LAURA
BIX, PH.D.
Phone: (517)-355-4556
E-mail: bixlaura@msu.edu
Dr. Bix started as an assistant professor at the School of Packaging at Michigan State University in January of 2002, after receiving her PhD in Packaging the previous year. She specializes in healthcare packaging at the School, where she has taught: Principles of Packaging, Plastics and Packaging, Packaging Design and Development, Medical Packaging, Packaging Laws and Regulations and Scientific Writing. In 2007, she was the recipient of the CANR New Teacher Excellence in Teaching Award.
Dr. Bix has served as the Vice-Chair of Committee D10.32, the Committee on Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging, since 2004, and as a member of Committee F-02, the flexible barrier material committee, since 2002. She is also a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals and the RCA Include Network, and has recently been designated as the US expert on ISO/TC 122, a guideline aimed at creating inclusionary packaging.
She has also served as a juror for varied organizations including: the Medical Design Excellence awards, the AmeriStar packaging design awards and the Glass Packaging Institute’s Clear Choice Awards.
She is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Testing and Evaluation (West Conshohocken, PA) and Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News (Los Angeles, CA), as well as the advisory boards of Shelf Impact! (Chicago, IL) and Medical Device Developments (Nottingham, UK)
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Packaging, Michigan State University, 2001
M.S. Packaging, Michigan State
University, 1998
B.S. Packaging, Michigan State
University, 1993
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
| Jan
2002 - present |
Assistant
Professor, School of Packaging, Michigan State
University |
| Jan
2000 - Dec 2001 |
Instructor,
School of Packaging, Michigan State University |
| Aug
1996 - Dec 1999 |
Research
Assistant/Teaching Assistant, School of Packaging,
Michigan State University |
| Dec
1995 - June 1996 |
Personnel
Director, Mebane Packaging Group (Garner, NC Facility)
|
| July
1994 - Dec 1995 |
Leadership
Through Quality Director, Mebane Packaging Group
(Garner, NC Facility) |
| June
1993 - July 1994 |
Structural
Designer/Estimator, Mebane Packaging Group (Garner,
NC Facility) |
| Aug
1992 - June 1993 |
Structural
Design Intern, Rock-Tenn Company (Norcross, GA)
|
TEACHING
RESPONSIBILITIES
Principles of Packaging,
Packaging with Plastics and Polymeric Packaging Materials (PKG
101, PKG 323 and PKG 825)
RESEARCH
AREAS OF INTEREST
Warning Effectiveness
Noticeable?
Legible?
Understandable?
Label Design
Package Integrity for Sterile Devices
Child Resistant Packaging
Explorations in the Human/Package Interface
Effect of Package Design on Patient Compliance
Issues Concerning Health Care Packaging
