Professors Costas Synolakis and Gérard Medioni and Viterbi Board of Councilors Member Fariborz Maseeh Elected to the NAE - USC Viterbi

“We are thrilled that our distinguished colleagues Costas Synolakis and Gérard Medioni have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering,” USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos said. Maseeh, who holds a doctorate from MIT, has founded or cofounded several successful tech companies and is a member of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Board of Councilors. In 1996, the same year that he was made a full professor at USC Viterbi, Synolakis founded the USC Tsunami Research Center. He serves on the USC Viterbi Board of Councilors. In 2010, Massiah donated to USC Viterbi $1 million to establish the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition at USC Viterbi.