Professional EPICS

Arizona State University (ASU)
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Jared Schoepf
Associate Teaching Professor
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General
  • Graduate
  • 250 hours per learner
  • Dates set by projects
  • Learners apply to projects
Preferred companies
  • 6/15 project matches
  • Tempe, Arizona, United States
  • Academic experience
  • Startup, Social enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Sole proprietorship
  • Any
Categories
General Product or service launch Information technology
Skills
presentations planning engineering design process project management design reviews prototyping innovation lecturing
Overview
Details

Why EPICS?

Multidisciplinary teams use their technical skills and innovative ideas to design and implement solutions for organizations.

How does it work?

Students are in an educational certificate program for Engineering Design, Project Management, and Inter-Personal Skills for Project Management and participate with your organization to grow their skills. EPICS teams tackle all stages of the innovation process, from feasibility and planning through design and implementation.

What will you Get?

Team of 4-6 engineering graduate students (MS or PhD) or recent MS or PhD engineering graduates seeking their Professional Development certificate.

15-20 hours per week per student

What is your part?

Weekly or every other week meetings with team

Weekly educational development, lectures, resume review, job preparation, and overall reflection to help them prepare for a job.

Learner skills
Presentations, Planning, Engineering design process, Project management, Design reviews, Prototyping, Innovation, Lecturing
Deliverables

Detailed schematics, iterative prototyping, design review presentations, and detailed design document.

Students in the Professional EPICS program average up to 20 hours per week on the project.

Project Examples

Professional EPICS has current graduate and recent master graduates across all degrees of engineering at ASU. The program has projects ranging from Machine Learning, AI, designing & implementing solar and water purification systems for Native Americans, designing community centers, investigating mobile application development, and more.

The best projects:

1-3 month deliverables with involvement from client (you).

We have two groups of students: 12 week program and a continuous program for recent graduates seeking their Professional Development certificate

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope in an appropriate fit for the internship