Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)

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Arizona State University (ASU)
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Jared Schoepf
Associate Teaching Professor
(12)
5
Timeline
  • August 17, 2023
    Experience start
  • September 8, 2023
    Meet with Project Partner
  • October 23, 2023
    Design Reviews
  • December 1, 2023
    Design Document Completed
  • December 1, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Non profit, Social Enterprise
Any industries
Categories
Civil engineering Mechanical engineering Robotics Electrical engineering Hardware product design
Skills
prototyping engineering design
Learner goals and capabilities

Why EPICS?

Multidisciplinary teams use their technical skills and innovative ideas to design and implement solutions for organizations.

How does it work?

Students are in a 1 credit class where they learn engineering design to allow them to design, build and test prototypes. EPICS teams tackle all stages of the innovation process, from feasibility and planning through design and implementation.

What will you Get?

Team of 4-6 engineering graduate students (BS)

5 hours per week per student for 15 weeks

Projects continue semester to semester until the project is delivered. The average delivery of a final project is 3 semesters, with deliverables completed every semester.

What is your part?

4 meetings per semester to support their progression in the project


Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
550 learners
Project
45 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 6
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Detailed schematics, iterative prototyping, design review presentations, and detailed design document.

Project timeline
  • August 17, 2023
    Experience start
  • September 8, 2023
    Meet with Project Partner
  • October 23, 2023
    Design Reviews
  • December 1, 2023
    Design Document Completed
  • December 1, 2023
    Experience end
Project Examples

https://epics.engineering.asu.edu/category/events/


The best projects:

Non-business critical projects that allow students to explore a variety of solutions to solve the problem.


We have over 500 students across 70 projects working with non-profits across the US and in over 15 countries.

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Are you a non-profit or social enterprise?

Is the project non-business critical? Typically our undergraduate students work 3-5 hours a week and it can take 1+ year for them to complete the project.