On March 7, 2023, North America's eminent manufacturer of forklifts and material handling solutions, Toyota Material Handling (TMH), along with Cornell University's College of Engineering representatives, unveiled the revolutionary Toyota Forklift Learning Studio at Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The world's first Forklift Learning Studio, a unique and dynamic cooperation between TMH and Cornell, gives students a creative outlet for real-world application in a new, immersive learning experience that could impact higher education.
Their state-of-the-art learning studio has industry-leading products, components, and technology to connect students' curricula to real-world products. Forklifts will teach students about mechanical properties and how they fit into a more extensive system while exposing them to fluid mechanics, heat transfer, hydraulics, engines, transmissions, motors, etc. This experimental-learning facility, designed with the latest forklift technology, stimulates creative thinking, intellectual discovery, and real-world application of classroom theories, supporting a modern approach to education that balances lecture and lab sessions.
Brett Wood, Toyota Material Handing North America President & CEO, remarked, "At Toyota, we believe making things is about making people, and this learning studio is a great example of that guiding principle."
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Brian Kirby, Associate Director of Undergraduate Affairs for Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, stated, "I became passionate about this when it became clear to me that students were motivated by seeing how what they learned in class applied to their everyday life and to their career opportunities, and they didn't want to wait very long to get to that point."
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About Toyota Material Handling
Toyota Material Handling, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, offers material handling products and solutions. The Toyota Production System emphasizes on quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction in over 230 North American facilities. Toyota dealers can solve many warehousing and distribution issues thanks to their industry-leading material-handling products. Toyota offers the most comprehensive material handling, automation, energy, advanced logistics, and warehouse optimization solutions for every application.