EPICS University Staff
Dr. William Oakes, Director of EPICS
William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and a 150th Anniversary Professor and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is a leader in community engagement, conducting more than 100 workshops, publishing articles and contributing to nine books including co-authoring the first text for engineering service-learning. He was the first engineer to receive the U.S. Campus Compact’s Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Educating, recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Educational Excellence Award and recipient of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Chester Carlson Award for Excellence. He is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Society of Professional Engineers.
Jorge Martinez, Outreach Program Manager, EPICS University
Jorge Martinez joined EPICS in 2017 as Lab Manager after 20 years in manufacturing, engineering, and management. Throughout his career, Jorge has collaborated in project management, product development, process engineering, and quality assurance across multiple continents.