Newsletters
Dec 08: Progress in Packaging and Paper Physics at IPST
Jan 09: Progress in Packaging and Paper Physics at IPST
Oct 09: Trouble with Ring Crush and How SCT and the Autoline Save the Day
Nov 09: What’s Important in Liner and Medium Physical Properties
Apr 11: Effect of Component Properties and Orientation on Corrugated Container Endurance
Jun 12: International Paper Physics Conference and 8th International Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium” Stockholm 2012
Sep 12: Short Span Compression Strength (aka SCT or STFI) Variation: Control and Management
Oct 12: Paper Physics Issues Regarding Folding Carton
Short Abstract Proposals for New Research Project Funding
Reduced Variability in the Quality Control of PaperBoard
Instrumented Quantification of Towel-Tissue Softness
Predictive Paper Property Model for Fiber Furnish Mixtures
Development of Cost-Effective Pigment/Biopolymer Waterproof Coatings
Effects of Wetting and Drying Cycles on Paper Strength
Physical Properties of Biopolymer Binder
Development of Calibration Method for Short Span Compression
Test Devlopment for Delamination Propensity
Optimizing the Tensile Test for Reduced Variability
X-ray Based Characterization of Paper and Board Non-Uniformity
Presented by industry client request, May 2013
Predicting Box Compression Strength
Presented at ABB Powerworld, Orlando Fla., March 2013
Replacing mechanical testing with ultrasonic measurements
Appeared in TAPPI Journal, December 2008
Tappi article: Carson and Popil, "Examining interrelationships between caliper, bending and tensile stiffnesses"
Appeared in Appita Journal, July 2008
Transverse shear measurement for corrugated board and its significance
Appeared in BioResources Online Journal, May 2012
Overview of Recent Studies at IPST on Corrugated Board Edge Compression Strength: Testing Methods and Effects of Interflute Buckling
Appeared in Corrugated International
Published September, 2006, Michael Schaepe and Roman Popil: A Link Between Light-weights and ECT Strength
Appeared in Paperboard Packaging Online
Published Oct 1, 2007: Shear Measurement of Board Crushing Effects
Published Aug 1, 2008: Application of Clay Coating for Water Resistant Corrugated Packaging
ECT Annotated Bibliography / Literature Review
Annotated Bibliography of ECT
ECT Literature Review Presented at TAPPI Corrugated 2005
Developing Instruments for the Paper Industry
1995
For Physics in Canada
Presentations from the
Valdosta State University Students Visit to IPST
Roman Popil - Professor, IPST
Corrugated Board Strength: Effects of the Localized Buckling
of
Linerboard Facings –
Modeling, Management and Control
Jill Stuckey - Director, Georgia Center of Innovation - Energy
Georgia Center of Innovation
William S. Bullpit, P.E., Senior Research Engineer, Strategic Energy Institute
Energy Research at Georgia Tech
Conference Proceedings / Abstacts
International Paper Physics Conference
The Wavelength Dependence of Transmitted Light Formation Measurement
Tappi PaperCon, Atlanta Georgia, 2010
Prediction of Score Cracking Propensity through Physical Testing
Tappi PaperCon, Atlanta Georgia, 2010
A New Model for Converting Span Compression with Other Measurements to Ring Crush
Moisture and Creep Effects Symposium, Madison Wisconsin, 2009
Effects of Component Properties of Corrugated Box Lifetime
Progress in Paper Physics Symposium, Trondheim Norway, 2004
Analysis of the Effects of Interflute Buckling on the Edge Compression Strength of
Corrugated Board
Progress in Paper Physics Symposium, Miami Ohio, 2007
Adhesive Level Effects on the Strength of Corrugated Board
Valdosta State University Visit - 2009
