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College Industry Council on Material Handling Education

Leadership

The following is a list of the CICMHE officers, academic members and industry members. To find out more about the research, consulting, and teaching expertise / interests of each academic member, go to the Academic Members Interests page.

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Officers/Staff

Benoit Montreuil, President
Universite Laval
Dept. Operations & Decision Systems
Pavillion-Palasis-Prince, Local 2636
Quebec, CANADA G1K 7P4
Phone: 418/656-3124
Fax: 418/656-2624
Email: Benoit.Montreuil@cirrelt.ca
Term: 2002 – 2013

Jeff Smith, Vice President
Auburn University
Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334/844-1412
Email: jsmith@eng.auburn.edu
Term: 2004 – 2015

Kevin Gue, Past-President
Auburn University
Dept. of Industrials & Systems Engineering
Auburn, AL 36849-5346
Phone: 334/844-1425
Email: kevin.gue@auburn.edu
Term: 2002 – 2011

 

Managing Director
Dr. Mike Ogle
Material Handling Industry of America
8720 Red Oak Blvd., Suite 201
Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: 704/676-1190
Fax: 704/676-1199
Email: mogle@mhia.org

Senior Administrative Assistant
Carmen Murphy
Material Handling Industry of America
8720 Red Oak Blvd., Suite 201
Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: 704/676-1190
Fax: 704/676-1199
Email: cmurphy@mhia.org

Russ Meller,, Liaison
University of Arkansas
4207 Bell Engineering Center
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479/575-6196
Fax: 479/575-8431
Email: rmeller@uark.edu
Term: 1997-2009

 

Academic Members

Yossi Bukchin
Tel Aviv University
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Ramat Aviv 69978 ISRAEL
Phone: 972-3-640-7941
Fax: 972-3-640-7669
Email: bukchin@eng.tau.ac.il
Term: 2006-2009

Dr. Andrés L. Carrano
Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
Phone: (585) 475-6062
Fax: (585) 475-2520
Email: alceie@rit.edu
Term: 2008-2011

Dr. Donald E. Eisenstein
Professor of Operations Management
University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business
Phone: (773) 702-2576
Fax: (773) 834-3976
Email: don.eisenstein@ChicagoGSB.edu
Term: 2008-2011

Kimberly Ellis
Virginia Tech
Grado Dept. of Ind. & Sys. Eng.
250 Durham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540/231-9073
Fax: 540/231-3322
Email: kpellis@vt.edu
Term: 2006-2009

Mike Ensby
Clarkson University
P.O. Box 5740
Potsdam, NY 13699-5740
Phone: 315/268-3849
Fax: 315/268-4478
Email: mhensby@clarkson.edu
Term: 2006-2009
(Sponsored by MHEDA)

Carter Kerk
South Dakota School of Mines/Tech.
501. E. Saint Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: 605/394-6067
Email: carter.kerk@sdsmt.edu
Term: 2006-2009

 

Karl Manrodt
Georgia Southern University
Dept. of Mgmt., Marketing & Logistics
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: 912/681-0588
Fax: 912/681-0710
Email: kmanrodt@georgiasouthern.edu
Term: 2006-2009

Dale Masel
Dept. of Industrial & Manufacturing Eng.
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740/593-1541
Email: masel@ohio.edu
Term: 2004-2009

Dr. Leon F. McGinnis, P.E.
Eugene C. Gwaltney Professor of Manufacturing Systems
School of ISyE
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: (404) 894-2312
Fax: (404) 385-6178
Email: leon.mcginnis@isye.gatech.edu
Term: 2008-2011

Lloyd Rinehart
University of Tennessee
Dept. of Marketing and Logistics
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865/974-1651
Email: rinehart@utk.edu
Term: 2006-2009

James A. Rumpf
Associate Professor, Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Ferris State University
Phone: (231) 591-3591
Fax: (231) 591-2407
Email: rumpfj@ferris.edu
Term: 2008-2011

Dr. Uday Venkatadri
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering
Dalhousie University
Phone: (902) 494-3987
Email: uday.venkatadri@dal.ca
Term: 2008-2011

Dr. J. René Villalobos
Associate Professor Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Dept. of Industrial Engineering Arizona State University Phone: (480) 965-0437 Fax: (480) 965-8692 Email: rene.villalobos@asu.edu
Term: 2008-2011

 

Industry Members

Tom Andel
Modern Materials Handling Magazine
225 Wyman Street
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 216/542-2999
Fax: 781/290-3267
Email: tom.andel@reedbusiness.com

Peter Bradley
DC Velocity
500 East Washington Street
North Atteboro, MA 02760
Phone: 508/695-4530 x.2
Fax: 508/695-0343
Email: peterbradley@dcvelocity.com

Brian McNamara
Southworth International Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 1380
Portland, ME 04104-1380
Phone: 207/878-0700
Fax: 207/797-2184
Email: bem@southworthproducts.com

Gregg Meyer
E.R. Wagner Mfg. Co.
331 Riverview Drive
Hustisford, WI 53034
Phone: 920/349-3271
Fax: 920/349-3487
Email: gregg.meyer@erwagner.com

Clyde Witt
Material Handling Management Magazine
1300 E. 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: 216/696-7000
Email: cwitt@penton.com

Steve Parsley
Bastian Material Handling
P.O. Box 17276
Fort Mitchell, KY
Phone: 513/398-0382 x720
Fax: 859/331-0358
Email: sparsley@bmhcorp.com

 

Tom Pinkin
Carter Control Systems, Inc.
7618 Hayward Road
Frederick, MD 51702-3006
Phone: 301/698-9660
Fax: 301-698-3851
Email: TomPinkin@cartercontrols.com
Term: 2008-2010

Daniel Quinn
Vertical Systems International, LLC
12035 Chandler Drive
Walton, KY 77843-3131
Phone: 859/485-9650
Fax: 859/485-9654
Email: dan.quinn@vsilift.com

Liz Richards
MHEDA
201 US Highway 45
Vernon Hills, IL 60061-2398
Phone: 847/680-3500
Fax: 847/362-6989
Email: lrichards@mheda.org

Mike Romano
Associated M.H. Ind., Inc.
550 Kehoe Blvd.
Carol Stream, IL 60188
Phone: 630/588-8800
Fax: 630/588-8815
Email: mromano@associated-allied.net