Course Overview
At USC, the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) Department's faculty has adopted three major Strategic Themes to help guide the directions and enrich the contents of our education and research programs: They are: Exploration Technologies, The Art, Science and Technology of the Design and Manufacturing, and Aerospace/Mechanical Technologies for Improving the Quality of Urban Life. The Strategic Themes have been formulated to address the future and are also influenced by USC's location at the center of a technologically sophisticated, intensely urban area. Disciplinary and multidisciplinary Faculty Research Interest Clusters within AME provide research support for the Themes. The multifaceted influence of the Strategic Themes on our undergraduate and graduate programs in education and research is exhibited throughout this web site.