[Iefac.list] Apply to attend the Material Handling Teachers Institute - June 17-20, 2013 - Rochester, New York

[Mike Ogle]

Are you teaching or planning to teach materials handling, facility layout/design/logistics, operations, supply chain related courses?  Are you interested in an event-filled week of learning, networking, and tours?  If so, apply to attend...
2013 Material Handling Teachers Institute (MHTI)
Rochester, New York
June 17-20, 2013
(www.mhi.org/CICMHE/teachersinstitute)

Sponsored by the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) and hosted by the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering and the Toyota Production Systems Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Call for Participation

The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) is pleased to announce that the 2013 Material Handling Teachers Institute (MHTI) will be held June 17-20, 2013 in Rochester, New York at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Through the generous funding provided by MHI, the on-site expenses of all attendees will be paid including:

* hotel*
* meals
* on-site transportation
* all sponsored tours
* social events

(*Room paid if room is shared with another participant, otherwise half of room is paid. Attendees are required to pay their own airfare and transportation to the hotel, as well as the expenses of a spouse or any accompanying guests.)

Tours include the global distribution center for Coopervision and the manufacturing operations of Gorbel. The assembly lines and the pick-to-light facilities in the Toyota Production Systems Lab will be used for academic exercises. Social events will include an excursion to Niagara Falls and an evening at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, among many other social activities that are planned for the afternoons/evenings.  Part of the value of the event is to spend time getting to know your fellow attendees as well as the professors and industry representatives that will serve as your instructors.

Designed for faculty of all levels of experience who are directly involved in the teaching of material handling, facilities design/layout/logistics, operations, and supply chain courses, MHTI promotes better teaching of material handling and facilities logistics courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels by providing:
- A wide range of industry and academic presentations
- Plant and lab tours
- Social activities
- Opportunity to interact with their colleagues and share course designs, teaching methods, case studies, textbooks, software, and more

Application Process

Attendance is limited - APPLY NOW by emailing the application information specified below to: CICMHE at mhia.org

1. Name, School/University and when you started, address, phone, E-Mail.
2. Degrees received, when and where.
3. Teaching experience, if any, related to materials handling, facilities design/layout/logistics, operations, supply chain (should include course titles).
4. The next or first time you are scheduled to teach a course with materials handling, facilities design/layout/logistics, operations, supply chain (should include course title), the text you expect to use (if known), and a description of the course as it appears in the school catalog.
5. What you hope to achieve while attending the event.

Review of applications will begin by March 27th. Invitations to attend will be sent beginning in early April.  Applications will continue to be accepted until all available slots are filled.
Additional information about the event and the preliminary schedule will be posted at the MHTI site: www.mhia.org/CICMHE/teachersinstitute.

Mike Ogle
Vice President - Educational and Technical Services

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