Suong Van Hoa, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Concordia University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
1455 boul. de Maisonneuve O.
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8
Ph: 514-848-4190
Fax: 514-848-3175
Email: hoasuon@vax2.concordia.ca

Dr. Suong Van Hoa obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from California State University San Luis Obispo in 1971. He obtained his Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1973, and Ph.D. from the same Department in 1976. He worked as a Design Engineer at Canadian Fram Ltd. in Chatham, Ontario until 1977. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Concordia University in 1977 and has been there since. Dr. Hoa started working on composite materials and structures in 1979. He specializes in the analysis, design, manufacturing and evaluation of composite materials and structures. Dr. Hoa initiated and founded the Canadian Association for Composite Structures and Materials (CACSMA) in 1988. Dr. Hoa initiated and founded the Concordia Center for Composites, which was approved by the Board of Directors of the University in 1993. Dr. Hoa was Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Concordia from 1994 till 2000 and is currently Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Concordia since 2003. He is Editor, North America of the Journal of Science and Engineering of Composite Materials. He has written four books on composites and is author and co-author of four patents. He is Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. He was awarded Concordia Research Fellow for 2001.  He was appointed Concordia Chair in Materials and Composites for 2001-2007.

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