Educational Grant Recipients announced by AIM and MHEFI.
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AIM and Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) announced 2011 recipients of Dilling Fund Grants. Ten professors from across US will attend Ohio University's 23rd Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technical Institute (AIDCTI), which will be held July 15-19 in Athens, OH. Recipients include Fola Michael Ayokanmbi, Michael Baswell, Robert Boostrom, Janet Dong, Ali Kashef, Charles Kochakian, Robert Meisner, Geoffrey Peter, Pedro Reyes, and Arif Sirinterlikci.
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AIM and MHEFI Announce Educational Grant Recipients
MHEFI Provides Ten Grants to Attend the Ohio University Summer Institute
Warrendale, PA -- AIM, the international association and recognized authority on bar code, RFID, and enterprise mobile computing, and the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI), based in Charlotte, NC, announce the 2011 recipients of the Dilling Fund Grants. Ten professors from across the United States each will receive a grant to attend Ohio University's 23rd Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technical Institute (AIDCTI), held July 15-19 in Athens, Ohio:
The 2011 recipients are:
MHEFI and AIM are proud to support the AIDCTI by providing financial assistance for these educators, allowing them to attend the 2011 session. MHEFI and AIM share a common mission -- to expand the knowledge base of AIDC technologies for both the business and
consumer communities by educating college and university faculty and assisting them in developing AIDC programs for their institutions.
About The Dilling Fund
The Dilling Fund was established as a memorial by members of MHIA (of which AIM was an Industry Group) to honor the memory of Richard R. Dilling, a founder of AIM and innovator in technology. Dilling's contributions to both the Industry and the Foundation resulted in the advancement of education in the science. The Richard R. Dilling Memorial is utilized to provide scholarships and grants to individuals studying at MHEFI pre-qualified institutions with the goal of entering the Auto ID field or to advance the knowledge of academics in the technology.
About The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
MHEFI is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to encouraging and supporting material handling education. Established in 1976, the Foundation has provided funds, through private and corporate donations, to graduate and undergraduate students, as well as to academicians and their institutions. For more information, visit www.mhefi.net
About Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA)
MHIA is the largest U.S. material handling and logistics association representing the leading providers of material handling and logistics solutions.
MHIA members are material handling and logistics equipment, systems and software manufacturers; consultants; systems integrators and simulators; third party logistics providers and publishers. The MHIA headquarters are located in Charlotte, N.C.. For more information, visit www.mhia.org
About Ohio University's AIDC Technical Institute Celebrating 23 years, the AIDCTI, sponsored by Ohio University's Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology, is a week-long conference on numerous AIDC technologies. During eight hours of hands-on lab activities, participants interact and experiment with many of the technologies presented As a result, attendees gain a more advanced understanding of AIDC technologies and applications. For more information, visit http://www.ohio.edu/industrialtech/aidc/aidcti.
About AIM
AIM is the industry association and worldwide authority on automatic identification (auto ID) and data collection technologies. AIM members are providers and users of technologies, systems, and services that capture, manage, and integrate accurate data into larger information systems that improve processes enterprise-wide.
AIM has an active educational and government relations focus, providing accurate and unbiased information on data collection technologies and the markets they serve. As part of its educational outreach, AIM publishes "RFID Connections" and "AIM Connections," the industry's longest-running e-newsletters on RFID and automatic data collection.
For more information about AIM and its members and services, visit www.aimglobal.org or www.rfid.org.
