Awards and Honors

Dr. Paul Singh is a highly recognized international packaging expert with a very strong scientific and engineering background. He is one of the most published authors in packaging scientific journals, and in one of the research journals, he is the most downloaded paper, with approximately 50,000 downloads of his work.

He has also been the recipient of leading awards, and his peers have recognized his scientific advancement in the field of packaging and transportation. He is a Lifetime Certified Packaging Professional, as well as a Fellow of the American Society of Testing and Materials and Institute of Packaging Professionals. Shown below are some of the various awards his peers (scientists and engineers) have awarded to him over the past two decades.

Paul was awarded the Dave Le Butt Award by the International Safe Transit Association Achievement Award in Logistics by the National Institute of Packaging and Handling Engineers. In 2010, he was inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, and in 2024, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in Spain by the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes, both notably the highest awards in the field of packaging. He was inducted into the Military Packaging Hall of Fame in 2014. He continues to be active in attending and presenting at ASTM, ISTA, IAPRI, NIPHLE, IOPP, PMMI, and WFLO, among others.

For over a decade, he has served on the Scientific Advisory Council for the World Food Logistical Organization and Global Cold Chain Alliance. He was also an invited expert on packaging by NASA for the Bio-Plex Manned Mission to Mars. The following is a select list of awards which are shown in the picture library below.

ASTM AWARD OF MERIT: