Dear Francois,
Don’t know what happened — the links for Delft and Loughborough stuck, but the links for Swinburne vanished
3) Swinburne University School of Design
Swinburne University School of Design has three groups that may be able to help you. Dr. Blair Kuys, Head of Industrial Design, has extensive experience working in industry, designing both new products and complete packaging solutions. Prof. Soullis Tavrou of the Product Design Engineering Program works with complex projects that cross these several boundaries. Prof. Kurt Seemann takes on these kinds of projects at the Centre for Design Integration, and he can serve as a link and an integrator for you. In addition, if you need a good PhD student, the person to query is the dean, Prof. Scott Thompson-Whiteside.
Swinburne University School of Design
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/schools/design/
Product Design Engineering Program
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/science-engineering-technology/schools/engineering/departments/mechanical-product-design/
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/courses/Bachelor-of-Engineering-(Product-Design)-(Honours)-BH-EPD/local
Centre for Design Innovation
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/research/design-innovation/
Swinburne has three specific local advantages. One is the presence of VISY, one of the world’s great packaging companies. Another is the Pratt Foundation, established by the family that built VISY. It could well be that Pratt is willing to fund the research that you require with support for both the research and for the PhD-Student. Third, Prof. Carlos Serrano is living in Melbourne right now. Carlos is an engineer and former professor of engineering from Colombia. He has extensive experience in packaging. He may have an interest in a project such as this. His wife, Maria Camacho, is earning her PhD at Swinburne, and Carlos may be available for consulting.
VISY
http://www.visy.com.au/innovative-packaging
Pratt Foundation
http://www.theprattfoundation.org
http://www.visycares.org/links.htm
Hope all the links get through this time.
Warm wishes,
Ken
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Francois Nsenga wrote:
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As some of you remember, since almost a year I have relocated here in
Rwanda, from Canada, and I am actively involved in developing this country
floriculture industry.
One of the urgent problem we are facing now, is packaging material for cut
flowers as well as for other horticulture harvests. As yet, there is no
flower packaging industry operating in this country. And of course no
design professionals, in all fields including research, are available
around to tackle the problems related to packaging for local and for export
markets. Major problems here are those specific to a land-locked tropical
country, relatively away of the main world business centres.
Would anyone among list members know, and/or have ever worked on this issue
and be prepared to share results and insights? Would anyone among aspiring
PhD candidates pick this challenge and develop a thorough study on the
issue, a study I am sure many others elsewhere will benefit from?
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