The Viterbi School of Engineering offers USC undergraduate students an opportunity to use innovation to develop solutions in three areas:
- Atoms – engineering hardware products
- Bits – digital projects, such as mobile and web apps, including AI, ML applications
- Cells – biomedical or bioengineering projects
The winning team in each category will receive $1,000!
Workshops
We have workshops to teach you about customer discovery and pitch decks.
- Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019
- Time: 5 – 6 PM
- Location: MCB 101 (Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience)
- Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
- Time: 5 – 6 PM
- Location: DRB 146 (Denney Research Center)
Prof Trina Gregory holds Innovation Hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 12 pm in OHE 412. You are also welcome to sign up for a time slot via Appointlet.
Funding
Each team can apply for funding of up to $200 to work on their innovation.
Please write a proposal for funding and then submit your document by February 24, 2019 at 11:50 PM.
Application
To apply, you will be asked to provide:
- Description of a problem and how you are solving it with your technology
- Name, school, email, graduation date, and one sentence bio for each team member
All USC undergraduate students are invited to participate, although each team must have at least one Viterbi undergraduate student as a member. The maximum number of team members is five.
Applications due on Sunday, January 13, 2019 by 11:59 PM.
The 2018 Winning Teams
Yota
Alarm that attaches to your skateboard and notifies you when it’s moved
Team Media
Tracks your online behavior by classifying content you read
Aevar Technologies
Saving time and money in the discover of new medicine using bioprinting