MIMIC Fair

The MIMIC project won a Connections Award for Innovative Curriculum Integration from the Illinois State Board of Education in 1995, its first year.  Since that time, MIMIC has been widely recognized as a successful, innovative curriculum initiative. In 2006, a paper about the MIMIC project won the best paper award from the National Association of Industrial Technology.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Project organizers have given presentations about MIMIC at a number of national and international conferences including:

• American Society for Engineering Education International Colloquium at Tsinghua University in Beijing, People's Republic of China, 2004

• American Society for Engineering Education National Conference at Salt Lake City, Utah in 2004; at Chicago in 2006; at Honolulu, Hawaii in 2007.

• National Association of Industrial Technology Convention at Cleveland, Ohio, 2006.

• National Association for Workforce Improvement Conference at Chicago in 2007.

• Lilly Conference on Excellence in College Teaching at Miami University, Ohio

• Society of Educators and Scholars International Conference in Louisville Ky.

• National Institute for Staff and Organizational development Conference in Austin, Texas

• National Council for Occupational Education Conference in St. Louis

• Tech Ed Conference in Long Beach, Calif.

Jim Gibson at the ASEE International Colloquium in Beijing, China.  Gibson, Dorene Perez and Rose Marie Lynch gave a presentation on MIMIC at Tsinghua University in Sept. 2004.

MIMIC and MIMIC-related initiatives being supported by a National Science Foundation grant were showcased at the Advanced Technological Education Conference co-sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges and the National Science Foundation in October 2006 and 2007 in Washington, D.C. In 2006 a MIMIC project graduate, received a scholarship from the AACC and NSF to attend the conference and present a showcase at that conference; in 2007, two technical students received scholarships and presented a showcase in Washington D.C. (See MIMIC News)

• Forum for Excellence sponsored by the Illinois Community College Board, 2006
• Teaching and Learning Excellence Conference sponsored by the Illinois Community College Faculty Association, 2006
• American Technical Education Association Regional Meeting in Wisc.
• Connections Conferences, Illinois State Board of Education.

PUBLICATIONS

The MIMIC project is the subject of the following peer-reviewed publications, including one paper named best paper at a national convention and one nominated for best paper at a national convention:

• "Making Industry Meaningful In College for Technical Students," by Jim Gibson.  Proceedings of the National Association of Industrial Technology Convention.  2006.*

• "A Model Program for Making Industry Meaningful In College," by Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson and Rose Marie Lynch. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 2006.

• "A Multi-Disciplinary Entrepreneurial Project for Teaching Reengineering," by Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson and Rose Marie Lynch.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference.  2006.**

• "Utilizing a Capstone Project as a Catalyst for Reengineering, Recruitment, and Retention," by Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson and Rose Marie Lynch.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 2006.

• "Making Industry Meaningful in College," by Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson, and Rose Marie Lynch.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 2004.

*Winner of Best Paper Award at national convention.
**Nominated for Best Paper Award at national convention.