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Multi-Disciplinary EPICS in IEEE Team Tackling Sunny Day Flooding Phenomenon
Tidal flooding is a steadily increasing problem that affects thousands of people. The extent of flooding is often unknown, leaving community members with little direction on what to expect, potentially creating dangerous situations. The Spatial Extent of Sunny Day...
A Year in Review: EPICS in IEEE
The EPICS in IEEE program had a stellar year in 2022. As educational institutions were better able to navigate through another year of the global pandemic—students returned to team-based learning and engaging with their local communities to enhance their engineering...
EPICS in IEEE Introduces the Fischer Mertel Community of Projects
EPICS in IEEE is proud to announce the launch of The Fischer Mertel Community of Projects. This grant supports students in solving challenges that will benefit their community in a tangible way through EPICS in IEEE. This grant honors two IEEE Electromagnetic...
Celebrating Mentoring Month with EPICS in IEEE Mentors
To celebrate Mentoring Month this January, EPICS in IEEE would like to thank the mentors supporting our student teams! 2022 was the pilot year for the EPICS in IEEE mentoring program and the program received significant interest from IEEE members. The committee...
A Simplistic, Sustainable Solution to Reduce Chicagoland Ecological Footprints
Four student members of the IEEE student branch of Oakton Community College came together to address climate change in Chicago, whilst increasing sustainable and healthy practices in the community. After much collaboration, they decided to accomplish this through an...
Perseverance Creates Success for Project Koyash
A team of students from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University is bringing safe, clean air to communities on the other side of the globe. Climate change has wiped out major food sources for nomadic communities in Mongolia—forcing them to...
The Garden with Hopes to Promote Transformation with an Entire Community
The Ohio State University students and faculty teamed up with representatives and leaders of the Charles Madison Nabrit Memorial Garden to create an Urban Garden for sustainability education and agriculture located in Britney Hills, a low-income neighborhood in...
Service Learning in Argentina makes an Impact
Leandro Capitanelli, a recent electromechanic graduate, never knew how much a service learning project could positively affect him and his planned career path. He was introduced to an EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) in IEEE project by a fellow...
ASU Students Address Climate Change with the EPICS in IEEE Environmental Competition
Three teams of students from Arizona State University are showing the world what it means to use technology to impact both the environment and the local community. Climate change has increased the frequency of natural disasters, negatively impacting millions of people...
EPICS in IEEE Project Teamwork Leads to Hands-on Learning and Community Impact
EPICS in IEEE checked in with the student team running the Dreck Administration for Immaculate Purlieu project—and they’re well on the way to achieving their project goals of helping the environment. All members are aspiring engineers, who are thrilled by the hands-on...
Building Satellites to Teach Students About the World
How do you get kids to look at the world differently? For a team of engineers working across Colombia, the answer is to teach them about space. Funded through a US$5,000 grant from Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in IEEE, a team affiliated with the...
EPICS in IEEE to Present Workshop at HKN Student Leadership Conference
Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS in IEEE) is hosting a workshop at the 2022 IEEE-HKN Student Leadership Conference on October 30th. The workshop titled Win up to 10k USD for your Engineering Service Projects through EPICS in IEEE is for students...
NC State EPICS in IEEE Team Field Trip
The Spatial Extent Monitoring of Coastal Sunny-day Flooding project from North Carolina State University (NC State) is well underway as part of the Environmental Competition by EPICS in IEEE, in partnership with the United Engineering Foundation (UEF). Six students...
The Gateway to a Successful Engineering Career
By Amanda Weissman The ideal successful engineering professional should not only depend on their learned technical skills but should embody professional skills which cannot be taught in a classroom, only developed in the real world. EPICS in IEEE provides students...
EPICS in IEEE to Present at IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)
EPICS in IEEE will give a plenary talk titled Introduction to EPICS in IEEE at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) on September 10th from 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM at Santa Clara University. During this presentation, the audience will receive a brief...
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