STUDENTS: Come and learn about Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
Apr 20, 2009, 5:00pm
EQuad Cafe
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Community service agencies face a future in which they must take advantage of technology to improve, coordinate, account for, and deliver the
services they provide. They need the help of people with strong technical backgrounds. Undergraduate students face a future in which they will need
more than solid expertise in their discipline to succeed. They will be expected to work with people of many different backgrounds to identify and
achieve goals. They need educational experiences that can help them broaden their skills.
The challenge is to bring these two groups together in a mutually beneficial way. The end result? Benefits to the students and to the community!
This year, there are two EPICS teams.
Sustainability Team, Professor Winston Soboyejo
Students will engage in the design and renovation of a residential home in the Trenton area. The team will be presented with a holistic perspective of the design of sustainable buildings to include basic concepts of materials selection for buildings, energy conversion, passive and active solar energy concepts, building codes and instrumentation for the characterization of buildings. The students will also be given a hands-on introduction to solar cells and novel methods for the design of thermal comfort in buildings.
Time Team, Professor Michael Littman
The team will continue its collaborations with Isles, Inc. and the Princeton Regional Schools. This year we'll finish restoring a tower clock at a former textile factory in Trenton, including construction and installation of three clock-faces and hands. We'll build a website with a video-cam to allow remote viewing of the clock in operation. We'll also work with the Engineers Club at the John Witherspoon Middle School, and with science teachers to plan and implement a program of engineering related activities.
Join us to hear from students who have been participating in EPICS and meet our community partners over pizza and softdrinks.
Learn more about the EPICS course.
Sponsored by: The Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education