MTU LECTURER WINS AWARD
HOUGHTON, MI--Howard Zollinger, president of Zollinger Associates and an adjunct professor in Michigan Technological University's Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, has received the coveted Reed-Apple Award from the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. The award is presented to professional engineers for outstanding contributions to the material handling industry and to material handling education.
The award was established in 1981 as a permanent tribute to the memory of Drs. Ruddell Reed, Jr. and James M. Apple, renowned material handling educators and innovators.
Zollinger has demonstrated his commitment and support of education in the material handling field for more than 40 years. He holds 13 patents and was employed in the industry from 1951 until 1989, when he launched a successful material handling engineering consulting company. His accomplishments include several years of heading the integrated systems material handling activities of Mannesmann Demag, one of the world's largest suppliers of material handling systems and equipment; heading the controls activities of Rapistan, the nation's largest conveyor systems company; and directing the material handling systems and control sub-systems at Westinghouse Electric Corporation. As President of Zollinger Associates, he uses his personal experience to consult and to plan systems for North American, European, and Japanese clients.
He has been a leader in developing automatic storage and retrieval system technology and has also developed many practical methods for evaluating horizontal movement systems such as conveyors and automatic guided vehicles.
Zollinger received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech in 1951 and an M.S. in EE from the University of Pittsburgh in 1958.