EPICSEngineering 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 Emails 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

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

Pamphlet

• Outcomes• A pamphlet was created for Family Weekend• A second pamphlet was made and e-mailed to all

engineering students

• Future Work• Keep promoting the EPICS program• Pamphlet needs to be updated on semester basis

Advertising

Modifying EPICS Documents

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

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

Video

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