[IISE Faculty List] Material Handling Capstone Design Design Competition (sponsored by MHI and CICMHE) due May 31

[Christine Nguyen]

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Sponsored by MHI and College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE), the purpose of the competition is to recognize outstanding material handling applications and encourage student interest in the material handling industry. Thanks to generous MHI sponsorship, monetary prizes (to be shared among the students on the winning teams) of $2000, $1000, and $500 will be awarded to first, second, and third place teams, respectively.  Outstanding submissions will also be recognized at MHI events.

Last Year’s winners: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mhi.org%2Fcontent%2F2%2F2051456%2Fmhi-and-cicmhe-announce-winners-of-2023-2024-material-handling-capstone-design-competition&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf8720f4297194510028208dd7dbd6171%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638804975727263284%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mSJ3A5q13qZk7sLR%2FNJh2bFw7%2F8Owm%2FwaCedkkHzoOM%3D&reserved=0

Submission Deadline: Review begins May 31, 2025
Submission Link: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mhi.org%2Fcicmhe%2Fcapstone-design-competition&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf8720f4297194510028208dd7dbd6171%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638804975727280463%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yV7IOabPFil316Jbb%2BBULMeu%2BdOv1U7BVN3bK%2FVJp7s%3D&reserved=0

Eligibility criteria:

  *   Project work in Material Handling or Supply Chain.
  *   Design project work completed by undergraduate or master’s level enrolled students within the 2023-2024 academic year.
  *   The project demonstrates design, or application, of material handling principles.
  *   Any project completed for course credit, regardless of the format of the course/project, e.g., length, multidisciplinary, size of team, etc.


Submission Details:

  *   Submissions must come from a department faculty member, capstone coordinators, or mentors of the project.
  *   Up to two submissions accepted from each department.


The evaluation committee of MHI and CICMHE members, from both industry and academia, will judge the submissions based on the following criteria:

  *   Project complexity and outcome success
  *   Creativity in addressing the problem
  *   Potential Impact/Contribution to the Material Handling Industry
  *   Quality of the Deliverables
  *   Effective Communication of the Problem, Approach, Design, and Results


Christine Nguyen, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Northern Illinois University (cnguyen at niu.edu<mailto:cnguyen at niu.edu>)
Zhenyu “James” Kong, Professor of the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech (zkong at vt.edu<mailto:zkong at vt.edu> )


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