Riggs Fellowship Student Recognition and Awards
Student Recognition and Awards
The Riggs Fellows have successfully competed in several competitions.
In the technical paper competition at the West Coast Industrial and System Engineering (IISE) Conference held through Zoom, Liam Chalk ‘23, Nick Zemtzov ’23, Sam Marquez ‘22, and Sidney Taylor ’23 won first place. As the first-place winner, the team represented the region in the Undergraduate Technical Paper Competition Global Finals at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo in Seattle, Washington and won the third place.
In the technical paper competition at the West Coast Industrial and System Engineering (IISE) Conference held through Zoom, Halie Kim ‘22, Caitlin Huang ‘22, Nick Zemtzov ’23 and Melody Chang SCR ’22 won second place for their technical paper they wrote about supply chain optimization.
Case Competition (2019)
In Las Vegas, at the Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM) International Conference, Bohan Gao ’19, Charles Dawson ’19, Lydia Sylla ’19, and Ryan Haughton ’19 became the first HMC team to place first in the finals at the Global Case Competition sponsored by ASCM (previously APICS) and Deloitte Consulting.
The HMC team, after competing in four rounds, rose to the top of a field of 277 teams—representing 140 schools and 26 countries—each tackling a challenging business case from Deloitte’s supply chain practice. Our team competed against many MBA and Supply Chain Master’s programs and won.
For more information, please refer to the link https://www.hmc.edu/about-hmc/2019/10/03/students-win-global-case-competition/
In Chicago, at the APICS International Conference, Bohan Gao ‘19, Anjaneya Malpani ‘18, Ramita Kondepudi ‘18, and Peter Leung ’18 (Pitzer) won third place in the finals at the Global Case Competition sponsored by APICS and Deloitte Consulting. The team competed against 200 undergraduate and graduate-level teams.
West Coast Case Competition (2017)
In February 2017, in San Diego, the Harvey Mudd team of Alexa Le ‘17, Joe Sinopoli ‘17, Shaan Gareeb ’17, and Katherine (Yoo Jeong) Shim ‘17 won first place in the undergraduate division as well as the overall Grand Prize during the case competition sponsored by APICS. They competed against 23 undergraduate and graduate teams from 17 universities/colleges and three countries.
The students that take E182: MPE, E183: MTE and participate in the Riggs Fellowship gain solid knowledge and effective skills to compete in these global competitions successfully.
In the summer of 2018, Riggs Fellows Charles Dawson ’19, Ryan Haughton ’19 and Lydia Sylla ’19 embarked on a 10-week project to modernize manufacturing operations at Laguna Clay, a Los Angeles ceramic supply business. The owners of the 43-year-old company hoped to reduce clutter, streamline material handling, redesign assembly processes, and improve efficiency.
The project’s success led to recognition by the Manufacturers’ Council of the Inland Empire, which presented the students with the 2019 Innovation by Students award at the annual Manufacturers’ Summit Feb. 14.
Purosil LLC, a silicone hose manufacturer in Corona, California, was losing revenue and customers on their formed hose product line. In an effort to change course, the company reached out to the Riggs fellowship. Within a year, the Riggs team helped Purosil employees implement a new way of manufacturing that increased production and efficiency and boosted revenue by $1.6 million annually ($3.1 million if the October 2017 results are included).
The students, Ankoor Apte, Bohan Gao, Giulia Castleberg and Rachel Perley, won the Manufacturer’s Council of the Inland Empire Innovation Award for their work at Purosil. The award was presented in February at the MCIE’s 2018 Manufacturers’ Summit.
Watch a video taken during Innovation Award Ceremony at this link.