Joe Hotchkiss

Plastic packaging will be the focus of a new episode of "Modern Marvels," set to premier on Jan. 14 on the History Channel. The episode will feature Joe Hotchkiss, director of the packaging school at Michigan State University. Here's how the History Channel describes the episode: "It's all around us--so much a part of our lives that we forget it's there. But try to survive a single day without packaging. This episode reveals the astounding technology and ingenuity required to create our packaged world. At a Michigan company that designs water bottles, we'll show you how engineers find their