EPICS Engineering Projects In Community Service Fall 2009

EPICS Team

Our Client EPICS Program Rosalina Aranda (Program Coordinator)

Introduction Identification of the Problem Client Interview Team Discussion Problems Identified –Registration –Websites –Advertisement

Conclusion

Registration

Registration System Problem Description Registration System and UC Merced Faculty are inflexible Consequences Hard to fit in freshman schedule Returning student cannot return to same team Students are unable to choose according to their major

Registration System Outcomes Phone Conference with Purdue University –Professional Engineer Mentor –“Time Conflict” –Set out-of-classroom meetings –Possible change in course name Received s from other EPICS Programs –Due to time constraint, have not finalized research

Registration System Future Work Talk to UC San Diego Attempt to locate Professional Engineers in community Change title of the course

Website

Problem Description EPICS teams need to improve websites Teams are unaware of existing Websites Requires knowledge of Plone/Zope Outcomes Created Help Portal –Screen Cast Service Tickets

Website Future Work Maintenance Have one website for all teams

Advertising

Advertisement Problem Description EPICS was not advertised effectively Outcomes Designed Pamphlet Started Video Project Created Link Modified EPICS Documents

Advertising Pamphlet

Outcomes A pamphlet was created for Family Weekend A second pamphlet was made and ed to all engineering students Future Work Keep promoting the EPICS program Pamphlet needs to be updated on semester basis

Advertising Modifying EPICS Documents

Outcomes An updated week to week schedule –Visually appealing –Less pages –More organized information Future Work Updating syllabus Improving student class intro

Modifying EPICS Documents Old Course Schedule Proposed Course Schedule

Advertising Registration Link

Outcomes Webpage with all EPICS team description Negotiated implementation of registration site link Future Work Adding link on the UC Merced Registration website Maintain the information for each team Current images of each team, in slideshow

Advertising Video

Outcomes For this semester, our plan was to accomplish half of a year-long project and they included: –Script –Storyboard Future Work Begin filming and producing actual video Uploaded by Fall 2010 semester Update every semester

Video

Conclusion Successful semester Many task accomplished Overcame many Milestones Continuation of projects

Special Thanks… PG&E Foster Family Center for Engineering Dr. Gavilán Rosalina Aranda