epics engineering projects in community service fall 2009
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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