Siripong Malasri

A group of Memphis World Trade Club members toured the CBU ISTA Certified Packaging Lab on April 9th. More at linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Dr. Malasri will offer Transport Packaging and Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Packaging from June 1 – July 24, 2026. They are asynchronous online. Dr. Ventura will offer Measuring and Monitoring Temperature during the same period. It will be a hybrid format with hands-on lab.

Students in PKG 412 Cold Chain Packaging measured the temperatures at the 8 corners of a 64-CF chamber using 8 portable temperature data sensors. More at linkedin.com/posts/pongmala…

Students in PKG 203 Distribution Packaging learned how to certify a transport testing lab by assisting the course instructor in preparing video clips of testing equipment for the recertification of the CBU ISTA Certified Transport Testing Lab. More at linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Sean Coast of Packaging Compliance Labs will give a presentation on "Sample Size for Sterile Package Testing That Correlates to Validation" at the upcoming 2026 HPC Spring Virtual Meeting. More at linkedin.com/posts/pongmala… #CBUPackaging #CBU #HPC #PackagingComplianceLabs

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May the miracle of Easter bring you new beginnings and everlasting hope. CBU will close Thursday, April 2, through Monday, April 6. There are no classes or scheduled events during this time. Classes and operations resume on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Easter

Welcome to the Exploring Packaging Online Workshop! 14 girls from Hutchison enroll in the workshop during April 2026. This is the 2nd group from the school. The first group, also of 14 girls, participated in the workshop in Jan 2026. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #Outreach

Broc Couling, Principal Packaging Engineer at Smith-Nephew, will make a presentation on “Test Method Validations for Medical Packaging” at the upcoming HPC meeting. For more information regarding the meeting, please email pong@cbu.edu. #CBUPackaging #CBU #HPC #Smith-Nephew

Thanks to Mike Tune, Chief Scientific Officer at Arcadia Consumer Healthcare for giving several products for testing at the CBU ISTA Testing Lab. Students in the Distribution Packaging class were involved with these projects. A great learning experience for them. #CBUPackaging

Thanks to the Memphis Rise Academy for giving CBU Packaging an opportunity to participate in its Career Expo on 3/25. It gives students the opportunity to gain experience in packaging and what CBU offers. For more information about MRA, please visit: memphisrise.org

Congratulations to Myles Josiah (EN PKG’25) for passing the IoPP CPP exam and becoming a Certified Packaging Professional In-Training (CPIT). Myles is Continuous Improvement Engineer for Hyosung HICO Ltd. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #IoPP #CPIT

Students in Distribution Packaging compared two cases of 32oz bottles. One case contained only bottles without product boxes. Another case contained bottles inserted into product boxes. They did the two drop sequences from ISTA 3A without vibration testing in between.

April Bonner, CPP, Senior Packaging Engineer at Solventum, will give a presentation on compressive response and material characterization of Chitin bio-composite foams. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #HPC #Chitin

Students in PKG 303 Packaging Lab Instrumentation use the 32 and 64-CF chambers to calibrate thermocouples used in the ISTA Thermal Lab at CBU. The course instructor is Dr. John Ventura, PE, CTP I. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #ThermalLab

Calah’s work on cellulose insulation has made noteworthy progress with satisfactory results to report. The first study is to compare the insulation performance of cellulose in board and loose form. The board outperformed the loose form. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #Cellulose

Josiah Brown, CBU packaging graduate Class of 2024, visited the CBU ISTA Certified Packaging Lab during the Spring Break week. He is an R&D Packaging Engineer with Enovis in Austin, Texas. While he visited the lab, he helped prepare test products for an ISTA 3A project.

Just released. "Wooden Pallets" explores how factors such as moisture, temperature, wet-dry cycles, and cushioning affect pallet strength, impact behavior, and overall reliability. Check it out at amazon.com/dp/B0GS6MJBMQ #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #Pallets #Amazon #Kindle

Students in Distribution Packaging learned how to enter a random vibration profile into a vibration table. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #VibrationProfile

Evan Edwards, Manager of Packaging Engineering for the FedEx Packaging Lab in Collierville, TN, will give a presentation on “Unpacked – The Measurement of Packaging Performance” at the upcoming 2026 HPC Spring Virtual Meeting. #CBUPackaging #CBU #Packaging #HPC