GCH8106E - Polymer packaging engineering

Polymer packaging engineering: significance of packaging in food and other industrial products. Introduction to polymer-based packaging. Food packaging processes. Mass transfer across a package: permeability and diffusion of gases, multilayer structures, estimation of the shelf life of a food product. Design and manufacturing of packages: materials used, fabrication processes. Environmental considerations: recycling, source reduction, biodegradable materials, principles of life cycle analysis of a package.