The late Jack Munushian was a long-time USC professor of electrical engineering and the right-hand man of Zohrab Kaprielian, a storied engineering dean and provost at USC.
Munushian was an innovative distance education pioneer who, utilizing television, began the program that eventually became the Viterbi School’s Distance Education Network. Many of his contributions are still evident in both the Viterbi School and the USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering today.
Previous Speakers
AY 2023
Dr. Ferenc KrauszMax Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
Center for Molecular Fingerprinting, Budapest, Hungary
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2023)
“Sub-Atomic Motions From Capturing Electrons to Probing Human Health”
AY 2018
Princeton University
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2016)
“Topological Quantum Matter, Entanglement, and the Second Quantum Revolution”
AY 2017
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
University of Maryland
Nobel Laureate, Physics (1997)
"Quantum Information: a scientific and technological revolution for the 21st century"
AY 2016
Nobel Laureate, Chemistry (2014)
"The Story of Photonics and Single Molecules, from Early Spectroscopy in Solids, to Super-Resolution."
AY 2015
University of California, Santa Barbara
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2014)
“Development of Blue InGaN LEDs and Future lighting"
AY 2014
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
University of Colorado, Boulder
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2012)
“Quantum Computers and Raising Schrödinger’s Cat"
AY 2013
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2000)
“Breakthrough Technologies of the 20th Century
and Their Importance Today"
AY 2012
Dr. Andre Geim
University of Manchester
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2010)
"Random Walk to Graphene"
AY 2011
Dr. John L Hall
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
University of Colorado, Boulder
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2005)
"The Optical Frequency Comb - a new tool with remarkable applications in Science, Metrology, and Medical Diagnostics"
AY 2010
Dr. Robert B. Laughlin
Stanford University
Nobel Laureate, Physics (1998)
"The Crime of Reason: And the Closing of the Scientific Mind"
AY 2009
Dr. Charles Townes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nobel Laureate, Physics (1964)
"How the Laser Happened: Interaction of Physics and Electrical Engineering"
AY 2008
Dr. Herbert Kroemer
University of California, Berkeley
Nobel Laureate, Physics (2000)
"Heterostructures: From Physics to Devices and Back (A Personal Perspective)"
AY 2007 (Inaugural Lecture)
Dr. Steven Chu (inaugural lecture)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Nobel Laureate, Physics (1997)
"The World's Energy Problem and
What We Can Do About It"