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JoAnna Leon
CICMHE Managing Director
jleon@werc.org
630-320-5807

Maurice Rahman
CICMHE Coordinator
mrahman@mhi.org
704-714-8723

For general inquires, email cicmhe@mhi.org

CICMHE LEADERSHIP

Manjunath Kamath
President
Oklahoma State University

Michael Kuhl
Vice President
Rochester Institute of Technology

Shanthi Muthuswamy
Past President
Northern Illinois University

David Porter
Liaison to the Roundtable
Oregon State University

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CICMHE MISSION

The mission of the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) is to increase awareness, understanding, exploration, and development of material handling and logistics through fostering and nurturing high value projects and events.

CICMHE BACKGROUND

CICMHE is an independent organization that prepares and provides information, teaching materials and various events in support of material handling education and research. Founded in 1952, the main body of the Council is composed of fifteen college and university educators. Additional members are drawn from material handling equipment manufacturers, distributors, users and consultants, representatives of the business press, and professional staff members of organizations concerned with material handling education. Through its various programs and diverse representation of membership, CICMHE facilitates the interchange of information among concerned individuals in industry, academia and in the user community to aid in improving and implementing material handling education.

CICMHE GOALS

Transform CICMHE so its primary focus is on high-impact events and projects aiming for high-value teaching and learning and high-value research and innovation

Transform and modernize existing educational offerings and create new educational offerings to enable high-impact teaching and learning in material handling and related domains

Identify, foster, facilitate, nurture, incubate research in MH and related domains to advance (elevate) the state of art and practice

Leverage connections between CICMHE members and councils, product sections, and member organizations in order to provide value for both MHI membership and CICMHE community

HOW DOES CICMHE FULFILL ITS MISSION?

CICMHE IN ACTION - Learn more about how CICMHE brings their mission to life.

CICMHE sponsors a Teachers Institute on an every two year schedule for faculty members who teach material handling in two-and four-year schools of technology, as well as in schools of engineering at four-year universities. The Teachers Institute is held in the summer of odd-numbered years.

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For the last several years, CICMHE, in conjunction with the Material Handling Institute, has sponsored a national team design competition for students interested in the design and analysis of material handling systems.

Thanks to generous MHI sponsorship, monetary prizes (to be shared among the students on the winning teams) $2,000. $1,000, and $500 will be awarded to first, second, and third place teams, respectively. Outstanding submissions will also be recognized at MHI events. Deadline to submit: May 31, 2024.

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Student Design Submission

Since 1990, CICMHE has sponsored an International Research Colloquium in conjunction with the U.S. National Science Foundation and leading companies within the industry. Like the Teachers Institute, the Colloquium has been conducted on an every two year cycle, with the Colloquium being offered in the summer of even-numbered years.

MHEFI announces its 2023-2024 scholarship winners. Fifty-six scholarships were awarded totaling $200,000 for this academic term. Scholarship awards for the 2024/2025 academic term will be announced by April 30, 2024.

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CICMHE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

CICMHE is organized into two working committees. A brief overview of each committee is provided below:

Events Committee

Plan and execute structured events to facilitate learning and research, promote knowledge transfer, provide exposure to and awareness of the field, address current industry needs and trends, and strengthen the bridge between industry and academia.

Projects Committee

Initiate and conduct projects to transform and modernize existing educational offerings, create and maintain new educational offerings, assess usage and effectiveness of offerings, identify, incubate, and foster research in material handling and related domains; and leverage connections between CICMHE and councils, product sections, and affiliated trade associations.

Communication and Technology Transfer

CICMHE continually monitors activities with the different MHI product sections and councils to facilitate technology transfer between the groups. This monitoring is primarily conducted by having CICMHE members attend the meetings of the product sections and councils. The activities of the product sections and councils often provide information to the CICMHE members on the latest advances in material handling equipment and technology as well as keep them abreast of the challenges and issues that a particular industry segment is facing. Additionally, issues or topics will arise where CICMHE can assist the product section on special projects. These projects might involve developing white papers on a particular topic, creating overviews and summaries that can be used to promote the activities of the product section, or developing tools to assist in designing or analyzing material handling technologies (e.g. economic justification software, an ergonomic toolbox, or a carousel throughput estimation package).

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