UBC engineer receives honorary doctorate

Mechanical engineering professor Clarence de Silva received an honorary Doctor of Science degree at the annual convocation of the Open University of Sri Lanka on Dec. 23, 2010. His convocation address, given at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall, was published in the Sri Lanka national newspaper Island in two parts on Dec. 29 and 30, 2010.

To link to the convocation address, visit: www.sites.mech.ubc.ca/~ial/ial/news.php.