CV - PROFESSOR C K SANKAT - The University of the West Indies ...

Supervisor: Professor Emeritus Walter K. Bilanski, Agricultural Engineer
and President of the Professional Engineers Ontario, (PEO), Ontario,
Canada.
1975 M. Sc. (Mechanical Engineering)
University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad, W.I.
Specialization – Mechanical Engineering Design.
Supervisor: Professor Chris V. Narayan
1972 B. Sc. (Mechanical Engineering) First Class Honours
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, W.I.
(Winner of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Award, Best Mechanical Engineering
Student)
1969 3 passes at 'Advanced' Level (with distinctions) University of London
Queen's College, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
1967 10 passes at “Ordinary" Level, University of London
Queen's College, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
3. ENGINEERING SPECIALIZATION
Mechanical/Agricultural/Food Engineering with a concentration on Machine Design
and Development and Post-harvest Technology, Processing of Tropical Crops
(especially drying and dehydration) and Food Engineering, and Managing
Innovation
4. UNIVERSITY WORK EXPERIENCE AND PROGRESSION
January 01, 2008 – Pro Vice Chancellor & Campus Principal,
Present: The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
August 2007 – Pro Vice Chancellor Graduate Studies
December 2007: UWI, based at St. Augustine, Trinidad
August 2000 – July 2007: Dean, Faculty of Engineering,
UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad.
Was reappointed Dean in 2004.
August 1998 - Present: Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
UWI, St Augustine Trinidad
(Personal Chair – Specialisation in Food & Agricultural
Engineering/Machine Design/Graphics)
May 1993 - July 1998: Reader in Agricultural and Food Engineering
UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad
(First Readership in Engineering to be conferred in the
Faculty of Engineering)
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