PRESS RELEASES

Harris Search Associates recruits Dr. Kyle Dunno as Department Chair, Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology

Following an extensive national search, we are pleased to announce the recruitment of Dr. Kyle Dunno as Department Chair, Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Dr. Dunno joined the RIT Packaging Science Department in the Fall of 2018. Prior to joining RIT, he worked as the Technical Director for Atlantic Packaging overseeing their testing and evaluation program for unit load stability. He was also employed as a Senior Applications Expert with Sealed Air Corporation working in both the Product and Food Care R&D Divisions. He has over a decade of industry experience in package and unit load testing fields, with extensive academic research and industry projects focused on the characterization of the transport environment.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (CET) AND DEPARTMENT OF PACKAGING AND GRAPHIC MEDIA SCIENCE (PGMS)

The College of Engineering Technology (CET) is one of RIT’s nine colleges, which enrolls approximately 12% percent of the university’s students. CET prides itself on its constant evolution, innovation, and global outreach via online learning, corporate education, and international programs. CET is known throughout the RIT, national, and international communities as an excellent choice for an education that embraces the integration of “hands-on learning” and application-based instruction grounded in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. (www.rit.edu/cet).

The Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science (PGMS) is a recent merger of two departments: Packaging Science and Graphic Media Science and Technology. With a rich history and strong alumni support, the Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science has a unique opportunity to build upon the traditions of each program independently, while offering new and unique learning opportunities built on the synergies afforded by academic and industry partnerships. With the recent creation of the Hammer Family Packaging and Graphic Media Center, this new department has the potential to advance research and application in the structural and decorative side of packaging and other graphic media processes.