Two USC Viterbi professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
USC Viterbi Professors Shrikanth Narayanan and Amy Childress have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the academy is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer.
A USC University Professor, Narayanan also holds faculty appointments in USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences in psychology and linguistics, and the Keck School of Medicine of USC in pediatrics and otolaryngology — head and neck surgery, reflecting his interdisciplinary breadth. He also serves as USC’s inaugural vice president for presidential initiatives.
Childress is Dean’s Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USC Viterbi School of Engineering‘s Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where she also serves as founder and director of the ReWater Center and academic lead of the Water Reuse Consortium. The recognition represents a career spent advancing science with direct application to today’s most urgent real-world challenges.
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USC Viterbi Professors Named Fellows of National Academy of Inventors
Shang-Hua Teng, S.K. Gupta and Massoud Pedram of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, an honor that recognizes academic inventors whose work has generated significant societal and economic impact.
Teng’s research focuses on understanding why algorithms perform better in practice than traditional theoretical analysis would predict. Gupta develops robotic systems designed to handle repetitive, physically demanding manufacturing tasks that have become increasingly difficult for companies to staff. Pedram’s work centers on designing energy-efficient computer chips and systems that reduce power consumption in electronic devices.
The NAI, founded in 2010 in partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, honors academics who hold U.S. patents and whose inventions have been commercialized or otherwise deployed in real-world settings. Fellow status represents what the organization describes as the highest professional distinction for academic inventors.
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