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.
There are several ways to get involved with EPICS learn more about EPICS Courses, and EPICS High.
Our projects focus on four themes
- Community Development
- Education
- Health
- Sustainability
Latest news
EPICS teams advance projects through COVID-safe espaces
Engineers design solutions to help solve a variety of problems facing modern-day society. That’s the key goal of the Engineering Projects in Community Service program in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering known as EPICS, where student teams work together to...
ASU alumni turn passion for helping people into thriving nonprofits
Charities built on long, unpaid hours and learning on the fly Arizona State University graduates have started dozens of nonprofit organizations that help thousands of people in Arizona and around the world, including Native Americans, veterans, children with...
Engineering Education in Vietnam Transformed by Hands-On Projects
Above: Danang University of Technology students work on prototypes in their Arizona State University-supported Maker Innovation Space. Photo courtesy of the Global Outreach and Extended Education office at ASU The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State...