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EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Students Faculty & Staff Community partners
EPICS - What is it?
Working together to make a difference
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
GoalsGoals
Design and implement engineering solutions to real problems
Develop teamwork & communication skills Gain project planning & leadership experience Develop customer-awareness Gain awareness of ethical, economic,
& legal issues Foster community involvement
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
OrganizationOrganization
Large-team experience:teams of 10-15 students
Vertically-integrated teams:freshmen+sophomores+juniors+seniors+graduate students
Long-term design experience:academic credit throughout the student’s career
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Organization (cont.)Organization (cont.)
Partnerships with local community organizations: together, the students and community partner identify engineering problems faced by the agency
Multidisciplinary projects:BME, ME, IE, ECE, ChE, MS&E, Business, EMA, Art, CS, and others
Realistic Experience define-design-build-test-deploy-support
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Course StructureCourse Structure
Common meeting time for all teams
(Wed. 4:30-7:30 p.m.) Faculty advisor for each team 1-3 credits/semester May register for up to 7 semesters May fulfill technical elective or senior design
requirements
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Current ProjectsCurrent Projects
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Movement DisabilitiesMovement Disabilities
Students are working with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine to improve page turners for quadriplegic patients
Advisor :
Prof. Frank Fronczak, ME
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Voice ImprovementVoice Improvement
Students are working with the Department of Communicative Disorders to design a portable device that monitors the voice loudness of speech impaired patients by using a throat microphone
Advisor:
Prof. Willis Tompkins,
BME
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Biofeedback / Stress Biofeedback / Stress ManagementManagement
Students are working with the Department of Medicine to design a device for measuring brain waves and providing feedback during meditation
Advisor:Prof. John Webster,BME
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Shared Volunteer SystemShared Volunteer System
Students are designing an information management system for the Morgridge Center, RSVP and United Way’s Volunteer System
Advisors:
Prof. Fred Bradley, MS&E
Leah Newman, IE
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Coordinating Leadership Coordinating Leadership OpportunitiesOpportunities
Students are collaborating with the Student Organization Office to develop a web-based information management system
Advisors:
Prof. Fred Bradley, MS&E
Leah Newman, IE
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Campus SustainabilityCampus Sustainability
Students are working with the Sustainability Forum and Center for Sustainability to design systems to educate the public about material flows and human activity to contribute to the quality of life
Advisors:
Prof. Fred Bradley, MS&E
Leah Newman, IE
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Homelessness Prevention Homelessness Prevention NetworkNetwork
Students are working with the Madison Homelessness Prevention Network to create an information management system for the Madison community service organizations
Advisors:
Prof. Fred Bradley, MS&E
Leah Newman, IE
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Project PartnersProject Partners
Community organizations: Madison Community Development Block Grant Office, Morgridge Center for Public Service, Retired Senior and Volunteer Program, United Way’s Volunteer Center
Departments: Rehabilitation Medicine, Communicative Disorders, Medicine
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Project Partners Project Partners
UW service and outreach:Sustainability Forum Environmental Management Center Center for Sustainability and Global
Environment Student Organization Office Leadership Institute and Office for Human
Resource Development
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Role of Role of Project PartnersProject Partners
Provide challenging, real projects Be involved throughout the project Evaluate prototypes; suggest improvements Use the final project Suggest further projects Demonstrate their mission to students Provide better service to the community
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Benefits to Benefits to students students
Real-world problem solving
Design Teamwork Communication skills Multidisciplinary
experience Project management
Leadership Professional
responsibility Web site
development Community
involvement Information systems Creativity
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Improve current services and realize opportunities for new services via access to technology and expertise that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive
Benefits to Benefits to Community PartnersCommunity Partners
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
StatusStatus
Started at Purdue in 1995 Started in Wisconsin in Fall 2000 7 teams - 70 students, 5 faculty advisors, 1 staff Support from NSF, Corporation for National
Service
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Close partnerships Long-term commitment Institutional support The idea: making a difference The people: students, community partners, faculty, staff
What makes EPICS work?
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
Student viewStudent view
Benefits of EPICS from a student’s point of view: “The issues worked on have real importance” “Real world customers/clients” “Cross functional: work with business, marketing, other
engineering majors, design majors” “Project management: we don’t just answer to a professor,
real people are counting on us” “Build relationships and learn from other students and
clients”
EPICSEPICSEngineering Projects in Community ServiceEngineering Projects in Community Service
CONTACT INFORMATION
John Webster, Director
Phone: 608-263-1574
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site URL
http://epics.engr.wisc.edu