Corporate Volunteers

EPICS was initiated as a two-way partnership between the university and the community. The EPICS Corporate/Foundation Partners Program expands this relationship to a three-way partnership of the university, the community and industry.

Corporate partners' involvement can be in the form of leadership support as well as financial support, both at the local or national level.

Forms of leadership support may include:

  • Guest speaker: Share thoughts and professional experiences with EPICS students during a lecture or professional development session
  • Team advisor: Advise an EPICS team at an EPICS site
  • Corporate EPICS ambassador: Network within your own company to advance the efforts of EPICS
    • Resource acquisition: Leverage resources from your employer to help sponsor an EPICS team
    • Leadership identification: Help identify leaders in your organization who might also become future advocates for EPICS
  • Design reviewer: Serve as a technical reviewer for EPICS teams.

For more information on how to become involved with EPICS, please contact epics@purdue.edu.

Information for reviewers

Fall 2025 design review in West Lafayette

  • Mid-semester: Oct. 7-10
  • End of semester: Dec. 9-12

Design Reviews are presented in person in West Lafayette. There are over 40 teams to choose from, each with unique projects to review. If you cannot attend in person, joining remotely is an option.

Registration Link (soon)          Reviewers Schedule (soon)

Are you scheduled to be a design reviewer for EPICS and looking for instructions and the pre-review site?
Please contact epics@purdue.edu. 

About design reviews

In design review, teams present the specific design they have developed and the design process followed. Design reviews are great practice for life after Purdue, as they closely mimic the design reviews that practicing engineers experience regularly in industry.

Every community partner has a story. During design review, teams will tell that story. Why was this project needed? Who does it impact?  

The team will share what issues it has had since the last review, possible solutions considered and why the team chose to move forward with the design.

The team will also explain how it is implementing the designs in practice and include any changes to specifications and implementation plans. Teams will also share any upcoming challenges; reviewers can be a great help in working through them.