MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
Highest honour: Mechanical engineering professor receives prestigious national award

By Jackey Locke

A member of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science has been honoured with the highest award in Canada for contributions to engineering heat transfer.

Dr. Yuri Muzychka, head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, received the 2019 Jules Stachiewicz Medal from the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering's (CSME) and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE).

Recipients of the award are selected by a national honours and awards committee comprised of Dr. Muzychka's peers. Dr. Muzychka was selected based on his outstanding contributions to convective heat transfer, microelectronics cooling, marine icing and thermodynamic optimization of energy systems.

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