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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Material Handling Industry (MHI) and the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Capstone Design Competition is now open.
Details are attached and can be found here: <a href="https://www.mhi.org/cicmhe/competition">
<span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.mhi.org/cicmhe/competition</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The purpose of the competition is to recognize outstanding material handling applications and encourage student interest in the material handling industry. <span class="markedcontent">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.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The submission process has been specifically designed to not be too much additional work beyond what is required in your program’s capstone.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Submissions accepted on or before
<b>May 20, 2023</b>, at <a href="https://www.mhi.org/cicmhe/competition"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.mhi.org/cicmhe/competition</span></a> (to submit an application a faculty member first must register on the website and we encourage you to do
this prior to the deadline). If your university has a semester end date after the submission deadline, please make sure to register by May 20, 2023 and email the co-chairs to request a submission extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please forward this announcement to your colleagues who work with capstone projects.
</span></i></b><span class="markedcontent"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Design project work in material handling or supply chain that was completed by undergraduate or master’s level enrolled students within the 2022-2023 academic
year are eligible. </span></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Jen Pazour, Associate Professor of ISE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Christine Nguyen, Associate Professor of ISE, Northern Illinois University (NIU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Co-chairs of the MHI Capstone Design Competition
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