Welcome to Boston University’s Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC)
EPIC is an impressive 15,000-square-foot, multi-million dollar engineering, and manufacturing facility located in the heart of BU’s Charles River Campus.
We have as our mission the following five goals
Who is EPIC for?
At EPIC, all members of the BU community can learn the skills necessary to design and build their own ideas, and gain invaluable hands-on experience in design, prototyping, and small-scale manufacturing. EPIC is an integral part of the engineering educational process. Our core freshman through senior classes all uses EPIC to enable students to see how their ideas can become reality.
The center is open to all BU students, regardless of major, to receive valuable training on the entire range of relevant skill sets that are vital to product innovation—design, prototyping, material selection, and manufacturing. The students have access to a wide range of industrial tools and equipment and are helped to learn by our staff of manufacturing and design experts.
Connected with Industry
EPIC is more than just the physical space where students can build products. We run short courses, invite industry speakers, host club activities and help students understand the jobs they may have when they graduate. We are guided by two boards: industrial and student. The industrial sponsors bring their expertise and help guide our curriculum and offerings. Our student board helps to ensure we are connecting with all of the students in our community with their ever-changing needs.
BU and the Societal Engineer
EPIC is aligned with the mission of the College of Engineering to educate societal engineers who are prepared to step up to the ever-growing need in the US, and abroad, for industry leaders who understand how to develop and manufacture innovative socially responsible new products in a global environment. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcome and that we meet our students at their level of skill whether they are already proficient at using a mill or have never used a drill before.
