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Fall 2004 Project Team Descriptions |
For more information about EPICS, visit http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu. Art Museum of Greater Lafayette (AMGL): – Design and develop an environmental monitoring system for the museum to better preserve their collections. Design and develop interactive activities for patrons of the museum. Create an attractive environment for the museum while implementing outreach and educational programs. Lab meets on Tuesday 1:30 – 3:20. Division 6 – (Majors Recommended: A&D, BCM, CGT, CmpE, EE, IE, ME, Art Education, Art History, Public Relations). Education and Outreach Constructed Wetlands /Elliott Ditch (CW/ED): Work with the Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources to develop a wetlands area to clean up runoff from cattle, dairy, and swine farms. Create an education center at the wetland. Work with local community organizations and industries to improve the Elliot Ditch eco-system which runs adjacent to local industries and through residential neighborhoods. Technologies: Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Surveying, Environmental. Chemistry, and Biology. Technologies: environmental engineering, hydrology, surveying. Lab meets on Wednesday, 3:30-5:20. Division 16 - (Majors Recommended: ABE, Ag, Bio, CE, Chem, Edu, EE, FrE, IDE, Landscape Architecture, NRES, SLA , FNR, Environmental Plant Studies-Botany). Environmental Back again for Fall 2004! Discovering Engineering Careers (DEC) : Develop portable, hands-on demonstrations of engineering principles and practice and web-based games that will spark interest in engineering careers among elementary, middle, and junior high school students and teachers to be used by Freshman Engineering and the Minority Engineering and Women in Engineering Programs . Technologies: all engineering disciplines, education, marketing, software development, assessment/evaluation. Lab meets on Thursday 10:30 - 12:20. Division 20 - (Majors Recommended: ABE, Aero, CDFS, CE, CS, ChE, CmpE, Edu, EE, FrE, Graphic Design, IDE, IE, ME, MGMT, MSE, NUCL, SLA , Technical Writing). Education and Outreach Greater Lafayette Area Special Services – Assistive Technology (GLASS-AT) - formally WCECE/ME teams : Develop hardware, electromechanical and software solutions which enable children with disabilities ages 3 to 21 to function more independently and to enjoy a better quality of life. This includes projects aimed to accomplish daily living tasks, assist with communication or to help participate in educational or recreational activities. Technologies: electronics, computer controls, software development, electromechanical systems, motors, structures, actuators. Lab meets on Friday, 8:30-10:20. Division 26 - (Majors Recommended: AUS, CDFS, CmpE, CS, Edu, EE, FrE, IDE, IE, ME, SLA ). Access and Abilities Greater Lafayette Area Special Services – Preschool (GLASS-PS) - formally WCECE/ME teams: Develop computer-controlled and electro-mechanical toys and play environments for preschool-aged children with disabilities. Technologies: motors, electronics, computer controls, electromechanical systems, structures, actuators. Lab meets on Friday, 10:30-12:20. Division 28 - (Majors Recommended: CDFS, CmpE, Edu, EE, FrE, IDE, IE, ME, SLA ). Access and Abilities Habitat for Humanity Project (HFH) : Work with local and national Habitat for Humanity affiliates to develop and implement tools to increase the efficiency and quality of home construction and ownership. Lab meets on Tuesday, 10:30-12:20. Division 4 - (Majors Recommended: CE, CGT, CmpE, MGMT, IE, ME, Com, CFS, Civil Engineering, Interior Design). Social Services Happy Hollow Elementary School Project (HHES) : Work in conjunction with the HHES science club to build projects for the school's science museum. The team has direct contact with children, building projects the kids enjoy most. The science museum projects encompass all disciplines from the schools of engineering, as well as psychology and education. Current projects: Air cannon, laser harp, weather station, robotic arm, and memory basketball. Technologies: Electronics, programming/interfacing, engineering design, web design, education, construction engineering. Lab meets on Wednesday, 3:30-5:20. Division 17 – (Majors Recommended: ME, CE, EDU). Education and Outreach New Team! Historic Centennial Neighborhood Association (HCNA) : Design and implement strategies to reduce skyrocketing heating and cooling costs in older historical buildings, primarily houses. Older houses' construction creates technical challenges not experienced in new construction. Successful retrofit protocols will make older homes more affordable and will attract home owners to older (usually urban) neighborhoods; important in revitalizing such neighborhoods. Technologies involved: Heat and mass transfer, sensor instrumentation, engineering economics, building construction technology, communications. Lab meets on Tuesday, 10:30 – 12:20. Division 13 - (Majors Recommended: ME , IE, MGMT, CGT, BCM, COM, SLA ). Social Services Information Management Systems for EPICS Team Support (IMS): A team that develops online tools for EPICS students and faculty at Purdue and EPICS teams nationwide. The EPICS administration uses the tools to maintain student and advisor information, and EPICS students use the tools to interact more effectively with their teammates. Technologies involve HTML, CGI using PHP, MySQL, and FreeBSD. A prior knowledge of these technologies is not required, but general programming knowledge (in any programming language) is necessary. Lab meets on Thursday, 10:30-12:20. Division 23 - (Majors Recommended: CmpE, CS, EE). Social Services and Education and Outreach Imagination Station-Eli Lilly (ISL) : Develop systems to aid in science, engineering, and mathematics education for a local children's museum. Technologies included: Mechanical, electro-mechanical systems, optical, fluid mechanics, interactive educational displays. Lab meets on Tuesday, 3:30-5:20. Division 08 - (Majors Recommended: CmpE, EE, ME, Phys, OE, EET, Edu, FrE). Education and Outreach Imagination Station-Rea Magnet (ISR) : Develop electro-mechanical systems to aid in science, engineering, and mathematics education for a local children's museum. Technologies: electromagnetics, electro-mechanical systems, mechanical, aerodynamics, interactive educational displays. Lab meets on Tuesday, 1:30-3:20. Division 7 - (Majors Recommended: Aero, CS, CmpE, Edu, EE, ME, Graphic Design). Education and Outreach Institute for Women and Technology (IWT) : Design new products to spark the interest of young girls in technology. Bring together women from industry, academic, business, potential users and community members to explore and identify needs of new technologies for women. Engineering opportunities in programming, networking, 3D imaging, and optics. Other major's expertise needed also in project management type roles and project development. Lab meets on Wednesday, 8:30-10:20. Division 11 - (Majors recommended: CDFS, CE, CS. CmpE, EDU, EE, FrE, IDE , ME , MGMT, MSE, SLA , Science). Education and Outreach Judicial Database System (JDS) : Developing a user-friendly database for the Tippecanoe and Jasper County Probation Departments to track clients. The future of JDS is expanding as other counties have expressed interest in the system and new capabilities such as remote web access are planned. Also, JDS is involved in an entrepreneurship competition that will be beneficial to our future. Technologies: Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, networking, web development, secure communications, encryption, client-server systems, criminal justice, technical writing. Lab meets on Friday, 1:30-3:20. Division 31 - (Majors Recommended: CmpE, CS, EE, FrE, IDE, sociology/criminal justice, professional writing ). Social Services Klondike Elementary School Project (KES) : Design custom educational products involving both hardware and software. Technologies: Educational and social development and analysis, multimedia systems, acoustics, electro-mechanical system, human computer interface, analog-digital electronics. Lab meets on Wednesday, 8:30-10:20. Division 10 - (Majors Recommended: CmpE, CS, Edu, EE, FrE, IDE, ME, SLA ). Education and Outreach Lafayette Adult Resource Academy (LARA) : Design software and hardware systems to help adults learn to read and develop job skills, and assist people in learning English as a second language. Technologies: software (Visual Basic, Access, Java, CAD, and Macromedia), hardware (IC Design and Assembly Language) and human-computer interfaces. Lab meets on Wednesday, 1:30-3:20. Division 14 - (Majors Recommended: ECE, CS, SOC, CDFS). Social Services Lafayette Crisis Center Project (LCC) : Design and implement engineering solutions to help the Lafayette Crisis Center better serve the community including stand alone information kiosks and scheduling software. Technologies: Hardware design, JSP, Java, PHP, MySQ, marketing, production planning, web-based development. Lab meets on Thursday, 8:30-10:20. Division 18 - (Majors Recommended: CDFS, CmpE, EE, AgEcon, Econ, ECET, CPT, CGT, CS, CSR, USP, FrE, IDE, IM, MGMT, SLA , Soc). Social Services Lafayette School Corporation (LSC ) : Development of outdoor science laboratory for school in Lafayette with particular attention to issues in biology and environmental engineering. Develop and manufacture equipment to assist children with physical disabilities (current projects, new projects will begin on GLASS-AT). – Lab meets on Wednesday, 1:30-3:20. Division 15 – (Majors Recommended: ME, Science computer Engineer, MA, Edu, EE, Technological Education, Earth and Atmosphere sciences). Education and Outreach LEGO Scanning Probe Microscope (LSPM): Utilizing LEGOs and the Mindstorm line of products, develop a larger than life, LEGO-based scanning probe microscope to illustrate the basic principles behind this instrument that has proved to be a pivotal tool in the emergence of nanotechnology. A design appropriate for a permanent museum display, and a portable design for K-12 classroom demonstrations, will be developed. Technologies: hardware design, software development, visual graphics, and science education. Lab meets on Thursday, 3:30-5:20. Division 24 - (Majors recommended: CmpE, EE , ME , CGT,Phys, Visual Arts). Ed u Education and Outreach Office of the Dean of Students Project (ODOS) : Design software and furniture to aid students with disabilities. Technologies: Communications, GPS, human-computer interfaces, programming, ergonomics, mechanical advantage, linkages, machining, and CAD design. Lab meets Tuesday, 8:30-10:20. Division 1 – (Majors Recommended: ME, CmpE, CS, EE, FrE, IE, LA, Health Sciences) Access and Abilities New Team! Our Town Program (OTP) : Our Town Team members will participate in the development of an integrated K-12 curriculum which enables students to use GIS software to identify, assess and analyze contaminated sites in their communities, and to create redevelopment plans for these sites. The Our Town Web Portal will provide access to aerial photos, environmental data, and geographic information for student users, as well as providing lesson plans and associated materials for teachers. Lab meets Thursday 10:30 – 12:20. Division 21 (Majors Recommended: ABE, CE, ChmE, CmpE, EnvE, Tech, CS, EAS, BIO, SLA, Science ED, Econ ED, Elem ED, Visual Design, MGMT) Education and Outreach Purdue Cooperative Extension Information System (PCEIS): This team works to promote the benefits of 4-H membership and activities to youth and parents through interactive games and web-based material developed using multimedia software. Lab meets on Thursday, 8:30-10:20. Division 19 - (Majors recommended: ABE, AG, CmpE, CS, EE, FrE, IDE, IE, ME, MGMT, SLA ). Education and Outreach Speech-Language and Audiology Clinic Project (SLAC) : Projects primarily support the M. D. Steer Audiology Clinic at Purdue University . Projects either help the patients at the clinic (hearing aids, sound level alert meter) or support teaching of students (tutorial software, large-scale model of the ear). Technologies: speech recognition, signal processing, analog-digital electronics, acoustical design, software design, animation, engineering design, mechanical design, and hardware design. Lab meets on Wednesday, 10:30-12:20. Division 12 - (Majors Recommended: AUS, CGT, CmpE, CS, EE, FrE, IDE, ME). Access and Abilities New Team! Tippecanoe Soccer Association (TIPPCO): Design new soccer complex for Tippco, a local youth soccer club, to use for practices and matches on new land available located roughly 5 miles northeast of the Purdue campus. The facility will require the design and construction of soccer fields of several different sizes to accommodate youth soccer teams of various ages. In addition, several ancillary components will need to be designed and built, including small buildings, parking and access. Technologies involved include: Civil Engineering (hydraulics/hydrology, geotechnical, transportation, structures, geomatics), Agronomy (proper turfgrass species selection, developing appropriate long-term management strategies like soil and turfgrass cultivation recommendations, fertilizer, irrigation and mowing programs and suggesting methods for dealing with excessive traffic and use, also consulting with the hydraulic engineers on appropriate sloping of the fields for drainage and use). Lab meets on Tuesday, 8:30-10:20. Division 2 – (Majors Recommend CE, Agronomy). Social Services Tippecanoe County Historical Association Project (TCHA) : Develop and maintain projects to reflect the history of Tippecanoe . Projects include: 3-D model and interactive demo representing the Battle of Tippecanoe, IPix and imaging projects, a searchable photo and video database, and Web development. Lab meets on Tuesday, 1:30-3:20. Division 05 - (Majors Recommended: CmpE, CS, EE, History, Photography, SLA , COM). Education and Outreach New Team! University Place Retirement Community (UPRC) : Design, develop and implement programs and systems targeted to the unique environment of a senior living community. Explore opportunities for enriching the lives of seniors through the use of technology based systems such as closed circuit TV, the WWWeb, and computers as therapeutic aids. Work one-on-one with residents in training/education settings to gain a deeper insight into the proper role for technology in serving this population group . Lab meets on Tuesday, 3:30 – 5:20. Division 9 (Majors Recommended: FrE, CmpE, EE, Soc, IE, Psy, Nur ). Education and Outreach. Volunteer Resource Infrastructure (VRI): Work with the Greater Lafayette Volunteer Bureau to develop software applications that assist the bureau in its mission of matching volunteers with social service agencies. This includes providing information on volunteer opportunities and facilitating interaction between the bureau, the volunteers, and the agencies. Software applications include web-based technology, and database systems. Technologies: Software, databases, networking and networking security, web-based client servers, JavaServer Pages (JSP) and MySQL running on Linux. Lab meets on Tuesday, 8:30-10:20. Division 3 - (Majors Recommended: CmpE, CS, FrE, IDE, SLA ). Social Services Wabash Center Greenbush Industries (WCGI) : The WCGI team designs and develops a wide variety of mechanical and electromechanical devices to increase safety and efficiency for employees with disabilities in their performance of various manufacturing and packaging processes. Lab meets on Friday, 1:30-3:20. Division 30 - (Majors Recommended: All Engineering). Access and Abilities West Lafayette Public Library (WLPL): Develop and implement a variety of technical solutions for the West Lafayette Public Library. Current projects include creating an extensible and dynamically generated web presence, designing a reliable and secure wireless and wired network solution for the new building, constructing a multi-platform music repository and assembling a robust and intuitive printing system. Lab meets on Friday, 3:30-5:20. Division 32 - (Majors Recommended: CS, ECE, EE, CGT, CPT, English-Technical Writing). Social Services Columbian Park Zoo (ZOO) : Design portable educational materials for community outreach projects mainly for grade school students. Examples of projects we are currently working on include electronic board games and puppet stage with sound effects. Lab meets on Thursday, 1:30-3:20. Division 22 - (Majors Recommended: CS, EE, CmpE, Animal Sciences). Education and Outreach
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