USC Viterbi School of Engineering:
The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering has over 5100 students, and more than 30 combined degree options - some of them unique to USC - available to its undergraduates. Its more than 3300 graduate students pursue degrees in 19 fields; the USC graduate program in engineering consistently ranks in the top 10 in the U. S. News and World Report rankings.
The Viterbi School has a high faculty quality. Considering senior faculty, the college ranks 6th in National academy of engineering membership Considering junior faculty, the Viterbi School ranks 1st in Presidential Faculty Fellows
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More than a third of its faculty are fellows in their respective professional societies. With 20 faculty members selected to the National Academy of Engineering, and 27 others who have earned Presidential Early Career, Presidential Young Investigator or NSF Young Investigator awards, it ranks among the nation's very best in these important metrics for a school's present and future strength.
USC Ming Hsieh Electrical Engineering:
- Over 21 Fellows of the IEEE.
- National Academy of Sciences members Sol Golomb, Andrew Viterbi, Robert Hellwarth
- 10 members of the National Academy of Engineering (26 members in the Viterbi School)
- Seven recipients of the Okawa Award. (Alan Willner, Robert Scholtz, Urbashi Mitra, Antonio Ortega, Melvin Breuer, Viktor Prasanna, Giuseppe Caire)
- Four Shannon Awardees (Solomon Golomb, Irving Reed, Lloyd Welch, Andrew Viterbi)
- Over 16 recipients of NSF Career Awards or equivalent (Young Investigator award) and Presidential Faculty Fellows
- Four recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (8 for the Viterbi School)
- 11 chaired professorships in the school are held by Electrical Engineering faculty
- Several IEEE Gold Medal Awards
- 51 Patents from faculty within the department
- 1 Sloan Foundation Research Fellow (Daniel Lidar)
- 1 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in Engineering and Science (Alan Willner)
Electrical Engineering is among the most prolific departments at USC:
- Total faculty size of approximately: 70
- Typical Enrollment approximately: 300 undergraduate students, 950 masters students, 350 Ph.D. students
