Date: |
16 Jul 2026, 5.30PM – 7.00PM |
duration: |
1 hr 30 mins |
Venue: |
WSP Palmerston North |
Address: |
49 Victoria Avenue Palmerston North |
Cost: |
Free event |
Dr Eli Gray-Stuart, a Senior Lecturer in Packaging Technology at Massey University, will present the practical use of experimentation, modelling, and design thinking to highlight how engineers can contribute to packaging challenges by balancing technical performance, sustainability, commercial requirements and the experience of the end user.
Packaging is often considered in isolation as a material choice, a branding exercise or a sustainability issue. In practice, many of the most interesting packaging questions are engineering questions. Join us to learn more about packaging!
About the Presentation
Whether it is the incredible load-bearing capacity of the humble cardboard box, or the moisture and gas protection offered by micrometre-thin plastic films, packaging materials provide solutions to a wide range of engineering challenges.
In practice, many of the most interesting packaging questions are engineering questions: how materials deform, how heat, water vapour and gases move through packaging systems, how products respond to distribution environments, and how design decisions affect sustainability, performance and consumer experience.
In this talk, Dr Eli Gray-Stuart will use a series of applied packaging research projects to show how engineering thinking can help develop better packaging systems.
About the Speaker
Dr Eli Gray-Stuart is a Senior Lecturer in Packaging Technology at Massey University. A Massey Bachelor of Engineering graduate, his work focuses on improving the performance of packaging systems through a combination of experimental research and mathematical modelling.
His research includes heat and mass transfer in packaging systems, mechanical performance of fibre-based materials, sustainable packaging optimisation and the development of functional packaging designs that protect products through real supply chains.
Eli also has a strong interest in how consumers interact with packaging, and how engineering and design thinking can be combined to create packaging that adds value, improves usability and enhances the consumer experience.
Join the Manawatū Branch to hear Dr Eli Gray-Stuart, Senior Lecturer in Packaging Technology at Massey University, present on how engineering thinking, modelling and design drive modern packaging innovation.
Dr Eli Gray-Stuart, a Senior Lecturer in Packaging Technology at Massey University, will present the practical use of experimentation, modelling, and design thinking to highlight how engineers can contribute to packaging challenges by balancing technical performance, sustainability, commercial requirements and the experience of the end user.
Packaging is often considered in isolation as a material choice, a branding exercise or a sustainability issue. In practice, many of the most interesting packaging questions are engineering questions. Join us to learn more about packaging!
About the Presentation
Whether it is the incredible load-bearing capacity of the humble cardboard box, or the moisture and gas protection offered by micrometre-thin plastic films, packaging materials provide solutions to a wide range of engineering challenges.
In practice, many of the most interesting packaging questions are engineering questions: how materials deform, how heat, water vapour and gases move through packaging systems, how products respond to distribution environments, and how design decisions affect sustainability, performance and consumer experience.
In this talk, Dr Eli Gray-Stuart will use a series of applied packaging research projects to show how engineering thinking can help develop better packaging systems.
About the Speaker
Dr Eli Gray-Stuart is a Senior Lecturer in Packaging Technology at Massey University. A Massey Bachelor of Engineering graduate, his work focuses on improving the performance of packaging systems through a combination of experimental research and mathematical modelling.
His research includes heat and mass transfer in packaging systems, mechanical performance of fibre-based materials, sustainable packaging optimisation and the development of functional packaging designs that protect products through real supply chains.
Eli also has a strong interest in how consumers interact with packaging, and how engineering and design thinking can be combined to create packaging that adds value, improves usability and enhances the consumer experience.
Presenters
Manawatu Branch
