Introduction to Packaging Classes

Principles of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) in the packaging industry. Basics of virtual primary package development, computer-aided design of the secondary package, computer-aided optimization of truck loading and palletization. Development of a comprehensive packaging system in a virtual environment.

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

History of packaging, structure of packaging industry, careers in packaging, packaging functions, materials and material properties, prototyping and manufacturing methods, packaging forms and types, distribution packaging, printing and decorating, packaging laws and regulations, sustainability issues, packaging design process.

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd)

Paper and paperboard properties and types. Types and performance of flexible paper packaging, sacks, and wraps. Folding carton design, properties of corrugated fiberboard. Corrugated fiberboard container design and performance. Packaging regulations and hazards of the distribution environment. Printing, labeling and automatic identification methods.

Prerequisite(s): SBIO 2104

Corequisite(s): SBIO 2004

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd)

Unit load and parcel supply chains. Principles of operation and design of warehouse distribution and fulfillment centers. Principles of operation and design of shipping and distribution systems. The relation between packaging design, pallet design, and unit load design and the operation of industrial consumer goods supply chain.

Prerequisite(s): SBIO 2104

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

Introduction to synthetic, natural and sustainable polymer science and engineering as applied to packaging systems. Morphology, rheology, physical and thermal properties, processing methods, and polymerization of traditional, natural and sustainable packaging polymers. Detailed study of relationships among materials, processing, and structural properties through hands-on experience. Both traditional and advanced industrial mass production technology, and global regulation and environmental impact of packaging articles.

Prerequisite(s): SBIO 2104

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 2 Lab, 3 Crd)

Understanding, identification, and measurement of hazards in physical distribution including sea, air, and various land transportation, storage methods, and use of sanitation methods. Knowledge, analysis, and selection of sustainable protective packaging materials. Design and analysis of packaging protection against such hazards as shock, vibration compression, and climate. Laboratory testing of shock, vibration and compression, and performance testing of packaging and components. Packaging design in global context.

Prerequisite(s): SBIO 3224

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd)

Integrated application of principles of packaging design and manufacturing. Design briefs, package development process, structural requirements, manufacturing and distribution plans, target markets and positioning. Senior Standing required.

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd)

Principles of pallet design including material selection, pallet repair methods and recycling, properties and selection of pallet fasteners. Principles of industrial packaging systems including handheld containers, bulk bins, drums, pails, bags, intermediate bulk containers, flexible intermediate bulk containers. Principles of unit load design including unit load interactions and application of load stabilizers. Principles of reusable packaging systems, shipping laws and regulations.

Prerequisite(s): SBIO 4024 and SBIO 3224

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd)

Mechanical properties of sustainable biomaterials and packaging materials including concepts of stress, strain, Poissons ratio, orthotropic properties, tension, compression, bending and effects of moisture on mechanical properties. Current issues related to sustainable biomaterial and packaging material use in industry. Standard methods of evaluating important mechanical properties of solid wood, composites, packaging, paperboard and fiber.

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2205 or PHYS 2305

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Lab, 4 Crd)

Designed for both current and advanced food and health care packaging. Covering the types of materials and their properties, fabrication, functions, distribution and packaging life cycle for food and health care packaging systems and design. Reviewing recent trends in food and health care packaging systems; sustainable food packaging, medical device packaging, aseptic packaging, package/product interactions, smart active packaging, handling of packages, and modified atmospheric packaging. Exploration to global food and health care packaging standards and compliance, safety issues, and environmental considerations.

Prerequisite(s): SBIO 3124 and SBIO 3284

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 2 Lab, 3 Crd)

Selection of machinery systems to form, fill and seal packaging operations for multiple package and material categories; analysis of the effect of packaging design and material selection on production efficiency and manufacturing capacity; statistical process control for packaging systems; packaging line design.

Prerequisite(s): SBIO 2104

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

Sustainable business management models of renewable-based materials organizations. Application of strategy deployment tools to sustainable bio business strategies. Analysis of financial statements of bio businesses using ratio analysis. Implementation of models and tools to analyze production systems based on cycle time, throughput, and inventory (factory dynamics). Simulation and optimization of manufacturing systems using probability function models. Statistical quality control charts for discrete and continuous variables.

Prerequisite(s): STAT 2004 or STAT 3615 or STAT 3005 or STAT 3604

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

Data analytics, metrics, and tools essential for navigating sustainability standards, current policies, regulations, and reporting requirements, and their applications in sustainable investment. Explore innovations in sustainable investment strategies, emphasizing the integration of sustainability concepts and industrial ecology principles into business frameworks. Case studies approach to illustrate both successful and unsuccessful sustainability strategies across diverse contexts, such as energy sector, manufacturing, among other, providing insights into practical applications and outcomes.

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

Concepts, principles, and framework to understand systems level interactions in linear (cradle-to-grave) and circular (cradle-to-cradle) processes. Problem solving application and practice utilizing computational tools and data analytics. Special emphasis on quantifying and evaluating life-cycle circularity of common products and processes used to meet societys demand. Evaluation of case study results towards the planning of more circular business models in a complex global economy. Risks and ethical issues associated with decision making and policy based on results from computational models. Pre: Precalculus with Transcendental Functions (3 credits)

Prerequisite(s): MATH 1014 or MATH 1025 or MATH 1225 or MATH 1524 or MATH 1535 or MATH 1525

Pathway Concept Area(s): 5A Quant & Comp Thnk Adv., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd)

Emphasizes biological principles through investigative exercises and collaborative learning. 1115: cell chemistry, physiology and reproduction and genetics; 1116: plant and animal form and function, and ecology. Primarily for students majoring in the life sciences. (Duplicates 1015 1016, 1125, 1126).

Corequisite(s): BIOL 1105

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lab, 1 Crd)

General physics course sequence for students in curricula other than physical sciences, mathematics, or engineering, who have not studied calculus. Applications of reasoning in the natural sciences using physical laws in a real-world context and in the students own discipline. Overview of intercultural and universal aspects of physics, and of human benefits of physics to address global challenges. 2205: mechanics, wave phenomena, fluids. 2206: optics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, relativity, topics in nuclear and modern physics.

Prerequisite(s): MATH 1025 or MATH 1026 or MATH 1225 or MATH 1524

Pathway Concept Area(s): 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

First chemistry course for students in science curricula. Applications of reasoning in the natural sciences using chemical laws in an applied context and in the student’s own discipline. Overview of the universal aspects of chemistry and of application of chemistry to address global challenges. 1035: Problem-solving, elements and periodic table, stoichiometry of chemical reactions, gas phase of matter, energy flow and chemical change, atomic structure, and theories of chemical bonding. 1036: Properties of the three states of matter alone and in mixtures, kinetics, aqueous equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry. (Duplicates 1015-1016.) Students may bypass prerequisites for 1035 through testing alternatives listed in the Registrar’s Timetable.

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1035 or CHEM 1055 or CHEM 1055H

Pathway Concept Area(s): 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

Short course in fundamentals of organic chemistry with emphasis on nomenclature, isomerism, and properties of organic compounds. Compounds of importance to biology and biochemistry stressed. (Prior credit for 2535 precludes credit for this course.) One year of Chemistry required.

Prerequisite(s): (CHEM 1035 or CHEM 1055 or CHEM 1055H) and (CHEM 1036 or CHEM 1056 or CHEM 1056H)

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

Explore packaging as a fundamental component of human culture. Survey the historical evolution of packaging as material culture and its influence across various domains using fundamental concepts such as cultural diffusion, functionalism, and systems thinking. Topics including the pivotal role of packaging in the transition to agriculture, significance in early legal systems, establishment of weights and measures, contributions to the development of global trade networks, and implications for food security, social institutions, and international conflicts. Identify interconnections in raw material access and cultural factors that influence packaging design, economic systems, trade and world views. Relationship between packaging and human health, equity, and the environment. Historical lessons will be used to analyze contemporary issues and emerging trends to forecast their potential societal impacts.

Pathway Concept Area(s): 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd)

Introduction to the foundation of packaging design, visual elements, design principles, and Adobe Illustrator. Basic studio workshop with focuses on packaging design processes, two-dimensional graphic work, and package design projects. Aesthetic judgment and critical thinking skills through practice in packaging design projects and critique. Design Lab/Studio. Course FEE $46.

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 2 Lab, 3 Crd)

Design structure of packaging with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Esko. Lab course adapting typography, illustration, and photography to create packaging prototypes. Structural integrity and display ethics through practice in packaging design projects and research. Identify the product target market. Design/Lab Studio. Course FEE $78.

Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 2 Lab, 3 Crd)

Variable credit course: 1-19 credits

Variable credit course: 1-19 credits