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College Industry Council on Material Handling Education

Are you teaching or planning to teach materials handling, facility layout/design/logistics, operations, supply chain related courses? Are you interested in an event-filled week of learning, networking, and tours? If so, apply to attend...

2011 Material Handling Teachers Institute (MHTI) "The Art of Material Handling"

Auburn, Alabama
July 31-August 5, 2011
Sponsored by the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) and hosted by the Auburn University Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering.

Call for Participation

The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) is pleased to announce that the 2011 Material Handling Teachers Institute (MHTI) will be held July 31-August 5, 2011 in Auburn, Alabama at Auburn University.

Through the generous funding provided by the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA), the on-site expenses of all attendees will be paid including:

  • hotel*
  • meals
  • on-site transportation
  • all sponsored tours
  • social events

(*Room paid if room is shared with another participant, otherwise half of room is paid. Attendees are required to pay their own airfare and transportation to the hotel, as well as the expenses of a spouse or any accompanying guests.)

Tours include Hyundai Motor Manufacturing in Montgomery, AL (2.3 million sq.ft. facility and home of the Sonata) and a tour of the distribution facilities of Jo-Ann Stores (700k sq.ft.). Many social activities are also planned for the afternoons/evenings so you have a chance to spend time getting to know your fellow attendees as well as the professors and industry representatives that will serve as your instructors.

Designed for faculty of all levels of experience who are directly involved in the teaching of material handling, facilities design/layout/logistics, operations, and supply chain courses, MHTI promotes better teaching of material handling and facilities logistics courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels by providing:

  • A wide range of industry and academic presentations
  • Plant and lab tours
  • Social activities
  • Opportunity to interact with their colleagues and share course designs, teaching methods, case studies, textbooks, software, and more

Application Process

Attendance is limited – APPLY NOW by emailing the application information specified below to: CICMHE@mhia.org

  1. Name, School/University and when you started, address, phone, fax, E-Mail.
  2. Degrees received, when and where.
  3. Teaching experience, if any, related to materials handling, facilities design/layout/logistics, operations, supply chain (should include course titles).
  4. The next or first time you are scheduled to teach a course with materials handling, facilities design/layout/logistics, operations, supply chain (should include course title), the text you expect to use (if known), and a description of the course as it appears in the school catalog.
  5. What you hope to achieve while attending the event.

Applications will be reviewed at the end of March and invitiations to attend will be sent in early April.

Additional information about the event and the preliminary schedule will soon be posted to this page.

Send mail to CICMHE@mhia.org with questions or comments about this web site