MilliporeSigma
Assurance GDS Kit Packaging Redesign for Sustainability
MilliporeSigma is making sustainability a priority and is looking for any avenues to improve our company's/products' environmental impact. One of MilliporeSigma's flagship products for the Food Safety industry is the Assurance GDS test kits for pathogen detection. Recent education into sustainable practices has brought awareness to the waste incorporated in traditional shipping packaging. Reducing packaging/shipping waste can have significant, compounding reduction in waste. The GDS test kit packaging has been selected for improvement. MilliporeSigma would like the help of UW students to work to improve the sustainability to the Assurance GDS packaging by reducing waste. This student team worked to develop and demonstrate proof-of-principle of a viable solution for GDS test kit package redesign, show package testing (drop testing, etc) , and provide predictive models for sustainability improvements, cost differences, reduced carbon footprint, etc.
Faculty Adviser
Eli Patten,
ME Capstone Director,
Mechanical Engineering
Students
Claire Kohler
Kristina Check
Matthew Dalton
Pranathi Guddanti
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