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EXPERTLY ORCHESTRATED GENIUS

Resume of HAH, Ph.D.

Consultant

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED

  • Food and Beverage Packaging

EDUCATION

This expert has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering (Systems Science Minor) from Michigan State University.

This expert has a M.S. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Arizona.

This expert has a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Michigan State University.


EXPERTISE AND SERVICES

Packaging Consultant, Failure Analysis, Expert Consultant Resume

This associate is an expert in design of packaging, packaging machinery and packaging processes. Special interests include paper, plastic, glass and metal packaging materials. Additional expertise includes computer applications for packaging, CAD/CAM for corrugated and paperboard containers, and packaging plastic packaging mold design and thermoforming. This associate has been an expert witness regarding personal injuries and patent disagreements.

This associate also specializes in plant simulation, machinery and packaging materials for fresh produce, packaging innovations, and closure technology. Additional specializations include global packaging issues, trends, consumer requirements, and packaging materials for processed food. Further expertise includes laws and regulations affecting food packaging, environmentally friendly food packaging, and packaging material evaluation.

Additional areas of expertise include processes for modifying plastic films, costs and economics of packaging, labeling and nutrition factors, and total quality management. Other areas of expertise include packaging research, recycling, packaging and environmental tradeoffs, packaging handling and transportation, and packaging systems. Additionally this expert’s background includes packaging plant design, food packaging, packaging and solid waste, pharmaceutical packaging, and poultry product packaging. This associate’s background also includes energy conservation, alternate forms of energy, wood structures, and agricultural systems. Related expertise includes waste management, machinery, and safety.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.

Providing project management, packaging engineering, packaging consulting, expert witness, failure analysis, forensic engineering, consulting and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.

Professor, Major Research University

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor and Extension Project Leader, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Agricultural Engineering Department and Graduate Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, Major Research University

ASA Summer faculty Fellowship, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRESENTATIONS

Simulation of a Milk Processing Plant Simulation, IAPRI Conference, Singapore

Development of a web based course for teaching packaging, IAPRI Conference, Singapore

Machinery and Packaging Materials for fresh produce, Distribution and packaging of fresh produce, Michigan State University

Packaging Innovations, Proceedings of Focus on Packaging, Sponsored by Pet Foods Industry Magazine, Chicago

Closure technology SME seminar on Closure Technology: Advances in the industry, Chicago, IL

Trends in packaging machinery in the US, General Assembly of UCIMA, Bologna, Italy

Overview of Global Packaging Issues, trends, and consumer requirements, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Singapore.

Packaging trends and consumer preferences in the USA, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Singapore

Laws and regulations affecting food packaging in the USA, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Singapore.

Development of environmentally friendly food packaging, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Singapore

Methods to select and evaluate packaging material, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Singapore

Recommended processes for modifying plastic films, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Singapore

Costs and economics of packaging, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Singapore

Methods to select and evaluate packaging material, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Jakarta

Development of environmentally friendly food packaging, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Jakarta

Labeling and Nutrition Factors in the USA and the EC, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Jakarta

Laws and regulations affecting food packaging in the USA, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Jakarta

Advanced Packaging Materials and Systems for Food Packaging, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Jakarta

Food packaging trends and consumer preferences in the USA, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Jakarta

Laws and regulations affecting food packaging in the USA and the EC, Application of new, advanced, packaging materials for processed food, Jakarta

Labeling and Nutrition Factors in the USA and the EC, Application of new, packaging materials and systems for processed food, Kuala Lumpur

Methods to select and evaluate packaging materials for processed foods, Application of new, packaging materials and systems for processed food, Kuala Lumpur

Total quality management as a curriculum topic in packaging programs, National Beverage Manufacturers Association, Chicago, IL

Opportunities for cooperation with the school of Packaging, Central America Chapter of NIPHLE, Dayton, OH

Research and other activities of the school of Packaging, National poultry Health Meeting, Ocean City MD

Packaging - as well as product - benefits from communication, Chemical Times and trends. Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.

Overview of the North American and world packaging influences in 1992, Current concerns and advances in Packaging for Management, San Diego, CA

The Michigan State University recycling data base, Current concerns and advances in Packaging for Management, San Diego, CA

Recycling and other research at the MSU School of Packaging, San Diego Chapter of IoPP, San Diego, CA

Packaging and environmental tradeoffs, Whirlpool Chapter of Sigma Xi, Benton Harbor, MI

Plastic vs. Paper cups, 36th Annual Pulp and Paper conference, Kalamazoo, MI

Appearance on CBS Morning News to discuss Packaging and the Environment, CBS News, New York, NY

Packaging design, Second Annual Packaging Handling and Transportation Symposium (NIPHLE), San Diego, CA

Establishment of a recycling DataBase, Proceedings, 207th Annual ASM/ESD Advanced Composites Conference, Detroit, MI

Organization and history of the MSU School of Packaging involvement with the Packaging Suppliers Council, LPIA Annual meeting, Hilton Head, S. C.

Food packaging Trends, Keynote speech, National Seminar on Food Technology. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Packaging influences in the environment, National Seminar on Food Technology. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Packaging systems, MARDI, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Packaging plant design, MARDI, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Educational program of the School of packaging, MARDI, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Environment and packaging, MARDI, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

School of Packaging programs, Shanghai Agricultural College, Shanghai, China

Food packaging, Shanghai Agricultural College, Shanghai, China

School of Packaging programs, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Food packaging, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

School of Packaging programs, Huazong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Food packaging, Huazong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Life in the US educational system, Huazong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Environment, new packaging developments, and the school of packaging, Mitsubishi Packaging Association, Tokyo, Japan

Environment, new packaging developments, and the school of packaging, Japan Packaging Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Packaging in the 1990's, Keynote Address, 14th Biennial Conference of the National Beverage Packaging Association, Chicago, IL

The interaction between the School of Packaging and industry, Supplier Communication Day, Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL

Green consumerism - your choices, Macomb Community College Symposium on Environmental Protection: Choices for the 1990's, Warren, MI

The environmental cost of doing nothing, Research & Development Associates, San Antonio, TX

Implications of product design on production, Detergents Division of Chemical Specialties Manufacturing Association, Chicago, IL

A century of developments in packaging, Phoenix Closures, Naperville, IL

Alternatives for solid waste management, Legislative Conference, Social Science Research Bureau. Lansing, MI

Packaging education for the future, 16th Asian Packaging Congress, Seoul, Korea

Social impacts/trade-offs of packaging, Packaging and Solid Waste, Chicago, IL

School of Packaging update, Thriving on change, Packaging Update '89, Lansing, MI

Packaging education in the United States, 2nd China International Packaging Conference, Beijing, China

Packaging for Logistical support, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington, D.C.

State of the industry from an educator's point of view, Pack-Expo, Chicago, IL

MSU Packaging education program, 1988 Military Industrial Technology Symposium, Williamsburg, VA

The future of Packaging education for the pharmaceutical industry, Bristol Myers, Hartford, CT

Current status of packaging developments, National Cash Register, Minneapolis, MN

Poultry product packaging innovations, Michigan Allied Poultry Industries, Mt. Pleasant, MI

Packaging education at MSU, Suncoast Plastics, St. Petersburg, FL

Plastic recycling, Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Chicago, IL

The role of the School of Packaging in the packaging Industry, Flexible Packaging Association. Atlanta, GA

Education, Transportation and Distribution, Cleveland, OH

Embalagem design and marketing, International conference on packaging design. Sao Paolo, Brazil

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Packaging Technology and Engineering

Journal of Packaging Technology and Science


PUBLICATIONS

Commentary, Packaging Matters

Packaged Education

Haworth Packaging Survey

Packaging Evaluation

Packaging Rap

Retail packaging for the Year 2000

Computer Based Control Systems in Food Packaging, Chapter

In my opinion - Marketing frozen foods

Packaging Innovations

Simulation of a Milk Packaging System

Structural Design, CAD/CAM performance and Finite Elements

Needed Changes in Content and Modes of Presentation for Packaging Education in the Next Half Century

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS ON NON-PACKAGING SUBJECTS

Other publications include books, refereed journal articles, abstracts, on energy conservation, alternate forms of energy, wood structures, agricultural systems, waste management, machinery, safety, and more



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