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EXPLORE MIMIC IN THE NEWS:

MIMIC & NEW NSF GRANT FEATURED AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE

MIMIC WORKSHOP DRAWS EDUCATORS NATIONWIDE

MIMIC PROJECT FEATURED IN NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION IMPACT BOOK

LEADERSHIP TEAM FEATURED AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Making Industry Meaningful In College, or MIMIC, is a nationally recognized curriculum project that places Illinois Valley Community College students from engineering design, electronics and business in teams to design, manufacture, market and sell a product.  The student teams, called "companies," simulate an industrial company structure, allowing the students to experience a workplace environment in a classroom setting.

The MIMIC project stresses teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving and communication as it provides students with opportunities to sharpen their technical skills.

In 2005, IVCC received a National Science Foundation Grant (#0501885) to utilize the MIMIC project to build continuous quality improvement into the two-year technical programs in engineering design and electronics and to improve recruiting and retention. The three-year grant provided some support for MIMIC through 2008. The project, which originated at IVCC in 1995, had been funded primarily through the IVCC Tech Prep Team from funding provided by the IVCC/SRAVTE Tech Prep Consortium. Beginning with spring 2009, MIMIC will be partially funded through the Partnerships for College and Career Success (PCCS) program.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MIMIC PROJECT, contact:

Dorene Perez, CAD/CAE Program Coordinator, Email: dorene_perez@ivcc.edu

Jim Gibson, Electronics Program Coordinator, Email:  jim_gibson@ivcc.edu

Bob Reese, Business Professor, Email:  bob_reese@ivcc.edu

Teacher's Resource Manual for Adapting the MIMIC Model

MIMIC Student Guidebook

Plans for Multidisciplinary Projects Adapted from the MIMIC Model

Modules for Integrating Workplace Skills + Power Point Presentations

Establishing a Leadership Team