Engineering Projects in Community Service

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About EPICS

The Engineering Projects in Community Service program, known as EPICS, is a national award-winning social entrepreneurship program. Teams design, build and deploy systems to solve engineering-based problems for charities, schools and other not-for-profit organizations. Our students aren’t waiting to graduate to make a difference—they are tackling real-world problems today. EPICS courses use an...

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Partner with us

We look for projects where we can make a significant difference. In many cases, this leads to a longer term relationship with partner institutions. Through our experiential learning model, it is not just about volunteering. These two-way partnerships provide both valuable technical solutions, and the hands-on projects give both sides essential interpersonal experiences. join us Industry partners are an...

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EPICS Maroon

The EPICS Maroon Club is a community service club for ASU students that partners with the Valley of the Sun United Way, City of Phoenix and other organizations. If you would like to get involved with EPICS Maroon either as a student volunteer or a community partner please contact us!

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Why EPICS?

“I believe the knowledge I gain from EPICS cannot be met in any other class here on campus. I am working on problems within the community while gaining experience that I can carry with me after college.” – Gabrielle Palermo, biomedical engineering Using a service-learning model, project assignments for the EPICS GOLD sequence of classes give students the skills they need to be successful. EPICS GOLD I...

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EPICS Gold

GOLD gives EPICS some Sun Devil Spirit as we send our student teams out into the world. The work of each EPICS team will be: Green and Sustainable Original and Creative Promote Leadership Development and Teamwork, and Be based on Design and Engineering Fundamentals. Using the service-learning model, project assignments for the EPICS GOLD sequence of classes can be characterized as follows:...

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Classes

New students are encouraged to enroll in FSE 194 EPICS Gold I for the fall 2013 semester. Continuing project teams can enroll in FSE 394 EPICS Gold II. FSE 194: EPICS GOLD I — Feasibility and Planning One credit. No prerequisites. Open to all Engineering students. FSE 194, Section #76001 – Monday, 4:40-5:30 p.m. FSE 194, Section #87984 – Tuesday, 12-12:50 p.m. FSE 194, Section #87985 – Tuesday,...

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EPICS High School

Interest in civic engagement and community service is growing rapidly among teenage students. EPICS High is a service-learning program that engages students in engineering and technology concepts and connects them with organizations to fill much-needed technology-based solutions. Through this design-based, service learning program, students gain valuable hands-on experience and see first-hand the impact...

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