Whats so special about Viterbi?

Georgia_Girl
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:52:05 +0000

Viterbi does offer smaller classes, extensive alumni network, undergraduate involvement in research, flexible academic programs and opportunities. Classmates come from all over the world. Viterbi encourages combining engineering with widely divergent fields such as cinema, IR, music or even anthropology.

USC is one of only four universities with two National Science Foundation Research Centers.

Viterbi is the home of the Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems Center. The center is doing research to develop new prosthetics and systems based on fundamental principles of biology. Current projects include developing a retinal prosthetic system to provide limited vision to the blind and a neuromuscular prosthetic system to help reanimate paralyzed limbs.

Recent graduates have taken positions at Nike, Medtronic, Amgen, Doheny Eye Institute and Alcon Laboratories.