Embedding CQI Methodology in Two-Year College Technical Programs
NSF GRANT # 0501885
$229,875
2005 - 2008
NSF GRANT # 0501885
$229,875
2005 - 2008
RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS - developed as part of this grant project Teachers Resource Manual for Adapting the MIMIC Project Model
Plans for Multidisciplinary Projects Adapted from the MIMIC Model
In 2005, IVCC received a grant from the National Science Foundation to utilize the MIMIC project (Making Industry Meaningful In College) to build continuous quality improvement (CQI) and reengineering into the two-year technical programs in engineering design and electronics.
In the one-semester MIMIC project, students enrolled in engineering design, electronics and business programs design, prototype, manufacture, market and sell products. Under the grant, MIMIC became the focal point of the technical programs, with the technical students designing and reengineering MIMIC products throughout their two-year programs. The hands-on, learning-centered nature of MIMIC was also utilized as a magnet to interest high school students in technical careers and to improve their success in technical programs.
Under the grant, a Leadership Team was created for promising technical students, providing them with training to develop their leadership and utilizing their skills to assist other students and in recruiting efforts.
The grant project was completed in 2008 and resulted in resources for teachers (links at left) for organizing similar programs.
Interested in organizing a multi-disciplinary project at your school or college? Learn to adapt the award-winning Making Industry Meaningful In College (MIMIC) multi-disciplinary project model to your high school or college and your students. Arrange for a MIMIC Workshop at your site.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT, contact:
Principal Investigator Dorene Perez, CAD/CAE Program Coordinator, Email: dorene_perez@ivcc.edu
Co-Principal Investigator Jim Gibson, Electronics Program Coordinator, Email: jim_gibson@ivcc.edu
Co-Principal Investigator Rose Marie Lynch, Communications Instructor, Email: rosemarie_lynch@ivcc.edu
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