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Dow Vietnam STEM Program: Engineering Projects in Community Service
After a successful Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) pilot program that ran from March – June 2018, and a much acclaimed showcase at the American Center in June 2018, BUILD-IT strategic partners USAID, Dow Vietnam, and ASU will offer the Dow Vietnam STEM Program: EPICS for a second round, starting in October and running through January 2019.EPICS is an international award-winning, designed-based, service-learning program founded at Purdue University in 1995. During EPICS student teams will partner with a community organization to design, build, and deploy systems to solve engineering-based problems. The program guides student teams through processes of design innovation, team management, testing, and presenting in technical English. EPICS projects span the spectrum - finding solutions to challenges in human health care, energy, sustainability, and more.
EPICS is a designed-based, service-learning program where student teams will partner with a community organization to design, build, and deploy systems to solve engineering-based problems. The program guides student teams through processes of design innovation, team management, testing, and presenting in technical English. EPICS projects span the spectrum - finding solutions to challenges in human health care, energy, sustainability, and more.
Which universities are conducting Dow Vietnam STEM Program in 2018
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
- Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City
- Lac Hong University
- Danang University of Science and Technology
- Can Tho University
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
- Program schedule
Faculty at the six BUILD-IT partner universities will lead five student teams through 12 weeks of EPICS curriculum. Lessons will begin in early September and run until the EPICS Student Project Showcase Competition in early January 2019.
- Week 1- Project Identification
- Week 2 - Specification Development
- Week 3 - Specification Development
- Week 4 - Conceptual Design Phase
- Week 5 - Conceptual Design Phase
- Week 6 - Detailed Design Phase
- Week 7 - Detailed Design Phase
- Week 8 - Delivery Design Phase
- Week 9 - Delivery Design Phase
- Week 10 - Service Maintenance Retirement Design Phase
- Week 11 - Final Presentation Prep
- Week 12 - Final Presentation Prep
- Week 13 – EPICS Student Project Showcase Competition
Why student join EPICS team
- Compete with teams around Vietnam for your chance to win $500 USD.
- Present with your team at the American Center and have a chance to be on TV
- Connect with EPCIS sponsors, Dow Chemical Vietnam, and local organizations
- Learn to budget a real project and manage your team’s $100 project budget
- Improve your English presenting, writing, speaking, graphic design skills!
- Gain leadership, design, and project management skills
Classes meet 2 hours a week from September – December 2018 and culminate with a national EPICS Student Project Showcase Competition where three student teams will each be awarded $500 USD. The Final EPICS Showcase Competition provides students with real-world experience communicating their ideas, meeting deadlines, prototyping an innovation, writing a business plan and presenting their solution to the world. A challenging program that builds both technical and soft skills prepares students for a competitive work environment.