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USC wins second prestigious NASA award

By Neil Leach | Published 2012-10-28 | Posted in News

As NASA’s Curiosity rover continues its exploration of Mars, USC professors have won a highly prestigious NASA research award to develop new robotic construction technologies for building structures on the Moon and Mars. Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering), Anders Carlson (Architecture), Neil Leach (Architecture) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics) have been awarded a Phase 2 NASA Innovative [...]

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USC wins NASA grant to design structures on Moon

By Neil Leach | Published 2011-09-06 | Posted in News

USC Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering), Neil Leach (Architecture), Anders Carlson (Architecture) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics) have won a prestigious NASA grant to explore the potential use of the robotic fabrication technology, Contour Crafting, for building structures on the Moon. The grant was one of only 30 awarded to over 700 applicants by the NASA Innovation [...]

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wroad completes schematic design of new residence

By Roland Wahlroos-Ritter | Published 2010-10-14 | Posted in News

USC faculty Roland Wahlroos-Ritter of WROAD has completed the schematic design of a new residence. USC faculty Greg Otto of Buro Happold is responsible for the design of the structural system and pioneering civil engineering solutions for on-site water management. The facade will be made out of operable fibre cement panels, to control light and [...]

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Dean Ma voted one of ‘World’s Most Influential Designers’

By Neil Leach | Published 2010-02-05 | Posted in News

Qingyun Ma, Dean of Architecture at USC, has been voted one of only 3 architects among the 27 ‘World’s Most Influential Designers’ by Business Week. The other architects included are Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid. Philippe Starck, whose design work includes architecture, is also listed. Dean Ma has been instrumental in supporting Parametric and Algorithmic [...]

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