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Date:April 2nd, 2021
07:00 am-12:30 pm
The EPICS Final Showcase is the final event of USAID & Dow Vietnam STEM Program: Engineering Projects in Community Service. During the showcase over 30 student teams from 6 engineering universities in HCMC, Can Tho, and Da Nang will gather to compete for innovation awards. The event will begin with a speed dating showcase for judges to assess each team 8 AM -10 AM and a pitching competition followed by an award ceremony from 10 AM-12:30 PM. Special guests are invited to join at the pitching competition.
EPICS is an interdisciplinary student engineering program where teams follow the principles of human-centered design to co-create solutions to real problems facing their communities. After four months of design and engineering coursework and hours of prototype design work the students will submit their innovations for review to a panel of industry judges to see which teams win the grand prize.
Set up | |
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7:00 | Registration & Project set-up |
Showcase | |
7:45 | Program Introduction (Introduction of judges & teams, assessment criteria, prizes) |
8:00 | Project Speed Dating |
10:05 | Judges decide top 6 teams |
Presentations | |
10:00 | Special Guests arrive |
10:25 | Introduction of Final Presentations & Special Guests |
10:25 | Announce top 6 teams for Final Presentations |
10:30 | Top 6 project presentations |
11:35 | Judges’ discussion for the top 3 teams (Judges select the top 3 teams) |
Award Ceremony | |
11:45 | Words of Encouragement |
12:05 | Certificate presentation and award announcement |
12:30 | Group photos and adjourn |