Sher Paul Singh, Ph.D. CPP
            Tel: 517.285.3962

Email: singh@msu.edu 

Professional Experience
 

07/2000 - 08/2011

PROFESSOR, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

06/1990 - 06/2010

DIRECTOR, Consortium of Distribution Packaging Research, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

07/1993 - 07/2000

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

05/1987 - 06/1993

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

05/1985 - 03/1987

INSTRUCTOR, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Past Responsibilities at MSU

TEACHING: Teaching and course development in undergraduate courses covering packaging dynamics, machinery, robotics, materials and systems. Graduate course teaching and developing in dynamics and packaging systems.    

RESEARCH: Proposal and budget preparation for projects related to product protection, cushion design, environmental measurement of dynamic forces and simulation, packaging machinery and systems interaction, high speed motion analysis and robotics. Management of shock and vibration testing laboratory. Planning and management of various jointly industry funded research projects in Distribution Packaging.  

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: Teaching overseas packaging courses. Provide technical guidance and consultancy in international packaging operations of various companies, universities and institutes.  

Companies Consulted Include

Dr. Singh has served as a consultant to over a thousand domestic and international companies. Projects include developing packaging line systems, package design for product protection, evaluate package specifications, automation for packaging, expert witness, packaging forensics, and education.

Consulting services provided to automotive, consumer products, cosmetics, electronic, food, furniture and appliances, logistics and transportation , medical and pharmaceutical, packaging materials and systems, robotics and automation, and retail industries. Dr. Singh is President of Packaging Research Associates, Inc. See details at www.andevapkg.com

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • ABF Freightways
  • Abitibi Price
  • AC Delco
  • Allianz Global Risks
  • American Honda
  • Amoco Corporation
  • Amway Corporation
  • Amcor
  • Amgen
  • Anchor Glass
  • Anheuser Busch
  • Appleton Papers
  • Arch Chemical
  • Arco Chemical
  • Avon Company
  • Ball Corporation
  • Beatrice/Hunt-Wesson
  • Becton Dickinson Company
  • Benckiser Consumer Products
  • Buckhorn
  • CHEP-USA
  • Campbell Soup
  • Certain Teed
  • Chevron
  • Chiquita Brands
  • Circuit City
  • Clorox Company
  • Coca Cola Company
  • Colgate Palmolive
  • Colombo Frozen Yogurt
  • Columbia House
  • Con Agra Foods
  • Consolidated Freightways
  • Coors Brewing Company
  • Corning
  • Costco
  • Crawford & Co.
  • CSX Transportation
  • Del Monte Corporation
  • Deneb Robotics
  • Dey Pharmaceutical
  • Dixie Container Co.
  • Dole
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Driscoll Strawberries
  • Dupont
  • Eastman Kodak Company
  • Ethan Allen
  • Faygo
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Frito Lay, Inc.
  • GE Plastics
  • General Electric Company
  • General Foods
  • General Mills
  • General Motors
  • Georgia Pacific
  • Gerber Foods
  • Haworth
  • Hawthorne Ammunition Depot
  • Herman Miller
  • Home Depot
  • Honeywell Company
  • Iams Company
  • IBM Corporation
  • Idexx Pharmaceutical
  • Inland Container
  • International Honeycomb
  • International Paper Company
  • James River Corporation
  • Johnson Controls
  • K Mart Company
  • Kellogg's Company
  • Komatsu Corporation
  • Kraft, Inc.
  • Kroger
  • Lansmont Corp.
  • Laserfile Compact Disc
  • Libbey Glass
  • Libbey Owen Ford Glass
  • Lindt & Sprungli
  • Magna
  • Markel Southwest Underwriters
  • Mars Inc.
  • Masterfoods Inc.
  • Maytag/Jenn-Air
  • McDonalds
  • Mead Corporation
  • Meijer's Corporation
  • Menasha Corporation
  • Menasha Paper
  • Merck Pharmaceutical
  • Merillat Cabinets
  • Michigan Dept. of Lottery
  • Michigan Millers
  • Michigan National Bank
  • Miller Brewing Company
  • Mitsubishi
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
  • Neogen
  • Nestle
  • North American Van Lines
  • Orbis Menasha
  • Ortho Pharmaceutical
  • Owens Corning
  • Owens Illinois
  • Packaging Corporation of America
  • Pepsi Bottling Group
  • Phillips Electronics
  • Picatinny Arsenal
  • Pillsbury Co.
  • Pine Bluff Arsenal
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred
  • PPG Industries
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Purepak
  • Purepak-Elopak
  • QVC Inc
  • Revlon
  • Rite-Aid
  • Royal & Sunalliance
  • Sam's Club
  • Sasib Packaging
  • Sealed Air Corporation
  • Siemens
  • Simmons Mattress Company
  • Solo Cup Company
  • Sonoco
  • St. Gobain
  • Stanley II Co.
  • Starbucks Corporatrion
  • Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
  • Strohs Brewing Company
  • Subway
  • Target
  • Tenneco
  • Textron
  • Tetra Pak
  • The Travelers
  • Trienda Corporation
  • Tuscarora Plastics
  • Uncle Ben's Inc.
  • Unisys
  • United Parcel Service
  • United States Dept. of Agriculture
  • United States Navy & Marine Corps
  • United States Postal Service
  • US Insurance Co.
  • US Steel
  • US Surgical
  • Uncle Bens
  • Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
  • Winco Foods
  • Weyerhaeuser Company
  • Wood Mode
  • World Bank (United Nations)
  • Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
  • Xerox
  • Yazaki Corporation
  • Yellow Freight System
  • Zenith Data Systems
  • Zenith Electronics

Expert Witness:

In addition served as a consultant to various law firms, corporations, and the U.S. Department of Justice, providing expert opinion and testimony in the areas of packaging machinery, damage and injury during transportation, design and evaluation of packages. Provided expert opinion in over one hundred cases.

Dr. Singh is President of Packaging Forensic Analysis, Inc. For more details see www.packlawusa.com