Michael Païdoussis#
| Membership Number: | 5740 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CANADA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.mcgill.ca/mecheng/people/staff/michaelpaidoussis |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - present Professeur associé, Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, QC, Canada
- 2000 - present Thomas Workman Emeritus Professor, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1987 - 1988 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- 1986 - 2000 Thomas Workman Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1977 - 1986 Chairman, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1976 - 1986 Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1971 - 1981 Consultant on Fluid-elasticity, Battelle Northwest, Richland, WA, USA
- 1967 - 1976 Assistant, then Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1963 - 1967, Research Officer, Applied Physics Division, Atomic Energy of Canada, Chalk River, ON, Canada
- 1958 - 1960, Fellow-trainee in Nuclear Engineering, General Electric Company, Erith, Kent, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Fluid-structure interactions
- Stability
- Pipes conveying fluid
- Nuclear reactor engineering
- Cylinder-array cross-flow instabilities
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Vibrations
- Cylinders in axial flow
Honours and Awards
- 2021 The ASME T.K.Caughey Medal for outstanding contributions to nonlinear dynamics
- 2017 The ASME Worcester Reed Warner Award and Medal
- 2016 The ASME Fluids Engineering 90th Anniversary Award and Medal
- 2016 Honorary President, 24th ICTAM Conference, Montreal, QC
- 2013 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- 2000 Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
- 1999 The ASME Fluids Engineering Award and Medal
- 1995 Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics CANCAM Prize and Medal
- 1993 Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada
- 1992 Calvin W. Rice Lecturer and Special Life Fellow of ASME
- 1991 Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
- 1986 Fellow, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
- 1986 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
- 1985 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- 1976 George Stephenson Prize for paper, awarded by I.Mech.E. (London)
- 1958 British Association Medal for High Distinction in Mech.Engineering
