Dr. Jonghun (Jay) Park
Dr. Park is an associate professor in the School of Graphic Communications Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. He also is affiliated with the Environmental Applied Science and Management program and Yeates School of Graduate Studies at TMU. Prior to his current roles, he worked within R&D teams at Samsung Electronics Company and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Printing Korea as a Senior Engineer, conducting packaging development and optimization projects for electronics products. He received his PhD in Wood Science and Forest Products, with an emphasis on Packaging Systems and Design, from Virginia Tech, and a Master of Science in Packaging from Michigan State University. He is a member of the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)'s Education Council and the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI).
His research theme is based on the concept that sustainable packaging solutions can be achieved when mechanical packaging interactions and human packaging interactions are quantitatively examined in a system-based design manner. As such, his research program centers on three areas of interest: (1) analysis of the mechanical interactions between packaging components during distribution to reduce the packaging material/operational costs and environmental impacts, (2) investigation of packaging systems and designs using a life cycle assessment (LCA), and (3) quantification of human packaging interactions.
Public Profiles:
- Education Council member, International Safe Transit Association (ISTA);
- Leadership Council member, PAC NEXT
- Delegate, ISO TC130;
- Full member, International Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI);
- Full member, International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE);
- Vice-President, Association of Korean Canadian Scientists and Engineers (AKCSE);
- Full member, Environmental Applied Science and Management Program and The Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at TMU
- Sustainable Packaging Systems and Design
- Packaging Optimization
- Packaging Dynamics
- Life Cycle Assessments
- Packaging and Human Factors
Selected Funded Projects:
- Development of Collapsible Returnable Packaging for Direct-to-Consumer Product Distribution, CFI JELF Grant, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)/The Ontario Research Fund (ORF)
- Evaluating Returnable Packaging Systems for Sustainable Electronic Commerce Supply Chains, NSERC Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Eliminating corrugated waste in food packaging: Possibilities for the ships-in-own container format in electronic commerce, NSERC Alliance Grant, NSERC
- Development of Collapsible Returnable Packaging for Sustainable E-Commerce of Electronics Products, NSERC Alliance International Catalyst, NSERC
- Analyzing the effects of wearable ring scanners on sustainability and ergonomics in warehouse operations, Mitacs Accelerate Grant, Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS)
- Investigation of Consumers' Perception Toward Sustainable Product Attributes of Consumer Electronics: A Canadian Case Study, Mitacs Accelerate Grant, MITACS
- Understanding Public Perceptions about Roles and Responsibilities for Community Recycling, Mitacs Accelerate Grant, MITACS
- Development of Sustainable Package Carrying Handles for Consumer Products with Life Cycle Assessments, NSERC USRA, NSERC
- Developing Sustainable Packaging Systems and Design for Cosmetic Products, NSERC, USRA, NSERC
- Life Cycle Assessment of Aqueous-coated paper-based beverage cup, Research Contract, Private Company
- Environmental, Financial, and Operational Analyses of Reusable Packaging Systems, Research Contract, Private Company
- Packaging Cost Impact Study, Research Contract, Private Company
- An Investigation of Production Value Chains and Data-Driven Retail Technologies, Research Contract, Private Company
- Investigating Influence of Carbon Footprint On-Pack Labels and Their Visual Elements on Consumers’ Attentive Behaviour and Perception for Sustainable Packaging Choice, SSHRC Explore Grant, TMU
- Improving Communication of Recycling via Alternative Front-of-Pack Labelling Systems, General Seed Grant, TMU
- Corrugated Paperboard Crush Testing System for Sustainable Packaging Development, Internal Equipment Grant, TMU
- Reducing Packaging Waste in Toy E-commerce: Possibilities for the Ships-in-Own-Container Format, TMU
- Analyzing Environmental Footprints and Developing Best Practices for Sustainable Beauty and Cosmetic Product Packaging Systems and Design for eCommerce, TMU
