[THIS HIKE IS RESERVED FOR EWB MEMBERS]
Are you in Engineers Without Borders? Are you into the outdoors? Do you want to see the sun set over the ocean? If you answered yes to at least one of these questions (ideally the first…) come hang out with us on the Ocean Overlook Loop Trail!
This is a super chill hike—2.6 miles, and we’ll end with a view of the Pacific. Bring your favorite snacks and an appetite for conversation with your fellow club members and faculty advisor.
USC’s Engineers Without Borders is the Viterbi School of Engineering’s only humanitarian organization and entirely student-run. All members of EWB-USA’s USC Chapter are volunteers who share a common vision of making a difference worldwide while enhancing their engineering education at the University of Southern California.
PACKING LIST:
Layers!!
H2O
Hiking shoes or study sneakers
Snacks (or dinner) for a ~sunset meal~
PROFESSOR: DAN MCCURRY
SCHOOL: Viterbi
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Engineering
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "Overall an amazing professor and he explains all the concepts really well. Super charismatic and understanding!”
Dr. McCurry is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Chemistry minor at Stanford in 2016. Before enrolling at Stanford, he earned an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Yale, a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and even worked in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. Professor McCurry’s research focuses on protecting public health by improving the long-term safety of engineered water sources. He applies the tools of organic and analytical chemistry to water quality challenges, particularly related to chemical and ultraviolet disinfection of wastewater and drinking water. (Click here to learn more about his work!)
Besides the cool research stuff, be sure to ask him about his trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone!
PEAK: OCEAN OVERLOOK LOOP TRAIL
DIFFICULTY: 1/5
SCENERY: It’s the ocean… from a cliff… what could be better??
FUN FACT: Charmlee Wilderness Park, where the hike is located, has a wildlife camera. Check it out if you want to make direct eye contact with a deer!
TRIP LEAD: Lauren
is an expert in Professor McCurry’s speed-hiking pace
Contact Lauren: laurena4@usc.edu (hyperlinked!)
Read Lauren’s bio here. (hyperlinked!)
TRIP LEAD: Ciara
is not related to Lauren
Contact Ciara: ciaraand@usc.edu (hyperlinked!)
Read Ciara’s bio here. (hyperlinked!)