He also holds a degree in design from the graduate school at Chiba University, located just outside of Tokyo, Japan. He has worked in the rapid prototyping and design industry in both Japan and the United States. His continued international experience has been formative in developing a body of research that considers the unique role that culture plays in the emotional appreciation of everyday interaction with products and packaging. Through his experience teaching in the Live Well Collaborative studios at the University of Cincinnati, he has worked extensively with its corporate members, guiding interdisciplinary collaborative student teams as they tackle complex and crosscutting packaging design problems with unique user centered solutions.