February 2017 - Epics-india

EPICS Week 8 Announcements
by Pierce, Andrew L 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

Important EPICS Week 8 Announcements ________________________________ Congratulations on a Successful Mid-Semester Review! I was able to attend many of your presentations and was very impressed with the work you all have accomplished. We hope to see a lot of you delivering projects by the end of the semester and making real impact in the community. ________________________________ Leadership Series - Monday, February 27th , 2017 - ARMS 1109 * The first meeting of the GM Leadership Series begins this week. * The first meeting will feature guest speaker Dr. Beth McCuskey, Vice Provost for Student Life. * To participate, you must commit to attending all four meetings of the series. * There are a few remaining spots for registration in MyEPICS. * If you are registered and cannot attend, please deregister so another student can fill your spot. ________________________________ Documents Due this Week * Individual Evaluation Rubric (To TA) * Project Evaluation Rubric (To TA) * Notebook (OneNote or to TA) * Peer Evaluations (MyEPICS) ________________________________ Purdue Class of 1937 Scholarships - Due March 24th The purpose of the scholarship is to recognize leadership experience and leadership potential. See attached flier for details. ________________________________ EPICS Awards Open-House and End of Year Celebration - Save the Date: April 17th at 3:30 PM in the Kurtz Atrium in ARMS This year we are going to start a new tradition of holding a public open-house for all EPICS students, advisors, project partners, and friends on the Monday of final design review for the Spring semester. We will highlight award winners, scholarship recipients, and celebrate teams with delivered projects. Please plan to join us to celebrate you and your classmates' successes. ________________________________ Maker Faire - April 1st The Greater Lafayette Mini Maker Faire is hosted by Imagination Station in collaboration with Make Media and MatchBOX Studios. It will take place at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, from 10am-6pm on April 1st, 2017. For information see http://greaterlafayette.makerfaire.com/. ________________________________ Andrew Pierce EPICS Academic Administrator Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering - Room 1209 701 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 Email: pierce1(a)purdue.edu<mailto:pierce1@purdue.edu> Phone: (765) 414-2107 http://www.purdue.edu/epics

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Design review feedback
by Neha Choudhary 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

Hi all, Here is the design review feedback. Thanks, Neha

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Fwd: EPICS India design review
by Neha Choudhary 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

Please see the email below by Ahmed, one of the remote design reviewer. He also sent his thesis. -Neha Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Ahmed Abdelkaree Hashem Abdelnaby" <ahashem(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ahashem@purdue.edu>> To: "Neha Choudhary" <nchoudha(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nchoudha@purdue.edu>> Cc: "Anwesha Sanyal" <sanyal1(a)purdue.edu<mailto:sanyal1@purdue.edu>> Subject: Re: EPICS India design review Hi Neha and Anwesha, Here are my questions: 1- Using an irrigation tank with drip/sprinkler irrigation, should be more investigated. Drip require 1 Bar, and sprinklers require 4-5 Bar pressure. This is difficult to obtain by a tank. For that you have to consider it is a constant or falling head. Also, consider using specific emitters with big opening, where they require low pressure and to avoid any plugging problems from fungi grow in the tank. Also, consider using some acid liquid fertilizers to clean any fungi in the system. 2- Try to choose the appropriate tank capacity based on the peak of each irrigation plot requirement. I finished my master in Low head bubbler irrigation system, and attached my thesis. It might help to see the shortcoming of low pressure with irrigation systems. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best Ahmed ________________________________ From: Neha Choudhary Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 8:50:46 AM To: Ahmed Abdelkaree Hashem Abdelnaby Cc: Anwesha Sanyal Subject: EPICS India design review Hi Ahmed, I am Neha, TA, for EPICS India team. We are having technical difficulties to connect you over Skype. Can you go on this link https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/join-meeting and type meeting id 189-368-741 Again sorry for the inconvenience! Thanks, Neha Join the Meeting | GoToMeeting<https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/join-meeting> www.gotomeeting.com<http://www.gotomeeting.com> To connect to an online meeting, enter the meeting ID provided by the meeting organizer.

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Week 8 deliverables
by Neha Choudhary 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

Hi all, Please find attached list of deliverable due on week 8. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Neha

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EPICS GM Leadership Series
by Pierce, Andrew L 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

Greeting EPICS Community, I am happy to announce the line-up of speakers for the GM Leadership Series this semester. We have opened the registration in MyEPICS from the initial 30 students to allow 60 students to register for this outstanding opportunity. Please register in MyEPICS if you would like to attend. You are required to attend all four sessions and complete out-of-class reading assignments for a total of eight lecture credits if you register. If you are registered but believe you won't be able to attend, please remove your registration to allow another student to fill your seat. This semester's leadership series will feature leaders from the local community, not-for-profits, and industry: February 27 - Dr. Beth McCuskey, Vice Provost for Student Life, Purdue March 6 - Dr. Chuck Dietzen, Founder and President, Timmy Global Health March 20 - Ken Morris, VP for Global Product Integrity - General Motors March 27 - Mayor John Dennis, West Lafayette Andrew Pierce EPICS Academic Administrator Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering - Room 1209 701 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 Email: pierce1(a)purdue.edu<mailto:pierce1@purdue.edu> Phone: (765) 414-2107 http://www.purdue.edu/epics

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India team - we will be fine
by Oakes, William C. 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

I heard that there were concerns with the team and they got worse after the skype call with the VIT students. I am not worried and do not think we are on totally different paths. I see our process as we work on our design ideas and prepare how they can be presented to the farmers where we are in country. Also, we need to prepare the ME students to assist in this. They can help on the mechanization and irrigation system. We share your frustration with the change or apparent change in the requirements. By the way, do we have a shared requirement document with the VIT students? If we have a different design than they have, we will be presenting them to the farmers. I honestly do not think that either of our designs, as they currently stand are complete and perfect for the farmers. What are they missing ? I don't know but I do know that we can find out when we are there. The plan remains to move ahead with our design and with a plan to get information from the farmers. The spring break participants will have an entire day for the hackathon event that we can work on the designs AFTER we have been to the farm and gotten information from the farmers. Water conservation is ALWAYS important but it is balanced with cost and often traditional practices. A sustainable designer looks for ways to change practices and make the methods affordable. I realize this is confusing now and stressful but it can be great. Prepare our ideas for critique in India and be ready to move based on the feedback we get after the trip. Happy to talk if needed. Remember you don't need the answers now. The questions are more important. Prof. Oakes -------------------- William Oakes, PE Director, EPICS Program Prof., Engineering Education EPICS Program Armstrong Hall of Engineering 701 W. Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 Email: oakes(a)purdue.edu<mailto:oakes@purdue.edu> Mobile: 765-418-8029, office: 765-494-3892, Fax: 765-494-0052

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EPICS Week 6 Announcements
by Pierce, Andrew L 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Important EPICS Week 6 Announcements ________________________________ Lecture - Monday, February 13th , 2017 First-time EPICS Students: * 7:30 AM lecture will be held in ARMS B061 * 4:30 PM lecture will be held in CL50 224 Returning students: * Two additional online modules will be posted later this semester. * A reminder that you can watch and submit advisor-approved activity forms for any of the past-semesters recorded lectures. ________________________________ Design Documents - Due this week (Week 6) on the day of your lab meeting. - You must upload a PDF of your project's design document to https://sharepoint.ecn.purdue.edu/epics/designreview/weekday/teamname. Design documents can continue to be updated leading up to the review. ________________________________ Co-op Networking Night - Monday, Feb 13th The Professional Practice Ambassadors are hosting a Networking Night on Monday, February 13 in the Krach Leadership Center. See attached flier for details. ________________________________ EPICS Awards Open-House and End of Year Celebration - Save the Date: April 17th at 3:30 PM in the Kurtz Atrium in ARMS This year we are going to start a new tradition of holding a public open-house for all EPICS students, advisors, project partners, and friends on the Monday of final design review for the Spring semester. We will highlight award winners, scholarship recipients, and celebrate teams with delivered projects. Please plan to join us to celebrate you and your classmates' successes. ________________________________ Maker Faire - April 1st The Greater Lafayette Mini Maker Faire is hosted by Imagination Station in collaboration with Make Media and MatchBOX Studios. It will take place at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, from 10am-6pm on April 1st, 2017. For information see http://greaterlafayette.makerfaire.com/. ________________________________ Andrew Pierce EPICS Academic Administrator Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering - Room 1209 701 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 Email: pierce1(a)purdue.edu<mailto:pierce1@purdue.edu> Phone: (765) 414-2107 http://www.purdue.edu/epics

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EPICS Week 5 Announcements
by Pierce, Andrew L 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Important EPICS Week 5 Announcements ________________________________ Lecture - Monday, February 6th , 2017 First-time EPICS Students: * 7:30 AM lecture will be held in ARMS B061 * 4:30 PM lecture will be held in CL50 224 Returning EPICS Students: * A new online module on Conceptual Design has been posted on MyEPICS and YouTube. ________________________________ Service Learning Grants - Due Feb 9th If your team intends to spend more than the initial $200 this semester, we suggest that in addition to submitting a budget to EPICS, you strongly consider submitting a service-learning grant through the office of the Provost. The application and guidelines can be found at https://slg.engagement.purdue.edu/. ________________________________ EPICS Awards Open-House and End of Year Celebration - Save the Date: April 17th at 3:30 PM in the Kurtz Atrium in ARMS This year we are going to start a new tradition of holding a public open-house for all EPICS students, advisors, project partners, and friends on the Monday of final design review for the Spring semester. We will highlight award winners, scholarship recipients, and celebrate teams with delivered projects. Please plan to join us to celebrate you and your classmates' successes. ________________________________ Global Competition for Hardware-Led Social Innovation Issues ASME's ISHOW is the only global competition with a focus on hardware-led social innovation. The competitions will be held this spring in Bangalore, Nairobi, and Washington D.C., where finalists in all three locations will share $500,000 in seed grants, technical assistance, design and engineering reviews. See ThisIsHardware.org<http://go.toutapp.com/8fdde16eaf6e54fdaf>. ________________________________ Andrew Pierce EPICS Academic Administrator Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering - Room 1209 701 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 Email: pierce1(a)purdue.edu<mailto:pierce1@purdue.edu> Phone: (765) 414-2107 http://www.purdue.edu/epics

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