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EPICS Social Media
by Pierce, Andrew L 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Hello students, We'd like to connect with you on social media. It is a great way for you to be informed about the work EPICS teams are doing in the community, and to keep in touch with us after graduation. We'd love to have you all back as design reviewers when you have graduated. We also want to encourage you to send in photos and videos of your team in action so we can post them and keep our friends and alums up to speed with your work. LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Purdue-EPICS-5109739/about> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/epicspurdue/> Twitter<https://twitter.com/EPICSPurdue> Flickr<https://www.flickr.com/photos/epics_lib/> 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 12 Announcements
by Pierce, Andrew L 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Important EPICS Week 12 Announcements ________________________________ Anna Mae and Charles A. Miller EPICS Scholarship - $1,000 Scholarship - Applications due May 7th Exclusive scholarship opportunity for EPICS students. See application for details. ________________________________ Delivering This Semester? Don't forget to complete the delivery checklist and to schedule photography with one of the EPICS staff. We want to capture your success! See https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/teams/team-documents/project-delivery for the checklist and details. ________________________________ 'Dream Big' Movie Screening - April 13th The Purdue student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), with support from the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, is hosting a special showing of the new movie, "Dream Big: Engineering our World", and all FYE students are invited. Reserve tickets by 3/31 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2899485. ________________________________ [cid:image003.png@01D2A4C0.A5988D00] [cid:image004.jpg@01D2A4C0.A5988D00] ________________________________ 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 11 Announcements
by Pierce, Andrew L 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Important EPICS Week 11 Announcements ________________________________ Caterpillar Office Hours - March 22nd Three local Cat employees will be hosting "office hours" for open career mentoring and coaching. See attached flier for details. ________________________________ Registering for EPICS for Fall 2017 Returning students are the core of every successful EPICS team. A new video tutorial<https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/purdue/epics-purdue/register> is available to help you register for the correct division using Scheduling Assistant. Check the schedule<https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/purdue/resources/schedules>, there are a number of team and time changes for Fall 17. New teams: I2R: Partnered with Women in Engineering to provide education and outreach for middle school students to introduce them to engineering. BRONZE: Working with the Cities of West Lafayette and Lafayette to develop new processes to make historical markers in bronze. BME: Working with the School of Biomedical Engineering on various projects, such as ultra sound monitoring for Rhinos, prosthetic devices and museum exhibits. CAMP: Making the summer camp experience better for everyone by designing resources and activities. LAKOTA: Purdue and the South Dakota School of Mines team up to work with the Technology and Oglala Lakota College on Pine Ridge in South Dakota. They will be focusing on food growth, housing and energy. Merging Teams: GLEE into IS VOSS into AAEE LSME into I2R WISE into DISC ELAT into DRC ________________________________ EPICS Awards Open-House and End of Year Celebration - April 17th [cid:image002.png@01D2A16B.31F3CE80] ________________________________ Khan Academy: 1000 Videos for the Deaf Kickoff - Inspire to Innovate - April 2nd [cid:image004.jpg@01D2A16B.31F3CE80] ________________________________ MSTEM500 - May 15-16 Join the EVEI team for the MSTEM 500, M-STEM3 - Motorsports STEM for Manufacturing and Medicine - is an education initiative designed to engage students in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and math). See attached flier or mstem3.org for details. ________________________________ Semester in Silicon Valley with Arizona State and Draper Universities Arizona State, one of our partner EPICS universities, is launching a new program for students passionate about entrepreneurship. See attached flier for details. ________________________________ 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 9 Announcements
by Pierce, Andrew L 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Important EPICS Week 9 Announcements Hello students, There are two very important events in this week's announcements that we can't make mandatory for the course but that, as EPICS students, you are expected to attend if at all possible. First, the DKC team's 1000 Videos for the Deaf campaign kickoff is April 2nd, and you should all come out and support your fellow EPICS team by attending this fun event. Secondly, the EPICS Awards Open-House is going to be a big celebration and students from every team will be recognized, so please show up to support your classmates (who knows, you may even win an award). Thank you all for your hard work the first half of this semester, and I'm looking forward to seeing the delivery checklists start rolling in. Best, Andrew ________________________________ CORRECTION: The previous announcement had listed the wrong time for the Awards Open House. EPICS Awards Open-House and End of Year Celebration - Save the Date: April 17th at 4:30 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. ________________________________ Khan Academy: 1000 Videos for the Deaf Kickoff - Inspire to Innovate - April 2nd Deaf Kids Code and DKO EPICS are hosting a kick-off event on April 2nd in the Armstrong atrium to launch the campaign "Khan Academy: 1000 Videos for the Deaf". Khan Academy endorsed Deaf Kids Code to integrate American Sign Language (ASL) on their platform. The purpose of the campaign is to raise enough money to translate 1000 Khan Academy tutorials into ASL in order for ASL to be fully integrated onto the Khan Academy website. Come to the kick-off event to join the movement to open-source education for the deaf community! See attached flier for details. ________________________________ Emily Mauzy Vogel (EMV) Sophomore Leadership Development Retreat - Due March 15 This retreat is a dynamic overnight program involving teambuilding, leadership inventories, personal development, and will introduce participants to concepts surrounding strengths-based approaches to inclusive leadership. This opportunity is intended for students entering their second year at Purdue in Fall 2017. If interested, please request your advisor to submit a nomination to the EPICS office. ________________________________ 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 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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