Packaging Projects
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Get your hands dirty and start doing things
The packaging program offers a breadth of opportunities for students to gain practical, hands-on experience. From engaging in industry-sponsored projects and internships to participating in lab-based courses and collaborative research, students can immerse themselves in real-world applications of packaging principles. These experiences not only enhance technical skills but also foster critical thinking, problem-solving, and innovation, preparing students for successful careers in the dynamic field of packaging.
Hands-on Packaging Opportunities
Packaging Design Projects
We have two packaging design classes that offer opportunities to work on real life packaging design projects. SBIO 3005 & 3006: Sustainable Packaging Design and Innovation is open to all students, including first-years, and SBIO 4054 is reserved for senior students. Both courses focus on solving real-life packaging problems for a sponsoring packaging company.
Undergraduate Research
Our packaging faculty continuously work on state-of-the-art research projects to develop innovative packaging materials and packaging design methods. If you would like to be involved in research conducted in any of our chemistry and engineering laboratories or in our packaging center, please contact individual faculty members for more information.
Work in Our Packaging Center
Our Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (CPULD), which encompasses our Amazon Certified Testing lab, IKEA certified testing lab, Cold Chain Research and Tesing Lab, Corrugated Materials Lab, Distribution Packaging Lab, and the Pallet and Unit Load Testing Lab, has been working with the packaging industry for almost 50 years.
Student Design Competitions
Many student design competitions offer the opportunity for our students to use recently gained packaging skills to redesign a commercial package. Our department students get involved in a wide range of competitions each year. Consider joining the Packaging Club to compete in packaging competitions.
