university of southern california
COVER
Engineering Education at
Viterbi
The Dean’s Report ’09
Doctoral Programs Ph.D. student support 1-1-3 financial support model based on:
At least one year as unrestricted fellow At least one year as teaching assistant ■ At least three years as research assistant ■ ■
More than 100 ongoing yearly unrestricted fellowships During the 2009-10 academic year, Ph.D. students benefit from the following fellowships:
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Provost’s Fellowships (60 students) Viterbi Doctoral Fellowships (95 students) Annenberg Fellowships (42 students) Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Chevron, Powell (Kunzel), Mork, Ming Hsieh and other fellowships (39 students)
Ph.D. mentoring programs support communication, academic placement and community building
By the numbers Only 1 in 7 applicants are admitted to the Ph.D. program In 2008–09, 1/3 of the total USC Ph.D. degrees were from engineering ■ 1/5 of Viterbi Ph.D. students are female ■ ■
Number of Ph.D. degrees awarded
Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED
200
151
150
144
154
164
109 100
97 81
91
67 50
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
GRADUATION YEAR
100
RETURN RATE %
80 60
92
85 70
40 20
On the Cover 2001-02
2004-05
2007-08
Impressionistic-style ceiling art in the Viterbi Museum in Ronald Tutor Hall was painted by Italian artist Sandro Chia and presented to the Viterbi School in 2005.
COHORT YEAR
28
ENROLLMENTS
27.3 27 26.2 26 25
24.5
message from the dean
I invite you to take a glance at the many innovations we have introduced into our educational programs, in response to the needs of our times — and how they positively impact our programs. Engineering is rapidly evolving in new dimensions. In today’s complex world, engineers should become the great enablers. Innovations in Engineering Education will help accomplish this objective. With focus on providing an Engineering+ education we have implemented a number of changes at the undergraduate, doctoral and professional levels. We are continuously injecting new ingredients into our programs. This brief report provides a snapshot of these efforts and some of the outcomes.
Yannis C. Yortsos Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Outstanding Recent Undergraduates Paul VanWieren (2009) USC valedictorian B.S. Biomedical Engineering Minor in Electrical Engineering ■ Community Outreach Champion
Julianne Gale (2008) USC valedictorian B.S. Computer Science Minor in General Theatre and Theatre Education
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Masters Programs
Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED
200 Educating M.S. students for both professional and research careers
Wide variety of M.S. degree offerings, now including 37 specialties 150a terminal degree for Increased emphasis on programs leading to the M.S. as professional engineers 109 ■ In 2009, introduced four new programs in emerging areas: 97 100 91 81 Green Technologies Electrical Power (Smart Grids) 67 Health Systems Engineering Financial Engineering ■ ■
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151
144
154
164
50
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Technology-enhanced access to the classroom
Unique package of educational technology enhances interactivity and allows all M.S. programs to be taken on-or-off campus
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GRADUATION YEAR
Number of companies supporting employees in M.S. programs has more than doubled since 2003
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100
200 07-08
06-07 150 05-06
4,039 3,674
04-05 100
2,843
102
03-04 50 02-03
2,133 1,711
01-02 5000
250
4,030
1,397 2003-04 1,358
00-01 0
1000
200 150
80
RETURN RATE %
239
NO. OF COMPANIES
NO. OFYEAR COMPANIES ACADEMIC
250
100
70
60 40 20
102
50
2009-10
ACADEMIC YEAR 2000
3000
2001-02
4000
92
85 239
5000
2003-04
STUDENTS USING TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED ACCESS
2004-05
2007-08
COHORT YEAR
2009-10
ACADEMIC YEAR
New programs
Progressive Degree Program (B.S. + M.S. in 5 years) available for outstanding undergraduates 250
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2000 200
1600
-10 1500
1856
1847 1773
1800 100 1700 50
153
146
1900 150
49
1551 2006 2005-06
2007
2008
GRADUATION YEAR
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009
250
2009-10
One of two Californians selected as a Rhodes Scholar in 2008 ■ B.S. Mechanical Engineering Minor in Business ■
150 100 50
27 26.2 197
26 153
146
25
24.5
24.3 24
23.9
49 2005-06 2006
ACADEMIC YEAR
Reed Doucette (2008)
200
% OF ENROLLMENTS
27.3 197 1951
ACCELERATED M.S. TOTAL
M.S. TOTAL NO. ACCELERATED OF ENROLLMENTS
51
2006-07
2007
2007-08
ACADEMIC YEAR 2008
GRADUATION YEAR
Ous Mellouli (2007) Olympic Gold medalist in 1500meter swimming competition at 2008 Beijing Olympics ■ B.S. Computer Science ■
2008-09 2009
2009-10
Retention
100 50
Common design courses with Business and Fine Arts students 102 ■ Fab lab used by undergraduates for experimental design ■ Common-based themes: 2003-04 2009-10 2009 Theme: “Assisting People with ACADEMIC YEAR Disabilities” ■
NAE grand challenges scholars
Multi-year program aimed at preparing students to solve the engineering grand challenges as identified by the National Academy of Engineering NO. OF COMPANIESACCELERATED M.S. TOTAL
250 200 150 100 250 50 200 150 100 50
Division of engineering education
Consisting of faculty across departments, 197 the division promotes153curriculum innova146 tion across all majors in the school KIUEL 49 Funded by an $8 million gift, the Klein 239 Institute of Undergraduate Engineering 2006provides 2007 2008 2009 Life extra-curricular opportunities GRADUATION YEAR for leadership, team building and service learning 102
Outreach and community service
Engineers Without Borders 2003-04 2009-10 Provides opportunities for technical ACADEMIC YEAR community service in underdeveloped countries ■ Engineering Writing Program Provides Outreach opportunities locally and globally (e.g. South Africa) ■ FIRST Robotics Mentoring ■ Engineers as Teachers Program provides opportunities for 197 engineering students to outreach to elementary schools 153 146 ■
ACCELERATED M.S. TOTAL
250 200 150 100 50
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2006
2007
2008
GRADUATION YEAR
2009
ACADEMIC YEAR
05-06
2009
2
NO. OF COMPANIES
Capstone design innovations
67
3,674
Return rate (%) of engineering2,843 freshmen 04-05
RETURN RATE %
150
239
91
Improvement in engineering student 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 retention is reflected in the in 07-08 GRADUATION YEARincrease4,030 06-07 rates and total enrollments 4,039 return
03-04 100 02-03
2,133 1,711
80 01-02
85
1,397
00-01 60
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1,358
70
0
92
2
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
40 STUDENTS USING TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED ACCESS 20
2001-02
2004-05
2007-08
COHORT YEAR
200
Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED % OF ENROLLMENTS NO. OF ENROLLMENTS
NO. OF COMPANIES
200
Viterbi faculty coordinate and/or teach engineering undergraduates all mathematics classes
97
Engineering undergraduate enrollments 154 151 2000 97 81 67
1800 50 28 1700
27 1600 26 1500
100
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91 1847
1856
1773
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 27.3
GRADUATION YEAR
1551
2005-06
26.2 2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
ACADEMIC YEAR
25
24.3
24.5
23.9
92
80
85 Selectivity and diversity
2005-06 70 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 60 One out of 2006-07 8 freshmen applicants ACADEMIC YEAR admitted 40 ■ The average SAT score of the freshman 20 class increased by 9 points per year in the last three years 2001-02 2004-05 2007-08 ■ 46 National Merit Scholars in 2009 COHORT YEAR ■ 15% of total enrollment are underrepresented groups ■ More than 1/4 of all undergraduates and more than 1/3 of all freshmen are female ■
Women in engineering 28 27.3 27 26.2 26 25 24.3 24
24.5
23.9
2005-06
2006-07
2
1951
109 1900 100
164
144
150
RETURN RATE %
Ownership of math instruction
164
154
50
% OF ENROLLMENTS
Small-size classes expose freshmen to bigpicture engineering and build community
144
109
100 Impact 81
Freshman academies
250
151
150
2007-08
ACADEMIC YEAR
2008-09
2009-10
ACCELERATED M.S. TOTAL
Innovations
200
Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED
Undergraduate Programs
2
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viterbi school at a glance
Founded
USC engineering began in 1905 Student population
Approximately 1,800 undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students Faculty
168 tenured and tenure-track faculty, with 52 endowed chairs and professorships Academic departments
Eight Alumni
More than 50,000 Education centers
Division of Engineering Education KIUEL (Klein Institute for Undergraduate Engineering Life)
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Degrees awarded in academic year 2008–09
B.S. – 401 Ph.D. – 164 ■ M.S. – 1413 ■ ■
Annual research expenditures
More than $160 million, with more than 45 research centers and Institutes Research Centers and Institutes Home to:
Information Sciences Institute (ISI) Two National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Center (BMESC) ■ University Center of Excellence of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) ■ Department of Energy Frontiers Research Center (EFRC) ■ The National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS) ■ Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) ■ Center for Health Informatics (CHI) ■ ■
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Affiliated with:
Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (AMI) Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) ■ USC Stevens Institute for Innovation ■ ■
USC Viterbi School of Engineering 3650 McClintock Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone: 213.740.7832 | Fax: 213.740.8493 viterbi.usc.edu