TEDxIIT - Jeff Chiles - Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers May 3, 2011

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Jeff Chiles is a current student at Illinois Institute of Technology. From Plymouth, Minn., he recently completed his undergraduate courses for a double major in electrical and computer engineering, and is now a research assistant with the High Performance Integrated Circuits and Microsystems Lab in the ECE department at IIT. During his undergraduate time, he became closely involved with the Camras Scholars Program and as its vice president of the Camras Student Executive Board in 2009, he led the initial development of the Intuitive Modules in Engineering Education program (IMiEE). IMiEE is focused on exposure kids to engineering at a much younger age so that they might consider it as a career path in the future. Here Jeff talks about the mission and development of the program as well as where it is going in the future.

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