven B. Sample
ratio.
"The university should be very proud
of the engineering school's accom­plishment,
especially since engineering
plays such a significant role in the
country's economic future," said Neal
Sullivan, vice provost for research. He
noted that the engineering school is
conducting key research on the next­generation
Internet as a result of initia-tives
from the White House.
faculty, almost $150,000 ahead of the next school in this cate­gory.
In total 1998 research expenditures, USC ranked ninth
among graduate engineering schools; the Information
Sciences Institute has been a major contributor to this ranking,
USC President Steven B. Sample praised the school and
its leaders. "As both president of USC and a member of the
engineering school's faculty, I'm delighted by the increasing
recogn ition for the school," Sample said. "The new ranking
is a wonderful affirmation of the school's people and pro­grams.
It's also a testament to the hard work of Dean
Silverman, who has provided exemplary leadership during a
time of dramatic technological change."
"Another significant reason for our improved ranking is
the increasing quality of our faculty, as evidenced by the
number who are members of the National Academy of
Engineering," said Silverman. "We're currently sixth in active
Robert J. Herbold, executive vice president and chief oper­ating
officer of Microsoft Corporation speaking at the 1999
Engineering Awards Luncheon.
A $2.1 Million Grant
from Microsoft Research will
fund a new state-of-the-art
undergraduate computer science
instructiona1lab at the USC
School of Engineering.
The grant - which will also pro­vide
research and instructional
support to faculty - includes
hardware, software and consulting
services over the next three years for
a new instructional lab and upgraded
computer systems for faculty mem­bers
and graduate students.
"This grant to USC is part of
Microsoft Research's overall commit­ment
to the future of higher education
and will aflow USC's department of
computer science to take advantage
of rapid changes in technology," said
Bob Herbold, executive vice president
and COO of Microsoft.
"Our goal is to support instructional
and research objectives by providing
hardware and software through
grants. This is an outstanding exam­ple
of our commitment to working
with cofleges and universities."
Leonard M. Silverman, dean of the
school, said the grant "will allow us to
greatly enhance our curriculum, giving
the School of Engineering an even
greater edge in providing the innova­tive
engineering education that is in
demand across all industries. We look
forward to future joint research pro-jects
with Microsoft as a result of this
grant."
The new undergraduate instruction­al
lab will include hardware with
Microsoft software, including operat­ing
systems and development tools.
"The emphasis of the grant is to
improve the undergraduate computer
science curriculum," said Ellis
Horowitz, chairman of the Computer
Science Department, "but it also will
enable our faculty and staff to devel­op
new instructional materials and
provide resources for current and
future research projects."
Biology students become "virtual" scientists
Biology students and their
teacher at Newbury Park High
School became "virtual" scien­tists
in February when they tested the
immunology module of IMSC's
BioSIGHT project. Using laptops con­tributed
by IMSC corporate partner
IBM, the budding biologists worked
with truly interactive multimedia visu­alizat
ion tools in exploring how poison
ivy and asthma affect the body and
deciding on possible treatments.
The pilot study was the first class­room
test of BioSIGHT, which uses
advanced multimedia techniques to
map a high school biology curriculum
into interactive visualization modules.
Dr. Wee Ling Wong, IMSC's principal
investigator on the project, pointed
out that BioSIGHT's interactivity and
visualization are geared to spark an
enthusiasm for biology in a generation
accustomed to the fast pace and col­orful
animation of video games.
There are three elements to the
module - the exploratory challenge
that introduces complex scientific
concepts in the form of a puzzle, the
interactive storyboard that uses
advanced multimedia tools to convey
content for individual exploration, and
collaborative investigations that
involve simulated experiments and vir­tual
tools, such as a virtual reagent kit
and virtual microscope.
IMSC carried out the classroom
implementation pilot test in coopera­tion
with two partners - TERC, a
nonprofit research organization in
Cambridge, Mass., and the Center for
Technologies in Learning (CTL) of SRI
International in Menlo Park, Calif.
TEAC provided pedogogical exper­tise,
and CTL conducted the assess­ment
and evaluation. The data collect­ed
by the team will be useful in pro­viding
feedback for the pedagogical
and software design issues of
BioSIGHT's module.
Dr, Robert Kozma, who heads the
CTL project staff, said that all 11 stu­dents
were given a pre-test and post­test
to determine how their knowledge
increased. They also filled out an
activity sheet on the use of the mate­rials,
In addition, the class was video­taped.
The evaluators also used addi­tional
assessment techniques with a
small group of three students.
Dr. Chris Hoadley, a specialist on
technology and cognitive science with
Branham, Kamyar
Hosseinian and Yoshi
Kuwabara during
BioSIGHT pilot study.
CTL, also participated
in the project and
Karen Clay from TERC
was involved in devel­oping
scenarios for the
collaborative investiga­tions.
Newbury Park High
is one of several
schools collaborating
on BioSIGHT with the strong support
of Principal Max Beamon. Veteran
biology teacher Kristi Ahrens guided
the students through the pilot study.
Dr. Wong's team at IMSC includes
five IMSC professors: Prof. Gerard
Medioni, for graphics and immersivi­sion;
Prof. Jay Kuo, for compression;
Prof. Chris Kyriakakis, for audio; Prof.
Cyrus Shahabi, for databases; and
Prof. Sherali Zeadally, for network
architecture.
Other IMSC staff include Eduardo
Carriazo, a scientific illustrator and
graphic designer; Jason
Dziegielewski, an educational soft­ware
designer; and student animators
Joseph Dziegielewski, Daniel Ferraz
and Brian Outlaw.
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that our undergraduates are exposed
in their coursework and labs to the
most exciting research at USC - they
will be surrounded by it!
Funding and completion of this sci­ence
and technology complex is a top
priority for the School of Engineering.
and is one of the University's top pri­orities
to take us into a leadership
position for the next century.
FACULTY NEWS AND AWARDS
Presidential Early Career Awards Go To Two USC Engineers no usc researchers have received the prestigious
Presidential Early Career Award for S~ientists and
Engmeers (PECASE), which comes with about
$500,000 in research funds from one of eight federal agen­cies
that nominate the recipients.
that he envisions will be the smallest laser ever made, with
a volume of less than a cube of its wavelength of roughly
500 nanometers. (A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.)
John O'Brien. assistant professor of electrical engineer­ingielectrophysics.
is one of six recipients nominated by the
Department of Defense. O'Brien has created a new research
program in photonic and bandgap and nanostructure
devices. He is designing and building a microcavity laser
The other recipient is Howard Pearlman. research assis­tant
professor in the mechanical engineering department
who does his research at NASA's Lewis Research Center in
Cleveland, Ohio. Pearlman, one of six recipients nominated
by NASA, received the award for his research into low-tem­perature
oxidation reactions and cool flames in microgravity
and normal gravity conditions.
Distinctive Honors Bestowed on Engineering Faculty
In the 1998-99 academic year, many
of the School's faculty were recog­nized
for outstanding achievements
in their fields:
• Irving Reed, a very active professor
emeritus of electrical engineering
and computer science, received the
University's Distinguished Emeriti
Award. A member of the National
Academy of Engineering and an
expert on information theory, Irving
is immortalized in the Reed-Solomon
error-correcting codes. which are
used in NASA space probes and
incorporated in every compact disc;
• Elliot Axelband, Research Associate
Professor in Industrial and Systems
Engineering, has been elected a
Fellow of the International Council
on Systems Engineering;
• From Computer Science, both
Professor George Bekey and
Research Associate Professor
Steve Minton were elected Fellows
of the American Association for
Artificial Intelligence. Minton is also
a researcher at the Information
Sciences Institute;
• Professor John Choma of Electrical
Engineering Electrophysics was
selected to receive the 1999 IEEE
Circuits and Systems Society
Education Award;
• Professor Michel Dubois of
Electrical Engineering Systems was
elected a Fellow of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers;
• Karl Kesselman of the Information
Sciences Institute and a Research
Associate Professor of Computer
Science, won the Globus Information
Infrastructure Award in the Next
Generation Internet Category;
• Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis of
Industrial and Systems Engineering
has been elected a Fellow of the
Institute of Industrial Engineers; and
• Professor Hank Koffman of Civil
Engineering has been elected
President of the LA chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
lSI CMOS Technology to Be Commercialized
MiIObal technology transfer com­pany
- BTG International Inc.
has announced plans to
commercialize energy-saving micro­processor
research at the School of
Engineering's Information Sciences
Institute.
"Our technology can reduce power
dissipation by as much as 80 per­cent,"
said Bill Athas, senior project
leader and research assistant profes­sor.
"This makes possible lighter
portable electronics with longer-last­ing
batteries."
The idea behind the power savings
is to recycle circuit energy instead of
allowing it to dissipate as heat. In
teday's digital chips, all circuit ener­gies
eventually are wasted as heat,
and any owner of a laptop computer
or a cell phone knows from firsthand
experience that returning energy to
batteries - that is, recharging them
- is a very slow process.
The lSI energy-recovery CMOS
(complementary metal oxide semicon­ductor)
technology utilizes capacitors
or inductor components that act as
"electronic storage tanks" for energy
flowing from the battery to the chip
and then from the chip to the battery.
Athas said. His research group has
also applied the energy-recovery
technology to different types of chips,
including microprocessor chips,
which use the clock signal to deliver
and recover energy.
"A unique advantage of this tech­nology
is that it provides low power
without low voltage," Athas said. The
trend in commercial chips has been
to combat the power dissipation
problem by reducing voltage. he
noted. Voltage reduction, however,
does not work well, or at all, for many
important problems such as memory
chips or interfacing to liquid-crystal
displays or micro-electro-mechanical
systems.
"Recent advances in power reduc­tion
have focused on reducing volt­age,
but designers are running into
diminishing returns," said Anthony V.
Lando, senior vice president and gen­eral
manager of BTG International Inc.
"By attacking capacitance. which is
the other part of the power equation.
energy-recovery CMOS addresses the
critical design challenge facing
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FACULTY NEWS AND AWARDS
Alfred C. Ingersoll, Former USC Dean of Engineering, Dies at 78
Nafred C. In.gerSOIl, Ph.D.,. former dean of engineering at
USC, died of leukemia, Thursday, May 6. He was 78
nd a resident of Brookings, Ore.
Dr. Ingersoll, who served as dean from 1960 to 1969, took
a leading role in the implementation of then-USC President
Norman Topping's 20-year Master Plan. One of the plan's
primary objectives was a significant upgrading of the univer­sity's
science and engineering programs.
As dean, Ingersoll led a major development and expan­sion
of all departments of the school. He directed major
efforts - often in league with electrical engineering chair­man
(and later dean) Zohrab A. Kaprietian - toward the
development of basic research programs, addition of emi­nent
faculty members, expansion of curricula, and construc-tion
of new facilities.
During his tenure, a dozen young faculty members joined
the school who eventually were admitted to membership in
the National Academy of Engineering. Three new depart­ments
were introduced ~ aerospace engineering, industrial
and systems engineering, and materials science.
"Dean Ingersoll was a warm and caring person who
would drop everything to help a student," said George A.
Bekey, Ph.D., associate dean for research and holder of the
Gordon S. Marshall Chair in Engineering. "I was a junior fac­ulty
member when he was dean, and I remember him for his
enthusiasm, limitless energy and his readiness to offer a
compliment and a pat on the back to faculty and students."
Donald E. Hudson, Earthquake Engineering Pioneer, Dies at 83
Donald E. Hudson, a USC and
Caltech expert in mechanical
and earthquake engineering,
died of heart failure Saturday, April 24,
in a Pasadena hospital. He was 83
and a longtime resident of Pasadena.
A pioneer in the field of earthquake
engineering, Hudson developed or
co-developed a number of instru­ments
used in the study and analysis
of seismic motions for designing
quake-resistant buildings, bridges
and dams.
"Don Hudson was a devoted
scholar and a friend and mentor to his
students and the young researchers
who worked with him," said Mihran
Agbabian, emeritus professor and for­mer
chairman of civil and environ­mental
engineering at USC. "His quiet
leadersh ip invited immediate respect.
The people of California, as well as
people in many parts of the world
where there is a seismic hazard, have
been beneficiaries of his significant
contributions to earthquake-safe
design and construction."
Hudson was elected to member­ship
in the National Academy of
Engineering in 1973.
From 1981 to 1985, he chaired the
department of civil engineering at
USC, where he also held the Fred
Champion Professorship in Civil
Engineering. He retired with emeritus
status in 1985.
The Late Jonathan Postel Named 'Internet Plumber of 1998'
I nfoWorld columnist Bob Metcalf
named the late Jonathan Postel as
Internet Plumber of 1998 for his
role in creating and maintaining the
Internet for more than 25 years.
Postel, the former director of
USC's Information Sciences Institute
computer networks division, died
last October of complications of
heart surgery. He created the
Internet's address system and over­saw
much of its technical manage­ment
and administration for many
years.
In the photo, Metcalf is flanked by
Molly Scheffer Van Houelling, left, of
the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names & Numbers, an agency pro­posed
by Postel shortly before his
death, and Joyce Reynolds of lSI.
ALUMNI NEWS
A Few Tips for Achieving the Impossible
Karl Jacob, a Microsoft executive,
was the speaker at the School of
Engineering's undergraduate
commencement ceremonies.
Jacob s.tudied computer science
at USC and began his career at
Sun Mlcrosystems in 1991. Two
years later, he started his own com­pany,
On Ramp Inc., and began mak­ing
his fortune building Websites for
companies like AT&T, MeA and
Reebok. He started Dimension X in
1995, which was eventually acquired
by Microsoft, where Jacob is group
manager of multimedia authoring.
All along the way, others told Jacob
that his ideas were impossible - so
Jacob told the engineering graduates
how to do the impossible. Here, in his
own words, are Jacob's tips:
Convince one person every day
your idea is possible.
Have faith: In yourself. In your
team. In your dream.
Have faith in something you can't
see, feel, touch or hear. After all,
that's what we call an idea.
Understand there is a difference
between knowing the path and walk­ing
the path.
Ideas are like love; you can't com­prehend
the potential, until you share
it with someone else.
Never give up. Never. If you feel like
giving up, see the above.
Control is an illusion. Change hap­pens
faster and faster every day. Give
up control and accept change as part
of everyday life.
In your job, learn something new
every day. If you stop learning, it's
time to find a new job.
Listen to others, understand their
feedback, address their concerns, and
then make a decision. In business,
there are the quick and the dead; the
quick jump out of the way while the
dead are still analyzing the situation.
1999 Undergraduate Commencement keynote speaker Karl Jacob,!/I with his parents, Karl
and Kathy Jacob, Jr.
The best way to get people who are
digging a ditch to work harder is to
jump in and start digging yourself. My
father taught me that.
Have faith in something or someone
greater than yourself. My mother
taught me that. Thanks, Mom and Dad.
Do what you love, not what others
would love for you to do.
The only advantage you have is you
thought of your idea first. There are a
lot of smart people out there; they will
think of your idea. Give them time
and they will implement it.
Inspire those around you to achieve
more than they thought possible, then
make sure you are working for some­one
who does the same for you.
Stress, fear and worry are useless
emotions. They never got a product
to market more quickly, made a
speech any better or made the
impossible possible.
Remember one day you will be the
person who has the ability to tell
someone, "That's impossible." Do
everything in your power to resist
saying those words.
Work is work, life is life. Don't con­fuse
the two, but don't freak out if
they intertwine.
Do the impossible while you are
young. You have the rest of your life
to do what's possible, and trust me -
it's not as fun.
Just as in a relationship, saying "I
was wrong" is much more important
than being right.
It is easy to say no. It's easy to say,
"You're wrong." It's easy to say some­one's
idea sucks. It's easy to say,
"That's impossible." Practice saying
the opposite.
Finally, my last tip: Do the impossi­ble;
there really isn't anything else
worth doing.
ALUMNI NEWS
Intel Awards Undergraduate Scholarships
J eanette Harrison, (PUAD '94) director of Technical
Manufacturing Group Training and JoZe11 Johnson,
account manager of Academic Relations for the
Intel Corporation, visited the School of Engineering this
spring to Jearn more about the School's undergraduate
education programs and meet the two juniors who were
awarded Intel scholarships. Presentations were given
by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the
Society of Black Engineers and the Society of Women
Engineers. A reception was sponsored by the USC
Engineering Student Council.
Electrical engineering major Gustavo Beltran and
computer science major Julie Alexan were awarded the
first Intel Focus School scholarships at USC. The
scholarships will pay for their senior year at the School
of Engineering. As part of its Focus School program,
Intel awards scholarships each year to two outstanding
engineering juniors. USC was named an Intel Focus
School in fall 1998.
Attending the reception were: Carolyn Robinson, director of the USC Minority
Engineering Program, Intel representatives Jeanette Harrison and JoZell Johnson,
Intel undergraduate scholars Gustavo Beltran and Julie Alexan, and Louise Yates,
assistant dean, Engineering Student Affairs.
Jeanette Harrison and JoZe" Johnson of Intel
chat with students Gustavo Beltran and Ziah
Fogel. Ziah is president of the USC Engineering
Student Council.
Man'cella Rodriguez, president of the USC Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers, gives a presentation on the Society's
accomplishments.
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the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), shared
momentos of NSBE events .
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1999 Engineering Awards Luncheon
On April ninth, the School of Engineering
hosted its twenty-first annual
Engineering Awards Luncheon. More
than 300 alumni and corporate supporters
gathered at the Los Angeles Regal Biltmore
Hotel to honor individuals who have made
extraordinary contributions to the fields of
engineering management and technology_
Mark Stevens, general partner of Sequoia
Capital, received the Engineering Alumnus
Award for his dedication, leadership and
commitment to the University. Stevens
earned both a bachelor of science degree
(magna cum laude '81) in electrical engineer­ing
and a master of science degree in com­puter
engineering ('84) from the School of
Engineering. He currently serves on the
School's board of councilors and the
Integrated Media System Center board of
directors.
Alfred Mann, chairman and chief executive
officer of MiniMed Incorporated, received the
Award for Outstanding Achievement in
Engineering Management. Robert Herbold,
executive vice president and chief operating
officer of Microsoft Corporation, delivered the
keynote address, providing a humorous
update on information technology.
Also attending the luncheon were USC
President Steven Sample, members of the
university's board of trustees and School of
Engineering's board of councilors, along with
engineers and executives from many of
America's leading corporations.
o to r) Dave Chonette, Brentvlood Associates,
MSME '60, ENG ME '64; Elliot Axe/band, Associate
Dean, Research, MSEE '60; Edgar Brower; Pacific
Scientific Company. BSISE '59; and Gary Hafen,
Lockheed Martin Corporation, EDD '81.
USC President Steven Sample with 1999
Engineering Alumnus Awardee Mark
Stevens, BSEE 81, MSCENG '84.
executive officer, Minimed Inc., and
Mafllin Fink, president, Teledyne
Electronic Technologies, MSEE '59
enjoy the event.
(/ to r) Microsoft Corporation Executive VP and COO Robert Herbold; President
Steven Sample; Engineering Management Awardee Alfred Mann; Dean Leonard
Silverman; Engineering Alumnus Awardee Mark Stevens; and 1989 Alumnus
Awardee, Edgar Brower, BSISE '59.
Robert Herbold (r), executive vice
president and chief operating officer
of Microsoft Corporation, chats with
luncheon guest.
Dean Leonard Silverman presents
Alfred Mann with the 1999
Engineering Management Award.
Alumni Updates
1937
Jacob Dekema (BS '37) has been
named an honorary member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
for "excellence as a highway engineer
in creating one of the world's fjnest
urban freeway systems while pioneer­ing
aesthetics and environmental sen­sitivity".
He is district engineer for the
California Division of Highways and
lives in La Jolla.
1947
Jack Morrow (BS '47, MS '56) found­ed
Media Golden West, Inc., a pub­lishing/
printing corporation, and was
its chairman and chief executive offi­cer
until his retirement in 1990. He is
now interested in environmental con­cerns
and is an officer in the Sierra
Club. Morrow has recently completed
the novel, The Consortium. with an
environmental theme.
1952
Donald Milton Worden (BEEE '52)
announced his appointment as
Chairman of IEEE's subcommittee on
Low Voltage Surge Protective Devices.
1955
James M. Stubchaer (BECE '55,
MSCE '63) was appointed Chair of the
California State Water Resources
Control Board by Governor Pete Wilson
last December. He has been a member
of the Board since 1992. Before being
appointed to the Board, he was a con­sulting
engineer in private practice and
a member of the California Water
Commission. Stubchaer received a
Fulbright scholarship in 1962 to study
hydraulic engineering in the
Netherlands, attending Delft Tech
University for eleven months.
1959
Vicki Lynn (Grubacichl Morris
(BSCHE '59) has joined Programmed
Composites, Inc. (PCI) as Marketing &
Business Development Manager.
Ralph Gordon Swanson (BSEE '60)
has recently retired from Rosemount
Analytical Inc., a subsidiary of
Emerson Electric Corporation, after
over twenty years of service to the
company. He is now consulting on a
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part-time basis for
Rosemount. He cur­rently
has four children
and five grandchildren.
1962
Jim Upton (BSAE
'62), a writer and pho­tographer
for aviation
publications for more
than 19 years, has
written AirlinerTech
Boeing 777, a book
describing in detail the
largest twin-engine
aircraft in history. The
~~~~i~t~i~t;!~~~e3p~bn Jack McConaghy, BSME '66 and Rod Jones, BSME '66, MSME '68
recently retired from
Lockheed after 35 years as flight test
engineer and test director. He lives in
Canyon Country, Calif., with his wife,
Carol.
1969
Dennis Keith Rice (MS '66, PHD '69)
retired at the end of 1998 from
Northrop Grumman after 2S years of
service. He started his second career
in mid-January of this year as
Assistant Dean for Planning and
Industry Relations at the University of
California, Riverside.
1971
Don Bailey (MSOR '71), president and
CEO of Comarco, Inc., has additionally
been appointed the company's chair­man
of the board. Comarco is based
in Yorba Linda, California, and pro­vides
wireless communications prod­ucts
and services to the public and
private sectors.
1974
Michael T. Montefusco, Jr.
(MSEE 74) is president of Executive
Career Dynamics (ECO), a South
Carolinian firm which recently devel­oped
a program called "NextStep: A
Strategy for Taking Control of Your
Future". Information about the pro­gram
can be found on the Web at
www.jobstrategy.com.
1978
James Edward Kahelin (BSEE '78)
writes that he is married and most
recently worked for Motorola, Bell
Laboratories and QUALCOMM.
Combining his USC-honed affinity for
inventing and Internet graphics, he
cofounded a robotic entertainment
company in the Pacific Northwest in
1994. Kahelin has traveled the World
extensively and is now a polygot in the
Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese
and Spanish languages. He has wit­nessed
the flight of Somalians to
Yemen, the attempted overthrow of the
Venezuelan government and the impris­onment
of Richard Bliss in Rostov,
Russia. He felt that China was by far the
most fascinating experience. He com­mented
that he keeps finding more and
more inventions from USC faculty in the
workplace, and he is extremely proud to
have graduated from USC in electrical
engineering. He hopes that members of
his fraternity Sigma Nu realize the
immense obligation they have to alumni,
the University of Southern California,
themselves and those who make it pos­sible
for them to attend USC. He added
that Sigma Nu members display some
pride, "Gentlemen". no one is going to
do it for you."
1980
Bahman Pouranpir (ElSE 'SO) married
in 1996 and now has one son, Aryan.
He lost his class ring on February 8th
of this year and hopes to retrieve it by
posting his loss in this newsletter.
1981
Stayce D. Harris (BSISE 'S1) has been
promoted to lieutenant colonel in the
U.S. Air Force Reserves, serving on
the Secretary of the Air Force's staff at
the Pentagon, She is also a 747-400
pilot with United Airlines based in Los
Angeles.
1982
Edson Gomes (MEENGR "82) has
been an Assistant Professor of
Mechanical Engineering in the field of
Manufacturing Processes at the
Escola Politecnica, University of San
Paulo-Brazil since 1988. He received
his doctorate in engineering in 1990
from the same university. He is cur­rently
a member of American Society
of Mechanical Engineers and the
founder and advisor of the student
section of ASME at Escola
Politecnica. Gomes is also a member
of the New York Academy of Science,
the American Association for the
Advance of Science and a member of
International Association of Science
and Technology for Development
(lASTED) in Calgary, Canada. He was
listed in the 1996 edition of Marquis'
Who Is Who In The World.
1983
Hisham A. Elrufaie (BSCE '83)
announces the birth of another son.
Please see his web home page at
hUp:/lwww.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/pe
ople/alumni/ELRUFAIEHTM.
Christopher Paul Gabriel (BSCE '83)
recently joined Penfeld & Smith
Engineers and Surveyors in Santa
Barbara. Prior to his current position,
he was Traffic Engineer for the County
of Santa Barbara.
1984
Daniel Eugene Boss (BSCHE '84)
completed his doctorate in Materials
Carol Dodson and Col. Minot Dodson,
MSME '48
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Science and
Engineering from
Northwestern
University in 1997. He
has recently joined
MSC Laminates and
Composites as
Director of Product
Development.
Stephen Monarque
(BSME '84) and
Brenda Waterhouse
were recently married.
1985
Major Andrew S.
Chang (BSAE '85),
U.S. Air Force, recent-
Charlotte Richardson, Tom Rothwell, Jr., BSE '55 and Ken
Richardson, MS '54
ly reported for duty at the Space and
Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles
Air Force Base. He is currently Deputy
Chief of Systems Engineering, Space
Based I.
1986
George Diaz (BSEE '86) accepted a
position as a buyer of fabricated
engine components with Detroit Diesel
Corporation in Detroit, Michigan.
Paula Elizabeth (Sierra) Gorra
(BSCE '86) and Adolfo 0, Gorra
(BSCE '86) were married on May 16,
1992. They now have two children:
Walter Adolfo (born September 17,
1993) and Pablo Agustin (born April 1,
1996). The Gorras live in Glenwood
Springs, Colorado.
1987
David Ugh (MSENE '87) and Diana P
Ugh announce the birth of their daugh­ler
Jennifer Gen Na Ugh on October
14, 1998. Jennifer joins her big brother
Brian Jin Kee Ugh. age two.
1988
Marco Papa (MSCSCI '82, PHDCSCI
'88) recently joined CareerPath.com as
Chief Technology Officer. He previous­ly
served as a member of the Board of
Directors and CTO for Luckman
Interactive. Dr. Papa received his
Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering at the University of
Bologna in Italy. He also spoke as a
guest lecturer for Prof. Ellis Horowitz's
spring class, Computer Science
Course 351. Programming the World
Wide Web
1990
Brian W. Gore (BSME '90, MSME '94)
and his wife Adora (BAPSYC '88)
recently celebrated his promotion to
Engineering Specialist at The
Aerospace Corporation and their
daughter Amber's second birthday
(BSME 20191).
Huseyin Calisgan (MSPTE '90) has
been Chief Petroleum Engineer in the
Research Center of the Turkish
Petroleum Congress. He was married
in 1994 and had a daughter in 1995.
Byung-yol Oh (MSMASC '90)
returned to Korea and served in the
military after graduation. He has been
working in the CAD/CAM section of
the Manufacturing Technical Center
for Daewoo Motor Company, Korea
for the past six years. He will be mak­ing
a business trip to the U.S. to pro­mote
Daewoo's launching of its first
vehicle in America,
1991
Mary Caroline Briefs (BSEEC '91,
MSEE '97) and Michael Sanjume
(MSSM '96) were recently married.
1992
Hugo Alberto Bernardo (MSEE '92)
writes that he and his wife Ulia just had
their first child, a baby boy. Brandon
Angel Bernardo was born on March
27th and weighed in at 7 Ibs. 12 oz.
Bryan Edward Adams (MSEE '92)
has retired from the Air Force after
twenty years of service. He is now
working for Hughes Space and
Communications in Government
Business Development.
Mark Fisher (BSME '92) is currently in
product development for James
Hardie Building Products in Southern
California. He is married and has a
two-year old son, Matthew, He would
like to hear from members of the
Society of Automotive Engineers (if it
is still active).
1993
Natasha Polak (BSEE '93, MSEE '95)
has been attending the Medical College
of Wisconsin since August 1998. She
plans to receive her MD in 2002,
1995
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Jian Wu (MSCSCI '95)
accepted an offer from
Chordiant Software as a
Senior Consultant. He
previously worked as
an advanced systems
engineer at EDS.
1997
Joy M. Parlet (BSCE
'97) and Dude l.
Underwood (BSCE ·97)
were recently married.
Ken Tseng (MSCE '97)
is currently a bridge
design engineer at
Tzong-Hann Jiang (MSME '95)
announces his new position as
Engineer at the C.M.C. Department of
Philips Passive Components in
Kaosiung, Taiwan.
HNTB in Irvine and was Tony Lazzaro, BSISf '49 and Dave Chonerte, MSMf '60, ENG
Miriam E. McKenna (BSCE '95) is
now a registered civil engineer in the
State of California and was recently
promoted to the position of Associate
Engineer at the San Diego office of
Boyle Engineering Corporation. She
spent this year's spring vacation
attending a drag racing school. She
recommends the challenge and the
thrill to her fellow alumni.
Anand Ramakrishna (BSCECS '95)
has been working at Microsoft on its
Internet Explorer since his graduation,
He and Soumya Subramanian were
recently married.
Shawne Robinson (MSCSCI '95)
and Micheltena Jester were recently
married,
recently married at the ME '64
beginning of this year.
1998
Matthew Cornelius Mescall IV
(BSCE '98) and Carolyn Peters (BAFA
'97) were married in September 1998.
They currently live in Atlanta, Georgia
while Matthew attends Georgia Tech
to get his MSCE in Construction
Management.
IN MEMORIAM
Hubert Lee Hedrick (BSCHE '47) of
Alhambra; November, 5, 1998, at the
age of 73. He was a retired chemical
engineer who worked for the
California Gas Company for forty
years. He was a member of the
Archimedes Circle. He was affiliated
with The American Ceramic Society
and a long-time member of Vernon
Rotary. Hedrick is survived by his wife
of fifty years, Sara: children: Mary
Hunt of Seal Beach,
John Hedrick of
Pasadena, and Bob
Hedrick of Glendora:
grandchildren: Robbie
and Tim Hunt, Greg and
Todd Hedrick, and
Amanda Hedrick; brother
Gordon Hedrick.
Giles Pellerin (BSEE '29)
of Pasadena, California;
November 21,1998, of
cardiac arrest in the
Rose Bowl parking lot
during the USC-UCLA
football game. He would
have been 92 last
Conrad Solum, BSCHE 56, LLB '59 and Bill Rowley, BSME December. Pellerin's
'55, MSME '64 passion for USC football
12
games was legendary - his last
game was the 797th consecutive
Trojan game he attended. The streak
began when he was a sophomore at
USC in 1926, He worked as a techni­cian
at AT&T for forty-five years.
Pellerin also became an active finan­cial
supporter of the University.
Survivors include his brother Oliver,
whose own consecutive streak of
attending USC football games cur­rently
stands at 600, and his brother
Maxwell.
Bernard Rossman (BSME '49) of
Rochester, New York; February 15,
1999. He was born on January 25,
1924. His wife of forty-one years Amy
Lou commented that he went to USC
on the G.I. Bill after World War II. She
also mentioned that he hitchhiked
from Long Beach to 'SC during the
three years it took him to get his
degree, He was an aeronautical engi­neer
for Aeronutronic Ford Motor
Company, Rockwell International and
Douglas Aircraft. He was affiliated with
the Boy Scouts, Lions Club and
Society for Weight Engineers.
Rossman is also survived by daughter
Stacey Payne, son Todd Rossman,
and brother Lawrence Rossman.
CORRECTIONS
Christopher Allen Intihar (MBAMS
BAlE '97) was a 1997 - 1998 Class of
1997 Honor Roll donor,
Bernard Rossman (BSME '49) was a
1997 - 1998 Class of 1949 Honor Roll
donor.
ALUMNI NEWS
Dean's Circle South Bay Reception
Use School of Engineering
alumni and friends enjoyed
the Dean's Circle South Bay
Reception, held on Sunday, May 16.
Dean Leonard Si lverman provided
an update on the School's most
recent achievements and upcoming
projects, and Associate Dean Joe
Oevinny delivered a fascinating pre­sentation
on biological methods for
air pollution control. The reception
offered current Dean's Circle mem­bers
the opportunity to spend a
pleasant evening together and to
meet other School of Engineering
alumni and friends who were interest­ed
in learning more about the group.
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The event was graciously hosted by
Jack K. Bryant, MSCE 60, MSPA 65,
and his wife, Peggy, at their home in
Rancho Palos Verdes, The Bryants
provided guests with cocktails and
delicious hors d'oeuvres prepared by
Peggy herself, as well as a spectacu­lar
backyard deck view of the entire
South Bay,
Dean's Circle Leadership Committee members (pictured here left to right with Dean Leonard
Silverman, center; at the 1999 Engineering Awards Luncheon) Larry McMillan, BSME 60,
MSME 64, Loren Phillips, BAEALC 81, BAPHIL 85, Glenn Tanner; BSME 77, Sam Giesy,
aSISE 50, Freeman Sardou, BSME 59, and Bn'an Polkinghome, BSEDUC 64
The School of Engineering
Development Office extends its
warmest appreciation to the Bryants
and 10 all Dean's Circle members who
continue to help the School with their
generous dedication 10 USC.
USC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
1999 Homecoming Celebration
Saturday, November 6, 1999
• Football Game: USC v. Arizona State
• Homecoming Barbecue
• Benefit Drawing to Support Student Scholarships
Don't miss this day of food, friends, football, and fun!
For more information, please contact
Lisa Van Ingen at 213-740-4879.
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STUDENT NEWS
Engineering
Commencement
USC School of Engineering
(213) 740-7832
Leonard M. Silverman. Ph.D,
Dean, Schod 01 Engmee<ing
Elliot AlIelband, Ph.D.
Assocaate Dean, Research Developmeflt
George A. Bekey, Ph.D.
Assocoate Dean, Researct1
Joseph Devinny, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Acadermc Affairs
Thomas C. Kat souleas, Ph.D.
AssocIate Dean, Student Affairs
Chrysostomos {Max} Nikias, Ph.D.
Assocaate Dean
Kathleen S. Reid
Associate Dean, Development
Jay Schoenau
Assocaate Dean. Adrnimstration
Margery Berti
AssIstant Dean, Graduate Affairs
Louise Yates,
Assostant Dean. Student Af'airs
Department Chairs
AerospaceIMochanical Dr, Richard Kaplan
BIomediCal: Dr. DaVId Z. O'Argemo
Chemical: Dr. Katlleme Shing
CIVil: Dr L. Carter Wellford
Computer ScI8l"lCe: Dr. Ellis Horowtz
Electncal Englr.e8(iog/Electrophys>cs:
Dr. MartLnGundcrsefl
Electncal EngU1ee!1og/Systems: Dr. Robefl Scholtz
Industrial and Systems: Dr. F. Stan Settles
MateriaisScleoce: Dr FIonanMansfeid
Other Programs:
InfOOl1atKlfl ScienCes Institute IISlIManna Del Rev)
Dr. Herb Schorr
Integrated Med~ Systems Center OMSC)
Dr. Chrysostomos (Max) NlkJas
I1V NetWQl1<:: Dr. George Bekoy
Western Research Applicalloo Center (VVESRAC)
Mr. Goorge Evans
Development Office: 1213) 740-2502
Student Affairs, Und ergrad uate: (2t3) 740-4530
Graduate: (213) 740-6241
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Tariq EI-Atrache and
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and urging their Lego
robot on while the third
member of their team,
&m Luc, wearing a cap,
stands behind them
Alas, their robot lost. The
students of CS 445,
Ulntroduction to
Robotics" taught by
assistant professor of
computer science Maja
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n'ght, worked in teams
to build sixteen fully
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that competed in navigation and hunter-gatherer contests. Made primarily from Lego Technic
parts, each of the battery-powered robots contained a student-programmed microprocessor,
motor, gear train and sensors.
lSI CMOS Technology to Be Commercialized
Continued from page 5
today's engineers - minimizing
power dissipation as chip densities
and operating frequencies increase,"
BTG intends to license the technol­ogy
to companies for a variety of
electronic circuits in applications such
as digital signal processors, displays,
memories, switching power supplies,
pacemakers, digital cameras, CMOS
and "charged coupled device" image
sensors, microcontrollers and other
circu its demanding low-power, high­performance
computing.
According to BTG, the combined
market for these application areas
could run in excess of $100 billion
annually by 2001, based on growth
projections for the portable electron­ics
market.
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same time. you can also stay current with what's happening at the School by
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For those of you who have photos to accompany your news or who prefer to
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CLASS OF 1949 • CLASS OF 1974 • CLASS OF 1989
~"nion Celebrat~
Please save the date
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23,1999
for the USC School of Engineering's 1999 Reunion Celebration!
• Enjoy a delicious picnic with the USC Associates
• Cheer the Trojan football team to victory over Stanford
• Bring family and friends to campus for Trojan Family Weekend
We need your help in making this the most successful reunion gathering yet.
Please call Lisa Van Ingen at 213-740-4879 or Kevin Crowe at 213-740-4032 for volunteer opportunities.
Join your classmates in celebrating this special year, rekindling old friendships,
and helping to uphold this grand Trojan tradition! Fight on!
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