USC Viterbi Dean's Report 2009

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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

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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

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

24

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