[IISE Faculty List] 2022-2023 Material Handling Capstone Design Competition Winner Announcement

[Pazour, Jennifer Ann]

Press Release (October 2023). Congratulations to the winners of the 2022-2023 Material Handling Capstone Design competition organized by the Material Handling Industry (MHI) and the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE). The winning undergraduate teams are:

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First Place Winner ($2000):

  *   Virginia Tech & PMG - Long Length Pallet Flipper Project.
  *   Student Team Members:  Jaebeum Lee, Owen Keegan, Joseph Albrigo, Joseph Spohrer
  *   Faculty Advisors: Dr. Michael Madigan and Dr. Natalie Cherbaka

Second Place Winner ($1000):

  *   Georgia Tech & Trondheim Public Library - I Just Can't Help My Shelf
  *   Student Team Members:  Anjana Chamarthi, Sofia Eidizadeh, Kennedy Eltz, Taylor Helfrich, and Paritosh Suri
  *   Faculty Advisors: Dr. Bodner and Dr. Dima Nazzal

Third Place Winner ($500):

  *   Iowa State - Benefits of Velocity Slotting on Material Handling
  *   Student Team Members: Pat Miller, Max McFadden, Charles Byrd, Cale Nelson
  *   Faculty Advisors: Dr. Dave Sly

Honorable Mention:

  *   Georgia Tech & Warner Robins Air Force Base - Robins Air Force Facility Redesign
  *   Student Team Members: Kanak Agarwal, Mahika Ala, Christine Chang, Kelly Collins, Srinidhi Nandala, Bhumi Patel, Akhilesh Talkad, and Lara Van Der Beek
  *   Faculty Advisors: Dr. Douglas Bodner, Dr. Leon McGinnis, Dr. Dima Nazzal

Thanks to generous MHI sponsors, including the MHI Solutions Community, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winning teams will receive $2000; $1000; and $500, respectively, to be shared among the students on the team.


This year we received 9 submissions from 6 different schools. Each submission was reviewed by a set of industry and academic judges, including Drew Pope (Nautique Boat Company), Tony Wolf (RF-SMART), Michael Shannon (SRSI), Steve Hopper (Inviscid Consulting), Alan Marsh ((RF-SMART), Glen Wegel (Kitchen Cabinet Distributors), Christine Nguyen (Northern Illinois University) and Jennifer Pazour (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).  These submissions were evaluated based on their project complexity and outcome success, the creativity in addressing the problem, the potential Impact/Contribution to the Material Handling Industry, the Quality of the Deliverables, and the Effective communication of the problem, approach, design, and results.


We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 MHI and CICMHE Senior Design Competition, which will again include monetary prizes for first, second, and third places and recognition at MHI events.  The application process is specifically designed to accommodate differences in capstone deliverables.  So please encourage your capstone design teams to submit their material handling and supply chain projects.  Both fall and spring projects are welcome; the deadline for submission is May 2024, with more information found College Industry Council on Material Handling Education Design Competition (mhi.org)<https://www.mhi.org/cicmhe/competition>. Questions can be sent to cicmhe at mhi.org<mailto:cicmhe at mhi.org> or the chair of the competition Dr. Christine Ngyuen (cnguyen at niu.edu<mailto:cnguyen at niu.edu>).



Congratulations to all the winning teams, their industry clients, and their faculty advisors.



Co-Chairs of the Material Handling Capstone Design Competition, and members of College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE)

  *   Christine Nguyen, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Northern Illinois University
  *   Jen Pazour, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)



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