From Farm Life to Conveyor Design, Matthew Wells Digs Material Handling
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
Matthew Wells has always had a passion for material handling, starting from working on his family’s farm to designing parcel belt conveyors.
“Only now, my material has changed from field crops to just about anything you can think of,” Wells said.
The family farm in Paragould, Arkansas, was started by his paternal grandfather, with rice as the original crop and later, corn and soybeans. As a youngster, Wells, 23, always thought he would remain on the farm, but experiencing Calculus 1 and Advanced Placement Physics in high school sparked his curiosity for more.
“I always knew that I liked math and science—they were my best subjects in school,” he said. “In kindergarten, my grandfather on my mother’s side would have a composition notebook with multiplication problems ready for me after supper. The better I got, the more numbers he threw in there—that was fun.”
Wells took his love of math and science to the University of Arkansas, graduating last spring with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a minor in mathematics and a concentration in aerospace…
