{"id":1668,"date":"2025-10-09T06:27:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/?page_id=1668"},"modified":"2025-11-09T13:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:59:19","slug":"ai-the-new-financial-frontier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/ai-the-new-financial-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"Fund Your Engineering Ideas: How EPICS in IEEE Supports Community Projects and Professional Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:35 PM &#8211; 4:25<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> Room 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaker:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nikhil Makhija<br>IEEE EPICS<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>IEEE EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) is a program that empowers university and pre-university students to use their technical skills to address real-world challenges in their local communities. It connects students with nonprofit organizations to design and implement engineering-based solutions \u2014 such as renewable energy systems, assistive technologies, and environmental monitoring tools \u2014 that have a lasting social impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program emphasizes service learning, combining technical education with community engagement, teamwork, and professional skill development. It\u2019s sponsored by the IEEE Foundation, and its projects often align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaker Bio:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/EPICS-in-IEEE-Presentation-November-2025.pptx.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of EPICS in IEEE Presentation- November 2025.pptx.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b1627ce5-8a56-446c-a9cf-ea56c38651b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/EPICS-in-IEEE-Presentation-November-2025.pptx.pdf\">EPICS in IEEE Presentation- November 2025.pptx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/EPICS-in-IEEE-Presentation-November-2025.pptx.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b1627ce5-8a56-446c-a9cf-ea56c38651b8\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time: 3:35 PM &#8211; 4:25Location: Room 2 Speaker: Nikhil MakhijaIEEE EPICS Abstract: IEEE EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) is a program that empowers university and pre-university students to use their technical skills to address real-world challenges in their local communities. It connects students with nonprofit organizations to design and implement engineering-based solutions \u2014 such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1668","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1785,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1668\/revisions\/1785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}