What a year for Muthukumaran Packirisamy.
The professor and Concordia Research Chair in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science has been selected by the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering to receive the 2023 Robert W. Angus Medal.
The Robert W. Angus Medal is awarded annually to a mechanical engineer for their outstanding contributions to mechanical engineering practice in Canada, including industrial innovation, technology commercialization and creativity.
The Robert W. Angus Medal was established in 1957 to honour the late Robert W. Angus who was, for many years, a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Packirisamy’s Direct Sound printing invention was named in the top 10 most significant scientific breakthroughs of 2022 by Québec Science.
This is the latest of many awards for Packirisamy as he is already a member of Royal Society of Canada College and fellow of the following institutions:
- National Academy of Inventors (US)
- Indian National Academy of Engineering
- Engineering Institute of Canada
- Canadian Academy of Engineering
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Engineers India
- Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
Within the university, Packirisamy also holds the titles of Gina Cody Research and Innovation Fellow and Concordia University Research Fellow.
The award will be presented at a ceremony on May 30, 2023 during the Banquet of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering’s 2023 Congress at Université de Sherbrooke.