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SPEAKERS
The 2009 International
Transport Packaging Forum brought together speakers from across the world,
to give attendees the latest in technology, case studies, sustainability
and management issues.
Below is an alphabetical
listing of speaker, along with their presentation titles and abstracts.
Click the appropriate link for a speaker biography, as well as speaker
information and biographies.
Click
Here for our full program schedule from 2009.
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KEYNOTE
ADDRESS: My Grandchildren’s Packaging: Looking Past the Future
to the Past
What will they
remember about protective packaging in 2009, when they look back
from the future? Will we meet the expectations of a future team
of packaging experts? Will they conclude that we used our resources
and opportunities well – or less than well? How will our vision
affect and define the future? |
Education
Michigan State University – B.S. in Packaging. R.I.T. –
M.S. in Service Management Activities
ISTA Vice President – Strategic Innovation, IoPP Member, ASTM
D-10 Achievements ISTA R. David LeButt
Award, IoPP CPP, IoPP Fellow, MSU Packaging Alumnus of the Year.
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The
Leonardo Challenge: Dinosaur Road Trip
The
chance of a lifetime. That’s what it was. The opportunity
to develop a protective packaging solution for a 77 million year
old mummified dinosaur called Leonardo, to ensure that the fossil
could be transported from its home in Malta, Montana to NASA Houston
to be scanned for remnants of internal organs within the amazingly
complete torso of the petrified, mummified Brachylophosaurus Canadensis.
Protecting this one-of-a-kind treasure presented a number challenges
which led quickly to the recruitment of aknowledgeable and competent
packaging team to work on the project, each focusing on their areas
of expertise. Bill Kipp from ISTA and Dale Root from Lansmont were
enlisted along with David Hagood, Amer Geirl and Jack Rickards from
Sealed Air.
This
joint presentation will cover the background and history of the
project along with the procedures applied to assess the fossil,
measure the anticipated shipping environment, evaluate the candidate
protective materials and then design and create an effective protective
packaging system capable of safely transporting the world’s
most complete articulated dinosaur 2,000 miles to its destination
at NASA Houston. We’ll also explain how it got the name, Leonardo.
Follow
along as we monitor Leonardo the Dinosaur Mummy on the trek to the
Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. A picture’s worth
a thousand words, and this project includes 272,731 images that
have been integrated with GPS and instrument data streams to provide
situational awareness and an intuitive understanding for the cause/effect
relationships between the road conditions and vehicle dynamics.
Constructed
Probability Spectra is introduced as a direct link from measured
field data to vibration test protocol. Build confidence into spectral
shape, test level, and test duration. |
BILL
ARMSTRONG: Education Michigan State University
- B.S. in Packaging, 1968 Activities Member
of Industry Advisory Councils for MSU School of Packaging and RIT
Packaging Department, Past President of ISTA, Past National President
of SPHE, Past National President and Chairman of IoPP, Past Board
Member of PEF, Past President of MSU School of Packaging Alumni
Association, Past Chairman of the IoPP Transport Packaging Committee
and Ameristar National Packaging Design Competition Achievements
ISTA CPLP-Professional, IoPP CPP, Granted patents on inflatable
cushioning design and foam-in-place packaging forms, Many professional
articles published in various magazines and Packaging Encyclopedias,
Named PEF Packaging Hall of Fame: 2003, Member of MSU School of
Packaging Alumni Hall of Fame, Member of NIPHLE Military Packaging
Hall of Fame, 1998 MSU National Alumni Service Award, 1992 NIPHLE
Annual Achievement Award in Packaging, Member of IoPP College of
Fellows.
DALE
ROOT: Education B.S. in Packaging,
Michigan State University Achievements
Developer of Instruments, Equipment and Software to support product
and package testing, Past president of the Monterey Bay Dog Training
Club, Owner of trained and handled Obedience Trial Champion.
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Packaging,
Politicians and Sustainability
Well
designed packaging/product systems make a positive contribution
to sustainable development but many politicians worldwide find packaging
a convenient scapegoat because consumers/voters believe environmental
taxes are "good" and packaging is "bad". Some
regulations restrict companies' choice of packaging and have negative
environmental impact. How should industry tackle this? |
Education
on-going! Activities Member UK Government's
Waste & Resources R&D Committee, Fellow Institute of Packaging,
Fellow Royal Society of Arts, member International Solid Waste Association
Achievements: Over 20 Years experience on packaging and environmental
issues, spent 2 years as consultant to the UK Government's first
Minister with responsibility for recycling, coordinated one of the
first lifecycle studies on packaging in the 1980s, managed the first
detailed analysis of household waste composition in the UK.
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Performance
Packaging: Meeting Supply Chain Requirements
This
presentation will review the three recent publications by the FBA
that provide packaging performance education to various segments
of the packaging community. There will be an emphasis on the most
advanced of the three publications; “Edge Crush Test: Application
and Reference Guide for Combined Corrugated Board”. The “ECT
Guide” is a tool to educate packaging engineers in understanding
ECT and creating cost-effective packaging solutions to supply chain
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Education
BSME, Northwestern University, 1962; MBA, Northwestern University,
1964; Quality Through Productivity, University of Tennessee, 1984
Activities TAPPI, IoPP (CPC and TPC Committees),
ASTM, NIPHLE Achievements TAPPI: Corrugated
Division Chairman, 1992; Division Leadership and Service Award,
1995; Board of Directors, 1997-2000; TAPPI Fellow, 2000; Division
Technical Award, 2005; Distinguished Service Award, 2006; TAPPI
Quality and Standards Committee Chairman, 1997 to present Technical
Editor of TAPPI’s Corrugating International publication. Numerous
presentations and published articles on bar code printing, statistical
process control, quality processes, ECT, and HACCP. 44 years in
the corrugated industry, in 32 of which I have had some association
with the FBA.
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Learn
How HP Uses Package Testing For R&D Product Development
Using
a special 26-drop test method, HP is able to guide product development
through extensive drop testing, statistical analysis of drop test
data, and determination of a field cost risk assessment. |
Education
B.S. in Packaging – Michigan State University, MBA - Northwestern
Univ. Activities ISTA Achievements
40 years of packaging design experience with Western Electric, Volkswagen
of America, Anco Wiper Blades, and Hewlett-Packard. Past winner
of two first place awards in SPHE competition (now IoPP). Only non-packaging
claim to fame was performing on stage with a partner during a Reba
McEntire concert with her singing in the background.
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Substituting
Cornstarch-based Foam for Polyethylene and Polystyrene Foam in Glass
Packaging
In
2006, Volvo North America integrated cornstarch-based protective
packaging foam as a substitute for traditional fossil-fuel based
foam for all their glass shipments. This presentation will discuss
the process and the results over the past two years.
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TOM
COLONNESE: Education BS in Business, Syracuse
University; MS in Accounting, Barry University; CPA - State of Florida
Activities Board Member - Small Business
Association of Michigan; Founder - Central Michigan Sustainable
Business Forum.
ERIC
FISHER: Education Veteran of the United States
Air Force; Columbus State Engineering Program Activities
IoPP Member; Deacon at Sunbury Christian Church; Upward Basketball
Director Achievements A pioneer for establishing
reusable packaging materials within warehouse and establishing packaging
requirements for aftermarket service.
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Cold
Chain Design - What is Needed
Newcomers
to Cold Chain Distribution (shipping products cold) may be surprised
that more “standardized” information is not available
in the public domain. The intent of this paper is to identify areas
of research which would benefit the industry and motivate companies
to share their research and findings to benefit the industry. It
is believed that once this key information is available and considered
a foundational base, packaging suppliers and companies will then
be able to develop more effective standardized packaging solutions
for cold chain distribution, reducing financial and environmental
impacts. It is not the intent of this paper to address qualification
protocol, procedures, or processes needed to meet government regulations
such as required in the pharmaceutical industry. |
JAY
CRESPO: Education B.S. Industrial Technology, June
1995 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Activities
1997-2006 Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) Golden Gate
Chapter Board Member and Webmaster, IoPP Professional Member.
PAUL
RUSSELL: Education San Jose State
University, BS, December 1986, Major: Industrial Technology, Concentration:
Packaging Technology Activities VP Membership
ISTA, IoPP member, ASTM member, San Jose State University Advisory
Board Chairman, CalPoly Advisory Board Member Achievements
Hold 10 US Patents, IoPP CPP-Life, IoPP College Fellow, San Jose
State University - Distinguished Honorary Award.
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Engineering
Analysis for Tricky Problems
What
is an engineer to do when traditional problem solving techniques
aren’t fixing the problem? This is a case study involving
performance issues of corrugated boxes shipped from Asia. What started
out as a seemingly straightforward issue quickly became a vexing
problem unsolved by traditional packaging analysis. Learn about
the approach HP engineers took to solve the issue, and the questions
it raises about our understanding of corrugated box performance. |
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University Activities
Adjunct Associate Professor, Clemson University Achievements
Manages teams responsible for all HP printer and scanner hardware
packaging.
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Analysis
of In-flight Aircraft Vibration
This
presentation will discuss the research performed in order to characterize
and analyze in-flight aircraft vibration of a turbo propeller (feeder)
aircraft. Methods of collection and results will be presented to
better understand the cargo environment of feeder aircraft as they
transport packaged products. |
Education
Clemson University - B.S. Packaging Science 2006 Clemson University
- M.S. Packaging Science 2008 Activities
ISTA member Achievements ISTA CPLP - Technologist
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Supply
Chain Environment, What's Really Going On
What
is happening within the Supply Chain from the Producer all the way
to the Retailer. How some large companies often underestimate packaging;
they do not believe in the advantages that a well designed and,
of course, tested packaging can offer. The only thing that matters
to them are the costs, and not the product and packaging integrity.
Many times they do not realize the contribution that good packaging
can make to overall system cost savings. Once they realize that,
the opportunities begin to grow for us, the packaging people. This
presentation will show how that trend is starting to change. |
Education
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey-Bachelors
Degree in Marketing and in Mechanical Engineering Activities
ISTA Member, Contributor in Developing Patent Packaging Systems,
Packaging Design Consultant Achievements
Designed multiple packaging solutions for large CPG companies under
the Pallet Ready or Ready to Ship, Display and Sell (SDS) principals.
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A
New Way to Test a Unitized Load for Rough Handling
Of
the several pre-shipment packaging tests we perform to qualify a
full Unitized Load (UL) ASTM D 6179, Rotational Edge Drop - Test
Method A or Test Method C depending on the weight of the UL, is
one of the more subjective tests. However, these tests are the most
important. If the UL fails this test the rest of the sequence tests
are aborted because if the load can’t be moved successfully
it is too unstable for the continued testing of shipping and warehousing
capability. Those of you who have practiced these test methods are
all too aware of the potentials of trashing the wooden pallet, not
to mention the load, and the associated ergonomic/safety issues
one is exposed to during the testing. To that end we have designed
and developed a new testing apparatus for practicing these test
methods. |
Education
Indiana University, San Jose State University Activities
IoPP CPP, ISTA CPLP - Technologist, IoPP Transport Committee Chair,
ASTM, TAPPI, MSU CDP BOD Achievements
Past President IoPP Golden Gate Chapter.
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Cosmetic
Packaging Damage and B2B Shipments
This
presentation challenges the practicality of the "retail standard"
of physical packaging condition. |
Education
MS in Packaging from Michigan State University Activities
Member IoPP Achievements 2005 Ameristar
Award Winner, Several Patent Awards, BEYA Modern Day Technology
Leader.
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Reducing
Damages and Shipping Costs with Less Packaging
Many
companies could benefit from understanding their distribution systems
better. Case studies will show how re-thinking design and laboratory
testing can result in dramatic cost reductions. |
Education
BS and MS degrees in Packaging, Michigan State University
Activities International Safe Transit Association
(ISTA), American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), Western
Packaging Association (WPA), Institute of Packaging Professinals
(IoPP) Achievements Owner of Packnomics,
LLC, a consulting company devoted to thinking inside, outside and
beyond the box. Four patents related to packaging and foam recycling.
Honored with the E-chievement Award on National Public Radio...the
only packaging engineer to ever receive this award.
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Case
Studies of Successful Industry Applications Using Shock and Vibration
Recorders
This
presentation discusses the successful utilization of shock and vibration
recorders to collect transportation data. The projects covered were
all focused on solving product damage issues that were occurring
during shipping by either truck or rail. Transportation data was
utilized in the laboratory or solely for evaluation of the transportation
hazards. The industries covered are consumer beverage, bottle industry,
and construction materials. |
MARK
HUGHES: Education B.S. in Wood Science and Technology,
University of Massachusetts and M.S. in Forest Products, University
of Minnesota. Activities ISTA Associate
Member and ASTM Member. Achievements Updated
the Signode laboratory to include Random Vibration / Incline Impact
Equipment utilizing Shock / Vibration Recorders in the field, Speaker
at the ITW Technology Conference in Mumbai, India in 2006 and 2005,
Packaging Patent awarded in 2005 on Biased Strap Tension Retaining
Device and 2004 OSHA Voluntary Star Site Manager Safety Award.
MIKE
KAUFMAN: Education B.S. Mechanical Engineering,
University of Illinois, Chicago. Activities
Member of ISTA and IoPP. Achievements
Holder of US Patent.
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Transportation
of Cultural Properties
Cultural
properties move globally because they are regularly loaned between
museums. Although packaging methods still rely mostly on "experience,"
Tokyo National Museum has been trying to adopt a more scientific
approach. This presentation introduces field measurement projects
jointly done by Tokyo National Museum and eXcearch LLC. Interesting
facts were discovered from air shipments. |
NOBUYUKI
KAMBA: Education BS in physics, Tokyo Metropolitan
University (1977), and MA in conservation science, Tokyo National
University of Fine Arts (1979), Ph.D. in research on microclimate
control (1997). Activities Member of International
Institute of Conservation (IIC), International Council of Museums
(ICOM), and executive members of the Japan Society for the Conservation
of Cultural Properties (JSCCP). Achievements
prize from the Japan Society for the Conservation of Cultural Properties
in 2008.
MASAHIRO
TAKAGI: Education B.E. in Communication Engineering,
Tokai University Activities ISTA member,
Japan Packaging Institute member.
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Analytical
and Experimental Techniques for Unit Load Design
This
presentation will discuss techniques for combining finite element
analysis and experimental measurements to improve the design of
unit loads. These methods are particularly relevant in light of
the continuing trend toward the use of caseless secondary packaging
to support cost saving and sustainability initiatives. |
Education
BSME, University of Cincinnati
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Alternate
Method to Record and Analyze Shock from Field Measurements
Collecting
field shock data and converting it into useful information can be
challenging. As a result, we have investigated alternate methods
to convert shock data from the field to representative laboratory
tests. Our first and second generation devices and analysis methods
will be explained along with their advantages and limitations. |
Education
B.S. and M.S. - Michigan State University Activities
ISTA, IoPP, Western Packaging Association, ASTM Achievements
ISTA CPLP-Professional, IoPP CPP- Lifetime, US Patent holder.
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Using
Computer Aided Engineering Processes in Packaging Design Development
While
Mabe successfully utilizes a Computer Aided Engineering based design
process for product development, they have extended these methods
to improve the packaging design and optimize the product-packaging
system. The objectives of this project were to use computer modeling
to simulate the effect of distribution environment events to the
product-packaging system at early stages of the product design development
and perform optimization to improve product protection. |
JOSÉ
MARTINEZ-RIVERA: Education Master of Science in
Packaging - Michigan State University Activities
Management of the packaging area and packaging laboratory of Mabe,
Development of packaging projects for new products and improvement
of the packaging for current products Achievements
Six Sigma Green Belt Certified Silver Level. Chicago 2008 Marathon.
MAHESH
PATEL: Education Bachelor of Engineering (BEng
Hons) from the University of Westminster, UK Activities
SAE, AIAA Achievements Mr
Patel has been developing and designing products using computer
simulation methods for the past 19 years. His simulation experience
covers Aerospace and Rockets, Automotive, BioMed, Consumer Goods,
Electronics and Packaging.
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Driving
Sustainable Packaging Development with Customized Packaging Testing
Lessons
learned from rolling out a mandatory testing protocol, customizing
ISTA 3E and ISTA 3A for Sam's Club specific business needs and odd-shaped
items, along with how packaging testing supports Sam's sustainability
goals will be presented by Robert Parvis. ISTA will provide an update
on the Sam's Club Test Procedure Development Program.
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ROBERT
PARVIS: Education
University of California, Berkeley - B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Activities IoPP member Achievements
Significant contributions to the Wal-Mart Packaging Sustainable
Value Network; Developed packaging for new item launches at a large
CPG company, with a focus on display and Club-ready packaging
ERIC
JONESON: Education
B.S. in Packaging from Michigan State University. Activities
ISTA President, AIAG, IoPP, AAR, MSU Consortium for Distribution
Packaging representative, member of the MSU Packaging Alumni Association
Board of Directors. Achievements ISTA
CPLP Professional, numerous technical presentations, publications
and training sessions, Transportation packaging expert witness.
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Hazards
Along The Supply Chain
Products
must be designed and packaged to be durable to supply chain hazards.
This paper considers the diversity in supply chains and the importance
of effective supply chain mapping. Case studies will be presented
showing how packaging optimisation can be supported by appropriate
testing linked to good supply chain knowledge. |
Education
B A (hons) Physics Activities Editor-in-Chief,
“International Journal of Packaging Technology & Science”,
ISTA Board Member 1996 - 2002; Lectured on Packaging MSc course
in UK and South Africa.
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Kurtosis
in Vibration Testing
What
is Kurtosis? (a definition for the non-statistician) What does it
look like on a vibration table? What might it do to our product?
Is it related to "Shock-On-Random?" Will it bring us closer
to putting the real world in our lab? Hershey's is experimenting
with Kurtosis control, and we'll share our findings. |
Education
AST in Electronics and Computer Technology. Course work in Industrial
Arts at Millersville University. Activities
ISTA Member & Member of ISTA Technical Council, IoPP Member
& Treasurer of Central Penn Chapter of IoPP, Member of Hershey's
RFID Team. Achievements ISTA CPLP-Technologist,
IoPP CPP, Certified Electronics Technician, Co-Author & Presenter
of Hershey's Packaging 101, Taught Electronics Technology for 14
years, Ran Hershey’s Packaging Lab for 16 years.
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Optimizing
Cube Utilization and Supply Chain in the Distribution Environment
(The Cube Chain Method)
The
Damage Boundary Method often leads to a wasteful package, because
it does not consider the supply chain and cube utilization. The
Cube Chain Method is an alternative package development technique
that focuses on both these aspects in an attempt to address the
issue. |
Education
B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering (2004) and M.S. in
Industrial & Systems Engineering w/ Concentration in Packaging
(2009) Activities ISTA.
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New
Experimental Tools for Improving Corrugated Box Performance
It
is well known that transportation means high and varying stresses
for products as well as packages. To develop boxes with the ‘right’
amount of material and the right construction is crucial. The vibrations
and shocks acting on pallets during transportation are transferred
to the corrugated boxes and considerably reduce the strength and
life time of the boxes.
Important
parameters to consider are stacking strength, load distribution
and the degree of stacking misalignment.
This
paper presents a technique for investigating these stresses based
on a pressure sensitive film, which gives many measuring points
and a pictorial description of the stresses that occur.
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series of tests using static as well as random and sinusoidal vibration
testing have been done utilising this technique and results have
been presented for different positions on the pallet.
Also
advantages and disadvantages with this technique will be described
and new knowledge possible to elaborate will be discussed.
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Education
Lic Eng Activities Deputy chairman of
the Technical Advisory Board on Mechanical Environment of CEEES
(Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societes),
Member of ISTA European Executive Council.
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Adapting
your packaging development process to changing supply chains
Large
retailers have become the dominant power in almost all supply chains.
They have started to sets demands for packaging, both for compliance
with their distribution system, as well as related to sustainability
(e.g., Wal-Mart scorecard). Meeting the challenges of these new
supply chains, and successfully balancing distribution requirements
with marketing requirements and sustainability requirements is one
of the great challenges of both brand owners and packaging suppliers.
This presentation will use real business cases (mainly from Royal
Philips Electronics) to illustrate how to meet those challenges. |
Education
Delft University of Technology, M.S. (cum laude) Activities
currently finishing Ph.D. thesis, teaching within Design for Sustainability
group at DUT.
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ISTA
Technical Update
This
session will discuss recent changes to ISTA Test Procedures, current
activities of the Technical Council, and other related issues. There
will also be a brief recognition of successful applicants from the
CPLP Workshop. |
Education
B.S.E.E. from Stanford University, 1962. Activities
ISTA member, IoPP member, chair of ASTM D10.15 (Fragility Assessment),
Editorial Board member - Journal of Packaging Technology & Science.
Achievements ISTA CPLP-Professional,
IoPP CPP-Fellow, first recipient of ISTA's R. David LeButt award.
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University
Update: Michigan State University Center for Packaging Innovation
and Sustainability
As
packaging has moved toward becoming a “decision science”
and there is greater appreciation of packaging’s importance
to new product development, in terms of consumer behavior, retail
and brand value, product quality, supply chain and profitability,
there has been an even stronger recognition of the impact of packaging
on the global ecosystem. New demands that packaging not only deliver
quality products, but also have minimal impact on the environment
are leading to additional expectations of packaging as a science.
To fully address the need for an integrated approach to research,
outreach and education focused on issues of innovation and sustainability,
we have established the Center for Packaging Innovation and Sustainability
at MSU. The Center will bring together university scholars, students
and practitioners to address issues associated with sustainability;
develop measurements, tools and strategies for quantifying and reducing
environmental impact throughout the value chain; and build leadership
capacity to address the environmental impact of packaging. The Center
will serve as a bridge between corporate and packaging industry
professionals, University scientists (in packaging, engineering,
business, the environment, and other areas), distributors and consumers.
It will offer an entry point for industry to have easy access to
School of Packaging expertise and to cultivate collaboration. It
will serve as a clearinghouse for advancing knowledge, disseminating
information and fostering action that enables corporations and industry
to adopt and implement sustainable packaging practices. |
Education
B.S. in Agriculture, Murray StateUniversity (1981), M.S. (1984)
and Ph.D. (1986) in physiology and endocrinology, North Carolina
State University Activities Dean of the
Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
since 2001.
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