Whats so special about Viterbi?

Georgia_Girl
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:09:43 +0000

On Nov. 11th it was announced that SC had received recent government grants totaling $100 million dollars. These grants were awarded to various faculty members for research projects. One of the largest grants was to Professor Dapkus of Viterbi along with Mark Thopin of USC College to establish a 12.5 million Energy Frontier Research Center at SC.

Professsor Deelman of Viterbi received a large grant from the National Science Foundation of 1.6 million and Kevin Knight received 1.2 million.

Other grants funded are for work in plasmon resonance, plaque monitors and green nanocrystal manufacturing.

An Oct. 23rd article in USC News stated Viterbi Engineering had been awarded 23.6 million in stimulus grants. Some project awards are still to be announced.