Antony Patrick Sinnappa Selvadurai

Background

Selvadurai, Antony Patrick Sinnappa was born on September 23, 1942 in Matara, Sri-Lanka. Son of Kanapathiyar Sinnappa and W. Mary Adeline (Fernando) Selvadurai. arrived in Canada, 1975.

Education

Diploma in Engineering, Brighton Polytechnic, United Kingdom, 1964; Diploma, Imperial College/London U., 1965; Master of Science, Stanford University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Mechanics, U. Nottingham, 1971; Doctor of Science, U. Nottingham, England, 1986.

Career

Staff research engineer, Woodward Clyde Associations, Oakland, California, 1966-1967; research associate department theoretical mechanics, U. Nottingham, 1969-1970; lecturer department сivil engineering, U. Aston, Birmingham, England, 1971-1975; assistant professor сivil engineering, Carleton U., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1975-1976; associate professor, Carleton U., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1976-1981; professor, Carleton U., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1982-1993; department chairman, Carleton U., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1982-1990; Davidson Dunton Research lecturer, Carleton U., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1987; professor, department chairman сivil engineering/applied mechanics, McGill University, Montreal, 1993-1996. Visiting research scientist Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, 1981-1982. Visiting professor U. Nottingham, 1986, Institute de Mécanique de Grenoble, France, 1990.

Consultant Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Pinawa, Manitoba, 1983-1996-, Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Toronto, 1984-1997, Fleet Technology, Ottawa, since 1988, Atomic Energy Control Board, since 1987.

Achievements

• Antony Patrick Sinnappa Selvadurai has been listed as a noteworthy applied mathematician, engineering educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Elastic Analysis of Soil-Foundation Interaction

    (Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 17: Elasti...)

  • Elasticity and Geomechanics

Membership

Fellow American Academy Mechanics, Canada Society Civil Engineering (Leipholz medal 1991), Association Professor Engineers of Ontario (Engineering medal for research 1993), Engineering Institute Canada, Institute Mathematics and Its Applications. Member International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (award for significant paper in the category theory computational analytical 1994,paper prize computational and analytical theory category 1997).

Connections

Married Sally Joyce; children: Emily, Paul, Mark, Elizabeth.

Father:

Kanapathiyar Sinnappa Selvadurai

Mother:

W. Mary Adeline (Fernando) Selvadurai

Spouse:

Sally Joyce

child:

Paul Selvadurai

child:

Elizabeth Selvadurai

child:

Mark Selvadurai

child:

Emily Selvadurai