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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Press Release (October 2023).
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Congratulations to the winners of the
<a name="_Hlk146964631">2022-2023 Material Handling Capstone Design competition organized by the Material Handling Industry (MHI) and the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE)</a>. The winning undergraduate teams are:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"><img width="721" height="406" style="width:7.5083in;height:4.225in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D9F3A7.00EFE4F0" alt="A collage of men and women
Description automatically generated"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">First Place Winner ($2000):
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:#262626;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">V</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">irginia Tech & PMG – Long Length Pallet
Flipper Project. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Student Team Members:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Jaebeum Lee, Owen Keegan, Joseph
Albrigo, Joseph Spohrer</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#262626;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Faculty Advisors:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Dr. Michael Madigan and Dr. Natalie Cherbaka<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Second Place Winner ($1000):
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Georgia Tech & Trondheim Public Library - I Just Can’t Help My Shelf</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Student Team Members:
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Anjana Chamarthi, Sofia Eidizadeh, Kennedy Eltz, Taylor Helfrich, and Paritosh Suri</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#262626;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Faculty Advisors:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Dr. Bodner and Dr. Dima Nazzal<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Third Place Winner ($500):
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li style="color:#262626;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Iowa State – Benefits of Velocity Slotting on Material Handling<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="color:#262626;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Student Team Members:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Pat Miller, Max McFadden, Charles Byrd, Cale Nelson<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#262626;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Faculty Advisors:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Dr. Dave Sly<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Honorable Mention:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li style="color:#262626;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Georgia Tech & Warner Robins Air Force Base – Robins Air Force Facility Redesign<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="color:#262626;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Student Team Members:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Kanak Agarwal, Mahika Ala, Christine Chang, Kelly
Collins, Srinidhi Nandala, Bhumi Patel, Akhilesh Talkad, and Lara Van Der Beek <o:p>
</o:p></span></li><li style="color:#262626;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Faculty Advisors:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Dr. Douglas Bodner, Dr. Leon McGinnis, Dr. Dima Nazzal<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Thanks to generous MHI sponsors, including the MHI Solutions Community, the 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, and 3<sup>rd</sup> place winning teams will
receive </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">$2000</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">; $1000; and $500,
respectively,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"> to be shared among the students on the team.
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">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 p</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">roject 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">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.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"> 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
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.mhi.org/cicmhe/competition"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">College Industry Council on Material Handling Education Design Competition (mhi.org)</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Questions can be sent to
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:cicmhe@mhi.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">cicmhe@mhi.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"> or the chair of the competition Dr. Christine
Ngyuen (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:cnguyen@niu.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">cnguyen@niu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">).
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Congratulations to all the winning teams, their industry clients, and their faculty advisors.
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#262626">Co-Chairs of the Material Handling Capstone Design Competition, and members of College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Christine Nguyen, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Northern Illinois University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#262626;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Jen Pazour, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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