Process and Packaging Technology
Qingyue Ling - Program Leader
Phone (503) 872-6653 | Fax (503) 872-6648
The FIC Packaging and Logistics Engineering Program offer technical services in the technical development of packaging, transportation, and inventory management systems. Refrigeration, freezing, thermal processing are among the technologies that are used to preserve flavor, texture, and color within value-added products. In each case, manufacturers evaluate alternative material, container, transport, and management scheme to maintain food quality preserved during processing.
The Packaging and Logistics Engineering Program can evaluate packaging materials for strength, color, and oxygen barrier properties. Individual container designs are evaluated for strength and their ability to aggregate into logical stock keeping units. And ultimately packaging systems designs must withstand rigors of transportation and logistics to protect integrity and quality.
The FIC Packaging and Logistics Engineering Program can measure the strength of flexible and semi-rigid packaging materials and how detail how these materials respond to different temperature and humidity conditions. We can also consider the interaction between a product and the package in the case of oxygen and carbon dioxide gas transmission rates. Future research capabilities at the FIC will consider how package-product combinations perform during distribution.
