2000-2001 Design Competition Summary
The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education
(CICMHE) and The Material Handling Institute are pleased to
announce the results of the 2001 Materials Handling Student
Design Competition. Each team developed a plan to improve
operations at Louisville Recycling, Inc. (LRI), presented in
the design contest as a non-profit recycling center that sorts
glass, plastics, aluminum and steel cans, office paper,
newspaper, magazines, and cardboard. The LRI facility needed to
double its capacity and each team was asked to develop a plan
to improve the overall efficiency of the operation such that it
could continue to operate one shift per day in the existing
space. Safety, overall quality of the working environment and
minimal capital investment were also considered in the design.
Each team had to submit engineering drawings as part of their
report.
And the awards go to&..
First Place ($1500)
University of Arkansas
Brent Fraser, Amber Lehrman, Geoffrey Skinner and Andy
Stroud
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Michael Cole
Second Place ($1000)
University of Louisville
David Gagel, Jeffery Hess, Jason Hurt, and J. Eric Peden
Faculty sponsor: Dr. John Usher
Third Place ($500)
North Carolina State University
Nicholas Baranski, Kyle Gladden, and Chin Kim
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Michael Kay
Honorable Mention:
Texas A&M University
Jill Grotefendt and Richard Marek
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Brett Peters
Honorable Mention:
University of Washington
Clara Fernandes, Megan Sigler, and Roy Sunarso
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Benita Beamon