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Our Team

Our Team

Our team contains experts in primary packaging and advanced packaging materials, pallets and distribution packaging, supply chain and optimization, lean manufacturing and process improvement. Our diverse expertise and 40+ years of knowledge generated through state-of-the-art research and real life industrial consulting allows us to help your company to create safer, more sustainable, and cheaper packages, unit loads, and transportation system.

our team

our team

 

CPULD Leadership

 

Laszlo Horvath

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DR. LASZLO HORVATH

Director
lhorvat@vt.edu | 540-231-7673

Nicolas Navarro

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Nicolas Navarro

Associate Director
nico2710@vt.edu | 540-231-7107

Young Teck Kim

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DR. YOUNG TECK KIM

Associate Director
ytkim@vt.edu | 540-231-1156

Eduardo Molina

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DR. EDUARDO MOLINA

Associate Director
molina@vt.edu | 540-231-8215

 

CPULD Administration

 

J. Kate Bridgeman

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J. KATE BRIDGEMAN

Administrative Assistant
jasmit29@vt.edu | 540-231-8838

Angie Riegel

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ANGIE RIEGEL

Program Specialist & Secretary
ariegel@vt.edu | 540-231-7107