EPICS Project Presentation Palooza |

The 33 Buckets Team: Connor Wiegand, seated, and standing (from left to right) are Varendra Silva, Mark Huerta, Paul Strong and team leader Pankti Shah.

The top 13 EPICS teams presented their projects at the EPICS Project Presentation Palooza (P3) held on March 13 at Skysong. Numerous teams also presented posters before the presentations began. Guest judges were on hand to evaluate the presentations and select the winning teams. Teams competed for prizes ranging from $500 to $2,500.

The EPICS teams:

EPICS Gold I classes:

Project KACHINA: Performance Team
Project C.U.R.E.: Sorting Database Team
Arizona Foundation for Social Justice Team
Ballet Arizona: Phone App Team

EPICS Gold II classes:

Project TOTO Team
Karma Team
33 Buckets Team
World Mirror Team
Piano Stairs Team
SafeSIPP – GSD Innovators Team

EPICS Turquoise classes:

Doc Talk Team
Ride and Bike Team
FlashFood Team

The P3 winners:

33 Buckets Team
Grand Prize, Engineering Dean’s Award of Excellence ($2,500)
SafeSIPP Team
Intel EPICS Award ($1,500)
Ride and Bike Team
Intel EPICS Award ($1,000)
Piano Stairs and Project Toto (tie)
Intel EPICS Award ($750 each)

DocTalk Team
Make a Difference Award ($500)
Ballet Arizona: Phone App Team
Spirit of EPICS Award ($500)
Well Water
Project Presentation Palooza Poster Award ($500)

A special thank you to the guest judges:

Jessica Catlin, Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Carl Davenport, Intel Corporation
Jonathan Hall, Dreamspan
Paul Johnson, Dean of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Courtney Klein, SEEDspot Incubator and New Global Citizens
Duane Miller, DM2 Advisors and Social Venture Partners of Arizona
Brent Sebold, Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative
Diane Walker, Aid to the Adoption of Special Kids and Social Venture Partners of Arizona

Dell Social Innovation Challenge

As an element of our partnership with the Dell Social Innovation Challenge competition now underway, the top three P3 teams (33 Buckets, SafeSIPP and Ride & Bike) will automatically move directly to the semifinal round of the worldwide 2012 competition (dellchallenge.org).