USC Researcher Honors
Showcasing USC innovation making a difference in society and in our communities.
Recognition From Professional and Other Organizations
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USC Welcomes Global Innovators for the 15th NAI Annual Conference
Our institution proudly welcomed inventors, entrepreneurs, research leaders, and technology innovators from around the world as the host institution for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 15th Annual Conference from June 1-4, 2026. In collaboration with USC and the USC Office of Research and Innovation, the USC Stevens Center for Innovation partnered with the NAI…
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Thirteen USC Innovators Inducted as National Academy of Inventors Class of 2026 Senior Members
We proudly celebrate the induction of 13 distinguished researchers into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), one of the highest professional honors awarded to academic inventors whose patented discoveries have made a tangible impact on society. Founded in 2010, the NAI recognizes inventors affiliated with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office–recognized institutions who have demonstrated a…
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Three USC Viterbi Professors Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
We’re thrilled to have three fellows in the NAI Class of 2025 from USC! 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 (NAI), an honor that recognizes academic inventors whose work has generated significant societal and economic impact. The NAI, founded in…
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11 USC Researchers Named National Academy of Inventors Senior Members
Congratulations to the 11 USC researchers named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors, a nonprofit member organization that encourages inventors in higher education! Election as an NAI senior member recognizes remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. The honor also represents growing success…
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Two USC scientists called to serve on Biden’s renewed Cancer Moonshot initiative
John Carpten and Peter Kuhn will serve in the research effort aimed at reducing the national cancer death rate by 50% over the next 25 years.
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Three USC faculty named 2021 AAAS Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected three USC faculty to become AAAS Fellows in 2021: Andrea Armani, Yannis Yortsos, and Mark Humayun.
Featured Researchers
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For the Tiniest Patients, a New USC Tech Brings Clearer MRI Images
USC researchers have developed custom, 3D-printed MRI sensors that take minutes to make at a fraction of the cost and give doctors clearer views of small organs in infants and children. Some of medicine’s smallest patients can present its biggest imaging challenges. An infant’s heart can be as small as a walnut, beating rapidly inside a…
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A Better Way to Listen to the Brain
USC researchers have developed customizable brain implants that could provide a clearer view of memory, movement, emotion and other complex functions Picture eavesdropping on conversations happening in three rooms at once, but your only microphone is bolted to a single spot in the hallway. You would catch fragments and miss the rest. That is roughly…
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Four Innovators Gather at USC to Explore the Devices Changing Medicine
Clinical translation was the stated theme of the biomedical devices and imaging session at the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering‘s 50th anniversary symposium Sept. 3. The department, jointly part of USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine at USC, brought together four researchers whose work spans diagnostics, imaging, vision, and ultrasound. The question each speaker…