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.
At the end of each academic year, the Engineering Projects in Community Service, or EPICS, program at Arizona State University hosts a Generator Awards ceremony to recognize Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering students, faculty members, industry mentors and community partners and celebrate the success of the EPICS teams. EPICS is a national, award-winning, social…
Project Koyash is one of the many EPICS@ASU student teams working together to design, build and deploy systems to solve engineering-based problems to aid in community development. This year the team won first place in the EPICS Elite Pitch Competition. The team received $6,000 in funding to help them continue to build and provide air…
Lidija Buchanan, a chemical engineering student, won first place in the Changemaker Challenge with her Engineering Projects In Community Service, or EPICS, project. The team, of which she is currently the sole member, aims to ease one of Phoenix’s food deserts by making fresh produce more accessible. The win earns the project $10,000 for further development…
Whether you are an incoming first-year student or completing Technical Electives, Engineering Projects In Committee Service, or EPICS, is a great opportunity to work on real-world problems from a variety of projects in four main theme areas: community service, education, health and sustainability. Online students will work with their team, faculty and industry mentors virtually throughout…