Carleton mourns loss of Professor A.P.S. Selvadurai

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of our esteemed colleague and friend, retired Professor Patrick Selvadurai. The late Dr. Selvadurai joined the then Department of Civil Engineering in 1975 and served as its Chair from 1982 to 1990.  He was a highly distinguished and respected colleague, teacher, scholar, and engineer, internationally recognized for his work.

As a professor and as chair, Dr. Selvadurai made outstanding contributions to the department, one of which was in the establishment and accreditation of the Environmental Engineering programs at Carleton, which in 1992 led to the remaining of the department as the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Dr. Patrick Selvadurai obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Nottingham in Theoretical Mechanics. He joined the Civil Engineering department at Carleton University in 1975 as an assistant professor and became a full professor in 1981. After serving as the department chair for nearly a decade, Professor Selvadurai was invited to serve as the Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics at McGill University, which he accepted and served between 1993-1997.

For more details regarding his biography and achievements, please visit his profile on the McGill website.  

Former colleagues express that during his term as chair of the department and even afterwards, Dr. Patrick Selvadurai’s contributions made the department a “distinguished place of learning, scholarship and research” (Dr. Jag Humar, former colleague and close friend of Dr. Selvadurai).

Dr. Selvadurai will be dearly missed and remembered.

To learn more about Dr. Selvadurai’s legacy, service details and a place to virtually pay your respects, please visit the Dignity Memorial website.