Why EPICS?

Community organizations need technical expertise. Engineering students need practical, hands-on experience before entering the workforce.

Through EPICS, multidisciplinary teams of undergraduate students use their technical skills and innovative ideas to design and implement solutions for organizations in our community and around the world.

How does it work?

EPICS teams tackle all stages of the innovation process, from feasibility and planning through design and implementation. The expectation that their designs will be deployed and used provides a compelling learning environment.

Organizations gain valuable help that might otherwise be impossible to afford, furthering your efforts without detracting from the mission.

What is your part?

Three times a semester, community mentors will work with the team through meetings, phone calls and/or email to help advance the project.

Teams work on a semester basis. Depending on the scope of the project, completion make take a year or more.

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

Students in the undergraduate EPICS program average 3-5 hours per week on the project. If you need more work done sooner, the Professional EPICS program may be a better fit with recent Master engineering graduates able to commit 20 hours per week on the project.