The Engineering Projects in Community Service program, better known as EPICS, in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University provides students the knowledge, funding and opportunity to work on real projects with actual clients who are facing social or environmental problems. Through these projects, students gain real-world experience and acquire skills that are highly valued when they enter the job market.
This year, the Fulton Schools held the first ever EPICS Elite Pitch Competition with a total of eight teams selected to compete out of the more than 40 EPICS projects currently in progress. Each team developed a five-minute pitch detailing their solution, its implementation, and their plans to grow and scale their ideas.