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<b>The Material Handling Capstone Design Competition 2023-2024 is open.</b></div>
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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.</div>
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<b>Submission Deadline:</b> Submissions accepted on or before <b>May 31, 2024</b>, at
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<b>Eligibility criteria:</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Project work in the area of Material Handling or Supply Chain.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Design project work completed by undergraduate or master’s level enrolled students within the 2023-2024 academic year.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The project demonstrates design, or application, of material handling principles.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Any project completed for course credit, regardless of the format of the course/project, e.g., length, multidisciplinary, size of team, etc.</span></li></ul>
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Submissions must come from a department faculty member, capstone coordinators, or mentors of the project.</div>
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Thanks,</div>
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Christine Nguyen, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Northern Illinois University (<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:cnguyen@niu.edu" id="OWAebabd7f7-690c-1f04-a494-c1f86f9556fa" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">cnguyen@niu.edu</a></u></span>)</div>
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Chair of the CICMHE and MHI Student Design Competition</div>
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